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19:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)19:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)       THE DREAM OF GREATER SOMALIA

The five edged white star in the center of the sky blue flag of Somalia symbolizes the five parts of the dismembered Greater Somalia, and are, british Somaliland, italian Somaliland that gained independence and united under the republic of Somalia on July, 1960. plus Djibouti which is partialy independent but mostly occupied by the U.S and French troops, NFD and the abbyssenian Somaliland which is under the merciless clutches of the tigray dogs. The somali Republic has since ceased to exist and usurped by the abbysseenians, but the difference is that the north West and north Eastern regions of Somalia did not stir a finger when the tree fell on them, whereas, the cenrtral and southern regions of the dismembered Republic are still with the help of the masses ressisting the daily barage of the abbyssennian heavey artilery.

The greater Somalia dream is held dear to the heart by all true patriotic Somalis of today as well as those of yesteryears, but was first officialy floated when in early 1946, the British Foreign Seretary Mr Bevin in a speach to the house of  commons proposed the idea of greater Somalia under British rule, claiming that this will improve the lives of the nomadic people of Greater Somalia, but was and is percieved as a way of save -guarding and stregthening the British interests and influences in that part of the world, while keepiing the dwindling power and influence of the defeated Italy as far away as possible. The British proposal of Greater somalia under British adminstration was rejected by the remaing three( USA,USSR,France), Four Power commission.[3]

The honorable Abdullahi Majoor became a member of the Somali Young League on January 12,1946 narrated the following to me:

On January 1948 there was a somali youth League convention in Mogadishu and a delegation of four power commission were also in town to learn first hand the aspirations of the Somali people in terms of independence and met with leaders of the pro-independence party( The SYL) and those of the pro-italaian rule parties. The Somali youth League organized a huge demonstration to show the fact finding commission how popular and strong the yearning, desire and the demand for independence is, unfortunately a pro- italian colonial rule counter-demonstration was hastly organized and staged by: Progresso Party led by Musse Samatar and Adan shire( Adan Low),Digil & Mirifle Party led by abdulqadir soobe, The African Party led by Mohamed Sheikh Osman(Edmondo) and several other smaller parties led by Islow mahadle.[4]

In the confussion of the opposing demonstrations a violence instigated by the Italian residents and their colloboraters got out of hand and as a result 52 Italians and 11 somalis were killed. Soon after the Power of four Commissin left, the Chief British Military Adminstration(BMA) summoned the Somali Youth Legue(SYL) leadership and offered to give to Somalia all disputed area with Ethiopia, except Dirir dhabe, Harar and Moyaale but the SyL leaders vowed never to accept  anything  if all not offered.

Dr.Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was the Prime minister of Somalia in 1962 and I was a member of Pariment when the British goverment offered to cede three (Mandhera,Wajir, Garissa)of the six NFD districts claimed by Somalia to Somalia in exchange for the Somalia membership of Common Wealth Countries, but sadly enough, the Abdirashiid Goverment rejected the offer, and all be told a year later lost Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Moyaale, siyelow and Marsabit for good to Kenya..[5]

The Nomadic Somali speaking people who by Colonial boundry" arrangements" found themsel dismembered. About two-thirds of them live under the national flag of the Somali Republic and the remainder are divided between Djibouti( former French Somaliland), Ethiopia and Kenya. This historical error prompted the then Somali Presiden/Prime Minister, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Sharmarky to say this:

"No!   Our misfortune is that our neighboring     countries whom we seek to promote  constructive and harmonious relations are not our neighbors, but our Somali kinsmen whose citizenship has been falsified by indiscriminate boundry "arrangements". They have to move across artificial frontiers to their pasture lands. They occupy the same terrain and pursue the pastural economy as ourselves. We speak the same langauge. We share the same God,  the same culture, and the same traditions. How can we regard our brothers as foreigners?"[6]