Although enough “parliamentarians” came to Baidoa to open a meeting, this gathering also exposed a conflict that was brewing for quite some time between warlord Abdillahi Yusuf “the president” and warlord “Mohammed Omar Habeeb (a.k.a Mohammad Dheere)”. Things have gotten so bad, that Mohammed Dheere has threatened to attack the Baidoa meeting. Mohammad Dheere had earlier accused Abdillahi Yusuf of having distributed to his own clan militia the weapons that Yemeni government sent to Somalia. In radio interviews this week, Mohammed Dheere added the new charge that 3500 militias from the same clan were put in a military camp. Mohammed Dheere accused the international community of arming and helping one clan and warned that this will only lead to war in Somalia, and that the international community should either make sure that their assistance is distributed equitably or stop sending aid altogether.

Mohammad Dheere singled out warlord Abdillahi Yusuf’s right-hand man, Abdirizaq Jurille, as being responsible for the lack of equity in distributing the international assistance.

Mohammed Dheere characterized Somalia’s “parliamentarians” as mostly wretched creatures who live in the diaspora and who have no connection with the communities they claim to represent. He said the “government” of Somalia is blind and does not know where it is going or where it came from.

As a result of the rupture in relations between Abdillahi Yusuf and Mohammed Dheere, militias belonging to Abdillahi Yusuf were no longer welcome in Jawhar and have left for Baidoa

Source: Somaliland Times