Saturday, January 15, 2011

Kenya, the land of capitalists

I remember reading the 1979 accounts of the Iranian revolution, the book ‘No More Lies About Iran’ by Chief Musamaali Nangoli listed an intriguing tale of the Islamic Republic of Iran and how this country had survived until now the endless animosity from both the West and the East.
The 1979 Iranian revolutionary spiritual leader Rohullah al-Mosawi al-Khomeini

The book contains a message by the then Iranian revolutionary spiritual leader Rohullah al-Mosawi al-Khomeini. The speech in 1986, a few years after the revolution, addressed the plight of the Iranians and the Muslim world. A short part of it reads like this:

“…………….Despite the vast natural resources and fertile lands of the world, its waterways, seas and forests, the common people have been reduced to a state of poverty and helplessness, while the communists and money-hoarding capitalists develop friendly relations with imperialists and deny the people of their land, the right to live and the chance to take initiative into their own hands. By setting up monopolies and multi-national cooperation they in fact hold the economic pulse of the world in their hands and command all the channels of distribution, supply, demand, prices and even banking.

Through their fabricated notions and biased research they have managed to suggest to the disinherited masses the notion that they must either live under their influence or be doomed to abject poverty, that nature and human societies have determined that the majority should hunger for a morsel and starve to death while few perish from over-consumption, over-spending and over-indulging. At any rate this is the sort of calamity the imperialists have imposed on humanity…………………………………”
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Leave alone the French and the Russian revolution, the world has ever known one revolution, and that was the Great Iranian Revolution. Prior to 1979 on the 10th and 11th of December 1978, between 6 and 9 million took part in anti-Shah demonstrations. This was the largest protest the world has ever seen, in terms of percentage of population involved.
Kenya needs search revolution………

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Djibouti: Ahmednajad rubs salt in the wound of Obama yet

(Adopted from the Semi-Official Fars news in Tehran)

Iran and Djibouti agreed to boost mutual cooperation in naval fields, including training the Djiboutian army.

The call for mutual cooperation was raised by visiting Djiboutian Army's Joint Chief-of-Staff Fathi Ahmad Hossein in a meeting with Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayarri












The two sides agreed to cooperate in counterterrorism, fighting against smugglers and pirates in the Gulf of Aden as well as ship repair and maintenance .

The Djiboutian top military commander pointed to the dispatch of the Iranian fleets of warships to the Gulf of Aden, and said, "The Iranian Navy can render cooperation to Djibouti in personnel training, ship guarding and protection, logistic affairs and naval equipments."

Rear Admiral Sayyari, for his part, said the Iranian Navy is ready to cooperate with the Republic of Djibouti in antipiracy efforts.

In December, Iranian and Djiboutian officials inked two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to boost mutual cooperation and bilateral ties between Iran and the East African state.

The MoUs were signed by the two countries' high-ranking officials in a ceremony attended by Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi and visiting Djiboutian Prime Minister Mohamed Dileita Dileita here in Tehran.

Iran and the African state signed an MoU to encourage and support mutual investment and another MoU to establish a joint investment committee.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration has striven hard to maximize relations with the African continent. Ahmadinejad said after a three-nation African tour on February 23, 2009 which took him to Djibouti, Kenya and Comoros that expanding Tehran's relations with the African countries sets a priority in Iran's foreign policy.

Eritrea Ruler: Tyranny Is There To Stay!

(Adopted from Eritrea Daily)

Speaking via his personal emissary in Israel, Mr. Tesfamariam Tekeste, Eritrea ruler, Isias Afewarki, reiterated that the Status Quo in Eritrea, out-and-out tyranny is there to stay and that he is not ready for democracy! Afewarki made the statement in a special interview with the Israeli media outlet Ynetnews posted to the web today.
Eritrean President Isias

"One mustn't force democracy on those who are not ready," "We are building ourselves now. We want to rely on our own resources and become independent."

"We are being blamed for not being a democratic country and having no free press. But one must work on education, clean water and employment to be ready for democracy, and that's what we're working on now." the ambassador told Ynetnew.com.

Eritrea tyrant and his foot soldiers consider declaring Eritrea as 'not ready for democracy' as bravado when such declaration is only testimony to the oppressive and suppressive nature of tyrant Afawarki's stronghold on our country!

Moreover, Mr. Tesfamarian told Ynetnews that Eritrea tyrant will not accept Eritrean citizens who are deported against their will from Israel!

“Eritrean Ambassador to Israel Debbas Tessamariam Tereste told Ynet that Israel should have turned away the first infiltrator as early as 2006, adding that his country will not accept citizens who were deported from Israel against their will.”

"if someone is forced to return from Israel against their will we shall refuse."

"These are people with different dreams and expectations, they will undermine national morale and bring back with them frustration and bitterness resulting from the great cultural differences" Mr. Tesfamaiam added.

Eritrea tyrant's refusal to accept Eritrean refugees to their own homeland is equally not a bravado either but fortifies and validates Eritrean refugees political asylum claims against the tyrannical reign of Afewarki. Only in Eritrea is that possible. How do you deny people of their own Homeland? No one applies for political asylum against his own Homeland but against the government? And if refugees are deported to their country of origin willingly or against their will, there are laws that regulate their behaviour and activities? Bad behaviour, moral cultural differences cannot be grounds to deny refugees of their own homeland!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Drought destruction in the Horn comes hot yet


The catastrophic and endless drought in the Horn of Africa region yet opens its jaws in red; the victims are always the listless and depressed herders. It is death and despair for millions of famine-famished pastoralists. Read the story at Onislam.net of how the drought torments the region.

About the author of Sobbing Somali

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Abdullahi Jamaa is a Kenyan freelance journalist with reporting experience especially from the devastated Horn of Africa region. You can contact him by emailing: abdullahijamac@yahoo.co.uk