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Africa Horn
Puntland leader accuses Somaliland of financing Al Shabaab
2014-03-25
BOSSASO, Somalia -- The President of Somalia's Northeastern State of Puntland Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas for the first time disclosed at public meeting in the port city of Bossaso that Somaliland's separatist administration finances Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group on Monday, Garowe Online reports.
That had better not be true, or the Somalilanders will become a state over our strongest objections...
Puntland leader said, Somaliland continues to provide financial muscle with the Al Shabaab fighters operating in Galgala area near Golis Mountain Ranges following escalations of deadly hit-and-run attacks shortly after Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) made a surprise visit to Laasqoray coastal town which lies 107km from Bossaso.

Speaking about Al Shabaab's infiltration into the hard and mountainous terrain along Golis chains, President Gaas noted that Al Shabaab remnants who were fleeing from African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) onslaught in southern and central Somalia easily passed through Somaliland borders and crossed into Puntland.
That may not be because the Somalilanders let them...
According to intelligence briefings, President Siilaanyo's visit to Laasqorey coincided with a day before the killing of the commander of Puntland defense forces units in Galgala Col. Jama Saed Warsame (Afgaduud). Reliable sources within Puntland Government and requested anonymity tell GO that preliminary scrutiny linked the pre-planned tour to terror activities.

Somaliland Sunday beefed up troops presence in Sanaag region by stationing hundreds of soldiers in armored fighting vehicles in Armale village, about 75km from Sanaag regional capital of Baran.

Puntland Information Minister Abdiweli Hirsi Abdule said on VOA Somali Service that Somaliland's move is provocation and land grab.
So now it's looking more like "she said, she said"...
United Nations envoy to Somalia Ambassador Nicholas Kay expressed concern about the renewed security threats in northern Somalia, urging both Puntland and Somaliland to exercise restraint.
Posted by:Steve White

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