FYI, we Majeerteens are not like Isaaqs Dawladsade. We take the good with the bad, we appreciate the good things Barre has done for us, even after the fakked up shit we have been through. Even though we know the Italians built it, every MJ you'll see gives the glory to Siad Barre.[/quote]
WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
[quote]At independence, Somalia inherited a poorly developed transportation system consisting of a few paved roads in the more populated areas in the south and northwest, four undeveloped ports equipped only with lighterage facilities, and a handful of usable airstrips.[/quote] [quote]In 1990 Somalia had more than 21,000 kilometers of roads, of which about 2,600 kilometers were paved, 2,900 kilometers were gravel, and the remainder were improved earth. The country's principal highway was a 1,200-kilometer two-lane paved road that ran from Chisimayu in the south through Mogadishu to Hargeysa in the north. North of Mogadishu, this route ran inland, roughly paralleling the border with Ethiopia; a 100-kilometer spur ran to the Gulf of Aden at Berbera. By early 1992 much of this road, especially the northern part between Hargeysa and Berbera, was relatively unsafe because of land mines. Somalia's 1988 plan provided for another connection from this main route to BOOSAASO on the Gulf of Aden. Somalia had only one paved road that extended from north of Mogadishu to Ethopia; all other links to neighboring countries were dirt trails impassable in rainy weather.[/quote]http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?f ... CID+so0076)
