Which Region In Somalia Was The Most Productive One?

[Gedo_Boy]

Yes, that's one thing my father told me.

Especially, after the accident Siad Barre had, he couldn't have control over the country's affairs.

[Ashlee]

bosaso has pretty houses, if that counts...

[Ashlee~]

You Can take the isaaq away from the qaad, but you can't take the qaad from the isaaq, because he's mirqaan

[Ashlee~]

You can take me out the hood, but you can't take the hood out me what cause I AM GHETTO

[Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah]

You can take me out the hood, but you can't take the hood out me what cause I AM GHETTO

[Ashlee~]

NIGGAZ HATE WHEN YOU DO GO BUT WHEN YOU BROKE AND STRUGGLIN THEY LOVE YOU "ECHO" THEY LOVE YOU "ECHO"

[KUN-DILE]

"Natural resources?
like What?"

Well, Waqooyi Galbeed has the potential to produce its own food and veggies/fruits. It has very good soil for farming and with the right investment in technology it could produce all the food it required for self-sustainability.

Waqooyi Galbeed (with Berbera Included) also has proven resources like Cement, Gem-stones, Fisheries, Livestock... and it may also have Gas/Oil reserves. Topping that is the population density, which after Banadir was the most populous region in the former Somalia.


Gedo Boy
You would be very naive if you believed that.

The SNM was born after Siyad Barre's Government not only totally neglected the North of any development or investment... but also made the North a total militarised zone and attempted to uproot the locals in place of refugees from Kilka-5aad.

If you want to read what fueled the general upraising from Erigavo to Hargeisa against the Government, you can start reading this well put-together book (Review of the book: http://www.somaliland.org/opinions.asp?ID=03111204).

The BAN on Jaad was something which happened well in the mid 1980s, a time when the conflict was at its highest and the SNM was assassinating Afwayne ministers and military leaders in the middle of Hargeisa. The Jaad might have agitated few addicts but it never had any effect on the politics and the conflict between Afwayne and the SNM.

[karkaar]

bari, timir,beeyo,fish,xabag,luubaan are few of its productivity....oil is gonna make it more prosperous....Somalia will need to curb to the ever growing economic of this region other wise we'll have class society where barians will be looking down on other people from different regions.

[Gedo_Boy]

KUN-DILE,

I'm not saying was the major factor...Wasn't Berbera developed in the Siad Barre administration?

Anyways, the North not having development investment is something very typical of 3rd world countries where everything is practically invested in the capital.........

I mean Gedo is where the President's tribe lived, and virtually nothing was done in that region.

[sadeboi]

everyone knows it was khat that made the isaqs get up..and kun dile how can you say that it was in 80 when the tension was its highest..when it was but two years ago that the ssdf asked the isaqs to be rebels with them and fight against the government and the isaq refused...there is poem i was reading by this isaq guy at that time like 79 when he reply to this mj poet who is asking for people to join the rebel movement..and the isaq guy says something along the lines of "labadi walaalood so un mid ma noqon laheen madax"..and we won't interefere...the whole thing started when khat was banned...everyone knows the north was (i can't say still is) the most khat used place....

[highclass]

[quote="KUN-DILE"]"Natural resources?
like What?"

Well, Waqooyi Galbeed has the potential to produce its own food and veggies/fruits. It has very good soil for farming and with the right investment in technology it could produce all the food it required for self-sustainability.

Waqooyi Galbeed (with Berbera Included) also has proven resources like Cement, Gem-stones, Fisheries, Livestock... and it may also have Gas/Oil reserves.

.[/quote]


"potential to produce "
"may also have Gas/Oil "

Everything you said can pretty much be said about EVERY Somali region.

The only regions that have good soil for farming without manipulating the land by using technology as you suggested are Shabelle, Jubboyinka and the surrounding regions.

[Somaliweyn]

>>>Siyaad's mistake was with surrounding himself with unfit men who often times misled him. The same can be said of any dictator (Saddam also comes to mind).<<<


Always blame the advisers The man had brains didn't he? He managed to stay in power for 21 years, so I assume he is clever in dealing with survival issues. So it was his responsibility, his choice.

>>>Especially, after the accident Siad Barre had, he couldn't have control over the country's affairs.<<<

Then why didn't he left office and let someone else be President? His lust for power has led to his doom and all things that followed. He is solely responsible for that.

[sadeboi]

somaliweyn you are feebleminded fool...no one person can make all the descions of a country....and to even think like that shows your stupidity...

[Gedo_Boy]

Somaliweyn,

If you want to ultimately lay blame on Siad Barre for what happened during his Presidency, then it is only fair to blame those who came after him for what happened AFTER his presidency.

How long are you going to live w/ the victim mentality.

If those who overthrew him didn't have a better plan, then it was stupid to overthrow him.

You should take responsibility for your own problems too.

[KUN-DILE]

Gedo_Boy
When I say "totally neglected" I am talking about socialy, poliitacally, economically, militarily... etc etc. In every way you look at it. There was a time when the inhabitants of Somaliland felt "second class citizens" in their own land. That is what I meant. I don't want to give you examples, but you can just think about what could happen in a situation like that where clanism is openly practiced and certain clans are favoured by the "System" over the others.

I don't think anything like what happened in the North took place in any other region, even if it did, not in the same scale.

As for the Berbera port, yes it was build during Siyad's reign, specialy in the mid 1970s when he didn't turn into the monster that he became. The next investment was the Berbera Cement factory. Ironicaly, he wanted to build the factory in Banadir region as well, but the engineers told him that it was economically unfeasible to build the factory in Banadir when the raw materials is found in Berbera area. Go figure!!


"Everything you said can pretty much be said about EVERY Somali region. "
The probability is higher for Waqooyi Galbeed... for example there is visible "Oil Seeps" that ooz out of the ground in Bixiduule area all naturally. So there is no question that there is Oil, but the questions is How much Oil??

Sade Boi
You need to learn a little bit before you come here and spew trash.

Afwayne started the Qat Ban in 1984... ask anyone about it.