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** rrs - government support for puntland agreemen Puntland???

Now where or what is Puntland? Is Puntland even a legitimate country? Let's read on....

"Pirates Release Food Aid Ship Seized 4 Months Ago
Thursday, October 06, 2005 at 01:15

Geneva, 5 Oct. (AKI) - A United Nations-chartered ship that was seized by pirates off the Somali coast three months ago while carrying food for 28,000 survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami has been released, the UN Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. WFP was awaiting confirmation that the cargo of 850 tons of rice was still on board and safe, spokesperson Christiane Berthiaume told a news briefing in Geneva, adding that the agency had not paid any ransom.

The MV Semlow was seized on 27 June while on its way from Mombasa, Kenya, with a 10-man crew and rice for the Puntland region in northern Somalia, the first time in WFP history that a ship carrying relief food has been hijacked.

Ten days ago the agency announced that the hijackers had reneged on an agreement to release the vessel, adding new ransom demands. WFP, which has since replaced the Puntland food with another shipment, demanded the Semlow’s unconditional release.

Meanwhile, a United Nations security official in southern Somalia was shot dead by two men this week, prompting the relocation of 12 national and one international staff from the area.

Mohamuud Musse Gurage, a Somali national, was killed in Kismayo, in the Lower Juba Region of the Horn of Africa country, which has been without a functioning central government since the collapsed President Muhammad Siad Barre’s regime in 1991...."

http://www.allpuntland.com/eng/news_item.asp?NewsID=1828

And there's more:
"A Clueless Speaker, Callous Warlords, and a Confused Government
- Wednesday, October 05, 2005 at 00:01"

http://www.allpuntland.com/eng/news_item.asp?NewsID=1826

How about this?

"Puntland Militia Loyal To Abdullahi Yusuf Attack Somaliland. Commander Of Puntland Militia Captured Dead.
Somaliland.Org — Lasanod, Somaliland — 29 October, 2004

In the early hours of this morning, 29.10.04 the Puntland militia of Somalia attacked Somaliland troops stationed in a small village near Adhi-Cadeeye. According to official reports from both sides, Somaliland and Somalia/Puntland, a heavy fighting ensued, which lasted for more than ten hours.

Millitia loyal to the current President of Somalia, Col. Abdullahi Yusuf, attacked Lasanod City of Somaliland last year. The Somaliland government refused to repel the occupying militia, instead, it appealed to the international community, and Ehtiopia to put pressure on Abdullahi Yussuf to withdraw his militia, and avoid bloodbath. However, this has not been forthcoming, therefore Somaliland government sent more then 100 000 military personnel and heavy weaponry to the Lasanod region. Ever since, t here has been tension in the area, and it is the second time now the Puntland militia has attacked Somaliland army within three months."
http://www.somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=04102901
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Ah yes. What a wonderful place to invest. Completely free of political risk. Take a punt on Puntland, a province that has declared its independence from Somalia. This independence has NOT been recognised.