Somalia’s most hated and liked journalists
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Mogadishu 15 April 2010 Asoj.org -
Somalia’s political
cartoonist Amin Amir Mohamed and journalist Dahir Abdulle Alasow became the most
hated in Somalia between the years 2006 to 2009 for their publication of
paintings and sensitive articles defying the radicalism by the Islamists in the
horn of Africa’s war-torn nation ‘Somalia’.
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=15662&tirsan=3.
Amin Amir began publishing his caricatures over the violations done by the
Islamic Courts Union soon after their takeover the control of south-central
Somalia.
Amir’s political cartoons on the facts on the ground are the most
viewed and interested in and outside of Somalia as his official website
www.aminarts.com became one of the widely visited Somali sites.
Dahir Abdulle
Alasow, who runs the website of www.waagacusub.com was the first professional
journalists that wrote about the start of Islamist extremism of Al-Shabaab from
2006 to 2010. Many Somalis disgusted Alasow for his articles showing the
imminent risks from the support of Al-Shabaab and discovering the real name of
Al-Shabaab’s militant leader Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamud Godane who called himself as
(Sheik Mukhtar Abu-Zubeyr).
He shed the light on the true color
of Al-Shabaab militant group which Washington linked into the international
terror network ‘Al-Qaeda’
Dahir Alasow, A senior Radio and TV journalist, a
leader of a press watchdog ASOJ, the editor of waagacusub.com, and outstanding
commentator with fearless check on actions of the political groups and others
players through investigative journalism, plus defender of the public interest
and voice to the voiceless through "the truthful tip of his truth pen"
The
public support to Islamic insurgency in Somalia caused widespread abhorrence to
the cartoonist Amin Amir and journalist Dahir Alasow but in 2010 they drawn the
intention most Somalis because of their publishes as their websites became the
most interested.
The Al-Qaeda linked group of Al-Shabaab threatened to kill
Alasow and Amir but both men are still safe and live in Netherlands and
Canada.
Alasow’s website www.waagacusub.com became the most logged on site by
Somalis for its coverage over insightful news stories on the current and futures
events.
Two years ago, Al-Shabaab militants banned people under their
uncontrolled areas from viewing waagacusub site as several people including
journalists were killed for suspicion of working with Waagacusub media.
Some
people believe that Alasow as man linking to Somalia’s top intelligence officers
because of the documents published such the suicide bomber in Shamow Hotel in
Mogadishu on 3 December 2009.
Dahir Alasow brings out factual news, articles
and predictions on the political situation in Somalia as the current president
Sharif Sheik Ahmed who was presaged by Alasow as he was the man allotted for the
leadership of
Somalia.
http://www.axadle.com/news/business-travel/1114-somalias-political-cartoonist-amin-and-journalist-dahir-alasow-became-the-most-hated.html
By
Mss Farhiya Mohamed
Mogadishu,Somalia
Somalia’s most hated and liked journalists
Mogadishu 15 April 2010 Asoj.org -