Journalists link Dahabshiil to the death of Journalists - Facts

Press Release: Journalists link Dahabshiil to the death of Waagacusub and Sunatimes journalists - Facts Please click here to download the attached file Press Release: Journalists link Dahabshiil to the death of Waagacusub and Sunatimes journalists - Facts Asoj.org - Three men, armed with pistols stopped Abdirahman Mohamed Ali, Director of Waagacusub media, together with a man and a woman near the blood factory in Mogadishu Suqa Holaha district on 26 September, 2012. The armed men forced abdirahman and the two people to get in a nearby car and subsequently blind folded them. According to survivors’ accounts, all of them were taken to unknown posh house where they’ve undergone stiff interrogation. Abdirahman was asked whether the group know each other. He told them that they’ve just met in a bus. An unarmed man asked Abdirahman to provide the username and the password of waagacusub.com, but he told them that he doesn’t know anything about these, and that he works the administrative section of waagacusub media. According to the other two people who’ll remain anonymous because of their security, the abductors asked Abdirahman to call the webmasters of Waagacusub and Sunatimes and ask them to remove the information received from the hacked Dahabshil Database Server. “Do you know the name and the telephone number of Sunatimes correspondent in Mogadishu, and he replied yes” said the survivors. The survivors also reported that the abductors took Abdirahman from the room they’ve interrogated him. Eye witnesses who saw Abdirahman being abducted told ASOJ that one of the three armed abductors by the name Mohamed is a member of Dahabshiil Security guards. The decapitated body of Abdirahman Mohamed Ali was found on 27 September, 2012 near Barwaqo Restaurant, Suqa Holaha district, while the other two hostages were thrown out from a car at Wahara Adde location. They told ASOJ that they were unharmed. Gunmen killed the editor of the English language website Sunatimes on 28 September, 2012, just a day after the decapitated body of Abdirahman has been recovered. ASOJ strongly believes that the editor, Ahmed Abdullahi Fanah was killed as a result of information obtained from Abdirahman. Hours after the death of Fanah, the chairman of ASOJ Dahir Alasow received through his postal address a threat document from Bird & Bird LLP, solicitors representing Dahabshiil that they’ll file a lawsuit against him, if he doesn’t remove the information received from the hacked Dahabshiil Database server from waagacusub.com and Sunatimes.com. Killings and threats were taking place a week after the Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) obtained information pertaining to a clandestine meeting held by Dahabshiil’s most top officials in Hargaysa. The secret meeting decided three million dollars bounty on Dahir Alasow’s head. A resident in Breda, Netherlands sent a text message to Mr. Alasow, stating that Dahabshiil hired him to execute Alasow, and he’ll be spending $ 100,000 for Alasow’s killing. He is now under police custody for further investigation. Dahabshiil which failed a lawsuit against Waagacusub editor has been out since 2009 to fight Somali independent media, especially waagacusub. Dahabshil with the help of Somaliland government has successfully achieved to block 36 websites including waagacusub from somalilands Somtel and Telesom ISPs. These websites published information from Dahabshil Database server hacked by a group known as anonymous. ASOJ is legally registered in Netherlands and Somalia, and therefore reiterates that Dahabshiil orchestrated the death of Waagacusub director Abdirahman Mohamed Ali and the editor of Sunatimes Ahmed Abdullahi Fanah. ASOJ is optimistic that the court hearing in November will be the beginning of the end of Dahabshiil’s violations against Somali journalists. ASOJ calls upon UN agencies to think about their business relationship with Dahabshiil, and avoid nurturing Dahabshiil to harm innocent Somali journalists in the future. ASOJ calls upon the Somali Federal government and the international community to protect the Somali journalists. ASOJ conveys its heartfelt condolence to the families of all deceased Somali journalists. By Faduma Farah Mogadishu,Office Dahabshiil Links to Al-Qaeda anonymous said http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/security/55828-it%E2%80%99s-war-an-%E2%80%98anonymous%E2%80%99-middle-east-banking-feast-begin$ It’s WAR: An ‘Anonymous’ Middle East banking feast begin$ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/internet/32763429_1_terrorist-groups-somalia-terror-hacking-groupAnonymous declares 'war on terror' http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/5403/Internet/article/detail/1473032/2012/07/20/Anonymous-bestrijdt-terreur-bank-in-Midden-Oosten-gegijzeld.dhtmlAnonymous bestrijdt terreur: bank in Midden-Oosten 'gegijzeld' http://allafrica.com/stories/201207230068.htmlSomalia: Hackers Target Somali Giant Dahabshiil http://www.qurbejoog.com/2012/08/07/dahabshiil-bank-in-cahoots-with-djibouti-ban-somali-websites/ Dahabshiil Bank in cahoots with Djibouti ban Somali Websiteshttp://www.qurbejoog.com/2012/08/18/dahabshiil-bank-struggling-to-survive/Dahabshiil Bank struggling to survivehttp://www.qurbejoog.com/2012/07/24/dahabshiil-bank-flip-flops-on-attack-and-prosecution-of-media/Dahabshiil Bank flip flops on Attack and prosecution of Media http://halbeegnews.net/archives/15547

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