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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, August 8, 2009 (SL Times) – Ali Muhammad Guleed (Ali
Marshal) was buried on Friday. Thousands of people participated in the
burial ceremony. Family members flew from abroad to say farewell to
their beloved. Somaliland and Somalilanders everywhere are grieving for
the loss of one of their illustrious sons.
Ali Muhammad Guleed (Ali Marshal) was KULMIYE party’s campaign manager
for the western regions. He died in a car accident. He and other Kulmiye
officials were on their way to Berbera airport to welcome KULMIYE’s
Chairman, Ahmed Sillanyo, who was coming back from Nairobi. The Second
Deputy Chairman Mr. Abdirahman Abdilqaadir Farah was also seriously
injured in this accident. Muhammad Hashi and journalist Abdiqani Hussein
Baynah suffered less serious injuries.
Somaliland’s leaders, including the Chairman of the Upper House, the
Speaker of Parliament, the Chairman of KULMIYE, other KULMIYE officials,
high officials of UCID, government ministers, Sultans, religious
personalities, as well as ordinary citizens, all took part in the burial
ceremony.
The Second Deputy Chairman of KULMIYE, Mr. Abdirahman Abdilqaadir Farah,
was flown on a special airplane to Nairobi for treatment.
The Somaliland Times sends its deepest condolences to the family and
relatives of Ali Muhammad Guleed, and we wish a speedy recovery to
Abdirahman Abdilqaadir Farah and the others who were injured.
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