[Clandestine] Radio Kulmis (in Somali) to Somalia 1800 GMT

Now we shall tell you about the formation of the Democratic Front for Salvation of Somalia [DFSS]:

The Somali people, having lived under the difficult conditions caused by the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre and having given up all hope for future democratic political, economic and social changes for the promotion of the Somali nation’s interests, and having made several armed attempts to bring about changes, which unfortunately did not succeed; and the terrorist regime, having fully submitted to international imperialism and jeopardized the freedom and existence of the Somali nation, a political and armed struggle began, led by those who volunteered to redeem their nation’s sovereignty and their motherland’s freedom, aimed at toppling the blood-sucking regime of Muhammad Siad Barre.

Therefore, after engaging the Siad regime in a long armed struggle in which tangible victories were won, a final state has now been reached when Somalia will be redeemed from the Mogadishu terrorists, and a bright future, democracy, lasting peace and cooperation in all fields will be fostered in this region, particularly the Horn of Africa. The groups facing terrorist Siad Barre in the political and armed struggle accordingly realized that it was inevitable for them to unite to speed up victory. And so, a meeting took place between the Somali Salvation Front (SSF), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Somalia (DFLS) and the Somali Workers Party (SWP) from 19 September to 5 October 1981.

Col Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, Ahmad Dahir Hasan, Musa (Uthman) Farah, Ali Handulleh Togdheer and Harun Diriyeh Adan represented the SSF.

Abd ar-Rahman Aidid Ahmad, Abdullahi Abd ar-Rahman Adan, Abubakar Haji Muhammad Husayn, Abdi Muhammad Amin and Ahmad Ismail Shabel represented the DFLS.

1. To unite completely and become a single front, to be known as the Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia(DFSS).
2. To prepare a national plan.
3. To establish a provisional council for the front, comprising the following 11 members: the chairman, the vice chairman, the member for external relations, the member for defense, the member for information, the member for finance, the member for organization, the member for the Justice Department, the member for social affairs, and two general executive committee members.

The following have been named as office holders:

1. Colonel ‘Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, chairman.
2. Said Jama Husayn, vice chairman.
3. ‘Abd ar-Rahman Aidid Ahmad, secretary for information.
4. ‘Abd as-Salaam as-Samatur, secretary for external relations
5. ‘Abdullahi Haji (Mumin), secretary for defense.
6. ‘Abdi ‘Abdulleh Said, secretary for organization.
7. ‘Abdullahi ‘Abd ar-Rahman Adan, [pseudonym indistinct] secretary for justice.
8. ‘Abd al-Qadir Hasan Isbariche, secretary for finance.
9. Jama Salah Ahmad, secretary for social affairs.
10. Hasan ‘Ali Mirre, member of the Executive Committee.
11. ‘Abd al-Ghaffar Shaykh Nur, member of the Executive Committee.

The agreement came into effect on 5 October 1981.

_{FBIS-MEA-81-203, 21 Oct. 1981, pp. R5-R6}