[Clandestine] Radio Kulmis in Somali to Somalia 1800 GMT

In our special Radio Kulmis program tonight we first bring you the agreement reached by the Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia (DFSS) and the Somali National Movement (SNM). The agreement is read by Mahdi Ahmad Warsame:

Dear listeners, the agreement reached by the SNM and the DFSS is as follows:

On 7 October 1982 the DFSS and the SNM held a meeting on cooperation between the two fronts to prepare the ground for tangible and lasting unification. During their long struggles, the two opposition fronts have formed broad bases of support among the general public of Somalia. At the same time, the two movements have gained recognition and received full assistance from the progressive and democratic peoples of the world. While the two movements are pursuing their own political programs, they have at the same time now agreed to cooperate in leading the struggle of the general public of Somalia, who are opposed to the dictatorial regime of Muhammad Siad Barre.

The SNM and the DFSS have been forced — not by choice to undertake the following:

1. To launch armed struggle against the obstinate and dictatorial regime of Muhammad Siad Barre as of today;
2. To resist without mercy the attempt to obliterate the liberation movements and to fight the terrorism unleashed on Somali nationalists;
3. To oppose the false title of statesman for the dictator, and the creation of tribal rule based on tribal inheritance;
4. To fight the continuing attempt to crush the freedom and democratic principles of the Somali masses;
5. To fight the abuse of Islamic principles and Islamic ways of life of the Somali people;
6. To oppose the crippling of the economy of the country and work for productivity and simple investment in livestock and agricultural fields; to control the rampant inflation in the country; to check labor exploitation and embezzlement of public property;
7. To fight the destruction of the morals of the general public and the denial to the Somali public of their essential means of livelihood;
8. To oppose the suicidal foreign policy that has brought great dangers, risks and disasters.

While observing and taking into consideration the points mentioned above and translating the needs of the Somali masses clearly represented by the Somali SNM and DFSS opposition fronts into action, they jointly pronounce:

1. After the overthrow of Siad Barre, we will fulfill the needs of the Somali people and will form and create a government of the general masses, based on the principles of democracy and equality. The government will be one in which the general public of Somalia will directly and democratically participate.
2. We will defend the unity of the SDR and strengthen its freedom and independence while at the same time rebuilding the destroyed national organs. This will enable us to restore the economy with the aim of raising the standard of living of the general public, removing injustice and reviving the traditions, culture and the Islamic principles of Somalia.
3. We will strive to create a mixed economy in which the state agencies and the private sector jointly cooperate.
4. We will observe strictly the tangible principles of nonalignment. We will respect and protect the friendship of all nations. We will support international cooperation and an end to apartheid and colonialism.
5. We strongly and fearlesely oppose the establishing of foreign bases in Somalia. We will work for the removal of all U.S. bases in our country.
6. We strongly support the peace and stability of the world at large and will struggle for the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to become zones of peace, in which foreign bases and the use of nuclear weapons are prohibited.
7. We will do our utmost to make the Horn of Africa a region of lasting peace — based on economic cooperation between the countries of the region, and in particular between Somalia and Ethiopia which is now completely severed, but which can be restored and promoted.
8. We will strive to unite the peoples of the Arab world, and we will strongly participate in the just struggle to oppose Zionism, imperialism and neocolonialism.
9. We support the just struggle of the Palestine Revolution. We will recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, as the sole, legitimate and just representative of the Palestinian people.
10. We fully recognize the just right of the people of Palestine to legitimate self-determination, and to form an independent Palestinian government in their country.
11. We are disheartened by and vehemently condemn the massacre of the people of Palestine and Lebanon by the Zionists.
12. We are strongly opposed to the Israeli occupation of Arab land, such as Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
13. We will give moral and material support to the legitimate struggle of the people of Namibia and South Africa who are fighting against the apartheid and colonialist policies of a few whites in South Africa.

The SNM and DFSS have agreed to establish full and concrete cooperation as the basis of full and lasting unification. In order to implement these points, the DFSS and the SNM have agreed:

• To form a joint committee composed of the SNM and the DFSS to agree on a joint political program, supervise its implementation and guarantee the continued unification process;
• To form a united committee of the DFSS and the SNM to run the programs and news of Radio Halgan on the basis of united political polices, equal sharing of air time, and guaranteeing the implementation of all the procedures laid down for the broadcasts; The two organizations agreed to change the name of Radio Kulmis to Radio Halgan, the latter to be announced as follows — Halkani Wa Radio Halgan — The United Voices of the Somali Opposition Forces.
• To establish a united committee of the SNM and the DFSS which will unite the work of ail the forces of the two opposition fronts, in particular in the fields of supplies, reconnaisance, and action;
• To form a joint committee of the DFSS and the SNM which will work to harmonize the social and other differences that may arise between the two organizations.

The members of the joint committees of the DFSS and the SNM will be named when this joint agreement is signed.
The delegations of the two movements who reached this agreement are as follows:

The Somali National Movement

• Yusuf Ali Shaykh (Madar) — chairman;
• Ahmad Abdi Ismail (Digsi) General commander;
• Hasan Isa Jama — secretary of political affairs;
• Col Abd al-Qadir Kosar Abdi commander of the SNM forces;

The Somali Salvation Democratic Front

• Col Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad –chairman;
• Siad Jama Husayn –deputy chairman;
• Abd ar-Rahman Aydeed Ahmad — secretary of information;
• Gen Mahmud Muse Hirsi — commander of the DFSS forces;
• Ahmad Dahir Hasan member.

_{FBIS-MEA-82-203, 20 Oct. 1982, p. R4}