Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, the scholars' chairman, said the new deal is "against the Islamic religion." "It is unacceptable that a small group decides the destiny of the Somali people," Sheikh Bashir said, adding: "It is also unacceptable to sign an agreement with the group [TFG] that brought enemy forces.. Is this the same Sheikh Bashir whose wadhaf had Xiin excited? Asmara garleh! Djiboutina garleh! ARS wada garleh!

Dukow, the bleasure is mine. The old colonel might now be in the safety of his "base", what is the exit plan the poor teenage malitiamen he left behind?

Dukow when is adeero going back to Mogadishu?

^^ C'on now, don't get ahead of yourself. The article says he supports the the caravan not that he'll drive it. Your headline is misleading.

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: He thinks kuwa ku shiraayo Jabuuti inay ku jirin that said certain clan uu necebtahay it seems. That's not the reason he's given, maybe that's what YOU think about the Djibouti agreement.

Oh dear. Why the long faces? Didn't mean to hurt your feelings. As far as am concerned, this thread is not only about Yey's first "ceremonial" role, but also in the boliticks section of SOL.

Life is so so cheap these days.

Good to see Yey hasn't wasted any time officially switching from his "collaborateur" to "ceremonial" role. As for the King, why is he looking so glum. Waligay maan arag Boqor xayraansan. I know, it's only Qardho but.. cheer up will ya?

A&T Like most people in Somaliland I don't think it can be treated. PS Popping out. Later IA.

I do not support Riyaale's collaboration the same way you don't Hiiraale's. I'm only guilty of asking for amputation from "prostate body". Is there something wrong with that?

Originally posted by Oodweyne: Which means, in my opinion , to be "secessionist" ( which could be a moral defect in your eyes ) particularly in your company of a "bootlicking and obsequious collaborationist" , is akin to the sort of moral reproach that a man who is on his way to a mosque in his neighbourhood gets on a daily basis from another man who frequents the caressing delights that is being offered by the “ladies-of-the-night” in local street bordello. Particularly when this later man suggest to the former man that there is something wrong with him in passing in front of that well-known bordello every morning on his way to the mosque. In other words, the man who samples the delights of bordello itself is accusing another man of a "moral laxity" ; since former man only passes in front of the said establishment on his daily journey to the mosque!!. Regards, Oodweyne. To borrow a lyric from that famous football chant...I'd rather be a "secessionist" than a "bootlicking and obsequious collaborationist".

Amiin and AUN.

Originally posted by Abtigiis &Tolka: Him: kuwii dhaawacahaa in qaar la xidhay ma maqashay? Me: Dhaawac maxaya? Him: Kuwii gaadhigu la rogmaday Me: Xagee? ..... Him: Maalin dhaweyd unbaaba la soo daayey Me: Ayo? maxaa loo xidhay? Him: Ina Afwaranlaa dacweeyey. .....and then it goes on and on. May it's you who is hanging with the wrong crowd.

Originally posted by Norf How many reer Burco have you heard say 'reerku see yahay?' saxib? Even Xiin's "Burcawi" Sheekh doesn't say that.

Xiin You've fishing for something last couple of days, haven't you? Anyways, what do you think of this delegation's visit to Somaliland? Could this be the beginning of "21 Century Somali Fraternité"? No need for a ineffectual elephantine body politique, just a handful of friendly and brotherly countries co-operating to improve the lives of their citizens. If you also take into account how happy the likes of Sh. Sharif are to have their "caravan" garage in Djibouti, are we all finally about to be on the same wavelength? Dumbuqeenna shiishka leh Duwi mayno weligeen Dad hadduu is toydona Danyarbaa sokeeya leh Dugsigeennu wayaga Ifkaan daaray waakaa Dalka iyo Jaboutiba Ragga iga danbeeyaa Kolba dogob ha saaree 4.5 wadhaf ma lagu deyey.. ~ Gaariye Variations Oodweyne That's enough. Keep some aces up your sleeve.

Che, since you seem to know everything, you asked the question because....

The Dead Parrot Sketch Monty Python The Pet Shoppe A customer enters a pet shop. Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) C: 'Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean "miss"? C: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint! O: We're closin' for lunch. C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not FIVE YEARS ago from this very boutique. O: Oh yes, the, uh, the ETHIO Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting. C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the ETHIO Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting! C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Yey Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage) O: There, he moved! C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage! O: I never!! C: Yes, you did! O: I never, never did anything... C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO YEY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.) C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot. O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned! C: STUNNED?!? O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! ETHIO Blues stun easily, major. C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 5 YEARS ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the PUNTS. C: PININ' for the PUNTS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home? O: The ETHIO Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage! C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there. (pause) O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee! C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised! O: No no! 'E's pining! C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!! (pause) O: Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) O: Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots. C: I see. I see, I get the picture. O: I got a slug. (pause) C: (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk? O: Nnnnot really. C: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!? O: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in KAMPALA, he'll replace the parrot for you. C: KAMPALA, eh? Very well. The customer leaves. The customer enters the same pet shop. The owner is putting on a false moustache. C: This is KAMPALA, is it? O: (with a fake mustache) No, it's BUJUMBURA. C: (looking at the camera) That's DAALLO AIRLINES for you. The customer goes to the train station. He addresses a man standing behind a desk marked "Complaints". C: I wish to complain, DAALO AIRLINES Person. Attendant: I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS JOB, YOU KNOW!!! C: I beg your pardon...? A: I'm a qualified brain surgeon! I only do this job because I like being my own boss! C: Excuse me, this is irrelevant, isn't it? A: Yeah, well it's not easy to pad these python files out to 200 lines, you know. C: Well, I wish to complain. I got on the KAMPALA plane and found myself deposited here in BUJUMBURA. A: No, this is KAMPALA. C: (to the camera) The pet shop man's brother was lying!! A: Can't blame DAALLO AIRLINES for that. C: In that case, I shall return to the pet shop! He does. C: I understand this IS KAMPALA. O: (still with the fake mustache) Yes? C: You told me it was BUJUMBURA! O: ...It was a pun. C: (pause) A PUN?!? O: No, no...not a pun...What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards? C: (Long pause) A palindrome...? O: Yeah, that's it! C: It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "KAMPALA" would be "ALAPMAK"!! It don't work!! O: Well, what do you want? C: I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly! Sergeant-Major: Quite agree, quite agree, too silly, far too silly...

Xiin Dul-ka-NABAD-DOON baa tahay Uur-ka-TFG baa tahay Dibno MUQAAWAMA baa tahay Isha bidixna kuu daban Dalba-Juuqahaaguna Wax la dedo ka xeel dheer Allow yaa ku dooxoo Haddana aan ku dilinoo Waxaad damacsantee kale Debedda ula soo baxa Afartaa dheh Deelleey Dabray oo ka jeedladay waxan uga danlee yahay Dadka reer Jaboutee Dawladnimada tooda ah Cidna aan iskaga darin Waa deris walaalkaya Dugsi weeye gacalnimo Anigu waan ku diirsaday Lama dira-diraalayn Ha daardaarin waa gobe... Iidaan Variations PS You wrote that for moi? Oh I feel sbecial. Bedtime Wanaagsan sxb.

Absolutely incredible. It was News at 10's top story. I wonder if this will affect the price of oil. Whatever next.

Na soo gaadhe Jabuutow tixahaad soo gudbinayseene Geeraarradiinii hellnay iyo gabayadiinniiye Una guuxnay hawraarta guud, hiilna loo garaye Maansadu godkii ay lahayd maydun gees marinne Alle waydin garansiiyey oo gob iyo caadkeede Garna waad u leediin tolkiin inad gargaartaane Gacmihii walaalaha ahaa waysku gunuddeene Gurmashadu markay ku hab-samayd waa gilgilateene Annana geesinnimo noo tartiyo garab-ku-taaglayne... ~ Qaasim Variations

Here's their top secret. Can this be true?

Xiin Wish your caravan all the best. Let's hope it delivers the peace Somalia is desperate for. The previous caravans failed to deliver because of design faults. I believe Sh. Sharif (with the help of the Almighty) can fix the faults this one has. Btw, what do you make Kashafa's Kismaayonews scoop Sh. Sharif's caravan's off to Addis?

Originally posted by Koora-Tuunshe: ^I know Ceerigabo's people have kept stable environment and do heavily intermarry with one another but I meant by its traditional ownership . Historically Erigavo as a territory did fall under the seperatist clans' territory but it wasn't since the Sultan of Makhir's rule expanded into Erigavo as far as Mait and Garadag that the city grew and officially held a shared status. I mean his sultanate, according to colonial documents, reached GarAdag. In post civil war, the city's demographics have changed and control over it became a disputed issue. I've asked a very straightforward question, what demarcations are there in Ceerigaabo? As far as I know, all of Ceerigaabo's neighbourhoods are run by mayor Ismaciil Xaaji Nuur. You can correct me if am wrong sxb. If you think Ceerigaabo historically belongs to certain clan, that's fine too. I thank you for volunteering that bit of info, but I never asked you that. As for what you now call "Maakhir", you're not the first person who claimed it historically belongs to them one day, and then claim their great grandfather was a refugee from Yemen who settled after getting nitched to local girl on another. Waa halkii odaygii...just words on the screen, words on the screen. Originally posted by Naxar Nugaaleed: Granted, ceerigaaban intermingle more then rer burco and Galkacyo, but none the less, the city is east-west divided. Reer Burco don't intermingle? Really? Come-on now cut the BS. Gaalkacayo has the infamous "green line" clan demarcations unlike anywhere in Somaliland. Is Gaalkacayo's southern bit not under Galmudug administration and the north under Puntland? Tell me one town in Somaliland that is run by different clan factions? Not Ceerigaabo, not anywhere. It's one thing to have neighbourhoods dominated by certain groups, but the Gaalkacayo devision doesn't exist in Ceerigaabo, unlike what Koora wanted gullible Duke to believe. He otherwise wouldn't have mention "agreement which demarcated the city into half", would he?

The FBI does send agents to do investigations abroad. I remember them sending investigators to Nairobi among other places. Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: I have no idea but it is not surprising ,,, if the incidents are related to what they call terrorism then they will have an influence in one way or another ,,,,,,, Never mind the the FBI, what are the people saying about the mysterious Ethio agents who were arrested and released in Borama?

Xiin You can't deny that you once again openly support the TFG - as you did a few years ago. You can't deny - judging from veiled threats - you would support future TFG/ARSD coalition fighting against those opposition "peace caravan". That's what I've deducted from the circuitous answers you've been giving. Even if my conclusions about you are wrong, that's what the so-called "peace caravan" is destined to deliver according to the likes of ARS-Djibouti's Col. Cumar Xashi. How else could anyone interpret what Col. Cumar said when the so-called "peace caravan" pit-stopped at Baladweyne. This makes a big mockery of you and Sh. Sharif's argument about "ending the 18-year civil war", "humanitarian crisis", "saving Somali blood", etc . It - like Oodweyne nicely put it - makes a joke of the so-called PEACE caravan. He's spot on when he says: "It’s interesting to see your “peace Caravan” turning into some kind of a new coalition-building between the TFG on one hand, and one section of the resistance forces (i.e., the Djibouti faction) on the other hand; particularly in the hope of taking on the other side (namely the Col. Aweys’s faction) and most importantly, taking on the new kids on the block, namely the Al-Shabaab ..." ^^^ That's what you and - crucially - Sh. Sharif need to candidly address. But seriously,there is no benefit in starting from scratch, and dealing few dozen warlords each vying for control. I'd only accept that reasoning if you were as adamantly opposed when Sh. Sharif disregarded the possible repercussions of splitting of ARS into at least two wings. To loosely paraphrase you; for the "caravan" to have a realistic chance to deliver PEACE, Sh. Sharif should have "salvaged" the ARS. That's the argument most nomads have been making against your "caravan" for months. In my humble opinion, it would be catastrophic if Sh. Sharif sanctions a war against the people whom he called to defend their country against occupiers, especially when he's the one who used to insist on it on "no negotiations till the invaders had all gone" basis. Aren't these the same people who came to the rescue when the Satanic Alliance ignited this conflict by their infamous declaration of war? Whatever argument you have for "salvaging" the TFG faction, they're outweighed by the case "salvaging" of ARS first. Later IA..