Sahankii Macdan Baadhista Oo Ka bilaabmay Deegaanka Hol-Hol Ee Gobolka Sool. Feb 26, 2006 By:Radiossc.net Holhol(Radiossc.net):-Wararka naga soo gaadhay deegaanka holhol ee Gobolka Sool ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in uu bilaabmay sahanka hordhaca ah ee ay wadaan shirkadaha macdanta nocayeeda kala duwan ka baadhay Puntland. Sahankan ayaa waxa lagu soo waramayaa in ay durtaba bilaabeen shirkado ka socda dalka Malaysiya , kuwaas oo xubno ka socdaa ay safar ku tageen Buur u dhow tuulada Hol-hol halkaas oo la sheegay in hore looga baadhay Macdanta Dahabka. Wararku waxay intaas ku darayaan in xubnahan ka socday shirkada Malaysiyaan ka ah oo isugu jiray malayshiyaan iyo Yamaniyiin ay la socdeen mas’uuliyiin ka socday dhinaca maamulka, hasa yeeshee waxa la sheegayaa in aanay u hir galin hawshii ay u socdeen , ka dib markii ay dadka deegaanka holhol kala kulmeen soo dhaweyn la’aan ka dibna ay dib ugu noqdeen garoowe. Deegaanka Holhol ayaa waxa hore looga sahamiyey Bartool, iyada oo shirkad ka soctay dalka maraykanku oo loo yaqaano Conoco ay bartool ka heshay ,ceelna ayba ka qoday, hasa yeeshee dagaaladii sokeeye ee dalka Soomaaliya ka qarxay 1990kii ,markii danbena ay burburtay xukuumadii dhexe ee Soomaaliya ay sababtay in uu hakad galo soo saarida saliida batroolka. Madaxweynaha Puntland Gen. Cadde Muuse ayaa waxa uu hore u sheegay in uu heshiisyo la soo galay shirkado ajnabiya si ay dalka macdanta noocyadeeda kala duwan uga baadhaan, si nololasha bulshada puntland kor loogu qaado. Radiossc.net

Although, Punland democracy still is relatively new, but heavy weight ministers like Haabsade fail to gain parliament confidence, is positive sign toward a more hopeful future Axmed Cabdi Xaabsade Iyo Xaaji Bakiin Oo Kalsooni Ka waayey golaha wakiilada, Faroole oo Ka Baxsaday Golaha INtaan Codka Loo Qaadin. Feb 26, 2006 By:Radiossc.net Laascaanood(Radiossc.net):-Wararka naga soo gaadhay magaalada Garoowe ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan inay waayeen Codkii kalosooniyada ee Golaha wakiilada Puntland Wasiiradda Arimaha Gudaha iyo Amniga iyo wasiir ku xigeenkiisii Xaaji Bikiin,iyadoo la sheegay in C/raxmaan Max’ed Faroole oo ka baxay Golaha intaan isgana codka kalsoonida loo qaadin.. Wasiirka Arimaha gudaha iyo amniga Axmed Cabdi Xaabsade ayaa isaga la sheegay helay 41 cod iyadoo 14 kalena ay diideen in ay ansixiyaan Wasiirka,waxaana maanta Kalfadhigii aad caadi ahayn ee Golaha wakiilada joogey 56 xubnood. Wasiirka Xidhiidhka caalamiga ah ee Puntland C/raxmaan Faroole oo isaga la sheegay inuu ka baxsadey codayntii ayaa sheegay in uu maanta ama bari qaban doono shir Jaraa’id oo uu kaga hadlayo xaalada Golaha wakiilada iyo ansixinta Xukuumada cusub ee Cadde. Dhinaca kale waxaa iyagu helay codka kalsooniyada ee Golaha wakiilada Wasiirada Dawlada hoose iyo Horumarinta reer Miyiga Cali Cabdi Awaare,Wasiirka Maaliyada Max’ed Cali Yuusuuf (Gaagaab), Wasiirka Awqaafta Geesood,iyo xubno kale. Radiossc.net

BBC 02/24/2006 When Somali civil engineering student Mukhtar Ahmed Osman was beaten unconscious in the snow by a gang of teenagers in a Moscow suburb three years ago, nobody came to his aid. Here he recounts his ordeal for the BBC News website: It was about seven o'clock on a November evening in 2002, the year after I arrived from Somalia to study at RUDN university. I was escorting a friend from the university here to his home near the Kantemirovskaya Metro station. After I saw him home I came down out of the apartment block into the street to stop a taxi. I saw kids playing in the snow nearby and I thought they were just kids playing. I imagine the average age was about 14 and there were about 13 of them. There was snow everywhere. I believe there are good and bad in every nation and Russia is full of good, decent people Then one of them came up to me and starting speaking very quickly. At that time, I was still only learning Russian and could only follow slowly so I asked him: "What? Could you repeat that please?" He hit me and I tried to hit him back, but another one struck me from behind. I lost consciousness. When I was on the ground they started kicking me really hard. Then they must have thought I was dead and they stopped. I opened my eyes and saw them standing in a circle around me and I said to myself if I don't do something they will start again, so I reached out and grabbed a stone or something and they ran away, and then I ran away. My friend Igor I got to the road where I stopped a car. The driver said 'Where are you going?' and I said to the Yugo-Zapadnaya Metro station and he said '$20'[well above the usual rate]. I agreed because I had no choice, and money was the last of my worries at that moment. I was covered in blood and then I asked him if I could have some water to drink, and he said 'You shouldn't drink so much'. He must have thought I was drunk. [Mukhtar lives on a monthly budget of $150 and neither drinks nor smokes]. Well, he said he had no water. Then he brought me to the station. Some guys there helped me get home and an ambulance was called. I was brought to hospital. Then some other Somalis came to see me after hearing about the attack. I did not go to university for 15 days. Then I went to the police and they filed a report, but nothing was done. It's a pity but that's how life is here. I have a lot of Russian friends. I believe there are good and bad in every nation and Russia is full of good, decent people. I have one very close friend - Igor is his name. He often phones me and tells me to let him know if I want to go somewhere and he will come with me. He and I go places all the time. If someone starts making trouble, he says 'If you're looking for trouble, mate, come to me first'. I feel safe when I travel with him.

Somali MPs put aside differences to legislate Web posted at: 2/25/2006 8:47:26 Source ::: Reuters BAIDOA, Somalia: Nearly a year after they brawled, threw chairs and punches at each other in Kenya, Somalia’s interim parliament is to meet inside the anarchic country for the first time. The parliament will meet in the city of Baidoa, seen as a neutral venue away from the capital Mogadishu, seat of powerful warlords, and Jowhar, temporary home of the interim government. President Abdullahi Yusuf and Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan on January 5 agreed to hold a parliament meeting inside Somalia within 30 days in a bid to reactivate their faltering government after more than a year of paralysis. At the previous session last March deputies threw chairs and punched one another at a posh hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, where the government was set up in 2004 in the 14th attempt to restore central authority to a country whose last national president was ousted in 1991. “People really need a government. We hope this time parliament will meet and work peacefully to end the anarchy in our country,†speaker Hassan said. Hassan said the MPs plan to choose committees, decide on how long they will meet and revisit the debate over allowing in foreign peacekeepers. In what many call the last best hope for this administration more than 100 MPs have come to the city. They arrive outside the town in motorcades escorted by pickup trucks known as “technicals,†carrying heavy machine guns and militiamen chewing the amphetamine-like qat leaf. “No guns or technicals will be allowed in the town, only 400 uniformed policemen will be patrolling the city,†local elder Mahamud Haji Mohamed said. More than 1,000 gunmen have camped outside Baidoa, a city of 800,000 around 240km northwest of Mogadishu, he said. Foreign diplomats, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi, who some MPs have said they want to remove, should arrive today.

Chronology of Somalia's collapse, peace talks 24 Feb 2006 13:39:40 GMT Source: Reuters Background CRISIS PROFILE-What's going on in Sudan's Darfur? CRISIS PROFILE: Is peace possible in Somalia? MORE Feb 24 (Reuters) - Somalia's parliament will meet in the country on Feb. 26 for the first time since it was formed in Kenya more than a year ago. A leadership split hindered its attempt to impose authority on the nation which has been controlled by warlords since the ousting of former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Here is a short chronology of Somalia since then: Nov 17, 1991 - Power struggle between rival clan warlords Mohamed Farah Aideed and Ali Mahdi Mohamed erupts into violence. Thousands of civilians are killed and wounded. In early 1992, the rival warlords sign a U.N.-sponsored ceasefire but fail to agree on monitoring provisions. April 24, 1992 - U.N. Security Council approves deployment of ceasefire observers. Siad Barre flees into exile days later. -- Sept 19 - Warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed returns to Mogadishu and rules out deployment of U.N. troops. -- Dec 3 - Security Council endorses full-scale military operation led by the United States. -- Dec 9 - U.S. Marines hit Mogadishu's beaches under the glare of television lights in "Operation Restore Hope". Jan 15, 1993 - At U.N. talks in Addis Ababa, feuding clan militias sign the first of many pacts to stop fighting. -- Oct 3 - Eighteen U.S. Army Rangers and one Malaysian killed when Somali militias shoot down two U.S. helicopters in Mogadishu. Hundreds of Somalis also died in the ensuing fighting. U.S. mission formally ends in March 1994. May 2, 2000 - The Somali National Peace Conference brings together more than 2,000 participants. -- Aug 13 - Transitional National Government (TNG) is established to try to unite warring Somalis. In subsequent months, TNG's authority withers amid opposition from warlords. Sept 15, 2003 - Factions at the talks agree to a transitional constitution and to set a five-year term for elections following the expiry of the TNG mandate in August. Oct 10, 2004 - Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi Yusuf is elected Somali president by lawmakers. In December, new Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi swears in 27 ministers in Kenya. Feb 24, 2005 - Somali President and prime minister arrive in their homeland in the central town of Jowhar, for the first time since their new government was formed in Kenya. Jan 5, 2006 - Somalia's president and parliamentary speaker reach a deal to end the government rift by holding a parliamentary meeting inside Somalia within 30 days. Feb 26, 2006 -----------------------------------

War dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan Safarka Madaxweyne C/Laahi Yuusuf ee Baydhabo Posted to the Web Feb 25, 16:07 Baydhabo:- Wafdi ballaaran oo isugu jira wasiiro iyo xildhibaano uu horkacayo Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf Axmed ooka amababaxay magaalada Jowhar ayaa waxaa lagu soo warramayaa goor dhaw diyaaradii ay lasocdeen wafdiga madaxweynaha in ay caga dhigatay garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Baydhabo. Madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf oo ay socdaalkiisa ku wehliyeen gudoomiye ku xigeenka 1aad ee baarlamanka Prof. Max’ed Cumar Dalxa, gudoomiiye ku xigeenka 2aad Cusman Cilmi Boqorre, wasiirka dhulka iyo deegaamaynta Mowliid Macaane Maxamuud iyo xubno kale ayaa waxaa si diirran loogu soo dhaweeyay garoonka magaalada Baydhabo. Soo dhaweyntooda ay waxaa kaqeyb galay qaar kamid ah xubnaha labada gole oo uu horkacayay gudoomiyaha baarlamanka Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan, masuuliyiinta magaalada Baydhabo, waxgarad iyo dadweyne aad u fara badan oo hareer safnaa wadooyinka kasoo baxa garoonka ee soo gasha magaalada Baydhabo. Madaxweyne Yuusuf oo guri weyn looga diyaariyay magaalada Baydhabo ayaa waxaa lagu wadaa shir jaraa’id in uu ku qabto magaalada Baydhabo, kaasoo uu uga hadlayo socdaalkiisa uu kutagay Baydhabo oo ah kii ugu horreeyay oo uu ku tago tan iyo markii loo doortay xilka madaxweynanimada Soomaaliya,iyadoo maantana magaalada uu roob ka da'ay. Dhanka kale Ra’iisul wasaare Geedi iyo wafdi uu horkacayo oo iyagana isuga jira wasiiro iyo xildhibaano ayaa waxaa lagu wadaa aroorta hore ee maalinta berrito ah inay ka soo ambabaxaan magaalada Jowhar. Kalfadhiga Baarlamanka ayaa waxa uu muuqdaa mid qabsoomaya maadaama tirada xildhibaanada golaha baarlamanka ee loo baahan yahay in uu ku buuxsamo kooranka ay ka gadubtay intii loo baahnaa oo ah 138 mudane, iyadoo tirada xildhibaanada ku sugan magaalada Baydhabo ay iminka sii caga cagaynayso 200 oo mudane. Halgan.net. C/qaadir Osman Xafiska Muqdisho.

Originally posted by Red Sea Casse: Assalamu calaykum, The video that I just saw was utterly ****** and made nosense whatsoever, you guys must be kidding me or crazy if you found such thing interesting. He represents no one and makes no one to be proud in whatever business he is in. If anything, he shames the Somali people. :rolleyes: Assalamu Calaykum. Well said bro red sea The man was influenced by alien culture and our Somali culture and traditions I believe Somali people have other people to be proud

ONLF Oo Ku Eedeysay Isbaheysiga La Dagaalanka Iney Dhoofiyeen Rag Ka Tirsan ONLF Wakiilka Jabhada ONLF ee Soomaaliya oo fariisinkiisu yahay magaalada Muqdisho Cumar Muxumad ayaa si kulul ugu jawaabay hadal kasoo yeeray mid ka mid ah mas’uuliyiinta Isbaheysiga la dagaalanka Argagixisada oo sheegayay in Jabhada ONLF ay ka mid tahay dadka ajaaniibta ah ee ay doonayaan in gacanta ku dhigaan isla markaana weeraro iyo dhibaatooyinka loo geysto deegaanada ismaamulka Soomaalida ee Itoobiya ka fuliyaan falal argagixiso ah. Wakiilka ayaa sheegay in aysan aheyn urur argagixiso balse ay halgan ugu jiraan sidii ay ugu xuroobi lahaayeen wax uu ku sheegay gumeysi ayna u gaari lahaayeen midnimo iyo maamul ay xor u yihiin. “Waxaan nahay dad gobonimo doon ah, ajnabina ma nihin, dadkeena Soomaaliyeed waxaan ka dooneynaa iney gacan nagu siiyaan sidii aan u heli laheyn gobonimo, waana dadka aan ku tashaneyno, maanta ma ahan in nalaga dhigo inaan nahay dad ajnabi ah†ayuu yiri Cumar Muxamed oo ku eedeeyay Cabdi Waal oo ka mid ah xubnaha ku jira isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagixisada in uu dalka ka dhoofiyay rag ka tirsan Jabhada ONLF kuwaaso oo magacyadoodu uu ku sheegay Maxamuud Beerey iyo C/fataax Maxamed oo ka mid ah lagu waayay eedeymaha iyo falalka argagixiso. Cabdi Waal oo ah ninkii hoggaaminayey maliishiyadii dirirka ka bilaabatay ee Maxkamadaha kala horyimid dagaal xoogan, wuxuuna ku eedeeyay iney ku raad joogaan shaqsiyaadka iyo xubnaha Jabhada ONLF iyo kuwo kale ee wada shaqeynta kala dhaxeyso Argagixisada. Cali Muxiyaddiin Cali C/raxmaan Muxiyaddiin muxiyaddiin@hotmail.com Midnimo Information Center wararka@midnimo.com

Somali MPs look to legislate, a year after brawling 24 Feb 2006 13:24:24 GMT Source: Reuters By Guled Mohamed BAIDOA, Somalia, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Nearly a year after they brawled, threw chairs and punches at each other in Kenya, Somalia's interim parliament is to meet inside the anarchic country for the first time. The parliament will meet in the city of Baidoa, seen as a neutral venue away from the capital Mogadishu, seat of powerful warlords, and Jowhar, temporary home of the interim government. President Abdullahi Yusuf and Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan on Jan. 5 agreed to hold a parliament meeting inside Somalia within 30 days in a bid to reactivate their faltering government after more than a year of paralysis. At the previous session last March deputies threw chairs and punched one another at a posh hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, where the government was set up in 2004 in the 14th attempt to restore central authority to a country whose last national president was ousted in 1991. "People really need a government. We hope this time parliament will meet and work peacefully to end the anarchy in our country," speaker Hassan told Reuters. Hassan said the MPs plan to choose committees, decide on how long they will meet and revisit the debate over allowing in foreign peacekeepers. LAST BEST HOPE In what many call the last best hope for this administration more than 100 MPs have come to the city. They arrive outside the town in motorcades escorted by pickup trucks known as "technicals," carrying heavy machine guns and militiamen chewing the amphetamine-like qat leaf. "No guns or technicals will be allowed in the town, only 400 uniformed policemen will be patrolling the city," local elder Mahamud Haji Mohamed told Reuters. More than 1,000 gunmen have camped outside Baidoa, a city of 800,000 around 240 km (150 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, he said. Foreign diplomats, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi, who some MPs have said they want to remove, should arrive on Saturday. "We have not met since March 17 when we fought in Nairobi's Grand Regency hotel. Now we are friends," Mogadishu MP Abdirashad Aden Abdullhi told his former foe, Jowhar-based MP Hassan Isak Yaqub, as the two hugged. The two MPs symbolise one of the main rifts in the government, namely where it should make its initial home. The government is based in Jowhar, 90 km (56 miles) north of the capital and Yusuf and his allies say Mogadishu cannot be the government's base until it is freed from the control of warlords. Mogadishu warlords in the cabinet, speaker Hassan and almost half of the 275-member parliament say the capital must be the seat of government as the interim constitution demands. Since parliament last met the two sides have boosted their weapons stocks in defiance of a U.N. weapons embargo. A number of hotels and restaurants have sprung up or been spruced up for the meeting in Baidoa, dubbed the "City of Death" during a 1992 famine that killed hundreds of thousands. Drought threatens the country with famine again this year, according to the the United Nations. Dozens of shoeshine boys have set up shop on the pot-holed streets, looking for work to relieve their crushing poverty. "I think it will be good if we have a government because then I can get a better job than shining shoes," one of the boys, Kamal Mohamed, said.

Somali president calls for deal to avert anarchy 25 Feb 2006 17:40:08 GMT Source: Reuters By Guled Mohamed BAIDOA, Somalia, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Somalia's president urged the interim parliament on Saturday to act to stave off anarchy on the eve of its first session on home soil since one held in Kenya a year ago that was marred by fist-fights. President Abdullahi Yusuf landed at an airstrip outside the south-central city of Baidoa and appealed to assembly members to reach a final deal to end a paralysing government split. He joined parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, titular head of a rival faction, and more than 200 members of parliament already in town for Sunday's session. The 275-member parliament is to meet for the first time in Somalia. It met in March in neighbouring Kenya and proceedings ended in fist fights, chair-throwing and a smashed ballot box. That solidified a rift in the government and Somali MPs say this meeting, agreed by Yusuf and Hassan last month, is the last best hope to rejuvenate the faltering administration. "We want to urge our colleagues from the cabinet and the parliament to end their differences so we can save the people of Somalia from anarchy," Yusuf told reporters after arriving. "We want to ensure we come up with a lasting agreement here." Hundreds of supporters braved the heavy downpour that coincided with Yusuf's arrival -- the first in months in the drought-ridden region -- and lined the potholed streets of Baidoa, dubbed the "City of Death" during a 1992 famine. More than 1,000 gunmen have been forced outside Baidoa, a city of 800,000 around 240 km (150 miles) northwest of Mogadishu. Uniformed police only will be allowed in the city. Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi is due to arrive on Sunday. Foreign diplomats are expected too. Parliamentarians said it was not clear whether a powerful coterie of Mogadishu warlords including National Security Minister Mohamed Qanyare would attend. MILITIA VIOLENCE Militias backing the Mogadishu warlords clashed with those loyal to the capital's Islamic courts last week, killing at least 38 in the worst violence in the city in recent memory. Though a ceasefire has been in place since Tuesday, residents say negotIations are not finished. Qanyare and the other warlords lead the faction that split with Yusuf and his allies over where the government should first be located and if foreign peacekeepers should be allowed in. Those debates top parliament's agenda on Sunday, along with basic issues like establishing committees. Formed in late 2004 in Kenya, this government represents the 14th attempt to restore central authority to a country whose last national president was ousted in 1991. Now the government is based in Jowhar, 90 km (56 miles) north of the capital, and Yusuf and his allies say Mogadishu cannot be the government's base until it is freed from the control of warlords. The warlords, Hassan and almost half of parliament say the capital must be the seat of government as the interim constitution demands. Since parliament last met the two sides have boosted their weapons stocks in defiance of a U.N. weapons embargo.

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Bro Dhubad Thanks, Gedo is really a beautiful paradise Although there is drought in that region presently, but Allah can make again green and blessed

The notorious Mogadishu warlords are inhuman individuals, for 15 years were killing and looting the Mogadishu people, making Somalia’s capital a world’s nightmare. If warlords like Qanyare or Suudi overpowered their power will be only good news. For so-called sheikhs, first it makes more sense and logic to start with Da’wah and educating Somali masses then to star with courts and jihad. If look the story of our beloved Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) he first made a Da’wah – a call to Islam to kufaar of quraysh, he never started with courts and fought only those who attack him only in his base Madina.

The important thing is that government and parliament start their work. Although Mogadishu renewed war is bad news for peace prospects in the near future, however Somalia’s transitional government, Somali people, and international were fully aware that Mogadishu is not a safe city to host the government, unfortunately Mogadishu is the most chaotic and lawless place in Somalia, Mogadishu never enjoyed a relative peace since the civil war began it was always a war zone. The new news is that so-called strong warlords like Qanyare and Suudi are loosing their areas of control, good situation if supposed courts are free from clan sentiment; otherwise the renewed war in Mogadishu is just new episode of the never ending darama clan- wars in Somalia.

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Human smuggling is a global crisis Migrants paid up to $40,000 to be smuggled over border: RCMP Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press Wednesday, February 15, 2006 CREDIT: CP PHOTO/ The Windsor Star/ Dan Janisse RCMP Inspector Glenn Hanna speaks Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006 at the headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Windsor, Ont. Hanna revealed details regarding a international ring which smuggled people from several countries both ways across the Canada-U.S. border. Fourteen people were arrested in Toronto, Windsor, Detroit and New York City. TORONTO -- Some of the nearly 100 migrants captured when police closed in on an alleged international human smuggling operation paid up to $40,000 for illegal passage over the Canada-U.S. border, investigators said Wednesday. Despite the large sums of money collected in the operation, Ontario residents alleged to have helped transport the migrants in the high-risk operation were paid only a few hundred dollars, the RCMP say. "The leaders, the organizers had these migrants to move across and they were the ones getting the bigger bucks, but they didn't want to take the risk, so they were paying local people involved in the Windsor and Sarnia area a few hundred dollars,'' said RCMP Insp. Glenn Hanna. They "were naive and gullible and decided it was worth taking the risk for a few hundred dollars, not realizing how much was going in at the beginning of the pipeline, how much they were getting at their end of it, and how much they were being used.'' The RCMP partnered with Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to crack the international ring after a two-year investigation. Hanna said they were alerted to the ring after a tip from the Windsor-Sarnia area that a group was moving people across the border in an "organized fashion.'' Police allege the migrants came from China, Korea, Albania and Eastern Europe and were tucked away in car trunks, on rail cars, in the back of transport trucks or on small boats to be smuggled both ways across the border. Twenty-four people were apprehended crossing from Canada into the U.S during the investigation, while another 74 were caught heading south from Canada. U.S. immigration and customs official Greg Palmore said most of the migrants have been repatriated to their home countries, but there are some who will remain to testify at trials, although he wouldn't confirm how many or their country of origin. Seventeen people were arrested Tuesday in Windsor, Toronto, Leamington, Ont., Detroit and New York City in connection to the ring. Hoa Ly, 42, of Macomb, Mich., was arrested Wednesday and arraigned in Detroit. Maitham Alzehrani, 34, of Windsor, was named in the indictment released Tuesday as the ring leader, and is among those facing charges in both countries. The others are accused of human smuggling and conspiring to violate U.S. immigration laws and face up to life imprisonment if convicted. The 16 U.S. defendants are accused of conspiring to smuggle aliens, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Palmore said the Canadians charged could be extradited to the U.S. A 2004 RCMP assessment analyzing the scope of human trafficking in Canada estimates between 600 and 800 people are smuggled into the country annually. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Kelly Klundt said human smuggling has been steadily climbing in the United States, jumping from 31,261 in 2002 to more than 53,500 people in 2005. Only 103 people captured last year were nabbed at the northern border. Despite the revelation of the smuggling ring, border officials say it is business as usual and there are no plans for any significant changes or crackdowns along the Canadian side of the 49th parallel. "We are already working in that capacity, being extra vigilant and exercising the enforcement of the border as required,'' said Danny Yen, border services spokesman for the Windsor, London and Sarnia region. "Our officers are regularly and routinely advised of situations at the border and information they require to fulfil their duties.'' The 11 Canadian defendants appeared in a Toronto court Wednesday, but their bail hearing was held over until Friday.

Salaam Bro Red Sea I believe it is baseless and unfounded the claim that hundreds of Somalis who drowned in red sea since 1990s, were from southern Somalia regions and people from Puntland deliberately drowned fellow Somali people. Although, Substantial portion of illegal Somali immigrants who continuously cross the red sea to Yemen came from southern Somalia regions, but in reality significant portions if not majority are non-southern Somalis like Puntland natives itself, nugaal,sool,togdheer, western Somalia region, and even Oromia region (Ethiopia) to cross the red sea and go to Yemen. I don’t think that Puntland authorities or Puntland economy benefit from this illegal trade as lander suggested, however Puntland admin has a big responsibility to their Somali people from all regions of Somalia including Puntland, therefore Puntland admin should do something to help end the suffering of Somali people in red sea, because so far the administration has serious underperformance problems. Anyways,These are shocking crimes against Somali people in general, unacceptable suffering of human beings. The individuals who carried out are very cruel criminals, whether they are Somali or not. Usually, smugglers are merciless individuals and all Somali people became victim of this illegal trade of human smuggling because of the harsh situation in most parts of the country. Although, media both international and Somali covered a lot the plight and the high risks encountered by Somali people who traveled illegally using smuggler still people are persistant to embark this dangerous journey(from Somalia to Yemen through Red Sea, From Sudan to Libya through Great Sahara, from Libya to Italy through Mediterranean Sea) Lander, I advice you It is unhealthy to exchange endless accusations, before you observe the inadequacy of those who follow the politics of Puntland or might write articles from a Puntland perspective. I think you should become aware the inadequacy of Somaliland perspective first as well. Originally posted by LANDER: 1) Not to say that the greater population has no role, as they should voice their opposition and discuss at such events happening on their territory 2 ) Each individual may not be directly responsible; however that individual has to be aware of how the actions of people who claim to represent him/her reflect on his greater community. Excellent points lander, both Somalilanders and Puntlanders instead of being very vocal of the of Sool Region and international recognition, need to review their way of thinking. Originally posted by nabadshe: quote:Not to say that the greater population has no role, as they should voice their opposition and discuss at such events happening on their territory, According to this statement I think Its also high time that we the ppl of somaliland voice our opposition against the events of handing fellow somalis purportedly ONLF to the ethiopian outhority Not mentioning sentencing them to detentions without trial. Nabadshe, true the people of Somaliland need to voice against their opposition of the mistreatment and handing fellow Somali by Somaliland Administration to Ethiopian occupation forces. I urge both Puntland and Somaliland administrations to come clean out of these scandals (Somalis mistreating their fellow Somalis, before we discuss how others like Ethiopia mistreating Somalis), and advise Somali people in both Somaliland and Puntland to be very critic to their administrations mishandling of issues.

Libya: Tough gateway to Europe Libya's proximity to Italy means it has long been a destination for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa seeking a better life. But the journey overland to Libya and then onwards to Europe is costly and full of risks, as the BBC's Mohammed Adow found out. Smuggling people is a big and lucrative business for the cartels in Libya which specialise in transporting Africans through the Sahara desert and then across the Mediterranean sea. But it is also a very dangerous venture for the migrants from West Africa, and increasingly from places like Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Survivors of the desert ordeal have harrowing tales of watching their friends die slowly of thirst and hunger after walking hundreds of miles in the scorching desert sun. "I've drunk my own urine because there was no water," Suleikha Mohammed from Kenya told me in Tripoli. Suspicion And for those who succeed in crossing the Sahara, their problems are far from over. They are greeted with animosity by some Libyans. Ghanaian Michael Isaac came to seek employment in Libya and is hoping to save enough money to finally migrate to Italy. Two years after he first arrived, the 20-year-old is far from achieving his dream. The problems he has faced have made him totally change his perception of Libya. "Libyans are very dangerous people. They look on us as monkeys. They treat us bad. They beat us up. I was chased by a car for sport," he said. Boats These experiences influence many migrants to attempt crossing the Mediterranean even at times of high winds when it is extremely dangerous to travel. If I die, I die. If I succeed, I succeed Former prisoner Madey Mohammed They find this a better option than having to return home via the Sahara desert. However, many too have died in the course of the voyage through the Mediterranean sea. The boats are often in poor shape and are overloaded. The crew are generally inexperienced sailors, mostly drawn from the migrants themselves. Despite the conditions, getting a ticket is not easy. The desperate migrants often fall into the hands of unscrupulous middlemen who swindle them off their hard earned cash promising to put them on a boat to Italy. Said Abdel Hamid from Ghana fell victim to the middlemen. "I had $1,100, but the middleman ran away with all my money," he said. Crackdown The Libyan authorities have now started to take action against the human smugglers and the migrants. The government has set out heavy punishments for both parties involved in the illegal trade. Already many Africans are serving in Libyan prisons. More than 400 Somalis are awaiting deportation after they were arrested by Libyan authorities while trying to illegally migrate into Italy. Madey Mohammed, a Somali migrant has just been released from the Jansuur Prison in Libya where he served four months after his dream journey to Italy was foiled. "I was arrested and taken to prison along with 30 other Somali migrants. Life in prison has been very hectic. I am not in a position to tell you how the conditions were as I fear for my life. I can only say we faced lots of problems while in hands of the Libyan authorities," he said. But these harrowing tales still do not deter Said. "If I die, I die. If I succeed, I succeed. But I don't want my brothers to suffer as I have done."

Perils of Somali migrants in Libya By Mohamed Olad Hassan BBC correspondent in Mogadishu Some 2,000 Somalis are estimated to have died on their way to Europe Libya has started expelling hundreds of Somalis that had tried and failed to reach Europe. Those on board the first flight have been talking about their ordeals in Libyan prisons and the dangers they faced as they tried to make it to a better life overseas. "We were badly treated while we were in prison," said Safiyo Mohamed Hassan, who spent a year in jail. She said that the prison where she was held used to be a chemical warehouse and some of her fellow inmates had developed skin diseases. Some of those who arrived on a charter flight from Tripoli at Mogadishu's Belidogle airport were crying as they remembered their dreadful experiences and their failure to reach Europe. Horror For Said Abdulle Geesey, his prison ordeal was nothing compared to what he went through when the boat he was using to try to reach Italy capsized. As I was breathing my last, I saw men stretching out helping hands to us Said Abdulle Geesey Of more than 100 people on board, he was one of just six survivors. "We were travelling from Libya, with Italy as our ultimate destination," he said. Seven children 26 teenage girls, and five pregnant women were among the dead. "It was very horrific and unspeakable," he said, with tears streaming from his eyes. He and the others were rescued by unknown workers from a fishing vessel. "As I was breathing my last, I saw men stretching out helping hands to us," he said. They were then handed to the Libyan coast guards. Libya pressed More flights full of migrants deported by Libya are expected in the coming days. Mogadishu human rights groups estimate that nearly 2,000 Somalis have either drowned in the Red and Mediterranean seas or disappeared into the long desert between Sudan and Libya over the past six years. However, such alarming figures do not seem to prevent large numbers of people attempting to make the difficult and dangerous journey to escape war-torn Somalia - which has been without a working government for more than a decade. Somalis used to travel to Yemen on their way to Saudi Arabia but now most use Libya as a stepping stone to Europe. Italy is both urging more help for Libya and putting pressure on Tripoli in a two-pronged bid to stem the flow of illegal migrants. "Libya has taken in one million desperate people from all over Africa and it needs to be reassured," Italy's new EU Commissioner, Rocco Buttiglione, told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. On Monday, Libya's ambassador to Rome, Abdulati Ibrahim Alobidi, was summoned to the foreign ministry, after Italian coastguards apprehended 650 would-be migrants in two boats near the island of Lampedusa. Undocumented migrants includes people who enter a country that is not their country of origin without the proper authority, and people who remain in a country in contravention of their authority. This may include, for example, people who arrive on foreign country shores by boat, people who “overstay†their visa, people who work in contravention of their visa, and people who travel using fraudulent documents. • Human smuggling refers to practices that involve a person gaining entry into a country without the necessary permission, whether or not this is undertaken for profit. This may include, for example, people who are hidden below deck on container ships and people who travel on fraudulent documentation.

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EU backs Danes in cartoon row, Pakistanis enraged 15 Feb 2006 16:47:51 GMT Source: Reuters By Ali Imam PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and franchises of Western firms as well as banks and cinemas were set on fire in Pakistan on Wednesday in fresh violence over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Denmark, the target of much of the anger in the Muslim world, received the backing of the European Union but leaders of the EU legislature differed over the limits of free speech. The protests have been the most serious in Pakistan -- the second most populous Muslim country and a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism -- since European papers republished the cartoons, which first appeared in Denmark in September. Many Muslims believe it is blasphemous to depict the Prophet. More than 20,000 people, including traders, students and Islamist radicals, took part in protests in cities in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the eastern city of Lahore. Police said that most of the protests were peaceful, one man was killed in exchange of fire between students and police in Lahore, where two people died on Tuesday. Police fired tear gas in Peshawar and several other towns in NWFP. In Peshawar, protesters set fire to two franchises of the Norwegian mobile phone firm Telenor, a KFC fast food outlet, as well as banks, cinemas, a bus terminal and several buses. During a debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, political leaders from all groups rallied behind Copenhagen, declaring that an attack on Denmark was an attack on all member states and condemning the use of violence by some protesters. OPEN AND TOLERANT However, libertarians in the assembly warned against any attempt to make the media adopt self-censorship. "I want here today to send my solidarity to the people of Denmark," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said, calling Danes "a people who rightly enjoy the reputation as being amongst the most open and tolerant not just in Europe but in the world". Danish goods have been subject to boycotts in some Islamic countries and Barroso was strongly applauded when he said such action was by definition a boycott of European goods. A group of Indonesian importers started a boycott of Danish products on Wednesday. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Greens leader in the assembly, and liberal spokeswoman Karen Riis-Joergensen urged the European Commission to drop the idea of encouraging the media to adopt a voluntary code of conduct to avoid offending religious sensibilities. "If we start undermining freedom of expression, our right to analyse any religion critically, our fundamental right to speak freely and express ourselves will be violated," Riis-Joergensen said. However, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, appeared to call for self-regulation by the media. The Danish government warned its citizens not to travel to Pakistan in the light of the violence and urged those already there to consider leaving. In Iran, which has also seen violent protests this week, the Foreign Ministry sent a note to the embassies of 17 European countries protesting over the reprinting of the cartoons. "The printing of cartoons which ignore religious values of more than 1.5 billion Muslims contradicts the principles of democracy and speech freedom," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. It said the Foreign Ministry condemned the measure and called on the European embassies to take an immediate step to compensate the disrespect shown to "the Islamic sanctities". Asked about the cartoons, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quoted by the German weekly magazine Stern as saying: "We need to learn to show mutual respect for each other's views and feelings as well as to develop our shared values. "We are faced with a difficult task. What's clear is that violence is an unacceptable means of analysis." Western firms in the Middle East said on Wednesday they saw no immediate danger from the uproar, but were reviewing security in case of attacks or protests. In Yemen, authorities charged three journalists with denigrating Islam after closing their newspapers for republishing the satirical cartoons. Prosecutors demanded the journalists be jailed for a year or pay a fine of 10,000 rials ($50).

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