Haneefah writes So long as we continue to obscure ourselves from the truth and rush off to lay the blame on others, we will keep draining off all of our potential good energy of which we are in desperate need, and this will only lead us downhill by leaving us with nothing but violent energy. Truly, the source of all power, victory and justice is none other than Allah swt, and unless we pick up the pace as a nation, return to Him in forgiveness, and preserve His mighty laws on this earth, we will never see victory nor justice on our side. Allahu Akbar wa lillahil Hamd, Maa ShaaAllah Tabaarkallah. ............................Very Deep, thoughtful and Intellectually Provocative, simply ahead of its time. eNuri Ducknowledgies

Nomads I have jusr added the duck law to my above coffe time variety topic. Events on the news are unfolding more everyday to expose the duck, and the ducklings, I need your input as to where is the duck heading? Nur

Allah U Baahne I wrote: Jihad, Coming soon to a Monitor near you. looking at it that way I find it also gax, gax , gax I didnt mean that real Jihad will visit your living rooms, just the discussion of it Nur

L. Xalane Zionist Movement which began in Europe is also based on the suffering of the Jews for many years in the Diaspora, from the time of Pharaoh of Egypt, Jews were persecuted, as they were following a monotheist religion which is closest to Islam, dont forget also that Isreal was our Prophet Yacqub ( Jacob) whose decendents are many Prophets mentioned in Quraan such as Zakariya, Yahya ( John), Issa ( Jesus) and Musa ( Moses), May peace and blessing be upon them all. Now, thesehistorically oppressed people known as Jews have committed many sins against Allah like the ones we Muslims are committing now, Allah SWT says: Its not your wishes nor the wishes of the people of the book, enyone who commits a sin, evil, crime, will be punished" The punishment of the sins come in installments, for the Jews, to this day a curse is following them up until they repent and approach Allah, their mentor and helper with good hearts and intentions. Muslims also are paying for collective sins for the tribulations we are going through, we and the Jews are both cursed to mete each other punishment of Allah for our respective sins, unfortunately, neither group is aware of Allah's chastisement that befell us all. Lets us look at the sins Jews have committed, and Prophet Muhammads forcast that we will also commit the same crimes and sins like the Jews. They have become secular state , the founder of Isreal, Ben gurion was an Atheist. They broke many covenents with Allah, one of which was that no Jew kill another. They broke the covenant of Allah not to make other than Allah their Allay ( Wakiil) Prptector, guardian, ( Allaa tattakhiduu min duunii wakiilaa), America is their wakil and Bank roller. They killed many prophets and people who advice them to obey Allah. They believe that Allah will not punish them except for limited time. They believe that what the do to non Jews ( Gentiles) is justified They have broken covenant with Allah by not applying the Law ( Devine Law in their scriptures or midified it) Just Like us Jews, therefore are not all the same, Allah SWT says in Quraan in Sura Aaal Imraan ( Family of Imran of Mariam Aleyha salaam, who were also Jews : " Leysuu Sawaan, Min ahlil kitaabu ummatun qaa'imatun yatluuna aayaati Allah aanaa a leyli wa hum yasjuduun" They are not all the same, of the people of the book are a group who stand up in prayer at night before Allah reciting his scriptrures whgile bowing down to (Allah) Therefore In the above sense, there are two types of people, good people and bad people, and every nation has them, to say that a whole nation to be evil is racism which we are suffering as Muslims, and as Somalis, tribalism has gotten us nowhere, except destruction and misery and diaspora like the Jews, to do it to the Jews is not going to help. As for the Zionist Vision, I agree with you that it is expansionist, secular and an enemy of Islam and also an enemy to the spirit of Judaism and Christianity. Devout Jews know that the state of Israel that deserves Allah's blessing will not be established by a Athiest like Ben Gurion Zionism is also racism as it is devoid of any humane dimension to include Arabs and non Jews to share with them the peace and prospperity, thus, stark Zionism is horrible at best. But we must uphold justice in our dealing even to our enemies justice is the core of Islam, Allah teaches that we shouldbe just in all circumstances, the quraan reads: O You who believe, do not let the enemity of a folk (toward you) drive you to be unjust (Toward Them) , behave justly, that is closer to Allah's satisfacion. Nur

Brother Kheir' You mentioned three reasons for the spread of Salafiyah: 1. the free islamic university education that was offerred hijaz (mecca/medina etc.) in the 20th and 21st century. Answer: Before that to this many Somalis went to Al Azhar of Egypt, the last of which was the late Sheikh Maxamed Macallin who was the earliest pioneer of the Salafiyah movement in Somalia as far back as the early seventies? You suggest 2. Siyad Barre's very pro-socialistic and pro-western idealogy, which called for increased westernizaation and decreased Islamization. Answer: That does not necessarily attract the youth to any specific Islamic movement, it just makes them look for any alternative way of iiving including drugs for a change. You write: 3. Like most muslims, mecca and medina are the center of Islamic world. So envitably, a fatwa/islamic ruling from the center of the Islamic world holds weight for the majority of layman muslims. Somalis being no different then the rest of the muslims. Answer: This may not be true brother, during the golden age of knowldge, Bagdad , Basra, Damascus and Azhar were attracting the faithful to islam, its not the location, its the content that attracts the faithful, and today, Makkah's Umm Al Quraa University and Madina University have gotten their act together to graduate many students. Nur

Walaal Kheir A very good qesution indeed. Somalis like the rest of the Muslim world are very thirsty to learn their faith. After the fall of the last Ottoman Caliphate in 1924, Islamic revival movements sprouted overnight to make up for the death of the Caliphate, from Pakistan to Morocco, Islamic scholars began a movement of revival , however, these scholars and acivists lacked the rudimentary of the iBOK (eNuri coined, islamic Body Of Knowledge) Outside of the Arabian Peninsula, India and Pakistan, Egypt , Tunis and Morocco hosted some of the most knowledgeable scholars of Islam, however, it was not until the creation of Pakistan along religious lines that the Islamic revivalist movement took a distinctive shape. These movements were led by men of piety and faith, however very few of them mastered the iBOK, and as a result they became ineffective in delivering the faithful to safe shores due to the lack of standardised body of Islamic knowledge that is certified by consensus and is authenticated by the hadeeth Science ( refer to eNuri Hadeeth Science) The early breed of Islamic revivalist movements represented fragments of the total picture of islam, each one of them focused on a single aspect of islam claiming that their version is the only way to salvation. So, a wide array of movements came to life in the Muslim world, beginning with the Jamaat islamiyah of Pakistan, inspiring the Ikhwan of Egypt, which gave birth to many subgroups like the Hizb Al Tahrir whose forte was the resetablishment of the dead Caliphate. Other groups such as the Tabligh with contraversial origins, remains to be a layman's and peoples movement for the personal transformation of the individual and the revival of the spiritual domain of the faith. Tabligh shuns politics and stresses on living islam individually to set a good example of the faith. The Tabligh movement is led by Non Arab scholars of limited iBOK. Salafiya as a movement stressed the necessity that the means to the restablishment of Islam begins with strict folloiwng of the Sunnah literally meaning METHOD of the Prophet, factors that helped Islam to be established in the first time are the only factors that can revive islam again, Salafiyah focused on authenticity of the Prophets sayings and deeds, and the understanding of the first generation of the companions and their followers ( Taabiciin) Thus, Salafiyyah movement attracted the youth in Somalia after their realization that other Islamic movements for social and political change where lacking the iBOK dimension, and hence it became a back to the basics movement focusing on the knowledge aspect of the Faith. as the safest way for reaching salvation. Is Salafiyah the total answer? Well, That requires another thread Nur

eNuri Staff are proud to finally bring you: Jihad: The Facts, Myth and the Media Propoganda Experience the joy of Jihad from the comfort of your living room. Find out about the defeat of the Somali Warlords, and much much more! A 21st century ironical look at an old Pillar of Islam, treated the eNuri way. Because its all over the news all the time these days, eNuri staff were dispatched to write a creative post on this misunderstood pillar of Islam. Coming soon to a Monitor near you. Nur

The declared goal behind this program is to help africa and its residents by studying deseases such as Malaria, because the program cant afford a supercomputer to crunch numbers needed for calculating endless series of algorithems for the cycle of this bug, the idea is to use the excess processing capacities of computers which combined can speed up the calculations, in other words, 200 years worth of computing time can be done within days of enough computers are hooked up together, as of this writing the org claims to have 6000 volunteer computers to be connected for that declared purpose. Now, if we take it on its face value, its indeed a good thing, however like the two other respondents has cautioned, planting a computer program in your computer that is using complex algorithems may be another infingement on privacy in a world at war with its maker. Cutting a branch of a tree is not safe if you are sitting on the side away from the trunk of the tree,( The Tree is Devine Guidance) but that is what those steering humanity to an abyss are precisely doing. Nur

Thierry bro That is right bro, Ethiopia is entering a dark tunnel with no exit except a total fragmentation of an empire that was kept together by foreign interests for many years, it has a choice of forging a lasting peace with Somalis who make up one of its ethnic groups, or it will risk a free fal from grace, the Tigree seem to prefer to break Ethiopis apart with these wild adventures. Nur

Salaams Sisters and Brothers Where should I start? umhhhhhhh...... These days so many events are fast breaking by the time I form an opinion a freak event changs my perception, Anarchy is not the right word anymore, because it has class and some rules, yeah, even chaos has some order, but todays events are mind teasers, specially when you add a spoon of coincidence theory! yupp, thats correct, Coincidence theory has it that all the current event have nothing in common, they are all coincidence, sheer accidents that is. My first Tea time observation in todays media is the choice of terminology, for example If You are a Muslim: If you pray five times a day, wear a Hijab ( in case of a woman) or wear a beard(in case of a man) You are categorized as; pick one: (Extremist, Fundementalist, Radical Islamist). If you are an occasional drinker and smoker, who does not pray, parties occasionally and is a fun loveing person, you are Pick one ( Moderate Muslim, Moderen Muslim, open minded, progressive) If You are a Christian, and pray and observe Christianity, or a Jew wearing the typical head cap, beard, etc. You are a normal Religious person or religious student, never an extremist or Radical? are you puzzled like me? Some more examples Terrorist: Kills civilians for his cause Israel in Gaza/Lebanon and US in Iraq/Afghanistan also kill civilians for their cause, imprsion innocent civilians and torture them to admit to crimes they have never committed but are likely to commit if they are no imprisoned and tortured. The First is called collateral damage ( comes with the job to be done) The second is called cold blooded murder So, in Iraq, you have: Multinational Forces who are INVITED by an Iraqi government that was formed by the Multinational Forces . The Multinational Forces ( 90 % American) against Foreign Fighters ( Note difference in terms, Multinational / Foreign ) Foreign fighters are more likely the Jihadists who were trained by CIA during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, to stretctch the then Evil Empire militarily in order to free Eastern Europe, the Foreign fighters during that mission were referred to as the Mujahideen by the CIA and they were allies with the west. You may ask: Why do they call the 90% American Force in Iraq Multinational? Dont Be naive, the Americans come from many nationalities; Bush is English Rice is decendent of a white slave owner, and a slave woman from Sieraleaone Neocons come from Jewish, Irish and Scottish stock, united by a dream to create the new world order to prepare for the Dajjal ( Antichrist) arrival to govern the world. Just some wild thoughts, about the new Media terminology, please share your thoughts on the effectiveness of these terminology on our perception of reality. The Law Of Ducks The Laws of Ducks and Eagles ( From another source) EDITED BY eNuri DucKnowlegies Inc. Duck Represents evil, greed, hate, deception Eagle Represents freedom, honesty, transparency, fairness Duck Law No. 1 If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck and cooks like a duck, it's a duck. Moral: All things are known by their attirbutes. Let us define Islam first, the vision of islam, then define entities that will be disadvantaged if Islam realizes its vision of the world, then who will be its enemy, let us say the enemy of Islam has attributes, what are these attributes? once defined, what entity fits these attributes according to current events? Duck Law No. 2 Even under ideal circumstances, no duck, no matter how noble or well-intentioned, can be an eagle. Moral: All things must be what they are. For many years, the duck assured the eagles that it is an eagle, it has no bad intentions toward eagles, but as time progresses, eagles are doubting that the way this eagle walks, talks and eats to be like a duck, the eagkes are puzzled! Duck Law No. 3 A duck can pretend to be an eagle except in times of adversity. Moral: Pretense and adversity are inversely proportional; adversity reveals the true nature of all things. The current events are exposing the duck, even the most naive eagles realize that this duck is deffinetly a duck Duck Law No 4 No duck may be an eagle until it abandons its webbed feet and bill for talons and a beak. Moral: All things remain as they are until the attributes that define them are abandoned. Then, and only then, can they evolve. Unless, the duck stops doing what exposes its true nature, it can never be accepted by eagles to be part of the freedom loving eagles of the world. Duck Law No. 5 Ducks are noble creatures. They shall not be penalized in the eyes of other creatures because they are not eagles. Moral: All things are honorable if they are what they are honestly, even if they are different from you. Simply put, an enemy who clearly says that he is your enemy for your beliefs is rsepectful, the one who conceals himself is hypocrite. Some eagles are so brainwshed by the duck, that they are acting like the ducks in their midst These times, one has to clearly say who they are, a duck or an eagle. One cant be all things to all birds This is the coincident Therory at work, events that are happening these days are a mystery to me. Nur

Nicma STATE Dear Nomad, do you know what a NICMA means? before I surprise you with some uncommon facts about NICMA State, tell me what it means to you, we even have female names in Somali called NICMA, being married to a Nicma is every Faaraxs wish I guess, your thoughts are solicited about NICMA STATE? A Hint: Read Suurah Al Faatiha What does Nicmah mean in that Surah? Now, Think about the possibility of Somalis becoming a familay again? Is it a Nicmah? Can you recall the verse in Quraan that explains Nicmah from a brotherhood perspective? You Need a Hint? OK, Here you have it: AWS + KHAZRAJ = ANSAAR When we dont have that feeling, what state are we in? Common, get outta couch and click your opinions. Oh, are you afraid of your BIG BROTHA? How about the Angels on your Shoulde?, ever say hi to them? Nur

The Writer says: To be generous is to follow the way of Rasul, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam Keyword here is WAY OF RASUUL ALLAH The SUNNAH as the guiding principle of our faith. InshAllah we shall hold this benchmark and the Holy Quraan as the only two sources that guide a Muslims life. Tasawwuf is indeed part of Islam, however like any other aspect of Islam around which its followers have built many other divergent teachings, we need to put them in perspective in the context Allah would have accepted from us, inshAllah I shall contribute more on this thread Nur

Nomads I am sure that every change brings forth some nostalgia of special memories that we will miss forever. The Mogadishu uprisal was the first true popular revolution by the Somali people for the Somali people in which the people got rid of the big monkeys on their backs known as the warlords, these blood sucking lizards were chased out by bare footed kids who had enough of terror and fear over a period of 15 years. For that occasion, I would like to post an Arabic poem by (IBNUL ROOMEY), that best depicts the popular feelings of Somalis about the warlords. عشقنا قفا عمر و ان كان وجهه يذكرنا قبح الخيانة و الغدز فتي , وجهه كالهجر لا وصل بعده, و أما قفاه فالوصل بلا هجر Somali Transliteration: Cashiqnaa qafaa camrin ( Warlord) wa in kaana wajhuhu Yudhakirunaa qubxal khiyaanati wal ghadri Fatan, wajhuhu kal hajri laa wasla bacdahu wa ammaa qafaahu fal waslu bilaa hajrin Somali meaning: Waxaannu jeclaannay sii jeedka camr( Warlord) in kastoo wajigiisuu na xasuusiyo dagid (khiyaano) iyo ( Ghadr) ballan ka bax(inuu adiga kugu soo jesto markaad ka tabar yartahay) Waaa wiil ( warlord) wajigiisu yahay mid ku sifoobay kala tagidda iyo isnicidda ( Somalida), oon aan isu soo laabasho leheyn Laakin siijeedkiisa, waa mid ay ka hadho isjeceyl, isxariirin walaaltinimo leh ( Somalida), oon aanay ka dambeyn kala tagid dambe (inshAllah). English Translation: We rejoice and love to see Amr ( Warlord) show us his back As he reminds us tales of deception and back-stabbing He is a kid ( Warlord), whose face is like the Departure Hall, with no hope for reproach, But whenever he leaves, a feeling of reproachful hope is felt with no fear of another separation. On another note related to the events in Somalia, I have responded to a story in Hiiraan.com to a reader who had some reservations about the ICU, Moderators of Hiiran for some unknown reason declined to post my comment or reply, whatever the reason, I thought I share my thoughts with our Nomads at Somaliaonline, below was my response: Indeed a good read, Brother A. Mohamed's reservation about the article has prompted me to add my comment for the first time in this website and thread ( Hiiraan.com). Brother A. Mohamed Writes: " True, Warlord must go, but by the same token, religious groups must also conform to the reality on the ground.The aspiration of the somali people regardles of regions and by accepting the fact that Mogadishu is not Somalia and some somalis have already gone throug evolutionary process be it regions that rule themselves in secular process " Walaalle, The Reality on the ground is that Somalia as a nation has been divided by outsiders imposing on us their regional hegimony, playing one of us on the other along clan lines, resulting in divided allegiances in which each clan trusts those responsible on our predicament instead of their brethern. At last, when the last straw was placed on the back of a loaded Somali Maan Deeq camel, to break our will forver, our Camel Mandeeq, grows an even Superior hump, so strong, it can withstand loads of pressure as a mercy from Allah, the islamic Courts stumbled on seemingly unplanned success, winds of change of heart blew southward, sending shockwaves to all regions, a renewed hope has dawned after a long night of despair by the will of Allah SWT, but because the clan based courts have taken the first step forward, Allah blessed their move by removing the curse of Warlords that was hanging over our heads over a decade. The peaceful regions in of our country should never be disturbed, like they say, "if it aint broken, why fixit it" however, we should all recognize that we as Somalis are a single family and much closer to each other than we are respectively to the Ethiopians who have funded and manipulated the criminal warlords for the past 15 years. Thus, when a Somali is attacked anywhere, we should all all feel hurt, Clan politics should be terminated for good, if the courts phenomena spreads in all of Somalia, we are all indeed the winners, no clan will ever rule over another, Allah will rule us all, as he does not belong to any Somali clan, but all clans belong to him, and who is more just than Allah as a judge for a folk who think with clear minds. The litmus test of the ICU is underway, well wishers like me are praying for their success, while many pseudo-secularists and Anarchists ( As Proxies by Outsiders) are hoping for and planing for their imminent failure, so desparate are these Anarchists that they have to spread lies to use the World Cup Mania to smear the ICU by saying that they are not allowing our kids to watch the world cup games. When it is well known by parents in Mogadushu that blatant Pornography is what was being shown on these make-shift video cinema screens with some footbal sugar coating to attract minors to lewd behaviour and later to get them hooked to drugs to recruit them for the satanic forces fighting for the implementation of sinful living not in tune with Somalia of 2006. The ICU is that last real hope we all have as an alternative, it is a brilliant winning formula and a creative formation that sent our enemies in disarray, deffensive and confused about their choices: 1. They can't quarrel with success, 2. They can't humble themselves to accept that the Sharia law that silenced the criminal guns in Mogadishu is superior compared to the human made Swiss-Cheess laws ( too many loop holes) 3. Even with the material aid of their sponsors, they can't stomach to fight against the fervour, zeal and vigor of a new generation who has narrowed its options to two goals, salvation of Somalia or Paradise. Nur

Xaniifah sis Baarkalallah feeki for your positive feelings, I pray that Allah places them on your account for a rewarding happiness forever amen. Walaalo, its true that most Nomads are not visiting the Islam pages these days as we are experiencing breaking news and events that have all to do with ISLAM some way or another, Islam is the topic of the hour in all boards everywhere. As for this topic, and similar ones wich I consider to be eNuri soul enhancement topics, I feel that they are the bedrock topics that we all need to get on with our lives as Satan lurks in our path no matter what we choose to do. Nur

A Letter From Cag Bakayle Former Chief Of Anarchist Union As The Chief Anarchist of Somalia, I hereby declare that I have repented, and from today, I am a soldier for the Islamic Courts Union for the unity of our people. I am ready To Fight Against Ethiopians. I was a warlord, I sold my soul for 4000 Dollars to vote against my conscious, finally, I am free at last, now I want to live in peace with myself first, I want to tell the truth as much as I can remember ( please be careful, being a warlord may have affected the details, I am sure the big picture is close to reality, but I cant guarantee the fine lines ) Today, I would like to Share with my readers my deep thoughts on current events and its past drivers (Excuse my hastily prepared historical account ) Bismillah A Fleeing President Siad Barre, right after the collapse of his government was quoted saying that " His Foreign handlers have instructed him to take off his shirt, which he did, then they asked him to to take off his pants, which again he did, then he was asked to take off his underwear, which he refused" The metaphor was about how our " leaders" are handled by foreign entities and when they refuse to comply to these orders, somehow, they are downgraded from a Hero status to a villain running for his life. Just before the 1977 war with Ethiopia, The Soviet Union, the then "balancing Super Power" asked Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen to form a strategic Union of Socialist pro Soviet bloc in East Africa. The idea was a deeply designed idea to breakdown Somalia and then make it part of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, A Christian nation was seen as the ideal nation to inherit whole of Somalia, first the Europeans granted Ethiopia the Western Somalia region, a fifth of all of today Ethiopian Territory, ( Ironically named the 5th Kilin or 5th region ) of Ethiopia. The Soviets with close collaboration with the Israelis asked Siad Barre to join the union of the three nations ( Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia). Siad Barre was no fool, he understood that this was a trick and a stepping stone by making a phony union with Ethiopia, while Yemen was acting as the dummy variable that will be removed from the equation once the three unite, and then, its only Ethiopia and Somalia in the equation, Ethiopia eating up Somalia and reducing it as the 6th region of Ethiopia. Siad Barre was adviced, if he does not accept the "Trinity" ( Three in one) proposal, his country will be no more, and as a result, Siad barre after the popular uprising in Hargeisa against his regime, threatened the nation, that if he is not left to rule the nation, Somalia will be no more, perhaps, the nation made a mistake by not standing behind a dictator, who was otherwise shrewd politician and a killer of wadaads. Somalia was designed to become the 6th region of Ethiopia, but because Siad Barre was stubborn, after refusing the proposal, Somalia was dismantled by local entities on behalf of a shadowy organization with far reaching interests in the region, whose master plan was interrupted by a mysterious plane crash in Madacascar, killing the architect of the new IGAD., another dummy variable for the same objective of the dismantling of Somalia as a nation, (which is seen by shadowy powers as a threat to the region, just like how Germany was seen as a danger to all of Europe) . Like its predecessor, the Soviet engineered union of (Ethiopia, Yemen and Somalia), it also failed. To destroy Somalia, Siad Barre's Handlers instructed him to make a new law duped : The family law ( In reality destruction of the family unit, just like in liberal western nations, a stepping stone to create a faithless creature manipulated by the mighty Dollar), The law which purportedly makes women equal with men in all family affairs, in effect giving women more rights then men to divorce, and also to share inheritance"equally", to "liberate women." When the imams of the masjids protested in public and rejected the purported false equality as it conflicts with Islam's fundamental fabric of social structure in which the male is a guardian and protector over women. Upon hearing the news of the uprising, Siyad Barre's handlers asked him to waste the imams, so in an early morning in 1975, 11 Somali Religious Scholars where shot dead in public to signal the commencement of a national curse beginning with the death of many others that day as two jets flying as a show of force collided above a populated residential area in Mogadishu killing and wounding hundreds. From that point on, Islam was on the rise in all parts of Somalia, and more crimes against humanity were committed against Somalis, specially Calkaio and Somaliland, the last of which was the Mogadihsu destruction. To cover up that blunder, and also to preempt the plan for the Shadowy organization, Siad declares a covert war against Ethiopia using the Western Somali Liberation Front as a camouflage, the Somalis overran Ethiopians so well that the Somali Infantry was bombarding Diridawa. The Shadowy Government sounded an alarm, and in no time, seemingly strange bedfellows, Soviets, Cuba, Yemen, libya, and Israel collectively came to the rescue of the Ethiopians in that war, each nation with a particular interest in the outcome. When it was over, the second most powerful army in black Africa was reduced to a ragtag army of the least rating, limping back to Mogadishu, the remaining highly decorated war heroes were killed dubiously by Siad's dreaded secret army or the Shadowy Government. Looking back, there is no doubt that Siad Barre was a true nationalist who had a sense of nationalism absent from the Anarchist TFG Warlords, and some class ( he has never been accused of corruption, or stealing of public funds, Aden Adde is the only other President with unblemished Administrative record in that regard) , Siad Barre kept his underwear clean, which was one reason he was abandoned by his handlers, considering that the same handlers came to rescue his opponent Mengistu Haile of Ethiopia taking him to Mozambique, who was also overrun simultaneously by the Tigre movement that is in power today in Ethiopia. In the late sixties to the early seventies, in a military barrack, in Mogadsihu a young soldier was summoned for interrogation as he was caught red handed praying during the training time on public grounds. That young soldier was taken to the officer in charge; Officer: You are accused of refusing to follow Military orders Young Soldier: No, Sir Officer: You were asked to sit down but you got up and deffiantly prayed in full view of all soldiers? Young Soldier: No Sir Officer: How can that be? Young Soldier: You see Sir, In the Military law, if two conflicting orders is given to a subordinate, the subordinate must follow the order of the higher ranking officer, right? Officer: that's Right, but who was there to give you permission to override our orders to sit down. Young Soldier: Allah did, it was ASR prayer time, Allah asked me to pray, and the Officer asked me to sit down, i obeyed Allah That young soldier was Sheikh Dahir Aweis, The Chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, the man accused by Washington to be Al Qaida. Aweis has since denied, and Washington has no proofs. Another claim by Neocons like Iraqs nuclear weapons and the Niger Unanium transfer to Iraq. And the hundreds of prisoners in Guantanamo without any crime except for having long beards. Sheikh H. Dahir Aweis was also a war hero of the 1977 war with Ethiopia, he was decorated and upon his return from the War was presented a Medal of Honor by Siad Barre, but the Sheikh asked his Commander of the Police force , to relieve him of his duties so he can lead a civilian life again. But his Commander, could not accept the resignation of a national Hero, so he took him to Siad Barre. The President asked Colonel H. Dahir Aweis reason for resignation. Young Colonel H. Dahir Aweis answered : " I want to devote my time to preach Islam" To His eternal credit, Siad Barre decreed to Mr. Ismaciil, the Commander of the Police force, to let Sheikh Dahir devote his life to preach Islam freely, and still remain in the armed forces with full pay. Perhaps, that fateful order alone may atone for Siad Barre's crimes for his gruesome murder of the scholars, perhaps not, but after thirty years, the Hero of that war and the young preacher is once more at odds with the Same Ethiopian Army , this time with the help of a compatriot Somali intoxicated with power, a past Military Commander and army deserter, who ironically left his barracks at Baidoa in 1976 with the hope to come back as President of Somalia with the Ethiopian help and since then making Ethiopia his ally and protector to topple Said Barre regime, or anyone else. Which explains why the Ethiopians are adamant about the prolonging the Somali stalemate of national reconciliation and unity. Abdullahi Yusuf after thrity years and 360 dergrees turn is back in square one, where he left it at Baidoa, with Ethiopians as his allies against his own people, selling his national honor for love of power and phony presidency. If History is right, he is back where he started, but without the youthful looks of yesteryear, in effect he is a captive to his own lie, nowhere to run from his people and Islam, everywhere he looks, there is the dreaded Hijab and a beard, as brilliantly depicted by Amin Arts Cartoons. From the day Siad Barre executed the eleven Imams, onwards, Islam as an alternative solution to Somalia's woes was brewing, both inside and outside of Somalia. Today, Somalis are the most visible Ethnic group practicing Islam in most western nations, and at home, the back-to Islam movement has laid down the most strongest roots, islam, is simply the defacto system in Somalia, anyone who wants to rule Somalia, needs to learn Islam first, time has changed, Somalia is a bridge between Seventh Century purity of Islam on one hand, and a society empowered by the latest Telecom and IT enabled technologies on the other, Somalis are no Taliban and any parallel with the Taliban is a sure way of misreading the events on the ground. Another Iraq for Ethiopia and friends. Siad Barre is gone, but the Hijab, which he banned is everywhere today, made possible by the stubbornness of Somalis. Now, If the whole world decides to ban Sharia law in Somalia, All Somalis even our secularists will convert to Sharia sympathizers, What business does the EU, UN, IGAD and Ethiopia has to do with our internal legislation? The Necons accusation of the ICU and their support of Ethiopia's aggression against the fragmented and weak Somalia is another example of the international mess that the next administration in the White House has to clean up. For 15 years, a civil war that no one could explain its drivers destroyed Somalia to the skeleton. Somehow, weapons were always available for warlords upon short notice, and poor Ethiopia was used as th supplying conduit of armaments to all factions and warlords regardless of their affiliations. Tribalism was the thread that was pulled to tear apart the national fabric of a proud nation, until last night when the BBC for the first time broadcasted the actual crossing of Ethiopian army to Somali territory to aid a government without constituents against constituents WITH a practically functioning local government, the Islamic Courts Union who restored hope to a forgotten people. Since 1990, Hundreds of Somalis emigrated to many destinations worldwide, waiting for the day that they can go back home safely, but that day never seemed to come, every time peace appeared in the horizon, the poor bird was shot down, ( by unknown assailants) three failed Somalis governments later, a group of Somalis took it to the streets of Mogadishu wining back their streets and cleaning it literally of filth, crime and the warlords, who made money creating misery cycles. Today, Mogadishu is peaceful at last, you can travel across Mogadishu unaccompanied without the technicals convoys from Kaaraan to the liberated Afgoyes control checkpoint with no fear. The residents of Mogadishu are happy as of this writing, but as usual, the party may not last long, Ethiopian Army are finally doing their proxy job for the Shadowy Hidden World Government without the warlords this time, a job that the TFG failed to maintain (Terror, Looting, Crime, Misery, Famine, Rape, and senseless killings by the warlords) Somalis. though could not have been united against a worse historical enemy, we Somalis reserve the right to kill each other, but when outsiders kill Somalis, we get furious, from Somaliland , Puntland, to Kisimayo, Somalis blood boils, and from overseas, volunteers will flow to defend the motherland, Somalis today are determined to defend their land, and in doing so, clan politics is forgotten, Somalis cant wait the confrontation with the Ethiopians, If this war breaks out, Ethiopia will break apart like the Soviet Union did after their 1979 incursion into Afghanistan. Ethiopia, a poor nation with hundreds of nationalities , who just ended a non conclusive bloody war with Eritrea, separated by many barriers such as languages and religions is as vulnerable as the Soviets, only the Soviets were dominated by the Majority Russians, the Tigre in power in Ethiopia are a tiny minority compared to the Russians who make up the single largest majority in the former Soviet union. Tribal Chief: Cag Bakayle Formerly of the Anarchist Union Baidoa, Somalia -------------------------------------------------- ---- Best Explanation Of Current Mystery! Nur

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Ordinary Americans Agree With eNuri Lampoon Gods among Ordinary Men By Charles Sullivan 07/17/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- When a man abuses the power that was entrusted to him by the people there is clearly a void between what the people want and what they receive. Such abuse stems not only from immense hubris, but from contempt for the people and for civil law. The president, we will recall, is a man who referred to the Constitution to one of his Whitehouse aides as “…just a god-damned piece of paper.†Bush and his cacophony of neo-conservative fascists clearly hold the most sacred institutions of this nation in contempt, including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Bush regime’s contempt for human rights and their disdain for the earth are systemic. They have resulted in a litany of abuses that would rival those of Hitler and Mussolini combined. Most of the key players cut their teeth in the Reagan regime where they perfected the dark arts. These abuses occur equally at home and abroad. Characterized by hypocrisy without bounds, they are reflected in a foreign policy that is putting the world in peril as never before. Those policies have resulted in imprisoning people indefinitely without criminal charges and without access to legal council, widespread torture, extraordinary rendition, unprovoked attacks upon sovereign nations, occupation, and unprecedented secrecy and domestic spying on law abiding citizens on a broad scale. The Bush regime operates in unprecedented secrecy under the pretense of fighting a war on terror. They are, in fact, waging a war of terror and they and their corporate pay masters are the terrorists, not Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Their success depends upon keeping the people and thus democracy out of the equation. Democracy, as opposed to the Plutocracy we have in America, operates in the open under the supervision of the citizenry. Democratic government is transparent, not secretive. In a democracy the people know what the government is doing and are active participants in the decision making process. Clearly that is not the kind government we have. Mr. Bush’s extraordinary contempt for the law is in part the result of his Plutocratic upbringing. It is reflected in his unprecedented use of presidential signing statements which, in effect, allow him to circumvent the law and do as he pleases. Don’t like a law that keeps a corporation from spewing toxic waste into a river? Just issue a signing statement and ignore it. Bush has used presidential signing statements more than 750 times since his inauguration—more than all of the other presidents combined during the 230 year history of our nation. He has yet to veto any legislation that the corporate lobbyists have put before him. Civil law is essentially a social contract that is supposed to guarantee justice to all of the people, regardless of their social position or economic status. What does it say about a president who flagrantly thumbs his nose at the law and routinely violates that social contract? If the government does not respect the law why should any citizen? Why should the government operate outside of the law while the citizens remain subject to it? If one group of people is forced to adhere to a specific code of conduct and another group is not, what will be the result? We have only to look around us for the answer. The ruling elite believe they should enact the laws which the rest of us have to obey, which gives them dominion over us. It is imperative that the citizens see to it that the government, especially the president, obeys the law; or impeach him. Perhaps that is the very definition of patriotism. If the law does not apply to everyone equally and at all times, it should not be applied to anyone at any time. If that is the case, then let us have anarchy. Bush and his cadre of neo-conservatives may think that they are above the law and that they can act with impunity and without consequences. They may think of themselves as Gods who operate above the strata of ordinary mortals, as the result of their socioeconomic privilege. That is because other people have always born the cost of their wrong doing. When a president behaves as if the law does not apply to him in essence he is expressing his contempt for the people and the rules that govern civil behavior. That is why we have the enormous gulf between rich and poor, tax cuts for the wealthy, Iraq and the whole Middle East debacle. George Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the entire supporting Plutocratic cast, truly believe that they are better than the rest of us. Like the spoiled brats they are, each of them became who they are because no one ever held them accountable for their actions. We are not holding them accountable now and innocent people are paying the cost. Not only should these Cretins be impeached, they should be permanently warehoused in an asylum for the criminally insane. Their visions of grandeur are getting a lot of innocent people in trouble, or killed. Other people should not be forced to incur the cost of crimes committed by their so called leaders. Make the criminals pay for their own misdeeds. Force them to take ownership of the reality they are forging. Government that is not accountable to the people is a monstrosity. Some refer to it by its more common names: dictatorship and totalitarianism. That is what we will soon have if we are not careful.

We're Being Set Up for Wider War in the Middle East by Paul Craig Roberts 07/17/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The old adage, "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" does not apply to Americans, who have shown that they can be endlessly fooled. Neoconservatives deceived Americans into an illegal attack and debilitating war in Iraq. American neoconservatives are closely allied with Israel's Likud Party. In the past, some neocons lost their security clearances because of "mishandling" of classified information. According to Insight magazine, "the Pentagon has banned security clearance to Americans with relatives in Israel. Government sources and attorneys said the Pentagon has sought and succeeded in removing security clearance from dozens of Americans, mostly Jews, who either lived, worked, or have relatives in Israel." Despite questions of dual loyalties, neocons hold high positions in the Bush regime. Ten years ago these architects of American foreign and military policy spelled out how they would use deception to achieve "important Israeli strategic objectives" in the Middle East. First, they would focus "on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq." This would open the door for Israel to provoke attacks from Hezbollah. The attacks would let Israel gain American sympathy and permit Israel to seize the strategic initiative by "engaging Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran as the principal agents of aggression in Lebanon." Today, this neoconservative plan is unfolding before our eyes. Israel has used the capture of two of its soldiers in Lebanon as an excuse for an all-out air and naval bombardment against Lebanese civilian targets. However, a number of commentators have pointed out that such a massive attack requires weeks if not months of preparation that could not be done overnight in response to the capture of the soldiers. Regardless, in the first two days of the Israeli military attack on Lebanon more than a hundred civilians, including Canadians, have been killed by Israeli bombs (gifts from U.S. taxpayers). The Beirut International Airport has been repeatedly bombed, as have residential neighborhoods, roads, bridges, ports, and power stations. Soldiers are a legitimate military target. Civilians, civilian neighborhoods, tourists, and international airports are not. Under the Nuremberg standard used to sentence Nazi war criminals to death, the Israeli government is clearly guilty of war crimes. Meanwhile, the Israelis are committing identical war crimes in Gaza. Again Israel's excuse is the capture of an Israeli soldier. However, the distinguished Israeli professor Ran HaCohen said that the Israeli army "had been demanding a massive attack on Gaza long before the Israeli soldier was kidnapped." By blocking UN Security Council action against Israel for its massacre of civilians in Gaza, the Bush regime has made itself complicit in these monstrous war crimes. Just as Germans who supported Hitler were deemed to be complicit in his war crimes, Americans who support Bush are complicit in Bush's war crimes. Hezbollah is not the Lebanese government. It does not rule Lebanon. Hezbollah is the militia organization founded in 1982 in response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Hezbollah defeated the Israeli army and drove out the Israeli invaders six years ago. According to the BBC, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the two Israeli soldiers "were captured to pressure Israel to release the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in its jails," especially the women and children. The BBC also notes that although Hezbollah operates "from Lebanese territory and the militant group has two ministers in the Lebanese government, the central government is almost powerless to influence the militant group." (Note that the BBC applies the loaded word "militant" to Hezbollah but not to Israel.) Hezbollah, reports the BBC, "is also very popular in Lebanon and highly respected for its political activities, social services, and its military record against Israel." The prime minister of Lebanon, who was installed with President Bush's approval when Syria, under Bush's pressure, recently withdrew its troops from Lebanon, has twice appealed to Bush to pressure Israel to stop its criminal attacks. Our great moral, democratic, Christian leader has twice rebuffed the appeal from the legal representative of the Lebanese people. Instead, Bush is willingly going along with the 1996 neocon script. Bush is laying the blame on Syria and Iran, exactly as the neocon script calls for him to do. When Bush demands that Syria "stop Hezbollah attacks," he forgets that he was the one who forced Syria out of Lebanon (to enable Israel to attack Lebanon). If Americans were attentive, they would be ashamed to witness "their" president acting as an Israeli propagandist. Fox "News," CNN, and the rest of the Bush propaganda ministry are echoing the lie that innocent Israel is under attack from the "terrorist states" of Syria and Iran through their surrogate, Hezbollah. Americans, who are sick of the Iraq occupation and want the troops home, are being fooled again and set up for wider war in the Middle East. Evangelical "Christians" are part of the propaganda show. Three thousand of them, under the lead of the Rev. John C. Hagee, are heading to Washington for a "Washington/Israel summit" to demand, needlessly, that the neocon Bush regime show "stronger support for Israel." It is difficult to see how Bush could show any stronger support without using the U.S. military to assist Israel in its attacks, which is, of course, what the "Christian" Rev. Hagee intends when he declares: "There's a new Hitler in the Middle East [he doesn't mean Bush or Olmert]. The only way he will be stopped will be by a preemptive military strike in Iran." Present at Rev. Hagee's "Washington/Israel Summit" will be Israel's former Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, Republican Senators Sam Brownback and Rick Santorum, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, and Gary Bauer. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful lobby in Washington, expressed its thanks to Rev. Hagee for demonstrating "the depth and breadth of American support" for Israel. Recently, AIPAC has been under investigation as a suspected nest for Israeli spies. David Brog, former chief of staff for Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, has gone to work for Rev. Hagee. Brog, who is Jewish, says he works for Hagee's evangelical enterprise because "we're bringing into a pro-Israel camp millions of Christians who love Israel and giving them a political voice. Israel's enemies are our enemies, and this group instinctively understands that." Brog goes on to say that Hagee's evangelicals understand that they are not supposed to talk about Jesus, only about saving Israel: "Christians who work with Jews in supporting Israel realize how sensitive we are in talking about Jesus. They realize it will interfere with what they are trying to do." Gentle reader, is this an admission that evangelicals have set aside Jesus for war? Do these bloody-minded evangelicals really believe they will be wafted to Heaven for helping Israel involve the U.S. in more war? Have evangelicals forgotten that "an eye for an eye" is Old Testament? "Turn the other cheek" is New Testament. On July 14, Reuters reported that alone among Christians, the "Vatican condemns Israel for attacks on Lebanon." Whose delusion is the greatest – the evangelical "rapture" delusion, the neocon delusion about American power, or the Zionist delusion? The three together mean disaster for America, Israel, and the world. One of the great evangelical/Zionist/neocon myths is that "tiny Israel" armed with 200 nuclear weapons is threatened by Muslim Middle Eastern countries. In actual fact, Egypt and Pakistan, which have the bulk of the Middle Eastern Muslim population, are ruled by American puppets. Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the oil emirates are totally dependent on U.S. protection and, thereby, are also under the American thumb. Iran is Persian, not Arab, and has no common borders with Israel. Hezbollah was created when Israel tried to seize Lebanon in 1982. Hamas is a Palestinian response to the atrocities Palestinians have suffered for a half century at Israel's hands. Israel's land-stealing policy is the source of Middle Eastern instability. America is hated because American money and weapons are what enable Israel to steal Palestine from Palestinians. As numerous Middle East experts have pointed out, what is decried as "Arab terrorism against Israel" is, in fact, the only tactic Muslims have for calling the world's attention to the plight of the Palestinians, about which Americans are generally ignorant. It is absurd for Bush to condemn Syria for not behaving as an American puppet and for not fighting Israel's battles by taking on Hezbollah. Syria and Iran (and Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion) are the only Middle Eastern countries independent of American control. It is far beyond the boundaries of reason and morality to expect these two remaining independent countries to give up their independence in order to enable Israel to steal Palestine and southern Lebanon. It is the refusal of Syria and Iran (and Saddam Hussein's Iraq) to stand with Israel against Palestine that has made them targets for American attack. Neocons have total control of U.S. foreign policy in the Bush regime, and they have morphed our strategic interests into Israel's. As the neoconservative architects of Bush's wars revealed in 1996, their concern lies with Israeli strategic objectives.

War, The American Tsunami By Charles E. Carlson 09/30/05 "ICH" -- -- Don't be too quick to blame the administration for its slow response to Katrina. With his popularity dropping, there is nothing the President wants more than to look like humanitarians and peacemakers. Mr. Bush just doesn't know how! The American Tsunami took Washington by surprise because Washington is on a wartime footing and doesn't know how to carry out a friendly rescue. Remember when the Indonesian tsunami came along? Bush made himself look foolish by leaving a couple of zeros off on his first offer of help. Our President offered something like one dollar per victim, making America an incredible cheapskate when compared to other, poorer countries. Maybe he just couldn't bring himself to say "sorry, we're spending all our money for war." If politicians and those who groom, elect, and control them could cause natural disasters like this one, wars would be unnecessary. They would just respond to the disasters with photo-ops showing them holding babies or passing out food and be reelected for life. The complete destruction of a city is the most valuable event that could happen for the Warmakers who control our President. It beats war all to pieces as a control mechanism; for they can smile all the while they impose more restrictions on us and dilute our money. Have you noticed that while gas prices spiked to as high as $6.00 per gallon the stock market is standing firm? Wall Street smells a mainline injection of adrenaline on the way from Washington. Disasters, like wars, have their fans! For openers, President Bush has just asked Congress for $62.3 Billion just to get the "clean up" started(later estimates are up to $200 billion for Katrina alone). You are making a contribution, but most of it will land in the pockets of contractors. $63 billion is about $210.00 for every American man woman and child, $1000.00 for the already dilution pressed family of five. The Superdome says it needs a cool $100 million just to fix its roof. Who do you think will pay for it? This is in addition to the private aid. Who would dare to deny the needs of the tsunami or Katrina victims? What if it does cost the taxpayers a bit of dilution in lieu of taxes, who can object? But wait until you see the results on our way of life! Already there are people being dragged from their homes to make way for the giant corporate occupation of New Orleans while Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes huge contracts with their business contacts. The Washington Post recently described FEMA as "burning" 500 million a day in contracts for temporary housing. The single most important goal of American political leaders (or any politician) is to keep job levels up and to create the illusion of rising prosperity. This is done by diluting the currency--the result of spending money on " vitally necessary" causes that are, in fact, usually worthless and destructive, like the occupations of Iraq and Palestine, which are also paid for by American taxpayers. Some call this "inflation," which is the act of paying for jobs that don't produce anything. It is not easy to produce a valuable product that does not exist beforehand, such as a quart of milk or a pound of oatmeal. Ask any farmer. No government we know of has ever been as successful in doing this as a farmer, and that includes the state of Israel. But it is easy to pay broken people, like those in New Orleans, to pick up garbage or clean up flood-destroyed homes. Non-productive work is an art form perfected by the government. Spending deflationary dollars for questionable causes is the essence of controlling people at every level, whether it's for war or for relief of suffering. Before I go further, tell me readers, do you really believe the poor people in the Gulf coast cites will every get enough of the billions that will be spent, to replace their homes? Fat chance... that's not how the system works. The aid goes for corporate welfare, for the Halliburton's of the world, just like it's doing in Baghdad! The result will be cheap jobs, not cheap homes. When New Orleans is cleared and reclaimed some few years from now, and the dykes again declared to be safe, most of the land will belong to entirely different people than those who now own the little parcels covered with salt water. The owners will have long since defaulted on their mortgages or taxes and lost the land. The only way for Americans to avoid the dollar dilution that will eventually destroy the commerce of the country (including the stock market and the real estate market) as surely as if we were all under water in New Orleans, is for organized, educated, involved citizens to demand that the federal government stay out. The American Tsunami is succeeding Iraq as the current excuse for runaway government. President Bush was grim-faced and tight-fisted when he learned about the disaster, because his administration had not been choreographed to respond to Katrina. Instead he was focused on keeping wars going, which requires him to swagger, sneer and strut. Not so with a rescuing operation. Saving 200,000 mostly poor people requires the President to be humble, to cry at times, and to love the unlovable. Saving people, while taking their homes is a little different from saving them after you have bombed them. The transition can take a little time. Our president was carefully coached by the Neo-cons to be arrogantly defiant. "Bring them on" was his answer to resistance in Iraq, and he is still defiant after 1800 Americans have died there. His handlers will fix his image, but it takes a few weeks to teach the President anything so complex. Our military also must change. They are away in Iraq, being trained to kill Muslims, who they are told are subhuman . They're trained to control and jail people, not to save and rebuild. The military reaction time is not fast when asked to save people from rooftops. Notice that people have already been shot in New Orleans. And also notice that most of the help is being done by private agencies, not FEMA or Homeland Security, who act like they are in Iraq. We must also realize that in the carnage of Katrina, thieves, thugs and hate-filled racists, deprived drug addicts, and the criminal by nature are all mixed in with the hungry, sick, and homeless. Some of the latter are justifiably angry, because they feel they were lured to spend their life savings to live in a swamp and are now forgotten by everyone when the long-predicted American tsunami finally arrived. Their insurance is also non-existent, and the smart ones know they will never be allowed to salvage a home in the swamp, even after it is made secure from the sea. Governments, including Mr. Bush, always dilute the dollar for war, but they quickly adjust to the advantages of natural disasters. Our military and its commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush, have been trained for Baghdad, not New Orleans, but notice the similarity between Baghdad and New Orleans. From the standpoint of government, both destructions accomplish the same end. Both create miserable clean-up jobs, helpless people who have to be manipulated and controlled, and financial opportunities to be grabbed. War is only a substitute for a natural disaster in the eyes of the people who control presidents. Mr. Bush did not immediately understand, it seems, but he will learn. "War is a Racket", a book written by Marine General Smedley Butler, is about the business of war. General Butler meant a racket for businesses like Halliburton today. For every politician, war is a substitute for natural disasters. It is his path to full employment and unlimited spending-power. He who is in a position to spend has power. The flooding of New Orleans was not unpredictable. Craig E. Colten had written about it in An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans From Nature. But no politician can anticipate when such a disaster will come, and they cannot wait for it to happen, so they create their own disasters to solve, called "wars." Each war takes people out of the economy where they might actually, like the farmers, be producing something valuable and alters their function into various kinds of destroyers. The military cook may seem to produce food, but in fact, he only consumes food in the process of feeding those who are destroying other producers. Look at any military textbook, be it by Ulysses S. Grant or Dwight David Eisenhower. In the case of Iraq, the President has destroyed the producing capacity of a country that has more oil under it than all others, except Saudi Arabia. Now that the production is gone, we are not supposed to notice that the cost to fill some SUV's gas tank is up to $100.00--more if you have a Hummer. This hidden cost of war is what We Hold These Truths calls "dilution". It is the way in which we citizens are forced to pay for the war. It is the same method that will be used to replace New Orleans, spend and dilute. War and natural disasters have something else in common: the reconstruction done in Baghdad (which is a pretense) and that to be done in New Orleans does not compete with domestic business. The flood has already wiped out the competition, so government is free to grant, sublet, contract and hire at will. Who will complain? Most little people lose their land because they have mortgages, or tax bills to pay. By cleaning up, FEMA creates jobs as fast as the mechanism can be organized to feed, employ and house the now homeless victims. But those dollar grants, including the $2000.00 vouchers given to evacuees, buys less every day. Where does the money come from for all these billions for New Orleans? From you, the earner, you will find your dollars diluted by the new ones printed for cleaning up. This writer is not unsympathetic with the people of New Orleans; but I am equally sympathetic with the people of Iraq who are in the same condition. In both there are homes with no water, no electricity, no food and less freedom in sight. The U.S. mercenary military occupies Baghdad, and it will soon occupy New Orleans. It is important to acknowledge that we all make decisions and have to live with them. Most of those who will be called on to pay the half trillion dollars (I would expect this cost in the next 10 years) did not build their homes in a swamp. How many remember the story of the three pigs: one built of straw, one of sticks and one of bricks. The moral was that each is responsible for his own house. Does anyone really think the corporate welfare system will provide ownership of houses to the New Orleans' poor? No, it will provide tenements and cheap jobs mucking up the mess, and most of the dollars will stick to the ribs of the corporate insiders, as it has in Iraq with Halliburton and Blackwater security. When the smoke clears, the effect on our money is the same as if our Government had destroyed New Orleans with a bomb and then rebuilt it. In Baghdad, our leaders have, at least for now, confiscated the oil from Iraq, which switches the cost burden to the Iraqi people who are first bombed and then made to pay for their own destruction. Is it any wonder they are angry? We hear of looting, violence, killing and bitterness in Iraq. The Iraqi citizen is paying 20 times more for his fuel than before the war. We have also heard of suicides in New Orleans, so why were we surprised by human bombers in Iraq? We also see violence among the Katrina victims. Some recognize they are being forced to leave and not come back. Some don't want to leave their dogs; some don't want to leave family members behind and are being forced to do so. Homeland Security is domestic occupation. The government taxes and spends to destroy and then taxes and spends to rebuild. The total economic value of a war comes from the jobs created by the munitions industry and related war efforts and in employing some unemployable persons in military jobs. The Mideast wars are political caviar because there is a liquid resource to be stolen there, oil! No wonder war on Islam is so politically popular. There is oil to steal in almost every Muslim country. CONCLUSION: Don't be too quick to blame George W. Bush for being slow in responding to Katrina, but be prepared to blame him for his wanton spending yet to come In fact, the US Corps of Engineers calculated and knew the dikes were not high enough to withstand a category 4 hurricane. One was quoted as saying it was not "cost effective" to plan for a 4 or 5 event. Now it will be. Dirt moving is one of the cheapest of operations today, and 5% of the billions we are now asked to pay would have probably have saved New Orleans if it was spent piling more dirt on the dykes instead of bombing Baghdad. Mr. Bush is just not accustomed to fixing things. His training is to destroy them. Had he been asked to bomb New Orleans because a terrorist cell was alleged to be hanging out in the French Quarter, he might well have launched a 5000-pound missile in a banker's minute. Do not waste valuable time and money blaming Mr. Bush; he is only hired help for the Warmakers. No doubt Bush's replacement will be a Democrat. But remember, if no natural disaster comes along to keep the unemployed off the street, you can depend upon a Democrat to make war, too. Did not Bill Clinton bomb four countries and preside over the rape of Bosnia? The direction of this commentary is that we cannot prevent natural disasters, but wars are preventable when those that God has called to be Peacemakers (in this country they are called "Christians") do what they are supposed to do. If we had not made war on the Islamic world we could afford the cost of the American Tsunami. The cocaine like effect of the massive American Tsunami rescue will likely keep the stock and real estate markets bubbling for a little longer. But now, piled on top of $200 billion spent in Iraq, it will surly be the last straw that destroys the dollar in the growing competition of the world currencies market. It is foolish to blame politicians, international bankers or business contractors for the immorality that is native to their professions, and should be expected of them. There is one undeniable reason America is the war bully of the world, and that we are leaving bankruptcy as a legacy to our children. It is because the fact that the Christians in churches will not stand up to protect the war victims upon whom they know in advance the bombs are about to fall. The churches, especially the Christian-Zionist churches, have put us in the mess we are in by supporting war for three generations, instead of seeking peace as Christ commanded them to do. They forgot the commandment, "thou shall not kill." We wonder if these same church leaders will remember the commandment, "thou shall not steal" in the upcoming dilution of our currency for rebuilding the Gulf Coast? Info-Cl-House

Muhammad Walaal When i wrote this piece, I also thought of it as a must read, however, Nomads on this site are mostly modern Nomads who drive Camaros not Camels, and speak English not Somali, and because when I write, I randomely select the language mode, so if an idea sparks in my mind, my default language is Somali unless I switch to the English mode, I end up with a great topic in Somali most Nomads can not enjoy its richness such as ' Geeridii Rasuulka, Macaanka iimaanka IWM. Nur

SOL Economists Can anyone of you enlighten us of how much is the cost ( In real terms) of the Arab-Isreali Conflict to date? Of special interest to me : 1. Cost of Wars Since (1949-1956-1973-1982-) 2. Cost Of Regional Arms spending Since 1949 ( By Arabs and Isreal) 3. Cost of Human Loss ( Lives lost on both sides) 4. Cost of Lost Opportunities for Development ( Capital Migration Out flow Due to Risk Factor) 5. Cost of Quality of Life, Travel, etc.( GNP,GDP) 6. Cost of Security Measures ( Loss of Productivity due to conflict) 7. Cost of stolen or usurped wealth to finance the wars( Oil) 8. Cost of lost rights ( Privacy-etc, very difficult to measure, but try anyway) 9. Cost of indirect global conflicts that it triggered (From Munich to 9/11) 10. Cost of Environmental Deterioration in region ( Is the Middle East a healthy place to live anymore? if not, how much does it cost to stasy healthy in the region?) Total in Trillions of Dollars:........................................................................................ Total Land involved in Dispute ( Square Feet) ( Square Meters)..................................................... Cost Of Disputed Lands ( Dollars/Square Foot or Dollars /Square Meter )....................................................................................... Nur

YASSINOMAD SPEAR BRO. I used to have the same question, where we came from, but more importantly where we are heading. The following old eNuri Roadmap may answer part of your question. The Trip From Womb To Tomb An Odyssey To Our Assured Destination Road Map To Paradise Take Adam and Eve avenue until you come to the intersection of Habil (Abel) road, and Qabil (Cain) street; merge right on Habil (Abel) and continue for the next twenty miles till you come to Noah's Ferry. Take the ferry to Safety Land, ignore the majority of other travel agencies’ directions, and arrive at Abraham's Super Highway also known as High way One God Only (1). Follow Abraham but avoid the exit of Sodom and Gomorrah townships until you get to Moses lane but pass Gold and Greed bridges and take it to Jesus' Mercy road. Here you will encounter a lot of confusion, streets are not well marked, and many peddlers along the road are giving away maps with conflicting directions to travelers. The Romans have renamed Pagans’ path as Jesus' mercy road. If you are not sure about the authenticity of Jesus' mercy road, review your map. See if Jesus' mercy path is a continuation of Abraham’s Super Highway. If it is a continuation you are fine, but still proceed with caution. If you have diverged, make a U-turn and go back to Abraham’s high way (1) and re-try again. Continue on True Jesus' road, if you do not see the following signs along the path, you should stop and review your map again. Maps for this path have been tampered with, we recommend the Barnabas edition street map to get to the Unity of God congregation, Immaculate conception corner, and Love thy neighbor community center. Avoid to show the Roman Traffic police your Barnabas street map, it is banned, they will confiscate it and you will be forced to use the only authorized official map - the Paul street map which was drawn to direct the motorists to Rome. For that reason there is a lot of lost traffic on this road. On the other hand True Jesus road is found on the Barnabas street map, but only few people have access to this map. Keep on Jesus' Mercy road until you find Muhammad’s sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam Sunnah Expressway. Stay on this expressway and do not be lured to rest areas along the expressway. Beware of the highway robbers, by insuring your vehicle with Dhikr security systems. All vehicles secured with Dhikr Security Systems will be protected from assaults by robbers (Satan). Make sure that you have enough fuel. The highest grade fuel for this long and tiring trip is the Taqwa grade fuel. Make sure you demand this brand when you stop for refueling. Lighten the load on your vehicle, carry only the most important items for this trip: two meters of white cloth, good deeds and prayers of your kids is all you need. Excess weight is allowed only if it is more of the above. Other items will only slow you down or cause you to loose sight of where you are heading, and you risk losing the coverage of Dhikr Security systems, thereby becoming an easy target for the Robbers. You need to check your vehicles safety features periodically by reading your vehicles manual - the Holy Quran. Your steering wheel must be calibrated by the Sunnah Calibration method, batteries must be charged with Iman, the engine needs to be tuned up with Ikhlas and your tires must be properly inflated with Ihsan. Most important of all, you must test the entire vehicle with the tawheed check list. It does not matter if most parts of your vehicle are performing right, if a single part in your vehicle does not perform according to specifications of Tawheed (its conditions) your vehicle will break down and again the robbers will rob you of what is left. The overall performance of your vehicle depends on the performance of the weakest part in your vehicle, so routinely check these weak points, they may be detrimental to your trip. There are many milestones on Muhammad’s road, and these milestones will assure you that you are on the right track. Do not worry that there are not any people on this road; just because you are alone on this road do not think that you are driving the wrong way on a one way street. Loving Allah more than anything else, loving the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam and his companions, who supported him when he was oppressed, following all his teachings, responding with patience and acceptance to lack of worldly goods, hunger, loss of family members are but some of the milestones and glad tidings that you are on the right track. Also this road will be paved with pain, hard work, struggle with yourself and others and Iblis, the Robber, and all things that are not appealing to the soul. Never lay your guard, this trip is not over until it is over. Keep dhikr your guard, good deeds your luggage and do not lose to focus on where you are going, so you may endure the pain of this trip. When you finally arrive to your destination, Al-Jannah, you will forget all the pain. Nur 1997 Nurtel Communications Paradise is Possible Summer Campaign

Rahima sis How did I miss this dialogue? I am really laughing as I jot my thoughts, specially way after Qaybdid showed up in Baidoa broken and humiliated by the Islamic Courts Militia. Xarago and others like him have a point though. A group of Somalis ( Wadaads of Mixed clans) were dicsussing the evil ways of a well known anti Islamic westernized professor. As the heated discussion proceeded about the Rer Qansax Professor, another wadaad of reer Qansax in the audience could not take the humiliation: "War ama Doofaarrada wada caaya, ama Doofaarkeenna cayda nooga dhaafa " he said to everybody's laughter. Just to keep the Satan in most Somali's blood veins at bay, it is a good idea that we follow a rule of not singling a Doofaar of any clan, every clan has their Dofaars, what we need though is that the good guys in every clan to come forward and lead their clan to peace and harmony with other clans, which can only be achieved through islam and Sharia. The TFG represents the " Ina Kaadhi Najaasle " delegates of Somali Clans when all clans sent their " Dhiigya cab " to secure their share of power as they believed that their wadaads were not well versed playing in the dirty games of clan politics, while the Islamic courts union phenomena is a new formation of the best of every clan. Islam unites, clan and tribalism divides, let us welcome the ICU and pray for their success in all of Somalia inshAllah. Amin Nur

Rayana sis Its emotions like yours that gave Israel the land that it has today, Israel taunts, Arabs fall for it, Next? Israel walks out with a better deal and more land, Arabs have never lost an opportunity to lose an opportunity. The respect I am talking about is that we should at least learn from them how well they plan and execute what they set out to do, no matter how long it takes, ( Vision Greater Israel 2020 is on schedule and under budget ). Anyone who does not respect his enemy is doomed, and will never learn to equalize nor defeat them. There is a show in town going on in the Middle East with unlikely players you will never suspect, to jump to conclusions at this stage is to fall in a well prepared trap like fish, Israel has eleven thousand prisoners in its jails and when this war is declared to be over , they would have annexed southern Lebanon and Gazza again for security reasons, neutralizing most of what they have percieved as remaining imminent danger to their existence by all means neccessary with the backing of the UN, EU and USA and the silence of all Arabs and Muslims. The war in Iraq, the taunting of Syria and the Gazza incursion are pieces to a single puzzle. Let us figure it out before its too late. Israel( A piece loving nation, piece of Palestine, piece of Lebanon, piece of Syria, piece of Iraq, piece of Egypt and a piece of Jordan ) is the most expensive enemy Arab money can buy! Nur

Yassinnomad How does (Death-To Zionists) slogan help in giving life to Palestinians and Lebanese? Zionists are a group of Jewish Zealots who believe that all Jews should settle in Israel, and by saying Death-To- Zionists, you are actually fueling their zeal and phobia that we are a bunch of barbarians, thus our blood is cheap, while they commit far more unproportional attricities for every death in their ranks. The count as of this writing is 3 Jewish soldiers hostage, 18 Jewish soldiers killed, against some 120 dead Palestinians and Lebanese, over 9000 imprisoned Hezbollah and Hamas, and billions in infrastructure loss. Violence is not going to solve the current problem, it has not for the past 50 years, the world is too closely packed for violence, nor does fake UN sponsored negotiations bring any equitable result, a whole new way of thinking is thus needed and no one at present has the vision nor stamina to come up with one. With all their attrocities against Palestinians and Lebanese, and their hateful crimes, Zionists have families just like us, and they have a devine right to exist. The question is HOW? Ahmednajadis call for their annihalition , just like Nasser of Egypt's call, is very hollow and irrresponsible, Israel has enough Nukes to wipe out the entire middle east of which Israel is part of, it will not go down alone, it will take everyone else down with her to a bottomless pit, therefore the Death rhetoric may mean theirs as well as ours, specially when morally we are far worse to each other than Zionists are to each other, they care for theirs, so much that one of their soldiers weighs more than the entire Palestine, Lebanon and the Muslim world combined, we need to learn a lesson or two from them before pointing finger at them, just over fifty years ago, they rebounded from Hitlers gas furnance to build the fourth most poweful army on earth. Respect Your Enemy, they deserve it! Nur