They have finished robbing people which live inland and want to rob ships that are bringing food to their people. Talk about tuugnimo.

^^^ why won't we, these are the so called men which want to lead us, they deserve to be laughed at.

Yusuf is the king of war criminals.

Talk about the Ethiopians that the mighty TFG soldiers securing the city!

I get the feeling that soon somalia will fall in this trap as well.

By: Ahmed Abdullah Nearly four years have passed since the U.S. sent its troops to “liberate Iraq” through an illegal war, described by most analysts and experts as well as most of Iraqis, as a hidden attempt by the Bush administration, which claimed that reasons for the war was the former Iraqi leader’s alleged link to Al Qaeda network and possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction, to lay hands on the country’s oil riches. Today, the Iraqi government, under the control of the U.S., is considering a new oil law that would establish a framework for managing Iraq’s oil wealth, the third-largest oil reserves in the world. Here Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi blogger and architect, who said he has obtained a copy of the new oil law, discusses the new legislation with Antonia Juhasz, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time,” where she uncovers the economic gains of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. When asked by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman about how he got a copy of the document and what it says, Mr. Jarrar, the Iraq Project Director for Global Exchange said that the :document was leaked by Professor Fouad Al-Ameer and published on a website called al-ghad.org. And then it was leaked to other important websites like niqash.org and other places. There different copies of it. Some are scanned, and others of the original document, but it just hit the internet last week. “It said so many things. I don’t think we can summarize it this short, because it’s a very long document, around thirty pages. But majorly, there are three major points that I think we should talk about. Financially, it legalizes very unfair types of contracts that will put Iraq in very long-term contracts that can go up to thirty-five years and cause the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars from Iraqis for no cause. “The second point is concerning Iraq's sovereignty. Iraq will not be capable of controlling the levels -- the limits of production, which means that Iraq cannot be a part of OPEC anymore. And Iraq will have this very complicated institution called the Federal Oil and Gas Council, that will have representatives from the foreign oil companies on the board of it, so representatives from, let’s say, ExxonMobil and Shell and British Petroleum will be on the federal board of Iraq approving their own contracts. “The Third point is the point about keeping Iraq’s unity. The law is seen by many Iraqi analysts as a separation for Iraq fund. The law will authorize all of the regional and small provinces’ authorities. It will give them the final say to deal with the oil, instead of giving this final say to central federal government, so it will open the doors for splitting Iraq into three regions or even maybe three states in the very near future.” On the other hand, Antonia Juhasz, who was also asked by Amy Goodman about the significance of such law for Western oil companies, said that it “certainly opens the door to U.S. oil companies and the Bush administration winning a very large piece of their objective of going to war in Iraq, at least winning it on paper. The law does almost word for word what was laid out in the Baker-Hamilton recommendation, which I discussed previously on your show, which is, at the very basic level, to turn Iraq's nationalized oil system, the model that 90% of the world’s oil is governed by, take its nationalized oil system and turn it into a commercial system fully open to foreign corporate investment on terms as of yet to be decided. So it leaves vague this very important question of what type of contracts will the Iraqi government use. But what it leaves clear is that basically every level of the oil industry will be open to private foreign companies. “It introduces this very unique model, which is that ultimate decision making on contracts rests with a new council to be set up in Iraq, and sitting on that council will be representatives -- executives, in fact -- of oil companies, both foreign and domestic. In addition, it does maintain the Iraq National Oil Company, but gives the Iraq National Oil Company almost no preference. It’s almost in all cases just another oil company among lots of other companies, including U.S. oil companies. And this council, the new oil and gas council, is going to be the decision making body to determine what kind of contract the Iraqis can sign, and all contract models are still on the table, yet to be determined. I think that’s left vague or open, so that the very necessary criticism to earlier drafts of the law, which included specifically production sharing agreements, might be quieted. “But the law definitely sets up a very dangerous setup for Iraq's future economic stability, economic development, and certainly sets the stage for a tremendous amount of increased hostility and violence to U.S. soldiers positioned on the ground, as being seen as the implementers of this oil hijack." Asked about the advocates’ argument for Western company involvement, that they need to come into Iraq to kick-start the oil development, Juhasz said that Iraq's oil development has actually been going quite well since the invasion under the guidance of the Iraqis themselves. Prior to the war, Iraq produced 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. Since the war, it’s been producing about 2.2 million barrels of oil a day. That’s definitely dropped most recently, because of the intense violence in Iraq of late. And there have definitely been targeted actions against the oil system as demonstrations of opposition to the occupation. So I believe there is a very concrete argument that can be made that the best thing that Iraq can do right now to see its oil infrastructure secure and pumping at a reasonable level is to see the U.S. occupation end. “Given that Iraq's oil only costs less than a dollar per barrel to pump and oil is selling at over $50 per barrel, the Iraqis are already making a tremendous return on their oil. The danger is that under the different models of oil contract that are being put on the table, that the Iraqis would lose the vast majority of that profit to the foreign oil companies. “Now, just really quickly, Iraqis have lost a fair amount of expertise, technical know-how, as technology has increased over the past eleven years and the Iraqis were shut out because of the sanctions. The answer to that is found in the models put forward by their neighbors, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and Iran, which are technical service contracts that countries sign with foreign companies to bring in that expertise, but under very limited time frames and very specific economic benefits to the companies and to the country, not these 35-year contracts, as Raed said, and the potential for vast profits leaving the country." “No one in Iraq knows about the law,” said Raed Jarrar. “The law has been kept in a very low profile, and there is a huge propaganda campaign by the government trying to portray the law as straight and good for Iraq, a law that will turn Iraq into heaven on earth, because it will bring all of the foreign investments. Even parliamentarians in the Iraqi government, the ones who will have the final say to pass this law, haven’t received a copy of this law yet. I sent them the copy three or four days ago, and I sent a copy to many of the other Iraqi bloggers and journalists, because I think it’s very important to raise awareness about this and make it an issue. “The Iraqi government and the Bush administration are trying to keep a very low profile in Iraq on this law. I think they’re planning just to, you know, surprise the parliamentarians one morning and have them vote on it without any knowledge of what the law actually causes."

Thanks, it is a long read, but insha'allah i will read it all. We Somalis have already made one mistake when we remained silent of Said Barre. The man gave 2/3 of Somalia soil to four American oil companies. We can’t make the same mistakes, Yusuf will sell as out like some cheap-sandals, he has shown the full colors of a traitor.

King_450 Lol, I just saw some men which were elegant and weren’t Somalis. If I am going to only marry one man, he will be one which will meet all my standards, if he is not Somali, no problem. However he will have to be a Muslims. Or I will take the challenge and convert him.

Shucayb wa Alaykum As-Salam Call me anything but a mujaahidad at the moment I have seen good looking Somali man, but i end-up seeing them as Somali faraxs, the ones to hang-around with only. A man, who possesses irresistible features, would probably be one that is drop-dead-gorgeous. Well dressed, prominent cheek-bones, mesmerizing eyes (any color), nice skin tone, full lips (not big, just full) shoulder length hair, tall, medium build, broad shoulders, intelligent, absolutely cunning and somewhat sardonic.

That is nice. I have a Lebanese friend, she doesn’t even look the typical Arab (Hairy, short, hooked nose, big bug eyes). I would either go with the hot Moroccan or Portuguese dudes, but then again there are those hot mixed dudes ....I am certain I won’t marry a Somali guy, no offence faraxs. I have yet to see a Somali farax which is drop-dead gorgeous, maybe it is because there are barely any Somalis here. Men are Men at the end of the day.

You aren't that "crystal clear" are you You want to be white, talk about self-pity. Miiskiin. Your problem isn’t with color, but ugliness. Your ugliness won’t change even if you have light skin. So get use to it.

I haven’t seen a president which doesn’t address his people. Yusuf have done nothing to help out the residents of Mogadishu physically, mentally or emotionally, he has stated no compassionate words, no condolence, nothing. He has left them in the wilderness, with Ethiopian soldiers to abuse and kill them. Even the blind and deaf person will know that this devil is leading the people to this decrepit nation to their graves.

This old man is just embarrassing himself, he is going to die known for being a brilliant behind-kisser. And people will go on their life and he will be no different than Aideed.

Who cares if he dies?

Who cares if he dies?

Who cares if he dies?

Originally posted by Taliban: quote:Originally posted by mystic: People, today in Mogadishu, are blaming the Ethiopians. Most don't like what they have done, uninvited, in our country. The collaborators argue it's the TFG, Somalia's "legitimate" government, that invited the Ethiopians. The government itself is an uninvited entity. Whoever they invite are uninvited guests as well.

oops

^ These people are uncivilized scavengers, they know nothing about martial law, democracy or even peace. They are mentally deficient. Their intellect is that of the vermin. Imagine the people who support men that are this dense, they must be super dense. They don’t want the truth to be told, because the truth is what sets people free.

^No, it wasn’t forgotten, it was left alone for the simple fact that it remained to be chaotic and there was no peace. However, when Mogadishu residents came together, united under the banner of Islam and kicked out the wrongdoers, they were invaded by dirty goons who didn’t want to see Somalia peaceful! Some warlords are reemerging, blockades are being set-up, and Mogadishu is completely in chaos, one which was never seen in 16 years! Somalia is an occupied country, the sooner you recognize that fact the better chance you have at rendering yourself sane! Ethiopia knows how to keep their problems on the low. Their people are infected with HIV and are starving. Meles’s friends are Gedi and Yousef. Who your friends are says a lot about someone. Gedi and Yousef are both on the same level as Meles when it comes to committing crimes against humanity! America is financially supporting the Ethiopian military. They have the man-power, capacity and the world’s most powerful nation on their side to easily occupy Somalia! Warlords have occupied Somalia from being a nation, the same mischievous warlords that are taking orders from the US and Ethiopia and killing innocent Somalis today! You don’t even know what you are stating, that is the only sad thing. A person who doesn’t even know that their country is on a leash!

Text of press statement in English on "government curbs and threats to freedom of independent media in Somalia" by Somali independent Shabeelle Media Network website on 20 February Shabeelle Media Network is deeply shocked and dismayed at the restrictions and threats directed at the freedom of local media by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. The National Security Agency of the Transitional Federal Government have officially ordered the independent radio stations in Mogadishu not to report on anything that the government doesn't need to be reported. Gen Nur Muhammad Mahmud (Nur-Shirbow), the deputy chief of the Somali national security department, who chaired the meeting with the local media representatives, read the following articles; 1- You cannot report about the Somali government and Ethiopian military operations in the capital as they are considered top secret; 2- You cannot report about the civilian population fleeing the city under any circumstances; 3- The remnants of the Islamic Courts Union are directly responsible for the explosions and violence in the capital Mogadishu; 4- As there is an emergency state in place in Somalia generally, there is no so-called freedom of expressions' 5- The government will nominate editors for these three radio stations and you must cooperate with them. During the closed meeting with the directors of Shabeelle, HornAfrik and Banaadir Radio Stations at the head quarter of NSA, General Nur-Shirbow threatened the directors that part of the martial law imposed on the country, government soldiers can shoot and kill everyone they want. Abdimalik Yusuf Mahmud, chairman of Shabeelle Media Network said that the conditions set by the National Security Agency of the transitional government as totally unacceptable and a clear oppression against the freedom of speech. "It is crystal clear that the independent media in Somalia is under attack by the transitional federal government so the international community, which invested millions of dollars in the formation of this government in the peace talks in neighbouring Kenya, should interfere the matter and help the media free of government oppression," said Mr Mahmud in statement he issued. The transitional government has many times oppressed the freedom of the independent media in Somalia since it relocated to the country after it was formed in Kenya. The government has a history of detaining journalists, closing radio stations and threatening the entire freedom of speech in Somalia. © 2007 BBC Monitoring Africa. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved. Source: BBC Monitoring Africa

Teacher Ibrahim Abdi, 20, describes the violence that befell his city, Mogadishu, on Monday night when the Ethiopian-backed government forces shelled areas of the Somali capital after their positions were attacked. "Last night was an unacceptable night - what happened is out of humanity because people who gathered in their houses were targeted. I have never, never seen an attack like last night Normally maybe just one, or at the worst two, family members are hurt during mortar shell attacks but this time lots of people were hit all at once. Usually the only mortars that hit civilians are the shells that have become strays but last night the people, us, we were the focus of the targets. People are still shocked. I was inside the school where I teach English when the shelling began at around 2000 hours local time. Mortars' whistles We heard one of the explosions - the first thrown into where the foreign [Ethiopian] troops and the transitional federal government soldiers are based. All of us were surprised and waited for the answer... normally what happens immediately after an attack provides an explanation to the latest situation in our city. But we could not tell what was going on. Sometimes when the mortars begin, they are not that close and mostly the only shells you see at the time are just the strays. I thought the fighting would be over before long but it kept carrying on. Mortar shells were crossing each other in the sky. They were many, many and the sound was horrific. Never has it sounded so loud to me. The mortars' whistles were too much to take and the screaming was too bad. People were screaming heavily. I finally fled from there when it was around midnight. There were a lot of people also fleeing. Difficult matter I saw a lot of people who were injured. Two brothers had been hit - the one that died, he had been my friend. People, today in Mogadishu, are blaming the Ethiopians. Most don't like what they have done, uninvited, in our country. At the time of the mortar shelling some people died but today even more have died because of their injuries. And up to now people are fleeing from their homes, some are going to the Lower Shabelle or central regions. For now, the matter is very difficult indeed. What happened last night in Mogadishu, if it returns again, tonight, then no-one will be seen inside Mogadishu tomorrow. (Gedi's and Yusuf's plan?) The focus of the targets was unacceptable. My family fled before yesterday and so I have been guarding our house alone. Some of my colleagues that I give lessons to have also since fled. Those of us who need to stay, we will stay and we will support each other. The government keeps coming on our local radio stations to tell us that they are training forces to come and restore order, to bring us peace and security but still no-one has come. This time is very difficult for us. Even the talk about the peacekeeping forces who are apparently coming to help... they won't be able to do anything. Peace and stability can only be restored by the hands of the people of Somalia. If the Somali people try to join their hands, restore stability, then everything will be overcome."

It is quite clear, the TFG and their raw meat eating Ethiopians can't control the people or provide for them.

How many Somalis will have to die before the so called TFG (former warlords who held Somalis hostage for 16 years) gives up their quest for power? How long will the international community allow members of united nation (the Ethiopia and their sponsor the US) to violate the sovereignty of another member of the United Nations? It is time for the international community to recognize they cannot impose illegitimate government on the Somali people, It is also time for Meles to give up for his quest for greater Ethiopia because it has not happen in the past and will not happen in the future. As to the Transitional federal government, former warlords hand picked by ruthless Ethiopian regime, it is time for them to swallow their pride, give up their quest for power and let the Somali elders and intellectuals run the country. The international community specially the United States must respect the will of the Somali people. Somalis have had so many trials and tribulation for the past sixteen years and don’t need more wars. One lesson that was learned from Somali conflict for the past sixteen years is that no outside force can suppress the will of the Somali people no matter how strong they think they are. It was not long time ago when the UN under the name UNISOM lead by the US tried to create client government in Somalia and everybody knows what the end result of that exercise was. The international community must let the Somali people decide who should they chose to run their county. Even though Somalis held numerous demonstrations both inside and outside Somalia against deployment of outside force, our fellow Africans sponsored by the warmonger in Washington are still insisting on the deployment of their forces in Somalia. The advice to my fellow African people is to stay away from the Somali conflict. You don’t seem to understand the root cause of the conflict .By taking sides in the Somali conflict you will be seen as an invaders rather than peace keepers. If you don’t listen and deploy your troops in Somalia against the will of the Somali people, Somalis will resort anything they can to drive you out of their land. A government that seeks protecting against the citizens it was suppose to govern should not be protected. As to the United States, Somalis don’t have history on being terrorists. the Union of Islamic Court was grass roots movement who decided to take the country out of the crisis. They came from different tribes united the Somalis under the banner of Islam, pacified Mogadishu, and eliminated the piracy that terrorized the international ships for the first time in 16 years. The international community including the United States must realize that the only way to end and find a solution to the current Somali problem is to let the Somalis have the environment to sit and talk (stop the interference). The international community also need to withdraw their support from the warlords sitting in Baidoa warehouse who turned the clock back to where the Somalis were sixteen years ago. As to the Ethiopian government, you brought the most despised warlords to Mogadishu but you cannot impose them on the Somali people. It is better for you leave soon and abandon your quest to install client government in Mogadishu because Somalis both inside and outside will never accept that kind government. If you don’t leave soon all Somalis will rise up and drive you out of their land. As to this illegitimate government (TFG), please give up your quest for power that will never materialize for the sake of the Somali people and the country. If the current conflict continues, Somalia will empty soon. Please swallow your pride and step aside and let the Somali elders and intellectuals run the country. You have lost the confidence of the Somali people when you brought Ethiopian army to every corner of Somalia. You know you cannot survive without your sponsor, the Ethiopian army even single minute. Why then would you want to hold the power by the thread? Even your sponsors are being barricaded in Mogadishu and attacked from every corner on a daily basis. Please for the sake of the Somali people step a side and let the Somali elders and intellectual bring the country some kind of normalcy. Once normalcy is brought back to the country then we can talk about reconciliation conference. Please stop fooling the Somalia people by telling them you will hold reconciliation conference in the country when everybody knows the country is occupied. You have been in Mogadishu for more that a month and so many lives have already been lost under your so called government. We Somalis know that 4.5 Ethiopian formulas will not work in Somalia. You must have seen it already in your own eyes that no one is taking orders from you. You have nominated so many administrations in many parts of southern Somalia where the people who live in that area rejected your nomination. In order to solve the current Somali conflict the following things have to happen: 1: Ethiopia must leave Somalia without delay and no outside force should be deployed in Somalia. 2: The international community must withdraw their support from this illegitimate government and respect the will of the Somali people to choose their destiny. 3: The TFG to step aside and let the Somali elders and intellectual take over the country in order to bring normalcy to the country. 4- Once the occupiers leave the country, reconciliation conference to be held in Somalia and let the Somalis decide what kind of government you will chose. It is time to stop these senseless killings in Somalia because our people have had enough wars already. http://www.hiiraan.com/op2/2006/feb/enough_is_enough_for_the_somali_people_.aspx

At least 18 people died and 50 injured as hundreds more fled the city on Monday as the city of Mogadishu seen its bloodiest day so far. Heavy fighting erupted after dark, as gunmen pounded the sea port, the presidential palace and two army bases with mortars and hand grenades causing unknown casualties to the Ethiopian and "government" forces stationed there, this assault led to a vicious retaliation by the enemy forces as they used heavy artillery rounds (picture) to pound many parts of the city for hours causing mass panic and casualties. After day break medics started to collect the dead and injured as the fighting took a break, most of the hospitals were filled by many seriously wounded people, other started to gather thier belongings and started to flee the city trying to find refuge in their clan based regions outside the capital, almost 1000 people fled the city since the last two weeks of fights. Many residents blame the Ethiopians for being cowardly and not fighting the resistance on a hand to hand combat. KC has also been informed that some warlords and resistance group have combined forces to route the "government" since most of the warlords have been denied any positions in the new government, the prime minister and the president both have not set foot in the capital for the last 2 weeks fearing the bombardment and the plotting by the resistance, choosing to stay in Baidoa. In Jowhar the city have fallen in to a ruin, many people in authority fled the city and left the former warlord's gunmen now part of the army to loot houses and shops since most of them did not get paid by the "government". Many people in the country are predicting a quick Collapse of the government and puppet authority once the Ethiopians leave the cities, in Baidoa around 150 warlord's gunmen entered the city after increase of insecurity in the area, Maxamed Ibraahim "Xaabsade" a warlord belonging to the Baidoa region entered parts of the city after many residents lost hope in the security provided by whats left of the "government" forces in the town, "Xaabsade" is a known ally of the former parliamentary speaker Shariif Hassan and a pro Islamic warlord government minister. Many clans in the south of the country are angry at the warlord president Abdullahi Yusuf who comes from the Puntland region in the north which is Relatively a peace full and commercially developing region accusing him of trying the keep the south poor and underdeveloped with continuing clan violence, the former puppet army commander general Naji who led the war on the Islamic courts now appointed ambassador to Oman publicly announced in an interview that the ****** clan in the south would never accept a president from the ****** clan in the north, that's why there will be resistance until the "president" goes. KC http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/02/20/7500.shtml