After issueing mixed messages against the formation of Jubbaland admin, the truth of the matter has finally caught up with President's advisors: objection against Kismayo effort is no longer sustainable. It will be the first federal state the president will welcome in his tenure. It is a good progress. If the TFG delegation succeed in their initial visit to the city, the president himself may come to Kismayo as well. Kudos to Madoobe and those leading the local iniative. This was a good move on all sidse.

7. Commended the role of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in the Grand Stabilization Plan for South Central Somalia and other liberated areas and stressed the need to support this process which has been endorsed by the IGAD Heads of State and Government, the African Union and the UN Security Council. That is was the sticking point...

http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/person-of-the-year-barack-obama/ Twenty-seven years after driving from New York City to Chicago in a $2,000 Honda Civic for a job that probably wouldn’t amount to much, Barack Obama, in better shape but with grayer hair, stood in the presidential suite on the top floor of the Fairmont Millennium Park hotel as flat screens announced his re-election as President of the United States. The networks called Ohio earlier than predicted, so his aides had to hightail it down the hall to join his family and friends. They encountered a room of high fives and fist pumps, hugs and relief. The final days of any campaign can alter the psyches of even the most experienced political pros. At some point, there is nothing to do but wait. Members of Obama’s team responded in the only rational way available to them — by acting irrationally. They turned neckties into magic charms and facial hair into a talisman and compulsively repeated past behaviors so as not to jinx what seemed to be working. In Boca Raton, Fla., before the last debate, they dispatched advance staff to find a greasy-spoon diner because they had eaten at a similar joint before the second debate, on New York’s Long Island. They sent senior strategist David Axelrod a photograph of the tie he had to find to wear on election night: the same one he wore in 2008. Several staffers on Air Force One stopped shaving, like big-league hitters in the playoffs. Even the President succumbed, playing basketball on Election Day at the same court he played on before winning in 2008. But now it was done, and reason had returned. Ever since the campaign computers started raising the odds of victory from near even to something like surefire, Obama had been thinking a lot about what it meant to win without the lightning-in-a-bottle quality of that first national campaign. The Obama effect was not ephemeral anymore, no longer reducible to what had once been mocked as “that hopey-changey stuff.” It could be measured — in wars stopped and started; industries saved, restructured or reregulated; tax cuts extended; debt levels inflated; terrorists killed; the health-insurance system reimagined; and gay service members who could walk in uniform with their partners. It could be seen in the new faces who waited hours to vote and in the new ways campaigns are run. America debated and decided this year: history would not record Obama’s presidency as a fluke. So after his staff arrived, he left his family in the main room of the suite and stepped out to talk with his three top advisers, Axelrod, political strategist David Plouffe and Jim Messina, his campaign manager. He wanted to tell them what this victory meant, because it was very different the second time. “This one’s more satisfying than ’08,” he said. “It wasn’t just about what I was going to do as President. It’s what I’ve done.” In the end, the outcome would not even be very close, and this realization was sinking in, unleashing something, dropping a shield he had been carrying for a long time. Over three days in November, the man known for his preternatural cool won re-election and cried twice in public. And then, trying to find meaning in a tragedy in Connecticut, he did it again, all but breaking down in the White House Briefing Room.

^^If you are Ayoub, Puntland plans to handle hijackings is no less than a criminal scheme ,so that too cannot be reasonably explained to a man who sees entire political polity and its people as an organized crime EDIT: Seriously this should not be seen as a big deal other than Puntland soldiers, perhaps unpaid for months, going rogue .

Now this is a real breakthrough; a major British media outlet has endorsed Somaliland's effort to become independent country.

It appears our brothers in the North are bit obsessed with Faroole and Puntland . Mr Somalia had a point

^^Well for a man who believes Puntland is a pirate cartel , talking about budgets is not a serious proposition

^^Ayoub, you are easy to disappoint . Your belief of Puntland as a pirate state is quite profound , and xiinfaniin of all people shall never attempt to change such a deep seated perception ... But I must admit this type of incident does not help

Wallee dadkan isku dad baan nahay, wixii la rabo hala sheego, kuwani waa naga

^^Che, In the big picture , this one time incident of soldiers turning into hijackers should not have any affect as long it is handled properly. From what I can see, it is being handled by Puntland admin. Of course Ayoub and co will milk this one endlessly as it fits their characterization of Puntland as a pirate state

'Repent' is a strong word, but both men are classic political opportunists , Galary more so than Samatar. I wont be surprised if they develop a joint scheme to engage with Hargeysa ...

Aaliyah, This is a security operation carried out jointly by government forces and local security of Raaskanbooni to destroy a new Isbaaro on via afmadow.

Not a big deal, some soldiers went rogue ... This incident some how fits in Ayoub's conviction of what Puntland is all about ,

^^I pose the question because only specific websites seem to be itching for a war in Kismayo , and they all happen to be from your neck of the woods , the exception is Xaji Xunjuf who occasionally joins oo aamiinta u jiibiya Kismayo is in the hands of its rightful owners , the people who have the biggest stake in its stability political or otherwise are the ones leading it now. There is little misudnerstanding from Hasan's part , and that will insha allaah be sorted out ... Marka is gaabi waryaa

These late night prayers for war in Kismayo got to stop Seriously why would Oba's family be angry at Kismayo progress ?

Oo hadda ma waxaad na leedihiin Siilaanyo waa dallacay oo Madaxweyne Xassan iyo Geelle buu la fariistay ? Nimankaan reer waqooyi dhibaataa haysatta ...nabar baas baa ku taagan oo ictiraaf la yiraahdo

Maasha Allaah, Abtigiis asagoon qayilsanayn buu tan qoray ... If the old man is still alive, you should share this piece with him.

This is beyond comprehension !!!! Imagine if this mad man was a Muslim, the 'terrorist' label would've been thrown around like maxaa kaaga galay. But now , I am listening the radio, they are discussing his mental stability and stuff. Nacallaa...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/14/shooting-reported-at-connecticut-elementary-school/

Tried to find out more, but nothing is reported. Xaajiga war laga rabaa

^^No. But it shows a level desperation unseen before on his part. Bigger numbers are praying for peace in & out side of the country for Kismayo

On Friday, XX visits SOL forum with more prayers for war in Kismayo

NGONGE;899020 wrote: ^^ The days when I tried to convince girls of anything are long gone, saaxib. [/img] I don't believe that one minute.

NG, The thing is both Professor Abtigiis and myself have baby faces, makes it hard for you to convince girls you are younger than us.

^^Still protesting the Oodweyne Leader's rise in Hargeysa eh? The xiins are reality in the south, Ayoub. It is not only Laascaano or Ceerigaabo they reside, it is also Luuq and Jamaame waryaa , due to Allah's fadl wel menna... We are closely watching Dr. Gabboose's political move. Who knows when another prominent Hargeysa politician joins Hassan Sheekh government