Gabal, you are second only to Oodweyne when it comes to sharing your convictions on the certainty of some political milestones This is not the first calendar entry you made, but we will hold you onto it , and it is only two days away... Waa inoo April 14th

^^With you I never fail to get the exact reaction characteristic of your online persona. Noo wad sheekada, I await the Baardheere development.

Gabal is in the know when it comes to Ethiopian/TFG offense against Alshabaab thus his announcement has a measure of credibility . It is The Zack however who will be the bearer of Kismayo news as he has been on top of Kenyan/Azania militia progress toward Kismayo.

Waa markay Congo iyo irrelevant pseudo analysis ciirsan jirtay ... War ilaahay barya, inaad si nabada Bari ugu guurtaan, ama gabdhaha reer bariga guursada intaan laydinka dhammaysan, ama aysan dabaqad kale gelin

^^Still angry, AfricaOwn eh?

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Africa Oil Corp. is pleased to update the market on the drilling operations on the Shabeel well in Puntland, Somalia which is being drilled by the Company's 51% owned subsidiary, Horn Petroleum Corporation ("Horn"). Horn is the Operator and holds a 60% working interest in the Dharoor and Nugaal Valley Production Sharing Agreements ("PSA's") along with working interest partners Range Resources (20%) and Red Emperor (20%). The Shabeel well is currently at a depth of 2703 meters and had just completed the setting of the 9 5/8" casing. The well drilled through primarily tight limestones and shales of Lower Tertiary to Upper Cretaceous age and encountered a 355 meter section of Upper Cretaceous sands and shales of the Tisje / Jesomma Formations at a depth of approximately 1660 meters. The sands in this interval exhibited both oil and gas shows and petrophysical analysis of downhole electrical logs indicates a potential pay zone of between 12 and 20 meters in the section. Attempts to sample formation fluids using a wireline formation tester were not successful and thus the zone will require cased hole testing to confirm whether they are oil bearing. At a depth of 2015 meters a thick section of tight limestones and shales was encountered extending to the present depth of 2703 meters which is believed to correspond to the Upper Cretaceous Gumburo Formation. The forward plan on the well will be to drill ahead to the originally planned depth of 3800 meters to evaluate the primary and secondary reservoir targets in the Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic intervals equivalent to the main productive section seen in the analogous fields in Yemen. A testing program including the zones of interest seen to date and any deeper potential pay zones identified will be agreed with partners at that time. Upon completion of this well, the Company plans to move the rig to the Shabeel North location on which construction is nearing completion. Horn President and CEO, David Grellman, stated, "We are encouraged by the results to date and pleased that we have confirmed the presence of an active petroleum system in the Dharoor Valley. We look forward to drilling ahead into the primary objectives of the well and hope to confirm the shallow prospective zones by testing in the near future." Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya, Ethiopia and Mali as well as Puntland (Somalia) through its 51% equity interest in Horn Petroleum Corporation. Africa Oil's East African holdings are in within a world-class exploration play fairway with a total gross land package in this prolific region in excess of 300,000 square kilometers. The East African Rift Basin system is one of the last of the great rift basins to be explored. New discoveries have been announced on all sides of Africa Oil's virtually unexplored land position including the major Albert Graben oil discovery in neighbouring Uganda. The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and on First North at NASDAQ OMX-Stockholm under the symbol "AOI". Read the complete story at http://www.marketwatch.com/story/africa-oil-corp-drilling-operations-update-on-shabeel-well-in-puntland-somalia-2012-04-11-171190?reflink=MW_news_stmp

War lagu farxo weeye, maalin bay meel bay joogtay maanta wada hadal bay taagantahay. I would like to hear from the men on this forum who used to mock our beloved peace Caravan

^^Micnuhu waa cadyahay. Dammiinimo kuguma ogeyn, ee see wax yihiin? Meeshaa lagaa ruday baan garanayaa ...

^^well , i am sure that as silly as it may seem i can try to reason with the unreasonable but the notion of reconsidering my beliefs simply because alshabaab blew up another market and murdered another innocents people does not really come across, how i put it, as intellectually stimulating...

faarah22;816828 wrote: what's asinine about it my dear? elaborate, other just throwing around words. Asinine is rather a generous appraisal for such a witless , weakminded remark only a zany could deliver . That you want explanation from Val is quite amusing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17658522

This is exactly what Somalia needs. Technical schools, not fake universities , is the way to empower Somali youth.

^^ :D Somaliland independence is non existent indeed; Somalia's territorial integrity is never up for negotiation. Ask Oodweyne , his silence is a sign of of historical political defeat as the weighty judgement of this divide is about to be made soon somewhere in London conference halls...

My prediction in 2012 Development projects rapidly take off; number of functional airports increase , roads will be paved , new hospitals constructed, old ones repaired and enhanced, new schools build esp. technical/vocational schools, harbors repaired and expanded, Somalia airspace is controlled from Mogadishu again, maritime borders ares secured, and piracy reduced, alshabaab weakened and politically engaged...And Somaliland region enticed and separation is no longer an agenda, and the most exciting of all, OIL is found in Puntland and production contract is signed.

nice buraanbur

What is the fuss about being of a Yemeni descent? Maaddeey taariikh horuu la dirirsanyahay, qabaa'il waaweyn oo Soomaali ah baa rumaysan inay Yemen ka yimaadeen. Waa arrin shaa ic ah oo Cabdullaahi Yusuf uusan allifan. Cabdullaahi awowgii asagoo feer sahay u watta buu xeebaha hobyood agtood kasoo degay , ka dib gabar tima dheer oo ****** la yiraahdo buu guursaday. Taariikhdaasi waa caan, haddii Cabdullaahi rumaysnaana dad fara badan buu la wadaagaa Marka maxaa Maaddeey mawduuca Yemen ta kusoo celiyey? Amxaarada iyo shiddooyinkii kale ee Cabdullaahi taariikhdiisa hareeyey waa arrin eed iyo ammaan ba , cidba siday rabto, lagu werin karo...laakiin Yemen ?

^^Professor Abtigiis's endorsement means a lot to me , and to the Khatumo people. Khatumo has already succeeded in many fronts.

Spoiler # 2

Liibaan, the only hope separatist leadership has to hold onto Khatumo lands is Xaabsade and Mahad Canbaashe

LOL By the time Faroole gives the throne to the Sharp Teeth General , a good 6 years will have passed. Who knows the grass will be greener on the other side by then , and Garoowe will have lost it's political flavor But I support a Makhirian candidate.

^I do see that you are itching to reintroduce our departed Somalina. What you need to understand however is this site is moderated place and privately owned one at that. So lets not digress to a topic that you have been flushed our numerous times since the incident took place. Fiqikhayre is in the wrong here in terms of his psycho analysis on innocent people in their weakest hour. But he neither insulted nor transgressed on anyone as far as I can tell.

Our Fiqikharye is most effective when leading the charge against Alshabaab, secessions, and Mogadishu warlords . He also does excellent job when translating my prized poems. He is an intellectual warrior, not useful in peace times. His mistake in this thread is attacking PM's friends in support of the PM

^^ :D I now understand what is bugging Ahmed Dirie

^Quraan saar baad u baahantahay si Garoowe lagaaga cuudiyo

^^Thanks for the misspelling alert. But the matter is much weightier than mere spelling errors I am afraid. Explain yourself waryaa, oo ragga ikhyaaarta suuqa ha ugelin