^^he did it and rattled the whole place once awoowe. What makes you think he cant do it? Majority of somalis oppose these tactics, it's not unique to those living in SL.

^^narrow-mindedness, and bigotry baa ka qubtay. You are trying to BS your way out of it, but it's not gonna work awoowe. There is no ethnic somalilander. Somalis in the north does not practice different Islam than the ones in the deep south. If you are trying to link alshabaab phenonmenon to the south, you need to know that the man who leads it is from your neck of the wood

Xaaji, maanta wax badan baa kaa qubtay ee break qaado

Calling Somali [sL, PL, and TFG all have similar distoors] constitutions, constitutions of Kufr shows the depth of ignorance our brother LX has reached. Ilaahow soo hanuuni

Quick points. 1) There is nothing wrong in swearing to defend a constitution or a cause or even pledge loyalty to someone if the sources of the constitution or legitimacy of the cause or the integrity of the person is deemed right. Case in point: some armed groups that fight in the name of Islam pledge loyalty to Usama bin Laden because they deem him a leader. 2) The ‘making legislation’ clause in the constitutions LX cited is not a problem as long the said law is inline/or does not contradict its source, which is the shareecah Islamiyah Halkaas bay LX kaga jabtay edit: I have been on the boards of many Islamic institutions, and all of them have by laws. We dont swear upholding them, but it's impicit we follow them to the letter and our sheekhs lead us

^lool@che xaajigu waa raggeedii markaan leeyahay waxaan ka wadaa, xaajigu waa cuqdad yuurarta, aruurtay oo gaamurtay, oo in soomaalida kale dhayyaan la rabo siyaasadii durriyyada buu jinsiyad mooday Qoor iyo xero ka jab. Oodweyne iigu yeera

^^yes Santaaro Dems are weak, the party that allowed Joe Lieberman to chair a powerful committee Last night the nation saw a political earthquake in Boston. And the irony is the seat from which late Kennedy advocated for health care reform over 40 years will now be used to oppose that very cause It’s politics

Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf: Well the people of Somaliland have their own culture their own customs and even have another form of Islam , which is not that militant Islam , unlike Somalia. Xaajigu waa raggeedii wallaahi

^^Go vote awoowe. lool@snowing was higher in those areas perhaps Dems prayed for snow in the North so Republican voters are hampered

FoxNews's take on Mas. senate race if Dems win

What to watch for in the Massachusetts special election Polls don't close for another six and a half hours in Massachusetts and without any exit polling in the race -- booo! -- political junkies (like yours truly) are left to wait and wonder about the outcome of today's special Senate election between state Sen. Scott Brown ® and state Attorney Martha Coakley (D). To make that process slightly more palatable, we talked to a number of senior strategists in both parties in search of the key geographic areas and demographic groups to keep an eye on as results roll in tonight in order to best understand what's happening and why. A sampling of their thoughts is below. * City turnout: Coakley must maximize the power of the city turnout machines in Boston (led by Mayor Tom Menino), Worcester (in the hands of Rep. Jim McGovern) and Springfield. Three close-in communities to Boston report their results early -- Cambridge, Somerville and Arlington -- and, according to one Democrat, if Brown is close or leading in those areas, the race is effectively over. * The South Coast: While almost all of the state is reached by Boston television, the communities in hard-scrabble town like Fall River -- home of former Boston schoolboy hoops legend Chris Herren -- gets Providence television and is culturally a far different place than the Hub. These are the sort of Democrats -- blue-collar -- that Coakley must win but, as the race entered its final stages, wasn't winning. * Independent women: The Brown surge has been fueled -- primarily -- by independents who have moved strongly in his favor over the past ten days. Democrats acknowledge independent men are a lost cause for Coakley but they are hoping that her historic candidacy -- she would be the first woman elected to the Senate or governor in the state -- is a significant draw among independent women. The working theory among Democratic modelers is if Coakley can win 35 percent of the independent vote, she can win; if she goes below that number, Brown will win. * The Beltway Vote: The most critical area for Brown is in between Rt. 128 -- the inner Beltway that rings Boston and 495 -- the outer Beltway to the west of the city. That area, which includes the critical swing suburban community county of Middlesex, is filed with independent and Republican voters that Brown needs energized to offset the likely swamping he will take in Boston proper. * Boston Catholics: While the city of Boston is strongly Democratic, it is also -- in parts -- strongly Catholic (and pro-life). In communities like South Boston, Dorchester and the North End, Republicans believe Brown has made significant inroads. Worth noting: In the two most recent Republican victories in Massachusetts (Gov. Mitt Romney in 2002 and Gov. Paul Cellucci in 1998), the Catholic vote went Republican. Are you looking at certain key towns/cities or demographic groups? The comments sectiona awaits your observations.

Che give us the update awoowe. Read the Harvard Profs spin above and tell me if you think this woman could defy the pols and pull this thing off

Former Kennedy aide does the math for a Coakley win By Karl Vick As many Democrats brace for the possibility of Scott Brown taking the U.S. Senate seat long held by Edward M. Kennedy, a former Kennedy campaign aide offers a scenario that leads to a narrow victory for Martha Coakley, the state attorney general who polls showed slipping. Richard Parker now lectures at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. "Once upon a time," Parker begins, "there was a Senate race in which a telegenic GOP challenger threatened to take Massachusetts' guaranteed-blue 'Kennedy seat' (and was ahead in key polls going into the week before the race). "A brilliant young Democrat was in the White House, having succeeded George Bush. He'd pushed health care reform as his first big issue, but produced a plan so complex and riven with contradictions, that it failed -- in no small part due to the GOP Congressional strategy of total 'no pasaran' ['they shall not pass'] opposition and the wavering of Blue Dog Democrats. "If that sounds familiar, it is -- because it was the race here in 1994, when Mitt Romney led Ted Kennedy HIMSELF going into November, and Bill Clinton had produced a health plan that failed in an world of zero bipartisanship. "Kennedy won, of course." Parker offers the math for Martha Coakley to pull off the same. It starts with the numbers for the primaries a month ago: 650,000 Democrats voted, and 160,000 Republicans. Commonwealth Secretary Bill Galvin on Monday estimated that 1.6 to 2.2 million would turn out on Tuesday. For reference, in the November 2008 presidential election, turnout was 3 million. "My gut -- and early calls -- tell me we're well on the low side of the Galvin estimate because of weather," Parker says, "but we'll make at least 1.2 million easily. "There are 490,000 registered Republicans in the state. If three-quarters of them turn out -- a big 'if' -- that means Brown needs at least 300,000 independents. Meanwhile, if just the same number of Dem ALONE as showed up in December show up today, Martha wins. "We'll see. In retail politics, after billions spent on media and contact, it's all turnout, turnout, turnout."

January 20, 2010 Massachusetts Voting Begins for Crucial Senate Seat By LIZ ROBBINS Massachusetts voters streamed to the polls on Tuesday, sloppy weather notwithstanding, to vote in what has become a surprisingly tight special election for the United States Senate. All day, from Pittsfield to Palmer, from Marlborough to Boston, polling stations reported a high number of voters, far more than in the December primaries. The polls, open since 7 a.m., were due to close at 8 p.m. Until a few weeks ago, the Democratic candidate — Martha M. Coakley, the state attorney general — seemed to have a virtual lock on the seat, left vacant by the death of Edward M. Kennedy. But over the past month, the Republican challenger, Scott. P Brown, a state senator, started to galvanize Massachusetts’s many independent voters, seizing on dissatisfaction with the economy, taxes and governmental spending. In particular, the fate of the national health care overhaul hung in the balance, as Mr. Brown promised to be the 41st vote against the legislation, enough to block it with a filibuster, while Ms. Coakley campaigned for the overhaul with the backing of Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Senator Kennedy, for whom health care was a major issue. . Across the state, people seemed to fasten on the volatile health care issue, their conflicting voices reflecting the tense divisions in a state that has been a Democratic stronghold for many years. “I voted for Coakley because I didn’t want to disrupt the 60-40 vote for health care,” said Michael Barry, 23, a software engineer, who drove from his new house in Hopkinton in Boston’s western suburbs to vote in nearby Marlborough, where he is registered. “I thought it was a shoo-in a few weeks ago, and might not have come out today.” Terry Noel, 58, an optometrist from Waltham, closer in to Boston, is a registered Republican, but she said she was voting for Ms. Coakley because of health care. “I really wasn’t going to vote, but I realized my vote will mean something,” she said. Because she runs her own practice and purchases her own insurance, she said, she saw the need for an overhaul. “Health care reform is important,” she said, “or else we wouldn’t be doing it.” Even so, several voters on Tuesday said there was too much emphasis on the issue in Washington. Standing outside the polling place at the Boys and Girls Club in Marlborough, Kevin Trenholme, 44, said he was turned off by the health care debate. “I voted for Brown to hopefully control the craziness in Washington,” he said. “Health care is being forced down our throats.” Marlborough, a small city where the independent vote is particularly strong, has been an important bellwether in several recent statewide elections. Among the 4.1 million registered voters in Massachusetts, enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 3 to 1, but 51 percent of voters are not enrolled in any party. There were 13 people waiting outside when that polling station opened, and workers there reported a steady stream of voters through the late morning, a trend that seemed to hold in other areas of the state. The Associated Press reported that there was a half-mile line of cars outside a polling station at North Andover High School, causing frustration among voters. At the Converse Middle School in Palmer, Ma., outside of Springfield, the turnout was higher than usual, said the warden, Emmett Ahearn, 78. By 2 p.m., he said, about 1,000 people had already cast their votes, out of the 3,800 registered there. In Leicester, southwest of Boston near Worcester, Earl Berner, 63, chairman of the Leicester Republican Committee, was standing at the street-corner entrance to the town hall around 10 a.m., greeting cars and directing traffic with a “Vote Brown” sign nearby. He described the turnout to vote at the town hall as “incredible.” “It is like rush hour now, and it’s been going on all morning,” he said as he donned a party hat. “Massachusetts has become monolithic in its political leanings, and the Democratic Party has gotten to the point where someone needs to say, ‘Stop spending.’ ” In Boston, Brian McNiff, the spokesman for William F. Galvin, the Massachusetts secretary of state, confirmed that turnout in the city appeared to be high at the beginning of the day. “As of noon, 55,309 have voted,” Mr. McNiff said, adding that it represented 15.4 percent of registered voters, and more than double the number who had voted in the Dec. 9 primaries by the same hour. In the 2006 general election, 58,715 people had voted by then. Mr. NcNiff added: “It’s pretty good for a special election.” The two candidates traded barbs and accusations on Monday, as both campaigns fired up their get-out-the-vote efforts with television commercials and automated and personal calls. At polling stations on Tuesday, more than a few voters said they were angered by the barrage. Ed Hubert, an independent voter from Palmer, said he received 24 phone calls on Monday alone. He said he was “livid” and called it “harassment by both candidates,” but would not say whether it had affected his vote. Ms. Coakley’s late slip in the polls prompted President Obama to stump for her at an appearance in Boston on Sunday, and video footage of the event was turned into a television commercial. At a rally in Pittsfield in the western part of the state on Monday, Ms. Coakley, 56, told her supporters: “You need to spread the word. Our eyes are now open, and we will not be fooled.” But did those eyes open too late? Ms. Coakley was criticized for campaigning weakly, underestimating the tenor of the electorate and taking her early lead in the polls and the Democrats’ numerical advantage in the state for granted, while Mr. Brown, 50, seized upon voter frustration and discontent. The White House on Tuesday would not discuss the ramifications of a Coakley defeat for the President or for the health care legislation. When the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, was asked if Mr. Obama believes he bears some responsibility for the difficulties that Ms. Coakley faced, Mr. Gibbs responded, "Let’s see what the outcome is.” If some voters viewed the election as a referendum on health care, for others the stakes were the legacy of Ted Kennedy. He held the seat for 46 years, and it has not been in Republican hands since 1953, when John F. Kennedy won it. “I’m going to vote for her because she’s who I believe Senator Kennedy would want to fill his seat,” said Brian Ortiz, 20, of Waltham. “He was the lion of the senate, and look at all he did for our state.” As state attorney general, Ms. Coakley championed social issues like health care reform, reproductive rights, child abuse and corporate corruption. “I didn’t feel that someone like Scott Brown could replace Ted Kennedy’s ideas and views,” said Anne Lenault, 56, a child care worker who is registered as an independent. “Coakley had more of the views I was looking for to replace Ted.” But those same views have some voters convinced that change is coming. “We are seeing a big movement away from Ted Kennedy’s beliefs,” said Rob Moreau, 43, an accountant who voted in Marlborough, and said he opted for Mr. Brown. “It is no longer a good battle for health care for Massachusetts and the nation.” Robert Rivard, 67, a retired mechanical engineer, also said he voted for Mr. Brown for that reason. “I don’t like business as usual, which is what we have now, and I also recognize the national consequences with this election,” Mr. Rivard said. “I don’t like that the health care bill is being ramrodded through. As much as I support Brown, it is also a statement about what I don’t want.” In Waltham, a small trickle of voters walked through the rain and snow to a small polling place tucked in a back room at a police station. “I voted for Martha Coakley,” said Mike Crane, 52, a bartender at a nearby pub, who said he was not enrolled in a party. “I don’t want to see the Republicans, the party of ‘no,’ the 41st vote in the Senate.” He said he did not believe Ms. Coakley ran “the best of campaigns,” adding that “in the state of Massachusetts, you have to get out and shake hands, and I think Scott Brown has beat her on that.” Still, Mr. Crane said, “I hope people are smart enough to see the big picture.”

Ina Alasow i bve has a audio link for this interview

I am surprised that Johnny B the logician is arguing against a women's dress , asking silly questions as to why Ibti chooses to wear that particular dress. Pray tell what is the 'impact' a Burka has 'on other memebers of the society', ya JB?

The government should bring the Sufis into fold It should aslo open another front

A gruesome tale of how three hardworking men with families were gunned down

Jan 14, 2010 1:31 pm US/Central 2 Teens Charged With Murder In Triple Homicide MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --- The two teenagers arrested for the triple homicide at the Seward Market in South Minneapolis have been charged for murder in the first degree. Mahdi Hassan Ali, 17, of Minneapolis and Ahmed Shire Ali, 17, of Minneapolis will be tried as adults. According to the criminal complaint, the two teens entered the store, on 2431 East Franklin Ave. South, in masks for a robbery. Mahdi Ali directed everyone in the store by gunpoint to lie on the floor. He then demanded money from Mohamed Warfa and Osman Elmi, the two employees of the store. Two other customers were hiding in a freezer during the incident. They told police that when the two teens arrived, they were told not to move by Ahmed Ali. They heard Mahdi Ali yell, "This is a robbery." Ahmed Ali demanded one of the customers' cell phone and went through the pockets of the other customer. That's when gunshots were fired and Ahmed Ali ran toward the front of the store. Mahdi Ali has been identified by store surveillance video as the gunman. Mahdi Ali had Warfa and Elmi on the floor when another customer walked in and disrupted the robbery. Mahdi Ali immediately turned and shot the customer, later identified as Anwar Mohammed, who fell to the ground. After shooting Mohammed, Mahdi Ali ran out of the store and Warfa followed him. Within seconds, Mahdi Ali shot Warfa and surveillance videos show Warfa falling to the ground near the back entryway of the store. Mahdi Ali then went back into the store, chased down Elmi and shot him, as he was attempting to make a phone call. Mahdi Ali then left the store again, firing a second shot into Mohammed as he left. The incident occurred around 7:45 p.m. Jan. 6, when police received a call of a robbery and shooting that had just occurred. Police arrived to find two deceased men, lying in a pool of blood in the entryway, and another man dead further inside the store. According to the charges, Ahmed Ali admitted that he and Mahdi Ali went together to the market to rob the store. He also stated that he and Mahdi Ali used a gun in the robbery and that Mahdi Ali shot three men during the incident. Ahmed Ali stated that he did not carry a weapon but did confront the two customers in the freezer and kept them from interfering with the robbery, according to charges. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office conducted autopsies of the victims and ruled all three deaths a homicide, from the result of gunshot wounds. Ahmed Ali and Mahdi Ali are currently in custody. A first-degree murder charge carries a penalty of life in prison.

this help, if true, will help Sharif sheekhu waa ca-yr hadda

Just to be clear for the struggling political, and history students on these pages, this thread was intended to frame a political discourse on a serous topic such as addressing the recurrent political, and security instability of the city of Galkacyo. It was not meant to be a celebratory post for a political feat. We view current discussions being undertaken in the existing political framework of the city as transitory measures to attain peace for the residents of the city. Final they are not.

Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf: quote:Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ^^ Xaaji, yours remind me Master's verses ******** Kufriga wacad Allaw u yaale'e Waa niman walaala tan iyo waaga aakhiro'e what about this one idoorku inu wadda waddal yahay weye inu hanfada wada yahay uu hoos u forara weye inu naarta janahana wadda wadhanyihin weyee odagaysii gabayadiisa wu nugu dhameye lol. You are being livid with the Master, awoowe As your coreligion Red Sea would attest to, the Master teased every qabiil. But this one come to mind given your assertion that Gaaloos are with you on Las Anod

Status quo remains in place. No surprise there. But insha Allah as the absurdity of green line in a single household and impracticability of enforcing it becomes clear, other alternatives to politically unite the city will be pursued.

Maamullada Puntland iyo Gal-Mudug oo Gaalkacyo u sameynaya Qad cagaaran oo kala bara Labada Maamul Arbaco, January 13, 2010(HOL): Masuulyiin ka kala tirsan maamullada Puntland iyo Gal-Mudug ayaa bilaabay kulamo xasaasi ah oo ku aadan ammaanka magaalada Gaalkacyo iyo sidii looga heshiin lahaa dagaalkii dhex maray labada Maamul. Kulamadaan ayaa yimid ka dib markii Puntland uu soo gaaray Wasiirka Macdanta iyo biyaha DFKMG ah ee Somaliya Jen. C/Xasan Cawaale Qaybdiid ,kaasi oo labada dhinac ku qanciyay in ay ka heshiiyaan colaaddii dhex taalay Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Mudug Col, Axmed Cali Salaad oo la hadlay saxaafadda ayaa sheegay in meel wanaagsan ay marayaan wada hadallada u dhexeeya labada maamul ,isagoo tilmaamay in ay la kulmeen ergo ka socotay Gal Mudug. Waxaa kaloo uu sheegay guddoomiyaha in lagu heshiin doono sidii loo samayn lahaa Qad u dhaxeeya labada dhinac si aysan labada Maamul mar danbe isugu qabsan arrimaha canshuuraha Dhinaca kale Maamulka Gal Mudug ayaa u muuqda in uu aqbalay heshiiska ku aadan arrimahaasi, waxaana labada Maamul ay hadda dadaal ugu jiraan xal u helida arrimaha ammaanka Maamullada Puntland iyo Gal Mudug ayaa Sanadkii hore ku dagaallamay magaalada Gaalkacyo, waxaana hadda la filayaa in ay ka heshiiyaan wixii dhexmaray .

^^ Xaaji, yours remind me Master's verses ******** Kufriga wacad Allaw u yaale'e Waa niman walaala tan iyo waaga aakhiro'e