A watched pot never boils, the old saying comes to mind

xiin’s peace caravan was beautiful and noble concept that espoused somalis ought to settle their political disagreements through dialogue and reconciliation and give peace a chance. it stated that the continuation of violence is a threat to the very survival of the nation and will only harm tired somali shacab. alas many a seemingly educated brothers rejected such a common sense. for many Waranles out there itching to settle one score or another in the prolonged civil war, this peace caravan was a low key proposition that only ****dhilfs could entertain. it was not a surprise that those whom war has become a profession did not like it. the qabilists preoccupied with the clan of the president did not like it, and those with commitment to specific warlords or politician did not like it, since the process could not guarantee the ascendance of their man. perhaps the notion of another man from a different qabiil potentially succeeding where their man failed did not excite them. but more importantly, the talk of reconciliation with known criminals and former strong men did not particularly appeal to the armed youth, intoxicated with religious fervor, and aspirant to conquer the world, they rejected what they saw weak gestures of peace talks. separatists did not like it. with the emergence of such potent coalition of convenience, an opportunity to spare the innocent population from further violence has been sadly lost. I am not going to talk to you who is munaafiq and who is not but the things I mentioned above are what punctured the peace caravan. and no it’s not xiins peace caravan that got punctured ya Waranle rather it’s the hopes of millions of somalis for peaceful and stable somalia that is dashed. my afur has not been interrupted once nor has my suxuur been disturbed. I count as Allah’s blessings that I was able to pray in peace while many of my country men, majority more pious than I, were bombarded with mortars by fellow muslims (and non muslims as well) in the name of liberation in mogadishu. And I was not the one cheering for homing missiles or its sporadic hits in residential areas where many eedo canabs eventually were displaced. All I hoped was peace and reconciliation to prevail and somalia to become normal place again. supporting peace and dialogue was not a crime, and to think it was shows only the intellectual aptitude of the accuser. things have changed now. I can’t gloss over apparent anomalies in my previous assumptions. not all somalis or muslims for that matter desire peace other than a one gained in their own terms—ala zero sum game. Thusly, why not war if peace cant be had?

Sheekh soofoow iisoo noqo waa intaa oon isla saan helnaayye Jacayl ciid mubaarak awoowe, malaha ramadaankaa ku hayyee wax qasan ma qorin. waxaan laadka ku kiciyey waa halku dhegyada runta ka fog ee sida sibiqda ah aad moodid inay dad caqli usaaxiba u galeen. somalia jaziirad maaha, ururada caalamka ka jiraana sida UN ta iyo kuwa la midka ahi la shaqayntooda lagu gaaloobi maayyo inta hadafku yahay xaqiijinta masaalixda umaddan burburtay. haddaad illowday waxaan ka hadlayney waa AMISOM iyo ciidanka ka jooga xamar, iinay yihiin gumayste layska xoraynayyo oo lala jihaadayyo iyo inay yihiin arrin ku meelgaar ah kuna xiran hadba sida soomali u xallisho arrimahooda

It’s simple. Suicide bombings will result in the continuation of violence in Somalia. It means dramatic increase of the depopulation process in the south today, and in other regions tomorrow. And if the trends hold as they sadly have, it means more Somalis in the Diaspora than in Somalia. And although I would welcome the idea of Sharif resigning, I do not believe it will happen. He is new to the game and has just got started, quitting it now give him no legacy to talk about. He has neither succeeded spreading peace as many good ones have hoped nor delivering a final defeat to alshabaab in the absence of peace process, as the current security and political situation requires. He has shown a great stamina to hold his ground with the support of no more than 5000 African troops in a city where 30,000 mechanized army failed to tame.

like well-written orchestra music, both the orchestration and instrumentation have been flawlessly applied even if one despises the sinister objective of it all. the camouflage could not have been better staged if the report of the use of UN logo bearing vehicles with men with respectable command of English language sitting in the front seats is to be believed. these men took to the enemy as it were and hit hard where it hurts the most. I know it’s easy to say for me but it’s fair to expect the other side to respond in kind and speak in the language of brutality and ruthlessness. men in battlefields are never courteous as the basic requirement of war precludes civil and humane engagement. when one peels out the layers of the onion of his consciousness to its core, one finds the methods used deplorable and reprehensible but in the same token one understands why these men do what they are doing. grounded in theology, this is a version of peculiar understanding of defending religion and the dignity of muslims even if muslims ironically get hurt physically and their interests are impacted negatively, and in more profoundly. in the spirit of old Arab tradition the alshabaab boys accepted the challenge ala mubaarazah style, out there waiting for a worthy opponent. Will the sharifs come out, and fight?

^^the date misled me then it says it got published: 17 Sep 17, 2009 - 5:05:10 AM

Puntland : The Trouble with the I.C.G.

^^ @tacsi and mourning for your information, tacsi iima taallo, my mom is watching the cnn somewhere in the west and my relatives have been away from somalia close to two decades now. dont miss the point fabregas; the 'infidel government' and its gaalo friends are now fully provoked, your walaa wal baraa brothers have achieved quite a feat today. it's in the tradition of ciidul adxaa i suppose that mj general is sacrified. sharif has been detained by fate as he has been preparing the trip of his time in leisure, and the hands of the brothers could not reach him. so lets not miss the point. infidel is the key word here. it's a sad story

Dad badan oo rayid ah oo ku hoobtay duqeyn ay ciidanka AMISON ka wadaan Muqdisho Posted to the Web Sep 17, 16:53 Muqdisho:-Ciidanka AMISON ayaa waxaa ay duqayn ay ku wadaan magaalada Muqdisho ku dileen 7 qof waxaan ay dhaawacmay ilaa 26 qof,duqaynta oo ay weli wadaan ciidanka AMISON ayaa laga yaabaa in dhimashada iyo dhaawaca dadka rayidka ah ay sii badto. Dadka rayidka ah ayaa xaafadaha hadba dhinac u yaacaya iyagoo raadsanaya Saraha shubta ah si ay uga gabadaan duqeynta ciidanka AMSION oo si arxan daro ah ugu socota magaalada Muqdisho. Wixii faahfaahin ah dib ayaan idin kala socodsiin doonaa Insha Allaah.

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN Thursday, September 17, 2009 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Suicide bombers in two explosives-laden cars with U.N. logos drove onto the main base of African Union peacekeepers Thursday and triggered massive blasts that a witness said killed at least 11 people. Islamist insurgents said the attack was in revenge for a U.S. commando raid that killed an al-Qaida operative. An hour later, an Associated Press reporter saw missiles fired from the AU base strike rebel-controlled areas of the capital, hitting several civilians. A young woman and a girl lay dead on the street, blood streaming from their wounds. Ali Muse of the Mogadishu ambulance service said the missiles killed seven people and wounded 16. The bloodshed underscores the level of lawlessness and violence to which Somalia has fallen. After two decades of chaos, many fear this impoverished African nation is becoming a haven for al-Qaida, offering a place for terrorists to train and gather strength much like Afghanistan in the 1990s. Al-Shabab, a powerful local Islamist insurgent group, claimed responsibility for the car bombings. Al-Shabab had vowed to attack Western interests after a raid Monday by helicopter-borne U.S. special forces that killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, an al-Qaida operative, in southern Somalia. The U.S. and the U.N. both support Somalia's government and the African peacekeeping force. Al-Qaida and al-Shabab allegedly have links, though the local group denies this. "I have counted the bodies of 11 people," one witness said after the car bombings, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisal. The AU, however, said nine people were killed: four suicide bombers and five officials from the government and AMISOM, the AU peacekeeping force, including the Burundian deputy commander of the force. The African Medical and Research Foundation, which operates a flying doctors service, said the U.N. asked for help evacuating 15 critically injured people from the attacked base. Bob Kioko, a foundation spokesman, said it was sending four planes. An airport security officer said the explosions were caused by two white Land Cruisers with United Nations logos. "The soldiers at the gate assumed they were U.N. cars and opened the gate for them," the security official said, asking that his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to the media. "When the cars entered one of them sped toward a petrol depot and exploded. The other one exploded in a nearby area." U.N. spokeswoman Benedicte Walter says the organization has not confirmed the vehicles used were U.N. cars. France condemned the attack on the AU base and said it is considering using military means to reach and help the wounded, according to a statement from the French Foreign Ministry. Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero would not elaborate. Suicide attacks — virtually unheard of in Somalia before 2007 — have increased in Somalia in recent years. Still, far more casualties are caused from gunbattles and mortar fire. There have been about a dozen suicide attacks since Islamic insurgents stepped up their attacks against the Western-backed backed government in 2007. In a statement, the AU said it would remain "resolute in its commitment to support the Somali people." The peacekeeping force has long lamented that it is undermanned. Out of a planned 8,000 troops, there are about 5,000 troops from Uganda and Burundi. Earlier Thursday, al-Shabab issued conditions for the release of a French security agent being held hostage, demanding that France stop supporting Somalia's government and withdraw its warships from anti-piracy patrols. The French government immediately rejected the conditions. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told France-Info radio that Paris' support for the embattled Somali government remains firm, noting he has twice met with Somali President Sheik Sharif and his ministers, who "represent Somalia." Al-Shabab also demanded that France exert pressure to force African Union peacekeepers out of the country and "release all the prisoners of the holy warriors held in many areas, which we will reveal later." The Frenchman, whose identity has not been released, was seized along with another agent July 14 in the capital, Mogadishu. The pair were in the country to train Somali government forces, which are fighting Islamist militiamen. The kidnappers separated the two men. The other agent escaped in August while his captors slept. Al-Shabab vowed on Tuesday to retaliate against Western interests for Monday's U.S.-led commando raid in rural southern Somalia that left six dead, including Nabhan, one of the most-wanted al-Qaida operatives in the region. Associated Press writers Salad Duhul in Mogadishu and Malkhadir M. Muhumed in Nairobi, Kenya contributed to this report.

September 18, 2009 African Union Base in Somalia Is Hit By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamist insurgents driving stolen United Nations trucks bombed an African Union base in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing several people and igniting yet another vicious gun battle in Somalia’s capital. Witnesses said fighters from the Shabab, an Islamist extremist group with growing ties to Al Qaeda, were allowed inside the base because they were driving two white trucks with “U.N.” painted on the doors. The trucks were packed with explosives, and the drivers detonated them around 11:30 a.m., witnesses said. Local radio stations also reported that the Shabab had claimed responsibility for the attack. Heavy machine-gun fire rattled for hours afterward, and it was difficult to gain clear information about casualties on Thursday afternoon because the fighting was still going on, though some witnesses said around 15 people were killed. Several Somalis said the United Nations trucks had been stolen in Baidoa, a central Somalia town that used to have a large United Nations staff and is now firmly under Shabab control. A spokesman for the Shabab, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, told Reuters that the attacks were to avenge a leading militant recruiter who was killed in southern Somalia on Monday. There are around 5,000 African Union troops in Somalia protecting the weak but internationally recognized transitional government, which faces intense resistance from extremist groups working with Al Qaeda. Insurgents have attacking the peacekeepers relentlessly, often with suicide bombs. Somalia has not had effective central government since 1991, when the former government was toppled by clan militias that later turned on each other. Earlier on Thursday, the Shabab distributed a statement to journalists setting conditions on the release of a French security adviser who was kidnapped in July. The group demanded that the French government stop supporting the transitional federal government, and it sought the withdrawal of African Union peacekeepers, especially the Burundians; the French antipiracy warships patrolling Somalia’s waters; and the French security companies operating in Somalia. The statement also called for the release of Shabab prisoners held in various prisons. A spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valéro, questioned the authenticity of the statement and said France stood behind current peacekeeping operations. The French captive is one two security advisers were kidnapped at a hotel in Mogadishu in July. The other captive, Marc Aubrière, held by the militia Hizb-ul-Islam, managed to escape, according to Somali officials. Mohamed Ibrahim reported from Mogadishu, and Jeffrey Gettleman from Lamu, Kenya.

^these are African troops stationed in makeshift army base with no intelligence sophistication.

This by far is the most successful alshabaab mission to date

AMISOM commander injured deputy killed in Mogadishu attack Risdel Kasasira Thursday, September 17, 2009 Kamapla, Uganda (Daily Monitor) - Somali insurgents detonated two suicide car bombs, Thursday morning, at African Union (AU) peacekeeping headquarter in Mogadishu, killing nine soldiers including the deputy force Commander, Maj. Gen. Juvenile Niyoyunguriza. The army spokesperson, Lt. Col Kulayigye said the Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha is among the ten who were injured in the deadliest attack. This is the worst attack on the peacekeepers ever since they deployed in Somalia in 2007 to support the transitional government of President Ahmed Sharif Ahmed. Col. Kulayigye said Gen. Mugisha sustained minor injuries and was receiving treatment at the AU medical unit in Mogadishu. Those who received serious injuries were yesterday afternoon evacuated to Nairobi for treatment. The suicide bombers, disguisedly drove in UN marked vehicles to the AU force headquarter before blowing up the peacekeepers’ head office, Col. Kulayigye said. “They came in Burundian convoy, driving two UN vehicles which were stolen early this year and attacked headquarter. We have lost nine and ten were injured,” Col. Kulayigye said they were still verifying to find out the number of the dead and injured Ugandans. “We are still finding out. These are preliminary findings. But the situation is bad,” he said. Source: Daily Monitor, Sept 17, 2009

d/b

i would be surprised if sharif addresses US congress

Alshabaab spokes person: It took place at noon on the 27th of Ramadan, the best blessing. We knew the infidel government and AU troops planned to attack us after the holy month. This is a message to them here you go, the infidel government vs ahlu tawhid Fabregas is with ahlu tawhid, he is with alwalaa wal baraa fighting the infidel government and the infidels that lead it, and those who support it.

Fabregas? waxbaan oran lahaa ee waa soomanahay

^hay'addo gaalo baan muddo ka doon doonayey inay school ka dhisaan meel ka mid ah somalia, maalin dhaweydna baabuur igu soo noqnoqday oo geed aan harsado oo gurigayga ku yaal hoostiisa lasoo dhigay inaan police ugu yeeraan damcay, waxaa ka sii horeysay wadaad masaajidka parkings si quman gaariga u dhigo laga waayey in police loo dalbay alwalaa wal baraa? taa ku darsado yaa ghaa'ibi siniin

Originally posted by Sophist: Xiin, do you disagree with this Ijmaac? walaale yeysan kugu qalloocan mas aladu. in the realm of caqiidah, gaal iyo muslim ilaah ma simin, muslimiintuna xuquuq bay isku leeyihin ay ugu horreyso isku hiilin. markay qumanyihiin ooy hoggaanka allaah ku jiraan waa isku rag isku hilbi dirira ama sidii rasuulul mustafa yiriba waa hal jir oo keliyyah. laakiin waxaan ka hadlayna waa alshabaab oo ah firqah wareersan ooy u fududahay daadinta dhiigga muslim. bil xaqiiqah masaladu al walaa iyo baraa oo si khalad ah loo fahmaa ama fiqhigeeda waaqica ah laga tagaa waa waxaa geyeysiiyey alshabaab iyo xizbul islaam in bil ramadaan muslimiinta aadka u nugul ee koonfurta degani dagaal ku afuran kuna suxuurtaan, qaxaan oo balaanbalaan. oo maxay saa u yeelayyaan? waxay rabaan inay xoog ku cayriyyaan dhowr kun oo ciidan shisheeyye ah oo milions muslim ah dhex jooga, heshiis iyo xeerna ku yimid ayna fududahay in ku baxaan nabad. intay. hortaan raggaan ka hadlaynaa waa raggaa. waa ragga death threats u dirayyaa culumadda khilaafsan haba ahaadeen aabayaashi dacwada islaamka soomaliyya. wa ragga sh maxamuud qixiyey, oo sh bashir quusiyey, oo sh gacmey iyo sh dahir kii ceel hindi duray oo ceebeeyey. walaal ragga noocaas ah iyo dagaal siyaasadeed oo inxiraafka caqadiga ah salka ku hayya ma masali karaan ahdaafta islaamka e macaan ee soomaali ku taamayso. dagaalada ay ku jiraan maaha dagaal muslima iyo gaalo ah, ee dagaal waalli ah oo aan natiijo lahayn somalida muslimka ahna u daran oon dan u ahayn. cadowga dilayya xikmad xumida iyo ghuruurkaa u geeyey. laa shakka hadday dhintaan in allaah niyadooda ku soo bixinayyoo laakiin anagu niyad muraad kama lihin ee daahirak acmaashooda baan aragnaa, cawaamishii guusha lagu heli jireynna kama muuqdaan. marka su aashaada in laga jawaaba wax ka horreeyya in la istifsaalo oo diirka laga qaado fahamka aan saxda ahayn ee aad hordhaca uga dhigtay, sababtuna waa inaan ninka muftiga ahi u afduubnaan kan fatwada raadinayya waaqicuu tilmaamayyo, marka: 1- somaliyya gaalo iyo muslim ku diriri maayaan, dagaalka xamar ka socdana saa maaha 2- waxaa dirirayyaa waa soomaali muslimiin ah, oo qolo macquul tahay kana run sheegtay tilmaantii ahayd dagaalka iyo khilaafka nabad iyo wado hadal halagu bedelo, qolodii diidanna ha la isugu tago. qolona waa alshabaab oo ah walaalo wareersan oo wixii dhismay ama wanaagay galeen cunfi iyo xikmad xumo ku duminayya 3- taageeradda dawliga ah sida ciidanka african ka ah kama dhigayso tfg unug gaalo cawaankeed'a ee wa arrin banaan oo culumaddu ka hadleen, sideedanna waxa cilaaqadda qeexa ahdaafta laga leeyahay. dhul islaam leeyahay in gaalo la dhaxalsiiyyo marna maaha ujeedadu, in diinta la jilciyyo ama musliminta la gumaystona meesha kuma jirto. haddaad falgalka lala falgalayyo hay'aadka caalamiga iyo nidaamka dawliga ah u aragto arrin dagaal wajibinaysana hadde waa masalo kale. 4- diyaaradaha wax duqaynayyaa waa kuwa ka baxsan awoodda tfg da iyo somaliyya, waxa u sahlayya inay siday rabaan yeelaan waa dawlad la'aanta soomaali haysatta. sidii looga bixi lahaa maaha in ak47 lagu taago, ee waa in la heshiiyyo oo la ogalaado dawlad jajaban oon col kula ahayn oo layska jafjafta inay marka hore hirgasho ka dibna dib laga quruxsado...caqli bay u baahantahay awoowe marka ijmaaca culumaddu mid layska dhalqay maaha ee faham bu leeyahay. waxaan khilaafsanahay waa applicationka aad rabto inaad ku jaribto fahamka culumadda ee masaladan. ugu danbayn waa ramadan qof muslim ah oo ku faraxsan waxa ka socda somaliyya haddu jiro waa dhif runtii, wax laga naxo oo indho xumo ah baa dalkii ka socda. dilka wadaadka la dilay baan doonayey inaan in context dhigo mooyee, walaale dhimashadiisu farxad ma leh. niyadii uu ku soo hijrooday baa allaah u aqbalayyaa sida diintu tilmaantay. haddii cid loo damqanayyo waxa damqasho mudan hooyooyinka, caruurta, iyo guud ahaan shacab maskiinka ah ee dagaal aan lo baahnayn rag diin sheeganayyaa galiyyeen. allow naxariistaa...

Mansa Munsa, awoowe your confusion is warranted for there are good reasons for one to be perplexed. However consider all the theological musings on behalf of alshabaab’s plight as bombastic nonsense. Ponder instead on the following questions: Who declared wars on capable foes near and afar? Who published lofty military ambitions and strategic goals to capture far away islands like Alaska while hiding in the bushes of Jilib? Who refused to sit down and reason with fellow Muslim Somalis to tend to the affairs of the Ummah? Who wants to kill fellow Muslims leaders because of mere political disagreements? As we speak today who is besieging the seat of the tfg, aiming to kill those maxamed’s inside? The answer is clear. It’s alshabaab. And it’s a sign of desperation really for alshabaab and alshabaab supporters to seek sympathy in the realm of Muslim brotherhood when indeed it's they who decided their aim justifies shedding Muslim blood, showing no mercy of the suffering of the innocent, refusing to halt their offense even in ramadan. Thousands of innocent mothers and children have been displaced not by America’s fighter jets, or French commandos but by alshabaab’s fitna wars. Hundreds have been killed in the alshabaab project…and the fight continues as we write on this site. And we seem to be saddened by the murder of few leaders of an organization that is resolved to kill and maim for a mere political goals in the name of religion while cheering out for the assassinations (or the ‘bakhtifications’ as one highly excitable Keligii Muslim fellow put it) of Muslims. Mindhaa layma marsiiyyo Even those who supported them in both blood and treasure are having second thoughts In short, alshabaab and anarchist prayers have been accepted. It’s not our war. It's yours, and yours alone to fight. walaalnimo is found in the dirin process. Lets meet there as brothers. Haddii kale, to corrupt in afyare's: Magac ba’ayaye maanaa kula islaamkaas ah

Allow diinta dadka fahamsii

Sophist, salaam to you awoowe. Liban Ahmed maataduu kiciniyyaa ee nin war hayya maaha

According to Rashid this is not true... Sharmake oo difacey heshiis uu la galey Puntland 15 Sep 15, 2009 - 5:15:21 AM Ra'iisul wasaraha Somalia Cumar C/rashiid Cali Sharma'arke ayaa difaacay heshiiskii uu lasoo galay maamulka Puntland isagoo sheegay inuusan burburin, isla markaana aysan waxba iska quseyn kii dhawaan ka dhacay Jabuuti. Sharma'arke, wuxuu sheegay in heshiiskii Puntland uu ahaa mid xarumo ciidan looga sameynayo gobolkaas oo nabadoon, sida rugta ciidamada badda ee la dagaalamaya burcadbadeeda dhibaatada ka haysa biyaha Somalia. "Heshiiskii Puntland lagu gaaray waa la meel marinayaa ma jirto cid diiday iyo cid diidi karta, waayo wuxuu ahaa mid qaatay waqti dheer, heshiiskii uu saxiixay C/raxmaan Ibbi ma ahan mid ka horimaanaya heshiiskaas" ayuu yiri Sharma'arke. Dowladda Somalia iyo Maamulka Puntland ayaa [Aug 2009] heshiis ku kala saxiixday Magaalada Gaalkacyo kaasoo ay ka mid ahaayeen in wafdiyada dowlada Somalia ay xubno ku lahaato Puntland, sidoo kalena deeqaha ay DF helo qayb laga siiyo. "Ma jiro qodob ka mid ahaa heshiiskaas oo weli la fuliyay, waxaanse socda dadaalo lagu doonayo in lagu meel mariyo" ayuu yiri Sharma'arke, wuxuuna meesha ka saaray inay jiraan khilaafyo u dhexeeya isaga iyo Madaxweyne Sheekh Shariif. Saxiixii dalka Jabuuti ka dhacay ee ay ka qaybgaleen Madaxweyne Sh. Shariif iyo Wasiiro, ayuu ku sheegay inuusan ahayn heshiis, balse uu ahaa xiriir iskaashi oo lagula dagaalamayo burcadbadeedda kaasoo ay wada dhigteen 8-dal oo ay Somalia ku jirto. Dhanka kale, wuxuu ka gaabsaday inuu ka hadlo duqyentii shalay lagu dilay sarkaal ay Mareykanku si weyn u doonayeen oo lagu magacaabo Saalax Cali Saalax [Nebhan] oo u dhashay dalka Kenya, kaasoo toogteen ciidamo aad ah u tababaran. Sidoo kale wuxuu sheegay inay jiraan wadahadalo u dhexeeya dowlada iyo kooxaha kasoo horjeeda, isagoo xusay in ururka Xisbul Islam ay wadahadalo hoose u socdaan, kuwaasoo lagu dhamenayo khilaafka.

Yeysan iga duugmin... Early Ciid Mubaarak yaa jamaacah