Shujui sxb thank you for the informative articles. I don't know if you've been watching, there was a Tv programme about the neo-cons recently. Last night newsnight had shown us a brief meeting identifying the British-left's division on the war on Iraq. It is was easily understandable who was who, jewish and non-jewish. One of them, a columnists even uttered, "oh you are the neo-cons of the UK. And the jewish guys asked "what do you mean neo-cons?" and the answer they got was "neo-cons are jewish". Very interesting.

LoooooooooooL ilhaaam! hehehehe yarey ka qaley odeyga

War ninyahow marka hore, iga guddoon salaan qiimo iyo qadarin ay ku dheehantahay. Marka labaadna, runtii ahaantii waan yara uur-xumaadey markaan akhriyey qoraalkaaga iyo dhibaatooyinka uu jaceylka kuu geystey. Waa mar la'aragoo jaceylku nimba si' uladhaqan, balse sida aan ereyadaada ka dhadhansaday, jaceyl dartii ayaad u hurtey dumarkii Soomaliyeed. Taasi waa hagaage hasayeeshee sow kama warqabtid in uusan jaadku wehel marnaba u noqon qofkuu jaceyl lagdaday iyo qokfii kaleba? Hasa-ahaatee waa in aan kuugu mahad-naqaa taladaasi wanaagsan ee aad noo soo gudbisey. Waxa aan ku dadaali doonnaa in aanan marnaba gabdhahayaga ku doorsanin gabdho kale Walaakin bal aan ku wediiye - mar hadaad tahay nin uu jaceyli saaqay, murtidii boodheri mid la mid ah makugu soo tagtey , talow? lol

Thankx Lakkad, it is was an interesting article sxb. No wonder young boys are all the estate playing pokemon.

The problem is not the African-American's perception of what Somalis are, it is the other way round. Somalis can sometimes get ignorrantly proud, and that make'em feel different from A-Americans. A-Americans or other people in that matter will take you for who you tell them you are. If you clearly state you are an African, then you are an African. But if you don't clearly state where you belong then you belong to no-where.

Some beautiful images you've posted, reminiscent of what was, not what will become of it. Here is my fav'rite one Alla maxaan Geel Libaax Ka ridey

Have you forgotten about a country such as Zimbabwe? Just before Mugapi's land reform. I can name countries in the African continent that have done a conserable good job on their economies, which are based on large scale plantations as a source of export. For example, a country like Kenya relies heavily on agricultural produce as a source of export, it doesn't have oil or any other vast menerals but plantations of Tea and coffee. I cannot dispute the claim that majority of African countries are corrupted, economically mismanaged due to political instability and lack of structural transpirancy. But given a country like Kenya with zero-corruption can purely sustain and rely on agro-produce as a source of exportation to earn hard currency, why not Somalia? What I am yet to see is a successful nomadic nation which both sustains its economy and exports its nomadic-produce to gain the much needed foreign currency.

What some women do is not talking, I'd rather called it yapping! I guess, It is a criteria that differentiates men from women.

Originally by caano geel: she may be skinny but there is a lot of me to love, thus she has no physical space to store any more love LoL the girl, as I said in the previous pages, looks kinda kukuyuly cute. She has a wall-paper of make-up on her face tho. It may come off if it rains. But otherwise...she is not what i thought she'd look-like.

"Go away to the mountains with these four hundred sheep and come back when they are one thousand", said the master." Conquest, thats a very good way of telling the difference. You've got a good story there. I shall come backt o this topic... coz it interests me much.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At times, can a Warlord become a Gentleman? If good in profesion, can he be an honest-man? If to give credit to where tis due is only right; Then the Warlord is the ruler, am i not right? Shall we not admire the Warlord's efficiency, With which he portrays evil and in-decency? Though bad is wrong, was it not skillfully done? Can good men match, what warlords have done? Aside the killings of many a non-combatant; In the name competance, is he not competent? The good must do good, evil men the wrong; But good did none; evil did much, is not so? So good is bad, and evil good, can it be so? Warlord rules, as goodmen sit, can it be wrong?

How deep can one sink in such disblief, How far can one swim amid a sea of grief, How is one safe from the company sorrow keeps; death,When every inch of the skin aches - as my pained heart in pieces brakes, As the smile of joy on my face holds, its place; and its facial expression, in an irony, Such joy, is swept away by a salty tear, one too many And sweet memories of my friendship with him; becomes a haunting ordeal, which fates redeam. How can my faith remain and my skin not pain; if sleep has become the cousin of death Must I remain awake, in fear of death? My prayers are with you - May Allaah lay rest your precious soul, Amiin.

Well atlast, waxaad marna LAPD cop iga dhigto, marna Policeman iga dhigtaba, oogu dambeystii waxaad iga dhigtay: a heartbreaker lol. Let me see how comfortable being a heartbreaker is. Sxb, i must confess, you are such an creative artist. Maybe you should look for a career in the Somali movie (QABYO 2) industry... trust me you can do a better job! first have you seen Qabyo's poster? hehe ...

A Look at The 'Powerful Jewish Lobby' by Mark Weber For decades Israel has violated well established precepts of international law and defied numerous United Nations resolutions in its occupation of conquered lands, in extra-judicial killings, and in its repeated acts of military aggression. Most of the world regards Israel's policies, and especially its oppression of Palestinians, as outrageous and criminal. This international consensus is reflected, for example, in numerous UN resolutions condemning Israel, which have been approved with overwhelming majorities. "The whole world," United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recently said, "is demanding that Israel withdraw [from occupied Palestinian territories]. I don't think the whole world ... can be wrong."[note 1] Only in the United States do politicians and the media still fervently support Israel and its policies. For decades the US has provided Israel with crucial military, diplomatic and financial backing, including more than $3 billion each year in aid. Why is the U.S. the only remaining bastion of support for Israel? Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, who was awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, has candidly identified the reason: "The Israeli government is placed on a pedestal [in the US], and to criticize it is to be immediately dubbed anti-Semitic," he said. "People are scared in this country, to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful -- very powerful."[note 2] Bishop Tutu spoke the truth. Although Jews make up only about three percent of the US population, they wield immense power and influence -- vastly more than any other ethnic or religious group. As Jewish author and political science professor Benjamin Ginsberg has pointed out:[note 3] Since the 1960s, Jews have come to wield considerable influence in American economic, cultural, intellectual and political life. Jews played a central role in American finance during the 1980s, and they were among the chief beneficiaries of that decade's corporate mergers and reorganizations. Today, though barely two percent of the nation's population is Jewish, close to half its billionaires are Jews. The chief executive officers of the three major television networks and the four largest film studios are Jews, as are the owners of the nation's largest newspaper chain and the most influential single newspaper, the New York Times ... The role and influence of Jews in American politics is equally marked ... Jews are only three percent of the nation's population and comprise eleven percent of what this study defines as the nation's elite. However, Jews constitute more than 25 percent of the elite journalists and publishers, more than 17 percent of the leaders of important voluntary and public interest organizations, and more than 15 percent of the top ranking civil servants. Stephen Steinlight, former Director of National Affairs of the American Jewish Committee, similarly notes the "disproportionate political power" of Jews, which is "pound for pound the greatest of any ethnic/cultural group in America." He goes on to explain that "Jewish economic influence and power are disproportionately concentrated in Hollywood, television, and in the news industry."[note 4] Two well-known Jewish writers, Seymour Lipset and Earl Raab, pointed out in their 1995 book, Jews and the New American Scene:[note 5] During the last three decades Jews [in the United States] have made up 50 percent of the top two hundred intellectuals ... 20 percent of professors at the leading universities ... 40 percent of partners in the leading law firms in New York and Washington ... 59 percent of the directors, writers, and producers of the 50 top-grossing motion pictures from 1965 to 1982, and 58 percent of directors, writers, and producers in two or more primetime television series. The influence of American Jewry in Washington, notes the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post, is "far disproportionate to the size of the community, Jewish leaders and U.S. official acknowledge. But so is the amount of money they contribute to [election] campaigns." One member of the influential Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations "estimated Jews alone had contributed 50 percent of the funds for [President Bill] Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign."[note 6] "It makes no sense at all to try to deny the reality of Jewish power and prominence in popular culture," acknowledges Michael Medved, a well-known Jewish author and film critic. "Any list of the most influential production executives at each of the major movie studios will produce a heavy majority of recognizably Jewish names."[note 7] One person who has carefully studied this subject is Jonathan J. Goldberg, now editor of the influential Jewish community weekly Forward. In his 1996 book, Jewish Power, he wrote:[note 8] In a few key sectors of the media, notably among Hollywood studio executives, Jews are so numerically dominant that calling these businesses Jewish-controlled is little more than a statistical observation ... Hollywood at the end of the twentieth century is still an industry with a pronounced ethnic tinge. Virtually all the senior executives at the major studios are Jews. Writers, producers, and to a lesser degree directors are disproportionately Jewish -- one recent study showed the figure as high as 59 percent among top-grossing films. The combined weight of so many Jews in one of America's most lucrative and important industries gives the Jews of Hollywood a great deal of political power. They are a major source of money for Democratic candidates. Reflecting their role in the American media, Jews are routinely portrayed as high-minded, altruistic, trustworthy, compassionate, and deserving of sympathy and support. While millions of Americans readily accept such stereotyped imagery, not everyone is impressed. "I am very angry with some of the Jews," complained actor Marlon Brando during a 1996 interview. "They know perfectly well what their responsibilities are ... Hollywood is run by Jews. It's owned by Jews, and they should have a greater sensitivity about the issue of people who are suffering."[note 9] A Well-Entrenched Factor The intimidating power of the "Jewish lobby" is not a new phenomenon, but has long been an important factor in American life. In 1941 Charles Lindbergh spoke about the danger of Jewish power in the media and government. The shy 39-year-old -- known around the world for his epic 1927 New York to Paris flight, the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing -- was addressing 7,000 people in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 11, 1941, about the dangers of US involvement in the war then raging in Europe. The three most important groups pressing America into war, he explained, were the British, the Jews, and the Roosevelt administration. Of the Jews, he said: "Their greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government." Lindbergh went on: ... For reasons which are understandable from their viewpoint as they are inadvisable from ours, for reasons which are not American, [they] wish to involve us in the war. We cannot blame them for looking out for what they believe to be their own interests, but we must also look out for ours. We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of other peoples to lead our country to destruction. In 1978, Jewish American scholar Alfred M. Lilienthal wrote in his detailed study, The Zionist Connection:[note 10] How has the Zionist will been imposed on the American people?... It is the Jewish connection, the tribal solidarity among themselves and the amazing pull on non-Jews, that has molded this unprecedented power ... In the larger metropolitan areas, the Jewish-Zionist connection thoroughly pervades affluent financial, commercial, social, entertainment, and art circles. As a result of the Jewish grip on the media, wrote Lilienthal, news coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict in American television, newspapers and magazines is relentlessly sympathetic to Israel. This is manifest, for example, in the misleading portrayal of Palestinian "terrorism." As Lilienthal put it: "One-sided reportage on terrorism, in which cause is never related to effect, was assured because the most effective component of the Jewish connection is probably that of media control." One-Sided 'Holocaust' History The Jewish hold on cultural and academic life has had a profound impact on how Americans look at the past. Nowhere is the well entrenched Judeocentric view of history more obvious than in the "Holocaust" media campaign, which focuses on the fate of Jews in Europe during World War II. Israeli Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer, a professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has remarked:[note 11] Whether presented authentically or inauthentically, in accordance with the historical facts or in contradiction to them, with empathy and understanding or as monumental kitsch, the Holocaust has become a ruling symbol of our culture ... Hardly a month goes by without a new TV production, a new film, a new drama, new books, prose or poetry, dealing with the subject, and the flood is increasing rather than abating. Non-Jewish suffering simply does not merit comparable attention. Overshadowed in the focus on Jewish victimization are, for example, the tens of millions of victims of America's World War II ally, Stalinist Russia, along with the tens of millions of victims of China's Maoist regime, as well as the 12 to 14 million Germans, victims of the flight and expulsion of 1944-1949, of whom some two million lost their lives. The well-financed Holocaust media and "educational" campaign is crucially important to the interests of Israel. Paula Hyman, a professor of modern Jewish history at Yale University, has observed: "With regard to Israel, the Holocaust may be used to forestall political criticism and suppress debate; it reinforces the sense of Jews as an eternally beleaguered people who can rely for their defense only upon themselves. The invocation of the suffering endured by the Jews under the Nazis often takes the place of rational argument, and is expected to convince doubters of the legitimacy of current Israeli government policy."[note 12] Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish scholar who has taught political science at City University of New York (Hunter College), says in his book, The Holocaust Industry, that "invoking The Holocaust" is "a ploy to delegitimize all criticism of Jews."[note 13] "By conferring total blamelessness on Jews, the Holocaust dogma immunizes Israel and American Jewry from legitimate censure ... Organized Jewry has exploited the Nazi holocaust to deflect criticism of Israel's and its own morally indefensible policies." He writes of the brazen "shakedown" of Germany, Switzerland and other countries by Israel and organized Jewry "to extort billions of dollars." "The Holocaust," Finkelstein predicts, "may yet turn out to be the 'greatest robbery in the history of mankind'." Jews in Israel feel free to act brutally against Arabs, writes Israeli journalist Ari Shavit, "believing with absolute certitude that now, with the White House, the Senate and much of the American media in our hands, the lives of others do not count as much as our own."[note 14] Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has spoken with blunt exasperation about the Jewish-Israeli hold on the United States:[note 15] I've never seen a President -- I don't care who he is -- stand up to them [the Israelis]. It just boggles the mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what is going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what a grip those people have got on our government, they would rise up in arms. Our citizens certainly don't have any idea what goes on. Today the danger is greater than ever. Israel and Jewish organizations, in collaboration with this country's pro-Zionist "amen corner," are prodding the United States -- the world's foremost military and economic power -- into new wars against Israel's enemies. As the French ambassador in London recently acknowledged, Israel -- which he called "that shitty little country" -- is a threat to world peace. "Why should the world be in danger of World War III because of those people?," he said.[note 16] To sum up: Jews wield immense power and influence in the United States. The "Jewish lobby" is a decisive factor in US support for Israel. Jewish-Zionist interests are not identical to American interests. In fact, they often conflict. As long as the "very powerful" Jewish lobby remains entrenched, there will be no end to the systematic Jewish distortion of current affairs and history, the Jewish-Zionist domination of the U.S. political system, Zionist oppression of Palestinians, the bloody conflict between Jews and non-Jews in the Middle East, and the Israeli threat to peace. Notes 1. Quoted in Forward (New York City), April 19, 2002, p. 11. 2. D. Tutu, "Apartheid in the Holy Land," The Guardian (Britain), April 29, 2002. 3. Benjamin Ginsberg, The Fatal Embrace: Jews and the State (University of Chicago, 1993), pp. 1, 103. 4. S. Steinlight, "The Jewish Stake in America's Changing Demography: Reconsidering a Misguided Immigration Policy," Center for Immigration Studies, Nov. 2001. http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/back1301.html 5. Seymour Martin Lipset and Earl Raab, Jews and the New American Scene (Harvard Univ. Press, 1995), pp. 26-27. 6. Janine Zacharia, "The Unofficial Ambassadors of the Jewish State," The Jerusalem Post (Israel), April 2, 2000. Reprinted in "Other Voices," June 2000, p. OV-4, a supplement to The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. 7. M. Medved, "Is Hollywood Too Jewish?," Moment, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1996), p. 37. 8. Jonathan Jeremy Goldberg, Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment (Addison-Wesley, 1996), pp. 280, 287-288. See also pp. 39-40, 290-291. 9. Interview with Larry King, CNN network, April 5, 1996. "Brando Remarks," Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1996, p. F4 (OC). A short time later, Brando was obliged to apologize for his remarks. 10. A. Lilienthal, The Zionist Connection (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1978), pp. 206, 218, 219, 229. 11. From a 1992 lecture, published in: David Cesarani, ed., The Final Solution: Origins and Implementation (London and New York: Routledge, 1994), pp. 305, 306. 12. Paula E. Hyman, "New Debate on the Holocaust," The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 14, 1980, p. 79. 13. Norman G. Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry (London, New York: Verso, 2000), pp. 130, 138, 139, 149. 14. The New York Times, May 27, 1996. Shavit is identified as a columnist for Ha'aretz, a Hebrew-language Israeli daily newspaper, "from which this article is adapted." 15. Interview with Moorer, Aug. 24, 1983. Quoted in: Paul Findley, They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby (Lawrence Hill, 1984 and 1985), p. 161. 16. D. Davis, "French Envoy to UK: Israel Threatens World Peace," Jerusalem Post, Dec. 20, 2001. The French ambassador is Daniel Bernard. 6/02 About the author Mark Weber is director of the Institute for Historical Review. He studied history at the University of Illinois (Chicago), the University of Munich, Portland State University and Indiana University (M.A., 1977). For nine years he served as editor of the IHR's Journal of Historical Review. 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Whatever view I intended to bring forth has been expressed by the nomads above. I am just plain happy that such an institution has been set-up/or under progress to carter for all those who need its services most, East Africans. It is a beacon of light.

Idil, welcome back.... As usual, your poem is superb. Thankx PS: some of the old faces are stiull around.

"You're a man I'm not expecting less from you I'm a woman An adornment, as the Book concludes All for you The clock tick-tock's, you're moving closer to me" I am feeling the tension from here . I gotta say, these days we have talented poets in the poetry section. I think it is time we set-up the SOL poets-club.

Caano geel It is true that many of poverty-ridden countries have based their lifelihood on agriculture, but on the other hand there are many successful economies who depend on agricultural cash-crops. So my question is, can you provide me any strong economy in the African continent which can be said has a progressive economy due to pasturalism? I don't know if we switch from other source of livestock keeping to effecient sustainable beef and goat/sheep production.

Caano geel Brother, I clearly do follow your arguement, and to some extent, I think you have a good point by stating the environmental need that have prompted our founding fathers to opt for nomadism, rather than opting for subsistance or arable farming. However, the issue I am raising here has much to do with sustainable economic growth and development. As the world becomes more globalized and technologically advanced, we (Somali Nomads) may possibly miss-out on major developmental benefits that would have come globalization such as highly mechanised agricultural production that could be a viable cash-crop for the primary export of our country. Economical sustainability may not be the only reason why i suggest agriculturalism; but my main objective for suggesting a transition from Nodamism to agricultralism can surely be justified by the nomadism-induced negetivity that is destroying our environment. Just as brother Horn-africa mentioned. I can understand your concerns of relying on unreliable rainfall, but with good water management and agricultural knowledge, trust me, the fertile land thats in between of Jubba and Shabele river can sustain the entire Somali pupulation. I know people will be asking themselves how it could be possible to concentrate the entire Somali population in such a small portion of land, but surely, the need for conflict will diminish as soon as people become perpament residents who own private property. And there will be no need for wars between clans coz of water and pasture.

I am a Somali. Everything else is discardable.

"damn are we so loud/arrogant/know-it-all? i didnt notice all this, maybe am one of the true nomads-lol" LoL I am sure you are. We all are.

Instinct_poet sxb, thats a very good thing to do, to pray for the brother collectively. I also have to make an annoucement that all London Students who are either members of UKSSA (which the brother (may Allaah rest his soul) set-up years ago) or Somalia online are set to meet sometime soon during the end of this weekend or the coming week. I am not sure of the exact time but insha-allaah either I, Muraad, shujui or Rookie or the year will provide more info regarding this issue. May Allaah rest the deceased's soul. Amiin.

Girls, you make me wonna... Superb poems ... the two poems are like a scene from a movie

MiZz ... we can negotiate girl. I will grant you your wish soon as you request it.

From AfricaOnline.com A man dies and goes to hell. There he finds that there is a different hell for each country. He goes first to the German hell and asks: What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on. He checks out the USA hell as well as the Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they are all more or less the same as the German hell. Then he comes to the Kenyan hell and finds that there is a very long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed he asks: "What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Kenyan devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." "But that is exactly the same as all the other hells - why are there so many people waiting to get in?" Because there is never any electricity, so the electric chair does not work, someone stole all the nails, and the devil is a public servant, so he comes in, punches his time-card and he goes back home...