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  1. NGONGE and Haramcad, It is genuine if it in your last name. I can assure you Jeenicad was no dead lion.
  2. Indeed this is a great news for the locals there. May all the oppressed people in the South gain their voices back with confidence, and live with dignity like all others. Aaamin. IndhoCadde being part of the greater ICU body shouldn't be a great concern to anyone as long as he and his militia leave and hand the state affairs to the locals. Intaas wixii ka badan waa gardarro considering xaalada lagu jiro maanta.
  3. Is Amin unfair to the ICU? Is he being silenced for telling the truth or for being an artist? Is the ICU using "habaar" to scare the media from taking on important stories? Where do you draw the line? What is sacred? Can Shariif claim to be able to "harm Amin for generations"? Isn't that in Allah's hand? Whatever your answer is to the above questions, it is important to note that Amin Amir is a very talented artist a dominant voice in Somali media. He tells many stories with every caricature he draws. -------- Guddoomiyaha guddiga fulinta golaha maxaakiimta Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa maanta hadalo kulul u jeediyey farshaxanka Soomaaliyeed ee caanka ah Amiir Caamir, wuxuuna Sheekh Shariif sheegay in sawirada gurracan ee uu boggaga Internet-ka soo gelinayo Amiin in haddii uu ka waantoobi waayo aysan gacmaha ka laaban doonin. "Waxaan u sheegeynaa Amiin Caamir haddii uu Maxkamadaha Islaamiga faraha ka qaadi waayo, dagaal meel uu ka yimid uusan garaneyn ayaa ku dhici doona Insha ALLAAH" ayuu yiri Sheekh Shariif. "Amiin Caamir waxaan rabaa maanta in aan ILLAAHEY u bandhigo, ILLAAHAAN u bandhigaa, wixii ka horreeyeyna waan cafiyey wixii hadda ka danbeeyana ILLAHEY baan u bandhignay, waana arki doontaan qaatumadiisa" ayuu yiri Sheekh Shariif, wuxuuna intaasi sii raaciyey "Ma taabaneyno Aamin Caamir ILLAAHEY ayaan ku deyneynaa" Shariifku wuxuu sheegay in maxkamadaha uu ka sameeyey farshaxankaasi sawiro diiniyan & cilmiyan aan aheyn kuwa loo qaadan karo qof muslim ah. "Maalin danbe hadduu ku laabto waxyaabaha uu ka qorayo maxkamadaha 7 fac dhibaatada gaarta waad arki doontaa" ayuu yiri Sheekh Shariif http://www.dayniile.com/Setenbar/30Setenber8.htm
  4. Sept. 29, 2006 — After months of battling the negative image created by a fictional Kazakh TV reporter named Borat, the government of Kazakhstan and its president are finally getting a chance to celebrate their highly anticipated trip to the United States. Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet with President Bush today after what can only be described as a David versus Goliath public relations conflict that has pit the geo-political integrity of the post-Soviet nation against the popular, albeit crude, British comedian named Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator and face behind the fictional character Borat the Kazakh. However, in a match without clear resolution, it is not readily apparent who is David and who is Goliath. In fact, it is a game of intense one-upmanship where the coveted "good press" is the lucrative reward in this unusual and very public symbiotic relationship. The Goliath of Central Asia With a recent public relations blitz perhaps unmatched since the fall of the grand self-promoting Soviet Union, officials at the Kazakh embassy in Washington have pulled out all the stops to build a positive impression for Americans on the eve the Nazarbayev-Bush talks. "We have organized publications in print and TV spots on many channels to tell the story of Kazakhstan so that many Americans know how important Kazakhstan is for the United States and how important our relationship is," the Kazakhstan Embassy Press Secretary Roman Vassilenko told ABC News. In the past week, Americans have seen pro-Kazakhstan newspaper advertisements, network and cable television advertisements, and the release of a new book by the Kazakh government called "Kazakhstan's Nuclear Disarmament: A Global Model for a Safer World" that, according to Vassilenko, is being hailed as the story of Kazakhstan's noble nuclear nonproliferation contributions. Vassilenko says the PR campaign has gone hand-in -hand with President Nazarbayev's diplomatic meetings with former President George Herbert Walker Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Energy Secretary Sam Bodman, multiple congressmen, businesses partners, and religious organizations finally culminating with President Bush's meeting on today. For years Cohen's portrayal of Borat, the anti-Semitic and incestuous Kazakh protagonist-reporter, has used the little known country of Kazakhstan as the butt of his jokes on his popular HBO series "Da Ali G Show" while drawing considerable ire from that county's authoritarian government. In 2005, after Borat hosted the European MTV Music Awards, it was widely reported that the Kazakhstan government had threatened legal action on Cohen for defamation. The threats never resulted in any real case against the popular cult hero. Moreover, it propelled the widely popular story to front page in both entertainment and politics. More recently, in Cohen's new "mocumentary" style film, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," he plays the hyperbolic Borat, a blundering Kazakh TV reporter who conducts real interviews on unsuspecting Americans while on a tour across the country. "My occupation make reportings for Kazakhstan Television. Previous I gypsy catcher and icemaker," Borat writes in his page on MySpace.com For Cohen, the little known cultural and political image of Kazakhstan is the fodder that has helped make his character so outrageously popular. "Please, you come see my film. If it not success, I will be execute," Borat "reports" of his possible execution at the end of the film's trailer on his Web site. The film makes its premiere in November. What's At Stake Both the United States and Kazakhstan view each other as key assets. "Kazakhstan is viewed by the United States as the key partner in Central Asia, as a Muslim majority country which is secular and tolerant. The United States is the largest investor in Kazakhstan with 15 billion dollars invested so far and with 400 companies with American participation," according to Vassilenko. "All of these issues are on the agenda for the meeting between the two presidents at the White House." For Borat, despite Kazakhstan's threats and some criticism about the way Cohen portrays women and Jews, the old adage still stands: any press is good press. Even Borat's MySpace page seems to hit the giant square between the eyes. On the page, he says: "My heroes is Premier Nazharbayev [sic]," an ironic and self referential disclosure considering Nazarbeyev's rigid hold on the press and limited free speech in Kazakhstan. As Kazakhstan and the White House continue to do business after today's talks and as Cohen's film builds to be one the most highly anticipated films of the fall, both David and Goliath seem to be winning this modern day war that is playing out nicely in the media. Vassilenko concluded that Borat's rock-slinging has not necessarily been negative and alluded that it has been an "opportunity" for his country. "It's not bad, no. We welcome this opportunity to tell our story. It is a challenge, but it is one we embrace." http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2506256&page=1
  5. Lol. I guess if you are an unemployed farah living in expensive London, the prospect of getting paid 500pounds/week justifies the outrageous one-time fee paid to "good samaritan" Deeq.
  6. Originally posted by NGONGE: After reviewing hours of CCTV footage they eventually found Mohammed sitting fifteen tests in six different counties. lol.
  7. Originally posted by AbuJamal: Warning the Somaliland citizens against being deceived by what is happening in Mogadishu, Somaliland Minister said: "Where do you think you are going? The Sharia is not only in Mogadishu. We have the Koran and we know the direction of the Qibla [the Ka'ba in Mecca]. Why are you looking at Mogadishu as if a new prophet has appeared in it?" lol@prophet. Funny comment indeed.
  8. Olol, this is what I found. The story is somewhere in the third paragraph. Please do translate it to clear things up. Remember this still doesn't certify it to be the "ultimate truth". Newspapers can publish erroneous reports which can't be confirmed. http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Esteri/2006/09_Settembre/26/somalia.shtml
  9. Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Libaax, i heard there will be a grand meeting in Mogadishu. It's not only reer Burco, it's wadaads everywhere that are gathering to decide the future of Somalia. A grand strategy meeting sort of thing Xiinoow, there is nothing I would love better than a just Islamic system of governance from Razkamboni to Zaylac. May Allah help those who are on this noble mission. It is a grand plan indeed.
  10. Duke, Allpuntland took the wrong paragraph and posted it on their site. The piece that talks about the incident is the one I posted.
  11. Xiinoow, I did a little investigation. Here is the url of the Italian outlet I found. http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Esteri/2006/09_Settembre/26/somalia.shtml I used an altavista translation tool to decipher since my Italian is zero. "Declared Obbiettivo of the Courts (than however denies any relationship with To the Qaeda and the terrorism) hour is the conquest of Baidoa, where it resides the federal parliament of transition, the government guided from Wings Gedi and the president Abdullahi Yussuf. A obbiettivo that but, stavolta, does not seem easy: a battalion of Ethiopian soldiers, allies to you of the administration, has been schierato to defense of the city. They are equips with guns and tanks to you. According to intelligence sources the Muslims are receiving huge aids in crews and vettovaglie. The material arrives from the Countries of the Gulf and the Eritrean. Instructors of Asmara are signal to you in the training fields, where not somalis are alone but also, and above all, aliens. Antigoverned Ethiopian fondamentalisti you of the Oromo Islamic Liberation Front operate guide from commanders Eritreans to you. One of the two murders of Suor Leonella, the 15 september, seems is oromo. Some week it makes a ship that it carried military Eritreans in Somalia has been bombed from airplane does not identify (Ethiopian or Americans to you). They are all dead men. Beside the Muslims they are lines up to you also foreign coming from from the Arabic Countries, from Pakistan and the Afghanistan. In june during the battle of Mogadishu (the only one that has engaged po' courts, before that the tactics of the emptying of the adversary was applied) has been photographed while in the rearguards they urged the miliziani to the combats." Sadly allpuntland took the wrong paragraph and posted it on their site. That piece they posted clearly says something totally different. The one I posted is the correct one.
  12. Italy: Dagaalka lagula jiro argagaxisada caalamiga ah oo ka bilowday badaha Soomaaliya. Khamiis, September 28, 2006 Italy: Dagaalka lagula jiro argagaxisada caalamiga ah oo ka bilowday badaha Soomaaliya. Italy (AllPuntland)- Sida ay qortay saxaafadda wadanka Talyaaniga markab cidamo sigu jira ajnabi iyo Soomali u siday maxkamadaha magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa lagu dajiyay ciidankii uu sidayna lagu laayay badda Soomaaliya. Markabkani ayaa waxaa la sheegay in ay weerarkaasi ku qaadeen diyaarado aan la garanayn dalka laga leeyahay, iyada oo dadka uu wadayna ay ka soo kala jeedeen wadamada:- Carabta, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Oromo, Eretrian iyo Soomaali, waxaana hor kacayay saraakii Eretrian ah. Wargayska Corriere Della Sera ayaa waxa uu sheegay in markabkani uu ka soo ambabxay wadanka Eretriya caasimadiisa Asmara, iyada oo falkani uu dhacay inta lagu jiray bishan Septembar. Corriere Della Sera ayaa waxa uu intaasi ku daray in dilkii loo gaystyay sooradii u dhalatay wadanka talyaaniga ay dilkeeda ka danbeeyeen dad ajnabi ah oo u dhashay wadanka Eretria. Arrintabi ayaa waxa ay u muuqataa in ay hor dhac u tahay dagaalka caalamiga ah ee lagula jiro argagixisada uu ka bilowday geeska Afrika gaar ahaan wadanka Soomaaliya oo la sheego in uu hooy u noqday argagixisada Caalamka. M. J. Koronto AllPuntland. Warbixinta wargayska ayaa waxa ay u qornayd. Il governo di transizione è invece appoggiato oltre che dagli etiopi anche dagli americani e dagli ugandesi. Un colonnello di Kampala è rimasto ferito nell’attentato contro il presidente Abdullahi Yussuf, rimasto illeso, la settimana scorsa. L’inviato speciale del governo italiano, Mario Raffaelli, si sta adoperando per creare un ponte tra governo e islamici e cercare di arrivare a un accordo prima di uno scontro frontale Corti/Etiopia che può avere delle conseguenza nefaste non solo per la Somalia, ma per tutto il Corno d’Africa. La comunità internazionale sembra comunque impotente davanti al dilagare degli islamici. Il Somaliland, l’ex colonia britannica che si è autoproclamata indipendente nel 1991 e che cinicamente nessun Paese ha ancora riconosciuto nonostante sia stata pacificata e in qualche modo governata da un regime democratico, nei giorni scorsi ha lanciato un appello: “Se non ci aiutate in fretta e non ci riconoscete, rischiamo anche noi di finire nelle mani degli integralistiâ€. Massimo A. Alberizzi 26 settembre 2006
  13. Xoogsade, I don't believe Turki left Kismayo for security reasons and if he did, it can only be fear of being assasinated/captured by the US (I believe he is in their terrorist list). Those unmanned drones are always watching and he may have been tipped. Kismayo is close to the border. Saxib, Turki doesn't have a violent history in Jubooyinka. He has no one to fear as far as the Somalis are concerned.
  14. Shiikh Shariif iyo Sh. Xasan Dahir Aweys oo waraaq u diray Indhacade in uu iska soo wareejiyo Gudoomiyaha Sh.hoose iyo Ciidankiisa oo tababar loo furi doono. Wararka naga soo gaaraya Magalaada Muqdisho ayaa naloo xaqiijiyey in Waraaq dheer loo diray Yuusuf Indhacade waraaqdaas oo kadlaysa in xilka iska soo wareejiyo Gudoomiyaha Sh.hoose. Midowga Maxaakiimta Muqdisho ayaa ku dhiban sidii ay xilka ugu qaadi lahaayeen Yuusuf indhacade oo ah nin xoog ku haysta Sh.hoose iyadoo lagu tilmaamay in haysashada Sh.hoose ay tahay Arin qabiil oo ay maxkamaduhu ka gaabsadeen in ay xilka si toosa ugu soo wareejiyaan Yuusuf indhacade. Hadaba Waxaa la isku afgartay in loo diro waraaq si ay u gaarto in uu ka tashado xilka qaadista ay soo magacaabeen Gudoomiyaha Fulinta Maxaakiimta iyo Gudoomiyaha Golaha Shuurada ee Midowga Maxaakiimta Muqdisho. Waxaa ayaa mihii la soo dhaafay lagu hadal hayey in khilaaf weyn soo kala dhex galay Yuusuf indhacade iyo Masuuliyiinta Midowga Maxaakiimta Khilaafkaas oo lagu xaliyey in dib loo hakiyo In wada xaajood lala galo yuusuf indhacade Masuulka ayaa ka soo horjeedo maamulka ay wadaan midowga maxaakiimta mar ahaantaasna uusan raali ka ahayn in uu xilka soo wareejiyo. Sidoo kale Yuusuf indhacade ayaan raali ka ahayn in Maleeshiyoyinkisa lagu daro Maleeshiyooyinka Midowga Maxaakimta wuxuuna diyaar ula yahay wada shaqayn dhex marta balse sida hadaladiisa ka cad ama ay jiraan dad xog ogaal u ah in yuusuf indhacade uusan raali ka ahayn inuu xilka iska soo wareejiyo oo uu marti u noqdo midowga Maxaakimta Muqdisho. Farxaan Yasin Mire (isqootax) isqootax@hotmail.com webmaster@allmudug.com
  15. lol@Muraad. Love your sarcasm. It is true. Nothing happened. Welcome back adeer.
  16. KISMAAYO: Xubno uu ka mid yahay Sheekh Xasan Tukey oo isaga baxay Magaalada Kismaayo ee Jubbada Hoose Posted to the Web Sep 28, 10:27 Kismaayo (PP) - Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Kismaayo ee gobolka Jubbada Hoose ayaa sheegaya in Sheekh Xasan Turkey oo ahaa hoggaamiyihiin Malleeshiyooyinkii Maxkamadaha ee qabsaday Kismaayo uu dibadda uga baxay Magaalada Kismaayo isagoo ay wehliyaan xubno kale oo ka tirsan Maxkamadaha. Lama garanayo sababta dhabta ah ee keentay inuu Xasan Turkey ka baxo gudaha Magaalada Kismaayo iyadoo dhawaan ay qabsadeen Magaaladaas, waxaase jira warar hoose oo sheegaya inuu ku laabtay Deegaanno ka tirsan Gobolka Jubbada dhexe oo uu in-dhawaalaba ku sugnaa. Ilo wareedyo hoose oo ay Puntlandpost xiriir la sameysay kuna sugan Degmada Kisamayo ayaa waxay xaqiijiyeen in Sheekha iyo xubno kale oo ka tirsan maxkamadaha ay uga baxeen Magaalada sababo xagga ammaanka ah awgood, waxaaan wararka ay intaas ku darayaan in ka bixitaankoodii magaalada aysan ahayn mid ay ka warhayeen Malleeshiyooyinka ay wateen. Dhanka kale, waxaa jira warar kale oo sheegaya inaysan xilligaan doonayn Maxkamaduhu inay u baqoolaan dhanka xuduudda ay Soomaaliya kala wadaagto Dalka Kenya Gobolka Jubbada hoose, iyadoo la sheegay inay halkaas soo buuxdhaafiyeen ciidammo ka socda dalka Kenya oo diidan inay dhankooda u gudbaan xubno ka tirsan Maxkamadaha. puntlandpost
  17. Sh. Cali Warsame iyo Wefdi uu horkacayo oo ka soo ambabaxay Burco oo Muqdisho ku sugan Haatuf September 27, 2006 (Haatuf) – Warar aanu ka soo xiggannay wargeyska Haatuf ee ka soo baxa magaalada Hargeysa ayaa sheegay in toddobaadkii hore ay magaalada Burco uga ambabaxaeen dhinaca Muqdisho wefti ka kooban shan qof oo uu hogaaminayay Sheekh Cali Warsame. Sh. Cali Warsame waxa uu madax ka ahaa Ururkii Islaamiga ahaa ee la odhan jiray Al Itixaad ee awoodda badan ku yeeshay meelo badan oo ka mid degaanada Soomaalidu degto ee Geeska Afrika sannadihii 90 aadkii. Wixii ka dambeeyay qaraxii September 11 ee 2001 dii waxa Ururukaas iyo dhowr qof oo ka mid ahaa madaxdiisiiba ay dawladda Mareykanku ku dartay liiska argagixisada. Waxa wargeysku intaas ku daray in wefdigan oo hadda ku sugan magaalada Muqdisho ay ka mid yihiin xubno la sheegay in ay ka tirsan yihiin Golaha Shuurada ee Midowga Mxaakiimta Islaamiga ah. Sida laga warqabo madaxda Maxakamadaha Islaamiga ah ayaa badankoodu ka tirsanaan jiray Ururka Al Itixaad oo ku burburay dagaaladii ka dhacay gobolada Bari, Gedo iyo kuwii ay la galeen Itoobiya sagaashameeyadii. Sh. Xasan Daahir Aweys oo hadda ah ninka hogaamiya Golaha Shuurada ee Maxaakiimta kana mid ahaa madaxdii Ururka Al Itixaad iyo Sh. Cali Warsame ayaa la sheegay in ay ku kulmeen Suucuddiga xilligii Xajka ee horraantii sannadkan. Halkaas oo la filayo in kaga wada munaaqishoodeen arrimo siyaasadeed. Waxa wargeysku intaas ku daray in nin kale oo lagu magacaabo Aadan Jihaad oo sida la sheegay xubin ka ah Golaha Shuurada ee Maxaakiimta, dhalasho ahaanna ka soo jeeda Somaliland uu ku sugan yahay haatan magaalada Burco. Aadan Jihaad waxa uu ka mid ahaa wefdigii maxkamadaha ee uu horkacayay Sh. Shariif ee dhawaan booqashada ku tagay Liibiya iyo Djibouti. Inkasta oo aan la caddayn ujeedada safarka Aadan Jihaad ee Burco iyo wefdiga u ambabaxay Xamar toona haddana waxa ay arrimahani dhaliyeen shaki badan, maadaam uu gobolka Togdheer ka mid yahay goobaha ka baxsan aagagga ay ka taliyaan Maxaakiimtu ee taageerada looga muuijiyay. Dhinaca xukuumadda Somaliland wax hadal ama ficil ah oo arrimahaas ku saabsan illaa hadda kama soo bixin.
  18. "When [Hawa Elmi in Mogadishu] was asked why the tourists come to see the battered nose of a Black Hawk helicopter in her possession, the 66 year old snapped: “How should I know? Do you think I am mind reader?†From the Ashes, a Chunk of America Beckons in Somalia Jehad Nga for The New York Times The nose of an American Black Hawk helicopter shot down in 1993 has become something of a tourist attraction in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. And in the corner of her dirt yard, beneath rags drying in the sun and next to a bowl of filthy wash water, she keeps a chunk of history that most Americans would probably like to forget. It is the battered nose of a Black Hawk helicopter, from one of the two that got shot down in Mogadishu on Oct. 3, 1993, in an infamous battle that killed 18 Americans, led to a major foreign policy shift and spawned a big movie. The Black Hawk Down lady stands fiercely at her gate and charges admission to see it. “You, you, you,†she said on a recent day, jabbing her finger at three visitors. “Pay, pay, pay.†American military officials, who were sent e-mail messages with pictures, said the nose piece did appear to be from one of the Black Hawks brought down that day. But they said they had no interest in retrieving it, for a memorial or any other purpose. So it remains a strange tourist attraction in a strange and war-weary place, where bazooka guns hang in the market next to slabs of fly-bitten goat meat, and children at school casually recite passages about massacres in English class. And just as the Black Hawk Down episode has special significance for Americans, it does, too, for many Somalis, who take enormous pride in having humiliated a superpower that day. The Black Hawk Down lady’s real name is Hawa Elmi. She grew up a nomad, herding camels in Somalia’s deserts, and never went to school. She moved to Mogadishu in the 1960’s, when it was a showcase of Italian architecture, a gem along the sea. She is 66, loud and excitable. The other day during an interview, every answer came in shouts. On the afternoon of Oct. 3, 1993, Ms. Elmi said, she was sitting in her yard, minding her own business, when a helicopter slammed into the back of her house. A task force of Army Rangers and Delta Force commandos were trying to snatch the henchmen of one of Mogadishu’s most notorious warlords, Mohammed Farah Aidid. But the mission quickly went sideways — a soldier slipped off a rope while rappelling from a helicopter, a rescue convoy got lost in the maze of Mogadishu’s streets and Somali militiamen plucked off two Black Hawks with rocket-propelled grenades. The neighborhood closed in on the trapped Americans, and by the time the battle was over, 18 elite American soldiers were dead and dozens were wounded and approximately 1,000 Somalis had been killed. A few days later, President Clinton began drawing up plans to pull out the troops. Ecstatic Somalis ransacked the wreckage, stripping the helicopters and melting down the metal. Some people even ripped insignia patches off the bodies of the soldiers to keep as grim souvenirs. Maxamed Cali Geedi, who fought for Mr. Aidid years ago, still carries a set of insignia from an American sergeant’s uniform. “To remember my friends who were killed,†he explained. But Ms. Elmi had a different plan. Her husband had died a long time ago, and she had six children to feed. Two of her older sons were killed, she said, when the helicopter crashed. She dragged the cracked nose piece, about five feet across but actually pretty light because it was made of fiberglass, back to her house. She lives in the middle of a neighborhood named Tokyo, because it is so packed. It is a warren of tin shacks and sandy streets, as shot up and smashed by cannon fire as the rest of Mogadishu. Ms. Elmi began humbly, charging neighborhood boys the equivalent of a few cents to get a peek at her one exhibit, the last known chunk of wreckage from what Somalis refer to as Ma-alinti Rangers, the Day of the Rangers. But after the movie “Black Hawk Down†came out in 2001 — and pirated copies found their way to Mogadishu — business boomed. “So many people came, I cannot count,†she said. “White people, brown people, black people.†When asked why they come, she snapped: “How should I know? Do you think I am mind reader?†The entrance fee is now around $3 for foreigners; locals get a discount and pay 75 cents. Anthony C. Zinni, a retired American general who helped oversee operations in Somalia in 1993, said he thought it was a little weird that residents in a city littered with so much war wreckage would pay anything to see this. “Nothing, however, about Somalia surprises me,†he added. Ms. Elmi said that foreign visitors (most likely journalists and aid workers) usually tipped well, but that many times rude militiamen barged in and refused to pay at all. Those days are largely over. Mogadishu is now ruled by Islamist clerics who have delivered a level of order and stability that the city had not seen for years, though that may not last. Part of the reason they rose to power was that the Islamists tapped into anti-American sentiment by challenging warlords backed by the United States. Some people say they fear the Islamists will impose a draconian version of Islam in Somalia, which up until recently had been relatively secular. But Ms. Elmi said she loved the Islamists. And she has her own reasons. “They bring peace,†she said. “And peace brings tourists.†Mohammed Ibrahim contributed reporting.
  19. MMA, all these condos were bought by the Indians while our Somali brothers/sisters were just paying rent, correct? Now the Indians are introducing new "security rules" just to protect their investments? I think not long ago those condos were selling for less than 100K. Brampton ha u guureen maryooleey. lol. Iyadana waa looga horeeyaa.
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  21. Xiin and Jimcaale and horn, what is the word from your families in Kismayo? How are things there? Who are these demonstrators? What does the average Reer Kismayo think of the ICU? Please do tell us what your relatives in Kismayo are telling you on the phone. I am sure some of you nomads still have families in that city. What is the word on the street. Make it raw and salty if you like