Duke, Ilaahay ha ka dhigo little Aisha tii dadkeeda, diinteeda iyo dalkeeda difaacda. Ilaahay cunug kheyr qaba haka dhigo oo waalidkeeda u wanaagsan. Aamiin

JeyBiiyoow, Garaad Baashi adiguu ku baacsanayaaye yac dheh. Balse haddaad rabto inaad "mystical" angle af-Soomaaliga ka fiiriso, dhagayso philosopher Xirsi Magan (Ayaan Xirsi's father) and his radio program. Here is one classic I love. Bardacad & Laaska Daawada -- His take on Mudug/reer Mudug ... oh how relevent this is today in Somali politics. "Illeyn goor horey ahayd inaan samada telefoon u dirsanno". - Xirsi Magan

loool. Nice post K. That says plenty.

Cabdi Waal oo sheegtay inuu isaga hogaaminayo Ciidamadda qabsaday,Itoobiyaana ku jirin. Xeraale , Isniin August 13, 2006 Waagacusub.com laba kun oo ka tirsan Ciidamadda Itoobiya iyo boqol iyo konton Maleeshiyo Soomaali ah ayaa la wareegay maanta gacan ku heeynta degaanadda ,Xeraale,balanbale iyo bele hoowd,sida ay Waagacusub.com u xaqiijiyeen ganacsato iyo culumaa'udiin ku sugan degaanadaas. Cabdi Nuure Siyaad oo loo yaqaan Cabdi Waal ,kana mid ahaa Isbahaysiggii laga eryay Muqdisho ee la dagaalanka Argagixisadda oo aan khadka telefoonka kula xiriirnay ayaa sheegtay inuu isaga hogaaminayo Ciidamadaas qabsaday ,Xeraale iyo balanbale,wuxuuna meesha ka saaray inay la socdaan kumanaan ka tirsan ciidamadda Itoobiya. " Anigga ayaa hogaaminayo Ciidamadda ku sugan Xeraale iyo balanbale,ujeedkeenana wuxuu yahay sidii aan u soo qaban lahayn Argagixisadda mayalka adag ee ku dhuumaaleeysaneeysa gobolka Galgaduud" sidaasi waxaa Waagacusub ugu waramay Cabdi Waal oo sheegtay inuu joogo meel lagu magacaabo Bele hoowd. Inkastoo Cabdi waal ku andacoonayo inaysan Itoobiyaan ahayn ciidamadaas,hadana dadka socotadda ah iyo ilaha xog ogaalka ah ayaa xaqiijiyay inay Itoobiyaan yahiin Ciidamadda qabsaday degaanadaas,waxayna qaateen taarkii heloow heloowda ee yiil balanbale. Ciidamadda Itoobiya ee qabsaday balanbale waxay qalqal xoogan geliyeen degmadda guri ceel ee gobolka galgaduud,waxaana la hadal hayaa inay ku wajahan yahiin ,baro ay ku sugan yahiin Ciidamadda Golaha Maxaakiimta Soomaaliyeed. Dahir Abdulle Alasow

Can't wait for Ramadan. It is coming. Ramadaan Kariim to everyone.

Cleric turned ragtag Hezbollah into potent force Christian Science Monitor August 13, 2006 BY SCOTT PETERSON BEIRUT, LEBANON -- Even Israel's most legendary military general -- a veteran of every war of Israel but this one -- is believed to have found Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah a worthy enemy. Such grudging respect is no surprise to Lebanese. They have watched Nasrallah transform the Shiite militia into the only Arab force credited in the Arab world with defeating Israel on the battlefield -- forcing the end of an 18-year Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon in 2000. But they have also seen the charismatic cleric spark the latest war in Lebanon. And while exacting a heavy toll on the Jewish state and its long-fostered aura of invincibility, Hezbollah also prompted a massive Israeli bombardment that has cost 10 times as many Lebanese lives as Israeli ones, and ravaged the country. Calm and in control, with steady eyes and a hint of heavy burden, the thickly bearded sheikh has told rapt Lebanese that Israel could stop Hezbollah rockets, if Israel stopped killing civilians. Nasrallah mocked Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his lack of military experience, in his latest television statement last Thursday, saying the Israeli leader was ''an incompetent moron,'' who did not measure up to Mr. Sharon -- whose autobiography Nasrallah has read -- or other Israeli leaders before him, except in ''committing massacres.'' But who is Nasrallah, a man the U.S. named a ''Specially Designated Terrorist'' in 1995 for his vitriolic opposition to the Arab-Israeli peace process? And how has Nasrallah, backed by patrons Syria and Iran, created the most capable guerrilla force in the region? His black-turbaned visage still festoons the rubble of Hezbollah strongholds in suburbs of Beirut and south Lebanon, where the destruction has, so far, boosted his popularity. ''The reason behind our strength these past years, is that we do more than we speak,'' Nasrallah said in 2000, during a rare interview in Beirut offices that last month were destroyed by Israeli planes. He usually calls Israel "the Zionist entity," maintaining that all Jewish immigrants should return to their countries of origin and that there should be one Palestine with equality for Muslims, Jews and Christians, according to The New York Times. With his movement shrouded in secrecy, protected by a tight ring of loyalists, Nasrallah has avoided the fate of his predecessor, who was assassinated with his family by Israeli helicopter gunships in 1992. Adding to his guerrilla credentials, Nasrallah is reported to have been wounded during fighting against Israeli troops in the 1980s. But it was the 1997 death of his son, Hadi, while fighting in southern Lebanon, that did most. ''That was the first event that catapulted Nasrallah's personality into the hearts and minds of so many Lebanese, including Christians and Sunnis, many of whom cried when he refused to negotiate with the Israelis to get his son's body back,'' says Nicholas Noe, a scholar of Hezbollah and editor of Mideastwire.com. ''That brought half the country to tears.'' But more tears have come, in the wake of Hezbollah's cross-border raid on July 12, which netted two Israeli soldiers. The aim was to trade them for three Lebanese prisoners -- a decades-long practice in the Mideast -- but it came just two weeks after Hamas militants abducted an Israeli soldier. Hezbollah officials have admitted surprise at the ferocity of the Israeli response. ''Anytime Hezbollah launched an operation, they always had a checklist: What does it mean for Hezbollah? For Shiites? For Lebanon? For Syria and Iran?'' asks Timur Goksel, a 24-year veteran adviser of UN forces in south Lebanon. "Based on that criterion, as a result people were uprooted, houses were damaged, people got killed, and people now live in miserable conditions." ''Hezbollah actually hurt the interests of its own people, which is very unusual.''

To failure's credit Haaretz By Gideon Levy levy@haaretz.co.il Jerusalem -- The bad (and predictable) news: Israel is going to come out of this war with the lower hand. The good (and surprising) news: This ringing failure could spell good tidings. If Israel had won the battles in an easy, sweeping victory of the kind Israelis prayed so much for, it would have caused enormous damage to Israel's security policies. Another slam-bam win would have brought disaster upon us. Drugged with power, drunk with victory, we would have been tempted to implement our success in other arenas. Dangerous fire would have threatened the entire region and nobody knows what might have resulted. On the other hand, the failure in this little war might teach us an important lesson for the future, and maybe influence us to change our ways and language, the language we speak to our neighbors with violence and force. The axiom that "Israel cannot allow itself a defeat on the battlefield" has already been exposed as a nonsensical cliche: Failure might not only help Israel greatly but, as a bonus, it might teach the Americans the important lesson that there is no point in pushing Israel into military adventures. Since 1948's war, Israel has only achieved one sweeping military victory on its own, in the Six-Day War. There is no way of imagining an easier and sweeter victory. Israel's "deterrent capability" was restored - and in a big way - in a manner that was supposed to guarantee its security for many years. And what happened? Only six years went by and the most difficult war in Israeli history, the Yom Kippur War, took place. Hardly deterrence. On the contrary, the defeat in 1967 only pushed the Arab armies to try to restore their lost honor and they managed to do so in a very short time. Against an arrogant, complacent Israel enjoying the rotten fruits of that dizzying victory, the Syrian and Egyptian armies chalked up considerable achievements, and Israel understood the limits of its power. Maybe now, this war will also bring us back down to reality, where military force is only military force, and cannot guarantee everything. After all, we are constantly scoring "victories" and "achievements" against the Palestinians. And what comes of them? Deterrence? Have the Palestinians given up their dreams to be free people in their own country? The IDF's failure against Hezbollah is not a fateful defeat. Israel killed and absorbed casualties, but its existence or any part of its territory were not endangered for a moment. Our favorite phrase, "an existential war" is nothing more than another expression of the ridiculous pathos of this war, which from the start was a cursed war of choice. Hezbollah did not capture territory from Israel and its defeat is tolerable even though it could have easily been avoided if we had not undertaken our foolish Lebanese adventure. It is not difficult to imagine what would have happened if Hezbollah had been defeated within a few days from the air, as promised from the start by the bragging of the heads of the IDF. The success would have made us insane. The U.S. would have pushed us into a military clash with Syria and, drunk with victory, we might have been tempted. Iran might have been next. At the same time we would have dealt with the Palestinians: What went so easily in Lebanon, we would have been convinced, would be easily implemented from Jenin to Rafah. The result would have been an attempt to solve the Palestinian problem at its root by pounding, erasing, bombing and shelling. Maybe all that won't happen now because we have discovered first-hand that the IDF's power is much more limited than we thought and were told. Our deterrent capacity might now work in the opposite direction. Israel, hopefully, will think twice before going into another dangerous military adventure. That is comforting news. On the other hand, it is true that there is the danger the IDF will want to restore its lost honor on the backs of the helpless Palestinians. It didn't work in Bint Jbail, so we'll show them in Nablus. However, if we internalize the concept whereby what does not work by force will not work with more force, this war could bring us to the negotiating table. Seared by failure, maybe the IDF will be less enthusiastic to rush into battle. It is possible the political echelon will now understand that the response to the dangers facing Israel is not to be found in using more and more force; that the real response to the legitimate and just demands of the Palestinians is not another dozen Operation Defensive Shields, but in respecting their rights; that the real response to the Syrian threat is returning the Golan to its rightful owners, without delay; and that the response to the Iranian danger is dulling the hatred toward us in the Arab and Muslim world. If indeed the war ends as it is ending, maybe more Israelis will ask themselves what we are killing and being killed for, what did we pound and get pounded for, and maybe they will understand that it was once again all for naught. Maybe the achievement of this war will be that the failure will be seared deeply into the consciousness, and Israel will take a new route, less violent and less bullying, because of the failure. In 1967, Ephraim Kishon wrote, "sorry we won." This time it is almost possible to say, it's good we did not win. Read comments from common jews

^^ Ninku waa reer hawd.

Originally posted by Tyjwania: I still miss the Somali Airlines days **sigh** I still have memories lol. Bisha, I still remember Somali Airlines. The night I was leaving Somalia (as a very young kid), I was asked by the security agent at Mogadishu International Airport if he can inspect my passport and other documents. I gave him my passport and my Canadian immigration papers. The officer walked into some office next door and disappeared out of my sight. Oh boy ... you can just imagine what is going through the head of a young kid who was lectured by his family not to give his documents to Tuugyaasha. Mar baan is iri ma ka daba orodaa oo ma raadisaa ninkii. loool. He was just a decent, professional officer doing his job. He came back with our documents, and took his time to "wacdi" us (me and my sister) on what to say when we get to other airports (Cairo and Rome). I remember he kept touching my head. A very good man. Goormaan arki doonnaa similar service. Good old days. Insha Allah our country will recover from the devastation.

Why is joker advertising his items on SOL without paying for it. Has this brother read the rules of the site? Joker, this is not a free advertising space. Please no ads. Thanks.

Hey congrats man.

Congrats to the nomads. Wiil iyo Caano. Marriage is much deeper than one private message, a hook-up through a friend, or a conversation at a Somali wedding party. Before any marriage, couples talk on the phone, see one another, and spend very long periods planning and discussing their future. It really doesn't matter if your first ever contact with this person was through email, private message or at the train station. In the end, he/she must satisfy you enough to say "I do". SOL can be the icebreaker for first contact/conversation. After that, it is up to the individuals on how they want to handle bizz.

Nomad Mobb Deep got married yesterday (Friday, July 21st, 2006) in Stockholm, Sweden. I am sure the good "coach" (bodybuilding) will visit us soon after he comes back to Minneapolis. Congratulations to him and his new family. Ilaahay haka dhigo qoskiisa mid khayr qaba, ummadiisa iyo diintiisa anfaca, wanaagna u soo jiida. Wiil iyo Caano inadeer. Naa'meeeeeeen. Have fun in Turkey!!!!

Caano, I am just reminding folks about SOL rules. Things can go out of hand.

4 - Anti-Islamic: No one will be allowed to insult Islam and muslims under any circumstances. Your post will be deleted and/or username banned if cought with any anti-Islamic attacks. Your views are welcome, but your deragotory language against Islam/muslims will not be welcomed at the expense of the muslims who pay the bill for this privately owned website.

Nomads, please stop posting clan names on the forum. If you wish to take an article from another site, please make sure you edit out the clan names. There is no excuse whatsover. Let us respect the rules of the site fadlan.

Ok, Norf. Do yo thang. But Shehe must not get away with such unfair tactics. She wants to blow everyone away with her gigantic wallpapers.

Ololoow, you have reduced this whole grassroots uprising (which I thought had nothing to do with warlordism) to be nothing more than the dictates of a mad warlord. Ironically this is the first time I have witnessed you being in agreement with what uncle Yeey argues which is that the ICU = warlord Indho Cadde. Ololoow, ma laga yaabaa in adiga iyo Yeey aad been sheegaysaan? Bummer.

Nice Pics. NOTE: For the competition to be fair, I suggest the size of the images be kept at 500X375 (500 width, 375 height) in pixel size ....Or whatever size you guys agree. (Check Warsan and Amelia's pics) Size does matter.

"Here's an odd intersection of two news items from this week. First, the blogosphere was buzzing with rumors-- unconfirmed, of course -- that Cuban strongman Fidel Castro had died. Second, the blogosphere was simultaneously buzzing with reaction to French strongman Zinedane Zidane head-butting of Italian Marco Materazzi in the World Cup finals." "Thanks again to NRO for the clip, which may be where all this Castro death buzz started. Looks like Fidel took quite a shot...." http://www.babalublog.com/archives/003602.html

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Somalia military movements increase as talks near 13/07/2006 21:17 By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia’s government has reinforced its militias and ally Ethiopia has sent more troops over the border days before talks with powerful Islamists who threaten its slim authority, experts said on Thursday. Those moves, along with government reluctance to negotiate with the Islamists because of their hard-line leadership, have raised fears both sides are headed for military confrontation. President Abdullahi Yusuf’s government and the Islamists, who took Mogadishu last month after defeating a group of U.S.-backed warlords, were due for a second round of Arab League-brokered talks on power-sharing in Khartoum on Saturday. Sudanese television monitored in London said those talks had been postponed. It was not immediately possible to confirm this. Yusuf’s government and the Islamists, who want to impose strict sharia law to tame anarchy in the Horn of Africa nation of 10 million, are deeply distrustful of each other. Roughly 2,000 Ethiopian troops earlier this week crossed in at Dollow, where the borders of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia converge, along with several tanks to complement about 2,000 soldiers already there, various sources said. "They had crossed with tanks, about a dozen, and about another 2,000-3,000 men," a Western diplomat said. A military expert who monitors security daily and a government official based in Baidoa -- the government’s temporary base and only outpost -- confirmed that. "The Ethiopian troops are in several locations within Somalia, scattered all over in Dollow, Bulahawo, Wajid and in other remote locations on the outskirts of Baidoa," the Somali government official said. "Most of the troops are ethnic Somali Ethiopians," he said. The sources declined to be named because their positions do not allow them to speak to the press on sensitive matters. ’MILITARY MINDSET’ On Wednesday, defeated warlord Mohamed Dheere handed over about 420 fighters and 35 "technicals" -- pickups mounted with heavy weapons -- to the government. "The plan is for his militias to be reinforced and then move forward to Baledogle," the military expert told Reuters, referring to a strategic town on the Baidoa-Mogadishu road. The Islamists are still after the beaten warlords. Eight people were killed when they attacked the rural hideout of warlord Mohamed Qanyare, north of Mogadishu, including five gunmen who died when their pickup lorry hit a landmine. Ethiopia -- which has branded the Islamists "terrorists" -- on Thursday again denied entering Somalia. "Ethiopia categorically denies that its troops have crossed into Somalia. It is the usual fabrication being dished out by Somali Islamists to confuse the international community," Ethiopian Defence Ministry spokesman Dawit Assefa said. Yusuf has long been backed by Ethiopia, including in battles against the Islamists’ hardline leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in the years after warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and set 15 years of anarchy loose. Western diplomats worked hard on Thursday to make sure the government attends the talks. But they said it appeared Yusuf did not want to go, or even send a high-level delegation. "He’s just been very much in his military mindset these days," a European diplomat said. "If they do not go, then my fear is there will be some kind of military confrontation." A draft U.N. Security Council resolution obtained by Reuters appears to show support for Yusuf’s African Union-backed request for foreign peacekeepers and a limited waiver of a 1992 arms embargo, required to allow them in. The Islamists refuse to accept foreign troops and some in their ranks have threatened a holy war should Ethiopia in particular come to Somalia. (Additional reporting by Guled Mohamed in Mogadishu and Tsegaye Tadesse in Addis Ababa) On Wednesday, defeated warlord Mohamed Dheere handed over about 420 fighters and 35 "technicals" -- pickups mounted with heavy weapons -- to the government. "The plan is for his militias to be reinforced and then move forward to Baledogle," the military expert told Reuters, referring to a strategic town on the Baidoa-Mogadishu road. The Islamists are still after the beaten warlords. Eight people were killed when they attacked the rural hideout of warlord Mohamed Qanyare, north of Mogadishu, including five gunmen who died when their pickup lorry hit a landmine. Ethiopia -- which has branded the Islamists "terrorists" -- on Thursday again denied entering Somalia. "Ethiopia categorically denies that its troops have crossed into Somalia. It is the usual fabrication being dished out by Somali Islamists to confuse the international community," Ethiopian Defence Ministry spokesman Dawit Assefa said. Yusuf has long been backed by Ethiopia, including in battles against the Islamists’ hardline leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in the years after warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and set 15 years of anarchy loose. Western diplomats worked hard on Thursday to make sure the government attends the talks. But they said it appeared Yusuf did not want to go, or even send a high-level delegation. "He’s just been very much in his military mindset these days," a European diplomat said. "If they do not go, then my fear is there will be some kind of military confrontation." A draft U.N. Security Council resolution obtained by Reuters appears to show support for Yusuf’s African Union-backed request for foreign peacekeepers and a limited waiver of a 1992 arms embargo, required to allow them in. The Islamists refuse to accept foreign troops and some in their ranks have threatened a holy war should Ethiopia in particular come to Somalia. (Additional reporting by Guled Mohamed in Mogadishu and Tsegaye Tadesse in Addis Ababa) Tiscali

Waa niman dhergey. Dhulkiina waa ololayaa

Originally posted by Tahliil: I just want to know the psychology behind such act. What did he say that was so bad that he had to resort headbutt in a final game where Henri and Vieri are already benched..? Still a great player, still a magic in the pitch, still a huge fan but what on earth did that guy say to ZZ that made him go wild like that........I am curious....Did those sideline Mikes pick the exchange???what happened? Some newspapers are saying the Italian player angered Zidane by calling him a "dirty terrorist" which is an apperent reference to his religion. "That is abolutely not true. I am ignorant. I don't even know what the word[terrorist] means" said the Italian player today.

He beats Canavarro and that is great indeed. PS: I just found out the fourth official who told the referee (after seeing the video replay --- which is illegal) that Zidane committed the foul was actually from Spain. hmmm.... He denied seeing the video off course .