I will tweet a short message. Nomads, please don't post the gruesome stoning video on SOL because it is against SOL rules to publish such content. UPDATE New information has come to light about the graphic video of a man being stoned to death near Port Elizabeth. It seems this may not have been Somali shopkeeper Ahmed Abidi as we previously reported. Police say this may have been a different incident of mob justice in Booysens Park, that happened a few days ago. In the footage, which was cut into still images, a man is seen being stoned to death by at least three people, one of them appears to be a schoolboy of about 12 years old. A relative of Ahmed Abidi, who was stoned to death on Thursday, says this does not look like him and he was wearing clothes at the time he was found. Police are now trying to determine who the man in this footage is, when he was attacked and who was responsible. -eNC

A moment of pure TV greatness. This must be the best Graham Norton Show. Alfonso (Carlton) rules!!!!!! Will Smith took over the show. Bradley Cooper and Heather Graham (hair dancing) were funny. The complete interview

lool@Baashi. Dahabo waxaan is lahaa Garaadkii Baashi ayaa garanayee, ma la soo ogaaday inay Kismayo degan tahay Awoowe? Awoowe, I recall when the election of Hassan Sheikh was greeted as ushering in a new beginning for a “rising” nation. It is unbelievable how the “phoenix” we were all cheering for is today at a frightening crossroads of “block vs. block”. If anything, the squandered goodwill, the “Zero-Sum Game” and the clannish sentiments in display at Villa Somalia teach us one important lesson: the value of good counsel. It is my hope our president seeks the good counsel he badly needs. Xiinoow, waakaa Cayne shaati kuu soo huwaday. Is that how it is done nowadays? Gartay!!

Baashi;952699 wrote: I'm impressed Reer hebel, wacade, turub baray They get a trojan horse slip in the cover over the dark by a boat and after 12 days decalre himself a president! (3) Dahabo Olad -- mother of eight & Safia Ali Said -- a shopekeeper (folks on ground zero) tell like it is They conveyed their assessment over the mobile phone. Maxaa kuu baxay ? Adduun ! lol@ground zero. Dahabo made me laugh Awoowe. Classic indeed! Xiinoow, what platform does Caynte have?

A huge blunder indeed. Such statements, if true, were not needed.

This is quite troubling indeed. Who is doing this and why?

This is classic. Adeegto - by Maxamed Xasan Aw Cismaan READ IT HERE

Job well done to the Boston police for capturing this coward terrorist.

Being in the middle of Kismayo’s political squabble is not an easy position for anyone to be in, but getting out of the political clutter created by the President required tough leadership from the PM; a leadership that would have defined his tenure. If the rumors within earshot of these fora have any credence, the visit was a wasted opportunity for the PM. He has failed to move the needle by any meaningful dimension. We shall see!

Interesting indeed! Xiin, just few days ago, President Faroole talked about Jubbaland and he was guarded in his talk, perhabs trying to give the FGS the benefit of the doubt. The latest release hints that Puntland has given up on the FGS when it comes to the issue of Jubbaland. Gloves seem to be off, but will the punches stick? Time will tell.

^^ If they are not "ethnic somalilanders", the good Xaaji would just pity them as "koonfurians".

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xiinfaniin;918097 wrote: Arbaco, February 13, 2013(HOL): Dagaalkan ayaa wuxuu magaalada Baydhabo ka dhacayaa iyadoo uu jiro khilaaf xooggan oo dhinaca maamulka ah, That explains it.

Folks are busy attacking Xiin, but I still haven't seen any convincing argument as to why we should lift the arms embargo against a nation that currently lacks the infrastructure and the unifying headship required to tread such petrifying subject with the utmost care. As many of you are fully aware, the scars of the old wounds are still present. Our country needs a strong and disciplined police force and independent judicial system. I personally favor the bottom-up approach to rebuilding the country. Lifting the arms embargo today is a top-down approach and is not the route to a meaningful progress. Let the civilian institutions reestablish and return from the abyss and we will worry about acquiring fighter jets and battle tanks later. We need schools, hospitals and a functioning local governance.

"There are 49 countries with their powerful military failing in the fight against the mujahideen, and now this prince comes and compares this war with his games, PlayStation or whatever he calls it. This is a serious war, a historic war, resistance for us, for our people. But we don’t take his comments very seriously, as we have all seen and heard that many foreign soldiers, occupiers who come to Afghanistan, develop some kind of mental problems on their way out. ” - Taliban ouch.

*Blessed;910677 wrote: Yaa salaam, man degi lahayn laakin dhowr casho ayaan ku nasan lahaa. How far is this from Istanbul? Blessed, the lake-town is called Uzungol. It is part of Trabzon Province. http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=Uzungol,+Turkey&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.cGE&biw=1028&bih=812&wrapid=tlif135879801447110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Abwaan;909264 wrote: LST ayaantaan waa la waayey, yarka Suit-ka xiran oo Fiqi-ga la socda tolow ma adigaa? Abwaan. :). I've got little more hair than that guy. Islaanku wuxuu FIQI Bashiir Cabdulle Cusmaan ugu duceeyay masuuliyadan uu qaaday, wuxuuna dhamaan qaybaha bulshada gaar ahaan Beesha ugu baaqay in ay adeecaan hogaankan ay samaysteen islamarkaana ay sida ugu wanaagsan ula shaqeeyaan. SOURCE

Jaaliyada Somaliyed Ee Zambia oo Taageertay Fiqi Bashiir Cabdulle Cusmaan

Xafladii Caleema saarka Fiqiga oo si heer sare ah loo soo agaasimay kana dhacday Xarunta shirarka Fiqi Xirsi ee Jeedalow Bacaadweyn ayaa waxaa ka soo qaybgalay Isimada Gobolka Mudug oo uu hogaaminayo Islaan Bashiir Islaan Cabdulle, Nabadoonada, Odayaasha, Waxgaradka,Culima’udiinka Aqoonyahanka, Ganacsatada, Dhalinyarada iyo Hooyooyinka Beelaha gobolka Mudug. Waxaa kaloo iyaguna Xafladan Caleemasaarka ka soo qaybgalay Wafuud ka socotay Dawlada Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya iyo Dawlada Puntland ee Soomaaliyeed oo ka qaybgalka shirkan loo soo wakiishay waxaana ka mid ahaa Wasiirka Caafimaadka Puntland Dr. Cali C/laahi Warsame, Wasiir ku xigeenka Arrimaha gudaha ee dawlada Puntland mudane Cali Yuusuf Cali Xoosh, Wasiiru-dawlaha Maamul wanaaga Puntland mudane Maxamed Faarax Ciise Gaashaan, Wasiirka Shaqada, Shaqaalaha, Dhalinyarada iyo Cayaaraha ee dawlada puntland mudane Cabdiwali Xirsi Cabdulle (Indha-guran), Wasiiru-dawlaha Amniga Madextooyada Puntland mudane C/qani Yuusuf Cilmi, Wasiir ku xigeenka Deegaanka mudane Burhaan Cilmi Filig, Wasiir ku xigeenka maaliyadda Puntland C/raxmaan Maxamuud Xaaji Xasan, Wasiir ku xigeenka Duulista Hawada iyo Garoomada Puntland C/qani Geelle Maxamed iyo Wasiir Bashiir Maxamuud, Wasiirka Haweenka iyo Horumarinta qoyska dawlada Puntland Marwo Xaliimo Xasan Cismaan, guddoomiyaha gobolka Mudug Maxamed Yuusuf Jaamac Tigey, Duqa degmada Gaalkacyo Siciid Cabdi Faarax, guddoomiyaha Bacaadweyn Siciid Maxamed Jamac iyo xubno kaloo farabadan oo ay ku jiraan masuuliyiin horay xilal kala duwan uga soo qabatay dawlada Puntland. puntlandpost

The well-planned coronation of Fiqi Bashiir Cabdulle was a momentous event for the Northern Mudug/Southern Nugaal community. My heartfelt congrats to the new Fiqi and the diaspora community and citizen volunteers that made this event truly possible.

I am not surprised by these stories at all. “Get out of my office.” True or not, that very statement sums up the essence of that era. All citizens were treated as subjects worthy of no dignity or respect. The systemic overreach by the "powerful" eventually stymied the progress of a whole generation, and led to ruin. It is the very reason that many, including my own family, took up arms against the regime. The constant humiliation was just intolerable.

Great for him. Welcome to North America ya Sheikh Shariif.

Abtigiis dumar badanaa isagu, Maansha SOL's Shabeelnaagood loogu yeer. :D It would have been a great travesty if STOIC's immeasurable integrity was compromised by this story. I was keeping a finger on the pulse.

I found this article interesting. George HobicaSyndicated travel journalist and founder of Airfarewatchdog.com I have a number of friends who work as flight attendants. One of them recently retired after 20 years flying for the most storied name in commercial aviation, while others work for less glamorous domestic U.S. airlines. I asked them what they'd tell their passengers if they could tell them anything at all, or what secrets they'd reveal only if granted complete anonymity. All I can say is that these people do not represent every single flight attendant in the skies, so if you're a flight attendant yourself, please hold your fire and don't shoot the messenger. But I didn't make this stuff up. What you read here may shock you, or make you laugh, I'm not sure which. 1. You know that coffee you ordered? It's actually decaf even though you asked for regular. We'd rather that you sit back, relax and fall asleep so you don't bother us too much. Our airline sent around a memo wondering why the decaf supplies were going so fast, noting that decaf costs more than regular coffee. 2. When we "arm" the doors on your aircraft, each flight attendant checks the work of his colleague at the opposite door. You've heard it a million times: "arm doors and cross check." Did you hear "crotch check?" It wasn't your imagination. We get silly sometimes. And yes, despite all the cross checking -- maybe because we're checking crotches instead -- once in a great while we screw up and we forget to arm the doors, which means the emergency slides won't automatically deploy if needed in an emergency. We can get fired for that. 3. Our airline used to pay us when we showed up for duty at the airport. That was eons ago. Then we got paid our measly hourly wage when the cabin doors closed. Then it was when the plane's brakes were released. Now we get paid only when the wheels leave the ground ("wheels up" in airline parlance). We don't even get paid when we're taxiing! There can sometimes be hours of delay between the time we show up for work and when we're airborne. Different airlines have different policies, but it's a way for them to save money. So when we greet you at the door, we do that for free. When we serve you your pre-flight drink, we do that for free, too. No wonder our smiles are so fake. 4. If a flight is late, the airline might have to pay us overtime. If the flight is going to be late anyway, we've been known to delay it even further in order make sure overtime kicks in, which on our airline means up to double the hourly pay. We might find some minor defect in the aircraft or use some other ruse to make up for the money we don't get paid waiting for take off. 5. Yes, we can upgrade you to business class or first class after the airplane's doors close. No, we don't do it very often, partly because on some airlines we have to file a report explaining why we did it, partly because there has to be a meal for you and partly because the forward cabins are often full. Who do we upgrade? Not the slob who's dressed in a dirty tank top. It helps if you're extremely nice, well dressed, pregnant, very tall, good looking, one of our friends or all of the above. 6. Please don't take your computer and a newspaper into the lav. It's gross and it means you're going to be occupying it longer than you should. 7. Please don't ask me what we're flying over. I'm as clueless as you are. I am not flying the plane. 8. Please don't do deep knee bends in my galley while I'm trying to work. You won't get deep vein thrombosis on a flight between Houston and Austin. 9. Jiggling your glass of ice at me won't make me dash to the galley for a refill. In fact, it makes me want to scream. 10. When I ask you what you'd like to drink and you ask me "Well, what do you have?" I want to answer "Not a lot of time." But you wouldn't like that. 11. I want to yank your headphones off your head after I've asked you what you want to drink and you've responded "huh?" three times. After the fourth time I just move on or give you a Coke. 12. Yes, we do ask the captain to leave the seatbelt on long after the turbulence has ended so we can serve in the aisles. 13. On night flights, we sometimes hold off on meal service as long as we can so that you'll be asleep and we'll have less to do. 14. All male flight attendants are not gay, even if they might look like they are. 15. We really don't like children. Not just your children, children period. Why do you think we chose a career where we spend half our lives away from home? 16. If you poke me, I'm going to poke you back. Harder! 17. Don't ask me where you can shove your bag. I've been waiting 12 years to tell you where you can shove it. Source