Turki is the architect of the armed Islamic movement in the country. The Al-shabaab boys will steer clear of antagonising this old man.

Somali music has been hijacked. The tradition of waaberi, durdur, iftin, horseed and other great bands has been abandoned. Our music has become similar to that of the Chinese; programmed keyboard qaylinaya iyo nin naag codkeed leh oo heesta soo xaday lee meesha wada yaacaya. All other instruments are nowhere to be seen. If you want to hear something creative, here is a talented guitarist - CAYDARUUS. Here is another song I like. It is by the true gentleman of Somali music - Ilaahay ha u naxariistee AXMED NUUR JAANGOW and Surqa Yareey.

Great to see young folks enjoying life. Well done!!

Woow. To witness the hard work of regular folks trying to undertake such a mammoth task of building a 54 Km highway for an isolated area in a devastated country is truly amazing. Nice job Hafunites.

Originally posted by Alle-ubaahne: including Val's constant PM. Val still loves me

Drill, baby, drill!

General Kibraani Hakiye bal aynu aragno wuxuu hakiyo.

Eid Mubarak.

EID Mubarak everyone.

Oo kuwa gadaal taagtaagani ma tukadaan miyaa iyagu???

^ Waar nimanku waa siyaasiyiin. Masaajidada iskuma rifaane, Hoos bay iska rifaan.

Haddaa miyay is rifi lahaayeen masaajidka dhexdiisa?

lool@Nuune and "geelka naagta ah". That made me laugh.

PRESIDENT AHMED QUITS? That would probably be the most likely option. Shariif has failed to bring peace to the country, and leaders are judged on what they accomplish. If you can't deliver the goods, it is generally expected you get out of the way.

Waryaa Gheelle, salaams Awoowe. Ramadan Kariim.

Good Stuff Shabeel. Thanks for the update. EID MUBARAK.

Sad news indeed. Ilaahay ha u naxariisto dadka la laayay.

This clearly exposes AMISOM's brutality. These guys will shoot anything that moves, and sadly civilians will pay the brunt of it.

^^

I know of few guys who did this. A friend of friend who is already married to an Indian lady was thinking of getting his second Indian wife this year. I heard he was going to move one to Dubai while the other lives in Seattle. Marrying Indian women is spreading like wild fire these days.

The Navy Base project will proceed, Inshalah, in the face of all these frantic attempts by some to derail it so as to keep the nation from making headway out of the status quo. If Shariif is behind Ibbi's unreasonable ventures, then surely the PM and Shariif will come to blows very soon.

These guys need to up their game. This is dumb stuff.

Ilaahay ha kala qaboojiyo ummaddaan.

Ilaahay ha kala qaboojiyo ummaddaan.

BERLIN — The gender controversy surrounding South Africa's teenage 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has been humiliating for her, the country's athletics chief said on Thursday. Semenya's rapid improvement over the past year, in which she has shaved more than eight seconds off her personal best in the two-lap race, prompted the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to order a gender test. "I will continue to defend the girl, I will continue to do anything, even if I am to be kicked out of Berlin, Germany, but I am not going to let that girl be humiliated in the manner that she was humiliated because she has not committed a crime whatsoever. Her crime was to be born the way she is born," said Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene. "And now people are not happy, and on that basis she is isolated like a leper, like she has got a disease that will affect other people, and I don't think it's proper," he told Reuters Television. The IAAF said on Wednesday, hours before Semenya was due to run in the 800 final, the procedure for gender testing had started. Powerfully built but smooth running, the 18-year-old clocked one minute, 55.45 seconds for the year's fastest time and a personal best by more than a second to win gold. SECOND OPINION "I think what they should have done is to protect her until the results are out and then we sit and look at it," Chuene said. "Because even if the results are out, if we sit and look at it, at home they would like to have a second opinion, these are her parents, this is not going to be a simple thing. "We are going to be dealing with a case where the parents are going to come in, where the government is going to come in strongly, and that is going to be the case and that is what I am saying as the head of the federation," he said. IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss, who replaced Semenya at the medallists' news conference, said an investigation into her gender was underway in South Africa and Berlin, adding the IAAF had allowed her to compete, giving her the benefit of doubt. "But one question is clear," Weiss said. "If at the end of the investigation it is proven the athlete is not a female, we will withdraw the result of the competition today." He added it could take weeks before a conclusion was reached. Chuene said the IAAF never officially approached South African athletics officials on this issue. "We have not been approached... these are the challenges and this is how we are dealing with the challenges, but we have not been approached officially." "If we have been approached officially I want to see the letter that says Athletics South Africa, this is a challenge, can we sit and talk. Therefore I am saying, maybe this case could have been handled better," Chuene said. http://www.vancouver sun.com/sports/Semen ya+humiliated+gender +controversy/1913961 /story.html