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2012/02/01 Ethiopian troops kill civilians in Beledweyne Four people were killed and two others were injured when Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne town opened fire on civilians at a bridge in the city, reports say. A woman and a primary school head teacher were among those killed during the fatal incident. . 24 January 2012 Mogadishu — The Ethiopian troops in the town of Beledweyn in Hiran region, central Somalia have deliberately shot and killed at least three civilians over 'Al-shabab suspicion', reports said on Tuesday. Shabelle Media reporter in the town say, the Ethiopian soldiers have separately killed on Tuesday afternoon three persons, including teenagers and a well-known businessman August 16, 2008 CNN Ethiopian forces in Somalia have killed at least 46 civilians after a roadside bomb ripped through their military convoy, residents said. The violence happened Friday on the road linking Mogadishu to the agriculturally rich town of Afgooye, residents said. Omar said he and others fled to the nearby forest as the Ethiopian forces began shooting everywhere. Some of the dead were recovered from the forest on the side of the road, indicating some passengers tried to escape the shooting, she said.

Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Somali Region of Ethiopia In its battle against rebels in eastern Ethiopia's Somali Region, Ethiopia's army has subjected civilians to executions, torture, and rape, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The widespread violence, part of a vicious counterinsurgency campaign that amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity , has contributed to a looming humanitarian crisis, threatening the survival of thousands of ethnic Somali nomads. The 130-page report "Collective Punishment: War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in the Somali region Area of Ethiopia's Somali Regional State," documents a dramatic rise in unchecked violence against civilians since June 2007, when the Ethiopian army launched a counterinsurgency campaign against rebels who attacked a Chinese-run oil installation. The Human Rights Watch report provides the first in-depth look at the patterns of abuse in a conflict that remains virtually unknown because of severe restrictions imposed by the Ethiopian government. "The Ethiopian army's answer to the rebels has been to viciously attack civilians in the Somali region ," said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "These widespread and systematic atrocities amount to crimes against humanity. Yet Ethiopia’s major donors, Washington, London and Brussels, seem to be maintaining a conspiracy of silence around the crimes." .

Human Rights Watch and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) produced before and after satellite images of villages razed to the ground in the Somali region by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopian soldiers commit of war crimes in Somalia Amnesty International on Tuesday said Ethiopian troops in Somalia are killing civilians and committing atrocities, including slitting people's throats, gouging out eyes and gang-raping women. In a new report, the human rights group, which is based in London, detailed chilling witness accounts of indiscriminate killings in Somalia and called on the international community to stop the bloodshed. The rights group said it had scores of reports of killings by Ethiopian troops. In one case, "a young child's throat was slit by Ethiopian soldiers in front of the child's mother," the report says. "The people of Somalia are being killed, raped, tortured. Looting is widespread and entire neighborhoods are being destroyed," Michelle Kagari, the Amnesty deputy director for Africa, said in a statement from Nairobi that accompanied the report. Haboon, 56, said her neighbor's 17-year-old daughter had been raped by Ethiopian troops . The girl's brothers tried to defend their sister, but the soldiers beat them and gouged their eyes out with a bayonet , Haboon was quoted as telling Amnesty. .

Abuse and terror in the Somali region The war-torn Somali region in Ethiopia is a land scarred by terror. An ongoing struggle for autonomy is being fought between the outlawed Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the Ethiopian military but it is not just ONLF members who are being brutalised. An undercover investigation by the Bureau and the BBC’s Newsnight provides new evidence of ongoing brutal human rights abuses by Ethiopian government forces. Today the area is a no-go zone for foreigners, the media and aid agencies. Instead, it is kept under strict Ethiopian government control, making it difficult to assess what is going on. But in Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world in northern Kenya, there are thousands, who have fled from the Ogden region, claiming to have been subjected to horrific abuses by Ethiopian government troops. Torture victims A grandmother in her 50s, told us that she was one of more than 100 civilians seized from her village in the Ogden by government forces in 2009. Some of the villagers were killed, including her son, and others were taken to jail. She says ‘I was raped’ by ‘a queue’ of soldiers. ‘They raped me in a room, one of them was standing on my mouth, and one tied my hand, they were taking turns, I fainted during this.’ Another victim described how she was eight months pregnant when government forces arrested her, then raped and beat her until she lost her baby. .

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Watch this space Carafaat. Indhahaanu kuu dilaacin.

Walahi don't thank me folks, I have done nothing to be thanked for! this is very painful and shameful, I hate that this is out situation... but pray that as and when we stray and bicker over little things or even add fule to the fire, this serves as a reminder to us all, myself included, of the pitifull situation of our people and land.

Whats the Somali fable again, something about and old (Somali) magician who was terrorising the local popualtion imprisoned between two hills. Now go back to the purpose of pyramids and look at the top of the below "hills". Naaso-hablood, two peaks shaped like pyramids, legendarily created by humans.

A young Somali girl stands in front of 70 freshly-dug graves for infants who fell victim to the famine. Source

Somali Olympic teams ayana soow diaa ma yeelaan?

in ay ka midyihiind dadka la la yahay, ilaa 10-dumar ah, waxaana la sheegay in Ciidamada amaanka Turkiga ay heleen dadkaas Qaar ka mid ah Sawiradooda oo la dhigay Koontaroolada looga baxo Dalkaas. Dhinaca kale Ciidamada bada Turkiga ayaa waxay Howlgaliyeen Doomaha dheereeya, si loo Helo dadkaas qaarkood oo la sheegay in saacadihii la soo dhaafay ay ka baxeen Turkiga, ayaga oo ku sii jeeda dalka Giriiga. :eek: lol

Caadi maahan, Somali Istanbul prison break. :eek: I can just see them running for the border

Qaarkood waa la waayay oo waxa loo maleeynayaa inay baxsadeen oo tahriib wadanka giriiga ku galeen :eek: http://www.widhwidh.com/widhwidhnew/Radio/2012/06/qaar-ka-mid-ah-ka-qayb-galaayshii-shirkii-istanbuul-oo-la-waayay/

Mahadsanid Sayid*Somal I assumed there were two.

Sayid' Qardhaawi don't be greedy with the info ee answer the Q

Funky building.

*Blessed;837191 wrote: Oday... Dance hall queens can let live but you're all up niqaabi sisters sweat and demand justifications for how they choose to dress. Interesting! NO I was against Pasho posh, Pasha Bazi and the forcing of women to wear a burka. There is a difference between freely choosing and being forced. But your point has been noted and taken, I shall reflect on it.

Qardhaawi I thought you would have responded to my thread about qardho http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/65349-Qardho-Castle-Fort

- Talk to & engage strangers! on the bus/tube/plane, in the store/library/airport, at work/college/university etc. Its fun, adventurous and it will open up new doors for you. Just try it, next time you are at a bus-stop or catching the tube start up a conversation with a random person. The other day I got talking to this commuter and i've not laughed so hard in recent times

Somali philosopher;837205 wrote: this is a dog eat dog world. It is indeed :cool:

- Don't live your life worrying about other people or how they think/regard/perceive you. You will truly lose out if this is how you think or live. Worry only about how Allah (SWT) the almighty thinks of you and that shall suffice. - There will be people in life who you don't get on with, people who don't and won't like you. Sod them, let them be what they are to you (nobodies) and proceed with your actions in such situations as though they were not there.

- When you are told something, always ask why, why why?! it will save you a lot of hassle and running around later. You will also be able to sniff out whether that you are being told is accurate/genuine/true/reliable etc. Don't take statements for their face-value. - Think critically. - Have an enquiring mind, search out new things/information/experiences/places. - Travel as much as time & resources allow you. By going to new destinations you will learn new cultures/languages, meet all kinds of people and most important learn about different/new ways of doing things, all kinds of things. Travelling is a very enriching experience and it is good for the mind and a stimulant for thinking.

- Failling to plan is planning to fail. But know that failure in that specific situation is not the end of the world. - Teach yourself to think methodically and systematically.

- Just smile/laugh/grin. A positive attitude attracts & inspires other positive attitudes and this creates/leads to positive & beneficial siuations. - Death is not something to be feared, nor is it something that you can try to avoid. Its an inevitable fact that is beyond your control, so why worry about it or let it affect how you live your life, the decisions you make or the actions you take. - Hone & have principles and live/stand by them. Have a moral compass of sorts. - Reflect on life, its situations and the actions/decisions that you have taken. - Learn from others' mistakes and your own mistakes.