I am rejoicing, never been happy in a match this much... Back in 2002 WC , I was watching the Final game BRA VS GER in a room full of Brazil supporters, si xun baa la iigu wiirsaday and I don't take that well... Tonight again, my friends were all Brazil supporters again but they knew there was a good chance of BRA losing but not this sweet sweet win..... Brazil's game was the worst in their history....Any team would have won if they played with the right attitude as the Germans...but only they can score that much..

reiteration .... We need to clarify one thing, by benevolent dictatorship we don't mean an arrogant,ignorant, self absorbed leader who will function on the whims that his brain dicatates and drive people awry.... What we mean is a man who will not be bend by his tribal disposition, starting from pleasing "oday dhaqameedyada" (I am pretty sure at least half of the Somaliland presidential office budget goes as a form of bribery to Sultans) .. At the same time that leader should only lead the country forward, and his mere compass will be SCIENCE!!! and true Islamic and Morals. As Galbeedi mentioned, the Somaliland administration is semi-dictatorial with president having an absolute power and Somaliland is on the right track. What is needed in Somaliland is new a breeze that replaces the old dogs reinventing themselves in new names. ......Bottom line is I am fed with pleasing the tribalism infested Sultans...Tribes are members of a country, the good and bad should equally affect members of the country regardless of reer hebel and it does.....No tribe have benefited from the Civil war, we all lost, we should understand that the prosperity of our neighboring tribe means our tribe's prosperity, dadku ma kala maarmaan....Let us grow up, what is difficult about that..........(Everything!).....The man (or men) to lead us out of our quandary should understand and teach such principle.

<cite> @YoniZ said:</cite> You must be laughing or have very short memory...tell me what people thought about Siyad when he came to power. . I was not even born during that time .... but the account of those who witnessed the transition and in poetry from that era, people welcomed Siyad barre's Coup... Timacadde says.. Madaxdaan u hilowney haddii aan maanta haleellay hor-wadeenka Siyaad iyo hanadyaal ka sokeeya waxay haybinayaan iyo taladay hinjiyaanba adigaa haya khayrka e Rabbiyoow "haye" noo dhehoo nooga hiili kufaarta! Also for Timocadde -Dhimasho iyo noloshaa isu jira, labada dhooloode -Dhako meyd markay yeelatey baa geeshku dhiidhiyaye -Dhurwaayada kuwii naga xidhxidhay, way na dhiciyeene -Dhammaantoodba waa u mahad naqnaa, kuna dhawaaqnaaye Another Poet "Qaasim" describes how corrupt the government were before the coup.. Casha aan fogeyn waxays beddeli ciidan fara weyne Caaddaa rag koraybuu nabsigu hoos u soo celinne Caanuhu dhawaan way ka quban ciil dar loo qabaye Inay Curaddo khayr lihi kacaan ciiddan la arkeeye The Revered Somali poet "Af-Qalooc" ... Saciim buu Afriiqiya u yahay saadiq aaminahe Sida qamarka oogada socda bay sare u eegaane Sawdkuu la yeedhiyo codkaa loo sid tiriyaaye Seeftii nasriga iyo wuxu sitaa suuratul ikhlaase Sagal hooray buu noo yahay iyo seermaweydada e Sidii lagu tilmaamaba runtii uga sinaad roone Sidaasay dadweynuhuna kalsoonida dhab ugu siiyeene During the early 70s, Siyaad barre initiated somali industrialization, empowered nomads and farmers.don't forget the somali script and the epidemic of education that swept the country. He transformed the country. But the problem was what came after that, the Ethiopian war, the prosecution of civilians on their clan affiliation, The widespread prejudice, the Communism. I believe If siyaad barre was a little more enlightened or at least lived in the 21st century he would have been better man.

Helmiyay oo Helmiyay oo amaantiis heli waayee Hoosiisaw Midabkaagu Ma habeenkiyo waagoo Kala haayirayaa? Halgaraadka guntiisiyo Guudkii buu ka cadaadee Ma galool ubaxlaa? ~Cali bucul

yaan lagu wareerin....Don't crack under pressure, you are the who will get married , marry in your own pace and speed and to whomever you want, don't please somebody by running to marriage...

@Apophis...Are you basing your argument on the fact that Europeans have killed (more than 60 million) and ISIL did not do that...Well Here are many other things the Europeans have done and ISIL did not do and will never do. *Invade other continents and try to wipe the natives (ISIL will implode before going anywhere) *Come up with great scientific theories and inventions leading to the gadgets you enjoy so much ..well ISIL do not have interest in anything scientific (Contrary to Islamic teachings) *Freedom of worshiping; Something I heard you are fond of, yet ISIL do not have room for other muslim denominations let alone non-Muslims and worst of all anyone with a drop of atheism...Islam on the other hand always promoted freedom of worship ... Europeans promote religious freedom although I feel its being forced down the throats of many. My point...Your comparison was a cheap shot my dear SOL-er and I can always make the same useless comparison as I did right now...But the fact will never change, ISIL are on the wrong path and somebody should say something about it...

Djibouti is a good example how people of different ethnicity can live harmoniously...As long as the growing corruption and unemployment are tackled by the government otherwise that is the time bomb threatening Djibouti's harmonious environment.

So we all agree on the "Good dictatorship" Module... Also As Mr.Galbeedi said "Leaders reflect the masses"...Here is an anecdote. Back in the last Somaliland parliamentary elections, our subclan have endorsed the candidacy of some Mudane. The mudane had no for formal secondary education hence he counterfeited a secondary school certificate to meet the - low bar - National election commission eligibility criteria. The man was no orator and couldn't even support himself financially. A person like him might at least be a people's person, a charismatic tribal know-how, well he failed at these too. Still the subclan who had hundreds of much suitable candidates decided to put their full weight behind him, funding his election campaign and voting for him in astronomical numbers rendering him one of the Somaliland MPs easily. Nowdays Ninkaasi talada reerka isagaa meel kasta u fadhiya and even among the sub-clan he have no respect. Well that is only one example of how we make our own leaders, follow someone blindly and support them in the name of the lineage. .... it doesn't mean we lack appropriate or qualified leaders, they simply don't want to be there and WE don't want them there... Well another example that might enrage our friends here include, The support for Muuse biixi's presidency election from every layman and lawman of his clan, uneducated warlord that even his most feverish supporters will tell you he is incompetent...or Maslax siyaad for that matter, almost becoming the Somali president, A man rich of explanation...the examples go on and on...Dahir Aways, Indhacade (warlord turned Wadaad in a night), Morgan etc....... Its that clannish disposition we all have that is clouding us from seeing the reality. To find the right path, we need to exchange that with Nationalism,Religious globalism, logic or at least be apathetic about malignant clannish interests...anyways that is all another story.

somalis and the obsession with being Arabs......@Miyir its exactly as you said. logically, we would have Arab traces in our genetic pool, due to the long standing geographic proximity that would make genetic mixing easier. ... but at the same time all genetic data available on the internet that I have seen proved that we are everything but Arabs...Our language is Cushitic (Amharic is Semitic meaning same family as arabic), we share our phenotype with Cushitic speaking nations (we look like them and our culture is also similar in bucolic sense) and finally our genotype is closely related to that of the Oromo..... There is no single credible document mentioning Somalis as being descendants of Arabs.... This arab obsession (Quraish obsession) naturally stems from adherence to Islam, ... one might argue that the revered great great great grandfathers (sheekh reer hebel) were merely Arabic sheikhs that out of respect people have posthumously added their lineage to!!!..

I bet cidnaba ka hadli mayso dhibta Muslimiinta ku haysata Shiinaha....In dadka Ramadaan loo diidaa waa Jariimo wayn...Ilaahay ha u gargaaro...

In 1969 the Somalis everywhere were teeming with greater Somali Nationalism (Shanta Soomaaliyeed) decentralizing the country into federal states would have been viewed as non-patriotic act to destroy the nation...Siyad barre bare exploited that sense of unity,people cheered and chanted for him as he promised to tackle corruption to nurture the dream of greater somalia and to build a greater country...but again its important to record that he was Semi-illiterate, non-educated, arrogant, Army officer and actually considering his personal profile he did pretty good job!.. Al-shabab again were Another siyad barre hiding with a religious cloak, bunch of Macallin-quraans and former Afghan fighters who become Cannibals (good Mujahidiin Retired from the fetina long ago)...They had no worldly knowledge to run a country, Islamic-wise they lacked the basic Fiqh of al Waaqic... A man said once there is little that is National about SNM,democratic about SSDF, United about USC or Islamic about Alshabab..... We are not short of enlightened leaders what we are short of is people who will let them lead. the satirical comment may be true "Every country gets the country they deserve"...

@Galbeedi our problems can not be solved in a day and night the same way habits we learned and practiced for years take some other years to forget...What is needed is a carefully laden plan that will lead to a revolution or renaissance geared toward collective understanding of what governing is..what we need is blood transfusion, to infuse our governing bodies with God-fearing progressive leaders...Well you can't teach an old dog new tricks, the damage is done to the current ones...therefore we need new leaders, new generation of saviors... Another solution which is more viable in Somalia/Somaliland since there are no institutions nor the environment to train the next generation in the virtuous values is BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP! For example to have a man who is true reformer, who will not be bound by puny tribal affiliation or party allegiance but only by what is right. A man who many will be called a dictator but can initiate the wheel of progressive development, by making our courts functional! our law enforcement professional and our Ministers factual!. A man who understands what our people need and what the priority should be, a man who while being dictator but when the quota is reached and everybody rides atop the development wagon will step down for another to lead the way.....Examples such as Lee kuan yoo of Singapore, Mahathir of Malaysia and Park Chung-hee or S.Korea ....it comes with its own risks as we have tried before with the belated Siyad barre regime but if Barre had just more wisdom and put national unity and prosperity ahead that of his egoistic and clannish mission we would have been in a better condition.

you Wake up one morning to the sound of a Caliphate announced by ISIL, watch the declaration video through youtube, familiarize yourself with the so-called your caliphs again through youtube (the enemy's media!). A caliphate marketed by different brands of executions, mass shootings and amateur militia courts. On the other hand 28 different nations with different religious doctrines, languages and peoples, not long ago were all involved in massive wars, decided to gradually intertwine to an amalgam of economic unity yielding the largest free market in the world, virtually freedom of movement , enact legislation in justice and home affairs and maintain common policies on agriculture, manufacturing and security. This Amalgam is known as the EU. The EU Caliphate! is what you get when carefully planned visions and missions are executed. Not the whims of a youtube caliphate with no understanding of the real geo-political situation and worst of all, Ironically a caliphate determined to spread by a spoils of war "Ghaniima" machinery from the west against another gift war machinery also from the West.. American Humvee against American Humvee.... A youtube caliphate with no understanding of what Caliphate is, a caliphate with surreal sentiments that we observe in patients during rounds in psychiatric hospitals claiming to be the awaited "Al-Mahdi", that patient is not to blamed as everyone knows and sympathizes with the health difficulty they are going through...but for the youtube caliphate, Chants of support and oaths of allegiance appearing through my facebook feed every now and then , not from the ton of Arabic friends I have but from my kin and blood the Somalis.... Most of whom feverishly take every opportunity to debase Al-shabaab. Are they missing the point that if Al-shabab are bad, ISIL are worst not worse, If Al-shabab are cancer (waa sida ay yidhaahdeene!) ISIL are metastatic cancer that spread all over the body..... Things will be better for ISlam. that statement will be true when we are united, when we understand that through knowledge we can overcome, not through the AK-47 that we don't even make, Through deep understanding of Islam and finally by having no underlying agendas such as sectarian,tribal,geographical or ethnic inclinations adulterating our noble cause in making this planet or universe a better place for EVERYBODY (لا إكراه في الدين), a place where the almighty is worshiped ,,,thus the concept of عمارة الأرض ورعاية الكون..... Good example to look at will be our own history, to glance at our own Islamic Caliphate that spanned a millennium. the peak of enlightenment for the whole wide world while Europe were in what they call the European dark ages. .... when the Islamic world became infested with Arab nationalism the Ottomans leaning towards ethnic dominance, Muslims in the East started having seperate identity, Islam crumbled from inside and it can rise from the inside again...crumbled to the changing hearts away from the Unity of Islam to myopic ethnic and sectarian agendas..... May Allah Guide our brothers ISIL to the right path...May Allah guide us All to the right path... Ramadan Karim

I like USA optimism probably due to lack of 'soccer' knowledge but they believe in their team....Table about what fans think about team that will win world cup.

The nauseating banter by the Lady reminds me of this picture...The same ideology, We respect their rights but we are not the same.... Ironically the fact that this thread receives no discussion is alarming (considering the dwindling popularity of Somaliaonline nowdays)... Allaha Xumaanta qalbiyadena ka daweeyo

- Awal buu qaldamay shaah ninkii, koobabkow qoraye - In qiyaamo loo sii ceshaa, ma ahan qaynuune - Qalbiguu wax yeelaa markuu, qaar madow yahaye - Qarka jooji maandhey hunguri, qaadan bay wada'e ~Nin xaraaro dubatay!.

Nin laqwiyey tashigu waa ka lalay laguna leecaanye Hadaan luqunta beri taagi jiray liicday adhaxdiiye Nin laboonti sheegtaba sabaan laarriyaa heliye ~Salaan Carrabay

@Cidanslutan, Waa run The video is too graphic...I have removed it.. on the other hand there is no justification for this kind of action and let me get my point clear. I understand that frustration and prejudice were the precursors to such widespread reaction but the travesty that they are ISLAMIC or fighting under the banner of Islam is becoming a trend, a dangerous trend that is....Remember Xarakadii Ahlu sunna wal jamaaca ee gobolada dhexe, that is what ISIS is with doses of Al-shabab Extremism... Magacaas Ilaahay ee lagu qadhaabanayo ayaa i gubaya inaadeer.... Qabyaaladaynta diinta ee waayadan ina wareerisay...

{Removed for Extreme Content) Checkout this video cidansultan (Graphic scenes)...The men admitted under the tip of gun they work as Border Security, when they got shot the leader of the group utters they are the "WORST"..This reminds of Al-shabab beheading Muslim Somalis for Just being a government employee.... Waxa ugu daran...After this heinous crime they shouted "Dawlat al islaam"...Since when Islam is erected on the blood of other Muslims or blood of any humans for that matter. ISIS are blood thirsty former ba'this wearing the Cloak of islam as Former USC Militias claimed Alshabab affiliation...

"Gorayadu Ilmaheeda, Aroori bay dhigtaayoo, Aboodigu ku laayaa" "Shimbirtuna aroosay, Ilo-xidhoo amaana bay, Ubadkeeda seexisaa" Kala awrran labaduye edebtiyo aqoontiyo Asluubtay isku dhaafeen Caqligii wanaagsani itaal inuu ka roonyahay bal eegoo u fiirsada "Ilka-waynaw maroodigu, arradaadu mirtaabuu, cadawgu ka ugaadhaa" "Aboorkuna dundumadaan, aragnay buu dhistaayuu, Naftiisa ku ilaaliyaa" Kala awrran labaduye edebtiyo aqoontiyo asluubtay isku dhaafeen Caqligii wanaagsani itaal inuu ka roonyahay bal eegoo, u fiirsada. ~Ereyadii Xasan Sh. Muumin (AUN) heestana waxa ku luuqeeya Hibo nuura

36. Baribaa dadkuba qaawanaa dibad ku noolaaye 37. Ooy daaqayeen cawska iyo darista geedaha e 38. Dareemada marbay ugu koreen duudka buuraha e 39. Dalanbaabi iyo guuldariyo dooga cunidiida 40. Danbaa galisay inay raadiyaan nolol ka door roone 41. Dugsi iyo markii ay heleen dab i iftiimaaya 42. Duunyadiyo markii ay dhaqdeen bahaladii duurka 43. Ugaadhiyo markii ay dabteen deeradiyo cawsha 44. Beeraha markii ay degeen orodki may dayne 45. Damacbaa hogaanka u qabtoo door labaad raraye 46. Daar iyo markii ay dhisteen aqalo daah wayn leh 47. Markab aan dagayn iyo markii doonyo lagu dhoofay 48. Sabarayn dabaashiyo markii qalab lasii daayay 49. Nin waliba markuu daadsadee kibir la daanshooday 50. Yaa niman dalxiis ugu keceen meel dusheena ahe 51. Sawaariikh dilaantiyo rag baa guudka loo diraye 52. Duhur kaliya bay sii socdeen daala may arage 53. Dayaxay habeenkoo badh tagay degel fadhiisteen 54. Maantana dhulkii sii durugsan baa dirirka muuqdaane 55. Dabagaabahaa lagu socdaa awrka doobta lehe Durdur, Hadraawi

melting pot for multiculturalism turned to Tribal cesspool.

Alqaida Disavowed ISIL http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/199979 When you have AlQaida accusing an organization of being extremist you know something is not right...

sentiments detached from reality........Well Who were the pirates determined to perform a heinous act? Soomaalida..Who went to the international waters (by international agreements) again not for mutual or individual benefit but in pursue of inflicting harm? Somalis,.. Who terrorized peaceful humans minding their business? Again reer tolkaa, Somalis... Gaal dil gartiisana sii , I give the director of Captain credit for going the extra mile and hiring proper looking - talking Somalis as opposed to the Black hawk down hogwash whom had no relation to the average Somalis. it was out of courtesy instead it would have been wiser (budget-wise) to get few other Africans to portray us. depicting that the captain was kinder is a film strategy, even the pirates were shown to have instincts of humanity.... Well Everyone who principally do not agree that pirates are criminals is a hypocrite. what they did was also legally and morally wrong.Again, it was not their fault that we don't and cannot protect our shoreline from East asian and chinese fisheries.....

let the numbers speak...