Ethiopia 'set for Somali pullout' Mr Meles said the Ethiopians would withdraw in three phases Ethiopian forces are to start leaving Somalia "in the next few days", Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told the BBC. Ethiopia helped Somalia's interim government oust Islamists from the capital but has always said it does not want to stay long. Mr Meles said the first phase of the withdrawal could start now that several key warlords had disarmed. The African Union is meeting to discuss sending a peacekeeping force to Somalia to replace the Ethiopians.

Maasha Allah. May Allah keep him and the rest of Mujaahidiin free and safe from enemy hands.IA

"Everyone believes Ethiopia is only after its own interests in Somalia. I don't see any popular support for the new government." Tell that to the warlord, Barrre Hiraale who said"Meles waa sokeeye" and warlord Qanyare who said "Ethiopia hasii joogto inta ay ciidama African imaanayaan" and the worst criminal of all Aidiid who said Ethiopia and Somalia should join together with one passport and America should bring soldiers to Somalia". The competition of who can get even closer to the Ethiopian master is getting stronger and Abdulahi-Axmaar must be very afraid. What a shame.

Life in the Somali capital remains uncertain for people living under the fragile rule of the transitional government after Islamists were ousted from Mogadishu. BBC Arabic.com asked four Somalis about conditions in the city, how they viewed Ethiopian intervention in their country, and their hopes for the future. AFIA, MOGADISHU, RESEARCHER Safia, Mogadishu Life is harsh here because of recent events; and it's been made worse by Ethiopian interference. Prices are rocketing, unemployment is rising and chaos prevails. We feel afraid because there is a rampant lack of security. We see more assassinations and we hear more bombings; shops especially are being targeted. The government has stepped up its campaign to restrict our freedom of expression. I think they want to prevent the outside world knowing what has happened in Somalia. Of course there were big disagreements before [under the rule of the Union of Islamic Courts], but at least that came within the context of freedom of expression. It is really terrifying here. Everyone believes Ethiopia is only after its own interests in Somalia. I don't see any popular support for the new government. With the worsening security and economic situation, khat [a mild stimulant] is once again openly on sale in the markets. I think the Ethiopian forces should withdraw and new negotiations should be launched between the disputing parties. If not, the government and the Ethiopian forces will suffer heavily, as the resistance is growing day by day. Members of the government are afraid for their lives. They are aware that they are not popular. They should pack up and leave. It is in everyone's best interests. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42461000/jpg/_42461085_mahmoud6666.jpg MAHMOUD ABDULLAH, MOGADISHU, CHARITY CHAIRMAN Mahmoud, Mogadishu I hope Ethiopia's interference will help solve our problems - even though no-one here wants or accepts Ethiopia's involvement. The Ethiopian forces should focus on helping the transitional government build infrastructure, achieve peace and generally create a state. The Islamic Courts radically changed things in Somalia. There was safety, peace and commerce. In other words, they brought Mogadishu back to life. However, the Islamic Courts did not really create a state or its institutions. They created a tribal regime instead. The Ethiopian presence is a reality we just have to accept. What really matters is that we get peace and security. The Islamic Courts should be allowed to return only as part of the institutions of a new government, and not on the basis of the tribal regime they adopted before they collapsed. I think life will go on, and the Somalis will manage. We have survived more than 15 years of worse conditions than this. MUSTAFA EL-SOMALI, SUDAN, STUDENT Mustafa, Sudan It is a very precarious situation there in Mogadishu. Humanitarian conditions are getting worse, as Somalis suffer from Ethiopian interference and American bombings. Violence breaks out and we don't know when it will finish. I think the dispute between the Somali government and the Islamic Courts is ideological, not based on power-sharing ambitions. Foreign interference is not new in Somalia. It's been there for a while. The road to peace in Somalia should start by ending Ethiopian, US and Kenyan interference in Somali affairs. Somalis should take power. The Arab League and European Union should be the ones who help the reconciliation effort. ZAKIYA ABDULLAH, MOGADISHU, STUDENT When the Islamic Courts were in charge, we had peace. I could go and visit people easily, and move around without being afraid. It's true they banned cinemas, but people didn't complain about that. There are no such restrictions on cinemas now. However, we need to wait and see what the new interim government and Ethiopian forces will do. I don't mind foreign intervention if it improves the situation here. Otherwise, the intervention should stop. Life is difficult, but not as bad as it was before. We do have a problem with freedom of movement. I hope this improves.

As expected the Ethiopians are fleeing from Somalia under fire and the news coming from Somalia indicates Yeey will not be far behind.

Warar Sheegaya In C/laahi Yuusuf Si dhuumaaleysi ah Uga baxay Muqdisho Posted to the Web Jan 17, 02:18 Muqdisho (Aayaha.com) 17.1.07 - Warar aan ka helnay ilo kala duwan ayaa sheegaya C/laahi Yuusuf Axmed habeenimadii xalay si dhuumaleysi ah uga baxay magaalada caasimadda ah ee Muqdsho kadib markii la sheegay in qeybo ka mid ah magaalada Muqdisho ay isaga bexeen Ciidamadii Itoobiyaanka ahaa ee sida xoogga ah ku soo galay dalka Soomaaliya. Aayaha.com oo u kuurgalay jiritaanka warka sheegaya in C/llaahi Yuusuf uu habeenimadii xalay si dhuumaaleysi ah uga baxay Muqdisho ayaa ogaatay in dhab ahaanta warkaasi kadib markii ilo kala duwan ay xaqiijiyeen hadalkaa. Wararka qaarkood ayaa sheegaya in uu nafsaddiisa u baqay, mar haddii ay meesha ka bexeen gaaladiii uu isku haleynayey ee uu markii horeba shacabka Soomaaliyeed kusoo hogaamiyey. C/llaahi Yuusuf ayaa bixitaankiisa dhuumaaleysiga waxaa la sheegay in idaacadaha Muqdisho lagu amray in aaney tabin karin warkaas, maadaama uu yahay mid si qarsoodii ah uga baxay Magaalada Muqdisho. Hadal haynta ugu badan maanta ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa ah mid la xiriirta bixitaanka dhuumaaleysiga ah ee dagaal ooguhu uga baxay magaalada Muqdisho. C/laahi Yuusuf ayaa la isla dhexmarayaa in uu aaday magaalda Baydhabo halkaas oo ay xarun ka dhigteen kooxda Mbagathi ee uu isagu hogaamiyo, halka warar kalena ay sheegayaan in aan la garaneyn meel uu aaday mar haddii bixitaankiisu uu ahaa mid dhuumaaleysi. Ciidamada cadowga ayaa iyana isaga baxay qeybo badan oo gobolada dalka ah kadib weeraro qorsheysan oo ay kala kulmeen xoogagga xaq u dirirka Soomaaliyeed oo kaashanaya shacabka, iyadoo weerarkii ugu dambeeyey ee ay xoogagga xaq u dirirka la beegsadeen cadowga uu ku reebay uur kutaalo weyn iyo dhimashada sarkaal sare oo ka tirsanaa hoggaamiyeyaasha ciidamada Tigreeda, taa oo sabab u noqotay in ay si deg deg ah uga baxaan qeyb ahaan magaalada Muqdisho iyo qeybo ka mid ah gobolada dalka Soomaaliya. Aayaha.com Xafiiska Muqdisho

^Hadal yuusan kaatagin. Read the latest news, the Tigree masters of Abdulahi-Axmaar are fleeing from Somalia as we speak..

HornAfrik media, A Somali-Canadian success. INDEPTH: A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Somalia: Brave new airwaves CBC News Online | February 19, 2004 Reporter: Carol Off | Producer: Debi Goodwin From The National Feb. 17, 2004 Somalia is a country with no government, no apparent help from the outside world. The capital Mogadishu is ruled by warlords, freelance militia, and a lot of guns. But in this chaos is a voice of hope, make that many voices. They come from a nascent radio and television network created by a group of Somali Canadians. They believe giving voice to the people can make a world of difference. A reporter, a cameraman and a gun are the elements needed for a Somali television crew to head out for their day's work. There are a lot of stories to cover on the war-torn streets of Mogadishu and only one way to get the job done. Under the protection of private security forces, hired gunmen. It's a holiday in Somalia and the TV crew is assigned to go into the marketplace and gauge the public mood. This is a light story, but no one lets their guard or their gun down. While the reporter learns about bargains in men's shorts, someone else in the crowd expresses his opinion of the media-with a gunshot. The critic isn't sure he's got the message across, so he fires again. Trying to produce fair and objective media coverage in a country shattered by civil war and controlled by warlords seems almost impossible, but that's exactly what Horn Afrik Radio and Television is trying to do. It's the brainchild of three Somali Canadians who came home to give a voice to ordinary people. Operating out of a secure compound, Horn Afrik broadcasts over one television and two radio stations. It also transmits BBC and Voice of America programs. Ahmed Aden is the program director. He's one of three owners who launched Horn Afrik four years ago, believing the answer to conflict was communication. He went to Canada in 1989, fleeing the breakdown of Somalia. He found a good job working for the city of Ottawa. He bought a house and started to raise a family, but he couldn't forget his homeland. He says he was able to go back into the heart of the danger he had fled only because of the security Canada had given him. "If I was not able to adjust to the life in Ottawa or in Canada, I do not believe I would be able to come back here and do what I'm doing here," Aden says. "In fact, it is that confidence that you gain in Canada that allowed me to come back here and to do to take the level of risk and to do whatever I'm doing." He came home to be the news director in a media business with Canadian ideas. In defiance of Somalia's strict social codes, his employees come from all different clans and include a number of career women, something quite radical for this society. Reporters are dispatched to places where no one goes to help anymore, not even aid workers. On this morning, Horn Afrik investigates the story of a gang rape the night before in one of Mogadishu's many sprawling camps for displaced people. Women and children are consistently the victims of the chaos and anarchy in Somalia. Reporter Mohamed Hassan is one of the few people to ever ask the women what's happening. "She said that we are in fear. Sometimes they come here to rape, sometimes they loot our properties. We are in fear. There is nobody who's going to protect us," Hassan says of his assignment to interview the women. Horn Afrik is very ambitious. In a country without any government, its owners feel they have to do more than just cover the stories. They bring in community activists to help determine what collectively they could do to fix the problems exposed in the news. Ali Sharmarke is another founding owner. He had a good job in the federal Finance Department in Ottawa before he felt compelled to return here. "We see the media as a means to do a social change, and probably I can say now Horn Afrik is one of the best instruments for social change in Somalia," Sharmarke says. This transmission tower was only half built when the all-powerful warlords tried to take it down. Ironically, it was with help from their own clan that Horn Afrik's owners resisted. But warlords and their gunmen have attacked several times. The most devastating occasion when gunmen murdered Horn Afrik's driver. "We are in the middle of chaotic environment, and all of us through our activities, we are at the risk of getting killed. That's the reality," Sharmarke says. Not everyone has a gun in Somalia, but just about everyone has access to a radio. Horn Afrik reaches a broad audience of Somalis with programs modelled on ones from Canada. "One idea that stuck very strong with me in Canada is the idea of people talking to each other over the radio by phone, people able to call. I listened to all sorts of programs from Rex Murphy to CounterSpin to people talking to each other and people calling," Aden says. Meet Somalia's Rex Murphy. Filistine Imam hosts one of the most popular shows in Mogadishu, an afternoon call-in program where people have the courage to criticize the militias and gunmen who terrorize them. The broadcast is nothing short of subversive. "The two things that work for militia leaders is misinformation and an isolation," Aden says. "So they put you into a group, a camp, and say you are different, you are unique. Your problem is only your problem, and I am the only person that can help you with that. Here you had people talking to each other from different parts of the city, talking about the same issues." In another room, Farah Usef is working the phones for his As It Happens-style program called Today's Events. He's trying to interview warlords to ask them why they are stalling the Somali peace talks. "The call is getting through, but mostly they don't answer. Even if they answer, mostly they speak in a very rude language," Usef says. Usef has all their numbers as he works through his warlord directory. He has only a few hours to put together the show all by himself. So far, no interviews. Aden is more surprised that many warlords do talk to Horn Afrik and some have actually come into the studio. It makes him optimistic. "I can see people's attitudes changing from things that they never thought of yesterday that is possible today, and to me, the most powerful change comes from the mind," Aden says. Technology gives Horn Afrik a reach and a scope that the primitive warmongers of Somalia can never have, but that technology depends on things over which Horn Afrik has no control. For Usef, one of the phone lines is dead, there's only one phone line left and 45 minutes before the show. In the TV studio, an arts and culture show is just ending. They strike the set quickly getting rid of the flowers and the fluff to make way for the evening newscast. Jaytaye Osman Jaytaye is a switcher. When he was a child, he saw his father gunned down. His mother moved him to Canada. He came back here on his own to learn about his country. He was shocked to see the anarchy and destruction here. Horn Afrik is the only place that gives him hope. "You have all these different clans that work, are friends in the same place. Everybody gets along, and that's how Somalia should be, like Horn Afrik, but it's not right now," Jaytaye says. Horn Afrik is the small enterprise with big dreams of infecting Somalia with the values its owners acquired a world away. "What is more important than the education we get from Canada and America is the culture, culture of tolerance," Sharmarke says. "If we, rather than pulling apart and destroying, if we try to bring it [somalia] together and build it, it's more than enough." For 12 years, Somalis have lived in anarchy and violence, a country forgotten and abandoned by the rest of the world. But on the strength of those with the courage to go back, there's hope to talk back the night. Farah Usef finally got his warlord accountability interview. His show made it to air. The night lights up with the free exchange of ideas and a glimmer of hope. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/world/somalia.html

Bixista Degdegta ah iyo Bootintii Tigreega Arin in si Qotodheer loo Fiiriyo u Baahan http://qaadisiya.com/

Less than a month in Somalia, thousands of Dirty Tigree dead and Meles is now saying he will not wait African troops to arrive. The American envoy to Africa and Meles stayed away from Mog-Town for a reason . Yeey said Mog-Town is not a safe place after seeing his masters being hunted and killed in Mog-Town. Isku soo duuboo, Somali resistance too strong for the weak Tigree regime. Ethiopia oo ka baxaya Magaalada Muqdisho iyaga oo isku uruursanaya Balli Doogle 16 Jan 2007.Kolonyooyin Ciidamada Xabashida oo u qaxaya Ethiopia." http://www.kismaayonews.com/newsdetails.php?subaction=showfull&id=1168982247&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& From Aayaha.com 16.01.07 - Wararka caawa naga soo gaaraya magaalada Muqdisho iyo gobolada dalka qaarkood ayaa tilmaamaya in ciidamada cadowga Itoobiya ee dhowrkii usbuuc ee lasoo dhaafay haystay dalka ay bilaabeen in ay isaga baxaan magaalooyinka muhiimka sida Muqdisho, Kismaayo, Beledweyne, Gaalkacyo, iyo Cadaado. Wararka ayaa intaa ku daraya in ciidankii ka baxay Muqdisho ay qeyb ahaan gaareen oo ay haatan ku sugan yihiin garoonka ciidamada ee Balidoogle. Waxaa sidiisii u socon doona ololaha lagula dagaalamayo ciidanka cadowga, inta hal askari oo kamid ah uu ku sugan yahay ciidda Soomaaliyeed, sidii uu ku baaqay hoggaamiyaha xoogagga xaq u dirirka Soomaaliyeed Al-Sayid Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed (Xafidahullaah). http://www.aayaha.com/viewpage.php?articleid=3762 From Onkod: Onkod News, Muqdisho: Ciidamada Ethopiya ayaa sheegeen in ay ka daabulanayaan ciidamadooda wadanka soomaliya maalinta bari ah wax ka bilawdo warkan ayaa waxaa hada ku dhawaaqay Raisul wasaaraha Ethobiya isagoo u sheegay saxaafada Caalmka waxaa uu sheegay in uusan sugi doonin wax ciidan ah oo nabad ilaalin ah isagoo sheegay in uusan ku sii jiri doonin soomaliya http://www.onkod.net/ Dallasnews.com Ethiopians to leave Somalia Leader says country can't afford to be neighbor's peacekeeper 10:18 PM CST on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 The New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia said Tuesday that his country, one of the poorest in the world, couldn't afford to keep troops in Somalia much longer and that it was ill equipped to play the role of peacekeeper there. Associated Press An Ethiopian soldier had no shortage of ammo as he patrolled Kismayo, Somalia, on Tuesday. Ethiopian troops had been sent to check the rising threat by Islamic militants. Two hours after he spoke, two Ethiopian soldiers were gunned down in an ambush in southern Somalia in one of the first strikes of an anticipated anti-Ethiopian guerrilla campaign. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/010307dnintsomalia.11cfa81.html From wabishabeelenews: Meles Zenawi ayaa umuuqday nin culeys badan uu saaran yahay, isagoo carabka ku adkeeyey in kabixitaanka ciidankiisa ee dalka Soomaaliya uunan la sugi doonin ciidanka nabad ilaalineed ee laga baadi goobayo dalalka Afrika. "Jadwalki inoo yiil baanu ku soconeynaa. Sugimeyno wax yar oo ciidan nabad ilaalineed ah oo ciidankeena badasha," ayuu ku adkeystay Meles www.wabishabeele.com

"What is troubling is that there are some so unprincipled now our women's purity is a source for propaganda also!" Maybe your reaction and your quick conclusion would have been different if this ugly crime happened in Gedo(god forbid)and All-Gedo was the only site reporting the news. Or maybe reer Gedo as you said is not an Ethiopian target.

The forgotten victims of Somali-Galbeed. Extremely heart-breaking stories from people under occupation. Welcome to *SomaliGalbeed* Human Rights Committee Monday, Januray 15, 2007 III. Crime of Rape and Child Molestation Women and children are the most vulnerable groups to suffer abuse and violence in the ******. Many women were detained, tortured, raped, maltreated for being activists of the ****** Women’s Democratic Association or relatives of ONLF members. A number of children, were detained, tortured or molested by Ethiopian security forces as well. In August and September 2001, in Qoraxey, Wardheer and dhagaxbuur, members of Ethiopian Security forces raped a number of women, while in detention or out of detention.*khadra delivered few days before being raped. *Mohamed is a 9 years old boy. He was sexually assaulted. On 25 October 2001, in Garoonka, several girls were detained, tortured and raped by Ethiopian security forces. Among them were: On 20 August 2002, an under-age nomad girl, gang raped by members of Ethiopian armed forces. She was transferred to Qabridaharre hospital for treatment. ****has been severely damaged. On 03 September 2002, in Qabridaharre, Ethiopian forces abducted and raped them. They are being held in Qabridaharre military barracks against their will. Amina Weli Female Qabridaharre Civilian Fardowsa Ahmed HirsiFemale Qabridaharre Civilian In May 2003, Ethiopian police rounded up a group of young girls in Awaare, detained them in the police station, and then they were transferred to the military barracks at the request of the security forces. They extensively tortured and gang raped.*Three of them got pregnant as result of the rape. http://www.***rights.org/Crime_of_Rape_and_Child_Molestation.htm

Ethiopian tanks on patrol in Mog-town Shariif Xasan: “Maanta maalin ka xun ma soo marin Soomaaliya" "Kuwo dhuuni qaatiyo qaar dhabanna heysoo dheygagaa ka soo hara,y dhulka mee dadkiisii, alleylehe shil baa dhacay "Abwaan Soomaaliyeed.

Death and Destruction for Somalis Return of the Warlords By AMINA MIRE Somaliyaay toosoo Toosoo isku tiirsada ee Hadba kiina taag daranee Taageera waligiinee. (Somalia wake up, wake up and join hands together and we must help the weakest of our people all of the time.) --Somali national anthem. For the average western person, the current Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is just another military operation taking place in a distance land in the war against Islam terror. For Somalis, this invasion is nothing short of humiliating catastrophe. Somalis are deeply nationalistic; yet their nationalistic passion to towards their country did not prevent them from committing self-inflected genocidal civil wars which weakened their cultural fabric, political institutions and central authority so that after 16 years without functioning state, Somalia is today under the occupation of their most hated historical enemy, Ethiopia. The latest Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is a conflict is between the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and US-sponsored Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), a group of Somali warlords backed by Ethiopia and the US. After the 1991 collapse of central authority in Somalia and ensuing civil war, the ICU emerged as a grassroots organization in response to the lawlessness, violence in the country. In the absence of central political authority and using ,primarily, Sharia law and other traditional Somali values (xeer and dhaqan), the ICU were able to bring law and order throughout the country. They were also able to provide essential services such as healthcare and education. In this way, ICU courts were the only source of stability for civil society while warlords continue to terrorize ordinary Somalis. Whilst the ICU were able clean drugs and guns from the streets in their communities, many attempts to forge transitional government failed because squabbles over power sharing. The current Transitional Federal Government is the latest of many such fruitless efforts. In June 2006, the Islamic Union Courts assumed centralized control over many parts in the South, including the capital city capital, Mogadishu. This move came about partly after it was revealed that the CIA was secretly working with Somali warlords and Ethiopia to occupy Somalia. In the context, of post September 11, 2001 political stigmatization the Bush Administration had identified the IUC as a terrorist group. Many Somalis saw such rhetoric as a thinly disguised pretext for the US's desire to avenge the 1993 defeat of US Forces in Somalia. Despite U.S. cash payments to various warlords none was able to assert their authority over the population and bring law and order and security to the Somali people. On the other hand, the ICU was able to clear big urban centers such as Mogadishu, of guns and drugs off the street and also clean up the city. Seaports and airports opened for commercial business again after 1995. The Bush administration continued to treat the ICU as a terrorist organization and started courting its overthrow by using Ethiopia as a proxy state to do its dirty work in exchange for cash incentives for the warlords and for Ethiopia's leader, Meles Zenawi. Somalis have suffered so much already. Their country has been without central authority since 1991. There is not a shred of evidence that Somalia pose a security threat to the US nor there is any evidence that Islamists are providing safe heaven for Al Qaida or other terrorist groups. In the context of utter humiliation in the hands of their historical enemy, Ethiopia, the current US support of the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia will, most certainly, fan hatred toward the US. Meles Zenawi faces fierce opposition from various opposition groups inside Ethiopia who accuse him of illegal usurpation of political power, rigging election results, arresting his critics, in some cases, killing hundred of people taking part in peaceful protests against his political misrule. Thus, the sudden invasion of Somalia is a perfect strategy, for him to buttress his legitimacy as a national leader who can defend Ethiopia against Islamic terrorism. Internationally, he is able to position himself and his nation as a friend of the U.S .and Bush's strong man in the Horn of Africa in the US global war against Islamic terror. It is in this context, that Bush administration was able to quickly push through the Security Council the rather dubious resolution which gave Zenawi the green card to invade Somalia. Resolution 1725 on Somalia authorizes a regional force from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union (AU) to protect the weak Transitional National Government in Baidoa and provide training for its forces. It also authorizes partial lifting of the Somalia Arms Embargo of 1992. Many Somalis, who are not religious, saw their own safety and security improved under the rule of IUC. In addition, many Somalis in the worldwide Somali Diaspora support IUC for the same pragmatic reasons. Most Somalis were willing to give the IUC sufficient time to clean the streets of guns and violence. After restoring law and order back into the streets, it would have been possible, albeit slowly, to modernize some of their interpretations and the applications of Islamic Sharia. Besides, Sharia laws are already part of the Somali cultural value system. A large number of Diaspora Somalis were willing to return to Somalia, and rebuild the country, once peace and security were ensured. But now, we are back into the old, ugly days where teenage boys toting AK47s in the back of pick up trucks, used to terrorize the local population. It is hard to predict what future hold for Somalia; I can easily predict the following scenario. Meles Zenawi is a Christian, who draws most of his political power and military support from his Tigre tribe. As a result, his invading soldiers in Somalia are largely from his Tigre Christian tribe. These soldiers do not speak the Somali language; once deep inside Somalia, they will be exposed to attacks by the locals. Ironically, Zenawi's invasion of Somalia has killed any chance the weak transitional federal government might have had to rule Somalia. The warlords were hated before by all Somalis for their corruption. Now they will be despised as traitors and stooges for the number one enemy of the Somali people, Ethiopia. The history of the animosity between Somalia and Ethiopia is long. In this humiliating condition, Somalis will turn on each other; there will be endless recrimination, revenges and counter-revenges. The clan-based cloak and dagger power struggles will continue. Amina Mire's last article here was "A Somali Woman Discusses the Sharia Court and Her Cousin Who Leads It".She lives in Ottawa, Canada and can be reached at filsanidilhooyo@yahoo.ca

SOMALIA: CRUSADE NUMBER FOUR January 15, 2007 NEW YORK - `The US has opened a fourth front in the war on terrorism' the Pentagon announced last week, as if the US did not have enough failing wars on its hands with al-Qaida, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In a striking irony, F-18 fighter-bombers from the carrier `USS Eisenhower,' deadly AC-130 gunships from the US base at Djibouti, and Special Forces units attacked Somalia from sea, air and land. Other US units and FBI agents deployed on the Kenya-Somalia border. As America's latest foreign war began with air strikes from the giant carrier that bears this great president's name, no one seemed to recall President Dwight Eisenhower's magnificent farewell address in 1961 to Americans in which he warned against foreign entanglements and the growing political influence of the military-industrial complex. Very few Americans understood their nation had just invaded another in an act worthy of the late, unlamented Chairman Leonid Brezhnev. Much of Somalia has already been occupied by Ethiopia' powerful, US-financed army which invaded that defenseless nation, with Washington's blessing, under cover of the Christmas holiday. It is an open secret in Washington that the Somalia operation is to be the Bush/Cheney Administration's new model for war against recalcitrant Muslims. The White House failed to convince India or Pakistan to rent their troops for occupation duty in Iraq, but it has succeeded in using Ethiopia's army in Somalia. Ethiopia's repressive regime was only too happy to invade Somalia and received large infusions of aid from Washington. The Administration is duplicating the British Empire's wide scale use of native troops(`sepoys' in India; `askaris' in East Africa) in colonial wars. But is Somalia really a `hotbed of terrorism' as Washington claimed? The US-Ethiopian invasion of Somalia was sparked by last fall's defeat of corrupt Somali clan warlords. They had recently been armed and financed by the CIA to fight the growing popularity of local Islamists. The warlords had kept Somalia in turmoil and near anarchy for 15 years. Last year, a group of Muslim jurists and notables, the Union of Islamic Courts, managed to defeat the warlords and impose a rough form of law and order on many parts of chaotic central and southern Somalia. Northern Somalia is ruled by a secessionist government based around the strategic port of Berbera. The conservative Islamic Courts were sympathetic to pan-Muslim causes. But there is no evidence so far that they were involved in anti-American jihadist movements and had no identifiable links, as Washington claimed, to al-Qaida. Now, Somalis are seething with anger at America, providing yet more volunteers for jihadist operations. In fact, the Christmas US-Ethiopian invasion of Somalia threatens to ignite violence across the Horn of Africa. A handful of African Al-Qaida suspects in the 1998 bombing of US Embassies in East Africa may have been in Somalia, but going to war against a sovereign nation to try to assassinate or capture a handful of suspects is like using a nuclear weapon to kill a gnat and is sure to generate more anti-US violence. Air strikes by carrier- based US F-18's and AC-130 gunships killed between 50-100 Somali civilians but, apparently, no al-Qaida suspects. The real aim of the US air attacks was to destroy remaining fighting units of the Islamic Courts and clear the way for the US-imposed Somali figurehead government. The invasion and occupation of defenseless Somalia is the latest - but probably not the last - example of the increasing militarization of US foreign policy. VP Dick Cheney's new Pentagon golden-haired boys, Special Operations Command, elbowed aside the humiliated CIA and the feckless State Department and vowed to `drain the Islamic swamp' in Somalia. Thus begins President George Bush's fourth war against the Muslim World. Invading dirt-poor Somalia is Bush's last stab at military glory and a final effort to convince disgruntled American voters the so-called `war on terror' is a success. So also continues Washington's preference of only invading small nations that cannot offer much initial resistance by conventional forces: Grenada, Panama, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq and now Somalia. Afghanistan has only 29 million wretched people; Iraq about 26 million- two thirds of them in rebellion. The administration is again recklessly charging into a thicket of tribal politics in a remote nation it knows nothing about. US policy in Somalia is being driven by neoconservatives seeking war against the entire Muslim World, and self-serving advice from ally Ethiopia. Israel, which has maintained close intelligence, military and economic links to Ethiopia's regime, is also discreetly involved: it has long conducted covert operations in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea's western littoral. Eritrea's 1993 secession took away Ethiopia's natural access to the sea, leaving it landlocked. Ethiopia's strategic goals in Somalia may be to seize one or more deep-water ports, turn Somalia into a protectorate, and crush any Islamic movements that might enflame its own voiceless Muslims, who comprise half of Ethiopia's 73 million people. America's attack on Somalia recalls Afghanistan. The US is again blundering into ancient clan and tribal conflicts, using foreign troops and local mercenaries to defend a puppet regime without any popular support. US-Ethiopian intervention in Somalia is certain to re-ignite the murderous clan rivalries that brought it to the current state of anarchy. Like Afghanistan, Somalia was easy to invade, but may prove very difficult to rule, or eventually leave. Many Somalis saw the now scattered Islamic Courts militias as their best hope for stability and normalcy. Now they are back to zero - or worse. Like Afghanistan after the US invasion in 2001, Somalis have been slow to oppose invasion. But in time they could mount serious resistance to the new US-Ethiopian condominium over Somalia. >From 1899 to 1930, Somali mujahidin waged a fierce resistance struggle against the British, who killed a third of the native population. In 1954, Britain handed the Somali ethnic region of ****** to Ethiopia, thus assuring continued hostility between the two old foes. Now we have a new war, in a faraway place, could become yet another annoying, intractable headache for the west and yet another incubator of revenge-minded jihadis.

Abdulahi-Ahmaar "We see the city is in chaos. It's not safe," he said" source:mail and guardian online The more Xabasho dies the less Yeey feels safe. What a coward.

Latest news from Somalia...Ethiopians and their Somali slaves no where to hide. http://www.qaadisiya.com

The hunt to kill and capture dabadhilifs and their Ethio masters is just starting!! Habeennadii aynu ka soo gudubnay ayaa waxaa magaalada Muqdisho ka dhacayay qaraxyo is-daba joog ah oo qaar lala beegsaday fariisimo ay ku sugnaayeen Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka iyo kuwa Itoobiyaanka ah ee gacanta siinaya halka kuwo kalena lala beegsaday Hotello ay ku sugnaayeen mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya. Madaxweynaha Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed ayaa sheegay in uu dulqaadkii ka sii dhamaanayo, isla markaana aysan sii eegan karin in habeen kasta uu magaalada Muqdisho qarax ka dhaco, wuxuuna sheegay in ay tallaabo ka qaadi doonaan kooxaha ka dambeeya qaraxyada. Dhanka kalena, Koox Maleeshiyo ah oo hubeysan ayaa waxay weerareen Saldhigga Booliska Dayax ee Suuqa Xoolaha, halkaasi oo ay ku dileen qaar ka mid ah Ciidamadii Saldhigga joogay, iyagoo kadibna ka qaatay qori gacmeedyo ay Ciidamadu heysteen. Si Kastaba arrintu ha ahaatee, falkii nabadgelyo darrada ahaa ee xalay ka dhacay Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxay ku soo beegmayaa iyadoo maalintii Sabtida ahayd ee aynu ka soo gudubnay uu Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ansixiyay sharci dalka lagu gelinayo xaalad deg deg ah, kaasi oo awood gaar ah siinaya Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed iyo iyadoo ay maalintii shalay ahayd Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka Muqdisho ka fuliyeen howlgal hub uruurin ah. Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Mogadishu, Somalia

Maybe an 8 thousand African troops will be more successfull than the 30 thousand Ethios currently in Somalia!!

Somalia shuts down broadcasters There are several different radio stations in Somalia Somalia's main broadcasters have been ordered to close, shortly after the interim president set up a new team to end the "chaos" in the capital. Three top Somali radio stations and al-Jazeera TV are affected. They have been ordered to appear before the national security agency. A policeman was killed and a convoy of government and Ethiopian troops attacked in overnight violence. The president returned to Mogadishu last week, after Islamists were routed. "The city is in chaos. It's not safe," he said, as he appointed a mayor, Adde Gabow, and three other officials to run the city. Now I worry about whether the government will take responsibility for our safety Hassan Mohamoud Disarmed Mogadishu resident Somalia has not had an effective national government for 16 years. President Abdullahi Yusuf was elected at peace talks two years ago but has been powerless until Ethiopian forces helped drive out Islamists. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed reports that senior Islamist leaders may have been arrested after crossing the border into Kenya. Explosions Three local radio stations received a letter, signed by Mogadishu security chief Colonel Ahmed Hassan Ali, ordering them to close immediately: Shabelle Radio Radio HornAfrik Voice of the Koran radio. Correspondents say the radio stations have stopped broadcasting. Shabelle Media deputy chairman Mohamed Amin told the AFP news agency he was "disappointed" by the measure. Government spokesman Abduraman Dinari told another local radio station that those affected were "instigating violence", AFP reports. "We are not undermining the freedom of expression, we are ensuring the security of the Somali people," he said. The move comes days after the interim parliament - based in Baidoa - authorised the government to impose martial law in Mogadishu. The policeman was killed when unknown gunmen opened fire on a police station in the north-eastern Hurwa district. The convoy was heading to the police station when it was ambushed, sparking a 20-minute gunbattle, in which one vehicle was destroyed, witness say. The government is trying to restore order in Mogadishu "I have seen one Ethiopian military vehicle burning after it was hit by an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade]," said Shine Moalim Hussein. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan says that explosions could be heard in many areas of the city overnight. It is not clear who is behind these and other attacks but the Islamists vowed to launch a guerrilla war, as they fled the Ethiopian advance. Many armed Islamists are thought to have remained in the capital in hiding. The violence comes as an African Union delegation is in the city to discuss the deployment of peacekeepers. Ethiopia says it wants its forces to pull out within weeks. Over the weekend, the regional body, Igad, sent envoys to seven African countries, asking them to contribute to a proposed 8,000-strong peacekeeping force - Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Tunisia and Algeria. So far only Uganda has offered troops - 1,500 - although it needs parliamentary approval. Security fears BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says African leaders are concerned about becoming bogged down in a quagmire. The latest attacks followed an operation by government and Ethiopian troops to disarm Mogadishu residents. After years of conflict and lawlessness, many Somalia possess their own weapons. Hassan Mohamoud said troops entered his house early on Sunday and seized his Kalashnikov gun. "I bought the gun about 10 years ago in order to safeguard myself and my family," he said. "But now I worry about whether the government will take responsibility for our safety

Deaths as Mogadishu convoy attacked Ethiopia wants to withdraw its soldiers in the coming weeks [AFP] Several people have been killed after gunmen fired on a convoy of Ethiopian troops in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in the latest of a string of attacks in the country. A source for the government, which has said it wants African peacekeepers to be deployed as soon as possible, said on Monday that the attack happened the night before. The attack occured hours after Ethiopian soldiers helped government troops seize guns and explosives in a drive to restore order. The source said three Somalis were killed after two Ethiopian lorries were fired on in the northern Arafat area close to a hospital. He said: "Thirty minutes of heavy fighting followed. There are deaths on both sides." It was not clear who carried out the attack. Somali gunmen have fired at Ethiopian soldiers several times this month. "Guerrilla war" Ethiopia wants to withdraw its soldiers in the coming weeks but diplomats fear that would leave the government vulnerable to remnants of the Union of Islamic Courts, UIC, who have vowed to fight a guerrilla war. Somalia's stability is also under threat from competing clans and warlords seeking to re-create their fiefdoms. African Union officials arrived in Somalia at the week-end to finalise plans for a peacekeeping force. The African Union's Peace and Security Council agreed this week to increase the number of troops from a proposed 8,000-strong deployment and called on the international community to fund the peace mission. Uganda has said it is ready to provide the first battalion, but is awaiting the approval of parliament. Kenya, the chair of regional body IGAD, has sent top officials to several African nations to seek support for the force.

Dagaalo qaraar oo ka dhacay Muqdisho, haatanse qaboobay Posted to the Web Jan 14, 16:59 (Aayaha.com) 15.01.07 - 01:00 GMT - Wararka aroornimadan Isniinta ah naga soo gaaraya magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegaya in uu habeenimadii xalay dagaal qaraar ka dhacay degaano ka tirsan koofurta magaalada Muqdisho. Degaanka loo yaqaan Caymiska, warshadda baastada ilaa Suuqa Xoolaha ayaa la sheegayaa in ay ka soconayeen dagaalo iyo qaraxyo lala beegsanayay ciidmada cadowga Itoobiya. Khasaare isugu jira dhimasho, dhaawac, iyo gawaari kuwa mileteriga oo laga gubay ciidamada cadowga ayaa lagu soo waramayaa. Ugu yaraan laba gaari oo kuwa dagaalka ah ayaa lagu waramayaa in laga gubay ciidamada Itoobiya. Ciidamo saaran gaari Uuraal ah ayaa la sheegay in lagu qarxiyay wadada warshadaha, agagaarka washadda cususb ee Coca Cola, una dhow guryaha loo yaqaan Caymiska. Weerarkan kadib gawaari gurmad ah oo ka timid dhanka Suuqa Xoolaha jidka loo galay, halkaasoo uu dagaal qaraar ka dhacay agagaarka warshadda baastada, kaasoo sababay in ciidanka cadowga laga gubay ugu yaraan hal gaari oo kuwa dagaalka ah. Sidoo kale gawaari gurmad ah oo dhanka magaalada ka timid ayaa loo galay xaafadda Towfiiq, gaar ahaan agagaarka xaruntii Telefishinka, halkaasa qasaare badan loogu geystay. Aayaha.com oo 02:00 aroornimo waqtiga Muqdisho xiriir la sameysay dad ku sugan aagga uu dagaalku ka dhacay ayaa xaqiijinaysa in rasaastii leys weydaarsanayey ay haatan sii yaraaneyso, dagaalkuna u muuqdo mid qaboobay. Warar lagu kalsoon yahay oo soo garaya Aayaha.com ayaa tilmaamaya in ay dagaalkan ka dambeeyeen xoogagga xaq u dirirka ee ku sugan gudaha magaalada Muqdisho, weerarkuna uu qeyb ka yahay qorshihii uu horay ugu dhawaaqay hoggaamiyaha xoogagga xaq u dirirka Soomaaliyeed Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed (Xafidahullaah) oo uu ku sheegay in cadowga Itoobiya meel kasta lagula dagaalami doono. Lama ogaan karo khasaaraha dhabta ah ee gaaray cadowga, balse ilaa berri aroortii ayuu soo bixi doonaa warka oo dhameystiran hadii Rabbi idmo. Aayaha.com

Sxb this is just the begining of a long war of liberation. Muqdisho: Saldhig Booliis oo la weeraray iyo eedeyn loo jeediyay Maamulka G/Banaadir Email this Print this MOST POPULAR PDF version XML version TXT version Caawa abaarihii 8-dii fiidnimo oo qadar daqiiqado dhiman ayaa koox dabley oo ku hubeysnay gaari dhashiike ah ay weerar ku qaadeen saldhigga Booliiska Dayax ee hoos taga Saldhigga Hiliwaa, iyagoo halkaasna ku dilay mid ka mid ah ciidankii halkaas ku sugnaa ayna saddex qori ka furteen. C/risaaq Cali Iimaan oo ah saddex alifle ka howl gala saldhiggaasi, isla markaana ku sugnaa marka ay is rasaaseynta ka dhacaysay saldhigga masjid aan ka fogeyn oo uu ku soo tukanayay wuxuu sheegay in lagu soo weeraray gaari nooca Cabdi-Bilaha loo yaqaano oo uu ku xernaa qoriga dhashiikaha ay rasaas si kedis ah u huwiyeen ciidankii saldhigga ku sugnaa ayna qoryahoodii ka qaateen. Dhinaca kale taliyaha saldhigga Booliiska Dayax ee deegaanka Suuqa Xoolaha ayaa ku eedeeyay ku xigeenka G/Banaadir Dhagaxtuur ahna mas’uulka dowladda amniga u xilsaartay in ay ka dambeeyeen ciidamadiisa, isagoo xusay in ay sidoo kale ay maleeshiyadii shalay abaarihii 8-dii subaxnimo weerartay saldhigga Hurwaa. Waxaa sii kordhaya magaalada Muqdisho weerarada iyo qaraxyada lala beegsanayo ciidamada dowladda KMG iyo kuwa Itoobiya goobaha ay ka degan yihiin iyadoo ciidamadana ay sameynayaan qeybo ka mid ah Muqdisho hub ka dhigis. Goobjoog.net. E-mail:webmaster@goobjoog.net

Dagaallo culus oo caawa ka soconaya Muqdisha Email this Print this MOST POPULAR PDF version XML version TXT version Dagaal aad culus ayaa caawa ka soconaya magaalada Muqdisha. Wararkii ugu danbeeyey waxaa ay sheegayaan in ciidamada xabashida oo marayey waddada Warshadaha Agagaarka Warshadda cusub ee COCO_COLA una dhow guryihii ceymiska lagu qaaday weerar gaadmo ah Goobjoog.net Waxaa goobtaasi ka dhacay dagaal culus oo muddo socday. wararku axaa ay intaasi ku darayaan in ciidamo Xabashi ah oo gurmad ahaan ugu socdey goobta dagaalka iyagana loo galay agagaarka telefeshinkii hore ee xaafadda towfiiq oo halkaas uu iyadana ka dhacay dagaal xoog badan oo la isu adeegsadey hubka nuucyadiisa kala duwan. Ciidamo kale oo xabashi ah oo isku deyey iney ka soo gurmadaan dhinaca suuqa xoolaha ayaa iyagana jidka loo galay agagaarka warshadda baastada halkaas oo la sheegay in dagaal xoog badan oon asagoo kale waaayadan muqdisha la arag ka dhacay. In kastoo aan dhab ahaan loo xaqiijin Karin khasaaraha uu dagaalkan sedax geesoodka ah oo socdey muddo laba saacadoo ah geystey ayaa dad goobjog ahaa waxaa ay Goobjoog.net u sheegeen iney arkeen laba gaari oo ciidamada xabshidu leeyihiin oo holcaya waxaase la filayaa in qasaaro weyn la gaarsiiyey ciidamada xabashida oo iyagu ku guuldareystey iney isu gurmadaan Dagaalyahanka soomalida ah ee doonaya iney dalkooda ka xoreeyaan ciidamada cadowga xabashida ee xoogga ku qabsaday somaliya ayey muuqataa iney billabeen dagaal qorsheysan oo ay doonayaan iney dalka uga xoreeyaan gumaeysiga xabashida Ciidamada xabashida ayaa tan iyo markii ay qabsadeen magaalada caasimadda ah ee muqdisho aysan jirin wax iska cabin micno leh oo ay la kulmeen, taasi oo raisulwasaaraha Ethiopia ku macneeyey in somalidu ay raalli ka tahay in Ethiopia xukunto. www.goobjoog.com

Dirty Xabashos and their Somali slaves hiding behind cars. 15,Jan,Onkod,Muqdisho: Dagaal qaraar ayaa waxa uu ka dhacay Caawa fiidkii magaalada muqdisho dagaalkan ayaa waxa uu ahaa dagaal aad u qaraar oo ay labada ciidan ay rasaas xoogan is dhaafsadeen dagaalakan ayaa waxa uu ka dhacay xaafada suuqa xoolaha iyo Warshada Agagaarka ee COCO_COLA una dhow guryihii ceymiska waxaana la xaqiijiyay in la gubay laba baabuur oo kuwa dagaalka ah Dagaalkan ayaa caawa waxa uu ka dhacay xaafada suuqa xoolaha iyo meel u dhaw agagaarka telefeshinkii hore ee xaafadda towfiiq waxaana la arkayya laba baabuur oo ay leeyihiin ciidamada Ethobiyanka ah oo holcawa Dhinaca kale Ciidamo kale oo Ethpiyan ah oo isku deyey iney ka soo gurmadaan dhinaca suuqa xoolaha ayaa iyagana jidka loo galay agagaarka warshadda baastada halkaas oo la sheegay in dagaal xoog badan oon asagoo kale waaayadan muqdisha la arag ka dhacay. Dagaalkan ayaa waxa uu noqonaya midkii Shanaad oo dhex mara labada dhinac ee Dowlada KMg iyo maleeshiyooyin fara badan Wariye Axmed sadiiq Wariye madax banaan