God bless the Mujaahidiin in their fight to liberate the homeland from dirty Xabashos and their Somali slaves... War deg deg ah Dagaal qaraar iyo qaraxyo xoog leh ayaa haatan ka soconayo Wadada Warshadaha, gaar ahaan agagaarka Ceymiska iyo deegaanada ku xeeran, waxaana rasaasta iyo hubka cullus laga maqlayaa guud ahaan Magaalada Muqdisho, waxaana aad u adag sida lagu ogaan karo xogta dhabta ah ee dagaalka iyo qasaarihiisa, hase yeeshee naga suga dhawaan Waraaqo lagu daadshay Magaalada Muqdisho.. Axadii (14/1/2007) ayaa Magaalada Muqdisho wadooyinkooda waxaa lagu daadshay Waraaqo loogu hanjabayo Ciidamada Itoobiya ee soo galay Soomaaliya iyo kuwa u adeegaya, waxaana daadshay urur la magacbaxay Mujaahidiin Wal-Qitaal. Waxyaabihii ku qornaa waraaqahaasi waxaa ka mid ahaa in ururkaan uu dagaal la gali doono Ciidamada Itoobiya iyo wax uu ku tilmaamay kuwa dabadhilifka u ah, waxayna shacabka Soomaaliyeed uga digeen in aysan ku dhawaan goobaha ay joogaan. C/llaahi Cali Cumar oo ah Guddoomiye ku xigeenkii Midowga Maxaakiimta oo u waramayey Webka Islaam ayaa waxa uu sheegay in golaha Maxakiimtu ay sii wadi doonaan Dagaalka ay kula jiraan ciidamada Itoolbiya oo uu sheegay in ay dalka qabsadeen. Web-ku ma sheeg in halka uu ku sugan yahay guddoomiye, waxana uu intaa sii raaciyey in Ciidamada Maxaakiimta Islaamiga ah waqti ay ahaataba ay dib u soo laaban Doonaan, waxa uuna Shacabka Soomaaliyeed u soo jeediyey meel kasta oo ay joogaan in ay dalkooda ka saaraan Ciidamada ku soo duulay.

How can we forget such a dark history in Somalia. How can we forget the people among us[gaalo raac] and their alalaaso for Amxaaro invasion. How can we forget people who support mini-states or Ethiopian satellite states at the expense of Somaliweeyn because of narrow clan interest. What will it take to repair the damage done to Somalinimo by the few traitors. Many question which will need to be answered after the liberation of Somalia from Xabasho. How can we forget such a dark history in Somalia. How can we forget the people among us[gaalo raac] and their alalaaso for Amxaaro invasion. How can we forget people who support mini-states or Ethiopian satellite states at the expense of Somaliweeyn because of narrow clan interest. What will it take to repair the damage done to Somalinimo by the few traitors. Many question which will need to be answered after the liberation of Somalia from Xabasho. I'm very confident Amxaaro and gaalo raac will be history however long it takes but the damage they have done to the Somalinimo or Somaliweyn and the hope for unity among Somali people will be very very hard to repair. I'm very confident Amxaaro and gaalo raac will be history however long it takes but the damage they have done to the Somalinimo or Somaliweyn and the hope for unity among Somali people will be very very hard to repair.[i/] Shan Ka Tirsan Ciidamada Itoobiya oo Kufsaday Qof Dumar ah oo Soomaaliyeed, Kuna Kufsaday Gudaha Soomaaliya... Shan Ka Tirsan Ciidamada Itoobiya oo Kufsaday Qof Dumar ah oo Soomaaliyeed, Kuna Kufsaday Gudaha Soomaaliya... iyo Itoobiya oo Cadayn u weydey in ay Qabatay Muwaadiniin reer Britain ah.. Axad, Jan 14, 2007: Sida ay qortay jariidada ka soo baxda dalka Ingriiska ee Telegraph caddadkeedii maanta (14/1/2007), shan nin oo ah Ciidamada hubaysan ee Itoobiya oo ku lebisan dereyska askarta ayaa qof dumar ah oo Soomaaliyeed ku kufsaday meel u dhow xadka ay Soomaaliya la leedahay dalka Kenya, sidaasna waxay jariidadu ka soo xigatey shaqaalaha gargaarka ee reer Galbeedka. Warku waxa uu intaas ku daray in dhacdadaasi aysan ahayn kufsigii ugu horeeyey ama kan keliya ee ay ciidamada Itoobiya u geysteen dumarka Soomaaliyeed, balse ay jiraan warbixino badan oo taas la mid ah. Jariidada oo arrintaas ka hadlaysey waxay tiri, ayadoo soo xiganeysa shaqaalaha gargaarka: "Dhacdadani ma ahayn tan keliya ee lagu soo waramay. Waxaa nasoo gaaraya warbixino badan oo noocaan ah," Waxana shaqaalaha gargaarka ee reer Galbeedku intaas ku dareen "Dagaalku marmarsiinyo uma aha ficilladan, mana aha guul." Waxaa warku intaas ku daray in ciidamada Itoobiya si bini aadaminada ka baxsan ula dhaqmaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Dhacdo kale arrimhaas ka mid ah ayadoo xuseysa waxay Telegraph tiri: Ciidamada Itoobiya waxay istaajiyaan basaska bannaanka Muqdisho, dadka basaska saarana si xun ayey ula dhaqmaan oo camcaminaya oo isku deyaya in ay ugaarsadaan qof kasta oo taageeray dagaalkii Maxakamdaha Islaamiga ah, sida laga soo xigtey Qaramada Midoobey. Dadka Soomaaliyeed ee Islaamka ah ihaanada ugu weyn ee u dheer in dhulkooda xoog lagu gumeysto waxay tahay in hortooda lagu kufsado hooyooyinkood, gabdhahooda iyo xaasaskooda iyo gabdhaha Muslimaadka ah ee Allah dartiis u xijaabtey, waana sida muuqata ee ay hadda sameeyeen ciidanka xabashidu mar haddii shan nin ay hal qof oo dumar ah Soomaaliyeed sidaas u galeen ayadoo aysan jirin cid ka hadli karta oo ka tirsan shacabka Soomaaliyeed, DFKMG ahna ay tahay mid shacabkeeda laga ilaaliyo oo ciidamada xabashidu ku hor joogaan Villa Soomaaliya qaybtii ay qurxiyeen Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah, warbixinada ka qaadata ciidamada ficilladaas geysanaya, askarigii Soomaaliyeed ee arrimahaas ka dhiidhiyana xabsiga loo taxaabayo.

^Its very easy to deal with the old man sxb, but I expect our long time enemy Ethiopia which lost many men[possibly thousands] and resoureces[mostly american resources]to this war will likely fight to protect its new asset. Even if it loses its puppet TFG, last 16 years showed it will not have difficult finding new groups to arm and use them as a tool.

^True sxb. Who would have thought Somalia would be an occupied country. No warning such a dark day in Somali history was in the making. The Ethio-American invasion of Somalia will not last sxb and I look forward confidently to the day when Somalia will be free again IA.

Nomadic Herdsmen Innocent Targets of Bombing in Somalia, Says OXFAM By Joe De Capua Washington 12 January 2007 Beatrice Karanja of OXFAM mp3 Beatrice Karanja of OXFAM ra The relief organization OXFAM says nomadic herdsmen have been innocent targets of bombing in the south of the country. Beatrice Karanja, a spokesperson for OXFAM in Nairobi, tells VOA the bombings have affected some of the agency’s humanitarian water and sanitation programs. “Oxfam has been receiving reports from our partner organizations in Somalia that nomadic herdsmen have been targeted in recent bombing raids. And what this has been is bombs have hit vital water sources, as well as the nomads and their animals, who had been gathering around large fires at night in order to ward off mosquitoes. What OXFAM is concerned about is that under international law there’s a duty to distinguish between military and civilian targets. But this principle isn’t being adhered to and eventually, as we see, innocent people are paying the price,” she says. Karanja says OXFAM and other humanitarian organizations need greater access in Somalia to help those who’ve been displaced or affected in other ways by the recent fighting. NAIROBI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Air attacks against fugitive Islamists in south Somalia in recent days have mistakenly targeted nomadic herdsmen gathering round fires, killing 70, British-based aid agency Oxfam said on Friday. "Under international law, there is a duty to distinguish between military and civilian targets," Oxfam added, citing its local partner organisations in Somalia for the information. Washington sent a warplane into Somalia on Monday to try and take out what U.S. officials say are top al Qaeda suspects hiding with the Islamists. Ethiopia, which helped the interim government of Somalia oust rival Islamists from Mogadishu over the New Year, has also been carrying out air raids against the retreating fighters. While some Somali sources have reported scores of deaths, there has been no independent confirmation on the ground. "Oxfam is receiving reports from its partner organisations in Somalia that nomadic herdsmen have been mistakenly targeted in recent bombing raids," Oxfam said in a statement released in Nairobi. "According to the reports from local organisations in Afmadow district, bombs have hit vital water sources as well as large groups of nomads and their animals who had gathered round large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. "Further reports have also confirmed that bombings have claimed the lives of 70 people in the district." Since the open warfare started in late December, some 70,000 Somalis have fled their homes, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, Oxfam said.

By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States appealed on Friday for a speedy deployment of African peacekeepers in Somalia to prevent a "security vacuum" that could spawn fresh anarchy after a war to oust militant Islamists. Washington launched an air strike in Somalia on Monday aimed at an al Qaeda cell in what was its first overt military involvement in the country since a disastrous peacekeeping mission ended in 1994. That attack killed up to 10 al Qaeda allies, but missed its main target of three top suspects, the U.S. government said. Reuters Pictures Editors Choice: Best pictures from the last 24 hours. View Slideshow U.S. ally Ethiopia, which is the Horn of Africa's major power, wants to withdraw its soldiers in the coming weeks after helping the interim Somali government rout the Islamists over the New Year. But diplomats fear that would leave President Abdullahi Yusuf's government vulnerable against the multiple threats of remnant Islamists vowing a guerrilla war, warlords who are seeking to re-create their fiefdoms, and competing clans. "Deploying an African stabilization force into Somalia quickly is vitally important to support efforts to achieve stability," Michael Ranneberger, U.S. ambassador for Kenya and Somalia, said in a newspaper opinion piece. He urged African countries to commit forces to a peacekeeping mission. "(It) will enable the rapid withdrawal of Ethiopian forces without creating a security vacuum."

Business Day (Johannesburg) EDITORIAL January 11, 2007 Posted to the web January 11, 2007 Johannesburg IT IS difficult to think of an upside to America's military intervention in Somalia. Despite mounting international criticism over its attack on suspected al-Qaeda targets in Somalia, US forces continue to pound villages in a self-appointed quest to root out terrorism. Little good can come of it for Somalia. The absence of a properly functioning state in Somalia poses a security danger on its own. But the chance that the Islamists will regroup with foreign support and that clan violence will break out is now the real threat to the Horn of Africa. In the face of renewed uncertainty, clans in Mogadishu are re-arming and preparing to defend their turf. The Ethiopian-led and US-backed overthrow of the Union of Islamic Courts and its replacement by the transitional government is no guarantee of stability. And the US attacks on sites where fleeing Somali Islamists and al-Qaeda operatives gathered could inflame the situation. The Islamists had been inching towards talks with the transitional government, but the US attacks could now strengthen the hands of extremists and their calls for jihad. As a temporary member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, SA could be tempted to play a leading mediation role and provide troops for peacekeeping in Somalia. Government should be wary of any direct intervention in this cauldron -- our immediate interests are not at stake here and we have too much to lose from a poorly conceived involvement. Ethiopia -- fully aware that its continued presence in Somalia is widely perceived as that of a foreign occupier -- is keen to exit as quickly as possible. The African Union (AU) and the UN are proposing that an African peace force fill what they view as a security gap. African countries, fearful of the dangers of any entanglement in Somali clan politics, are justifiably cautious about any involvement. So far Uganda is the only country that has said it will provide troops to a peace force for Somalia, but this is by no means certain as any decision will require parliamentary approval. SA, Nigeria, and Benin have been approached by the AU and have said they will consider it. The entire concept of a peace- keeping force may be misconceived. The idea is that the force should help the interim government of President Abdullahi Yusuf provide security. But there's a risk that such a force would be viewed by Somalis as taking the place of the Ethiopians, rather than as being neutral peacekeepers. SA has said it will insist on agreement among the clans before it agrees to become part of any peace mission for Somalia. The question then becomes what sort of agreement is possible and whether it will be a durable one. Somali clans have traditional procedures for reaching agreement on contentious issues, although it has not helped them form a government for the past 15 years. Foreign intervention may have also disrupted the homegrown process, but the agreement of clans and their elders is a prerequisite to the formation of any functioning government. Any such agreement will be a difficult exercise in the absence of a group that has credibility as a mediator. The AU has backed the transitional government and has, through its silence, sided with Ethiopia on its intervention. Somalis are likely to be suspicious of any mediation moves or any peace force coming from its neighbours. The further question that has to be raised is, if indeed the Somali clans can reach an accord, why do they need a peacekeeping force ? In the face of growing international pressure for an African peacekeeping force, SA and others on the continent must be mindful of the huge challenges such a mission would pose. Many in Africa will be mindful of the failed attempt by US and UN peacekeepers to bring about order when anarchy broke out in 1991. If it is to have any chance of success, it will have to support a national reconciliation process rather than propping up the government. Ultimately, the solution to Somalia's problems will have to come from within the country itself.

At least 100 Somali nomads killed by airstrikes in south Somalia Mogadishu, 12 January - Sheikh Abdullahi Ali Malabon, heading a group of elders and residents of southern Somalia said that some 100 members of local animal grooming families had been killed in airstrikes which the Ethiopian government and the US say were aimed only at al-Qaeda terrorists. From the ground it was not clear to local witnesses whether the strikes were launched by US fighter planes or by Ethiopian helicopters. Malabon said that many others had been wounded. Some of the bodies have been found burnt to the extent that they could not yet be identified. A considerable amount of livestock was also killed during what locals describe as indiscriminate attacks on the nomads. The Ethiopian government and the US declined to comment on the deaths of civilians. Meanwhile a senior US official admitted that the US airstrikes failed to kill any of the top al-Qaeda leaders accused of terror attacks in east Africa. Ethiopian tanks at the Mogadishu airport in December

After the bombings ... what now for Somalia? /Stephanie Wolters speaks to Richard Cornwell, senior research fellow of the African Security Analysis Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, about the evolving crisis in Somalia./ *Would Ethiopia have gone into Somalia if it had not had United States support?* It would have been possible, but the provision of satellite intelligence [by the Americans] is a massive force multiplier -- drones, real-time intelligence … they’ve had them flying over Mogadishu, everything. *Why now?* I think it was decided at least a month before they went ... But interestingly, we’re picking up distinct signs of discord between [the department of] state and the Pentagon … I think that the state department is secretly upset. I think that there must have been a lot of people in state saying, ‘Look, we’ve got to get these guys talking, that’s the only way forward.’ And now the military, having put its size 11 boots in there, is turning around saying, ‘Well now, we’ve got to have a peace and stabilisation mission’ and state are turning around and saying, ‘How are we going to do that? What sort of political and diplomatic hook do we have?’ The securocrats in the administration [supported the warlords]. Then they burnt their fingers, so they handed it back to the diplomats to see what they could sort out. Then the Islamic Courts over-reached themselves and the hardliners started to get more and more of a say and they started to besiege the Transitional Federal Government [TFG] and started to think about knocking it over instead of talking to it, so they put Ethiopia up against a wall: what do we do? Do we come in and say, ‘No you don’t’ or do we take them out? And they decided, let’s take them out. [b/] *What if Ethiopia did withdraw in the coming weeks? Is that likely?* Yes it is likely, especially if its people start getting sniped and shot at. Yes, it will have to leave some forces in to back up the TFG because it hasn’t got anything of its own … There is no reason why Ethiopia should continue to stay. It can keep in a training unit, and advising unit, but basically it’s done what it wanted to do and it can go back and do it again any time. *What should happen next?* Some people are saying that there is consensus now in the international community that we need a stabilised Somalia -- I am not sure I believe that. There are two things here. Are we taking about a stabilised Somalia for the Somalis’ sake, or are we talking about denying a base to al-Qaeda? These are two entirely different things. And in my view, Ethiopia and the Americans, though they have to pay lip service to the creation of a stable Somali state, would be quite happy to have a fairly weak state capable of policing its borders or its territory with a bit of international help. Ethiopia either needs Somalia as a protectorate or as a zone into which it can go and do the necessary from time to time and that is not going to harbour Ethiopia’s enemies, domestic or foreign [/] ... And if you’ve got to weigh up as an international diplomat ... if you’ve got a choice to make … if you’re stuck with a decision, do we push on Darfur or do we push on Somalia? Darfur is the one. *What would it take to stabilise Somalia?* First you have to get Abdullahi Yusuf [President of the Somali TFG] and his people to talk to elements within the Islamic Courts and the **Southern clans** . The fact that they’ve now got the old prime minister, Abdul Kassim Salaad, who was the head of the Transitional National Government [TNG], saying that the Mogadishu people must come in behind the TFG now, that’s a step in the right direction … There are also some Islamic Courts’ leaders who have gone off to Yemen, who are willing to talk. But with the American action one has to ask: what now? Does this not make it rather difficult to act as honest broker? I’d have thought it makes it impossible. Abdullahi Yusuf doesn’t really see why he should negotiate away power. He can use the al-Qaeda card, as he’s used it rather successfully in the past, and can walk away with goodies -- or at least he doesn’t lose them. *What is the state of the Union of Islamic Courts?* They’re dispersed … I don’t know to what extent they were an operational threat. I don’t think anybody does -- it’s like the weapons of mass destruction. When the American military starts talking about credible intelligence the only sensible thing to do is roll your eyes. And the fact that the intelligence [about the location of the al-Qaeda operatives] was provided by Ethiopians on the ground should have made them do a double take, especially before using weapons that would turn anything into a a pulpy mess that won’t be identifiable except through DNA. *What should happen now to stabilise the situation?* You’ve got to get a force in there quickly, they say, but under what conditions? We know that the political situation on the ground is likely to defy analysis by outsiders. It’s a rapidly shifting kaleidoscope of alliances of convenience. It’s not just clan versus clan, it’s clan versus sub-clan, and not to forget the business interests. Everybody looks at religion and clan, but everybody forgets that the Islamic Courts were set up by certain business interests in Mogadishu and these business interests were at odds with the business interests of the Mogadishu warlords. Now the Mogadishu warlords are back in their mansions. The real urgency of the situation is to make sure that there is sufficient stability and safety for humanitarian agencies to get to the people on the ground. It’s not happening and it’s not featuring very prominently in the debate. The European Union is taking the most sensible stance. They are saying, ‘Yes we need a force, but as a precondition for assistance to the TFG, it has to broaden its base by talking to everybody.’ The Americans, of course, have said no such thing and [british Prime Minister Tony] Blair has been notably stuck in mid-Atlantic. *But even with the best will in the world, how quickly can you get a force into Mogadishu? * Months. By that time the situation has changed again. The worst thing that we’re doing is constantly looking at this through the al-Qaeda lens, through the terrorism lens. We are not going to make sense of what’s happening on the ground if we do that. We are not going to make sense of that if we say that Ethiopia intervened and prevented the formation of a Taliban state.

The meeting of warlords in Somalia. Kulankaan oo ka dhacay xarunta Madaxtooyada ee Villa Somalia ayaa dhinaca dowladda Somalia waxaa uga qeybgalay Madaxweynaha dowladda Somalia C/laahi Yuusuf Axmed iyo Ra'isulwasaare Cali Max'ed Gedi, iyadoo kulankaana ay ka qeybgaleen hogaamiye kooxeedyadii Muqdisho ka arimin jirey oo ay ka mid ahaayeen Muuse Suudi, Max'ed qanyare, Bootaan Ciise Caalim, Cuma Filish, Cabdi Qeybdiid iyo Cabdi Nuurre Siyaad. Afhayeenka dowladda Somalia C/raxmaan Diinaari ayaa saxaafadda la hadlay ka dib kulankaasi, isagoo sheegay in labada dhinac ay ka wada xaajoodeen sidii la isaga kaashan lahaa soo celinta amaanka guud ee dalka, gaar ahaan caasimadda Somalia, iyadoo sidoo kale uu sheegay in laga wada arinsaday qaabka ugu haboon ee hogaamiye kooxedyada ay hubkooda iyo maleeshiyadooda ay ugu wareejin lahaayeen dowladda Somalia. Diinaari ayaa sheegay in maleeshiyaadka lagu xareyn doono xerooyin dowladda ay ugu talo gashay, iyadoo dowladda ay balan qaadeyso xuquuqda ay leeyihiin maleeshiyadaasi. Guddi Militari ah oo labada dhimaca kala matalaya ayaa loo saaray howsha hub ka uruurinta hogaamiye kooxeedyada, iyadoo gudigaasi ay ka maqnaayeen 4 xubnood oo ka kala imaan Lahaa hogaamiye kooxeedyada. Diinaari waxa uu sheegay in hogaamiye kooxeedyada ay balan qaadeen in ay la shaqeynayaan dowladda isla markaana ay ka go'an tahay nabadeynta caasimadda. Ra'isulwasaare Geedi oo isna kulankaasi ka hadlay ayaa waxa uu sheegay in kulanka looga dooday amaan ku soo dabaalida caasimadda. Waa markii ugu horeysay oo caasimadda Somalia ay ku kulmaan Hogaamiye kooxeedyo iyo Mas'uuliyiinta sar sare ee dowladda Somalia.

US attack in Somalia killed innocents - Arab League Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:20 AM GMT CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Wednesday U.S. military action in Somalia had killed "many innocent victims" and demanded that Washington refrain from such attacks. Somali officials said U.S. and Ethiopian aircraft struck new targets in Somalia on Wednesday as they hunted al Qaeda suspects and defeated Islamist fighters. But U.S. officials said there had been no new U.S. air strikes in Somalia since an operation on Monday, and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi also said there had been only one U.S. air attack with no civilian casualties. U.S. government sources said U.S. ally Ethiopia, which defeated Islamist forces in a lightning war last month, had conducted further air strikes since Monday. In Cairo, the Arab League's Assistant Secretary-General Ahmed Ben Hilli said: "We demand that these strikes which now target civilians and led to the killing of many innocent victims be stopped." "There was no U.N. Security Council authorisation for the U.S. forces to hit Somali areas," he told reporters. Ben Hilli also criticised the interim Somali government for backing the air strikes. "We'd hoped they'd care about for the sovereignty of their country ... instead of calling for foreign intervention," he said. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has said the air strikes were justified because they targeted al Qaeda militants. In late December, the Arab League called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces in Somalia after Ethiopian troops ousted Islamist forces that ruled the capital Mogadishu and large parts of southern Somalia. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit also criticised the air strikes and called on the Somali government to resume talks with the Islamists. President Yusuf said on Monday there would be no negotiations with Islamists.

Maleeshiyo weerartay Hotel Ambassador 11 Jan 11, 2007, 14:46 Maleeshiyo aad u hubeysneed isla markaana wadatay labo gaari ayaa caawa abaarihii 9:25 daqiiqo waxa ay bambaano ku tureen Hotel Ambassador ee magaalada Muqdisho, xili ay halkaasi jiifeen saraakiil Soomaali ah iyo kuwo Ethiopian ah. Waxaa israsaaseeyay sida la xaqiijiyay ciidaamada DF oo kaashanaya kuwa Ethiopia iyo Maleeshiyaadkii weerarka soo qaaday, iyadoo halkaasi uu ku dhaawacmay sida la sheegay Askari ilaalo khaas ah u ahaa Jeneraal Cali Madoobe oo hotelka xiligaasi jiifay. Askariga dhaawacmay ayaa loo qaaday Isbitaal Madiina ee Muqdisho si loogu daaweeyo, GO oo la xiriirtay Dr. Sheekh Nur Salaad Cilmi ayaa sheegay in xaalada Askari ay aad u liidato isla markaana uu haatan qaliin ku socdo. Darbiga Hotelka ayaa la sheegay inuu aad u burburay waxaana aad u dhib badan in la helo khasaaraha dhabta ah ee weerarkaasi uu dhaliyay iyadoo ciidamada DF iyo kuwo Ethiopian-ka ay haatan difaac ka galeen agagaarka Hotelka. Xildhibaan Cabdi Cabdulle Saciid Jini Boqor oo isagu degan hotelka isla markaana joogay xiliga uu falka halkaasi ka dhacay ayaa GO u sheegay inuu kuso baraarugay dhawaaqa rasaarta labada dhinac ay is weydaarsanayaan labada dhinac waxuuna qiray in Hotelka ay caawa jiifeen Saraakiil Ethiopian ah. Weerarada habeenkii loo gaysanayo goobaha ay dagan yihiin saraakiisha dowlada iyo kuwa Ethiopia ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa ah kuwa soo badanaya iyada oo ay u egtahay in weeraro qorsheysan lagu soo qaadayo goobahaas. Cabdi Fatax Axmad,GO

Qaar ka mid ah Hogaamiye kooxeedyadii Ururkii Argagaxiso la dirirka ayaa maanta ka soo laabtay Magaalada Baydhabo oo ay howlo gaar ah u tageen. Hobyonet. Muqdisho. Khamiis, Jan,11, 2007 Xubanahaasi ka tirsanaa Ururka argagixiso la dirirka ayaa waxey halkaasi u tageen wadatashi ku saabsan sidii dowladda federalka iyo iyagu ay u wada shaqeyn lahaayeen . Xubnahaasi ayaa maanta isaga soo tagay isla markaana aanu ka qeyb galinshir xubnaha baarlamaanku ay uga doodayeen xaalada dalka iyo muddo lixda bilood ee soo socota in uu baarlamaanku go'aamiyo mooshin xaalada de dega ah ee dalka. Warar hoose ayaa sheegaya in xubnaha baarlamaanka ay isku Khilaafsan yihiin arrintaasi. Xubnahaasi ayaa waxaa ka mid ahaa: Max'ed Qanyare Afrax, Cumar Max'ud Max'ed, Muuse Suudi Yalaxow iyo Bootaan Ciise Caalin. Xubnahaasi ayaa maanta soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho, iyadoo dowlada federalkuna ay sheegtay in ay iska kaashanayaan howlaha amni sugida magaalada Muqdisho. Mas'uuliyiintaasi ayaa la sheegay in aanu looga maarmin soo celinta Nabada Magaalada Muqdisho , maadaama ay hore u maamuli jireen goobo kala duwan oo magalada ka mid ah oo uu mid walba gaar u goostay. Axmed Daahir Hobyonet. Muqdisho Soomaaliya

^IA, this is just the begining of a long war of liberation to free Somalia from occupation. May Allah help the brave men and women in the forefront of the war to free Somalia from enemy occupation.

Somali Capital Awash in Anger At Ethiopia, U.S., Interim Leaders By Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, January 11, 2007; A21 NAIROBI, Jan. 10 -- A messy, low-level battle for control of the battered streets of Mogadishu continued Wednesday, as a fighter shot a rocket-propelled grenade at a convoy of Ethiopian trucks passing through the combustible Somali capital. The situation is so confused and the city so fractured and armed that the attacks, recounted by witnesses, could have come from any number of groups frustrated with the presence of Ethiopian troops, who last month swept a popular Islamic movement from power on behalf of the weak, U.S.-backed transitional government that is now struggling to assert control Former fighters loyal to the ousted Islamic Courts movement are hiding in the city's byzantine tin-patch neighborhoods. Sub-clans and sub-sub-clans are angry with Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, who they say is favoring his own people as he doles out power and who has announced intentions to forcibly disarm an insecure city fortified with guns. And many Somalis are enraged over the U.S. airstrike in the southern tip of the country early Monday, which was aimed at suspects in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania who are thought to be among the ousted Islamic leaders on the run along the marshy coast near the Kenyan border. "We are afraid of a long war," said businessman Abdulahi Mohamed Mohamud, 31, speaking by telephone from Mogadishu. "And people are angry at the Ethiopian troops." The current spate of violence began Saturday, as hundreds of Somalis flooded the streets, shouting at Ethiopian troops to leave the city, smashing cars, burning tires and throwing stones in protests that were sparked in part by rumors that the Ethiopians were about to go door-to-door confiscating weapons. After skirmishes between militias and Ethiopian troops Sunday and Monday, a full-fledged gun battle raged for several hours Tuesday amid battered buildings and shops in a busy part of the city called Kilometer Four. A body, reportedly of a man who launched a rocket-propelled grenade at Ethiopian troops Tuesday, lay in the road all night and into Wednesday morning, when a Somali police officer dragged it off. Three Somali police officers were reported killed in Tuesday's fighting, and a dozen people were injured, though accounts of casualties differ. Wednesday afternoon, another grenade was launched at a convoy of Ethiopian trucks, wounding one civilian and, according to a local news agency, killing at least one government soldier. It was unclear whether Ethiopians were hit. Since the Islamic fighters were pushed out, the city has been slowly returning to the hands of militias and thieves. Most attacks since Sunday have occurred in areas considered strongholds of the Ayr, a powerful and well-armed sub-sub-clan and a former backer of the Islamic Courts. The transitional government, with the help and handicap of the Ethiopians, is racing to establish its authority on the streets. On Wednesday, Somali police dismantled two roadblocks by force and arrested 11 militiamen, government officials said. And Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who only recently returned to Mogadishu after a 40-year exile, met with a key leader of the Ayr, Abdi Qasim, a move that some analysts said could pacify a portion of the city. The meeting "will help if they understood each other," said Mohamed Haji, 38, a columnist for a local newspaper, speaking by phone from Mogadishu. "Qasim was an opponent of the Ethiopian intervention, and his clan was supporting the [islamic Courts movement]. So it's very important to negotiate with him." Haji and others remained concerned, however, that new U.S. airstrikes would further agitate the city. The Pentagon and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denied Wednesday that U.S. warplanes had conducted additional attacks after the one Monday. But a Somali government official said airstrikes -- whether American or Ethiopian -- were "ongoing." An air attack is "going on today, and probably it may go on tomorrow," Abdirizak Hassan, chief of staff to the Somali premier, said Wednesday. Two witnesses in Kismaayo, a port city about 60 miles from the area hit Monday, said they saw two military aircraft overhead about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. On Tuesday, Hassan told The Washington Post that U.S. military officials had reported to him that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, considered the chief organizer of the embassy bombings, was killed in the airstrike Monday. U.S. officials have cautioned against reports that Fazul was among the targets or was killed and said the main target was another al-Qaeda figure, Abu Talha al-Sudani. In New York on Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council began debating the conflict. In a closed session, Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations' undersecretary for political affairs, urged the interim government to begin talks with clan leaders, clerics and moderate elements of the Islamic Courts movement, saying the deployment of a peacekeeping force would be "problematic" without a political settlement in place, according to a copy of his statement. He noted a pledge by Uganda to provide 1,000 troops for an East African peacekeeping mission and said Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa are considering participation. Several envoys expressed concern that U.S. airstrikes could undercut international efforts to calm Somalia. But diplomats from China, Qatar and other countries suggested the United States may have a legal basis for intervention: a request for help from Somalia's interim leadership. Away from the United Nations, diplomats from France, Italy, Egypt, the Arab League and African Union have criticized the U.S. air operation, saying it will destabilize Somalia further. Staff writers Karen DeYoung in Washington, Colum Lynch in New York and special correspondent Mohamed Ibrahim in Mogadishu contributed to this report.

Fears stalk Somalia's capital once again By Mohamed Olad Hassan BBC News, Mogadishu Life in Mogadishu is still full of fear - the scars of Somalia's 16 year-old anarchy make everybody in the capital suspicious about the future. There is no reliable security because the streets have become a no-man's land. The government troops, and the Ethiopians forces who supported them to take the capital from the Islamists, are still confined to a few military compounds. Periodic gunfire still resounds about the city between various freelance militia and bandits who are taking advantage of the power vacuum. The troops are concentrating on their own safety rather than that of the entire city. Unknown gunmen have carried out four hit-and-run attacks against the government troops and their Ethiopian backers in the past two weeks. At least five people were killed and seven others wounded in the attacks. 'Mad drivers' Although the real identity of the attackers is unclear, it is widely believed they are the remnants of the Islamic courts' militias or others unhappy with the presence of the Ethiopians. Mogadishu residents are fed up with the warlords Such random attacks have created fear among the civilians who had enjoyed relative safety under the Islamists' six-month rule . "Walking in the city at night is a scary one," says bus driver Ali Botan Sa'id. "Cars drive like mad and there are no traffic rules. "You can drive in any lane so it's difficult to avoid military vehicles and their possible attackers as you never know where they may appear from." Mohamed Mohamud Hilowle, a 28-year-old father of two whose family fled the recent fighting around the government base of Baidoa to a displacement camp in Mogadishu, told me his children go for days without food. "I work with my wheelbarrow to transport goods for people and pay the little money I earn for the food of my family; but for a week I was in bed for malaria and my children were in the streets begging," he says. Mr Hilowle says his one strong wish is to get a lasting peace so he can send his children to school. "I need peace; I need a government and I need employment as a labourer to support myself and my family," he says. Checkpoints Both the interim president and the prime minister are now in Mogadishu attempting to win the confidence of local people, civil society groups and academics. These guys thrive on anarchy and will never make peace Shop owner Mohamud Digsi They have also met with two former veteran politicians, Abdulkassim Salat Hassan and Ali Mahdi Muhammad, who each have headed failed interim administrations during the civil war. The advice from one and all is to get Ethiopian troops to withdraw from the country and replace them with African peacekeepers. Meanwhile, the warlords who terrorised the capital before the rise of the Islamic courts, are back but are getting short shrift from residents who are fed up with them and clamouring for governance. But many fear that the clan-based warlords could organise themselves again if the lawlessness and insecurity persists. Roadblocks, where clan militia raise funds by extorting money from hapless motorists, have appeared on roads leading out of the capital. On Wednesday, police raided one checkpoint and 11 gunmen were captured and remanded to jail. 'Revenge' Mohamud Digsi, who runs a chemist shop, is pessimistic about hopes of reconciliation. For the government to stamp its authority on the capital, Mogadishu's clan militia need to join the army, which at the moment is mainly composed of soldiers from distrusted northern clans loyal to the president. But Mr Digsi does not see warlords easily complying to calls for disarmament and army integration. "These guys thrive on anarchy and will never make peace," he says. His feelings are also shared by taxi driver Aweis Mohamud. "Somalia is a nation held hostage by the gun and warlords - and unless real reconciliation is agreed among the various clans there is little chance of success for any government," he says. No-one is committed to help us. Every Somali is for himself Businessman Salad Ahmadey The air attacks carried out in the remote south of the country have also created fear among the ordinary Somalis. "The US has been silent about what has been going on in Somalia since the failure of the UN-led peace operation in 1995," says Abdu-kadir Abdulle whose relative died in an air strike on Sunday near Ras Kamboni. "Now it has started bombing our civilians, it is really revenge for the 18 US soldiers killed here," he says, referring to the incident in 1993 when two US helicopters were downed in Mogadishu. Others do not necessarily interpret the US intervention as revenge, but think it spells an end to any hope of meaningful help from the US to find a lasting peace. Salad Ahmadey agrees and says the US is only pursuing its "war on terror" and is not really interested in seeing Somalia stand on its own two feet. "No-one is committed to help us. Every Somali is for himself," the 25-year-old businessman says. Are you in Mogadishu? Send us your experiences using the form below.

Year: 2007 US airstrikes in southern Somalia continued over the day Mogadishu, 9 January - US fighter aircraft taking off from the carrier-warship Eisenhower deployed off the Somali shores, continued attacks in southern Somalia. Somali sources report that dozens of people, most of them obviously civilians, have been killed and their livestock destroyed. Meanwhile the Pentagon acknowledged it had ordered the air raids on the south Somalian area known to be home to a tribe living on pasture and animal grooming. In press releases Interim President Abdullah Yusuf defended the US air raids claiming the US had a right to target the area after members of the local tribe refused to disclose the hideout of three alleged al-Qaeda operatives wanted by the US. Abdullah Yusuf said "the Americans are cracking down on al-Qaeda terrorists all over the world and this was part of it.

"Wixii qaari kaaruhu ku dilay quraca hoostiisa Diyaaraad qummaatiga u kaca baaska qabadsiiyey Sidii qadowga geedaha wixii ruux qombabay yaallay Wixii Qamar hagoogilan Tigree qori ku jeexaayey Ama qoys gablamay iyo agoon jiifka qaban weydey Qaarkiin bishaarey u tahay lagu qaboobaaye Oo qaran qabiil lagu sidkaad quud ka sugataane Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey quus ayaad tahaye" Abdulahi-Ahmaar said today"America has the right to hunt down and air bombard wherever those who were responsible for bombing its embassies in East Africa are staying or hiding," AP[American propoganda machine]reports:A Somali lawmaker said 31 civilians, including a newlywed couple, died in Tuesday's assault by two helicopters near Afmadow, a town in a forested area close to the Kenyan border. Mohamed Mahmud Burale told the AP by telephone that at least four civilians were killed Monday evening in Hayi, including his young son. "A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends." Arabic proverb

Qabrigood dun Soomaalidii waa la quursadaye. W. T. Cumar Nabaddoon Posted to the Web Jan 09, 12:44 Tixdaan gabayga ah waxay tilmaan cad ka bixineysaa heerka dadnima-xumada Soomaalidu gaartay. Iyagoo isdaawanaya ayey dunida deg deg uga suuli doonaan, eeddana bilow iyo dhammaad iyagaa iska leh. Qofkii gacantiisa isku gowraca cidna looma qisaaso(Cumar Nabaddoon 2007). Dad qabiil Ilaahood yahaan qiilba loo heline Quraankiyo Sunnada ay bartaan kuma qashuucaane Qalbigaa engegan oo malaha qiiro iyo dhiige Quful baa ku jaban dhagaha oo waa qam maqalkiiye Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey qoon xun baa tahaye Qarannimadu waa wadajirkoo lagu quwoobaaye Haddii qoloba qoladiinna kale malag u qooleyso Oo cadow quruun dhaarsanaa hawl u qabanayso Kolley qaylodhaan iyo mashxarad qoomamaa xigiye Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey qoon xun baa tahaye Qorigii Darwiishkee kufriga qiiqa uga keenay Qaarkiin waxaad uga hadheen waa qabiil kale’e Qarni iyo sannado baad xumihi weli qufaysaane Maantana Shariif qiima laad gaal u qabateene Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey qoon xun baa tahaye Qalbigaan ka ooyaa sidaad wax u qorsheyseene Qofkii iga danbeeyaa waa ogaan waxaan ka qiiroone Qalqaalada waxaad ugu jirtaan qurun Amxaaraaye Tigree qolof le weeyaan kuwaan qoosha kuu suraye Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey qoon xun baa tahaye Wixii qaari kaaruhu ku dilay quraca hoostiisa Diyaaraad qummaatiga u kaca baaska qabadsiiyey Sidii qadowga geedaha wixii ruux qombabay yaallay Wixii Qamar hagoogilan Tigree qori ku jeexaayey Ama qoys gablamay iyo agoon jiifka qaban weydey Qaarkiin bishaarey u tahay lagu qaboobaaye Oo qaran qabiil lagu sidkaad quud ka sugataane Qabrigiin dun Soomaaliyeey quus ayaad tahaye Dagaal qaawan waa dhici jiriyo qaran la maagaaye Qawleysatadu waa jirtiyo dhuuni qaatuhuye Hayeeshee dad wada qaaddan baan qaadan waanada’e Qof yar iyo qof weyn waxaad tihiin qolofti meygaage Qashar dhuuxi laga miirtay baa qiimo kaa badane Qabrigood dun Soomaalidii waa la quursadaye Qeyrkood ka hare iga Walloo waana loo qoraye Qaaraddii madoobeyd malaha qaran sidoodaahe Oo qosyba qoyskii xiguu mool u qodayaaye Qaybiyoo u tali baa iyana loogu qiil dayaye Qorshahana waxaa loo igmaday qolo Wayaanaahe Qabrigood dun Soomaalidii waa la quursadaye Qabrigood dun Soomaalidii waa la quursadaye Dhammaad Cumar C/nuur Nuux – Nabaddoon

Qarax weyn Oo Ka Dhacay Muqdisho Iyo Dagaalo Xooggan oo kasocda Aagga Kulbiyow Posted to the Web Jan 09, 09:16 (Aayaha.com) Jan, 09, 07 - Warar mardhaw naga soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegaya in caaway uu ka dhacay qaraxweyn oo gilgiley magaalada, waxaana qaraxaas xigay rasaas iyo dagaal ay is dhaafsadeen Shacabka Soomaaliyeed ee diidan gumeysiga cusub iyo ciidamada Tigreega ee ku sugan magaalada Muqdisho. Weeararkaan ayaa waxaa uu ka dhacay aaga kilomitir afar waxayna wararku intaas ku darayaan in ku dhowaad 30 daqiiqad ay socotay is rasaaseyn. Waa markii labaad todobaad gudihiis oo ciidamada Soomaaliyeed ee xaq u dirirka ah ay weerar u geystaan ciidamada cadowga Tigreega. Illaa hadda lama hayo khasaaraha dhabta ah ee uu gesytay weerarkan balse waxaa ay warar soo baxaya hadda sheegayaan in khasaaro nafeed oo aan la caymin uu kasoo gaarey ciidamada cadowga Itoobiya. Dhanka kale wararka ka imaanaya deegaanka Jubbooyinka ayaa sheegaya inuu maantay halkaasi ka dhacay dagaal qaraar oo u dhexeeya xooggaga xaq u dirirka Soomaaliyeed iyo ciidamada Tigreega oo ay weheliyaan damiir-laawayaal Soomaaliyeed. Dagaalkaan ayaa waxaa ay sheegayaaan dadka deegaanku in jab lixaad leh loo geystay ciidanka cadowga, ayagoo intaas ku daray inay jiraan ciidamo badan oo Tigree ah oo la hareereeyey oo illaa hadda aan la ogeyn inay isdhiibeen iyo inkale. Dhamaan dagaaladii maalmihii lasoo dhaafay kadhacay hawdka Jubooyinka ayaa waxaa la xaqiijiyey in looga adkaadey ciidamada Tigreeda ee soo duulay ayadoo ay dadka reer guuraga ah ka cabanayaan ur-ka bakhtiga Tigreeda oo daadsan dhulka baadiyaha. Jabka soo gaarey ciidamada Tigreeda ayaa sababay inay u qayla dhaansadaan dowladda Maraykanka oo la rumeysan yahay inay tahay awoodda iyo maskaxdii ka dambesay dagaalka ay Tigreedu kusoo qaadday Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya. Maraykanka oo adeegsanaya noocyada kala duwan ee diyaarada dagaalka iyo maraakiibta dagaalka ee kusugan xeebaha Soomaaliya ayaa tan iyo Axaddii lasoo dhaafay waxaa uu duqeyn joogto ah kuwadaa deegaano badan oo kamid ah Jubbooyinka, waxaana illaa hadda la xaqiijiyey in ay duqeynta cirka ee Maraykanku wax yeelaysay dad shacab reer guuraa ah iyo xoolo, waxaana soo baxay warar xoojinaya in dagaalyahanada Soomaaliyeed ee xaq u dirirka ah ay ka badbaadeen duqeyntii cirka ee Maraykanka. Aayaha News Desk

^^^Waxaasaa Muslin iyo Somalinimo kula sheeganayo cajiib..What will they do when their masters leave Somalia which they must will IA.

The grave error of invading Somalia By K. Sewenet The triumph of a war is in its permanence and not in winning battles. The successes of the Ethiopian TPLF government army in Somalia have been given much publicity in the international media. Ethiopian government media (the only available print and electronic press in the country) have now been beating their chests for the last two weeks. Officials of the ruling party have unashamedly been basking in their ‘glory’ for dispersing the non-existent threatening Jihadist army – which was the pretext for Ethiopian rulers to invade Somalia. But how can one justify the defeat of a Jihadist army which ‘threatened’ the whole of horn of Africa by at best 10 thousand (one twentieth of the regular Ethiopian armed forces) within a week without a serious fight? The answer is straight forward and not that complicated. There never was a threatening Jihadist army lurking in Somalia to destabilize Ethiopia. Today, when the dust of the invasion is about to settle, the reality is starting to heat home for the invaders and their backers. The hostility of the Somalian population towards the Ethiopian army is widely reported to take its turn for the worst. Demonstrations and shootings against the presence of the army have already started. It is almost a certainty now that the longer the Ethiopian army stays in Somalian soil, the harsher the violent opposition would grow. Meles Zenawi would inevitably order his troops out, not out of trying to ease tensions but necessity. What then? What would be the fate of the transitional government or Somalia in general? Would the Islamists start appearing again? If it comes to this chaos, what then was the purpose of the invasion? The current scramble by the Americans to somehow assemble an African peace force to replace Ethiopian forces will have no better chance as it will most likely to be viewed by Somalians as another American outsourcing of the war on terrorism. But this would not matter as the objective of the invaders was never to seek solutions to the intricate problems of Somalia. The invaders’ (TPLF’s Ethiopia backed by USA) motive was sinister and political and never to create stability in Somalia. For a modestly intelligent observer, it would not be a difficult to see through the driving force behind the invasion of Meles Zenawi. The dictator needed a coup to break an underling but intense popular opposition to his rule in Ethiopia. After he massacred hundreds of protestors in June and October 2005 following his blatant ballot rigging of the last general elections, his minority ethnically based government has survived via brutal measures and suppression of basic human rights. He has ample track record of diversion and manipulating domestic and international opinion throughout his fifteen rules. Note the following: - The Ethiopian - Eritrea border conflict in 1998 started when a revolt within TPLF high ranking members threatened Meles’s power - The intense escalation of the border raw between Ethiopia and Eritrea during the fake investigations of the irregularities of the vote counting process in June and July 2005 - Bringing forward the decision on the trial of Megestu Hailemariam (the previous Ethiopian sadist ruler) at a time when he was about to invade Somalia - And the biggest of all is the invasion of Somalia - a sovereign African neighbouring country – against the fundamental principles of African Union, in contravention of UN charter, and before even the ink of the Security Council resolution of December 6th has dried. The Americans motive in the Somalia conflict is more to do with their domestic politics in light of the utter failure of the Iraq campaign of the last three years. The million dollar question for the bush administration is no longer of winning the war in Iraq but how best to loose it. Consequently American public opinion against the gung-ho, shoot them, smoke them out etc foreign policy has translated into the democrats taking over both houses of congress. Hence, an opportunity in the poorest corner of the world presented itself to the White House at the eleventh hour to salvage a trickle of respect to the so called global war on terrorism. If the US through a third country, with no direct American involvement, manages to successfully invade a ‘potential heaven’ of Jihadists, then it was expected that a solution through invasion and military deployment actually produce a result after all. Thus a scenario similar to the pre Iraq invasion was created, a Jihadist threat exaggerated with unsubstantiated claims of an Al-qahida infested UIC (Union of Islamic Council) prior to the Somalian invasion. It would not be considered in the realm of scepticism to suspect that the Somalian invasion took place just before the new American congress was to be sworn in. Ethiopia and Somalia have a history of conflict. Apart from fighting two wars at a cost of tens of thousands of people and destruction of property worth hundreds of millions of dollars, successive governments of the two countries have based their mutual policies on hatred and suspicion. It is therefore either madness or irresponsible to even contemplate the invasion of one by the other for the good of the latter. The Somalians - whether moderate or Islamic - do not want to see Ethiopian soldiers in their territory under any currently conceivable pretext. The bogus claim by Meles Zenawi and the Americans that the Ethiopian army was invited by the transitional Somalian government is just ridiculous. First, there has never been recognition by Somalians that the so called transitional government has the right to invite anyone in the name of the nation. A body composed of notorious warlords and constituted by Ethiopia, Kenya and US in a Nairobi hotel few years back and which was later limited to a town called Baidowa, can hardly be morally capable of inviting an army – and an Ethiopian army at that. The Bush administration is thus again poking the wounds of others through its foreign policy of intervention where it is either unwarranted or not required. At a time when America is at a loss to find a respectable exit from its invasion of Iraq, it has now financed and supported the invasion of Somalia by Meles Zenawi’s Ethiopian forces. Different place, different forces but exactly the same thread of argument and principle underpins US Horn of Africa policy – force, punitive military action, war and invasion at the cost of everything else to defeat Islamist extremists. Few crucial points of Somalian crisis: - Meles Zenawi – who rules Ethiopia by sheer strength of his army and security forces – and a cunning manupilation of the fear of the Bush administration for Islamist extremists, will do anything to prolong his rule over the overwhelming opposition supporter majority people of the country. Meles has time and again shown no regard to the national strategic interest of his country in his rule of fifteen years. Starting from his support for Eritrean secessionists to rob his country – Ethiopia – access to the sea, to the inclusion of a constitutional guarantee for any nationality in the country to succeed if it so wishes. He has increasingly become a dictator who does not hesitate to kill, imprison and torture his own people especially after the May 2005 general elections when it was widely believed that he rigged the ballot. Meles, it seems, has been aching to seek a diversion and an opportunity to strengthen his rule. He has indeed been playing crucial role in exacerbating the somalian crises over the last few years by militarily supporting one warlord over the other. Since the advent of the United Islamist Courts (UIS) and their gaining support among the Somalian population, the ever vigilant Meles has been eyeing an opportunity to deflate his internal crisis. A distant observer might be baffled by Meles’s retention of power if he so dictatorial. The key to his longevity lies in his ruthless policy of dividing the population into ethnic enclaves similar to that of the Bantustans of South African in the 70’s and 80’s of the last century. - Since 1991, Somalian warlords have been acting like European raiders of the middle ages. They perpetuated and survived through looting and seeking clan allegiances by establishing small fiefdoms. When in 2005/06 businessmen and largely moderates came together and established the UIC, their main objective was to establish law and order and defeat the anarchy of the warlords. They used Islam as a conduit to establish their rules. Now, the fact that they used Islam as a unifying and rallying factor is not a problem by itself. In fact religion by in large has been used by western powers at time of crisis at different times in history. It is still is used in a different context but towards the same end in USA. The role of the powerful evangelist movement and extraction of selected Christian credo by the Bush administration are a case in point. The problem arises when the religious fervours are forced on others. While the UIC contains Islamist extremist elements, either the American or Meles has not been able to substantiate their claim that they (Islamist extremists) pose a potential danger to overtake UIC let alone Somalia and the region. The strength of the UIC has also been exaggerated by Meles and the Americans for obvious reasons. The biggest arsenal they have is short range rocket launchers and heavy pick up mounted artillery. Their army is a rug tag collection of poorly trained regulars and volunteers. They were big enough to defeat the warlords but nowhere near capable to challenge a reasonably trained army. Hence, the ease of the Ethiopian army success in pushing the UIC forces back to the environs of Mogadishu. The crux of this crisis is not the initial victory of the Ethiopian army. But what comes after that. - The outgoing Bush Administration’s ambassador to UN Security Council sponsored a resolution early in December 2006, which specifically forbid Ethiopian and other bordering countries not to be militarily involved in Somalia. And on Tuesday December 27, 2006 the US confirmed its support to Meles for the invasion of Somalia. This is beyond double standard. It is an outright manipulation of and contempt for the international community. In the invasion of Somalia, no American force is and likely not to be involved and it is taking place in the poorest region of the world – two conditions for America to adventure into a repeat of its failed Iraq policy, because it is likely not to attract global attention and American people would not care where American lives are not at risk. While the above statement may seem cynical, only a single superpower can get away with it through ‘pragmatic’ diplomacy (read power politics). Somalia has become an illustration where the fear of extremist Islam forces (whether real or imaginary) has gone way beyond reality into the realm of overwhelming the entire foreign policy direction of a country. It has been repeatedly said by scholars and astute observers that unless the root causes– namely poverty, lack of democracy, the rule of law, good governance and legitimacy are faced up head on, the US and the international community are likely to expound the problems in Somalia, Ethiopia and the whole Horn region by either tacitly supporting dictators or being indifferent. Somalia’s problem can only be solved by dialogue among Somalis themselves and not by foreign intervention. Meles Zenawi can not sustain his invasion. Apart from diverting attention from his internal crisis, he has no military objective but feed the dogs of war in Somalia.

^^May Allah give them strength to defeat the enemies of our religion, aamiin. Senior Pentagon Official Confirms U.S. Attacks On Islamic Courts Union American media is reporting that a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship from Djibouti bases attacked last remnants of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) forces. NBC is reporting that a senior Pentagon official has confirmed the reported attack. The media also reported a high number of dead bodies scattered on the ground as a result of the attack. ICU fighters were last surrounded by invading Ethiopian forces in a small pocket in southern-most tip of Somalia close to the Kenyan border. The besieged ICU fighters unwilling to surrender and the difficulty terrain is believed to have presented stronger than expected resistance to the invading Ethiopian forces with high casualties on both sides. If Monday's reported American attack is true, more of the same will no doubt follow which will eventually remove any last organized pockets of resistance in a matter of weeks if not days. Ethiopian air force attacks on the ICU militias in the area may not have been effective and this may have probably prompted the U.S. to act. The more sophisticated American air force planes are capable of launching night time attacks.

"Nope!None is negotiating with them and infact,they shouldn't be given amnesty.Force was their ideal approach,and force will now be the ideal approach for the Government." Amxaar waligaa rag kaa dhicin maayee bal alalaaska naga yaree!!

Ethiopia to flee from Somalia very soon leaving behing a new Somalia which is more divided and far from unity and reconciliation. Job well done by our number one enemey!!!!!!