^^Xaniinyo rag kale kufaankeed kama xishoodo..

^Why would you explain anything to Amxaar lovers...Waste of time sxb...

Iraqi police deaths 'hit 12,000' Iraq's police are a regular target for insurgent attacks Some 12,000 police officers in Iraq have died in the line of duty since the US-led invasion in 2003, Interior Minister Jawad Bolani said. The figure is from a total force of about 190,000 officers, he said. The announcement follows a suicide bomb attack that killed seven policemen and wounded 20 others during a morning parade at a base north of Baghdad. Correspondents say despite the risks, young Iraqi men see the security forces as one of the few sources of work. The interior minister said 12,000 police officers have been killed since March 2003 - one death for every 16 officers. Iraq's police are a frequent target for attacks, and are widely thought to have been infiltrated by insurgents. Wave of attacks Sunday's suicide bombing happened at a police parade ground in Muqdadiya, about 90km (56 miles) north-east of Baghdad. The bomber is reported to have detonated his explosive vest as the officers were assembling. Escalating violence in Iraq has prompted the US to re-examine its military policy in the country. The US military said six US troops were killed in a wave of attacks on Saturday. Three military police were killed and one wounded in Baghdad following a roadside bomb attack. Two soldiers died in separate attacks close to the capital. Another soldier was killed and a second wounded in an explosion while operating in Diyala province, north of the Baghdad, the US military said in a statement.

Wararka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baladwayne oo Bandow lagu soo rogey 25 Dec 25, 2006, 10:11 Magaalada Baladweyne ayaa lagu soo rogay maanta bandow habeenkii ah oo soconaya muddo sadex maalmood ah, waxaana bandowgaan soo rogay Yusuf Dabageed oo maanta ciidamda Ethiopia dib ugu soo celiyeen magaalada Baladweyne. Yusuf Dabageed ayaa khudbo ay isugu soo baxeen dadwaynaha ku sheegay in maamulka isaga lagu wareejiyay magaaladana uu hada ka arimiyo. Yusuf Dabageed ayaa uga digay dadweynaha in maanta wixii ka dambeeya lagu arki karin magaalada cid qori wadata oo aan ka ahayn sida uu sheegay ciidamada dowlada. Gudoomiyihii hore ayaa sidoo kale u sheegay dadkii isugu soo baxey goobtaa in ay u fasaxanyihiin cunista qaadka isaga oo sheegey in dadka xornimadoodii dib loogu soo celiyay waa sida uu hadalka u dhigaye . Ciidamada Ethiopia ayaa saakey aroornimadii kala wareegay magaalada Baladweyne Malishiyadka Maxaakiimta. Dolwada Ethiopia ayaa u muuqata mid dib ugu celineysa Koonfurta Somalia dagaal ogayaashii looga soo adkaadey dagaaladii Muqdisho iyo gobolada ku hareeraysan. Garowe Online,Muqdisho

Ethiopia attacks Somalia airports The Islamic militia remains in control of Mogadishu airport Ethiopian jets have bombed two airports in Somalia in a widening operation against an Islamic militia group. Jets hit the international airport in the capital, Mogadishu, and another at Balidogle, in the south of the country. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has been fighting Somalia's weak interim government and its Ethiopian backers. Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country is "at war" with the Islamists, and the Red Cross has urged all parties to protect civilians from harm. Thousands of Somalis have fled the escalating violence, and the Red Cross says the fighting is straining an already weak support system in the country. Red Cross official Pedram Yazdi told the BBC that the organisation was treating 445 people injured during the fighting, including combatants and civilians. Aircraft are taking some two tonnes of supplies into Somalia from Kenya each day in an effort to keep hospitals adequately supplied, he said. Town captured Two senior leaders of the UIC, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, landed at Mogadishu shortly after the Ethiopian air strike, a clear sign that the attack did not disable the runway. The airport was recently reopened by the UIC - which holds most of central and southern Somalia. We will overcome the Ethiopian troops in our land. Our forces are alert and ready [to] defend our country Abdirahman Janaqow Islamic Courts spokesman Ethiopia's Somali test Q&A: Islamist advance The Ethiopian government said it hit the two airports to stop "unauthorised flights", the AFP news agency reported. The BBC's Adam Mynott, in the region, says Ethiopia is carrying through its threat to hit Islamist positions in pursuit of what it claims is self-defence. A spokesman for the UIC, Abdirahman Janaqow, told the Associated Press that the Islamists would stand firm against Ethiopia. "We will overcome the Ethiopian troops in our land. Our forces are alert and ready [to] defend our country," he said at Mogadishu airport. As Ethiopia struck, Somali and Ethiopian troops captured a checkpoint outside the flashpoint town of Beledweyne. UIC forces then left the town, the scene of sustained fighting on Sunday. There were also reports of heavy fighting at the central flashpoint of Burhakaba, close to the seat of Somalia's transitional government in Baidoa. Fresh fighting between Somali government forces and the UIC erupted last week. 'No meddling' On Sunday Ethiopia admitted for the first time its troops were fighting in Somalia and began attacking the UIC across a 400km (250 mile) front line along the border. PM Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia was forced to defend its sovereignty against "terrorists" and anti-Ethiopians. Aid agencies have warned of the civilian cost of fighting "We are not trying to set up a government for Somalia, nor do we have an intention to meddle in Somalia internal affairs. We have only been forced by the circumstances," Mr Meles said. "We want to end this war urgently and we hope that Ethiopian people stand by the defence forces." The UIC, which has seized control of much of southern and central Somalia, says Ethiopian troops have been fighting alongside government forces for months. The Islamist group - which controls most of the south, including the capital, Mogadishu - on Saturday appealed for foreign fighters to join its troops in a "holy war" against Ethiopia. The UN estimates that at least 8,000 Ethiopian troops may be in the country, while rival Eritrea is said to have deployed some 2,000 troops in support of the Islamic group.

Ethiopia attacks Somalia airport Aid agencies have warned of the civilian cost of fighting Ethiopian jets have bombed Mogadishu international airport in Somalia. At least one person was reported injured but a plane carrying leaders of the Islamic group that holds the city landed on the runway afterwards. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has been fighting Somalia's weak interim government and its Ethiopian backers. Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country is "at war" with the Islamists, and the Red Cross has urged all parties to protect civilians from harm. Thousands of Somalis have fled the escalating violence, and the Red Cross says the fighting is straining an already weak support system in the country. Red Cross official Pedram Yazdi told the BBC that the organisation was treating 445 people injured during the fighting, including combatants and civilians. Aircraft are taking some two tonnes of supplies into Somalia from Kenya each day in an effort to keep hospitals adequately supplied, he said. Town captured Two senior leaders of the UIC, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, landed at Mogadishu shortly after the Ethiopian air strike, a clear sign that the attack did not disable the runway. The airport was recently reopened by the UIC - which holds most of central and southern Somalia. The government is getting military help from Ethiopia The BBC's Adam Mynott, in the region, says the attack is a clear indication that Ethiopia is carrying through its threat to hit Islamist positions in pursuit of what it claims is self-defence. A spokesman for the UIC, Abdirahman Janaqow, told the Associated Press that the Islamists would stand firm against Ethiopia. "We will overcome the Ethiopian troops in our land. Our forces are alert and ready [to] defend our country," he said at the airport. As Ethiopia struck Mogadishu airport, Somali and Ethiopian troops forced Islamist forces to withdraw from one flashpoint close to the border. Troops captured a checkpoint outside the town of Beledweyne and UIC forces then left the town, the scene of sustained fighting on Sunday. There were also reports of heavy fighting at the central flashpoint of Burhakaba, close to the seat of Somalia's transitional government in Baidoa. Fresh fighting between Somali government forces and the UIC erupted last week. 'No meddling' On Sunday Ethiopia admitted for the first time its troops were fighting in Somalia and began attacking the UIC across a 400km (250 mile) front line along the border. We are not trying to set up a government for Somalia, nor do we have an intention to meddle in Somalia internal affairs Meles Zenawi Ethiopian Prime Minister Q&A: Islamist advance Town on brink of war Can war be averted? PM Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia was forced to defend its sovereignty against "terrorists" and anti-Ethiopians. "We are not trying to set up a government for Somalia, nor do we have an intention to meddle in Somalia internal affairs. We have only been forced by the circumstances," Mr Meles said. "We want to end this war urgently and we hope that Ethiopian people stand by the defence forces." The UIC, which has seized control of much of southern and central Somalia, says Ethiopian troops have been fighting alongside government forces for months. The Islamist group - which controls most of the south, including the capital, Mogadishu - on Saturday appealed for foreign fighters to join its troops in a "holy war" against Ethiopia. The UN estimates that at least 8,000 Ethiopian troops may be in the country, while rival Eritrea is said to have deployed some 2,000 troops in support of the Islamic group.

^Hadii aad saas victory Amxaaro ujeceshahay, meesha aad Somalia kadagantahay orodoo kudarso. One thing is very clear here, you host Xabasho soldiers to kill Other Somali people, you should expect no better treatment than Xabashis.

^Atheer ma mabeen iyo xaniiinyou Amxaar ayaa tabar karaadisay. Walee cayayaan badan Xaniinyo Amxaar waalaga fujin... www.hiiraanonline.com has not report such thing.

^What a low life creature...I talk to Hiiraan before and after the attack by Ethiopia and they still give they full support to the deffenders of Islam and the Somali nation. Waligaaba Xaniinya Amxaar kudhaganaaw...But remember one thing, bringing Amxaar to murder Somalis, siding with them, and allowing them your cities to be staging grounds, you declared war and you should expect to be treated just like dirty Xabash, period....

^Here is BReaking news from Shabbele.. Diyaaradaha ciidamada dowladda Ethiopia oo duqeeyay Airaporka Muqdisho Diyaaradaha ciidamada dowladda Ethiopia ayaa duqeeyay Airaporka Mogadishu , iyagoo la dhacay bambaanooyin .25,Dec,06 www.shabelle.com

September 24, 1977 Jijiga, a major town in Ethiopia's ****** region, had fallen to Somali-backed guerrillas Sept. 14, according to diplomatic sources Sept. 18 in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, and Mogadishu, the Somali capital. The Ethiopian government, however, gave no official word on Jijiga's status and continued to report heavy fighting in the area. [see p. 684G1] The Western Somalia Liberation Front appeared to have succeeded in regrouping its forces after an Ethiopian repluse in early September. The sources cited in press reports said the Ethiopian troops had abandoned Jijiga because of low morale, not because of superior guerrilla tactics, as the rebels claimed. The front reported Sept. 18 that 3,000 Ethiopian soliders had died in the fighting. It was believed the rebel forces had suffered similar losses. The seizure of Jijiga meant the loss of a radar station that had been crucial to the successful Ethiopian defense of Diredawa, another ****** city of strategic importance. In addition, Jijiga controlled a mountain pass leading to Diredawa and Harar and could be used as a base for counterattacks on Somali territory. Ethiopia had threatened to attack Somalia over what it called Somali's intervention on the side of the Western Somalia Liberation Front. Somalia Sept. 10 had charged Ethiopia with bombing two Somali border villages. (Ethiopia broke diplomatic relations with Somalia Sept. 7 and gave Somali envoys 48 hours to leave the country. Somalia retaliated in a similar fashion the next day.) Somalia denied that its regular army was fighting alongside the guerrillas but admitted giving them air and material support. The Ethiopian government Sept. 14 escorted foreign journalists on a tour of Diredawa and its environs to exhibit captured Somali equipment. The tanks, trucks, personnel carriers, artillery pieces and rocket launchers shown to reporters had Somali license plates and military markings and were generally assumed to be proof of direct involvement by Mogadishu. Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopian head of state, predicted Sept. 18 that the ****** war would be a long one. He warned that the effectiveness of both the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity would be compromised by their failure to stop Somalia's "war of aggression." In his first press conference since becoming undisputed head of government, Mengistu said Somalia had violated UN and OAS principles by invading ******. Mengistu called reports of Cuban troops in Ethiopia "malicious rumors, "adding that Ethiopia would not request foreign troops. He indicated that Ethiopia would be willing to purchase arms from the U.S. as well as the Soviet Union, but he charged that Washington had blocked shipments of arms to Ethiopia, which already had been paid for. (The arms deliveries had been halted when Ethiopa had abrogated the U.S.-Ethiopian military alliance. Ethiopia gets Cuban aid, Kenyan offer -- Ethiopian radio reported Sept. 16 that 71 Cuban medical personnel had arrived the day before. The report said the Cuban aid was the result of a recent agreement between the two countries. A Kenyan official Sept. 9 had said Nairobi would give Ethiopia any help it could be repluse Somali aggression.Upon returning from Addis Ababa, Michael Njenga, a presidential adviser, said, "Ethiopia's victory over the enemy will be a victory for Kenya." (Somalia sought a union of all Somali-speaking peoples, which included groups living in northern Kenya as well as in the ****** region.) Somalia scores Ethiopia, U.S.S.R. Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre Sept. 14 accused Ethiopia of "aggression" in ******. In a speech during a state visit to Saudi Arabia, Barre also warned the Soviet Union indirectly to stop aiding Addis Ababa. It was believed that Barre's visit to Saudi Arabia was part of an effort by Arab nations to weaken Soviet influence in Somalia and preserve Arab control of the Red Sea. Ethiopia's swift shift to Moscow and its breaking of traditionally pro-U.S. ties apparently had supurred the Arab states into action. According to reports, Saudi Arabia had offered Barre as much as $300 million in aid to end Somalia's almost total dependence on Soviet economic and military aid. (A Somali official Sept. 7 had announced that Moscow had halted shipments of military supplies to Mogadishu, and he had indicated that Somalia might eject all Soviet advisers from the country if the shipments were not resumed. Diplomatic sources in Mogadishu had reported that Soviet shipments were reaching the country but they consisted almost entirely of spare parts instead of arms needed for immediate use in ******.) Somalia accuses U.S. of deception -- A Somali diplomat had accused the U.S. of giving Somalia a false impression of U.S. support for the attack on ******, according to the Sept. 26 issue of Newsweek magazine (on sale Sept. 19). Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali ambassador to the United Nations, had told Richard Moose, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, that the U.S. had "thrown away a unique opportunity to . . . establish [its] influence in the Horn of Africa," according to the report. Newsweek said Somalia had mounted its major offensive in ****** because of a U.S. promise to furnish arms aid. The U.S. policy had resulted from Ethiopia's decision to expel U.S. military advisers from the country and its successful bid for aid from the Soviet Union. According to the report, Somali President Mohamed Said Barre had received secret U.S. assurances that the U.S. would not oppose "further guerrilla pressure in the ******" and would "consider sympathetically Somalia's legitimate defense needs." In return, the U.S. had asked Somalia to drop its territorial claims on Kenya and Djibouti, the report said. The swift escalation of the ****** war had surprised the U.S., according to the report. The U.S. apparently had not expected its offer of aid to be taken as approval of a Somali invasion of ******. (It was generally agreed that Somalia was participating actively in ******.) As a result, opinions in the State Department were divided on whether to proceed with arms deliveries to Somalia, according to the report. Opponents of the arms shipments prevailed in the end. The State Department Sept. 19 denied that the U.S. had encouraged the Somali offensive directly or indirectly. Commenting on the Newsweek article, a spokesman said the Somalis had misinterpreted the U.S. position during talks on possible arms sales. He said the U.S. had stressed that it would send arms "for defensive purposes only." Facts on File World News Digest

Predictable War Propoganda In an earlier post titled “Meles’s Next Card” , it was predicted that Meles will go as far as to claim the presence of “Jihadists” in Ethiopia in order to manipulate the War on Terror for his gain: “Meles will soon begin to make claims of "Muslim fanatics" or "Jihadists" within Ethiopia's Muslim populace to scare all Ethiopians. He will also take advantage of the intolerant elements within the country to create a climate of suspicion and hostility between the the two religious communities”. AFP just ran a story in which Elias Redman, vice president of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (EIASC) is quoted as saying: "There is a small minority [of Islamic fundamentalists] in Ethiopia, not more than 500 fanatics, but trained in Somalia and very active.." Meles and EPRDF are ridiculously predictable. Elias Redman-by the way-was a member of the commission set up to investigate the post elections violence that occurred in 2005. Ethiopian Muslims (especially those overseas) were horrified when Associated Press quoted him with regard to the 193 unarmed civilians killed in Addis Ababa by the security forces: "I consider the motives of the protesters was to overthrow the government. I therefore fully support the action taken by the police." Elias has shown himself repeatedly to be a staunch EPRDF supporter and spokesman much like the infamous Bereket Simon, and any opinions he expresses should be seen in that light. What EPRDF is now doing is planting the seeds of xenophobia and paranoia against Ethiopian Muslims to divide Ethiopians along religious lines in order to blunt their opposition to the government. The ever irresponsible Meles is also putting Ethiopian Muslims (especially Somalis from the ******) in a precarious situation by drawing suspicious towards them by intolerant elements within the country (including within the opposition). In addition, just like Meles used Bereket Simon's deplorable allegations that the opposition activists are "interhawwe" to justify killing, maiming or jailing them, Meles will use Elias Redman's fiction of "Islamic fundamentalists" to kill, maim or jail any Muslim opposition supporters. As an attack on Muslims is never complete without the predictable diatribe against Saudi Arabia and Wahabism, Elias Redman also has this to add in his interview: "These people are extremist Wahhabis supported by Saudi Arabia, and they want to teach us their reading of Islam..." Elias Redman also deliberately misconstrues and exaggerates the threat of the United Islamic Courts to Ethiopia: "These Islamists in Somalia are trying to change the religion of the world, which is against the Holy Koran, like al Qaeda," he said. "They want to convert the whole of East Africa. Now they are starting in Ethiopia from Somalia." Thus one can see how the pro-war propaganda of Meles Zenewi and his spokesman Elias Redman, the vice chairman of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (EIASC), neatly converges with views of the right wing international Christian media as well as intolerant elements in the Ethiopia. The UIC's have never hidden their political agenda. They are extreme Somali nationalists who are using Islamism as a tool to pursue the old and failed vision of a greater Somalia that includes the ******. The UIC has no grand plan for changing the religion of Ethiopia and even if they did, it is ludicrous to claim that they are a threat in that regard. It is Meles who invaded Somalia first and is interfering in the country's internal affairs to gain western support for his unpopular government. It is EPRDF's tyrannical rule replete with gross human rights abuses and failed economic policies that is a threat to Ethiopians. Finally Elias is quoted as saying: "Here, we were Muslims before the Mecca people, before the Medina people," he said. "We have the original books, and we are sharing the original Islam. They cannot tell us what Islam is." In an amazing display of arrogance, Meles and Elias are even using Ethioipa's illustrious history as the Haven of the first Hijra as part of EPRDF's war propoganda! Can anyone doubt that Meles will say or do anything to keep himself in power at the expense of peace and democracy in Ethiopia? Posted by Zenobia at 9:51 AM 1 comments Links to this post http://ewenetethiopia.blogspot.com/index.html Resenting Ethiopian Muslims One of the disturbing tendencies of some Ethiopian Christians when they write about Islam in Ethiopia is how they attack Ethiopian Muslims by making pretentious arguments against “Wahabism”. Read a typical discourse against Wahabism and it becomes abundantly clear that the author is really not so much concerned about Wahabism but the fact that many Ethiopian Muslims have become more visibly devout, are building mosques, are adhering to personal Islamic laws and are showing more pride in their Islamic heritage. This is something that many Ethiopian Christians can 't seem to accept. http://www.ethiopianmuslims.net/Islam_in_Ethiopia/attack&on$Islam&Muslims.htm

"Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran. " The war is between Tigree[defenders of Christian hegemony of all Ethiopia] and the ICU[defenders of Islam and those freedom loving Somalis].. Xaniinya Xabashi Somali badan ayaa laga fujin.

"The latest info from many sites, including the infamous Waagacusub is that the clan courts have vacated Bay. " "Dowladda Federalka oo sheegatay inay la wareegeen gacan ku heeynta Beledweyne,Bandiiradleey, Matabaan iyo Jawiil ,Idaacad ku hadasha afka dowladda oo hawadda baydhabo laga maqlayo." Af-Somaligi miyaadan garaneeyn lol...What "Dowlada Federalka oo sheegatay..."don't you understand... Aren't the Puntland.coms not enough for you!!

quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by General Duke: Sightings of Ethiopia seems to be on the increase. Though why that much armour in Gedo? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HORN responds with smile. This has nothing to do with Gedo and you know it sxb. Gedo is just the entry point. The new Somalia[former Somalia].

^Somali-Enemy, call us Socialist or Islamists if you want but one fact will always remain, your christian minority rule of Ethiopia will come to an end sooner than you think!!!It was the Communist states that saved your... from complete destruction and now USA is attempting to rescue you, Can't you stand alone for once Here is the sad story of Ethiopian Muslims under minority christian rule: A new history book appeared carrying cartoon “Picture” of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Ethiopia has unveiled a new history book for students of grade 11. The Book which is in English carries a cartoon on page 52 what it claims is Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as it entered Medina and was welcome by the people of the city. The book came known first amidst Muslims, in Jijjiga, and later found in the capital and other cities across the country. On Thursday, Dec. 07, 2006, a history teacher in Jijjiga began his lecture on the rise of Islam by re-drawing the cartoon published by the Denmark Newsletter and told his students ”this man who was died of Malaria established Islam”. He then showed the drawing in the text book. This angered the students and they beat him and began protesting against such attack being launched on Islam and Ethiopian Muslims in the country. Minor damage was inflicted on the infrastructure of the school. Later on the demonstration swollen up and its coverage went beyond the school compound as the Muslims in the city joined the students in condemning what is in the text book. Following the demonstration at least two students, a boy and a girl, were reported killed by the government force (notorious Federal Police) stationed there while many were arrested and taken to Harar. Learn more on Negashi Weblog http://www.ethiopianmuslims.net/ Resenting Ethiopian Muslims from http://ewenetethiopia.blogspot.com One of the disturbing tendencies of some Ethiopian Christians when they write about Islam in Ethiopia is how they attack Ethiopian Muslims by making pretentious arguments against “Wahabism”. Read a typical discourse against Wahabism and it becomes abundantly clear that the author is really not so much concerned about Wahabism but the fact that many Ethiopian Muslims have become more visibly devout, are building mosques, are adhering to personal Islamic laws and are showing more pride in their Islamic heritage. This is something that many Ethiopian Christians can ‘t seem to accept. Recently, Ato. Nemera Waqeyo wrote a paper titled “What was the government's role in the attack of churches by fanatic Muslims” which examines the possible causes for the recent communal violence in Jimma. Ato. Nemera's main point is that there is a growing fanatic Islamic sect in Ethiopia-Wahabism-that is a threat to Ethiopia's Christians and might have also been behind the violence in Jimma. His paper is very revealing in that it shows the extent of how many Ethiopian Christians are very opposed to the fundamental rights of Ethiopian Muslims. Ato. Nemera essay is nothing more an expression of hostility towards prominent Ethiopian Muslims, mosques and any visible presence of Islam in Ethiopia. He barely conceals his resentments by pretending to be concerned about Wahabism. In fact many of the points he makes in his paper have nothing to do with Wahabism at all. full article >>> http://www.ethiopianmuslims.net/ Beating the drum on the soul and blood of innocent Ethiopians 11.11.06 The Jimma incident is one of the many instances where selfish people and organisation have tried to use it to formulate a sound case in promoting their own narrow agenda, despite they pretend to be concerned about the people and the country. There is no doubt that, irrespective of one's belief or political affiliation, every man of good sense feels deep sorrow and grief by the wave of attacks on religious sanctuaries and civilians in Oromia region. As already reported in due time, the incident began on 26/09/06 , eve of Mesqel, an annual religious celebration for Orthodox Christians, when simultaneous attacks were launched on Mosques in three different towns. The atrocities were then spread to other places in the region resulting great loss of life and material. They are to be condemned in all their forms with the strongest of terms. Such barbaric acts are in no means to be justifies by whatever standard. More on Negashi weblog >> Muslims prevented from performing Eid prayers! 24.10.06 NEME has learnt that Muslims in Axum were prevented by Christians yesterday from performing their Eid prayers. Muslims in Axum, northern Ethiopia, were prevented by Christians of the town from preforming their Eid Prayer. Eid al-fitr is a culmination of Ramadhan and consists of among others congregational prayers. Eid was celebrated in Ethiopia as most in the Muslim world on the 23rd of October, 2006. After receiving the above alert message, NEME contacted the office of the regional Supreme Council in Mekele hoping to get detailed information on the cause and extent of the incident. The representative at the office was however unwilling to shed any information beyond affirming the incident and suggesting to us to contact the administrationn in Axum. The network's effort to reach its correspondents in the country was unsuccessful merely because of problem with tel. connection. The information we already received from various sources indicate however that the problem started on the eve of Eid when fanatic Christians entered a Mosque and began attacking Muslims who were performing Isha prayer. As a result two Muslims were wounded, one found in critical state. NEME will try to catch on the detail and provide its visitors with all that had happened and what happened since then. Muslims in Axum are the most oppressed and most descriminated community in the country. They are harrased non-stop. Their rights not only to practice their belief but also their right of existence is seriously violated. They are denied of place to bury their dead or build worshinping place. Their calls to the governmet have never received any attention and repeatedly reglected. It is to be recalled that in Sept. 2001, a more than 100 years old Mosque in Dura, a village just 20 km outside of Axum, was burnt by fanatic Christians. The government authorities failed to date to enforce the court's decision to rebuild it.

^"The question is a valid one, Ethiopia is hunting the rebels hiding in the Clan Courts camp and who gave them a false sense of security." Is it not a Somali interest to support such rebels to distabalise and divide Ethiopia the same way Ethiopia was doing by supporting rebels such SNM, SSDF and USC during the rule of the former Somali dictator and currently arming one clan against the other to keep Somalia in a state of chaos and weakness. Is it not Somali interest to see Ethiopia disintigrate just like the Soviet and Former Yuguslavia that will make Somalia the undisputed heavyweight in the HORN ?? Anyway lets see if Abdulahi-Ahmaars plot with the enemy against his own country will bring the few die hard clanist a glorious victory. A quick history of how Palestine was lost: Britain and France planned to divide the Ottoman holdings in the Middle East among themselves after the war. The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 called for part of Palestine to be under British rule, part to be placed under a joint Allied government, and for Syria and Lebanon to be given to the France. However, Britain also offered to back Arab demands for postwar independence from the Ottomans in return for Arab support for the Allies and seems to have promised the same territories to the Arabs. In 1916, Arabs led by T.E. Lawrence and backed by Sharif Husayn revolted against the Ottomans in the belief that Britain would help establish Arab independence in the Middle East. Lawrence's exploits and their importance in the war against Turkey were somewhat exaggerated by himself and by the enterprising publicist Lowell Thomas. The United States and other countries pressed for Arab self-determination. The Arabs, and many in the British government including Lawrence, believed that the Arabs had been short-changed by the British promise to give Syria to the French, and likewise by the promise of Palestine as a Jewish homeland. The Arabs claimed that Palestine was included in the area promised to them, but the British denied this. The Balfour Declaration - In November 1917, before Britain had conquered Jerusalem and the area to be known as Palestine, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration. The declaration was a letter addressed to Lord Rothschild, based on a request of the Zionist organization in Great Britain. The declaration stated Britain's support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine, without violating the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities. The declaration was the result of lobbying by the small British Zionist movement, especially by Dr. Haim Weizmann, who had emigrated from Russia to Britain, but it was motivated by British strategic considerations. Paradoxically, perhaps, a major motivation for the declaration may have been the belief, inspired by anti-Semitism, that international Jewry would come to the aid of the British if they declared themselves in favor of a Jewish homeland, and the fear that the Germans were about to issue such a declaration.

^Did you find more images of corpses to share us, be it Somali or Amxaar???

NOW, Mr. Duke can tell us what does MELES mean when he says "his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran". Is he really fighting for Abdulahi-Ahmaar to become a president of strong and united S O M A L I A ? or is he really thinking about the welfare of your CLAN?? You are smart man, you should atleast think beyond the clan box for once and tell us why we should be supporting this new crusade in the HORN?

Ethiopia says war has begun with Somalia's powerful Islamic movement MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war." It was the first time Ethiopia acknowledged its troops were fighting in support of Somalia's U.N.-backed interim government even though witnesses had been reporting their presence for weeks in an escalating battle that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa region. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran. "Our defense force has been forced to enter a war to defend (against) the attacks from extremists and anti-Ethiopian forces and to protect the sovereignty of the land," Meles said a few hours after his military attacked the Islamic militia with fighter jets and artillery. No reliable casualty reports were immediately available. Ethiopia, a largely Christian nation, supports Somalia's interim government, which has been losing ground to the Council of Islamic Courts for months. "They are cowards," said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with the Islamic movement, which controls most of southern Somalia. "They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes." Eritrea, a bitter rival of Ethiopia, is backing the Islamic militia, and experts fear the conflict could draw in the volatile Horn of Africa region, which lies close to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and has seen a rise in Islamic extremism. A recent U.N. report said 10 nations have been illegally supplying arms and equipment to both sides in Somalia. People living along Somalia's coast have reported seeing hundreds of foreign Muslims entering the country in answer to calls from the Islamic militia to fight a holy war against Ethiopia. The Islamic group's often severe interpretation of Islam raises memories of Afghanistan's Taliban regime, which was ousted by a U.S.-led campaign for harboring Osama bin Laden. The U.S. says four al-Qaida leaders blamed for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania have become leaders in Somalia's Islamic militia. The Islamic movement drove secular Somali warlords supported by the U.S. out of the capital, Mogadishu, last summer and have seized most of the southern half of the country, which has not had an effective government since a longtime dictatorship was toppled in 1991. The interim Somali administration, formed two years ago with U.N. help, been unable to exert any wide control and its influence is now confined to the area around the western city of Baidoa. Several rounds of peace talks failed to yield any lasting results. Major fighting broke out Tuesday night, but had tapered off before Sunday's battles began before dawn and continued for about 10 hours. Ethiopian Information Minister Berhan Hailu said before Meles' announcement that Ethiopian soldiers were fighting alongside Somali government soldiers in Dinsoor, Belet Weyne, Bandiradley and Bur Haqaba. Witnesses said a major road and an Islamic recruiting center were bombed in Belet Weyne, and 12 Ethiopian soldiers were reportedly captured nearby. "We saw 12 blindfolded men and were told they were Ethiopian prisoners captured in the battle," said Abdi Fodere, a businessman in Belet Weyne. Less serious fighting also was reported in Baidoa. "I think they have met a resistance they have never dreamt of before," interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said in brief remarks as the fighting began to die down at Baidoa. Suley, the official with the Islamic movement, said his forces had destroyed four Ethiopian tanks outside the city. As Sunday's fighting wore on, the Islamic militia began broadcasting patriotic songs in Mogadishu about Somalia's 1977 war with Ethiopia. The two countries have fought two wars over their disputed border in the past 45 years. Meles has said his government has a legal and moral obligation to support Somalia's internationally recognized government. He also accuses the Islamic movement of backing ethnic Somali rebels fighting for independence from Ethiopia and has called such support an act of war. Leaders of the Islamic militia have repeatedly said they want to incorporate ethnic Somalis living in eastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya and Djibouti into a Greater Somalia. The fighting is hitting a country already devastated by conflict. One in five children dies before age 5 from a preventable disease, and the impoverished nation is struggling to recover from eastern Africa's worst flood season in 50 years. Government officials and Islamic militiamen have said hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting since Tuesday, but the claims could not be independently confirmed. Aid groups put the death toll in the dozens. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO37910/

^and do you think the Tigree regime will keep any occuppied lands???Such people are making the situation more dangerous and a dream of a united Somali-nation more difficult.

^Calling Jihad on behalf of Eritrea????Why we do that when our own country is occuppied and our cities are bombed???Bal sidi qof weyn oo wax caqli kujiro mar uhadal...

^lol...Maxishootid miyaa...TFG xagee jooogtaa ...Ethiopian army vs ICU+Somali people..Do you think Ethiopian air power and infantry will stay without resistance...PS..One question, do you think Ethiopia is doing this for the interest of Abdulahi-Ahmaar and Somalia or its Ethiopian interest??

Since then, Ethiopia has, on several occasions, teamed up with various clans in Somalia’s interclan wars. Those wars led to the collapse of the central government in 1991, followed by 15 years of anarchy. Ethiopia and their christian rulers clearly understand their real enemy and are working hard to eliminate it with the help of outside powers.

Several radio stations aired patriotic songs, urging Somalis to defend their country, with some dating from the 1977-78 ****** war when Ethiopia's army crushed Somali troops who tried to lay claim to its ethnically Somali ****** region. Thats PS. When did the Soviet, Cubans, Yemenis and Libyans became part of the Ethiopian army.Without the support of the Communist and Wester block, Ethiopia would have been history. Western media such as Reuters are clearly contributing the fight agains Islam by flooding us with propoganda PS.