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Nairobi/Brussels, 27 November 2006: The draft resolution the U.S. intends to present to the UN Security Council on 29 November could trigger all-out war in Somalia and destabilise the entire Horn of Africa region by escalating the proxy conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to dangerous new levels. Instead of siding with one party in the civil conflict – the weak and fragmented Ethiopia-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) – the Council should apply maximum pressure on both it and the Eritrea-backed Council of Somali Islamic Courts (CSIC) to resume negotiations without preconditions. The proposed resolution, which has the backing of African members of the Security Council, would authorise deployment of a regional military force (IGASOM) in support of the TFG and exempt that entity and troop contributing countries – Ethiopia, Uganda and possibly Kenya, amongst others – from the existing UN arms embargo. While its objectives are to strengthen the TFG, deter the CSIC from further expansion and avert the threat of full-scale war, it is likely to backfire on all three counts. Crisis Group has consistently opposed deployment of a regional intervention force – especially one involving front-line states such as Ethiopia – unless it has the consent of all warring parties, and called for more robust enforcement of the UN arms embargo. The UN Monitoring Group, which reported on 16 October, similarly cited the dangers of such a deployment and urged instead strengthening the arms embargo through surveillance of all Somali borders. Despite international recognition, the TFG has never enjoyed broad support or legitimacy within Somalia, and the TFG parliament split badly when it debated the issue of foreign troops in March 2005. Actual deployment would likely fracture the parliament beyond repair and reinforce the impression that the TFG is simply a proxy for Ethiopia. The loss of legitimacy in the eyes of the Somali public would be irreversible. The CSIC, which controls most of south central Somalia, has repeatedly declared that it will wage a “jihad” against any foreign troops on Somali territory, including the Ethiopians already deployed there. It would likely perceive Security Council passage of the resolution as tantamount to a declaration of war. Rather than wait for the TFG to arm itself, it might well launch a pre-emptive attack on its seat in Baidoa. The CSIC is viewed as a danger to its neighbours because of its irredentist views, and support for international terrorist elements and cross-border Ethiopian rebel groups. In addition, it threatens to unseat the internationally recognised TFG. Instead of prioritising military protection of the TFG against the CSIC – which is itself receiving military support from as many as eight external countries – the international community should challenge the CSIC to reform its stance on each of these points and work towards a negotiated solution with the TFG. The TFG and CSIC are scheduled to meet in Khartoum in mid-December for a third round of Arab League facilitated peace talks. Although previous talks made little headway, more effective international pressure on the parties, including a more active involvement from the UN Secretary General via his Special Representative, would increase the likelihood of success. Without this, the resolution would give the CSIC an excuse to withdraw altogether and would kill any hope of a negotiated ceasefire. Military confrontation would be the only remaining option. Instead of authorising deployment of a regional force, the Council should push both parties to resume peace talks immediately. First on the agenda should be a comprehensive ceasefire covering: disengagement of opposing forces; withdrawal from Somalia of all foreign troops and military trainers; and deployment of an International Verification Mission to monitor compliance with the agreement. Any UN-sponsored military deployment should be designed to support an agreed ceasefire, not undermine efforts to achieve such a ceasefire, and should be made up of forces acceptable to both parties. If either party fails to demonstrate genuine commitment to this process, the Council should impose travel bans on its leaders, freeze assets and authorise economic sanctions against business interests. As so often in Somalia, the consequence of an ill-considered intervent

Hopes that the United States government may have learnt some lessons about the dangers of ill-considered military adventures in Muslim countries appear to be misplaced. On November 29, the US intends to present a resolution to the UN security council authorising the deployment of a regional military force, (IGASOM), in support of Somalia's transitional federal government, which is backed by the Ethiopian government, against its rival Council of Somali Islamic Courts, which is backed by Eritrea. The resolution could trigger all-out war in Somalia and destabilise the entire Horn of Africa region by escalating the proxy conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to dangerous new levels. The intervention is clearly motivated by the US government's obsession with combating radical Islam, but is likely to be entirely counterproductive. Somalia was the scene of one of the UN's first big "humanitarian interventions" in the early 1990s. Entitled Operation Restore Hope, the initial aim was to "provide a secure environment for humanitarian relief operations". However, peacekeeping troops soon got sucked into a conflict with some of the local warlords, culminating in the infamous Black Hawk Down incident, in which a number of US servicemen were killed. Operation Shoot-to-Feed, as it soon became known, cost the lives of around 500 Somalis and 150 UN soldiers. Its perceived failure turned western public opinion and helps to explain the weakness of subsequent interventions in Bosnia and Rwanda. While this precedent does not offer much cause for optimism about another intervention, the make-up of the regional forces to be deployed is even more disturbing. According to the International Crisis Group, the troop-contributing countries are likely to include Ethiopia, Uganda and, possibly, Kenya, and these countries will be exempt from the arms embargo that is currently in force. The ICG warns that the deployment will reinforce the impression that the transitional federal government is simply a proxy for Ethiopia and will lead to an "irreversible" loss of legitimacy in the eyes of the Somali public. Again, there are some recent worrying precedents for this. The regional intervention by a group of African States in Liberia's civil war merely prolonged and spread the conflict to engulf neighbouring states. Even more worrying is the example of the proxy war fought by a number of African governments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which resulted in up to 4 million deaths and remains an area of huge regional tension. Deploying frontline states, such as Ethiopia, in Somalia, without the consent of all warring parties, would be the equivalent of pouring petrol on a fire. Intervening under the banner of the UN will also weaken the organisation's neutrality and legitimacy. The ICG has instead called on the UN to reinforce its arms embargo against all sides and to push for a negotiated end to the conflict. It states that "any UN-sponsored military deployment should be designed to support an agreed ceasefire, not undermine it". The two sides are scheduled to meet in Khartoum in mid-December for a third round of Arab League facilitated peace talks. The ICG believes that more effective international pressure on the parties, including a more active involvement from the UN secretary general via his special representative, could lead to a breakthrough. However, it warns that the proposed US resolution could give the Islamists an excuse to withdraw from negotiations and make good their threats of jihad against any foreign troops on Somali territory. The worry is that the passage of the resolution could lead them to make a pre-emptive assault on the federal government. Although this conflict would not directly involve western troops, the damage that it could do could spread beyond Somalia's immediate borders. Eritrea and Ethiopia could be drawn back into direct conflict and the destabilisation could also have an indirect affect on the peace processes in Sudan and northern Uganda. We have, as I have argued previously, been here before. This region of Africa needs peace, stability and development and the west should support this for self-interested reasons. The US government is right to perceive the current instability in Somalia as a threat to the country's immediate neighbours and a potential breeding ground for international terrorism. Unfortunately, and not for the first time, its proposed remedy will probably inflame the disease Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Sending African troops into Somalia 'would trigger war' Xan Rice, east Africa correspondent Monday November 27, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Militia from the Islamic Courts Union just north of Mogadishu. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP A US-backed proposal to send African troops into Somalia to support the weak government raises the risk of triggering an all-out war with the Islamic courts that could destabilise the entire region, a leading thinktank said today. The International Crisis Group warned that approval of the draft US resolution, to be presented to the UN security council on Wednesday, would be viewed by the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (Sics) as tantamount to a declaration of war. Article continues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopia and Eritrea, which have backed the government and courts respectively with both troops and weapons, would be further sucked into the conflict, the group said. Backed by the African members of the security council, the draft resolution calls for the deployment of a regional military force to support the transitional federal government (TFG), which has no army of its own and is vying for power with the heavily armed courts militias. Countries that contribute troops, including Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, would be exempted from the UN arms embargo on Somalia. While the mission's goal would be to strengthen the government and dissuade Sics- which enjoys local goodwill and controls most of south-central Somalia - from further expansion, the crisis group said the strategy would backfire. Most Somalis, including a significant chunk of the government, are deeply opposed to any foreign intervention. Sics has repeatedly stated it will wage "jihad" on any outside troops. "Actual deployment would be likely to fracture the parliament beyond repair and reinforce the impression that the TFG is simply a proxy for Ethiopia. The loss of legitimacy in the eyes of the Somali public would be irreversible," the ICG statement said. "Rather than wait for the TFG to arm itself, [sics] might well launch a pre-emptive attack on [the government's] seat in Baidoa." The US's support for the resolution has caused consternation among western diplomats dealing with Somalia, most of whom share the thinktank's prognosis if regional troops are to deployed. Previous US foreign policy decisions in the Horn of Africa have not helped engender trust. Washington's bungled policy of funding the Mogadishu warlords against the courts - which it accuses of harbouring al-Qaida militants - is credited with speeding the rise of Sics, which gained control of the capital in June and has since expanded rapidly. In July, the US formed the International Contact Group on Somalia, along with Britain, Italy, Norway, Tanzania and Sweden, in an attempt to help find a peaceful solution. On October 19 in Nairobi, the International Contact Group issued a joint statement declaring that it supported dialogue between the Somali government and Sics, which is scheduled to resume in Khartoum next month, as the best way forward.

BUSTED...TWO IN ONE..../ Somali_Friend and Lieutenant Xalane...If lieutenant sounds a lot like Somali-Friend, that’s no coincidence. Because 'Lieutenant' is, in fact, Somali_Friend.. Don't hide awoowe. :)Keep up your effort and show us more lab dancing for your uncles master.

^MMA,stay tuned to this site for further info.

Is this a hoax from a clannish website? Cabdullahi Yusuf Oo Markale Ku Noqday "Coma" Xaaladiisana Ay Aad U Daran Tahay Baydhabo, 11/26/2006 - War goor dhaweyd inaga soo gaaray magaalada Baydhabo ayaa sheegayo in madaxweynaha dowlada KMG ah, Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed, uu dib ugu noqday miyir la'aantii (coma) ee uu mar galay doraad. Madaxweynaha ayaa doraad istaaga ka dhacay isagoo coma ama miyir la'aan ahaa mudo 12-saacadood ah xanuun kaas oo ahaa xaga beerka ah. Warkaas markaanu soo galinay doraad ayaa dad inala soo xiriiray oo sheegtay inay ehel dhaw u yihiin Cabdulaahi Yusuf waxey sheegeen inuu xanuunka madaxweynaha ahaa mid qabatin ah oo uu waligii lahaan jiray ee aysan aheyn xaga beerka. Hase yeeshee xanuunka madaxweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf oo ilaa doraad soo noqnoqonayey ayaa la inoo xaqiijiyey inuu yahay xanuun xaga beerka ah. Waa markii labaad oo uu madaxweynuhu galo coma mudo saddex maalmood gudahood ah, iyadoo inti badneyd isbuuci la soo dhaafay uu gurigiisa ku xanuunsanayey. Madaxweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf ayaa ah nin da' ah isla markaana wato beer laga soo gooyey qof baqtiyey oo ay si artificial ah ugu xireen dhaqaatiir caalami ah. Cabdullahi Yusuf ayey dhowr jeer dhaqaatiirta kula taliyeen inuu nasto isla markaana uunan qaban howlaha u baahan istaaga badan, socodka joogtada ah ama fikirka dheer. Xaalada caafimaad daro ee madaxeynaha ayaa waxey ku soo aaday xili ay dalka Soomaaliya ku soo qulqulayaan ciidan Itoobiyaan ah oo uu sheegan jiray inay dalka u qaban doonaan, isla markaana hubka uga dhigi doonaan beelo uu si gooni ah farta ugu fiiqi jiray. Waanu la sii socon doonaa xaalada caafimaad ee Cabdulaahi Yusuf. Xasan Cali Wehliye Wabishabeele Muqdisho Contact: wabishabeele@hotmail.com source: http://wabishabeele.com/

^ Brother Red Sea..Qofkan qof laciilay kacabaad dheer..

Qanyare in deep thinking!! warlord among warlords. Time is running out for Ethiopia's endangered species aka the TFG.

Awesome Rainbow. Breathtaking....

Get over it the game is still open and the TFG is much stronger than ever before. Still Melez considers the TFG an endangered species..Maybe you know better than Yeey's master

^Cajiib..Habeenki Indhacade iyo qabiilkiisa makujiifataa subaxdina makusookacdaa....What if they had supported Yeey and the Melez, the master of Yeey..

But anyone who sides with the Clan Courts will be an enemy of the Somali state, simple. This is what comical Ali of Iraq once said..: "The Iraqi troops and the Iraqi fighters are in control of all the places, as we have witnessed. No big change in that. We are fighting against them."

Duuliye,let the Ethiopian man be,he has every right to believe in what is good for his pple What is good for the Tigre[his people] is not good for the Oromo, the Amhara, the Somali people and the list continuees... then he has the right to destroy me and i have the right to defend myself and what is mine. Remember 1977.. we were on the offesive to free our people from occupation. No Ethiopian came to our cities and destroyed them,its was all done and orchestrated by somalis,in the name of freedom and tribal loyalty True..But you must report, Ethiopia was supporting militarily and financially groups such as SSDF, SNM,USC and their fight to oust former dictator. And same goes to Somali's support to TPLF[Tigree/Melez tribe] and the Eritrea's struggle.. Pointing fingers won't help,and raising dead claims sure won't help.Let them be. So thats your conclusion.. Either your knowledge of Ethiopia is very limited or you are blinded by the dream and hope of seeing Yeey becoming the undisputed dictator/warlord of Somalia.

Historic and religious factors, and US backing, shaping Ethiopia's aggression in Somalia by Mahmoud Ahmed Shaikh (Friday November 24 2006) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no doubt whatsoever that the Ethiopian regime is corrupt and oppressive. But despite this the US government, which claims to be working for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the African continent, is a strong ally of Addis Ababa and of Zenawi." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The current conflicts in the Horn of Africa have not merely turned up on the contemporary world stage out of nowhere. Muslims and Christians in Ethiopia and neighbouring regions were engaged in confrontation (armed and otherwise) with each other long before the arrival of the Western colonial powers and the establishment of British, Italian and French protectorates and colonies. Muslims in the subsequent Italian Somali, British Somaliland and the French Somali colony (Djibouti) were, naturally, also involved in the religious friction in Christian Ethiopia. Semitic immigration from Arabia at about the time of Christ had also strongly affected the local culture, and Coptic Christianity was introduced in the fourth century. Two centuries later the growing empire reached its height under the Azum rulers but was checked by Islamic expansion from the East. The independent kingdom of Abyssinia came into being in the eleventh century; modern Ethiopia dates from 1855, when the state finally brought under its control the various tribes in the territory now known as Ethiopia. As a result Christian Ethiopians pride themselves on never having been colonised. It was in 1896 that Italy tried to invade their country, only to be repulsed. But Italy returned in 1936 and was able this time to conquer Abyssinia and occupy it until its liberation and the return of the Emperor, Haile Selassie, in 1941. This pride of never having been colonised, while admirable in itself, is compromised by the parallel pride felt by many Ethiopians that their country was a colonial power, and was treated as such by the European colonisers in the Horn of Africa. That successive Ethiopian governments have treated the Somali areas and other regions that they conquered in the past as colonies, and their inhabitants as subjects, is not in doubt. Yet Ethiopia does not allow those colonies the right to self-determination and independence and goes to war with any country that dares to help their struggle for independence. It went to war with Somalia over the ****** in 1977 and with Eritrea over their disputed border. Ethiopia was federated with Eritrea in 1952 and annexed the area in 1962. And when the federation came to an end and the issue of shared borders came to a head, Ethiopia rejected the ruling of an independent international commission and chose to go to war with Eritrea. That Ethiopia is still "at war" with Somalia, though the latter is broken up into its two constituent parts (Somalia, the former Italian colony, and Somaliland, the former British Somaliland), is very clear. Somaliland declared its independence in 1991, after the overthrow of Siyad Barre. Ethiopia was ecstatic over the break-up and resolved to oppose any restoration of a united Somali state - preferring to see Somaliland remain a separate entity, though without diplomatic recognition, and Somalia a failed state mired in internal conflict. Addis Ababa feels that if this state of affairs continues the ****** region will be safe in its own hands and the Somali resistance, not getting any external assistance, will have no option but to give up its struggle for independence. Ethiopia knows that Somalia is riven by tensions between clans, without hope of re-emerging as an independent functioning state if these divisions are not mended. It also knows that the only way to heal these divisions, which have traditionally caused great problems for Somalis, is to invoke their shared Islamic identity. Hence its full support for the transitional government led by Abdullahi Yusuf, a warlord who has participated in the clan warfare waged in Somalia for the past 15 years and helped to made it a failed state. Yusuf was also a strong ally of Ethiopia, and continues to be so. Moreover, Ethiopia is waging a full-scale war against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). Apart from its historical hatred of Islamic leaders and organisations, Addis Ababa realises that the ICU is more likely to unite Somalis than are clan-based groups and programmes. In fact, the ICU has managed to take control of most areas of Somalia since taking control of the capital in June and forcing the interim government to take refuge in the remote town of Baidoa. The fact that the ICU has no large army or substantial budget, yet has achieved so much despite the backing of the interim government by Ethiopia, the US and the UN, shows that the Somali people are fully behind the Islamic movement. Most Somalis are no doubt angered by the undisguised religious prejudice against a movement backed by most of the inhabitants of a Muslim country. Their conviction is confirmed by the obvious Christian-based alliance between the US government and Addis Ababa. The wider international war against Islam waged by the US government has also given credence to that conviction. Both Ethiopia and the US initially underplayed their military presence or cooperation in Somalia in support of the interim government. But they are now increasingly being forced to admit their backing for the interim government, which has no army of its own and cannot engage in battle, having also lost the support of its clan militias. This clearly means that foreign troops have to be present in Somalia to do its fighting for it. Ethiopian troops have frequently crossed into the country in past months to bolster it, and even US troops have crossed the border on one occasion from neighbouring Djibouti, where the US has a naval base. Ethiopia insists that the "military personnel it has in Somalia are there to advise the government, not fight the ICU." The US admitted its military cooperation with Ethiopia inside Somalia on October 11, when it dispatched to Addis Ababa a military delegation led by the deputy assistant secretary of defence. The talks centred on the military cooperation between the US and Addis Ababa and their alliance against 'terrorism' in the region. An Ethiopian source who had taken part in the talks was quoted in reports on October 12 as saying that the situation in Somalia was discussed and that prime minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia had confirmed to the US delegation that his country had nothing to do with the crisis in Somalia. The head of the US delegation said after the meeting that the military cooperation between the two countries was very strong. She added that the Ethiopian army was cooperating closely with US troops in Djibouti. But despite their somewhat indirect acknowledgement of their military involvement in Somalia, the Americans continue to proclaim that they will use military might to end terrorist organisations in the region - including the ICU. To justify their claim that the ICU is a terrorist organisation, which is set to invade Ethiopia on a "jihadist programme", they accuse several countries, as diverse as Pakistan, Eritrea and Indonesia, of giving the ICU both military and financial aid. A senior US official, for instance, accused Eritrea on October 19 of opening a "second front" in its struggle with Ethiopia by supplying arms to the ICU. Jendayi Frazer, the US assistant secretary of state for Africa, said: "I think Ethiopia is quite clearly attacking Ethiopia on another front. We have pretty clear evidence that that is a fact and they are shipping arms into Somalia." Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a border war from 1998 to 2000 and continue to be locked in a boundary dispute, which Frazer called the "first front". Meles Zenawi, on the other hand, accused gunmen from Pakistan, Indonesia and the Arab world of backing the ICU to the extent that they are now able to march to the common border in a clear move to invade his country. He told his parliament on October 19 that the "jihadists were massing their forces near our borders," and vowed to fight them if they chose to invade. "If this activity continues, and is found to threaten our national security, then our forces will have the right and obligation to defend the country," he said. "However, that does not mean that we will declare war." But the members of the parliament he was addressing know that it is in fact their country that invaded Somalia in the first place and has well-armed troops there to protect the interim government, headed by Abdullahi Yusuf, whom they know to be an Ethiopian agent. Foreign journalists and analysts say that there are Ethiopian troops there that number between 6,000 and 8,000. The activities of those troops hit the headlines on October 22, when they attacked the ICU in the town of Bur Hakaba, near Baidoa, where the weak and nominal interim government is based. Apart from the alleged need to 'defend' his country and fight 'terrorism' in the region, prime minister Zenawi has good reason to continue his aggressive confrontation with Somalia. He has to deflect attention from the poverty, mismanagement and oppressive rule his regime is responsible for. In fact, there is a high degree of instability in Ethiopia as many people, unhappy with the regime's failures, protest widely and loudly, and the regime responds by killing, injuring and arresting. In March 2002, for example, violence erupted in the Tepi region between rival ethnic groups and the security forces, after widespread public protests against the results of local elections held in December 2001. Officially 128 people were killed by the security forces, but opposition forces sources put the number dead at about 1,000. Larger numbers were killed in subsequent events, to the extent that the EU threatened to suspend the economic aid Ethiopia receives from it. There is no doubt whatsoever that the Ethiopian regime is corrupt and oppressive. But despite this the US government, which claims to be working for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the African continent, is a strong ally of Addis Ababa and of Zenawi. This is not at all surprising, as Washington also treats some Arab dictators as allies, despite its claim that it wants to introduce democratic rule into the Middle East. The world's "single superpower" finds such allies and its faked "war against international terrorism" as a useful tool for imposing its will worldwide. Somalis (and other Muslims) will remain vulnerable to manipulation until they stop letting the wool be pulled over their eyes, and work out viable strategies to deal with these demonic agendas.

^Justice will prevail sxb...Yeey and his Ethiopian masters will be defeated IA.

^Duke, Yes we will either talk to or fight with your master..not their subjects[Yeey, you and other new cheerleaders after the defeat of their heroes].

The cat-and-mouse game between the ICU and the Khad smugglers continuees Jaale Red Sea.

Diyaaradda African oo ganacsato ay qaad kusoo qarsadeen oo Maanta lagu ganaaxay 7.000 oo doollar. Muqdisho, 23-November-06 ( Qaadisiya.com) Ciidamada Golaha Maxaakimta Islaamiga Soomaaliyeed ee ilaalada ka ah Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa gacanta kudhigay qaad fara badan oo lagu keenay diyaaradda African Airway oo ganacsato ay kusoo rarteen qaad fara badan. Daawo Sawirada qaadkii la qabtay iyo sida loogu soo keydiyay Boorsooyinka. Qaadka oo laga soo buuxiyay Boorsooyin waaweyn iyo marooyin waaweyn ayaa baaritaan kadib laga helay iyadoo qaadkaasina ganacsatadii laheyd durba la waayay. Kadib markii la waayay ganacsatadii qaadka laheyd ayaa waxaa gacanta lagu dhigay kabtankii diyaaradda iyo guud ahaan shaqaalihii Diyaaraddaasi, waxaana ugu dambeyntii garoonka yimid Mas'uuliyiinta Shirkadda Xafiiskooda Muqdisho. Wada hadal kadib waxaa lagu ganaaxay Mas'uuliyiinta Diyaaradda African Airways lacag gaareysa USD $7.000 waxaana sidoo kale lagu amray in dib dambe aysan u soo qaadi Karin diyaaraddaasi wax qaad ah haddii lagu arkana lagu ciqaabi doono maadaama ay ogsoon yihiin in Soomaaliya laga mamnuucay qaadka. Qaadka ayaa ugu dambeyntii go'aankiisa waxaa gaaray Mas'uuliyiinta Golaha Maxaakimta iyadoo caawa lagu gubayo Magaalada Muqdisho. Ma ahan markii ugu horeysay oo Ganacsatadii qaadka ay kusoo qariyaan Diyaaraadaha Muqdisho soo gaaraya, waxaana ugu dambeyntii Shirkadaha diyaaradaha looga digay in ay keenaan ama ay soo qaadaan wax qaad ah ama cid sidata qaat taasi oo ay kujoojin karaan iyagoo macaamiishooda ku wargeliya in qaadka uu diyaaradooda mamnuuc ka yahay.

Times Online November 23, 2006 Car bombs kill 150 in Baghdad on day of Sunni attacks Sam Knight and agencies A series of mortar blasts and car bombs devastated several streets in the Shia stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad today, killing nearly 150 people and wounding more than 230, Iraqi officials said. Witnesses said mortar fire and as many as six car bombs, each packed with as much as half a tonne of explosives, tore through markets and shopping streets, starting just after 3pm local time. The bombs detonated 15 minutes apart, hitting Jamila market, al-Hay market and al-Shahidein Square in Sadr City. Whole streets were destroyed, leaving bloodied remains and fierce fires burning amid the ruined shells of cars. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise because many bodies still lay in pieces in the street. "Many of the dead have been reduced to scattered body parts and are not counted yet," Ali al-Shemari, Iraq's Health Minister, told Reuters. The attack, one of the deadliest since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, was quickly blamed on Sunni extremists intent on causing the maximum loss of life in the neigbourhood that is home to the Mahdi Army militia, the Shia militia loyal to Iraq's leading radical Shia cleric, Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr. The bombs provoked instant retaliation. Shia militias fired 10 mortar rounds at the Abu Hanifa mosque in Azamiya, the holiest Sunni shrine in Baghdad, killing one person and wounding seven people. In Sadr City, police and doctors said 145 people had been killed and 238 had been injured in the blasts. Hospitals were overwhelmed by the arrival of the dead and wounded. "Of those killed, 88 bodies are in the Imam Ali hospital and 55 in Sadr City hospital," a medic told AFP. Sadr City, a suburb of 3 million people, nearly all of them Shia, has been bombed with an increasing frequency during Iraq's slide towards civil war this year, with its militias, mosques and markets a target for Sunni militants seeking to deepen the country's sectarian divide. More than 3,700 people were killed in Baghdad last month, the UN reported yesterday, many of them caught in tit-for-tat murders, kidnappings and bombings motivated by nothing more than tribal and religious differences. The most serious bomb attacks in the capital this year followed an audacious attack by Sunni militants on the Iraqi Health Ministry, which is also controlled by Hojatoleslam al-Sadr, earlier today. Five people were wounded in a three-hour gun battle in broad daylight that only ended when American soldiers and helicopters drove off the gunmen. During the assault, the Deputy Health Minister, Hakim al-Zamily, spoke by telephone to Reuters, saying: "Terrorists are attacking the building with mortars, machineguns and we can even see snipers. Any employee who leaves the building will be killed." The Interior Ministry said that gunmen surrounded the ministry, which is in the northern part of central Baghdad, in a predominantly Shia neighbourhood. The gun battle was unusually prolonged, and only broken up when US forces, with helicopter gunships in support, arrived on the scene. "The gunmen fled as American helicopters and Iraqi armored vehicles arrived. Employees were able to leave starting about 3:15 pm," said Qassim Yehyah, a Health Ministry spokesman. The ministries of Iraq's Government have done as much to catalyse as to prevent the country's sectarian breakdown, with many departments becoming the personal fiefs of Shia and Sunni factions. Today's attack on the Shia-run Health Ministry comes just a week after a similar, broad-daylight raid on the Ministry of Higher Education, which is controlled by the largest group of Sunni MPs. Around 60 employees of the Higher Education Ministry were kidnapped last week by gunmen wearing the uniforms and driving the vehicles of Iraqi police commandos, themselves thought to be connected to Iraq's Interior Ministry, which has been long-suspected of harbouring and sustaining Shia militias and death squads. Today's attack, blamed on Sunni militants, raised questions over whether the Iraqi army, one of the few large institutions where Sunnis still retain powerful influence, was complicit. Mr al-Zamily, the Deputy Health Minister, accused the army of not stepping in to quell the assault. "We called the army commanders to intervene and stop the gunmen from attacking us but we got no reply. There is a big conspiracy by terrorists to separate east and west Baghdad." LEBANON prepares for civil war. Thu. Nov. 23, 2006. | Updated at 03:05 AMSunny H 9 / L 1 4 Day Forecast Post-war exodus threatens country's future BEIRUT—An estimated 100,000 people have packed up and left since the summer war in Beirut, the government says — even before Tuesday's slaying of Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel increased Lebanon's political tensions and led to more anxiety about the future. Some fear the exodus is draining the best and brightest from this small country struggling toward full democracy. "I had gotten it out my mind that there would be military confrontation again. But now I am back to my thinking that anything could happen at any time," said assistant university professor Carol Kfouri, a Canadian national. "I think a lot of people now are very wary again — and that's sad." It's a sharp turnaround from the Lebanon of five years ago, when people were returning after the civil-war years, the economy was booming and the country's future looked bright. And it's an eerie echo of both Lebanon's own troubled past and of the similar and highly damaging exodus of people from nearby war-torn Iraq. Sociologists say the exodus of middle-class or affluent people can weaken both a country's economy and its social fabric. Iraq is now short on doctors, engineers, business people and even poets and other artists — those most needed to rebuild that country physically and emotionally. ASSOCIATED PRESS Tag and Save Tag and save this article to your Del.icio.us favourites. What is Del.icio.us? Dark clouds over Lebanon Anti-Syrians fear future is grim in wake of Christian minister's assassination Nov. 23, 2006. 01:00 AM ANDREW MILLS SPECIAL TO THE STAR BEkfaya, Lebanon—The followers of Lebanon's latest assassinated anti-Syrian politician retreated behind the tank soldiers positioned at their headquarters to mourn and prepare to take their fury to the streets of Beirut today. "I am not confident the future will be peaceful," said Bashir Maroun, 27, who leads the anti-Syrian Phalange party in his nearby village. The streets of Lebanon's Christian areas remained unusually quiet yesterday, an official day of mourning for slain 34-year-old Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel. Today, legions of supporters of the anti-Syrian governing coalition are expected to heed their leaders' call to rally at Gemayel's funeral. Most institutions and businesses in the capital have closed in anticipation of giant protests amid Lebanon's tensest political crisis in years. Yesterday afternoon, armoured convoys bearing the dignitaries of anti-Syrian factions rolled through this ancient village in the mountains above Beirut. They joined thousands of ordinary people on a pilgrimage to the ancestral home of the Gemayel political dynasty — Pierre Gemayel's grandfather Pierre, who founded the Phalange party in 1936; his son Bashir, elected president in 1982 but killed before he could take office; and Bashir's brother Amin (Pierre's father) who served Bashir's term and went into exile in 1988. The throngs pushed through a stand of old cedar trees and beyond the home's cream-coloured stone archways. Inside, a choir of Maronite Catholic nuns chanted where Pierre Gemayel's body lay in a casket, cloaked with the green and white flag of the Phalange party. The mourners pressed their hands to the casket. Some wailed. Others wept in quiet exhaustion. "Look into my eyes and see exactly how I feel," said 27-year-old Fady Matta, his hands shaking. "We lost a hero. We lost our future." Like many of Gemayel's grieving admirers, Maroun is ready to take action against those he blames for the murder: Damascus and its Lebanese allies, including the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah. "We have reached the end. It's either time to win or lose," he said as one woman's howls of grief filled the air. "There is no third way." Hezbollah and its pro-Syria allies are calling for the ouster of the U.S.-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Sinoria after it rebuffed their demands for a much more powerful role in the cabinet. With its hand strengthened in Lebanon following this summer's 34-day war with Israel, Hezbollah had threatened to send thousands of its supporters into the streets as early as this week to demand the government's overthrow. But Gemayel's assassination boosted tensions between the two factions and emotions are running dangerously high, stoking fears that a massive pro-Syrian demonstration on the heels of today's funeral rally could result in violent clashes. It remains unclear what Hezbollah's next step will be. Syria and its allies deny involvement in Gemayel's killing, or in the slayings of four other prominent anti-Syrian figures killed here since the February 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. That event prompted massive demonstrations that led to Syria ending its indirect control of the Lebanese government and the withdrawal of Syrian soldiers after 29 years in Lebanon. Yesterday, the Security Council approved a Lebanese government request for UN investigators to help probe Gemayel's murder. The UN is already investigating the Hariri killing. "I expect more assassinations," anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said yesterday, "but no matter what they do, we are here and will be victorious." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Mills is a Canadian journalist based in Lebanon.

What a shame!!!! Here is the response from the mafia camp in Baydhabo city under the protection of the Tigree gangs. Requesting more handouts, an art of begging learned from the Tigree master. Gudi uu dhawaan magacaabay Ra'iisul Wasaare Cali Maxamed Geedi oo loogu talo galay inay wax ka qabtaan Dhibaatooyinka ka dhashay daadadka, Fatahaada Wabiyada iyo Roobabka kuwaasoo ka dhacay meelo badan oo ka tirsan oo gobolada dalka Soomaaliya ayaa maanta kulankoodii ugu horeeyey waxay soo saareen Warsaxaafadeed ku saabsan Arrimaha loo magacaabay ayaa maanta saxaaafada ka hor aqriyey Wasiirka Beeraha Md. Caraale waxaana ay u qornayd sidan: War saxaafadeed November 21, 2006 shir uu maanta yeeshay Gudiga Gurmadka Deg-dega ah ee wax ka qabashada dhibaatooyinka ka dhashay daadadka, Fatahaada Wabiyada iyo Roobabka ee Xukuumada Federaalka kmg oo maanta lagu qabtay Xarunta Dowladda ee magaalada Baydhabo oo si weyn loogu falanqeyey dhibaatooyinka culus ee soo wajahay gobolo badan oo ka tirsan dalka Soomaaliya. Gudiga Gurmadka Deg Deg ah wuxuu soo uruurriyey warbixino iyo xog la xariirta Daadadka, Roobabka iyo Fatahaada Wabiyada dood dheer ka dib wuxuu soo saaray qodobada soo socda: Gudiga waxa uu u anqoonsaday in dhibaatada daadadka, Roobka iyo fatahaada Wabiyada ay u geeysteen dadka iyo duunyada ku nool gobolo badan oo ka tirsan Koonfurta Soomaaliya ay tahay Aafo Qaran oo u baahan gurmad deg deg ah oo isugu jira heer Qaran iyo mid caalami ah. -- Roobabka, Daadadka iyo Fatahaada Wabiyada waxay geeysteen Qasaarooyin naf iyo maalba leh, waxayna gooyeen jidad iyo Buundooyin, waxay baabi’iyeen dalagii beeraha iyo keydkii Beeralayda, iyagoo dad aad ufara badan ay ku go’doonsan yihiin degaanadaasi. Daadadkaasi iyo Fatahaadaasi waxay keeneen Gaajo, Cuduro kala duwan ee saameeyey dadka iyo xoolahaba, hooy la’aan iyo isu socodka dadweynaha oo istaagay. Waxaana adag sidii gurmad dhulka ah loogu fidin lahaa. Ka dib markii uu gudiga qiimeeyey xaaladaasi adag waxa uu ugu baaqayaa guud ahaan ummada Soomaaliyeed (gudaha iyo dibada) iyo Beesha Caalamka inay gurmad deg deg ah lasoo gaaraan dadkaasi dhibaataysan, iyagoo ka digay dib u dhac ku yimaada howsha gurmadka ee keeni karto masiibo bani’aadanimo oo ka dhacda Gayiga Soomaaliya. Gudiga Gurmadka deg deg ah si uu u dardargaliyo hawlahiisa wuxuu abuuray Xafiis u gaar ah oo xiriirinta hawshaasi bani’aadanimo oo wax loogu qabanayo dadka ay aafeeyeen Daadadka, roobabka iyo fatahaada wabiyada wuxuuna shaqeyn doona 24saac lagana soo xiriiri karo, Xafiiska xiriirinta hawlaha gurmadka Tell: +252 15 871 170 Tell: +252 15 545 456 Tell: +252 15 531 23 Hadaba iyadoo ay jiraan dhibaatooyin aad u balaaran oo haysta dadka degan deegaano badan ayaa waxay ka qaxeen meelihii ay deganaayeen iyagoo raadsaday meel aan biyuhu gaarin iyagoo ku haysato hoy la'aan, Raashin la'aan iyo waliba Caafimaadkooda oo aad liidato, waxaa loo baahan yahay in wax weyn laga qabto sidii dadkaasi dhibaatada hasato loogu gargaari lahaa.

Shirkaddaha xawaaladaha Muqdisho oo ku hor kufay shacabka Soomaaliyeed! (Shirkado iyo shaqsiyaad isku saami ka bixiyey lacagihii loo ururinayey dadka fatahaaduhu ay waxyeeleeyeen) Guddiga fatahaada iyo gurmadka deg deg ah oo magaalada Muqdisho ka waday maalmihii tegay abaabul iyo dedaal ay ku doonayaan iney ku samata-bixiyaan dadka fatahaada ay waxyeelada badan ku yeelatay ee ku sugan qaar ka tirsan gobolada dalka ayaa 24 saac ee la soo dhaafay ku guda jiray kulamo iyo baraarujin kala duwan oo dadkaasi deeqo loogu ururinayey, kaasoo qeybtiisa ugu weyn xalay lagu qabtay xarunta idaacada Hornafrik ee magaalada Muqdisho. Ururinta deeqdan oo xalay xarunta idaacadaasi ay xaadir ugu ahaayeen mas'uuliyiin ka socotay guddi dhowaan ay maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah u magacaabeen iney gurmad la gaaraan dadka masiibada fatahaadu ay ku habsatay oo uu madax u yahay Sheekh C/qaadir Cali Cumar oo ah guddoomiye ku-xigeenka 2-aad ee golaha fulinta maxkamadaha ayaa qeybaha kala duwan ee dadka ku dhaqan magaalada Muqdisho iyo jaaliyadaha ku dhaqan dibedda ay uga qeyb qaadanayey barnaamijkaasi qadka teleefanka iyadoo qof walba oo soo waca uu sheegayey cadada waxa awoodiisa ah ee uu ugu tabarucayo guddiga fatahaada, waxaana dadkii qadka telefanka soo galay ka mid ahaa guddoomiyaha golaha fulinta maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed oo isagoo ku hadlayey magaca maxkamadaha ku tabarucay $50,000 (Konton kun dollar) iyo mas'uuliyiin kale oo iyana lacago kala duwan ugu tabarucay si shaqsi ah, sidoo kale waxaa ka mid ahaa dadkii soo galay hay'addo kala duwan oo iyana sidoo kale ku tabarucayey lacago kumanaan dollar ah, iyagoo ku kala sugan gudaha iyo dibeda dalka, iyadoo xittaa dadka wax ku tabarucayey ay ka mid ahaayeen caruur yar yar. Arrinta ugu xiisaha badneyd ee maanta ay dadku sida weyn u hadal hayeen ayaa aheyd markii uu qadka telefoonka soo galay mas'uul isagu sheegay inuu ku hadlayey magaca ilaa 10 shirkaadood oo ka tirsan kuwa ugu waaweyn xawaaladaha ee magaalada Muqdisho oo dad badan oo ay ku jiraan guddiga fatahadaaha & dadweynaha barnaamijka qadka kala socday ay u dhegtaagayeen inay jebin doonaan Iskoorka bixinta deeqaha bacdamaa uu u hadlayo hay'adaha ugu hantida badan marka la eego ganasatada Muqdisho, hase ahaatee dad badan ayaa yaab iyo dhabanaheys ka soo haray ka-dib markii ay maqleen mas'uulkii ku hadlayey magaca shirkadahaasi uu ku dhawaaqay in lacag $30,000 (Soddon kun oo dollar) ay ku deeqeen, taasoo la micno ah in shirkadiiba ay bixisay $3000 oo Dolar oo kaliya, iyadoo dad badan ay sheegeen iney aheyd deeq aad u yar marka loo eego kaalintii laga sugayey shirkaadahaasi, iyadoo dadka qaarna ay rumeysan waayeen arintaasi, waxeyna dadka qaar ay la aheyd in shirkadahaasi ay bixiyaan $300.000 (Saddex boqol oo kun oo dolar) iyo iney $30,000 (Soddon kun oo dolar aheyd) , waxaana dadku ay isweydiinayeen sida hal shirkad oo aheyd shirkadda Isgaarsiinta Hormuud Telecom ay keligeed ku yaboohday $35,000 (Soddon & shan kun dollar) halka 10 shirkadood oo kuwa xawaaladaha ahna ay u bixiyeen iyagoo isu tegay $30.000 dollar oo kaliya. Dhinaca kale, shirkaddo kale oo ka mid ah kuwa isgaarsiinta Muqdisho ayaa is arkay iyagoo meel cidla ah taagan markii guddiga fatahaada ay ku tabaruceen min $10.000 dollar oo kaliya, iyadoo dadkii xalay lacagaha ku deeqayeyna ay ka mid ahaayeen shaqsiyaad keligood min $10,000 ku deeqay, halka shirkaddii ay isku jaalka ahaayeena ay ka bixisay $35,000 oo dollar. Inkastoo guud ahaan deeqaha la bixiyey ay yihiin kuwo wax ka taraya dhibaatada ba'an ee heysata dadka ku barakacay fatahaada webiyada iyo daadadka ku soo rogmaday deegaanadooda ayaa haddana marka la eego qaabka shirkadaha qaar ay wax u bixiyeen ay ka muuqatay iney wax badan hagradeen oo isla markaana aysan xiise badan u qabin iney wax u qalma u bixiyaan howlaha noocan oo kale ah, iyadoo sida la wada ogyahayna shirkadahaasi aysan wax canshuur ah bixin, iyagoo ka faa'iideysanaya dowlad la'aanta, isla markaana uu ka yaraaday qarashkii fara badnaa ee uga bixi jiray dhinaca nabadgelyada, ka dib markii maxkamadaha islaamiga ah ay la wareegeen gacan ku heynta magaaladan Muqdisho iyo inta badan gobolada dalka, waxaana hubaal ah in taariikhdu ay xusi doonto cid walba waxa ay dadkeeda u qabato yaraan iyo badnaan, xumaan iyo samaan. Garaad Salaad Xirsi, Muqdisho, Somalia garaadcadde@hotmail.com News Update in English www.dayniileone.com Web www.dayniileone.com

Dadka ay waxyeelada ka soo gaartay Fatahaadda Webiyada Soomaaliya oo xalay Muqdisho lacag loogu uruuriyay Talaado, November 21, 2006 (HOL): Lacag gaareysa ilaa 300 Kun oo Doollarka Mareykanka ah ayay Dad Soomaaliyeed oo ku kala dhaqan Dalka gudahiisa iyo Dibaddiisa waxaa ay ugu deeqeen dadka ay waxyeelada ka soo gaartay fatahaado ay sameeyeen Webiyada Jubba iyo Shabeelle ee Dalka Soomaaliya. Idaacadda Horn Afrik ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa xalay lagu qabtay barnaamij shan saacadood socday oo Lacago loogu uruurinayay dadka ay dhibaatada fatahaadda soo gaartay, waxaana Idaacadda oo Sattelite-ka ku jirtay soo wacay Dadweyne Soomaaliyeed oo ku dhaqan dalal u badan Qaaradda Yurub, kuwaasi oo ballanqaadyo lacageed sameynayay. Sidoo kale waxaa Qadad Taleefoon la dhigay Machadka Maamulka iyo Maareynta SIMAD, kaasi oo isna ay soo wacayeen dad yabooh lacageed sameynayay. marka la isku soo uruuriyo lacagaha la qoray ee ay dadku ballanqaadeen waxaa ay gaareysaa 300,000US$, taasi oo la filayo in ay dadku si deg deg ah ugu soo gudbiyaan Guddiga Gurmadka Fatahaadaha oo ay dhawaan ay magacaabeen mas'uuliyiinta sare ee Maxkamadaha Islaamka. Lacagihii ugu badnaa waxaa xalay ku deeqay Golaha Maxkamadaha Islaamka oo ku deeqay 50,000US$ iyo Midowga Shirkadaha Xawaaladaha oo iyana bixiyay lacag dhan 30,000$, halka ay iyana jireen ganacsato ballanqaadyo lacageed sameeyay, kuwaasi oo gudaha dalka iyo dibaddiisa ku sugan. Mas'uuliyiin ka tirsan Maxkamadaha Islaamka oo Idaacadda kala socday sida ay dadka ballanqaadyada u sameynayeen ayaa sheegay in dadka Soomaaliyeed haddiiba ay sidan oo isugu gurmanayaan aysan u baahneyn kaalmo dibadeed oo shisheeye uga timid. Guddoomiyaha Guddiga Gurmadka Fatahaadaha Shiikh C/qaadir Cali Cumar oo mahadcelin u jeediyay dadkii ballanqaadyada lacageed sameeyay ayaa codsaday in ay dadku si dhaqsi badan u soo diraan lacagahaas si deg deg wax loogu qabto dadka ay bara-kiciyeen Fatahaadaha Webiyada, kuwaasi oo ku sugan ilaa 6 gobol oo labada Webi ay maraan. Ma ahan markii ugu horeysay ee ay dadka Soomaaliyeed gurmad isu sameeyaan, waxaana lacag uruurintan ka horeysay mid loogu gurmanayay Dadkii ku tabaaloobay Abaarihii sanadkan bilowgiisa ku dhuftay Gobollo ka tirsan Dalka Soomaaliya, kuwaasi oo lacagihii la uruuriyay loogu gaday raashin, dawo, biyo iyo alaabo kale oo ay baahi weyn u qabeen. Haddaba Qofkii ka qeybqaadanaya gurmadka loo sameynayo dadka ay waxyeelada ka soo gaartay Fatahaadaha Webiyada waxaa uu lacagta uu dirayo ku hagaajin karaa Shirkadaha Xawaaladaha Magaaalada Muqdisho, isagoo ku qoraya Guddiga Gurmadka Fatahaadaha. Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Mogadishu, Somalia

Sheekh Shariif oo kamahadceliyay Sida Soomaalidu wax u gartaan isagoona sheegay in Tijaabadii koowaad oo Maxkamaduhu ay sameeyaan ay tani tahay. Kasoo qeybgaleyaal. Shirkadda Isgaarsiinta Hormuud oo ku deeqday lacagtii ugu badneyd ee Shalay Hotel Naasahablood lagu aruurinayay. Axmed Maxamuud Yuusuf oo wakiil ka ahaa Shirkadda Isgaarsiinta Hormuud oo saxiixaya lacagtii ugu badneyd oo Dhigiisa ay bixiyaan. More.. http://www.qaadisiya.com/2006/November/sawirada_deeq_uruurinta_fatahaadaha_dalka.htm

All I want you to do is to put everything into perspective, I admit that we all commit mistakes here and there and I believe redemption is merely in Allah's hands ..and rememeber!, niether U nor I is capable of determining who should be forgiven and not be forgiven. Of course redemption is in Allah's hands without a question...But also you should keep in mind,people who violate the fundamentals of justice, Allah will punish them severely. Never should we leave important issues of our society to unjust leaders as we did under the last dictator. MAY ALLAH FORGIVE US ALL.