^I failed to see how you compare between Indhacade and "other" ICU officials and the mafia adminstration of Cade under which even weddings should be reported to the state. I also failed to see how people such as Yeey, Cade, and Qeybdiid,who are part of the problem could be part of the solution. Nevertheless, I give my full support to see these "high rank ICU officials" brought to justice for crimes against their own people.

are we implying selectively Islamic law on people?. ^I'm not aware of anyone here including me who supports such an idea.. Some of the high ranking leaders of the ICU were the mafia of yesterday Maybe it will help if u tell us who are those "high ranking ICU officials". As for the recent pledge by the mafia leader to rule Waqooyi Bari under sharia law, only time will tell if its a publicity stunt as he did many times before or a genuine declaration.

^Thanks all for the reply... Haybad waxaad ku leedahay dalkaaga hooyo! Clearly those folks are enjoying the new found peace in Xamar.

^Okey sxb, thats very good point...And soon we will see how the MMI deals with that issue..As for Indhacade, As many others do, I'm having some difficult of understanding him...The guy looks simple and honest individual and we still did not hear anything that will doubt his full commitment to MMI and their Islamic agenda...But Allah swt knows best...One day IA, we will see the true Indhacade...Maybe that day is close..

^Its very difficult stop Khaad in Somalia in short period of time..I expect Mafia leaders in Bay city and their Khaad producing sponsors, Kenya and Ethiopia to resist the good actions taken by the MMI.

Maxkamadaha Hiiraan oo gacanta ku dhigay qaad Koontarabaan ah Muqdisho, November 20, 2006 (WDN) - Ciidamada maxkamadaha islaamiga ee gobolka Hiiraan ayaa maanta gacanta ku dhigay qaad fara badan oo si koontorobaan ah la doonayey in lagu geliyo magaalada Baled Weyne. Waxa iyana gacanta lagu dhigay dhammaan kooxihii qaadkaasi iska lahaa. Qaadkan oo laga keenay gobolada dhexe waxa la sheegay in ganacsi ahaan loogu waday magaalada Beled Weyne. Waxa qaadka qabtay ciidamada maxkamadaha islaamiga ee ku sugan deegaanka Jawiil. Qaadkan ayaa sida saraakiisha maxkamadaha laga soo xigtay waxa uu ku jiray 20 kaartoon oo lagu soo qariyey. Waxa hadda la sheegay in raggii qaadkaasi watay loo dhaadhiciyey xabsiga. Maxkamadaha islaamiga ayaa digniin u jeediyey kooxaha ku howlan in si qarsoodiga ah ay dalka qaad ku soo geliyaan. Waxa mas'uuliyiinta maxakamaduhu ay sheegeen in cidii arinkaa lagu qabto lala tiigsan doono sharciga. Maxkamadaha islaamiga ah ayaa iminka ay ku howlan yihiin sidii ay u meel marin lahaayeen mamnuucista qaadka ee ay dalka ku soo rogeen. Waxa dhammaan ciidamada maxkamadaha ee ku sugan baraha kontoroolada lagu amray in baaritaan ay ku sameeyeen baabuurta ay uga shakiyaan in ay sidaan qaad. Maxamed Cumar Aadan WardheerNews, Muqdisho

^The mafia leader Cade finally listening to the demands of his people[Waqooyi Bari Soomaliya].Good job ICU..Its only the first step and very important step indeed.Cade choose to listen to his people than to flee to Bay city

Head of region in Somalia says he will rule according to Islamic law By Mohamed Olad hassan Associated Press writer Monday, November 20, 2006 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia said Monday he will rule according to Islamic law, a surprising announcement in an area that has resisted the spread of Islamic militants who control much of the country's south. Puntland President Gen. Addeh Museh did not cite a reason for his decision, but it comes amid increasing fears that the Council of Islamic Courts will try to seize his territory. The move also isolates Somalia's official government, which has watched helplessly as the Islamic movement steadily gained ground since June. The U.N. envoy to Somalia tried to bolster the fragile administration Monday, urging leaders to restart peace talks with the Islamists in order to avert a war. Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991, when warlords overthrew a dictator and then turned on each other. The current administration was formed with the help of the U.N. two years ago, but it has failed to assert any real control outside the southern town of Baidoa, where it is based. Puntland, which declared itself an autonomous state within Somalia in 1998, has generally been spared the violence that has wracked much of the rest of the country. But radicals within the Islamic courts have vowed to take over. "I set up a committee of scholars and traditional leaders to implement sharia law," Museh said in his presidential decree. Puntland usually enforces a secular penal code, even though the region's charter says it is based on sharia law. The United States has accused Islamic movement of sheltering suspects in the 1998 al-Qaida bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Osama bin Laden has said Somalia is a battleground in his war on the West. Francois Lonseny Fall, the U.N. secretary general's special representative to Somalia, met briefly with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf on Monday before meeting privately with Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. "We strongly urge the transitional federal institutions to remain committed to dialogue. The international community is very, very concerned," Fall told Yusuf during his first visit to Somalia since August. Fall said his focus was to persuade the government, which has been wracked by infighting, to come together and restart talks with the Islamists. Somalia's most powerful lawmaker, Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, traveled to Mogadishu earlier this month and brokered his own preliminary peace agreement with the courts, but the move was not authorized by the government. Several peace initiatives in the country have failed, with both the government and Islamic movement trading accusations over who is to blame for the deadlock. Fears are mounting that a war in Somalia could engulf the region. Source: AP, Nov 20, 2006

The leader of Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland has agreed to introduce Islamic law in the territory. Mohamed Adde Muse said a committee would decide how best to implement Sharia to replace the current Western-based system of civil laws. Correspondents say the move follows intense pressure from local Muslim and clan leaders. Puntland has been far more stable than southern Somalia after running its own affairs since 1998. Much of southern Somalia is now controlled by the Islamist Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Earlier this month, Puntland denied reports its forces had clashed with Islamist militias near the border. Some Puntland leaders had threatened to join the UIC, correspondents say. John Prendergast, a senior adviser with the International Crisis Group, think-tank said the decree was intended to avoid conflict with the UIC. "Puntland authorities are trying to pre-empt the UIC's agenda before the UIC makes a major play to overtake the government there," he said. Source: BBC, Nov 20, 2006

^The good people of Waqooyi Bari for the first time forced the mafia adminstration of Cade to listen to its demands....God bless the ICU for forcing this coward to listen to his people..Next step, to bring him to justice for the crimes he commited or flee to Baydhabo to join other criminals...

Baydhabo: Madaxwaynaha Soomaaliya oo TV Al-Jazeera ku eedeeyay inay dhumiyeen dhex dhexaadnimadii wararka Soomaalida. Isniin, November 20, 2006 APL Tool Send This Article To A Friend By Email | Saaxiibkaa warkaan ugu *** Email -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print This Article | Daabaco warkaan Baydhabo(AllPuntland)- Madaxwaynaha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya Md: C/laahi Yuusuf Axmed ayaa TVga Aljazeera ee xaruntiisu tahay Doxa ee dalka Qadar ka codsaday inay caddaalad ka sameeyaan wararka ay tabinayaan. Madaxwaynaha oo dhawaan kulan khaas ah uu la yeeshay TV Al-Jazera ayaa sheegay in Tvgu uu yahay mid dalka Soomaaliya aad looga daawado , hase ahaatee uu dhumiyay dhex dhexaadnimadii uu bulshada Soomaaliyeed ku dhex lahaa. Madaxwaynuhu wuxuu sheegay tan iyo markii maxkamaduhu bilaabeen dhaq dhaqaaqooda inay Kaamerada dhigteen oo kaliya magaalada Muqdisho , ayagoo buun buuniya maxkamadaha. Madaxwaynaha ayaa dhinaca kale ku ammaanay xawaaraha wararka Aljazeera , wuxuuse ka codsaday in ay dhex dhexaad ka ahaadaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed. TVga Aljazeera ayaa xarun wayn ka samaystay magaalada Muqdisho, waxayna hawl galiyeen saxafi Soomaaliyeed oo lagu magacaabo Fahad Yasiin, ayadoo ay jiraan xataa dhowr wariye oo isla Muqdisho uga warama Aljazeera . Dalka Intiisa kale xataa gobollada nabadda ah Al-jazeera war kama soo tabiso, ayadoo dhaliisha ugu wayni ay katimid kadib markii wax sawir ah oo Aljazeera leedahay laga waayay magaalada Baydhabo, oo ay joogaan madaxda Soomaaliya. CCC Farayaamo AllPuntland

^Bal wax hubso atheer..jiniyahana iska daji. Warning...Extremely anti Somali and Somalia... http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_islamic_leader_urges_greater_so&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Nazret is an Ethiopian opposition website...Here, both camps, the opposition and the pro-regime share one common enemy.Soomaaliya. Somalia's Islamists to achieve back Somali provinces under Ethiopia and Kenya control Aweys Osman Yusuf Mogadishu 18, Nov.06 ( Sh.M.Network) For the first time the Union of Islamic Courts has revealed it is tracking down provinces that, it said, belonged to Somalia but were annexed to neighboring countries, Ethiopia and Kenya. In an interview with Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu, the Islamic Courts judiciary leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said the Somali population was one family but was disenfranchised and disintegrated by former colonizers who, he said, were still busy splitting up the Somali population that shares one language and religion. Sheikh Aweys "It is unbelievable that a country population that is like one family to be divided into 10 parts. As Islamic Courts, we will not accept divisions and we will gain back the Somali provinces forcefully annexed to Ethiopia and Kenya", Aweys said. --------------------------------- Comment from: cajn [Visitor] sorry, ain't gonna happen 11/19/06 @ 02:58 Comment from: ababu [Visitor] Oh! This Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, he is quite a joker, isn't he? This is nothing new, of course. I don't think he himself believes it. But apparently he thinks it serves the purpose of uniting his fellow citizens in Somalia who have been looking inwardly. (That is clans fighting each other for 15 years). He wants them to look outwardly and wants them to think that he has found the enemy and the enemy is not them but the bad people of Ethiopia and Kenya and the US. He thinks this intangible idea will help Somalis rally behind him in the shortest time possible. But on a serious note: If Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys really, really cares for his fellow ethnic Somalis living in Ethiopia and Kenya; he should do what the Germans have done recently. That is to invite them to Somalia, grant them free access, a full Somali citizenship etc. and see how many of them would like to come? The Germans had, for many years, territorial claims againest their neighbors based on the ethnic Germans living in these countries. However, they abandoned that unattainable claim and instead invited their fellow ethnic Germans living in Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary and other countries bordering Germany to come to Germany and offered them all amenities and entitlements that a German citizen has. And they pored into Germany by the millions. That what you call caring. But, there are two things why Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys will not do what the Germans have done: 1. He does not have a country (oops) and 2. He does not care for the "Somalis living in Ethiopia and Kenya". He just wants the lands they are living in. That is all. thanks, ababu 11/19/06 @ 04:19 I am solely responsible for this comment and agree to abide by the terms and conditions Comment from: ababu [Visitor] Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said: "We will leave no stone unturned to integrate our Somali brothers in Kenya and Ethiopia and restore their freedom to live with their ancestors in Somalia." Ok!Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys. You do not have to turn a single stone.It is not as hard as you think. Just invite your "fellow brothers" living in neighboring countries to come to Somalia. Now, what better way is there to show your love for your brothers than that. But, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, I really beleive you are being a little deceitfull here! Are n't you? What you really meant to say was that you want the land mass of your neigboring countries not the masses of "your brothers" living in them. thanks, ababu 11/19/06 @ 04:29 I am solely responsible for this comment and agree to abide by the terms and conditions Comment from: Ethiopian Pride [Visitor] Ethiopia Is Being real Kind.They could Destroy Somalia In 10 seconds. What are a couple of Big headed somali's With old weapons gonna do.When the royal ethiopian air force attacks.And when ethiopian infantry invades it's over.The only Reason ONLF Aint bombded Out of ******.Is the Oil.Al You Somali's from ****** Say youre Somali's.Wel go 2 somalia Then.It's Only couple of miles away... 11/19/06 @ 09:49 I am solely responsible for this comment Comment from: Yirgacheffeeይርጋጨፍ I think our government is waiting too long to break this camel's back! 11/19/06 @ 14:14 Comment from: kemal [Visitor] greater somalia? keep on dreaming u ****** thats the only thing u can do. the minute u set ur feet in ****** we will extriment u from planet earth onc and for all. Comment from: love [Visitor] that is why we dont grow.we have enemies left and right.they donnt want us to develope.always causing problems.we have to be one to fight our enemies otherwise they will see an aportunity to tear us apart.we should not give them a chance!!!!!! may god bless ethiopia and its people Comment from: peter [Visitor] Great Somalia? did you take "chate" or "asheshes", ****** is our land ,I don't understand why you claim ******? you can claim some somali language speaker but you don't have any right to claim my land. I am ready to fight with you. be carefully you ****** war leader! Comment from: Daniel [Visitor] To. All Ethiopians, Kenyans, and Jabutians. Nov.19/2006. Did you forget, what the first Somali goverment started in the years of sixities as soon as this Somalia got their from Italian and British, which they started immidiately creation of guerrile torrorist rebel groups, called in Somali language (FALAAGO), and (SHUFTO). that used to attack those countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Jabuti.with help of Somali militery. Somalians believe that the largest region of Ethiopia, Hararge,****** and Bali is their Allah given lannd. Also their believe Nothern part of kenya as well is their Allah given land. also, Jabuti as an integral part of greater Somalia. this is still what the white star with five corners is pointing. Islamists have not yet brought a new thing to table, but they have a secret agenda, which they will expose as soon as they will fullfil the first Somali amendament which was on the constition of first Somali goverment the to unite five Greater Somalia in under a Islamic Salafi-Wahabi law. then they will continue to declare their campaign, so called liberation of all Islamic ethinic groups in East Africa. So far, the Sawahil people of Kenya, Tanzania, up to Mozabique, the Ethiopian Ethinic Muslims of Somalia, Guragas,Oromos,bin Shanqula,Anfar Harari, will be their target to liberate. OO, Ethiopians, Kenyans and Jabutian Isasa and Anfars do not be late to defend your self from this terror group from Mogadishu before it is to late. 11/19/06 @ 21:07

Aljazeera news items so far so good, however I dont like their text layout on the screen. unmatching colors. 4 out of 10. Don't lose patience big boy...it will get better.

Not Coming Soon to a Channel Near You Date Posted: Friday, November 17, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By ALESSANDRA STANLEY New York Times Published: November 16, 2006 The lead story on the debut of Al Jazeera’s new English language channel yesterday was the re-election of President Joseph Kabila of Congo. There were also features on the hip, multicultural scene in Damascus; traffic in Beijing; Brazilian indigenous tribes; and the trials and tribulations of a Palestinian ambulance driver in Gaza. “Everywoman,” a weekly woman’s program, took on “the horrors of skin-bleaching cream” and also spoke to the wife of Sami al-Hajj, an Al Jazeera cameraman who has spent years imprisoned without trial at Guantánamo Bay. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld once famously denounced the Arab-language Al Jazeera as “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable,” which may be one reason that major cable and satellite providers in the United States declined to offer the English version. Yesterday, most Americans could watch it only on the Internet at english.aljazeera.net. It’s a shame. Americans can see almost anything on television these days, from Polish newscasts to reruns of “Benson.” The new channel, Al Jazeera English, will never displace CNN, MSNBC or Fox News, but it provides the curious — or the passionately concerned — with a window into how the world sees us, or doesn’t. It’s a Saul Steinberg map of the globe in which the channel’s hub in Doha, Qatar, looms over Iran, Iraq, Syria and the West Bank — the dots in the horizon are New York and Hollywood. While American cable news shows focused yesterday on live coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s hearings on Iraq, Al Jazeera English was crammed with reports about Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East, the crisis in Darfur, kidnappings in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with frequent updates on Israeli retaliatory air strikes in Gaza. Even on a computer screen, Al Jazeera English looks like CNN International and sounds like a cross of C-Span and Fox News: the stories are long and detailed (that’s the C-Span part); behind the news reports is an overall sensibility that is different from that of most mainstream television news organizations (that’s the Fox News part). Just as Fox News gives its viewers a vision of the world as seen by conservative, patriotic Americans, Al Jazeera English reflects the mindsets across much of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. It is an American-style cable news network with jazzy newsrooms, poised, attractive anchors, flashy promos and sleek ads for Qatar Airways, Nokia and Shell. But its goal is to bring a non-Western perspective to the West. There was no fuss over Naomi Campbell’s court appearance on accusations that she had struck her maid or People magazine’s choice for “Sexiest Man Alive” (George Clooney) on Al Jazeera English. A promo for an upcoming program described American policy in Iraq as George Bush’s “alleged war on terror.” Al Jazeera English — which also broadcasts from bureaus in London, Washington and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — recruited many Western journalists, including David Frost and Dave Marash, a longtime “Nightline” correspondent who was let go by ABC almost a year ago. Both men are showcased in advertisements for the channel, but were not as visible on the maiden newscast. Mr. Marash, based in Washington, is the anchor of an evening newscast alongside Ghida Fakhry. Riz Khan, a veteran of the BBC and CNN, is one of the channel’s bigger stars — he has his own show, “Riz Khan,” on Al Jazeera English. Yesterday, he conducted separate but equally long satellite interviews with Ismail Haniya, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, and Shimon Peres, Israel’s deputy prime minister. Mr. Khan asked the two leaders questions sent in by viewers, including a New Yorker named Danny who asked if Mr. Haniya was worried that he would be killed like so many of his predecessors, a question Mr. Khan described as “morbid.” Mr. Haniya was not offended. “All Palestinians are in danger: leaders, women, children and the elderly,” he replied. “We always expect the worst from Israel.” When his turn came, Mr. Peres was just as unruffled. The original Al Jazeera, created in 1996 with the backing of the emir of Qatar, boasts that it gets as many complaints from African dictators and Muslim leaders as American officials. American viewers mostly know it as an Arab-language news channel that shows Osama bin Laden videos and grisly images of dead American soldiers and mutilated Iraqi children. If yesterday is any indication, the English language version is more button-down and cosmopolitan. Though Al Jazeera English looks at news events through a non-Western prism, it also points to where East and West actually meet. On a feature story, a group of Syrian women, Muslim and Christian, let a reporter follow them on their girls’ night out. Topic A was the shortage of men in Syria.

Yesss.Maasha'Allah indeed..been there many times. Geelaq and Jaziira, only good memories.

xeebta Jaziira oo aheyd xilliyadii beri samaatkii goobihii loo dalxiis tegi jiray isla markaana xilliyadii dagaalada sokeeye noqotay meel la cidleeyey ayaa xilligan u muuqata mid ka soo reysneysa sidii hore isla markaanan soo camirmeysa maalinba maalinta ka dambeysa iyadoona jimce waliba ay halkaasi isugu tagaan qaar badan oo ka mid ah dadkii ka yimid dibeddaha. Jaaliyaddaha Soomaaliyeed ee dib ugu soo laabtay dalka Soomaaliya gaar ahaana magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxay xafiis ku leeyihiin magaalada iyadoo uu guddoomiye u yahay nin lagu magacaabo Axmed Joon, taasoo keentay inay si sahal ah u kulmaan Jaaliyaddahaasi. Jimcihii shalay aheyd ayaa waxaa kulan weyn ku yeeshay xeebtaasi Jaziira ku dhowaad 100 ruux oo ka mid ahaa jaaliyaddaha dibedda, una badnaa Jaaliyaddaha dalalka Ingiriiska, Sweden iyo Mareykanka, iyagoo halkaasina ku sameeyey tamashle, isugu jirtay Banooni cayaar, Dabaal, iyo noocyo kale oo kala gedisan Axmed Sheekh Cali (Kalaay) oo ka mid ahaa xubnihii halkaasi tegay ee lagu casuumay kulanka qadada ah ee ay Jaaliyaddaha Soomaaliyeed ku yeesheen xeebta Jaziira ayaa sheegay inay aad ugu faraxsan yihiin kulanka Muqdisho ee Jaaliyaddaha Soomaaliyeed “Maxkamadaha islaamka waxaan ku amaaneynaa inay sugeen nabaddii iyo kala dambeyntii magaalada Muqdisho, mana noo suuro gasheen haddii aysan ahaan laheyn maxkamadaha islaamka, xilligii ay gacanta ku hayeen magaalada qabqablayaashii dagaalka, la iskuna aamini jirin xeebtan” ayuu yiri Kalaay oo intaasi ku daray inay sii wadi doonaan kulamadan si dadka Soomaaliyeed ay ugu soo xiisaan dalkooda, iyadoo jimcooyinka soo socdana ay filayaan inay dhici doonaan kuwo la mid ah kuwan. More pictures... http://www.dayniile.com/November/18november8.htm Nasrudiin Ceydiid Salaad (Diini), Muqdisho, Somalia diinicadde@hotmail.com

http://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=416 Ethiopia girds for war By Martyn Drakard Friday, 17 November 2006 After decades of drought, famine, repression and war, Ethiopians are preparing for more of the same. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopia, the fabled home of the Queen of Sheba, is a striking contrast of landscapes. It is partly traversed by the Great Rift Valley, which extends from Lebanon to Mozambique. Its jagged, lush mountains make it a kind of huge fortress surrounded by forbidding desert, which is one reason why it has been isolated from much outside influence and has gone its own way. Even the scramble for Africa in the 19th century by European colonial powers left it unscathed. Together with the other countries of the north-east, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, it makes up the Horn of Africa. It still holds fast to its centuries-old ways and is quite different from east and central Africa -- the Africa as imagined by the outside world -- which starts on its doorstep. Ethiopia was evangelised very early –- some say by St Matthew, the Apostle -- and has preserved its brand of Coptic Christianity, with its rock churches, distinctive religious images, lengthy oriental ceremonies and a liturgical language, Ge’ez. The country was the only long-lasting Christian enclave within Africa until the era of evangelization began, but is now 50 per cent Muslim. Apart from the Italian invasion in the 1930s, the country was left alone under its emperors. The last emperor, the famous Haile Selassie, the Lion of Judah, was murdered by the thugs of Mengistu Haile Mariam, a Soviet-backed puppet who ousted him and his US supporters, at the cost of widespread bloodshed. The famine of the early 1980s, politically motivated and abetted by a drought, brought heart-wrenching images of skeletal mothers and babies to TV sets around the world. And after that Ethiopia was forgotten again. Islamic threat In the last few weeks, however, Ethiopia has been “technically at war” with neighbouring Somalia, according to its president, Meles Zenawi, who has become a pawn in the proxy war to restrain the terrorist threat to the West. From a Western point of view, the current Ethiopian government is a Christian buffer against aggressive Islamic expansion, specifically against the radical elements within the Union of Islamic Courts, which is effectively in control of Somalia. From a Muslim point of view, it is “the leader of a US-backed assault on a Muslim country”, since Ethiopia is the only country openly giving strong support to the transitional Somali government in Baidoa. This is not the first time that Ethiopia and Somalia have gone to war. In 1977 Somalia managed to advance quite far inside Ethiopia before being turned back. Both were using tanks given by the Soviet Union. Now, the conflict could reach much further. The Somali Islamists are well supplied with weapons from sympathetic countries in the region, despite an arms embargo, and by Ethiopia’s enemy to the north, Eritrea, with which there has been a long-running border dispute, which erupted into a two-year war in 1998. Ethiopia would be a formidable foe. Its rapid population explosion -- it now has nearly 80 million people and by the year 2050 will be one of the 10 largest nations in the world -- has been accompanied by a big military build-up. The National Defence Army has between 120,000 and 150,000 men, with massive stocks of hardware. This includes Soviet-made tanks, heavy artillery, and rocket launchers -- all still in good condition, according to Jane’s Defence Weekly. The army has also received training, logistics, transport and direct sales of hardware from the United States. But Ethiopia has its own internal problems, not least of which is the 30 million-strong Oromo people. Colonised by King Menelik in 1887, the Oromo still want their territory, Oromiya, to be liberated. The Oromo Liberation Front is a powerful force and carries out a low-key but persistent guerilla campaign against the national forces. The Oromo are mainly Muslim. Further north, another group, the "Somali Galbeed"**********8 is pressing for self-determination, and has sided with radical Islamists in the past. The "Somali Galbeed" is an extensive dry area bordering Somaliland and Puntland, and home to 4 million Ethiopian Somalis. Together with half a dozen other groups, they are taking up arms against the Zenawi regime, which they find has gradually become more and more repressive. In their turn, some Somali hardliners threaten to create a greater Somalia, an Islamic emirate, which will incorporate the Somali parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. Zenawi loses his nerve But hardliners are to be found not only in Somalia. The Zenawi regime is cracking down on any perceived form of opposition; it seems that Soviet-style tactics have not altogether disappeared. During the late 70s and early 80s tens of thousands of Ethiopians, many of them students, were killed or interned. Zenawi has been a progressive leader; he reduced poverty, built schools, health clinics and roads, and extended the national grid. But recently he has been losing his nerve. Last year there were the street protests in the wake of a disputed general election. Opposition leaders, journalists, activists and some professionals were arrested and some were charged with treason. The treason trial has become an embarrassment to the donor countries of the West. Should they support a repressive regime or should they leave an ally alone to face an Islamic onslaught and possibly lose a strategic base in a hostile region? A further embarrassment is the independent commission set up to rule on the killings. Although the commission members were appointed by the Government, their findings turned out to be truly independent. The majority decided that the government had used excessive force and claimed that the president had tried to make them reverse their decision. According to their findings nearly 200 people were killed, mainly by security forces. Many other young people are said to be in labour camps, which the Government has vehemently denied. Now the commission head and his deputy have fled the country in fear for their lives. The government is spending more on the secret police. Email is monitored and opposition websites have been blocked. Calendars with pictures of detained opposition leaders are in wide circulation, often going for many times their price. The President could be losing his grip as well as his nerve, and so is resorting to extreme measures; and basic human freedoms are the first to slowly disappear or become clouded. After the bloodthirsty nightmare of the Mengistu regime, Ethiopia changed direction and was making good headway. It would be a pity if those gains were to be lost overnight. As experience of many other states in this region has shown, repression –- a system to ensure the breeding of an enemy within -- is not the best way to keep a country together in the face of a common enemy from outside. Martyn Drakard is MercatorNet's African Contributing Editor. He writes from Nairobi.

^Khat and Qabiil = A curse to our nation.

Mogadishu 17, Nov.06 ( Sh.M.Network) – Xaaladda wadada 30 ka oo shalay dibadbaxyo rabshado wata ay ka dhaceen ayaa saakay dagan, iyadoo ay ku gadaansan yihiin ciidamo fara badan oo ka tirsan maxkamadaha islaamka. ka dib rashado socday saacado oo shalay ka dhacay wadada 30 ka ayaa saakay xaaladeeda ay tahay mid dagan, iyadoo isku socodka dadka iyo gaadiidka uu ku soo laabtay sidii hore. Ciidamo ka tirsan maxkamadaha islaamka ayaa lagu soo daadiyay wadadaasi si ay u xoojiyaan amaanka isla markaana ay kaa hortagaan wax kasta oo kicin kara rabshado la mid ah kuwii shalay. Goobaha ganacsiga ayaa sidoodii u shaqeynaya, iyadoo ay tahay maanta jimco oo meelaha qaar ay xiran yihiin. Wadada 30 ka ayaa shalay waxaa ka dhacay dibadbaxyo rabshado isku badalay oo uu ku geeriyooday wiil yar oo 13 jir ah halka 3 kalena ay ku dhaawacmeeb, iyadoo dibadbaxaasi looga soo horjeeday qaadkii lagu gubay Muqdisho

^The victim of the mafia adminstration policies.

"Xataa Aroos lama qaban-karo aan nalala soo socodsiin"Wasiirka maaliyada of the mafia state. Life under the mafia admin. Very unpleasant.

^I'm not surprised to hear this from the mafia adminstration...

Wararka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digniin loo diray shirkadaha sigaarka 15 Nov 15, 2006, 08:22 Maamulaha shirkadda Somali Tobacco Company Maxamuud C/llaahi Wehliye ayaa sheegay in lasoo gaarsiiyay qoraal loogu digayo ka ganacsiga sigaarka, wuxuuna mas'uulkan uu sheegay in laga codsaday in ay joojiyaan ganacsiga sigaarka. Qoraalkan oo kasoo baxay Maxkamadaha Islamiga ayaa waxaa uu mas'uulkan uu sheegay in wada hadalo ay u socdaan Maxkamadaha iyo shirkaddiisa, isagoo intaa raaciyay in shirkaddiisa 70 tan oo sigaar ay ka yaalaan koonfurta dalka Soomaaliya. Maxamud C/llaahi Wehliye ayaa sheegay in ay diyaar u yihiin joojinta sigaarka balse waxaa uu sheegay in xiligan ay dhibaato kasoo gaareyso shirkaddiisa oo keenta dalka sigaarka la yiraahdo Super Mach oo dadka qaarkood isticmalaan. Golaha Maxkmaddaha Islaamiga ayaa gobolada Jubooyinka ka joojiyay isticmaalka Qaadka, sigaarka iyo noocyada kala duwan ee Tubaakada, iyadoo magaalada Muqdisho ay tahay meesha kusoo xigta in laga mamnuucayo isticmaalka. Cali Muxayadiin Cali, Garowe Online

Qaad lagu gubay Muqdisho 15 Nov 15, 2006, 09:37 Markii ugu horeysay ayaa Maxkamaddaha Islaamiga maanta duhurtii Qaad ku gubeen magalada Muqdisho, kadib markii mudo sadax maalin ah uu ka maqnaa, iyadoo Qaadkan uu u rarnaa ganacsato Soomaaliyeed. Jihada uu Qaadkan ka yimid ayaan la ogeyn hase ahaatee Madiino Cali Xasan oo ka mid ah haweenka Qaadkaas u rarnaa ayaa xaqiijisay in maliishiyada Maxkamaddaha ay ku qabteen bar kontorool oo ku taala siinka dheer halkaasi oo ay ku gubeen ilaa iyo in ka badan 10 baabuur oo qiimaha Qaadka saaran lagu qiyaasay kontan iyo shan kun oo Dollar-ka Mareykanka ah. Waxaa suuqyada lagu iibiyo Qaadka dhacdadan kadib lagu arkayey dadka cuna oo aad ugu xumaanaya, hase ahaatee lacagihii ay ugu talagaleen iney ku iibsadaan Qaadka ayaa la arkayey iyagoo macmacaan iyo waxyaabo kale ugu iibinaaya caruurtooda iyo xaasaskooda. Cali Muxayadiin Cali, Garowe Online