^Atheer the war is bigger than you, bigger the clan state of Puntland. Its a war between ICU and Ethiopia. Ciidamo Itoobiyaan oo ka soo talaabay xadka gobolka Mudug iyo Jen. Cadde Muuse iyo 50 baabuurta dagaalka ah oo ku soo jeeda Gaalkacyo Iyadoo barqanimadii maanta ay dagaalo qaraar ku dhexmareen deegaanka Bandiiradley oo ka tirsan gobolka Mudug ciidamada maxkamadaha iyo Col. Qeybdiid iyo Puntland oo dhinac ah ayaa wararka naga soo gaaraya gobolka Mudug waxay sheegayaan in ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo ku hubeysan baabuurta dagaalka iyo Taangiyo ay ka soo gudbeen xadka gobolkaasi uu la wadaago dalka Itoobiya si ay uga barbar dagaalamaan ciidamada Col. Qeybdiid iyo kuwa Puntland ee looga awood roonaaday dagaal qaraar oo maanta ay la galeen ciidamaada maxkamadaha islaamiga ah. Dhinaca kale, wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Garoowe oo xarun u ah maamul goboleedka Puntland ayaa waxay sheegayaan in ciidamo ku hubeysan ilaa 50 baabuurta dagaalka ah oo uu la socdo madaxweynaha maamulkaasi Jen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi ay ka soo dhaqaaqeen magalaadaasi, iyagoo ku soo jeeda magaalada Gaalkacyo ee gobolka Mudug, lamana garanayo ilaa hadda in ciidamadaasi ay ka qeyb geli doonaan dagaalada ka soconaya deegaano ka tirsan gobolka Mudug. Wararka naga soo gaaraya deegaanada Puntland ayaa waxay sheegayaan in banaanbaxyo looga soo horjeedo maxkamadaha islaamiga ah ay ka dhaceen magaalooyin ka tirsan deegaanadaas, iyadoo la sheegayo in xiisadaha deeganaadaasi ka jirana ay sii kordhayaan.

Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee dagaalkii saakay ka qarxay Deegaanka Bandiiradley ee gobolka Mudug Axad, November 12, 2006(HOL): Wararka naga soo gaaraya Degaanka Bandiiradley ee gobolka Mudug ayaa sheegaya in uu saakay aroortii halkaas dagaal ku dhexmaray ciidamo ka amar qaata Maxkamadaha Islaamka iyo kuwo u daacad ah Maamul goboleedka Puntland, sida uu shaaca ka qaaday Afhayeenka Maxkamadaha Islaamka ee Gobollada Dhexe. Afhayeenka oo lagu magacaabo Maxamed Maxamuud Cagaweyne ayaa sheegay in ay saakay aroortii weerar ku soo qaadeen ciidamo ka yimid Puntlnad oo ay la socdeen sida uu yiri kuwo Itoobiyaan ah, wuxuuna sheegtay in ay guul ka gaareen dagaalka, isla markaana ay ciidamadii weerarka ku soo qaaday u ceyrsadeen dhinaca Itoobiya. Cagaweyne, wuxuu kaloo sheegay in ay haatan ciidamada Maxkamadaha Islaamka ka taliyaan deegaanada Gelinsoor, Dagaari, Bandiiradley iyo Tuulo Xalaal deegaanadaas oo ay horay looga hor istaagay Ciidamada Maxkamadaha in ay tagaan Dagaalkan oo ahaa sida wararka aan ku heleyno mid xooggan ayaaney ilaa iyo haatan soo bixin khasaaraha uu geystay marka laga reebo in ay Dhinaca Maxkamadaha sheegteen in ay jab u geysteen ciidamada ka soo horjeeday. Ilaa iyo haatan ma jiro wax war ah oo ka soo baxay dhinaca Maamulka Puntland oo ku saabsan in ay saakay weerar ku qaadeen ciidamada Maxkamadaha, isla markaana dagaalka lagu jebiyay. Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee naga soo gaaray dagaalka saakay ka qarxay Bandiiradley ayaa waxay sheegayaan in Maxkamadaha Islaamka ay ku sii siqayaan Magaalada Gaalkacyo oo haatan la leeyahay waxay u jiraan 20km, inkastoo ay jiraan warar kale oo sheegaya in ay iyaguna Magaalada Gaalkacyo soo gaareen ciidamo iyo gaadiid dagaal oo ka yimid dhinaca Garowe, kuwaasi oo warar aan la xaqiijin ay sheegayaan in uu horkacayo Madaxweyne Jen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi. Dhinaca khasaaraha dagaalka haddii aynu soo hadal qaadnana waxay Maxkamadaha Islaamka sheegteen in ay labo Taangi ka qabsadeen Ciidamada Itoobiya, waa sida uu sheegayo Xoghayaha Warfaafinta Maxkamadaha Islaamka Shiikh C/raxiin Cali Muudey oo sheegay in uu xiriir la sameeyay halka uu dagaalka ka socdo. Sidoo kalena waxay warar aan si rasmi ah loo xaqiijin balse isa soo taraya ay sheegayaan in uu jiro khasaare dhimasho iyo dhaawac leh oo labada dhinac soo kala gaaray, walow dhinacyada dagaalka u dhaxeeyo ay ka gaabsaneyso in ay sheegto in khasaare ka soo gaaray Dagaalka. Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Mogadishu, Somalia

^"Each Ethiopian oleh costs the state approximately $100,000 over the course of his or her lifetime, according to Israeli government estimates." "80 percent of the immigrants are welfare dependent;" American dollar at work.

People of Mudug: No more hostage to the two warlords/criminals{Qeybdiid and Cade}. Maxakmad Hoostagta maxaakiimta Muqdisho Oo Lagaga Dhawaqay Gaalkacyo (Gaalkacyo}11.11-06 Maxkaamad Islaami ah oo loogu magac-daray Maxkamadda Islaamka ee Nasruddiin, ayaa maanta looga dhawaaqay Koonfurta Magaalladda Gaalkacayo ee Gobalka Mudug. ::::::::::::::::: Guddoomiyaha Maxkamaddaasi, Sheekh C/llaahi Siyaad Kheyre, oo maanta u waramayey Saxaafada, ayaa sheegay inay dadka ku abtirsada Beesha ***** ee ku nool K/Gaalkacayo guddoonsadeen inay dhistaan Maxkamad Islaami, ah, isla markaana la jaan-qaadaan Maxkamadaha Islaamka ee ka ambaqaadayo Magaalladda Gaalkacayo. Guddoomiyaha, waxa uu sheegay inay dhismaha Maxkamadda Islaamka ee Nasruddiin ka dambeysay, kadib, markii ay Qeybaha Ururradda Bulshadda ee Beesha *** ee joogta K//Gaalkacayo yeesheen kulamo Wada-tashi ah oo socday muddo bil iyo badh ah. Sheekh C/llaahi Siyaad Kheyre, waxa uu sheegay in Tallaabadaasi la qaatay, markii qiimeyn xooggan lagu sameeyey Rabitaanka Shacbiga Soomaaliyeed iyo sidii looga bixi lahaa dhibaatooyinka haystay Ummadda Soomaaliyeed 16-kii sanno ee la soo dhaafay. Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Islaamka ee Nasruddiin ee Koonfurta Gaalkacayo, waxa uu ugu baaqay Maamulladda ka jira Gobalka Mudug inay Shacbiga ku hoggaamiyaan Nidaamka Shareecadda Islaamka. widhwidh Online

More good news for the good people of Puntland.. Puntland Oo Awoodeedii Ugu Waynayd Saartay iska Caabinta maxkamdaha muqdisho (Puntland}11.11-06 Waraarka laga helayo ila aan ka fogeyn Madaxtooyada Dowlad goboleedka Punland ee garoowe ayaa sheegaya in Cadde Muuse uu dadaal weyn ugu jiro sidii uu mamulkiisa uga badbaadin lahaa kacdoonka siyasadeed ee soo wajahay Puntland. Cadde Muse oo shalay soo gaaray magaalada Garowe ayaa kulan deg deg ah la galay maanta xubnaha kaga sugan xukumadiisa magaalada Garowe halkaas oo ay kaga arinsanayaan sidii xukumadiisu ula tacaali lahayd beelaha Puntland oo si gooni gooni ah ugu dhawaaqaya Maxakamada Islaami ah. Dhinaca kale waxaa jira warar aan weli la xaqiijin oo sheegaya in Cadde Muse lagula talinayo inuu magacaabo guddi wadaada ah oo ka xigsada isbedellada socda si xukumadiisu ay bur-bur deg deg uga badbaado. Madaxwaynaha ayaa horay u soo soo saarey go'aamo iyo wareegtooyin uu kaga hortagayo isbadalada Koonfurta Somaliya ka socda si aysan saameyn ugu yeelan maamulkiisa. Cadde Muse ayaa ku guuldraysatey in uu helo tageerada beelaha daga gobolka Mudug sidii ay uga hor-imaan lahaayeen Maxkamad Islaami ah oo dhowaan magaalada Galkacayo ay kaga dhawaaqeen beesha ****. Magaalada Galkacayo ayaa waxa ka soo baxey baaq ku tariikhyasnaa 07 Nov ayna ku sixiixnaayeen 149 qof kaas oo lagu tageerey Maxkamdaas isla markaana farayay in lagu dhaqmo shareecada Islaamka. sidoo kale waxaa maantana lagaga dhawaaqay magaalada gaalkacyo Maxkaamad Islaami ah oo loogu magac-daray Maxkamadda Islaamka ee Nasruddiin, Waxaa iyana dhaqdhaqaaq iyo dareen xoogleh uu kajiraa magaalada laascaanood oo lagu wado in beel kamid ah beelaha deegaan ah kasoo jeda G/sool ay dhaqso ugu dhawaaqdo maxkamd islaami ah iyadoo ay horayna uga jirtay magaalada laascaanood maxkamd lagu magacaabo Al-cadaala. isku wada soo duu duuboo arimahan ayaa waxaad moodaa inay caqabad ku noqon karaan hawlihii maamulka puntland ee ku aadanaa gobolada uu ka'arimiyo. widhwidh.com

^^^Atheer waxba yuusan dhiig kar kugu dhicin...People of Puntland are reclaiming their freedom from corrupt criminals and their foreign supporters IA.

Puntland people choose Sharia not the corrupt/criminal gangs led by Adde Muse....read. http://allceeldheer.com/

Guddiyo Cadde magacabey oo la diidey 11 Nov 11, 2006, 07:52 Odayaasha, Siyaaasiyiinta iyo Waxgaradka Gobalka Bari , ayaa ku gacan-sayray inay aqoonsdaan Guddiga Difaaca ee Gobalka Bari oo uu dhawaan magacaabay Madaxweynaha MGPL Cadde Muse. Akhri:Magacyada Gudiyadan Qaar ka tirsan Waxgaradka, Siyaasiyiinta iyo Odayasha Dhaqanka ee Gobalka Bari, ayaa maaanta sheegay inaysan aqoonsanayn Guddi uu dhawaan Cadde Muuse u magacaabay inay noqdaan Guddiga Difaaca ee Gobalka Bari. Xaji Mustafa Yusuf oo ku hadlayey Magaca Odayasha Dhaqanka, Waxgaradka iyo Siyaasiyiinta ka soo jeeda Gobolka Bari, ayaa u sheegay Saxaafada inay ka soo horjeedaan magacaabista Guddigaasi oo uu madax ka yahay Wasiirka Maaliyadda, Maxamed Cali Yuusuf "Gaagaab", wuxuuna xusay inaysan jirin Baahi loo magacaabo Guddi noocaasi ah. Xaaji Mustafa, mar wax laga weydiiyey sababaha ay u diian yihiin Guddigaasi, waxa uu sheegay inaysan jirin wax laga difaacayo Gobalka Bari, wuxuuna ka digay in magacaabista Guddigaasi dhibaato u keeni karo dadka ku dhaqan Gobalka Bari. Afhayeenkan ayaa ku nuuxnuuxsaday inay dadka ku nool Gobalka Bari soo dhaweynayaan Ku-dhaqanka Shareecadda Islaamka, wuxuuna sheegay inay ugu baaqayaan Mamulka Puntland inay ka waantoobaan magacabista Guddiyo wax u dhimi kara Deganaanshaha Guud iyo Masiirka Ummadda ku nool Goballadda Puntland. Cabdi Fatax Axmad, Garowe Online

Cadde Muse oo dadaal ugu jira badbadinta Xukumadiisa 11 Nov 11, 2006, 07:14 Waraarka laga helayo ila aan ka fogeyn Madaxtooyada DGPL ayaa sheegaya in Cadde Muse uu dadaal weyn ugu jiro sidii uu mamulkiisa uga badbaadin lahaa kacdoonka siyasadeed ee soo wajahay Puntland. Cadde Muse oo shalay soo gaaray magaalada Garowe ayaa kulan deg deg ah la galay maanta xubnaha kaga sugan xukumadiisa magaalada Garowe halkaas oo ay kaga arinsanayaan sidii xukumadiisu ula tacaali lahayd beelaha Puntland oo si gooni gooni ah ugu dhawaaqaya Maxakamada Islaami ah. Dhinaca kale waxaa jira warar aan weli la xaqiijin oo sheegaya in Cadde Muse lagula talinayo inuu magacaabo guddi wadaada ah oo ka xigsada isbedellada socda si xukumadiisu ay bur-bur deg deg uga badbaado. Madaxwaynaha ayaa horay u soo soo saarey go'aamo iyo wareegtooyin uu kaga hortagayo isbadalada Koonfurta Somaliya ka socda si aysan saameyn ugu yeelan maamulkiisa. Cadde Muse ayaa ku guuldraysatey in uu helo tageerada beelaha daga gobolka Mudug sidii ay uga hor-imaan lahaayeen Maxkamad Islaami ah oo dhowaan magaalada Galkacayo ay kaga dhawaaqeen beesha **************. Magaalada Galkacayo ayaa waxa ka soo baxey baaq ku tariikhyasnaa 07 Nov Akhri halkaan ayna ku sixiixnaayeen 149 qof kaas oo lagu tageerey Maxkamdaas isla markaana farayay in lagu dhaqmo shareecada Islaamka. Maqaal la xiriiira: Maxakamad Islaami ah oo looga dhawaaqey Laascaanod.... Garowe Online, Garowe C/lahi Yusuf Oo Safar Degdeg Ah ku Imanaya galkacyo Xili beshisa Ay Maxkamad Ku (Gaalkacyo}11.11-06 Madaxweynaha Dowlada federaalka KMG Somalia, Kornel C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed, ayaa lagu wadaa inuu maalmaha soo socdo Booqasho degdeg ah ku yimaado Magaalladda Gaalkacayo ee Gobalka Mudug, Xilli Maxkamaddo Islaami ah looga dhawaaqay Magaalladdaasi. War lagu kalsoon yahay ayaa tilmamaaya in Madaxweynaha Dowlada federaalka KMG Somalia, Kornel C/llaahi Yuusuf iyo Wafdi uu hoggaaminayo ay maalmaha soo socda booqasho hawleed ku imaan doonaan Caasimadda Gobalka Mudug ee Gaalkacayo, si uu Madaxda Maamul-gobaleedka Puntland kala xaajoodo Arrimaha la xiriira Ammaanka Guud ee Puntland, Tallaabadda ay Beelaha ku nool Magaalladda Gaalkacayo ku dhisanayaan Maxkamadaha Islaamka iyo Cabsida ay Maamulka Puntland ka qabaan isku-dhacyo ka yimaada Ciiddamadda Maxkamadaha iyo kuwa Puntland ee isku hor fadhiya Deegaanadda Bandiiradley . Safarka Madaxweynaha ku imaanayo Magaalladda Gaalkacayo, ayaa lagu sheegay inay ka dambeeysay, kadib, markii Ay Mid Kamid Ah beelaha uu ka dhashay c/laahi yusuf madaxweynaha somalia ay ku dhawaaqday inay dhisanayso maxkamadislaami ah source: Widh Widh

Falash Mura in Gondar wait in line for food distributed by a program funded by the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry. By Uriel Heilman (This is the fourth article in a 7-part special JTA report on Ethiopian immigration to Israel.) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 16 (JTA) -- With the key parties saying they are ready to accelerate the pace of Falash Mura aliyah, why has the effort remained stalled since Israel´s Cabinet voted to bring these Ethiopians to Israel? The holdup stems from lingering doubts about the Jewishness of the Falash Mura, especially among officials charged with implementing the Israeli government decision, concerns in Israel over the cost of absorbing another 13,000 to 20,000 Ethiopians, and apprehension that aliyah of the Falash Mura from Ethiopia will never end. For Israelis concerned about the cost and prudence of Ethiopian aliyah, the questions of whether or not the Falash Mura are Jews, and under what circumstances their progenitors converted to Christianity, are of paramount importance. Unlike the Beta Israel, who maintained a distinct Jewish identity in Ethiopia for centuries, epitomized by their observance of Shabbat and their rejection of Jesus as the messiah, the Falash Mura converted to Christianity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though many advocates of Falash Mura aliyah maintain that the conversions resulted from economic and social pressures, scholars of Ethiopian Jewish history find little evidence of this. On the contrary, according to Steven Kaplan´s "The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century," those who converted were far more likely to face social and economic exclusion than those who remained Jews. The converts faced ostracism both from the Jews whose tradition they rejected and from the Christians who refused to accept them as full-fledged members of their communities because they were members of the lowly Beta Israel caste. This ostracism may have prevented the Falash Mura from intermarrying with Christians, allowing them to maintain a largely undisturbed Jewish bloodline until recent times. This is partly why Israel´s Chief Rabbinate decided to apply to the Falash Mura the Jewish legal principle of, "A Jew, even though he has sinned, is still a Jew." That is, a person is a Jew so long as their maternal ancestral line is Jewish -- even if their ancestors converted to Christianity 10 generations ago and have been practicing it ever since. However, there is considerable debate over the degree to which the Falash Mura intermarried. Advocates of the Falash Mura maintain that intermarriage was a rare phenomenon until the most recent generation of Falash Mura. Others, including some scholars, suggest that intermarriage has been relatively common for several generations, and as a consequence a great proportion of those designated today as Falash Mura are not actually Jews. To complicate matters further, the appellation Falash Mura is applied today not only to Christians of Jewish descent, but to full-blooded Christians who have married into families of Jewish descent. These Christians are estimated to make up to 30 percent of the Falash Mura population. Even among the Falash Mura who have some biological link to Ethiopian Jewry, few if any seemed to have been aware they were Jews until they were told as much by American Jewish advocacy groups who identified them as such by their membership in the Beta Israel caste. In interviews last year in the Ethiopian province of Gojam with Beta Israel peasants who had not yet migrated to the cities, villagers demonstrated no knowledge of Judaism whatsoever. Indeed, until their contact with American Jewish groups working in the cities, they had never heard of the Torah, never observed any Jewish holidays or rituals, and professed belief in Jesus. Many have crosses tattooed on their foreheads or wear crosses around their necks. For these reasons, Israel requires that all Falash Mura immigrants undergo a comprehensive conversion course once they arrive in the Jewish state, culminating in ritual conversion. This is not something that was required of the Ethiopian Jews who came to Israel between 1984 and 1991, nor is it something that would be necessary if the Falash Mura were merely wayward Jews. Before their arrival in Israel, the Falash Mura learn about Judaism in the compounds administered by the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry. At the Gondar compound -- the Addis Ababa compound is closed -- the Beta Israel take courses in Jewish prayer and some of them learn to lay talit and tefillin. They attend prayer services in the compounds´ ramshackle synagogues, the men donning kipot as they enter, the seats separated by gender. They also are taught the little Hebrew the teachers themselves know. Some skeptics say the Jewish teachings at the NACOEJ compound are a ploy to facilitate Falash Mura aliyah by making the Falash Mura appear Jewish. The level of instruction at the compounds is superficial, they say, with children reciting the Hebrew alphabet and Hebrew phrases without knowing what they mean, holding prayer books upside down during synagogue services and being taught by instructors who themselves know little more than the students. Others say NACOEJ´s efforts constitute the noble undertaking of bringing lost Jews back to the faith of their ancestors. They say the teaching at the compound may not be ideal, but it´s the best possible given the circumstances. What´s more, they say, it has turned the younger generation of Beta Israel into real Jews. "Their kids know only Judaism. They fast the Fast of Esther. They have already returned to Judaism," said Rabbi Menachem Waldman, a member of the Chief Rabbinate´s committee for the absorption of Ethiopian Jews. Waldman also has received funding from NACOEJ. Many veteran Ethiopian immigrants in Israel resent the Falash Mura, partly because their aliyah carries a cloud of religious illegitimacy that has cast a shadow over all of Israel´s Ethiopian community. It doesn´t help that at the current aliyah rate, the size of Israel´s Falash Mura community will eclipse that of Israel´s veteran Ethiopian Jewish community some time this year, according to the Immigrant Absorption Ministry. "The veteran community is not always so happy with what is going on with the new one," said Mirla Gal, director general of the ministry. Aside from the murky issue of religion, the cost of absorbing the Falash Mura has caused many an Israeli official to balk at throwing open the doors of the Jewish state to Ethiopian immigrants. Though many critics say racism plays a role in Israel´s reticence to accept the Ethiopians, pointing by contrast to Israel´s much easier acceptance of Russian immigrants of dubious Jewish origin, it is an economic fact that Ethiopians cost Israel far more than do Russian immigrants. A Russian immigrant to Israel may struggle with linguistic and other barriers, but most adult immigrants from Russia practice trades that are somewhat transferable to Israel, and they need no special training on how to live in an industrial country. By contrast, most Ethiopian adults who come to Israel know little other than subsistence farming, smithing or weaving -- all trades that are not transferable to Israel. Many are illiterate and have never even used a fridge, toilet or gas stove before their arrival in Israel. It´s much harder for these Ethiopians to find jobs, and when they do, the jobs often are menial and low-paying. According to the Immigrant Absorption Ministry, Ethiopian immigrants receive grants for some 90 percent of the funds needed to purchase a home; 80 percent of the immigrants are welfare dependent; and their average stay in absorption centers is 18 months, much longer than other immigrants. Each Ethiopian oleh costs the state approximately $100,000 over the course of his or her lifetime, according to Israeli government estimates. "The absorption of people coming from Ethiopia is completely different from those coming from other countries," Gal said. Finally, lingering fear in Israel that the aliyah of Falash Mura will never really end plays a significant role in the holdup over bringing to Israel the current group of 16,000 or so Falash Mura waiting in Gondar and Addis Ababa. The Falash Mura call themselves Beta Israel, "seed of Israel,´´ but in this they are not unique; many Ethiopian natives believe they, too, are descendants of the kingdom of Israel. The former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, claimed he was a direct descendent of King Solomon and called himself the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The fear some Israeli officials express privately is that if Ethiopia´s former emperor claimed Jewish descent, what´s to stop tens of millions of Ethiopians today from doing the same so they can escape the poverty of Africa for the relative wealth of Israel? What´s more, a special investigation last year by this reporter found indications of thousands more Beta Israel in the Achefar region of Ethiopia who have not been accounted for by the Israeli government or American Jewish advocates of Ethiopian aliyah. Living in remote villages that don´t generally appear on maps, few of these Beta Israel ever have ventured far beyond their rural homes, but they represent some of the probable thousands of Ethiopians hoping to make aliyah who have not yet been accounted for by the Israeli government. The existence of these isolated Beta Israel communities may pose a serious challenge to Israel´s attempt to end mass aliyah from Ethiopia by the end of 2007. In a country of 70 million, it´s possible that the Beta Israel left in Ethiopia number in the hundreds of thousands, not the thousands, and that Israel has seen only the tip of the iceberg of Ethiopian aliyah.

About 200 people have protested in Jerusalem against a decision by the Israeli health ministry to reject blood donated by Ethiopian-Israelis. At least 11 people were injured in clashes with police. an Ethiopian Jew is knocked down by a mounted police officer The protestors said that the practice was racism against Ethiopian-Israelis. The blood has been discarded because of concerns that it may be contaminated. Officials say that blood could not be donated by people from specific countries where Aids was endemic. "We are healthy people, like everyone else," protestor Galit Maarat, 24, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. "This is unjust, a terrible affront." Dr Boaz Lev, the associate director in the Israeli Health ministry, told the BBC Network Africa programme: "This risk group is not specific to Israel. All over the world, it is considered a risk group. Obviously we don't want to subject out patients to even the slightest risk if you can avoid it." Israel's Channel 2 TV recently reported that the health ministry had revived its practice of discarding blood donated by Ethiopian-Israelis. There were similar protests a decade ago when the practice emerged. Correspondents say that many people in the Ethiopian-Israeli community feel they are the target of racial discrimination.

^Forget Yeey, now we have new generations of cheerleaders for the TPLF/Tigree/WOYANE BANDITS.

Iraq exit the No 1 priority for Rumsfeld successor By Philippe Naughton Robert Gates testifying before Congress as CIA Director in 1992 (AP Photo/John Duricka) Robert Gates, the 63-year-old career intelligence officer chosen to replace Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, takes over with the clearest of missions: get American troops out of Iraq as quickly and cleanly as possible. Mr Gates was, subject to Congressional approval, propelled into the top ranks of the Bush Administration today as Secretary of Defence only hours after voters handed President Bush what he agreed himself was a "thumping" in mid-term elections. The deeply unpopular Mr Rumsfeld, seen by his enemies as a reckless warmonger and attacked even by senior military officers for strategic blunders, was the obvious scapegoat for the electoral meltdown. Since the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, more than 2,800 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq. Although Mr Bush told a White House press conference this afternoon that Mr Rumsfeld's departure should not be taken as a signal that America would be withdrawing from Iraq, he made it clear that the former CIA director had not been chosen as continuity candidate. The President freely admitted that his Iraq policy was "not working well enough, fast enough" and needed new leadership. Although Mr Gates is currently serving as president of Texas A&M University, he has been active recently as a member of the Iraq Study Group led by James Baker, the Bush family confidant and former Secretary of State. That Group has yet to report, but its draft recommendations have been widely leaked and amount to a radical reshaping of US Iraq policy that would have been unthinkable a year ago - including a large reduction of US troop levels and a diplomatic push to engage Iraq's neighbours, including Iran and Syria. The Group has also pushed for the Iraqi Government to take more responsibility for its own affairs, politically and militarily. Since those recommendations have not been formally given to the White House, Mr Bush has not had to accept or reject them. But the Administration has noticeably changed its language on Iraq - Mr Bush no longer speaks of "staying the course" for example - and Mr Rumsfeld's departure allows the unthinkable to become policy. And it would be unthinkable for Mr Bush to appoint his new Pentagon chief from among the group's members if he did not agree with their conclusions. Born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1943, Mr Gates joined the CIA in 1966 and rose from working-level officer to become its director, also serving as a member of the National Security Council. He was first nominated as CIA director in 1987 by Ronald Reagan but withdrew amid questions over his and the CIA’s role in the secret sales of arms to Iran and the diversion of profits to Nicaragua’s Contra rebels - the accusation against him being that he hid the truth about the Iran-Contract affair from Congress. He was nominated again by the first President Bush and led the CIA from 1991 to 1993. Mr Bush described him today as "a steady, solid leader who can help make the necessary adjustments in our approach to meet our current challenges".

Kenyans flee deadly gang battle Residents left the slum to camp outside Nairobi's military air base Hundreds of people are fleeing several days of deadly gang violence in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Four people were hacked to death in skirmishes in Mathare slum between the outlawed Mungiki and Taliban groups that started on Sunday. Police then shot two people as they attempted to contain the battles that erupted over protection money the gangs levied on brewers of an illegal drink. A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed on the slum. Overnight, hundreds of Mathare residents camped outside Nairobi's military air base and many people continue to leave the area. Kenyan television showed gangs of youth torching vehicles and shouting, "Kill, Kill." The BBC's Gray Phombeah in Nairobi says the banned Mungiki sect is inspired by the bloody Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s against the British colonial rule. Thousands of young and poor Kenyans - mostly drawn from Kenya's largest tribe, the Kikuyu - have flocked to the sect whose doctrines are based on traditional practices. According to Reuters news agency, police arrested their leader over killings and running extortion rackets among transport operators. The Taliban were formed in Kenya's western city of Kisumu in the 1990s and are reputed to organise political violence but have no religious affiliation, unlike the Afghan Islamic fundamentalist group from which they took their name, AFP news agency reports.

^i'm not surprised you hold such view...Dictator Sadam had many supporters despite the mass killings and oppression................ www.somalitalk.com Baaq ka soo baxay Aqoonyahanka, culumaa'udiinka, Waxgaradka iyo Ganacsatada Gobalka Mudug... Ujeeddo: Bayaan Nabadeed Tuesday, 07 November 2006 Wadatashi ay sameyeen aqoonyahanka, culumaa udiinka, waxgaradka iyo ganacsatada gobalka mudug qayb ka mid ah ayna qiimeeyeen xaaladda guud ee soomaaliya iyo isbadalada ka soo cusboonaaday, taas oo saacadba saacada ka danbaysa isa sii badalaysa iyo saamaynta ay ku yeelatay maamul goboleedka puntland iyo shacabkooda waxa ay garteen in ay qaataan talo soo jeedin iyaga oo ka eegaya dhinacyo badan si loo badbaadiyo ummadda soomaaliyeed guud ahaan, gaar ahaan shacabka reer puntland iyo maamulkoodaba iyada oo laga duulayo wacyiga dhabta ah ee jira iyo rabitaanka ummadeed ee aan dhinacna u xaglinayn, sidaas darteed waxaan garanay annaga oo ah Culumaa u diinka, Ganacsatada, aqoonyahanka, Waxgaradka iyo Bulshada rayidka ah ee magacyadooda hoos ku qoranyihiin in aan soo jeedino Baaq ku wajahan Shacabka Reer puntLand Iyo Xukuuumadooda Waana Sidan:- 1- in shacabka iyo maamulka Gobolada Puntland ay ku dhaqmaan shareecada islaamka, kuna xukuntamaan kitaabka Alle. 2- in maamul Goboleedka puntland uu Diyaariyo Shir, uuna isugu yeero aqoonyahanka, Culimada, Waxgaradka, isimada iyo Bulshada Rayidka ah si loo hirgeliyo ku dhaqanka shareecada islaamka. 3- In aan Dalka soomaliya la keenin Gebi ahaanba Ciidamo Shisheeye, Lagana saaro kuwa ku sugan hadda, iyada oo la dhowraayo diinta islaamka iyo sharafta Ummadda soomaaliyeed. 4- Inaanu taageersanahay beesha ku dhawaaqday inay ku dhaqmayaan shareecada islaamka, isla markaana waxaan ugu baaqaynaa beelaha kale ee reer puntland In ay la qaataan ku dhaqanka sahareecada islaamka, lana midoobaan beesha walaalohood ah, madaamaa ay Puntland lagu dhisay iskaashi beeleed. Magacyada Bayaanka soo saaray 1. Ugaas Maxamed Maxamuud (indha Yare) 2. C/waaxid Garawaan 3. Ganacsade Maxamuud Awfaarax 4. C/maan Aadan Dalab 5. Xasan Warsame jaamac(xasan eeley) 6. Gaar Yaasiin 7. Axmedey Maxamed Cali 8. GanacsadeYasiin Sanyare 9. C/qani Axmed Gayre 10. Siciid Xasan Cadde 11. Xuseen Ashkir Muuse (isle,eg) 12. Cusmaan ashkir Muuse(Canabore) 13. Cabdi Jaamac Faarax 14. Ganacsade Bashiir Xasan Ciiro 15. Burhaan Axmed Nuur 16. C/kariin Xarfe 17. Maxamed Ciise Looyaan 18. Maxamed Ciise Cabdi 19. Quulle Cali Samey 20. Pro. Maxamed Jaamac Yuusuf 21. Siciid C/laahi Warsame 22. C/weli Abshir Budeeye 23. C/risaaq C/laahi Jamac(ShirGalle) 24. C/risaaq Maxamed Jaamac Islaan 25. Ganacsade Cabdi Jaamac Cali Food 26. Cali Aadan Xuseen 27. C/laahi Cabdi Aadan (cadiir) 28. Daahir Daab 29. Cawil Xaaji Xuseen 30. Maxamed Muuse Jiir 31. Maxamuud Maxamed Cisman 32. Sh Jaamac C/salaam Warsame 33. Faarax Cali Maad 34. Maxamuud Jaamac Warsame 35. Axmed Dhurbe 36. Maxamuud Cali Biixi 37. Maxamuud Hoobal 38. Fahiim Siciid Guumbe 39. Saleeban JaamacQalowdaan 40. Xasan C/kariin Shirdoon 41. Cabdi Xaabuun 42. C/qaadir Maxamed Cali 43. Faarax Salwe 44. C/rashiid maxamed Cali 45. Axmed Jaamac Warsame 46. Faarax Jaamac Warsame 47. Maxamed Toleeye 48. Axmed Jinoolle 49. C/qafaar Axmed 50. Aadan Cismaan Jaamac Geyre 51. C/salaam Axmed 52. Cabdijabaan Axmed 53. C/raxmaan axmed 54. Daahir Salaad Nuur 55. Burhaan Maxamed Gureey 56. Cumar Aadan Shiikh Doon 57. C/rashiid Maxamed Mataan 58. Farxaan Maxamed Aadan Shiikh Doon 59. Jamal Maxamed Cali Ciise 60. Jamaal C/qaadir Yare Aadan 61. Axmed C/dille Cabdi Cali 62. Maxamuud Cabdi Adan Kalax 63. Axmed Xasan Cali Ciise 64. Maxamed C/wali Xasan Cilmi 65. C/qani Daahir Yuusuf 66. C/rashiid Maxamed Wadakhalaf 67. Siciid Maxamed Wadakhalaf 68. C/waaxid C/risaaq Maxamed 69. Cismaan Maxamuud Xasan 70. Maxamuud Axmed jaamac 71. C/casiis Xuudi 72. C/nuur Cabdi Daahir 73. Doob Cabdi Dheere 74. C/laahi Maxamuud Cilmi (Carte) 75. C/raxmaan Faarax Cabdulle 76. C/laahi Axmed Salwe 77. Yasiin Mursal Yasiin 78. Shariif Maxamed Xuseen 79. Cumar Aadan Isxaaq 80. Maxamuud Cumar Xuseen 81. Siciid Bare Yuusuf 82. C/laahi Aw Maxamed 83. Axmede Cali Aw Saciid 84. Maxamuud Faarax Maxamed 85. Shiikh C/risaaq Axmed Siciid 86. C/laaahi Jaamac 87. Khaliif Cali Cumar 88. Siciid maxamud muumin 89.Birre maxamed jaamac 90.Nuur maxamed tayeeglo 91.Raage faradheere 92.Gaarad gaas dhunkaal 93.Gorod faarax xasan(nabadoon) 94.C/raxmaan sheikh xasan 95.xasan faarax qordheere 96.huruuse yaasiin mursal 97.iimaan cali yare(eng) 98.c/rashiid aw maxamed bootaan 99.siciid xasan xirsi(dhuudhaa) 100. maxamed jaamac muuse(ganacsade) 101.c/qaadir xuseen nuur(dhocdhocle) 102.c/qaadir faarax xasan(suufi) 103.c/hodan cabdi sheexo 104.Saciid Cumar Aw Xuseen 105.yaasiin maxamed afgab(nabadoon) 106.c/raxmaan khaliif shido 107.maxamed cigal afgab 108.jaamac cali gaaciro(nabadoon) 109.Dr aadan maxamed cigaal 110.c/nuur salad nuur(dhigdhexo) 111.wacdi maxamed cigaal 112.axmed xasan axmed 113.c/qaadir xasan axmed 114.bashiir c/qaadir jaamac 115.faarax maxamed aadan(nabadoon) 116.maxamud cumar cali (Gargaar) 117. axmed faarax maxamud Ganacsade 118.c/raxmaan maxaed cajab(ganacsade) 119.burhaan daahin muuse(samadoon) 120.maxamud faarax kooshin(gooje) 121. c/shakuur muuse shire ( farey) 122.Nabadoon Maxamed C/samad Cilmi 123.Cali Barre Maxamed Maxamud 124 C/laahi Ismaa,iil Xirsi .125 Maxamed Jaamac Cabaas 126 Maxamed C/risaaq Xaashi(Birqin) 127 Maxamed Sheekh Ismaa,iil (Hire) 128 Nabadoon C/naasir Cigaal Xirsi(Faracade) 129 C/naasir Faarax (Lagu Jire) 130 Sheekh Axmed Maxamed (dheeli) 131 Saacid Axmed Dhamuuke 132 Ganacsade Muuse Maxamuud Takar 133 C/raxmaan Xasan Warsame (Xaraf) 134 C/raxmaan Gurxan Sheybe 135 C/casiis Axmed Aaadan 136 ShekhC/naasir Ciise Xirsi (Albaani) 137 Xasan C/samad C/dulle 138 Burhaan C/risaaq C/laahi 139 C/salaam Xasan Maxamed (jalamad) 140 Maxamuud Ibraahim Cumar(Cagma dhige) 141 Ganacsade C/nuur Maxamed ismaa,iil(kilic) 142 Aadan Faarax Axmed 143 Axmed Cabdi Daahir 144 C/raxmaan Cali Salaad 145 Maxamuud Bare isxaaq (Islow) 146 Dr C/naasir Sheekh Ibraahim 147 Cali Maxamuud Muuse 148 C/wali Muuse Shire (Dhamuuke) 149 ibraahim Mire aadan

^Keep up the propoganda for the unpopular thugs and criminals who are holding the good people of Puntland hostage..time is running out for Yeey in Bay city and his partner in crime, Cade in Puntland. Picturing few buildings will not help. Puntland peoples revolution to eliminate warlords and criminals is on the horizon ladies and gentelmen.

source: http://www.somaliaonline.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=edit_post;f=9;t=007279;reply_num=000003;u=00006356 Israeli shelling kills 18 in Gaza Water stained with blood filled the street where the shells landed At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and 40 wounded by Israeli tank fire in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian sources have said. Palestinian officials said a barrage of tank shells hit civilian homes, and women and children were among the dead. Many of the dead were members of the same family Israel has expressed regret for the civilian deaths and says it is investigating the incident. Palestinian leaders have called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to force Israel to stop military raids. Later on Wednesday, at least one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City, Palestinian security and medical source said. Several others were reported to have been wounded in the missile strike. Beit Hanoun and Gaza residents speak about the deaths In pictures The Palestinian prime minister, Hamas's Ismail Haniya, denounced the Israeli attack as an "awful massacre" and said talks on forming a Palestinian unity government would be suspended. The shelling was condemned across Europe and the Middle East. The European Union expressed "profound shock", and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference accused Israel of war crimes. Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz ordered the halt in artillery attacks and called for an urgent inquiry into the incident, while Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered humanitarian assistance to the wounded. Palestinian hospital officials said 13 of the dead belonged to the same family, and two of them were women and six were children. It is the saddest scene and images I have ever seen Eyewitness Attaf Hamad In pictures: Tank attack Town stunned by shelling The Israelis withdrew from the town on Tuesday following a major offensive centred in Beit Hanoun. More than 60 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in a week-long operation that Israel says was aimed at stopping militant rocket fire into Israel from Gaza. TV footage from Beit Hanoun showed the victims being taken to hospital in their nightclothes, some with terrible injuries. FOUR MONTHS OF GAZA DEATHS Total: 247 fatalities 155 civilian deaths 57 deaths of children 996 wounded, including 337 children (34%) Source: Physicians for Human Rights (28 June to 27 Oct) In quotes: world reaction "It is the saddest scene and images I have ever seen. We saw legs, we saw heads, we saw hands scattered in the street," 22-year-old eyewitness Attaf Hamad told Reuters news agency. Palestinian leaders announced three days of national mourning throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A local Hamas leader has called for the group to resume suicide bombings inside Israel, a policy suspended two years ago by the main militant factions. "Israel should be wiped from the face of the Earth. It is an animal state that recognises no human worth. It is a cancer that should be eradicated," said Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the Hamas-led government. Shots were fired at the European Union office in Gaza City in an apparent retaliation, Palestinian authorities said. Many of the dead were members of the same family Israeli forces also killed a 17-year-old civilian near Jabaliya refugee camp, hospital officials in Gaza said. Earlier, in a separate incident, five Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli army raid near the West Bank town of Jenin. The deaths came as a US-based human rights group condemned the high number of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli forces in the last four months. Physicians for Human Rights said nearly 63% of the 247 fatalities from Israeli fire in Gaza between 28 June and 27 October were civilians and more than a third of those civilians were children. Israeli officials repeatedly say the army takes care to avoid civilian casualties, but PHR said the shelling of densely populated areas in Gaza was tantamount to deliberately killing civilians.

Weinstein said the Islamists have seized on a chance to realign the balance of power in the Horn and east Africa, where Ethiopia and Kenya have a 40-year tradition of cooperation against Somali expansionism. Kenya and Ethiopia made a good choice by selecting Warlord Yeey to keep the "40 year old tradition" strong and Somaliweeyn a distance dream.

ANALYSIS-War can be avoided in Somalia despite rhetoric 08 Nov 2006 12:46:11 GMT By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Somalia seems to be rushing towards war but mutual fear and complex international interests could yet forestall a conflict that would engulf the Horn of Africa in a sea of ancient and modern rivalries. A surging Islamist movement now dominating most of south Somalia and their rivals in the interim government, backed by neighbouring Ethiopia, have test-fired weapons in the past week at a tense front just kilometres (miles) apart. Fiery talk from both sides and a skirmish this week between the Islamists and pro-government fighters from the northern enclave of Puntland have stoked tensions, especially after the failure of a third round of peace talks in nearby Sudan. But diplomats and analysts say a discreet peace initiative this week by the interim parliament speaker, whose relations with the Islamists are good, provides hope war can be averted. "I am not sure they are going to war. Something is cooking behind the scenes. If it all comes together, in the right order, then war can be avoided," a Western diplomat who follows Somalia but is not authorised to speak on the record told Reuters. Nonetheless, an ancient brew of religion, trade and the interests of regional powers is playing out underneath the conflict, reflected in the way in which the two sides are roughly split on Muslim-Christian lines. "None of the actors wants a war including Ethiopia ... but all the actors also have interests that interfere with that reluctance," said Michael Weinstein, a professor of political science at Indiana's Purdue University. In addition, both sides may back away from conflict because they are unsure of the strength of their rivals, given the complex web of alliances, and because they fear the potential for a widening and bloody regional war. "If you have a war scenario, one of the best things to stop it from happening is for the parties to fear each other equally," the diplomat said. "I think that is true here." ANCIENT FIGHT FOR INFLUENCE At stake, whether the impasse is broken by bullet or diplomacy, is priority access to the critical trade flowing through the Horn of Africa and Muslim influence against dominance of east Africa by pro-Western states. Since Islam arrived via Arab traders in the 7th century, Somalia has been a key to the volatile region because its triangular coastline, which gave the Horn its name, is a trading crossroads. "You have an area that is the bridge between Africa and the Middle East, and to have a radical regime in either Sudan or Somalia increases the sphere of influence for extremists in Africa," said Princeton Lyman, a former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and now with the Council on Foreign Relations. Fear of that drew Washington into an intervention that backfired when the Islamists defeated CIA-backed warlords in June, then swiftly marched across much of southern Somalia. Experts say the Islamists, whose main interest is to unite Somalia under sharia law, have backing from Egypt, Sudan, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as Eritrea. Egypt and Sudan fear Ethiopia's upstream control of the Nile could harm them, especially since it announced plans to build hydroelectric dams earlier this year. BULWARK Backed by Ethiopia and Western governments plus east African powers Kenya and Uganda, the interim government of President Abdullahi Yusuf is seen by its supporters as the only bulwark against Muslim extremism in the country despite its weakness. Addis Ababa says the Islamists are led by terrorists and has sent in troops to prop up the government. The Islamists have exploited this to rouse Somali nationalism against a rival seen for centuries as a Christian imperialist power. Weinstein said the Islamists have seized on a chance to realign the balance of power in the Horn and east Africa, where Ethiopia and Kenya have a 40-year tradition of cooperation against Somali expansionism. Eritrea, keen to frustrate arch-rival Ethiopia, has grown its influence by becoming the frontman for those nations which want to back the Islamists quietly, analysts say. Asmara denies arming the Islamists, but security experts say it has provided weapons and probably military training. Many fear Somalia will become a new arena for the 1998-2000 Ethiopia-Eritrea border war, which although technically over, remains an open sore because of disagreement over the border demarcation under the peace process. But all the tension for now might just be shadow boxing. "There is all this feinting, all this testing, that I am not convinced is a prelude to war," Weinstein said. "I don't think anyone is ready."

Israel on high alert after Gaza bloodbath Jerusalem 08 November 2006 02:20 Israeli police were on Wednesday placed on alert for possible Palestinian attacks after militant groups called for a resumption of suicide bombings inside the Jewish state, a police spokesperson said. "Our forces have been placed on an advance state of alert across Israeli territory following events in the Gaza Strip," saud Micky Rosenfeld. "We are also deployed ahead of the gay parade scheduled for Friday in Jerusalem, which has already provoked numerous violent protests," he added. Israeli police chief Moshe Karadi has said 12 000 officers will be deployed to keep order in Jerusalem during the homosexual parade. A Hamas leader called for renewed suicide attacks while a Palestinian government spokesperson said Israel should be wiped off the face of the Earth after 18 people were killed when Israeli shells fell in northern Gaza. A spokesperson for the rival Fatah party also called for a resumption of suicide attacks inside the Jewish state following the attack. The last suicide bombing in Israel was in Tel Aviv last April when nine people were killed in an attack claimed by the radical Islamic Jihad faction. Mahmud Assaly, director of the Beit Lahya hospital, said Israeli shells had struck several homes. The identity of the victims was not immediately known. Five houses were destroyed in the north-western part of the town, which has 30 000 residents. Resident Ataf Ahmed (22) fled after the first shell hit a house. "I ran away and saw a second shell strike the houses. A shell fell on people who had ran out into the street," he said. Regret Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed regret on Wednesday and offered humanitarian assistance to the wounded. Olmert and Defence Minister Amir Peretz in a statement jointly "expressed their regret over the deaths of Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun". They "offered the Palestinian Authority urgent humanitarian assistance and immediate medical care for the wounded," the statement said. Peretz informed the premier "that he has ordered an urgent investigation into the matter and a halt to artillery fire in the Gaza Strip until the completion of the inquiry into the circumstances, the background and the considerations that led to the tragic results." 'Profoundly shocking' The European Union's External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner expressed shock on Wednesday at the killing of the Palestinians. "The killing this morning of so many civilians in Gaza, including many children, is a profoundly shocking event," she said in a statement. "Israel has a right to defend itself, but not at the price of the lives of the innocent," she said, and called for the "utmost restraint" from Israel and the Palestinians. The deaths bring to 5 553 the number of people killed since the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000, the vast majority of them Palestinians, according to an Agence France-Presse count. - Sapa-AFP Related articles

A boy crosses a pool of water stained with blood after the attack on Beit Hanoun (Reuters) Hamas vows retaliation after Israel kills 18 in Gaza Strip By Lee Glendinning and agencies Khaled Meshaal, the Hamas leader, has vowed to retaliate with force against a deadly Israeli strike which killed at least 18 Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip this morning. At a press conference in Damascus, hours after Israeli tanks shelled the residential district of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, the exiled Hamas chief said that the militant group had abandoned its truce with Israeli and was free to resume attacks on the Jewish state. "The truce ended at the end of 2005," he said. "The armed struggle is free to resume, and the resistance will be dictated by local circumstances." "Our condemnation will not be in words but in deeds, the resistance will respond," he added. "All Palestinian groups are urged to activate resistance despite the difficult situation on the ground. Our confidence in our military wing to respond is big. There must be a roaring reaction so that we avenge all those victims." The shells hit a row of apartment blocks in Beit Hanoun in the early hours. Witnesses said that the artillery bombardment hit at least seven houses, and eight children and five women were among those killed. Estimates suggested 54 people had been wounded. Ayman Athamna, 37, told The Times in Beit Hanoun that he had lost 15 members of his extended family, including five children, when the shells started landing shortly after dawn. "It is the saddest scene and images I have ever seen. We saw legs, we saw heads, we saw hands scattered in the street," added another witness, 22-year-old Attaf Hamad. In a rare show of unity that displayed the depth of Palestinian anger at Israel's deadliest attack on Gaza in months, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, joined forces with Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader who is Prime Minister, to donate blood. "We are giving blood for our children wounded in the Beit Hanun massacre," said Mr Abbas before he and Mr Haniya visited the bedsides of the wounded in a hospital in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. In Damascus, Mr Meshaal blamed the United States and Arab governments for the Israeli shelling attack, saying it took place "under American cover and aided by a complete Arab silence." He called for the formation of an international court to try Israeli leaders for war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said that it fired artillery shells at northern Gaza in response to militant rocket fire and was checking reports that many Palestinian civilians had been killed. It expressed regret for the civilian deaths and said that it was investigating the incident. Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary, said that she was deeply disturbed by the deaths, adding that it was hard to see how the Israeli strike could be justified. "I am gravely disturbed by the deaths of Palestinian civilians, including women and children, in an Israeli strike on Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip," Mrs Beckett said in a statement. "The British government has repeatedly expressed its deep concern over mounting casualties and civilian suffering in Gaza in recent months and raised these concerns with the government of Israel. "Israel must respect its obligation to avoid harming civilians. Continuing rocket attacks by Palestinian militants are also unacceptable. I call on all sides to meet their obligations under international humanitarian law and to do their utmost to avoid harming civilians, especially children." The truce that Hamas and a second militant group declared with Israel early last year had expired on December 31, but it had continued to be honoured, although with some infractions. Israel pulled its forces out of Gaza last year after a 38-year occupation. But tensions have flared since Hamas rose to power after winning Palestinian elections in January, and gunmen captured an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid in June. The killings follow Israel's withdrawal from the northern town on Tuesday after a week-long assault, designed to stop militants firing rockets at the Jewish state, in which 52 militants and civilians were killed. In response to the attacks, Mr Abbas ordered three days of mourning throughout the Palestinian territories. "This is a horrible, ugly massacre committed by the occupation against our children, our women and elderly in Beit Hanoun," he said in a statement. "We urge and call the (United Nations) Security Council to convene immediately to stop the massacres committed against our people and to uphold their responsibility to stop these massacres."

Dark clouds raining blood over Beit Hanoun – November 8, 2006, 36 minutes and 50 seconds ago. By Yousef Alhelou Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip - One day after the Israel army declared that it had pulled out and completed Operation Autumn Clouds in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, at least 19 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and at least 45 were injured, as a large number of shells were fired at the town. Another five Palestinians were killed in Jenin in the northern West Bank by the Israeli army. The series of incidents began at 6 a.m. when eyewitnesses said that dozens of tank shells and missiles landed simultaneously in a small and limited area in Beit Hanoun. Ambulances found it difficult to evacuate the wounded. According to Palestinians sources, some of the shells landed on a home, killing 11 members of one family called Al-'Athamneh, including a 9-year-old child and a 73-year-old woman. Israeli sources confirmed that artillery shells were fired on Wednesday morning. They said it was not yet known whether the matter was a technical error or a human one! Sources in Gaza reported that some of those killed were hurt after shells hit a group of civilians who arrived to help those injured in the first barrage. Residents in the area were called to donate blood as it was feared that the number of casualties would rise. Khaled Radi, a Palestinian health ministry official, said that all the dead were civilians. He said that seven children and four women were among the dead. Radi also said that at least 45 more were wounded, all civilians. Four hospitals are treating the wounded across Gaza. Emergency and first aid director in the ministry of health, Dr Moa'aweyah Hassanein, announced that the latest round of Israeli war crimes in Gaza has resulted in a new massacre in the northern town of Beit Hanoun. 19 innocent civilians, including 7 children and 4 women have been murdered brutally as they slept in their own house, he said. This brings this week’s toll alone to 83 Palestinian dead and more than 350 critically injured. In a huge demonstration outside the morgue in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, thousands called for revenge. Hundreds of Palestinians began marching in the northern Gaza Strip, in protest at the Israeli army operation in Beit Hanoun. The protestors chanted slogans against Israel and called for retaliation. President Mahmoud Abbas declared a three-day mourning period and schools were closed after the horrific massacres against civilians in Beit Hanoun. Abbas added in a statement, "this is a horrible, ugly massacre committed by the occupation against our children, our women and elderly in Beit Hanoun". "We urge and call the Security Council to convene immediately to stop the massacres committed against our people and to uphold their responsibility to stop these massacres." During an emergency meeting of the Palestinian cabinet, Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh announced that efforts to form a national unity government have been suspended after "this awful massacre." The government spokesman, Ghazi Hamad, appealed to the international community to mobilize and stop Israel carrying out such massacres against unarmed Palestinians. "Israel is a nation that has no human values and is a disgrace to the modern world," he added . Palestinian health minister Bassem Naim also referred to the series of incidents, saying that killing constitutes a policy for the Israelis. "I have no words to describe the ugly Israeli massacre in Beit Hanoun this morning. This massacre is added to another massacre which the town has only just emerged from. This morning's operation only proves that killing is Israel's aim, and this is proved by the massive fire at the medical teams arriving in the area." Naim added that another proof was the inclusion into the government of Avigdor Lieberman, who calls day and night to kill Palestinians. The Israeli army target the ambulances, paramedics and journalists to hide the facts, he said. "The massacre in Beit Hanoun proves that the Israeli government is committing war crimes against civilians," said Knesset member Talab El-Sana after the incident. "Palestinian children and women are murdered in their homes and in their beds. Olmert, Peretz and Halutz are war criminals who failed in the first war and are committing war crimes in the second war." He called for "the end of the ongoing slaughter" and said "tanks cannot kill the dream of a people aspiring to independence and freedom." Mohamed 'Athamneh, 37, said: "The Israeli army claimed that they pulled out from our town. They are not physically here but their smells and their bad image are still here. They continue their brutal horrific massacres of civilians in Beit Hanoun and in all the Palestinian territories. They want to achieve victory here after they were defeated in south Lebanon. They only understand the language of force. They are vampires who don’t know mercy. The bodies of children are scattered everywhere in the scene in pieces. God be with us! The whole world turns a blind eye." "It is the saddest scene and images I have ever seen," 29-year-old Majed Kafarnah said. "I saw people coming out of a house covered in blood. I started screaming to wake up the neighbours." Mona Al-Zanoiun, 41, said: "They destroyed our houses … they killed women and children, they are criminals. They murder us in a cold blood. Where is the international community and the Security Council to see these massacres? We do not want them to send us food; we want them to take brave actions to stop these crimes". She described what happened to the town as a "tsunami" and "destructive earthquake". Nidal Mater, 53, said: "Once again they commit massacres against civilians, but they will not break our sprit. We will not leave our land. All of us ready to die for the sake of FREEDOM". He added: "They use their arsenal to kill children and women. They are cowards … We will never forget. Where is their democracy? I just wonder, are they just human beings like us? They destroy our agriculture fields, water, electricity networks and infrastructure. We cannot recognize our streets, destruction is everywhere, and even the mosques which are considered holy places are destroyed!" Noor Masoud, 14, said ironically: "My message to the Israeli army is "well done, every day you prove to us that you are the most polite army of the world"". She was crying when she spoke and added, "If you ask the trees and walls in Beit Hanoun they will tell you how merciful the Israeli army is!! It's so funny when the Israeli government expresses its regret following this horrific awful massacre." Mahmoud Nasser, 33, said: "We rush from one mourning tent to the other because of the operation that only ended yesterday and already we have to deal with a new massacre. Difficult images, dead children, injured children with their faces torn. It's unbelievable." He added : "All of Beit Hanoun is busy with only one thing: moving the dead and wounded. All this between puddles of blood, lots of blood and body parts, next to some of the bodies were the schoolbags and sandwiches of children preparing to go to school." Um Zeyad, 42, said that she lost four children in the incident: Muhanad, Mahdi, Arafat and Saad. "I am proud to be the mother of 'shahids' [martyrs]. It is a great honour and we pray to Allah to compensate us," the bereaved mother said. She added that two days ago, "the Israeli army stole $1800 from my sister's house. Another woman who was in the same house tried to prevent hit from stealing the money. He hit her with his gun on her head and she lost consciousness. The soldier refused to allow a woman to bring water". She added that there were "42 of us, women and children, trapped in one room." I asked a man about what happened and he started crying. "It was an emotional moment", another man said. "It's normal to see a woman cry but it is very hard to see a man cry", he added. "We lost our homes, members of our family, loved ones and they destroyed our agricultural fields, citrus trees and olive trees which is our only income". He ended by saying, "Today, Palestinians are united against one enemy." ------------- Yousef Alhelou, Freelance Journalist lives in Gaza city, he can be contacted on ydamadan@hotmail.com

One will notice Africa today is more hospitable and profitable than it was 5 years ago.

^ Here is the picture from the above article. Terrible road indeed. Here is an aerial picture of Mogadishu taken between the 80's-90. 2006 mogadishu aerial view...

4Kooxood oo qasaaro kala kulmay nabada Xamar.. http://www.allceeldheer.com/news/news1340.htm