Duke, You are too unkind mate --- why o’ why must you blind the secessionist and the dole-collecting nay-sayers in such a way! Have you no mercy?

If for logistical reasons i.e. awaiting envoys en route to the beloved, heavenly capital, the conference has been extended to Thursday, then what is the fuss all about? Or is it a case of the young Turks of the secessionist triangle wishing for the befalling of the seven skies that which shall irk not. Or is it a case of the invidious, resentful, dole-grasping minnows in the Diaspora spewing odious particles for evocative discourse is not a subject with which they are acquainted. Silly me, I forgot, it is neither --- they are just reporting the events! Could not resist, Tata...

JB – How very discriminative of you in only feeding the crowd the official line purely spawn for the ever so trusting, less informed home crowd. Did not realise you had fallen to the enlisting trappings of the the Hargeisa stratocracy for serving as "the" mouthpiece. In any case, what could you tell us about the incident in Oslo a few days ago where Riyaale was almost arrested for possession of ‘Qat’, an illegal substance in Norway, or so we hear? The mug almost got incarcerated with the drug lords of Europe whilst on an entreating tour. How original, no? ***Bloody unreliable source of news, you are mate, are you not? Tata…

Northerner - you see, you are becoming quite the master already ---the longer you mingle with the crowd, the better you get at it.

JB - One must admire 'habraha' tho' and their politicking, no? Northerner - and a deep one at that.

JB - Buubaa is just a politician. He is here today, and over there 'row. No concrete political principles to abide by. And with the amount of alleged friction 'ween him and Gedi, and one would not be surprised if he were to join the Hargeisa stratocracy 'row. See the knot here, if you dare? tata...

Emperor - "Reer SL iyagaa kala ah miyaana?" Show ma laha nin war hayaba ma ahid. Waar bal JB hoos u warayso oo weydii sida ay "habruhu" u kala taageeraan 3-da xisbi --- oo ka digtoonow Northerner oo jabane raadis ahi yaanu dhagta dhiiga kuu darine. Tata...

Buubaa denies his alleged crossing of the floor --- “Weligey ilama soo xidhiidhin Wargeyska Al-Khaleej, waxayna iga sameeyeen xigasho been abuur ah, mana garanayo sababta ay iiga been abuuranayaan” ayuu yidhi Ismaaciil Buubaa. Read more

Was not this event preceded by another of equal significance in a foreign capital, namely Adis Ababa where the Somali flag was hoisted with lavish proceedings? Or was that not so? Perhpas that mattered not. http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=005627

Che - Actually there is nothing to enjoy per se. It is just the absurdity of it all I find rather humorous!

This is not the same report that your aunt told you, is it? So you actually believe Somaliland only lost 2 soldiers whereas Puntland lost 40? Again, why the call for immediate help if winning the battle?

If this is the case, and there is no reason to believe it not at this juncture, Riyaale must be raving mad and suicidal. How does one send only a battalion armed only with 17 technicals with neither the backup nor the immediate wherewithal to fight Puntland in its own backyard? Say, the technicals run out of petrol, men run out ration and water, then what? Run back to Erigavo... "... wax uu sheegay in ciidanka ay wateen uu ahaa 250, askari isla markaasna ay wateen 17 tikniko ah” Mr Waqaf himself is not being truthful for a few days before his departure from Erigavo heading towards Dhahar, in an interview with one of the local papers, he stated they were ready to secure the borders, and crush the enemy -- his words. And now, it has come to this. “…. waxa uu sheegay in ayna ciidankaasi ahayn in ay sugaan xadka hase ahaatee ay sugaan amniga wufuudii meeshaasi booqanaysay isla markaasna ay xagaasi ka soo sameeyaan saldigyo rasmi ah." Again, Waqaf notes here that they were the victors running over the enemy at once. So the question that begs for an answer is, why would you need the immediate backup and call for help should you have crushed the enemy? "...waxa aanu halkaasi ka gaadhnay guulo waawayn waxa aanu jabinay ciidamadii nagaga soo duulay Somaliya/Puntland, waxa aanu codsany gurmad in uu nooga yimaado Ceerigaabo oo ahaa saldhiga noogu dhaw, waxa aan codsany hub,raashin iyo saadkaleba wax haba yaraatee nooga yimid ma ay jirin, waxa la noo sheegay in aan wax gurmad ahi aanu noo imanynin ilaa inta ay amar helayaan" http://qarannews.com/show/13222.html Any one seen our dear spin doctor, Suldaanka to elucidate matters? tata...

O’ dear Mujahid SNM – where did you say the Somaliland national army were? ‘Xiinsoor’, eh? You did not by any chance mean ‘Gelinsoor’, did you mate? O' no, it ‘Xiingalool’? Or was it? If you do not even know the terrain, why bother with the claims old boy? It appears the landers are in dire desperation of jumping all over the map, eh? Some comic, you are tata...

Who would have thought, eh?. And that was the initial reading of the farce, but if we are to go by what the local news portals are feeding us, then it was the big dog himself wanting to stage a touchdown in Bosaso once and for all, but his commanders saw it differently –and wisely I might add. Cakuye nin aan dagaal aqoon!

All right then!

Will not!

You know, you are probably very much on the money on this particular one, but in all fairness tho', he is that sort of a fellow! A bit of a nut job, if you ask me. Besides, he'd made similar remarks a while back.

A good step forward...

I doubt he even known where Garowe is, let alone shell it with his imaginary, satellite guided BM? Besides, there is critical danger on the horizon if he is the one in command of the eastern regions with neither the military aptitude nor the sharp interpretation of the erroneous policies of his administration. Let him make all threats whilst in Hargeisa; certain I am he’ll singing a different tune when he tastes a dose of reality if he ever reaches the frontline. I recall Waqaf singing similar tune earlier on in Erigabo, only to later on tuck his tail defying Riyaale’s orders for the deadly mélange of fear of his behind being had in the wilderness, the ere sound of the bullet, and smell of blood tends to coerce one to reassess one’s chances of leaving the fore with the chips intact. Tata…

Suldaanka -- hang on a minute tho, according to this official press release with the presidential decree, it was Riyaale who indeed wanted the troops to be stationed in and around Dhahar whilst Wafaq thought it differently reasoning as follows: “…mudane Waqaf ayaa isagu u sheegay weriye ka tirsan Telefishanka Madaxa bannaan ee Hargeysa Tv oo la socda weftiga in sababta ciidanka dib loogu soo celiyey ay tahay khatar ka soo wejihi karaysey roobabka gu'ga ee dalka ka curtay oo laga baqayo inay jaraan waddooyinka rafka ah ee isku xidha Dhahar iyo Ceerigaabo, masaafada fog ee u dhexaysa Ceerigaabo iyo Dhahar oo iyana aan suuragal ka dhigayn in ciidanku degdeg u helo saadka iyo saannada uu u baahan yahay, iyada oo degmada Dhahar ay u jirto Ceerigaabo in ka badan 200 km oo wadadeeduna ay tahay mid raf ah, halka ciidanka Puntland taliskooda Boosaaso uu u jiro wax ka yar 30 km.” http://somaliland.org/ns.asp?ID=07041512 The press release reads as follows: ”…Madaxweynaha JSL uu hore u ansixiyey in Ciidamada Somaliland ay ku nagaadaan Magaalada Dhahar oo ka mid ah Xuduudka JSL oo aan Ciidmadu halkaasi ka soo bixin, hashe yeeshee nasiib darro waxa dhacday in Wasiirkii Gaashaandhigu uu go’aan khaldan qaatay oo isagu Ciidmadii halkaa ka soo saaray isagoon wax amara Madaxweynaha ka haysan.” http://qarannews.com/show/13213.html So, it appears you were not as informed of the goings like many landers in the Diaspora jeering for Riyaale’s scruff on to the gallows. And if anything, there appears a grave miscalculation on the part of Riyaale and his administration whereas Waqaf in his right mind realised that logistically he could not bring the rosy bacon desired by el presidente home. That being the case, should not you then be asking for Waqaf’s head instead of Riyaale's since you wanted the encounter to ensue to the bitter end? Tata…

By all means...continue!

Xiinoow - Boowe koley waa mid uune bal adba. Wara'a iga dheh iyo saamalayl!

Suldaanka – let us pick it from there another day, shall we? I know it has been not so pleasant day today for the landers, so I’ll let you be. O’ come to think of it, instead of swimming in melancholy alone, you might as well pull a pint with your arch nemesis, eh? Look on the bright side, tomorrow is another day, and certain I am you shall hatch another way to spin things to save face, so cheerio!

Suldaanka - So, as long as you are the one doing the killings, the victims are not of your own, and there is a political point to be scored, then it is negligible, is what you are saying? Lads - leave Suldaanka alone, will you?