Brilliant, You are a good man Mr. Somalia, and may the rest follow suit, How about the honourable Hamse?

Mr. Somali and Hamse, Leave our ONLF brethrens alone, please? I plead on their behalf, guests in our humble abode, they are, and so they shall be received. In good manners or not, free passes, they had been granted in and out of Punt short of blowing anything up. Whatever they say, good or bad to Punt, they shall be remain our guests. And observe the Jigjiga accord between Punt and ONLF to the effect that Punt is home to ONLF kin and kith till end of dawn. Do we have a deal, lads? Till then,

Thankful, On the lower scheme of things, you are on the right in excluding Siyad Barre, but AfricaNow is on the right in the bigger scheme of things, in that Siyad Barre and Cumar Jees are both technically of Puntland. Till then,

Something like that,

These were local, misguided lads waving Xaabsade's flag; and it is possible I could have had the names mixed up.

A good quesiton, who knows, perhaps just awaiting death to come upon them ;--)

A&T, Allow me to reiterate it for good effect, lest missed - I get the gist of your incessant disregard for Punt, your seemly wronged posture, your frustration with Punt supporters herein SOL, thusly your supposition to target Punt of all with a single bullet to the extreme extent of making your bedfellow with the likes of Oodweyne cum his ardent secessionist creed, but what I have not been able to grasp thus far is ‘what Faroole has said’ in spirit and principle? And not whom he supposedly is, but what he actually did and said – see the knot? And remember, if charges could not be proved in a court of law, surely you value that, stand they do not, unless of course you are falling prey to the pestilence to which you are being accused of. The interest and the liberation of Somali Galbeed is one thing; that of Punt is another; the two however are not mutually exclusive in the long-run, but one must remain objective in his viewing and rational in his analysis, if a mature dialogue is to be had. What is desired by one, must be desirable to the other, so to speak; if we are to fight for the rights and civil liberties of some, we must not do so at the expense of others; surely, you could appreciate the moral maze and ethical dilemma presented herein in such dichotomy. The issue of SSDF is not one that I am interested in at the moment, unless of course you wish to complicate matters dragging Siyad Barre, 1977 war with Ethiopia, why ONLF and not Somali Galbeed (heck I am of Somali Galbeed), so you see why I do not wish to waddle in and out of so many intricate issues in such a short period of time --- one thing a time, shall we? So, tell me, what is your beef with Punt? And what is your beef with Faroole? Separate entities the two are, you understand? All yours now, or anyone else who wishes to chime in, Tata ...

Here are my predictions of the qualifiers: Semifinals: Group A: Sool, Bari Group B: Mudug, Cayn And for the finals: Bari vs Cayn. And the winner: The mighty giants: Bari.

Nice, Good on the Cayn lads, Did I hear it right the other day, the lads from Cayn trotted all the way from Buuhoodle by way of Laascaanood, and in doing so scarred the living daylight out of the NW bands of pseudo army some of whom abandoned their barracks with everything else behind all the way back to Awrboogays ;--) wow, what a brave souls?

So who is through to the semifinals then out of the 8 teams? Group A: Haylaan, Sool, Bari, Nugaal Group B: Mudug, Sanaag, Karkaar, Cayn

Xudeydi - what has been the latest scores today? I hear Cayn trashed Karkaar?

Hamse - the suicide bomber at Shamo hotel was not of ONLF, but rather was a native of Mogadishu ... just fyi; But, the question, I wish to ask of both ONLF and Punt supporters is despite the misinformation and false presumptions on both sides: What exactly did Faroole say, or do? Is there an audio? perhaps a press release to that effect? and in what context did he say what? Perhaps A&T could chime in and fill in the blanks for me? Tata …

A&T – I get the gist of your incessant disregard for Punt, but what I have not been able to grasp thus far is ‘what Faroole has said’ in spirit and principle? And not what he supposedly has been or done, but what he actually did and said – see the knot, my dear chap? Be a good chap, and see if you could shed some real light on the matter for me, will you? ThankfulSP - I am rather acquainted with the offsprings of the ‘3 triangle Habros’ of ‘iidhehland’, so not to worry in their regard. Tata ...

You seem to want to lever the lid off of a Pandora box, a subject that which perhaps I do not wish to toil with at this moment; perhaps another day, eh? suffice to say, self-determination for all; for now, I am more interested in the ONLF vs Punt beef on SOL. Could you speculate on that? Or give an opinion to that regard? Tata …

Brilliant idea Maximus. And add to that the self-determination of all Somali speaking peoples.

What exactly did Faroole say? is there an audio? perhaps a press release to that effect? and in what context did he say what?

Could someone explain as to why there is such heated, negative debate concerning ONLF vs Puntland? Could either camp, please be as objective as possible, and educate me? Tata …

JB – Once you have seen the following line by Dr. Elmi, you should abandoned the whole saga, but then again that is not your nature, is it? ”Dr. Cilmi Ducaale, oo isagu sheegay in Cumar Jamal uu yahay diblomaasi sharci ah.” If the Ambassador, who is the true authority at the UN Somali detail, says Omar Jamal is legit, then it does matter what Ciid or anyone else with a grudge says, doe it now? Or is it a slow news day in your usual haunts? Tata …

O’ dear boy, ina fuusta madhax riix, There you are, now you seem to be catching on, for the analogy is rather befitting when addressing the cads of the online public discourse one of which you truly are. Cheapen, you say, eh? Well, well, should not you be so lucky, chuck; I think that is the only language you speak, and speak, we shall in like manner, for mature discourse and rationale is generally reserved for the gents, not cads like yours truly; and in your case, old boy, there truly is no need to even tempt the intellect, for disappointment shall come in more ways than not. Gutter politics, is your serving here, and I shall in turn feed you in the gutter discourse on a silver plate; I do so for, I always thought of you as a son of the bore holes of Go’o by way Dumbuluq just a stone throw away from those infamous dingy digs by Hargeisa's main bridge, where one is bound to come upon the likes of you with 'dhebad' and all. And in all solemnity, why would one wish to trouble oneself in offering you a social status which is naturally reserved for the fine souls of this planet of ours? My dear boy, the day I choose to engage in a serious political discourse with you, I shall have to first pay an alarming visit to my local psychiatrist for missing certain particles in the thinking department one must be to even tempt a serious debate with you; deal with your regular tittle-tattle is rather nauseating as it is without much bother with anything else. I say so, for the minute the discussion reaches a tethering point, you dart for the mud reciting fallacies and home-grown nonsense, non-entities and claptrap which belongs to the dustbins, yet you, the shallow, one-dimensional you are, shall wish to pass it as empirical gen to be taken seriously by the cultured, erudite classes of this world, which you find in this congregation; and when told, not so fast old boy, you dig yourself a deeper hole spitting in good company; so you see, my dear boy, sing all you will, serious you shall not be taken here; get it? Now, tell me, if you have the sensibility to, that is, what is the difference between Faroole’s and Siilaanyo’s statements? I challenge you here to be direct, succinct and remain pertinent for a moment? Remember, you are being watched? And no plagiarism, now. GO ... Tata …

And what did Mr. Siilaanyo say on the matter? Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Kulmiye Axmed Siilaanyo ayaa beesha caalamka ugu baaqay in ay wax ka qabtaan dhibaatada ka jirta Dalka Soomaaliya isagoo ku booroyey dadka Soomaaliyeed in ay iska kaashadaan in ay si wadajir ah uga hortagaan kuwa dilay shacab aan waxba galabsan.

Let us read it in its right context, shall we? President Faroole says: “First of all I want to send my condolences to the families of all the ministers killed in the terrorist and satanic attack,” he told BBC. “Am telling the neighbouring countries to help Somalia overcome this crisis because its affecting the region.” “We are ready to assist in anyway to help re-establish Somali state. We must come together to end this crisis.” http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Puntland_President_condemns_suicide_a ttack.shtml

Ina fuusta madhan iix of Iidheland, In such a nice mode of mind, I find myself today, and approach I shall your usually regurgitated title-tattle in a different regard – the good chaps whose names you mentioned in vain are on the right, and any right-thinking person with a brain in the upper compartment would have seen it as such, but no, not you; you had to spit in the company of good men as if forced to swallow lumpy, badly-cooked porridge-like substance down your throat. It any stretch of the imagination, yours, my old chap, is not bona fide, but akin to that of a rather poorly, neglected, attention-seeking femme fatale who just chanced upon a freshly-faced prima donna of a different brand trussing up her highnesses wares; and instead of licking own hide for another day, you spew murky suds, up and around, farthing off all else in close proximity. Despite the non-intelligible balderdash you spin, what say you now that your lord, Mr Riyaale took the high road condemning that atrocious act of violence? Come now, come? Zealot, you are, my dear chap; demented, you appear; short-sighted as if, you come across; misguided as if, you foolish being, seem; Tata …

How about you perhaps knowing what it feels like when lives, innocent ones at that (students and teachers) are lost?

And well done at that, "Madaxweynaha Somaliland Daahir Rayaale ayaa madaxda DFKM iyo shacabka Soomaali yeed ugu baaqay in ay meel uga soo wada jeestaan dadka dhibaatada ku wada shacabka aan waxba galabsan iyo dhibaatada Soomaaliya iyo tan Gobolkuba u dhamaato."

O' dear, ‘Ina fuusta madhan riix’, are you not the dense one again? Read after me, will you? This is a national disaster despite the local politicking and various interests, but only a few could see that clearly; and it is a case of “Damned, if you do; damned, if you do not.” Faroole was absolutely right to have condemned this callous act, send his condolences to the families of the victims whilst commiserating with the Somali public for this heinous act. Of course, as usual, others, who did not have the foresight not the passion, like our own “Ina fuusta madhan riin” here shall be spewing the ‘it was opportunistic’ line till cows come home; then again, if you ask where was Riyaale to have an opinion, then mom is the word. The people of Xamar, families of the victims in particular, shall remember who is feeling for them today. I say, commiserate you daft lot for now, and let it be, Tata …