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  1. SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dropped premeditated murder charges against a soldier accused of fatally shooting two deaf and unarmed Iraqi boys in 2007 as the cattle-herding teens stumbled across his unit in a palm grove, a military official said on Wednesday. The Army gave no reason for the decision to drop the charges against Sergeant First Class Michael Barbera, except to say it followed a pretrial evidentiary proceeding that was convened in April. "The two charges of murder were dismissed by the general court-martial convening authority," the Army said in a statement, although Barbera still faces charges of obstruction and communicating a threat. No date has been set for his court-martial at Washington state's Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Barbera, who is not in pretrial confinement, faces a maximum punishment of eight years' confinement and a dishonorable discharge if convicted, the Army said. His military defense counsel, David Coombs, did not immediately respond to request for comment. The killings for which Barbera was charged came to light after a Pittsburgh newspaper published accounts in 2012 of fellow soldiers concerned over killings by a soldier who escaped serious punishment after an initial Army investigation. According to the accounts, Barbera was acting as team leader in March 2007 when he gunned down the brothers, aged 14 and 15, from his squad's position in a palm grove in Iraq's Diyala province, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Barbera later told his superiors the boys were insurgents, the newspaper said. But in reality, they were deaf and mute with no known militant affiliations, the paper reported. The allegations had marked the latest in a series of high-profile international murder cases against U.S. soldiers to unfold at Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle. Last year, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales pleaded guilty to killing 16 unarmed Afghan civilians in 2012. Two months earlier, U.S. Army Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty to shooting five fellow service members to death at a mental health clinic in Baghdad in 2009. (Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Peter Cooney)
  2. I don't understand why you would be against being part of a stable state specially when the state you want to be part of is such choas. You want to leave stability to join chaos. For Somali unity... You wouldn't have participated in genocide against your naibour if you were sincere about unity. You can't even unite with your kin in Garowe. Unity is not what your after. Just more tribal bulls%= Stuff and nonsense the only thing the Somali government can recognise is that Burundi controls their future. Las canod today is richer then ever, more stable and more orderly. That's what it's own people say. Better then under said Barre and Garowe. Nothing is recognised they recognised the need to recognise What does that even mean...Somali backward people walahi.
  3. Kennedy... Tell me one thing that makes Somaliland similar to any Somali territory. We are free and independent we run our own affairs, free from the vermin that rules all of you. Puntland is a two region state with nothing they are subject to mugdisho and they are barely able to stand up. Get your head out of your as% and look at the world for what it is. Not what you think it is
  4. These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. The Somali condition... Not even the desire for freedom
  5. Supporting "benevolent" dictatorship and heavy handedness.... Desperados. No such thing... No practical. You can live in slavery if you want. Be it French slavery in Djibouti, Ethiopian slavery, Ugandese slavery or Kenyan slavery. We will die free men. Gentlemen. Good day.
  6. If this isn't Ethiopian Indirect colonialism I don't know what is. Iley is there because he is the best slave they are able to find not because he actually does anything
  7. Best way to get to Djibouti from Borama is not to wait at the land cruiser stall but to buy your own and drive it their. They wait to increase number of passengers and thus profit. In your drivel glamourising servitude you say you never been to the outskirts of jigjiga because you didn't have enough time. Yet make a million statements saying how the slave of xabash delivers services. Jigjiga is a small town. It's not that big, the benefit Ethiopia gets from the region is arguably the highest of any regional state yet it's the least developed. Ethiopians xabash and their servants ilays don't actually do anything. The infrastructure is Chinese aid. The security is terrible if you travel between villages you would know. Also fifths region was called ogad%= during the Somali Ethiopian war and put into books. That region has almost every tribe living in it therefore it should never bare the name of a sub tribe. It's counter productive. From dirdaba to the Djibouti border and to Borama which is like 30% of that region is settled by reer Borama and from East jigjiga to the Somaliland border and down south to hawd reserve area is entirely duriyada territory and then further down south you have hag and others. All development is a good thing but it's a small fraction of the Chinese aid they receive. Alot of discrimination and abuse still. Not to mention indirect colonialism.
  8. Tribalism as a concept was used as a form of record and identification for cultural purposes. Tribalism itself is not the problem. God says... O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. - surah al hujurat Using tribalism like said barre, trying to wipe out an entire people is bad. What the problem is in somali society is the failure to move beyond tribalism into something greater. Instead of having a greater cause or objective their objective is the tribe and that's what creates chaos. If my tribe doesn't get it no one gets it. I will undermine all except my tribe. That doesn't lead to progress. Look at these bandits fighting over galkayco airport. It's a building with nothing on it. But for the tribe all or nothing. Somalis are probably the most backward people on the most backward continent in the world. Our women get raped in mugdisho by Africans WTF.. For what will they bring peace..no...will they bring unity...no... Nothing. For a bunch of hag people who blindly follow a theif because of tribal prestige. Before that another animal was in charge who stormed mugdisho with Ethiopians killing Muslims. Somalis are a lost cause...seriously. No hope accept to repent and ask for forgiveness and get these akuna Matata warriors off Muslim soil...
  9. Malisters brothers are raping his sisters... Acudubilah... Anyone who supports au in somalia is sick Walahi. And this fake government.
  10. Girls and women have the right to live free from violence and discrimination and achieve their potential in today’s world, but many don’t get the chance to a life they so choose. The African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is facing a credibility crisis over the recent allegations that some of their troops have gang-raped women and girls from ages 12 onwards trading important food aid for sex, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Internationally funded African Union troops, have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu and surrounding areas, Human Rights Watch has said in a its report released 8 September 2014. The 71-page report is explicit in its words that Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in Somalia is rife and has been on-going without much involvement from officials. There are many unanswered questions in this report, how can a system ( AMISOM ) created to protect the vulnerable become the devils sceptre by destroying young lives. According to AMISOM’s website, its mandate is to support the rehabilitation of governing systems in Somalia by “protecting” its citizens. "Some of the women who were raped said that the soldiers gave them food or money afterwards in an apparent attempt to frame the assault as transactional sex," the HRW report said. In 1920’ Chicago, in an era when women’s rights where at best ludicrous, many mafia used a similar system to rape and torture women and offering them money afterwards in order to protect the abusers from the law. Isn’t AMISOM being run like a mafia organisation? What makes them any different to the criminals in suits? A wolf in sheep’s clothing I say. ‘’African Union soldiers have misused their positions of power to exploit Somalia’s most vulnerable women and girls ” said LieslGerntholtz, women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Somalia has many intractable problems, but the Somali and AU leadership could end sexual exploitation and abuse by pressing troop-sending countries to hold abusers responsible.” Just recently the GIRL summit was initiated in London with many important delegates in attendance. The summit raised many key issues relating to girls, but it vehemently protested that all girls should be protected from dangers, as girls are the backbone of our families. As recently as 20th September 2014, a similar summit was held at the U.N, it was first of its kind targeting gender equality. A powerful speech by actress Emma Watson (Harry Potter) drew superlatives in its deliverance and standing ovation. The point of the HeForShe campaign, she said, is to make people "see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals." Watson added, "We should stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are. We can all be freer, and this is what HeForShe is about." The HRW report indicated they raped or otherwise sexually assaulted women who were seeking medical assistance and water at AMISOM bases. Human Rights Watch interviewed 21 women and girls who described being raped or sexually exploited by Ugandan or Burundian military personnel serving with the AU forces. The incidents highlighted in the HRW report undermines the credibility of the peacekeeping mission. Which its aim is protecting the most vulnerable people from abuses and such a crimes is an obstacle for long waited sustainable peace in the horn. It is always not easy for peacekeeping troops to win the hearts and the minds of the people they intended to support and assist as we learnt from peacekeeping mission in conflict countries such as Haiti, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Cambodia, East Timor and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and this alleged exploitation of sexy is set back to the confidence and collaborations of Somali people have for AMISOM. Nevertheless, the alleged abuses of Somali women and girls invalidates the mandate of the African Union (AU). Hence the donors to AMISOM and Somali government should urgently address these abuses and accomplish urgent mechanisms to ensure perpetrators are bring to justice and heal the impunity. As concern Somali citizens, we want all stakeholders to mobilise of all possible means to bring justice to the criminals and put an end to this epidemic of brutal sexual violence against women by AMISOM. As well as facilitate trusted third party to oversee AMISOM operations in Somalia with clear guidance and procedures. The world needs our girls as much as our girls need us to live carefree lives. What the London and U.N summits have taught me is that, as much as girls need protection from all dangers, love and respect starts from home. If we teach our young men that the girl is not a piece of meat, but a beautiful vessel that nurtures, loves and protects. She will carry, she will lift spirits, and her smile shall pierce even the darkest of souls. She will move mountains for you. Have hope I say, have strength and believe that all darkness in society shall be defeated and should be overcome. However, it is extremely difficult to imagine what the future holds for Somalia when the much-needed peacekeeping troops are perpetrators of crimes against the most vulnerable of society.
  11. If it cost that much then not bad... That's a good achievement indeed. Didn't know how much it cost. It's a technological success. But India still has 300 million who live on 1 dollar a day. You measure success by Income and in statistics India has within it the same population of the entire continent of Africa living on less then 1 dollar a day. Africa is majority politically backward and culturally backward. Alot of problems but their are a few success stories. What drives Asia is competition and prestige. What drives Africa is a lust for power and wealth and tribalism. Education education education best solution to Africa's problems.
  12. end zone to score An American Muslim NFL player has been penalised after celebrating a touchdown by dropping to his knees in prayer. Husain Abdullah scored for the Kansas City Chiefs as they defeated the New England Patriots 41-14. Officials penalised him for breaking "excessive celebration" rules by sliding on his knees and pressing his forehead to the ground after scoring. It is unclear if the 15-yard penalty was for sliding or praying but an NFL director said the decision was wrong. National Football League rules state that "players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations or demonstrations while on the ground", but there is an exception for going to ground for prayer. Michael Signora, NFL's vice president of communications, tweeted: "Abdullah should not have been penalised. Officiating mechanic is not to flag player who goes to ground for religious reasons." American football fans took to social media to point out that there were plenty of Christian players who marked their touchdowns with signs of deference or religious tributes. Husain Abdullah scores a touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Kansas City, on 29 September 2014 Abdullah, a devout Muslim, skipped the entire 2012 NFL season to go on a Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca Abdullah, 29, told the Kansas City Star newspaper that game officials had said nothing to him at the time but the Chiefs' coach had told him he had been penalised for sliding. "I don't think it was because of the actual prostration that I got the penalty," he told the AP news agency. "I think it was because of the slide." The Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group, called on the NFL to explain the reason for the penalty. "To prevent the appearance of a double standard, we urge league officials to clarify the policy on prayer and recognise that the official made a mistake in this case," spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said. Abdullah, a devout Muslim, missed the entire 2012 season to go on a Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca with his brother, another NFL player.
  13. If you had a population of 1.3 billion people sending a satelite into Mars orbit is a waste of time and money. They should be helping the poor impoverished people of India. 300 million people live on less then a dollar a day. Bighting more then they can chew me thinks
  14. JERUSALEM — Muhammad was by far the most popular name for babies born in Israel last year: 1,986 boys shared the name of the Islamic prophet, nearly twice the number of the top girls’ name, Tamar, at 1,092. That fact alone was worthy of note, a reminder that the Arab minority is 21 percent of what the Israeli government likes to call the Jewish State (and that Muslims hew to ancient, traditional names far more than Israeli Jews — more on that later). But even more striking was that Israel’s population authority left Muhammad off the annual Top 10 list of baby names it issued last week before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Haaretz, the left-leaning Israeli daily that first reported the omission, called this in an editorial “another form of racism, which in Israel has become institutionalized and self-evident.” Sabine Haddad, spokeswoman for the agency that published the list, described the missing Muhammads as something between a mistake and a misunderstanding. The list, she said, was simply a response to requests “for Hebrew names” in conjunction with the start of “the Hebrew New Year.” It would have been better, she acknowledged, to put an asterisk noting that what she called “obviously Arabic names” were left off. “There was no intention, no political intention,” Ms. Haddad insisted in an interview. “When journalists called me and asked for the whole list, they received the whole list. It’s not that we hide that.” Intent aside, Hassan Jabareen, director of Adalah, a legal advocacy center for Arab minority rights, said the episode revealed a deeper issue of invisibility for Israel’s 1.4 million Palestinian citizens and more than 300,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. Arabs have served in Israel’s Parliament since its opening in 1949, but only one has been a government minister. A 2011 Adalah report found that 6 percent of the state’s civil service jobs and 1.2 percent of tenure-track positions in universities were filled by Arabs. “On TV, if we open Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 10, in prime time, we don’t see Arabs as producers, as anchors — we don’t see them, they do not exist,” Mr. Jabareen complained. Each channel has an analyst of Arab affairs, but they are Jews, he added, “sending a message that in fact the Arabs are foreigners, this is why we need a mediator between us and them.” Oz Almog, a sociologist at the University of Haifa, said the list of baby names showed not racism but “our pluralism and flexibility,” with Israelis experimenting with more than 3,200 names. Some come from the Bible (970 Adams and 654 Sarahs last year), some from nature (Tamar is both: It means date palm, and she was the daughter of King David). Adele, No. 4 on last year’s girls’ list with 908, is inspired by both the British singer, Professor Almog said, and, for some religious Jews, the grandmother of the beloved 19th-century Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. But among Muslims in Israel, and elsewhere, there seems to be a Muhammad in most families. The name was given to 11 or 12 percent of Israel’s Arab boys in 2011, 2012 and 2013, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Isbeitan Abu Isbeitan, whose son, Muhammad, was born Aug. 30, told my colleague Said Ghazali that he once saw a television program in which the moderator asked the audience to guess the most popular name in the world and “they were shocked” to learn it was that of the Islamic prophet. “I named my son Muhammad after the greatest man on earth,” said Mr. Isbeitan, 38, a driver in Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives who also has three daughters. “I hope my son will be imitating him in his life, in his behavior, in his morals.” The list the population authority published last week had Yosef in the top spot with 1,173, edging out Daniel, at 1,088, and Uri, which means “my light,” at 1,071. It is also worthy of note that the list’s “Yosef” also includes “Yusef.” Both are translations of Joseph — the biblical patriarch considered an Islamic prophet — and they are spelled the same in the Hebrew used to register babies.
  15. India has 1.3 billion people that's double the entire population of Africa put together. It has the worst cases of poverty and infrastructure in the world and some of the worst cases of corruption. In Africa there are success stories, Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria which paid of all its debt, Ethiopia with 10% growth year in year. Africa us coming all it needs is reform, education and devolution of power back to local people. Strengthening of legislative branch, police and jails and regulations and a weakening of executive branch.
  16. Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:11AM GMT 69 8203 1640 Three Israeli soldiers who had taken part in Tel Aviv’s recent war on the Gaza Strip have taken their own lives due to psychological problems, a report says. Israeli daily Maariv reported Monday that the soldiers, who were members of the elite Golani Brigade, “had suffered psychological problems" in connection to their participation in the 50-day war. It added that two soldiers had committed suicide near the border with the Gaza Strip, while a third killed himself in central Israel. The newspaper added that the Israeli military police are investigating reasons behind the suicides. The Israeli army has not made any comment about the incident. In 2013, eight Israeli soldiers had killed themselves, according to a source in the army's psychological health department. Israel unleashed attacks on Gaza in early July and later expanded its military campaign with a ground invasion into the Palestinian territory. Over 2,130 Palestinians lost their lives and some 11,000 were injured. Gaza Health officials say the victims included 578 children and nearly 260 women. According to Israeli sources, more than 70 Israelis were also killed. Palestinian officials put this number at more than 150. DB/HMV/HRB
  17. All I said was the Islamic courts union and alshabab brought order and stability to the parts they controlled. That's a fact. As for them threatening others they don't have any right to threaten or kill innocent people.
  18. The islamic courts union, captured entire south somalia. They removed tribalism and brought peace to the entire south. Mugdisho anyone could walk at night, not for show but for real. They achieved all this without a single foreign soldier, until the United States and Ethiopia attacks them. Even though they were liberal.
  19. All the articles you posted just show exactly what I told you. Inside Somaliland from corner to corner the Somaliland government alone has the right to arrest people. No Ethiopian or anyone without consulting the government. Should they hand over Muslims no. Simple. Somaliland and it's people have been forced to work with powers like Ethiopia because of lack of recognition. However even Ethiopia knows that had Somaliland been an independent country we would Open the gates of he'll on it. This my hag fake nationalist pro raping his own sister malister is nothing similar to Somalia. You have thousands of troops in mugdisho that prope up your so called government. Thousands in kismayo. Thousands of Ethiopians in Bay and bakool. It's been almost 23 years with over 17 different governments. And only the Islamic courts union and alshabab have brought effective home grown rule without foreigners. Ironically these two forces are both being fought. Your weirdo of a president and government I promise you will be no different then all the failed previous ones. Today they can not control mugdisbo. Do you honosty believe these Africans will stay forever? What will you do when they go? The bandits ain't gonna help you they will do what they do best. Checkpoints, steal and rape. That's all they do. Malister my hag online warrior. Your government will come to end sooner or later. That is for sure.
  20. All the articles you posted just show exactly what I told you. Inside Somaliland from corner to corner the Somaliland government alone has the right to arrest people. No Ethiopian or anyone without consulting the government. Should they hand over Muslims no. Simple. Somaliland and its people have been forced to work with powers like Ethiopia because of lack of recognition. However even Ethiopia knows that had Somaliland been an independent country we would w Open the gates of he'll on it. This my hag fake nationalist pro raping his own sister malister is nothing similar to Somalia. You have thousands of troops in mugdisho that prope up your so called government. Thousands in kismayo. Thousands of Ethiopians in Bay and bakool. It's been almost 23 years with over 17 different governments. And only the Islamic courts union and alshabab have brought effective home grown rule without foreigners. Ironically these two forces are both being fought. Your weirdo of a president and government I promise you will be no different then all the failed previous ones. Today they can not control mugdisbo. Do you honosty believe these Africans will stay forever? What will you do when they go? The bandits ain't gonna help you they will do what they do best. Checkpoints, steal and rape. That's all they do. Malister my hag online warrior. Your government will come to end sooner or later. That is for sure.