Originally posted by Abtigiis &Tolka: I think these people need to go to Djibouti for inclusion. Somaliland Best 11 Vs Puntland Best 11 Somaliland 1. Goalkeeper – Ibtisam Defenders: 2. Xaaji Xundjuf 3. Ayoub 4. Suldaanka 5. Oodweyne Midfield 6. Africaown 7. Qudhac 8. Mintid Farayar 9. Ngonge Strikers 10. Jacaylbaro (Captain) 11. Norf Coach: Red Sea Puntland 1- Goalkeeper - Sophist Defence 2- Garyaqan 3- Dhulqarneyn 4- Emperor 5- Xinnfaniin Midfield 6- General Duke (Captain) 7- Qalbi-adeyg 8- Che 9- Hunguri Strikers 10- Koora-Tuunshe 11- Naxar Nugaleed Coach: Cisse HAHAH The puntland team is rubbish; Lets see; Their striker Naxar Nugaleed has already switched sides, and Cisse is easily lured by burco girls, and not entirely convinced by Puntland. Hunguri has vested interest in Hargisa, while Xiin and Sophist are looking far ahead, even if they were playing for PL they would do too much planning and team talks and no play. So Naxar Nugaleed, Hunguri, Cisse, Che, Xiin and Sophist are OUTof the team. In comes KK, Gheelle.T. They are short, so some one open the window for them to buy some players. The Somaliland team has some major problems too; Lets see; Ibtisam is nuts most of the time babbling on about the people, the people, the people rather than an entity called SL. She is prone to scoring few own goals. Red sea has vested interest in deep South, and his loyalties spread too thin. The same can be said of north. So Somaliland team should lose; ReD, North and Ibti, at least till they can either proof their loyalty and commitment to the team. In comes; Marx, Poker and Lander I agree with Che; A&T please add a third time, called Ku wii meel qaabsan weyeh Xiin, Ibti, Che, Red, Somalipriate, Me, North, Blessed, Caamir and Adam and few more

I did not go to grade school, was still running around in the wild I guess waa necessary evil

^^Do you think waa police man?? I hate the police :mad:

Somali lawmakers have voted to expand parliament and are to decide whether to delay electing a new president. Some 200 members of the moderate Islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia are to join parliament, along with 75 from civil society groups ARS leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed announced on Sunday he would contest the presidential election. Mr Sharif and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein are seen as the two main presidential contenders. More than a dozen candidates are expected to vie to succeed President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. He stood down last month after falling out with the prime minister over a UN-backed peace deal. The MPs met in neighbouring Djibouti due to insecurity at home - in their absence on Monday, the parliament in the city of Baidoa was ransacked by looters. Reports say the chamber building and presidential palace had been stripped, with even the doors and windows carried off. The atmosphere in Baidoa - one of the few strongholds of Somalia's fragile transitional government - is reported to be tense, with different militia groups patrolling the streets. It follows the weekend's withdrawal of Ethiopian troops, who had entered Somalia in 2006 in an effort to oust Islamist groups. While their parliament was being ransacked, MPs voted overwhelmingly in Djibouti to double the number of parliamentary seats from 275. Of the 220 MPs present, 211 voted in favour. Following UN-backed peace talks in Djibouti, members of the transitional government agreed to include 200 new lawmakers from the ARS. They are expected to be sworn in this week. Another 75 new lawmakers from civil society groups are scheduled to join parliament at a later date. MPs are also mulling whether to extend by some 10 days Wednesday's deadline for choosing a new president, to allow contenders time to campaign. The UN special representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, earlier urged the parliament to respect its 28 January deadline for selecting Mr Yusuf's successor. Under the constitutional charter, a new Somali president - who in turn will appoint a new prime minister - should be chosen by parliament within 30 days of the resignation of the last one. But the BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the chamber is unlikely to decide who should be the new president by then. Our correspondent says the prime minister and ARS leader are the two leading candidates for the post in terms of popularity. He adds that if Mr Sharif wins the presidency, then Mr Hussein would not be able to remain as prime minister because they are both from the ****** clan and therefore cannot hold the top two government posts under Somali power-sharing rules. The more hardline Islamist wing of the ARS, based in Eritrea, and the radical al-Shabab fighters inside Somalia, have both refused to take part in Somalia's peace talks. African Union (AU) peacekeepers, Somali government forces and some ARS fighters are taking up the positions vacated by the Ethiopians. Addis Ababa sent in the troops in 2006 but the intervention proved widely unpopular with Somalis and galvanised the insurgency, analysts say. On Saturday a suicide car bomber targeting AU peacekeepers killed at least 17 people, mainly civilians, in the capital Mogadishu. AU spokesman Maj Bahuko Baridgye told AFP on Monday that Islamist extremists were to blame. He said the militants were plotting more suicide attacks and warned civilians to be cautious. Some 16,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict between Somalia's transitional government and the Islamists, and a million more have been forced from their homes. Some three million people need food aid - a third of the population. Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991, since when various militias have been battling for control. BBC

Tanzania's only albino MP has been trying to fight prejudice. Witchdoctors in Tanzania are defying a government ban announced on Friday, intended to stop the killings of people with albinism for ritual medicine. A BBC correspondent has seen at least 10 witchdoctors are working openly. It comes days after the latest murder of an albino man in Tanzania brought the national death toll to at least 40 since mid-2007. The killers reportedly sell albino body parts - including limbs, hair, skin and genitals - to witchdoctors. Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said on Friday the government was revoking the licences of all traditional healers with immediate effect. "These witchdoctors are big liars," he said at a rally in the northern Shinyanga region. But the BBC's Vicky Ntetema said it was business as usual for the traditional healers she visited on Monday just outside the biggest city Dar es Salaam. I believe it would have been better if the PM had consulted us before announcing the ban A spokesman for a traditional healers' association has criticised the ban. Arusha-based herbalist Haruna Kifimbo told the Citizen newspaper: "We are legally registered, they should be dealing with some state organs who have not done much to stop the wave of albino killings." He claimed members of his association were offering services to more than 30% of the country's population. "We have so many patients and clients who depend on us," he told the Citizen. "I believe it would have been better if the PM had consulted us before announcing the ban." In the most recent case last Wednesday an albino man - named as Jonas Maduka - was killed in Sogoso village in the north-western Mwanza region. He was reportedly eating dinner at home when some people called and asked for his help. When he went outside he was strangled, before his assailants chopped off his leg and made away with the limb. The Tanzanian authorities have arrested more than 90 people in recent months - including four police officers - on suspicion of killing albinos or of trading in their body parts. There are thought to be more than 200,000 albinos in the country, which has a total population of 40 million. The killings have spread to neighbouring states, with at least one albino murder each in Burundi and Kenya last year. BBC

Or latest memember is called HisNoDuke @ Che I seen JB.

Originally posted by Norf 2: ^No more warlords dear. They have been 'neutralised' What does that mean? they changed shirts and now you are going to put your hopes and dreams on them same former warlords. Waadii

LayZie; As I said I could not make out who was punished, I just saw the part about warlords were punished and paraded. As long as they are warlords, however small I don't care what happens to them, they have it coming. And no I don't believe in guilty by association, miid kaasata for his crimes. As for the families that Al Shabaab Murdered, what comes around goes around dear, they too will have it coming. As for the link; Accudubililah, I didn't see that before. The settlers have probably done the biggest damage and biggest obstruction to any peace process. They are worse than the soldiers sometimes. Last time they started fighting the settlers, they battled with the Israel army, the problem is the Israel allowed the settlers to move in and move the Palestinians to start with, now they have this radical Jewish theory of populating the soil of the holy land. LOOL Adam

So what happens if Sharif does not win and one of the warlords takes it. :confused: Xiin, north iyo Thierry, what would be your options? Would you support the warlord?

Nuune, I think they deserve to be humiliated, like they have humiliated the Somali population for so long, all of them. P.s. I don’t know what was done to them, because can’t make it out of the article. But I say Maac soonkor whatever it is.

^^^Lool. Adigu can you be positive for him just for once! bloody cynical old man. FB, please let me know baal

Well good luck to him. HE is going to need it FB are you not going to ask who picked him?

On Thursday 22 January at 11.05pm, Channel 4 aired a special Dispatches programme titled ‘Unseen Gaza’. This documentary shows previously unseen footage from Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza, and provides the background information to the war which Israel tried very hard to keep from the world. Israel’s deceptions and deplorable strategies were also revealed. For those who missed it, the programme can be viewed online for the next 30 days here. We encourage you all to contact Channel 4 with thanks and positive feedback for the programme and encourage them to air it again at peak time. The feedback form can be found here. Suggested response: Dear Sir/Madam Thank you for showing the programme “Unseen Gaza”. We now know what Israel tried to hide from us: 1. It was not Hamas that violated the initial ceasefire but Israel, who in November 2008 bombed the Gaza strip killing 6 people.(Ref: Haaretz, Guardian, Independent & CNN News) 2. Israel had clearly pre-planned these attacks and the invasion of Gaza long ago, and deliberately caged and starved the people for the 18 months leading up to it. The “rockets” were an excuse. (CH4) 3. Israel pre-planned its PR campaign and produced “information packs” in order to successfully manipulate, restrict and use the international media to peddle its message. (CH4) Well done Channel 4. I hope you have the courage to re-run this important programme at a peak audience time so that more people can see it. I hope you always retain your objectivity and independence. Thank you.

BBC Read about what the story actually is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2009/jan/22/gaza-cha rity-appeal What you can do? 1) File a complaint on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/compl aints/complaints_stage1.sh tml 2) Have your say on BBC decision (scroll to end to post a message) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi /uk/7848673.stm 3) Sign the online petition http://www.ipetitions.com/ petition/reverse_bbc_decis ion?e 4) Let's drive him mad and Cc him in mark.thompson@bbc.co.uk MAKE SURE your complaint letters are respectful, no abusive language, decent, and well constructed. We will never get what we want if we use the abusive forms.

A bra. LOOL. Okay it can explain your mood and feelings, but how does a bra express your personality? Edit: On some more thinking I can kind of see where you are going with that one Just had few flashes in my head...shakes it off

Malika I would say Perfume. The variety is wide enough to encompass all my qualities- good and bad, It can also describe my personality, mood and relations with others. What item would you pick?

The BBC’s decision to boycott the DEC Gaza appeal is a new low in the corporation’s history. The BBC’s coverage of Israel’s attack on Gaza was appallingly anodyne. Compare its output to the footage from Channel 4 News or Al-Jazeera. The bizarre decision to not participate in the broadcast is more to do with the BBC being cowed by the Israeli government and their insidious lobby than any concern about the distribution of aid or false arguments about impartiality. Not only have the Palestinians suffered a brutal attack with a series of war-crimes committed against them killing 460 children. Over 400,000 Palestinians are without water. Many more are homeless thanks to the Israelis bombing their houses. Their plight needs addressing immediately. The BBC’s suggestion is to “let the situation in Gaza go down the news agenda before reconsidering” is beyond tragedy. The other broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Five are all going to broadcast the appeal on Monday. Please send your much needed contribution to: Disaster Emergency Committee Gaza Appeal PO BOX 999 London EC3A 3AA www.dec.org.uk The second thing is to register your disgust by complaining to the BBC at: BBC Complaints, PO Box 1922 Glasgow G2 3WT Or Email: Send your complaint Alternatively you can call them on phone: 03700 100 222 to make your complaint and ask them to give you a call back with an appropriate response.

Caroline Thomson is the Chief Operating Officer of the BBC and was on BBC News 24 today attempting to justify the BBC's stance regarding the DEC appeal for Gaza. At one point, when challenged about why the BBC let other DEC appeals (Congo etc) go ahead, she suggested that this was because it involved a "major refugee crisis" Is she therefore suggesting that Gaza doesn't have a crisis? If so then she's reading off Tzipi Livni's sheet and that is not being impartial as she's siding with the Israeli argument.

BUT the BBC is still refusing to air a DEC TV fund-raising appeal for Gaza – saying it wanted to avoid compromising public confidence in its impartiality. The DEC is an umbrella organization that represents a number of aid agencies including ActionAid, the Red Cross, Cafod, Islamic Relief and Save the Children. The BBC's refusal to broadcast a national humanitarian appeal for Gaza will leave aid agencies with a potential shortfall of millions of pounds in donations. ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 having initially allowed the BBC a veto on broadcasting the appeal have now comendably broke ranks. They will now broadcast the appeal on Monday. Even government minister Douglass Alexander has asked the BBC to reconsider. On the BBC Today program he said listeners 'would be shocked and angered at the BBC position' that their perceived 'impartiality was more in important than the suffering of the people of Gaza .' TO COMPLAIN TO THE BBC PHONE: 03700 100 222 TEXT: 03700 100 212 ONLINE: http://www.bbc. co.uk/complaints Below is a sample letter you can use as either an email or a letter. ............ ....... Dear Mark Thompson, I am shocked and appalled that the BBC has refused to air a TV fundraising appeal for Gaza , stating that the BBC wishes to 'avoid compromising public confidence in its impartiality' . Please write to me immediately explaining why the BBC has refused to support this appeal. The DEC is an umbrella organization representing a number of aid agencies including ActionAid, the Red Cross, Cafod, Islamic Relief and Save the Children. These organizations are not proposing to rebuild Gaza (which should clearly be paid for by Israel ) but to deliver urgent, life-saving humanitarian aid. These organizations are apolitical and the appeal is a response to humanitarian principles. I fail to understand why the BBC is prepared to air appeals for humanitarian crises in Burma and the Congo , but not Gaza . Why is delivering life saving aid to Palestinians a political act and life saving aid to the Burmese an apolitical act? In essence, the BBC appears to be stating that saving the lives of Palestinians is political? This position is utterly shocking and immoral. I urge you to urgently reconsider your position before more lives are lost and to write to me explaining why saving the lives of Palestinians is a 'political' act and saving the lives of other people in need is a 'humanitarian' act? Yours sincerely,

You are not suppose to discuss what I heard, the format of the thread is sharing things you hear but cannot prove. Ngonge, you do know that you can delet messages from your phone?? Now I am tempted to forward you those texts HAHA

But I have nothing to prove it. 1) The artist who drew our beloved prophet (PBUH) as a cartoon character has died as a result of falling into fire. His family and the government are covering this up, just saying he died. I don't know ciidaa soo oogaantey or even if it is some wishful thinking or made up or some story created for revenge. But that's what people are texting around. What have you heard…

Nephy, :eek: :eek: Come in, we will make you erm president. I don't want waaxan xaaraan ku heesto

^^You mean, you and yours sexist views, no not all, I still think you guys hold them very strongly. P.s. If I was going to support SL I would form my own political party, not join the sexist oldies, I would have a hip and young party *ducks*

You guys daadka khasab baad kuu waadan. What is this, claim the person so much that they have no choice but join the camp. Ngonge is that how they got to you??? FB you are too late, I suggested that on Wed, I said a sticky thread for SL, one for PL, one for Al Shabab and one for the darn caravan

North haha, stop spreading things like that!! Ngonge, you are confused old man :rolleyes: