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Government Inquiry Commission Report http://www.ethrev.com/2006/nov/List_of_those_who_were_killed_by_Meles_Zenawi_forces_in_November_2006.pdf

Insh'Allah, jahliyyaa will be wiped out from the Horn for once and for all. The most important qualities we need is to be sincere and persevere - niyyah and sabr. We should strive to work by the Furqaan to the letter. Then, all is to Allah (swt).

Rebels answer Mogadishu's call to arms Mike Pflanz in Gode Last Updated: 2:13am GMT 24/11/2006 A fierce military campaign against secessionist rebels in south-east Ethiopia is pushing the previously moderate Muslim population into the arms of Somali fundamentalists. Hundreds of men from the ****** region, where most of the population is ethnically Somali, have travelled to Mogadishu to train with the powerful Islamic Courts Union and its militia. The men are answering the Islamists' call to wage holy war against Addis Ababa and the promise of a dollar a day, and they threaten to open a second front against Ethiopia if war breaks out with Mogadishu. advertisement Yesterday, Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi, said attempts at dialogue had failed with the Courts Union. His government had now "completed" preparations to defend Ethiopia from the "clear and present danger" posed by the Courts. Those "preparations" are widely held to be a massive build-up of Ethiopian troops and weaponry inside Somalia, ostensibly deployed to prop up its weak transitional government in Baidoa. But The Daily Telegraph has learned that an Ethiopian army operation against homegrown rebels from the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF), which has been fighting for self-rule since 1984, has radicalised a huge swathe of the population. Civilians have been worst hit, witnesses said in Gode, 420 miles south-east of the capital on the road to Somalia. All were too afraid to give their names and asked that their villages not be named. "They have come here four or five times, they always say we are helping the ONLF and they burn our houses and destroy our crops," said one man, whose family fled into the bush during the attacks. "A man from our village was arrested," said another. "They said his brother was a rebel and told him to walk into the bush to find him and bring him. When he came back without the brother, they hanged him as an example to other 'collaborators'." Friends and relatives have disappeared, detained in appalling conditions without trial or executed, Amnesty International has claimed. Mr Meles defends the operation as crucial to halting the spread of radical Islam from Somalia into rebellious corners of his own country. He has good reason to worry. The ONLF has long-running links with Ethiopia's arch-foe, Eritrea, and with Al-Itihad Al-Islamiya, a radical Islamic unity group strengthening its presence in the Horn of Africa and linked to the leader of the Islamic Courts. But far from cowing the ONLF into submission, the strong-arm tactics have won the rebels more converts. Hundreds – thousands, according to some estimates – have now made the four-day bus trip to Mogadishu to sign up with the Islamists in preparation for war against the Addis regime. "There is no doubt that the call to arms from Mogadishu resonates with people in the ******," said Matt Bryden, senior Somalia analyst with the International Crisis Group. mike.pflanz@telegraph.co.uk http://www.somaliaonline.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=newtopic;f=9

"Somali_Friend" and Xaabashi, Let us resolve our problem on the ground. Either you will win or we will. So far you are killing us. But, God Willing, the tide will change. Then as promissed we will cut off your johnson from your baby to your old men. You are like cancer in the horn of africa. When the time comes the remainig of you will go to your relatives the Jews or to the West. Until then I have vowed not to speak to get into dialogue with you.

Xabashi, (1991)--- Amxaaro was beaten by Eritrea, Oromo, and Tigree (1993)---Oromo was beaten by Eritrea and Tigree (1996)--- No record of Somali defeat exists(2000)--- Amxaaro and Tigree were massacred by Eritrea http://www.exile.ru/2002-October-02/war_nerd.html This time around you have no helper. Once Tigree is defeated all Tigree male would be reduced to eunchhood.

Originally posted by Lieutenant Xalane: What is TKO? May be a leper language?

Ethiopia 'ready for Islamist war' The Islamists have made rapid advances this year Ethiopia has made preparations for a conflict with the Islamists who control much of southern Somalia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told MPs. The Islamists have repeatedly declared Jihad, or Holy War on Ethiopia, accusing it of backing their rivals in Somalia's interim government. "This group represents a clear threat," Mr Meles said in Ethiopia's first prime minister's question time. Some fear a regional war, as Ethiopia's rival Eritrea is seen as pro-Islamist. The Union of Islamic Courts has denied claims by Ethiopia and the Somali government that it has links to al-Qaeda. Some Islamist leaders want Somalia to take control of Somali-speaking areas of Ethiopia and Kenya. Declaration of war Mr Meles said he did not believe the peaceful path of negotiations with the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) was completely exhausted but he said they could not close their eyes or look the other way when the country was being attacked. He said the government had completed preparations to defend itself against UIC attack. Opposition politicians said a resolution put forward by the ruling party calling on the house to back whatever moves the government thought necessary amounted to a declaration of war on Somalia. A UN report this month accused Ethiopia and Eritrea, among other countries, of breaking an international arms embargo by supplying arms to Somalia. The UIC further accuses Ethiopia of having thousands of troops backing government forces in Somalia. Mr Meles has denied these claims but admits to having hundreds of military trainers in Somalia. Eritrea equally denies claims that it has sent troops and weapons to the UIC. Somalia's interim government only controls a small patch of territory around the town of Baidoa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6175976.stm

Rainier Valley barber shop owner flees U.S. Facing sentencing in plea deal, he phones FBI to say he's in Somalia By PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I REPORTER Ruben Shumpert, who federal agents allege made his Rainier Valley barber shop a kind of "anti-American training ground for Muslims" where children were taught "how to shoot and fight the Americans," has telephoned the FBI to say he won't be going to prison anytime soon. Shumpert, who faces sentencing on federal counterfeiting and weapons charges, has fled to Somalia. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Shumpert, who is also known as Amir Abdul Muhaimin, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Redkey said. He was to be sentenced Tuesday. Shumpert -- an African American convert to Islam -- was among more than a dozen, mostly African immigrants from Islamic countries arrested by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force two years ago on a mix of charges, including immigration fraud and bank fraud. Shumpert was never charged with any terrorism crimes, but court documents paint a picture of his barber shop at 7821 Rainier Ave. S. as a gathering place for adherents of radical Islam where he showed children videotapes of "fighting, shooting and killing with images on Shumpert's computer screen of al-Qaida and the Taliban." Shumpert had been free on personal recognizance and was facing sentencing under a plea agreement when he fled the country, Redkey said. Shumpert called an FBI agent on the Joint Terrorism Task Force from Somalia, Redkey said. But he noted that the United States has no extradition treaty with Somalia. Somalia is considered a fertile breeding ground for radical Islamic terrorists by U.S. intelligence agencies. Redkey said Shumpert also likely is to be charged with failing to appear for his sentencing hearing, a separate felony. A condition of Shumpert's release before sentencing was that he surrender his passport, said Redkey, who noted that in recent years, it has become more common for judges to allow defendants to turn in their passports after they are released from custody. Shumpert never surrendered his passport, Redkey said. Redkey said the U.S. Attorney's Office is reviewing the practice of allowing people out of custody before they surrender their passport. More headlines and info from Rainier Valley. P-I reporter Paul Shukovsky can be reached at 206-448-8072 or paulshukovsky@seattlepi.com. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/293279_antiamerican22.html

Now you depart, and though your way may lead Through airless forests thick with hagar trees, Places steeped in heat, stifling and dry, Where breath comes hard, and no fresh breeze can reach— Yet may God place a shield of coolest air Between your body and the assailant sun. And in a random scorching flame of wind That parches the painful throat, and sears the flesh, May God, in His compassion, let you find The great-boughed tree that will protect and shade Sayyid Mahammed `Abdille Has-san http://www.islamonline.net/English/ArtCulture/Literature/Poetry/2006/09/01.shtml

Now you depart, and though your way may lead Through airless forests thick with hagar trees, Places steeped in heat, stifling and dry, Where breath comes hard, and no fresh breeze can reach— Yet may God place a shield of coolest air Between your body and the assailant sun. And in a random scorching flame of wind That parches the painful throat, and sears the flesh, May God, in His compassion, let you find The great-boughed tree that will protect and shade Sayyid Mahammed `Abdille Has-san http://www.islamonline.net/English/ArtCulture/Literature/Poetry/2006/09/01.shtml

Originally posted by David_Letterman: MMA Raas means Cape in ''somali'' Raas Xafuun Raas caluula in Arabic ra's means head or Cape Ra's At-tib Ra's Musandam somali raas is derived from the arabic word I have always wondered whether the assumption that many vocabularies Somali and Afaan Oromo shared with Arabic came from Arabic is right. Couldn't it be the reverse? The Arabs and the Cuhite people of the Horn of Africa have thousands of years of interactions, thus making it very likely that both groups adopted vocabularies from each other.

Originally posted by Djib-Somali: Is the UWSLF a new organization as the last WSLF has vanished? I guess that is the case. I hope UWSLF people themselves would come forward and educate us soon.

Rebels say they abducted Red Cross workers in Ethiopia, but will release them The Associated Press Published: September 22, 2006 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A rebel group said Friday it abducted two international Red Cross workers in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, but that the men will be released in 48 hours. The United Western Somali Liberation Front said it mistook the men for oil workers exploring in the ****** region, largely inhabited by ethnic Somalis. Somalia lost control of the region to Ethiopia in 1977, but the rebels believe it belongs to them. The International Committee of the Red Cross engineers were kidnapped Monday near Gode, 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) east of Addis Ababa. "The UWSLF court ruled after an investigation that the two were not working for any oil company contracted by Ethiopia but are ICRC staffers. They will walk to freedom within the coming 48 hours," the group's spokesman, Abdullahi Osman Gashan, said from Mogadishu. The UWSLF also warned companies against exploring for oil or other resources in the region "without the consent of its people." "Whoever tries to do this will be responsible for whatever befall on him," Gashan said. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A rebel group said Friday it abducted two international Red Cross workers in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, but that the men will be released in 48 hours. The United Western Somali Liberation Front said it mistook the men for oil workers exploring in the ****** region, largely inhabited by ethnic Somalis. Somalia lost control of the region to Ethiopia in 1977, but the rebels believe it belongs to them. The International Committee of the Red Cross engineers were kidnapped Monday near Gode, 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) east of Addis Ababa. "The UWSLF court ruled after an investigation that the two were not working for any oil company contracted by Ethiopia but are ICRC staffers. They will walk to freedom within the coming 48 hours," the group's spokesman, Abdullahi Osman Gashan, said from Mogadishu. The UWSLF also warned companies against exploring for oil or other resources in the region "without the consent of its people." "Whoever tries to do this will be responsible for whatever befall on him," Gashan said. ONLF seems to be mad at this development: http://www.o*gaden.com/Armedthugs.htm . Delete asterix to get to the link.

Originally posted by Kamalu Diin: Oramia I am very sure that you are a good muslim. I would like to tell that the ICU is just like their predecessors USC they are killers, rapers, and druglords. However, The Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims (SUPKEM) is pribed agency to do a press-release and no one is going to hear it any let them get pay. At least this I know: my friend who joined the ICU is the most respected individual in his community. And, he definitely was not a killer, rapist (if that is what you wanted to accuse the ICU of) or druglord. That much I know. It seems your problem is with anybody who espouses Shari'a as a living law, be it Kenyan Muslims, Oromos, or Somalis.

Originally posted by Caaqil: As a somali who hates the madaxkorankor and the amxaaros with passion, I would say well DONE! If you have never lived in the NFD or Western somalia, then you should know that Kenya and Ethiopia are colonial powers- and colonialisation should be fought Liberty is a right. Caaqil, You said it wonderfully. Both Ethiopia and Kenya are guilty of the cardinal sin /haram al akbar/ of Colonialism against both Somalis and Oromos. For the past century they have refused to let go of our people peacefully and there is no neew indicator that they will let go in peace at this time either. Hence, the two countries should be fought vehemently by both Somalis and Oromos coordinating our resources and tactics in order to minimize our casuality.

November 4, 2006 NAIROBI -- Kenyan Muslims Saturday accused the United States of lying about plans by Somali Islamists to carry out suicide bombings in Kenya and Ethiopia as a pretext to attack Somalia. The Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims (SUPKEM) said Washington was using the alleged attacks as a ploy to attack and destroy the lawless Horn of Africa state, where a powerful Islamic movement is rapidly gaining influence. "America wants to cause confusion as a pretext to give it reason to once again attack and destroy the Republic of Somalia," SUPKEM chairman Abdel Ghaful El Busaidy told reporters at a press conference here. "Kenyan Muslims strongly condemn ... the US ... [for] putting Somalia and the Union of Islamic courts as another in its axis of evil," he said. "We Kenyans should be careful not to fall into the American propaganda," said Busaidy, who urged the Kenyan government to continue mediating the conflict between the Islamists and Somalia's largely ineffective government. On Thursday, US embassies in Nairobi and Addis Ababa said they had information about "reports of terrorist threats emanating from extremist elements within Somalia, which target Kenya, Ethiopia, and other surrounding countries." US officials said the Islamists' supreme leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, purportedly authorized the attacks, but the Islamists have denied what they dismissed as "baseless" allegations. Islamic militias and government forces are currently girding for an all-out war after a third round of peace talks collapsed in Khartoum earlier this week. The Islamists, who control much of southern Somalia including the capital Mogadishu, stand accused of links with Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network and other foreign extremist groups. Aweys, a hardline cleric designated a "terrorist" by the United States for alleged Al Qaeda ties, has not personally reacted to the allegations. He has in the past denied any connection to terrorism and rejected US accusations the Islamists are harboring Al Qaeda suspects wanted for the deadly 1998 bombings of Washington's embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The US warning came as the Islamists have declared "jihad," or holy war, on neighboring Ethiopia for allegedly sending thousands of troops to Somalia to back the country's weak government and accused Kenya of siding with Ethiopia. Somalia has lacked an effective government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and a national administration formed in Kenya two years ago has failed to exert its authority. http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061104-111343-6380r

Originally posted by General Duke: All clan millitias stand little chance against ven basically organised Somali troops. In front of the ICU militias the Tigre militia will evaporate in a few weeks of battle. The strength of the Tigree militia had been the Sha'abiya commanders and special forces. However after the year 2000 the Tigre militia have been on its own albeit it might use some western 'anti-terror experts'. These 'experts' are belived to be hundreds.

Way to go sheik Aweys !! It's only the Soamli people who can bring positive change in the Horn. Greater Somalia should probably one day reclaim and establish the Islamic Empire of Kush from Sudan to the Indian Ocean.

Originally posted by General Duke: I second that... What is 'wrong'? Lately, the distinction b/n right and worng is getting blurred for many.

Man, 34, arrested at airport Computer files, extra cash cited November 16, 2006 Email this Print this A 34-year-old Dallas man was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport on Tuesday, carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing mysterious files about cyanide and nuclear materials. Authorities said Sisayehiticha Dinssa, a U.S. citizen who was born in Ethiopia, was arrested after getting off an airline flight from Amsterdam. They said he had spent four months in Nigeria on unspecified business. When agents asked him whether he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $60,883. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files. Dinssa told agents he was interested in learning about cyanide and nuclear materials. Federal Magistrate Judge Donald Scheer approved Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller's request to detain Dinssa pending a detention hearing on Monday. Between now and then, Feller said, agents would try to find out more about him and the computer files. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, plus forfeiture of the money. His lawyer, Deputy Federal Defender Leroy Soles, couldn't be reached for comment. By David Ashenfelter http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS05/611160324/1007

I can't wait saaxiib when I will visit the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, under the Islamic Courts of Somalia, and Islam is ruling all over Ethiopia, making the Oromo and Canfar people the ruling class of their country. Oh Allah, destory them by the hands of our strong Mujaahidiin who are about to engage with the cowards of Ethiopian army, Aameen. [/QB] If I live to see that, Wallahi I won't negotiate for Jennah.

QUOTE]I can't wait saaxiib when I will visit the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, under the Islamic Courts of Somalia, and Islam is ruling all over Ethiopia, making the Oromo and Canfar people the ruling class of their country. Oh Allah, destory them by the hands of our strong Mujaahidiin who are about to engage with the cowards of Ethiopian army, Aameen. [/QB]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/01/ethiopia.militants.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest Now what is clear is that ICU can be a threat only to warlordism,qabillism, and Habashism. The ICU is no threat to the Horn at all.

Believe me they will. With their 240,000 strong army, they are full of pride. They can also raise an additional 100,000 army within few months. With all these conscripts who believe eating a decent meal in the army even for a week is better than leading a hungry life forever, the Tigres are very confident they can march all the way to Mogdishu with no trouble.