This is great news finally after all of those dayz of fighting both sides can take a break. But the sad thing is it's only a break. How long will the ceasefire stay, hold?

IF they called for a ceasefire why is the fighting still going on?

Jaylaani I don't like searching for news I come to somaliaonline to get my news from Gerneral Duke dude really helps out. So leave him alone. Nobody enjoys reading such Negative news from the nation's capital but it's facts that are occuring at the moment.IT must be read!

1500 TFG TROOPS WOW! HE IS GETTING A CRIP ON BAIDOA FINALLY.

1500 TFG TROOPS WOW! HE IS GETTING A CRIP ON BAIDOA FINALLY.

1500 TFG TROOPS WOW! HE IS GETTING A CRIP ON BAIDOA FINALLY.

Bosaso here I come. :cool: :cool: :cool:

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Mr. Red Sea seems you have alot of hate inside common down alittle buddy. "I wont allow another criminal and military minded individual in my part" Brother you forgot to finish the sentence. Did you been in my part of Somalia which is Somalidiid. buddy one way or the other that fake state is coming down! You are a brain-washed Dude. Go erase away some hate

Originally posted by Mr. Red Sea: Who listens anything from a warlord in the first place anyway, anything he says is invalid, because of the individual he is (warlord). Cajiib!!! Only Somalis I gues listen to what is being said by a warlords. Assalamu Calaykum. Believe it or not Abduallhi Yusuf is the President of the People’s Republic of Somalia. His words and actions are being felt from Mogdishu To Hargaysa. Originally posted by Mr. Red Sea:"Only Somalis I gues listen to what is being said by a warlord" Red Sea aren't you Somalian :confused: :confused:

WOW! Puntland is coming up real fast.

Mogadishu factional fighting kills 3, wounds 9 By Mohamed Ali Bile MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least three Somalis were killed and nine wounded in Mogadishu on Sunday as fresh clashes erupted between rival militia groups responsible for the capital's worst violence in years, witnesses said. They said fighting was triggered when forces allied to the Islamic courts tried to pass a newly-established checkpoint held by militiamen linked to the Mogadishu Anti-Terrorism Coalition, an alliance of powerful warlords. The same factions were behind clashes that killed up to 90 people last month. "We're escaping from the new clashes in Hamarweyne district," said Haji Abdi Yusuf, 56, running down a road. Frightened locals said they could still hear gunfire and many were afraid it would spill to neighbouring districts. "The fighting will spread to new areas, unless there is a quick ceasefire," resident Hassan Mohamed told Reuters. Analysts say the upsurge in street battles between the two sides suggests the failed Horn of Africa state is becoming a new proxy battleground for Islamist militants and the United States. Washington has long viewed Somalia as a haven for terrorists and many Somalis believe it funds and equips the warlord alliance. The U.S. government denies the charge but the widely held perception prompted Islamist hardliners to confront the warlord forces hours after the coalition was formed in February, in a fight that killed 37 people. Many residents say the Islamic courts, which have created a semblance of order in lawless Mogadishu by providing justice under sharia law, want to fight any move to undermine their authority in the city of 1 million. Reports that re-armed fighters from both sides have moved to strategic positions have fuelled fears of worse to come. Somalia descended into lawlessness in 1991, when warlords ousted military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. The fighting in Mogadishu shows how little control a fledgling government formed in Kenya in 2004, but weakened by internal power struggles, has over the nation of 10 million. On Saturday, Somali lawmakers voted to seat the government, which hitherto had no fixed location, temporarily in the southern city of Baidoa. President Abdullahi Yusuf has long argued that Mogadishu, where he is an outsider, is still too dangerous to host the government. Source: Reuters, April 23, 2006 PRINT THIS PAGE Hiiraan Online Contact:webmaster@hiiraan.com Copyright © 2006 Hiiraan Online Time to render page: 0 seconds

This is really bad, there is about to be an all out war in this City that already has been throught alot. "As it says in the Koran, the fight against those who are promoting hostility and fighting against Islam is a holy war," he said. "Any war against the warlords is a holy war and a sacrifice in the name of Allah.

Mogadishu tensions soar as Islamists declare jihad on warlords Somaliweyn -22/04/06 MOGADISHU (AFP) - Tension soared in the capital of lawless Somalia as Mogadishu's powerful Islamic courts declared holy war on a militia alliance widely believed to be backed by the United States. With many city residents already convinced new hostilities are imminent between the rival factions, Muslim clerics urged the destruction of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT). At a demonstration attended by hundreds in southern Mogadishu after Friday prayers, Sheikh Nur Ollow, an imam and senior Islamic court figure, told the crowd it was time to fight the warlords whose militias make up the alliance. "It is time to fight the unholy elements that are sabotaging peace efforts and serving the interests of non-Somalis who could not care less about our well-being, culture and religion," he said. "It is time to help those who want peace and harmony among Somalis and the teachings of the commands of Allah and the words of the Prophet," Ollow said. "We will not be governed by a few warlords financed by the enemy of Islam." A second cleric affiliated with the courts, Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Sulley, echoed those comments and went further, informing the crowd that battling the warlords was a religious obligation. "As it says in the Koran, the fight against those who are promoting hostility and fighting against Islam is a holy war," he said. "Any war against the warlords is a holy war and a sacrifice in the name of Allah. "Let us eliminate these warlords and set up a peaceful administration supported by the vast majority of people in Mogadishu," Sulley said, prompting the crowd to chant angry slogans denouncing the warlords. "Down with the agents of America and down with agents promoting Satanic teaching," they yelled, according to an AFP correspondent on the scene. The bellicose comments were clearly directed at the ARPCT, which was founded in February by Mogadishu warlords opposed to the growing influence of the courts that they accuse of hosting Islamic extremists and training terrorists. An official in the alliance, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the crowd that cheered the imams' call for holy war was "misguided" and unaware of his group's policies, which he claimed had huge backing. "They are misguided and misinformed," the official said. "The alliance is supported by most people in Mogadishu." At least 52 people were killed and hundreds displaced in Mohgadishu in March when the two sides squared off in the bloodiest clashes since the country collapsed into anarchy with the 1991 ousting of strongman Mohamed Siad Barre. The alliance is seen by many here as a Washington-backed, anti-Muslim instrument of the US led war on terrorism and fears of new pitched battles between it and gunmen loyal to the courts have skyrocketed in recent days. The two sides have been re-positioning their forces and stockpiling weapons as they gird for renewed conflict and thousands of terrified Mogadishu residents have fled their homes to avoid the expected violence. Underscoring those fears, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) on Friday called on both sides not to target civilians, particularly reporters, if and when they do battle. "NUSOJ is urging opposing armed groups ... not to imperil the life of journalists and generally to refrain fighting in civilian areas," it said in a statement. The United States has refused to comment on claims it is supporting the alliance but on Wednesday issued a statement through the US embassy in Nairobi appealing for calm in Mogadishu. "Provocations and fresh outbreaks of violence in Mogadishu can serve only the interests of extremist elements," it said.

Key discussion on security happens in Baidoa southwest Somalia Baidoa 13 April, 06 ( Sh.M.Network) A discussion on Baidoa town security attended by the three top officials of Somali transitional federal government and members of the local Digil and Mirifle clans has taken place in the town on Thursday. The meeting which lasted for several hours and attended by Somali president Abdulahi Yusuf, premier Ali Gedi, speaker of parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan and other members of Digil and Mirifle tribes was to focus on the insecurity in the town which has worsened for the past days. Local clan chiefs, elders and religious men spoke at the session about the insecurity situation in Bay region and the easiest way to control it. In an address at the meeting Somali president Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed acknowledged for the first time that the security in Baidoa town got worsened expressing the need for establishing the security. Mr Yusuf blamed the town’s insecurity on government members of Digil and Mirifle clans who were reluctant on bringing peace in the city. President Yusuf, talked about the importance to have an administration for Baidoa town which is a seat of TFG, urging leaders of Digil and Mirifle in the government to form quickly administration. "if you fail to forming administration for your region it would prompt that we make interfere into set up authority for you " he said to the officials of Digil and Mirifle clans. Speaker of Somali parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan who was also spoken at the meeting narrated about the efforts of RRA members in the government towards the securing the town, saying that yesterday’s meeting of Digil and Mirifle officials have been agreed on building administration in Baidoa. M.A.Farah Source: Sh.M.Network

BAIDOA NEEDS ALOT OF WORK, IT'S LIKE A NO MAN LAND. THE PRESIDENT DON'T FEEL SAFE THERE I HEARD SO HE GIVE THE BAIDOA CITY LEADER 15 TO COME UP WITH AN ADMINSTRATION.I THINK THAT GREAT WHAT YOUR TAKE General Duke.

Warring factions try to sort out their differences amid an air of optimism Los Angeles Times April 03, 2006 BAIDOA, SOMALIA - In a sweltering, bombed-out grain silo here, a group of leaders is plotting the birth of a nation. Or, more accurately, the rebirth of one. After 15 years of anarchy, a fledgling Somalian parliament formed outside the country is meeting for the first time on Somalian soil in this crumbling southern city. The transitional government is the latest in a string of attempts to restore law and order to the Horn of Africa nation that fractured in the collapse of the dictatorship of Maj. Gen. Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and the international intervention that followed. Outside the makeshift parliament, piles of rubble and dilapidated buildings line dirt streets. Electricity and water remain scarce. Militiamen roam the streets in trucks mounted with anti-aircraft weapons. But none of that seemed to detract from the heady mood of the lawmakers, who were appointed during a peace conference in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, in 2004. "This time is going to be different," promised Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, speaker of the Somalian parliament. "The reconciliation is going on. We are sorting out our differences." Events on the ground raised doubts about that. Even as parliament members were debating a new national security plan, battles raged in the capital of Mogadishu between warlords and Islamists. More than 70 people were reportedly killed, and hundreds fled their homes. The government has yet to form an army, and a U.N. arms embargo prevents it from training and equipping soldiers. So the government could do little more than wait for the fighting to die out. In the south, 1.4 million Somalis require emergency food and water because of a drought, but the government has no income. To date, it has lived off handouts from the international community. "There's a lot of talk about rebuilding Somalia, but fewer concrete steps in that direction," said Foreign Minister Abdullahi Sheik Ismail. "We have been left to our own disaster." The 275-member parliament was selected by Somalian clan leaders. Parliament chose the president, who appointed the prime minister, who formed the government. Most of the new Cabinet consists of the same warlords and clan leaders who have been fighting since 1991. Source: Los Angeles Times , April 04, 2006 Back to Hiiraan Online Contact:webmaster@hiiraan.com Copyright © 2006 Hiiraan Online

Somali president calls for peace Somali interim president Abdullahi Yusuf The interim president is struggling to enforce central authority Somalia's interim president has called for an end to factional fighting in the capital, Mogadishu, which has claimed some 70 lives in recent days. Abdullahi Yusuf said it was not right to start new fighting after 15 years of civil war and urged both sides to stop. The dispute between Islamic militia fighters and an alliance of warlords began on Wednesday near the port area. Earlier the militia said it had taken control of the area but the warlords said the fighting was continuing. A spokesman for the Islamic militia, Mohammud Omar Adan, told the BBC Somali service that the Islamists had won the battle against the traditional warlords. "The fighting has ended and we have the upper hand...We control the checkpoints leading to the port. Things are returning to normal there now; thank God the trouble has ended." SOMALI STRUGGLE No government for 15 years Peace process was inching forward Mogadishu fighting worst since 1996 'Anti-terror' warlords fighting Islamist militia Global battle plays out in Somalia Eyewitness: 'Waiting to die' But residents have reported hearing sporadic fighting and the alliance of warlords says the battle for the city's only working port is continuing. The warlords, alongside a group of powerful businessmen, have controlled the city for the past 15 years. The Islamic militia is seeking to establish a system of Sharia courts. The BBC's David Bamford says the emergence of the Islamist militia has helped to unite the Somali warlords - who had previously fought one another - around a common cause. Interim government Meanwhile, interim President Abdullahi Yusuf has been gathering with members of the transitional parliament in an attempt to exert some sort of central authority. "I see this fighting as unnecessary after 15 years of civil war. It is not right to start new fighting. The two sides should stop what they're doing," he told the BBC. Somalia has been without an effective central government for 15 years and has been carved up by rival militias. The transitional parliament met recently for the first time on home soil since it was formed in Kenya more than a year ago as part of attempts to restore peace and stability.

Xarago Somalidiid is one of the problems facing the Somali Government at the moment.

How can a government be affective when the government has no power, no money? Jaylaani you seem as thought you are looking after the interest of Somalidiid so there is not reason to debate with you. You are not looking for the interest of Somaliweyn.That's the problem with us Somali's we got to think outside the BOX!!!

Originally posted by Jaylaani: Yeah bring more arms into Somalia. That is very smart move. hey jaylaani arms are already coming in to somalia in the thousands why don't you think fighting in Mogadishu is still happening everyday huh? The lifting of the ARMS EMBARGO will only help the government no one else. Everyone got arms But not everyone will have the support of the international world and an international army. The arms embargo will do just that. Like I said before if you are against the lifting of the arms embargo than you are against the government and there is not need to debate with such a person.Just look at what's going on in our capital city. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fighting flares in Somali capital Militiamen in Mogadishu Mogadishu is controlled by thousands of gunmen Heavy fighting has broken out in the north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with residents fleeing from the area. Eyewitnesses say at least 23 people have been killed, and more than 50 wounded have been taken to hospitals. Supporters of some of Mogadishu's militia leaders are clashing with an armed Islamist group seeking to establish law and order. The dispute has been over the port area, which is currently controlled by powerful businessmen. The country's parliament met recently for the first time on home soil since it was formed in Kenya more than a year ago. Facts and figures about life in Somalia At-a-glance Four days of fighting last month between the two sides was some of the heaviest fighting seen in the Somali capital for several years. Clashes between armed groups have been common in Somalia since former military leader Muhammad Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991. The country has been without a functioning government since then. The BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the fighting in the north of the city pits a new group, the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, against the Islamic courts' militia. At least five warlords-cum-ministers in the transitional government are behind the new alliance, opposed to the Islamic courts. The courts have set up Mogadishu's only judicial system in parts of the capital but have been accused of links to al-Qaeda. Their critics accuse the courts of being behind the killing of moderate Muslim scholars.

Originally posted by HornAfrique: quote: What you have to understand is it's not about the arms we need non-Somalians Army to help rer store hope in our fallen Nation. Two question. Should the restoration of our nation be subjectively pursued or addressed in a consensus ? By calling for international troops, merceneries essentially, does that not mean you wish to force the Somali people? IF YOU PUT IT THAT WAY THAN YES. IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE LIFTING OF THE ARMS EMBARGO THAN YOU ARE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND SIDE WITH THE WAR-LORDS AND SUCH PEOPLE WILL BE DEALT WITH. A GOVERNMENT WITH NO POWER IS NO GOVERNMENT. THE SOMALI PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELF HORN ARE LOST THE WAR-LORDS HAVE STOLEN YOU MIND BUT INSHALLAH IT WILL RETURN ONCE THE WAR-LORDS ARE DEALT WITH.