^^^ Malika, The impact of this explosion will be hiked up to the extent used as a escape-goat for arbitrary arrest and treating harsh to the Somali influx in that area. Killing one another is some thing common in the Somalis but what is not common is the new phase of politically induced human trade in these two areas ( qoodh-xidhka dadka la qoor xidhayo gacanta loo galaniyo cadawga,) Anyway, I feel sorry for the innocent victims of this tragedy.

^^ Lol. A& T, waa in lagaaga danbeeya hawshas somaáha. Waryaa, Yeet hidhka , tadafaa indhe, layla shamis labse numberka

^^^ ODWAYNE Thanx indeed, for your in-depth analysis on the matter. You have looked at a perspective of making a political deal between some nationalist groups and Ethiopia. That is fine, and its some thing that Ethiopia leadership is looking desperately. However, politics is not benevolent domain rather it’s more of deception and opportunistic game. Ethiopia, as you truthfully stated has only one agenda, i.e., to have a weaken Somalia Government at her side, no politically competitive Somalia Government is the strategically interest of Ethiopia. She is not ****** to have that political interest in this fragmented state. However, she is playing a political game with different factions and trying to convince and entertain each group. Normally, Ethio used to deal with ignorant and cowed politicians. For me, there are two scenarios in the political prospect of this crumpling state. One scenario is in line with the Ethiopians school of though: two state solution plus subsidiary local governments with weak central government. In this, powerful and rival regional governments will be formed as a federal system and central government will have a symbolic authority. I don’t think nationalist groups like Abdi-qasim and others are willing to accept Ethio devised federal system in place in Somalia Another scenario is locally driven reconciliation supported by international communities’ particularly genuine friends of Somalis. This will lead a real political concession involved all parties, including tfg and others. In this process Ethiopia is treated like other members of IGAD not more than that, and Somali politicians are serious to make a political deal and concession. This is a healthful political process and its only way of getting out of this political quagmire. One of the best example is they way young muslim scholars ( Maxakimta) managed to stabilize the majority of the country with in a short period, I think we need that type of up-heavel from the bottom not peace deal done at luxurious and non- scrupulous manner. Then, we need that type of leadership; “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision in to reality” Warren Bennis.

Does Ethio's political strategy matter in this Ethoipan and its allies driven meeting of weak tfg? Ethio has a great political stake at the political stablity of Somalia. Any poltical concession made out-side its political interest does not qualify a peace agreement by its own terms. So what do you expect, if the rules of the game in place are no at your side? May be, a glimmer of hope from this high profile meeting is to get out of this meeting a moderate leadership who can take the country out of this political turmoil.But this depends so much on the personality of the new leadership and their political capacity to manupilate the externals to bring all groups on the round table for negotiation and making a peace deal. But the issue has to do with political cooperation and tolerance. The viable question is, even if we get that type of leadership, do different factions in the country are matured enough to accept and give hand to achieve his political vission?

Don't be mis-led man, this hope of peace is very pre-matured and can be halted in any stage, as its not brought on board all warng factions. In nature, iam not pessimistic rather very optimistic, but why my hope fade out of this peace dove is, it lacks some basic featers of peace making in Somali context: the actual fihgting factions are not all yet on board. The peace station wagon is filled by other peace lovers. Anyhow, this slow moving peace dove can serve as a path to reach a genuine peace, hope never ends but we should not be too much optisimism

^^ LOL@Geel maxas indho kuul ka ka kasaa WAr danakan caashaq digaag bay ka shakaynayaan baan umalayn. Bunka it stimulates your mood but i am not sure its effect on milking.

This is a nusty and shameful relationship b/t Somali-land and Putland with Ethio Goverment. Is this mutually beneficail political trade? Is a question that should ask by the deallers of this ill-thought relations.However, this is not the political nor strategical interest of the local people in these regions but an strategy deployed by those lust for power leaders in these area to perpetuate their opprresive and unpopular leadership. This is a political miscalculation by the short-sighted politicians of these areas. For sure history will account this barbaric and inhumane action against these innocent people and victim of unjustice.

Laughing stock . The chair was not matching the heavy weigh of the guy, too laughable indeed.

The Be attitudes Be understanding to your perceived enemies. Be loyal to your friends. Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with that you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything. Be foolish enough to believe in miracles. Be willing to share your joys. Be willing to share the sorrows of others. Be a leader when you see a path others have missed. Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty. Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds. Be last to criticize a colleague who fails. Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble. Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way. Be loving to those who love you. Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change. Above all, Be yourself.

Cogratulation message to IBTI , tremendouse acedemic success indeed. I wish this won't be the last achievement of your career development. I wish you success in your future career. I hope your next dream will be to go up the ladder of accedemic heirarchy. Hopefully, that Phd is your next target of knowledge expedetion. I wish you sucess all the time, sister.

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: It is not a denial sxb. Wax ha la hubsado ma xuma. Now stop being seef la bood and let's see if it is true or not. Hubsiimaha dhiman ma inuu kuu sheegaaa kan hargaysa jooga, Riyalo or what so ever. Dadkan islaamka ah laga gancsanayo aqoonsi ma lagu heli. Ethiopia tageerisiyaasadeed oo ka baxsan danaheda ma ka halaysan waaye haddii ad ka heshaan intee in laég waaye. Marka xigta nimnkan SOMALIDII dhiibahayay miyaa oromo u daahi.

Originally posted by Faysal Cali Waraabe: ONLF MUST REFORM From JIGRE's Column ONLF will have to work to end the unobtrusive but existing internal strife within its current leadership, ensure its top echelon are accountable and take the direction the people of the region would like them to take, and most importantly ensure new blood is infused into its body politic. ONLF will have to stop the disingenuous claim that all clans in the region are taking part in the struggle and hence the organisation's composition is misunderstood, wilfully, by detractors and agents of the enemy. It is time ONLF asks 'where are we?' Not in the vigorous, philosophical sense of existentialism, but to evaluate its policies, its methods, and its judgments. I think there is a need to call for a meeting of all like-minded Somalis from all clans to deliberate on the ways forward and to listen to their suggestions and recommendations. With a nuance from my side, of course: surrender is not an option. The fetish about dealing with the regime, a sinister call for capitulation, must be rejected from the outset. The only plausible course of action for me is solidifying the armed struggle and broadening its appeal to all oppressed Somalis. The issue of peace and settlement with the current ruling regime, and on what conditions, will come to the fore once the regime sees the need to have a peace. As we stand, Meles has opted for a war. He should get a war. jigrecolumn@yahoo.com http://www.hornnews.net/article.php?did=7 There are some valid and important points in this writing. The writer seems for me an informant about the political situation in the Region and more in-sider as he commends in his writing informative insightment. Nevethesless, the author put alot of political prospect of the Region on the political reform of ONLF. I agree Onlf can champion a transformative political process, but does ONLF , with out a political stake listen such a political quest? OnLF , aprt from being criticised on its political doctrine, for me right now they have supermercy syndrome over other indigenous political organisation on the basis of their assumption that they are politicaly matured and can survive with this ideology and old-mined leadership style, of which is un-realistic and naive in this un-healthful political enviroment. For me, action should speak first, before you ask ONLF to reform , ask somali intellectuals to unite and reform their intellectual stance. This will enable you to create a situation where you can have a bragaining power. Then, ONLF can be influenced to joint the clup and get enough space for its ideological vission. What matter in this common political ideology shared by this highly dispursed population but close-set in social identity and blood relation, is to develope a common leadership style with one political slogan free from clan and other divisive ideology. However, this is un-easy task and claims inclusive political process involved all actors and concerned bodies in the region , irrespective of its social category. This takes a rough and un-waved road of which posing life threating challenges. Geting on the right path is easies part of this tranformative process than keeping foot on it. This demands a transformative political leadership of which at this point in time is a missing link in all political echelon operating in the region. This is due to lack of leadership nurturing political space in the region. Politics in the region is the business of non-decent people or single-minded and authoratiative type of personality. This does not mean blamig to those who are in the jungle to defend their dignity and soveriegnity but is a tip of their type of leaders who has no thing to do in jungles but in a luxirous life-style and their political blindness on the political misery a head of the Region, even if this type of movement coincides a political tumble at the national politics that will lead a change and bring a new political land-scape in the country and in the Region in particular. The right leadership are either excluded fom the process of the existing political organs or a victim of a lust for power and power greedness type of leadership on the driving seat of these organisations.To put in a net shel, the political system of the region is more contentious and crowded out by non-politicain leadership who has neither political passion nor vission to break this vicouse circle of gross in-effeceicy of political leadership in the region. Therefore, the solution is in the hands of the people in the Region, irrespective of their clan identity. The leadership of these politically ill-thought organisations needs to be injected a new blood of leadership . The new and vibran leadership should organise the intellectuals, schollars and all sensible people to contrabute in the process of transformation of the political structures in the Region. To have that initiative, we need a leadership role from political organisatons currently engaging liberating strugle.And Intelectuals from the Region should break their silence and feed this process, then that will lead a gradual exit of this political turmoil and leadership crises in the region.Hope is our prestige asset and success is our political slogan, therefore, as our religion teaches we never loss hope even at the time of defeat. Adding to that, We wish success, our hope never collapses,.Therefore, these atrocious and plights will serve lessons learned for future political order in the Region.

Very good and timely argument, indeed. I will comment later, insha allah.

Xiin your peace caravan is neither moving nor have any strength at all. So far less effect on the ground, only on a political grapevine. However, Sheik Sharif has long way to go to get the lost peace back on the track. War nin yahaw rajada badan waa lagu lumaaye inoo yaree. Maskin, Welcome saaxiib, here you go, get on board and gear up a posative shift on the debate.

This civil conflict is not yet a cause it self, but the consequence of a combination of factors. Then, what are the causes of this political tragedy and civil war in the country? I hope We can agree conflict does not take place in a vacuum.And also relate your argument to the question, why do we have fragmented Somali's diaspora communities ?, leadership is one factor but the root causes go beyond that.

Marka xagee laga soo weeraraya bad u malaynaysaa? ma waxaad qabtaa inay Somali cadaw ku thay jiritaanka umadaas? Mise cadaw kalad ka ilaalinaysaa? I think you are more politicain than bureaucratic or alse you are affiliated with some politicians and in charge of public image building responsiblities, am i right, sxb.

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: ilax, waajibka anigaa isa saaray sxb. Mida kele, NSUM cid taqaanba ma leh halkan ,, even their own TUULO waxba kama oga. Mashruuc uun bay ku samaysanayaan. As a civil servant?are you member of ruling party or out-side that circle? Then, when do u feel that you are obliged to defend your country/state?

JB, Saaxiib, waajibka ma adaa isa saaray mise waa lagu saaray? Mida kale ragaa waxay sheeganayean inay kasoo jeedan aagaas, marka maad la hadashid ood is qanacisan, dagaalba ma jiree

Jecayl-B adigu ma Civil servant/public servant mise siyaasi baaa tahy ? Waa suaale. Geed dheer iyo geed gaaban baad u saarta ilaalinta hasha.

I strongly dis-agree it and I don't see logic works in this. Its Allah given rule of law then abide on it, no more debate on that. Nuune, How do you see it?

Theiry, your political proposition is mor wish-list than practical. Its good to have that type of noble dream but it may also mean un-realistic .Politics does not operate much optimism neither pesimism but a realistic manner. You have to harmonise your strategic interest and your political power at this stage. In management planning, to be ambitious is advisabe but being over ambitious hurts more than it helps. I agree on the basis of anceint China militery philosophy the best general is the one who won a war with out egaging a militery conflict. But, yours is a dream than a political strategy. Your argument missess more important isseus and ignorance the danger of competing ideologies currenlty existing in the ountry's political pipe-line.And your simplified assumbtion on the role of intertional communities proves to be a naive in politics. In short, this conflict, I mean in Sourthern party has multiple actors, local and international hence each needs to be addresed specifically , There fore, one size-fits for all strategy won't work in this political turmoil.Therefore, this does not mean that you have no good strategy but it means your strategy needs to re-think.

Yes, Lack of trust and unity are the effect not the cause. The cause is Clan based socail structure. This problem is more structural and deep rooted in the social system. the worest, the young generation are taking bad lessons from the olds. Then, do we adress the symptoms such as mis-trust, lack of confidence or dis-unity or the root causes of these problems? In my view, let us re-engineer our social structure , then talk to fix community based organisations and other social issues.

Originally posted by LayZie G.: You are the very same MOD that not long ago went and edited DQ's post but just below that very same post he was the victim of someone's foul mouth and you left it alone. How does that work? Maybe you want to enlighten the SOL readers. As they say in the sitcom "I love lucy", "Oh Lucy! - You Gotta Lotta 'Splainin To Do" It makes no sense not at all. Irrelevant and rabish. Saaxiib markii geel loo hoose maxaad shiniro uga heestaa. This is a sign of an increase of child brain in SOL. However, for the matter of his courage A&T will never feel sory for revealing the truth.

Caamir, where these guys are hiding? Why don't they go there and convince the people rather the Kaufur.

Banning using clan names makes more sens.I agree to use that type of habsi will deteriorate the communication and make relation uneasy. I rather prefer to use the person's geoghraphical location or territory as an identity instead of clan virus. That is more healthful and acceptable to the majority. Let us drop the word clan word even from our daily language cus is uncurable disease in our veins.Clan ediction is one most responsible factor for the unending in-stablity back home, therefore the clan industery must liquidated and declared its bankruptcy in every aspect of life.