Qaraxan ayaa ahaa bam gacmeed lagu tuuray maleeshiyadda mukhaayadda ku qayilaysay, waxaana la xaqiijinayaa inay maleeshiyadani ahayd kuwa naftii u keenay dadka ku dhaqan xaafadda Suuqa Xoolaha. Waxay ahaayeen jaajuusiin waynaatay waxayna dadka ku hayeen dhac, dil, boob, caga juglayn iyo qafaalasho Waxaa dhinaca kale dil toogasho ah lagu dilay gudoomiyaha laanta Juungale ee degmada Yaaqshid Xasan Xaayow oo ku magac dheer Cirro. Dilka Xasan ayaa u dhacay si qorshaysan ayadoo ay fuliyeen rag bastooladu ku hubaysan waxaana la toogtay salaadii Maqrib xili uu u sii socday hoygiisa. Keep'em coming.. Ayakoo qayil oo fadheesteen aa la dahay ho, iga qabso tan. Say hello to my little friend, Xabashi maggot.

"How many of the prophets fought (in Allah's way) [Jihad], and with them (fought) large bands of godly men? But they never lost heart if they met with disaster in Allah's way [lost a battle], nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And Allah loves those who are firm and steadfast [in Jihad]." "Sadaqallahu wa man asdaqu minallahi qeela". Thanks Brother Mujahid for sharing these beautiful ayaats in these times of trouble. Che & Rudy, Who woulda thought that a rag-tag buncha wadaads could defeat the 'invincible' CIA-funded blood-drinking Mooriyaans ? Who woulda thought a tiny portion(less than 300) of these cimaamad-wearing thoroughbreds could defeat and chase 'Colonel' Barre Hiraale and his entire clan militia ? Who woulda thought that 70% of Somalia would fall to these noble ciyaal-ka xaafadha, most of it without firing a single shot, being welcomed by their Somali brethren ? Stand fast, brothers, and keep faith. Success and failure is not ours to ponder on. Ours is: Halgan, Effort, Shaqo, Dathaal. I promise you this: Be it 5 years from today or 50, the headlines will once again read: Somali Islamists declare victory, complete control over 90% of the country, last of the Dhabo-dhilifs seen scrambling in lorry trucks, fleeing west to Ethiopia. "Wa yowma-ithin yafraxul Mu'minoon.Bi Nasrillah" Watch for it :cool:

^ Peace. The above exchange with Khalaf shows one of the classical rationalisations of 'moderate' dha umm er TFG supporters when their prejudice(can't really call it reasoning) comes into conflict with the truth and reality. It goes something like this: "The TFG is a collection of xaaraan ku nax and Ethiopian slaves and no sane individual can be in their corner BUT the Islamic Courts(who are from 'those people') are also a collection of cimaamad-wearing drug-dealers, killers and looters.(note the infantile generalisation of one individual, Indocade, to an entire organisation) So I will support the TFG nominally and view them as a 'necessary evil'for the sake of 'peace and stability' A slight variation: The 'neutrality' position "Both entities are imperfect. I remain neutral but prefer diplomacy(read: stop fighting ye pesky resistance. The Ethiopians won. Get over it) to violent means. The TFG is what we got and hopefully it'll be a transitional stage untill 2020. Untill then Yey and Xabashada wadanka ha ku bashaalaan" And then my all-time favourite, used by the more um, intellecually-deficient types(in order to engage in false & convienent rationalising, one has to be creative enough to come up with a at least a remotely plausible explanation, tortured or not) : "The ICU brought in Eritrian fighters. The TFG brought in Ethiopians. So what's the fuss ? " Thanks to these transparent rationalisations, the TFG supporters, in their various sizes and shapes(neutral,moderate, clannist, obedient slave, etc have smothered their conscience, legitimised the Ethiopian occupation, and condemned the resistance(implicitly if not outright). Anyway, you said Really how reasonable is it to call yourself an "islamic organization" acudu billahi then appoint a famous druglord and occupier oppressor of innocent people to call for the highest duty in Islam First thing that hit my mind when I read that quote is one of you're previous statements. Something like "How dare there be people who sin and have impure thoughts in Makkah Acuudu bilaah !!" Emotive thinking + naievness = easily fall for any propoganda, especially coming from the Tol-ka. Two examples, very briefly, will show how over your head and deluded you are. A) Abdullahi bin Ubaya, Head of the Munafiqeen, in Madeenah was not only tolerated by the Prophet(PBUH) but remained a leader among his community, while he plotted, time and again to harm the budding Islamic state in Madeenah. He even led an entire wing of the Muslim Army in Uhud, and halfway through, broke ranks, and deserted with a full third of the Army. There can be no higher treason than that. His punishment: Nothing. Waxba. He retained his leadership status. Sahaabas(at various point in various ways): Let us kill him, ya Rasoolallah. Acuudubillah, how dare he !! Prophet(PBUH):(paraphrasing): Do you want the people to say that Muhammed kills his followers ? B) Calipha Uthman(RA), murdered in his own house while reading Qu'ran, his wife who tried to defend him gets her fingers chopped off. Among the leaders of the pack of wild dogs that killed in cold blood a Caliph: one Malik bin Ashtur, soon to be right-hand man of Ali(RA). Some of the Sahabas call for immediate execution of anybody who had anything to do with Uthman's death. Ali realising the precarious situation Madeenah is in(long story) decided to first stabilise the turbulent Caliphate and then get justice for the murder of Uthman. He then incorporates the pack of wild dogs in his army with Malik as their leader. Ali was wise and thinking strategically, some of the other Sahabas were thinking in the heat of the moment" BLOOD NOW". The rebels went to Basra and killed 4,000 men, many who were innocent, and thus, with their insurrection, with their rebellion, started a firestorm that consumes Muslims to this day. I'mma let you mull over those two example and see what you can infer. Stay focused and don't go off any tangents. A few keywords/phrases: Abdullah bin Obaya. Malik bin Ashtur. Indocadde. Incorporating the face of evil for long-term gain. The bitter results of emotive thinking. Wise leadership vs "Acudu billah, How dare xyz!!!" Connect the dots. Indocade is the last damn thing you should be worried about, then and now. Shouting his name or any shady 'leader' of the Courts a thousand times changes nothing but clearly highlights the desperate rationalisations TFG supporters resort to, to justify their infamy, or to insulate their concience. Qaybdiid and Ato are given a pass because they're on 'our side'. Laakin Drug Baron Indocadde !!! YES !! At last we found one chink in the moral armour of the ICU. Pathetic. Gotta run. More on this birito, inshallah. And in case you were still wondering, yes, Some Muslims do fornicate in Makkah during Ramadan And they also sexually molest other pilgrims. During Tawaf. In front of the Kacba. Shocked ?

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Shirka saaka la sugayo inuu dib uga bilawda magaalada Muqdisho ee loogu adeegayo gumaysiga Saliibiyiinta ayaa dadkii horay uga qayb galay waxaa lagu qiyaasay ilaa iyo 700 oo qof oo 400 oo ka mid ah laga soo daad gureeyay maamul goboleedka Puntland halka inta kalana badankood laga soo uruuriyay magaalada Muqdisho gudeheeda marka laga reebo inyar oo kasoo kicitintay Baledweyne iyo Kismaayo. Warar xog ogaal ah ayaa sheegaya in dadkan madasha shirka la isugu geeyay ay ahaayeen dad u badan jifooyinka Cabdullahi Yuusuf, Cali Geedi iyo Maxamed Dheere kuwaasi oo loo soo abaabulay hab qabiil, lagana soo dhaadhiciyay fikir khaldan. Dadka madasha tagay ayaa isugu jira wax qabiil madax maray iyo wax uu hunguri qaaday oo run mooday balanqaadyo lacageed oo Cabdullahi iyo Geedi la galeen. Sidoo kale adeegayaasha Tigreegu waxay tan iyo intii shirka dib loo dhigay si hoose uga wadaan magaalada Muqdisho inay helaan dad u matala beelaha aan soo xaadirin waxaana la sheegayaa in boqol doolar ilaa iyo labo boqol oo doolar ay horay u siinayaan cidii ogolaata inay uga qayb gasho ayagoo lacagta ku xidhaya inay iridda ku bixinayaan ayagoo hadii shirku uu nabad ku dhamaadana u balanqaadaya qofka inay siinayaan shan boqol oo doolar . What a farce. So it's come down to this: Loading in illiterate camel-herders(code word: 'wax-garad') like livestock(they prolly arrived in trucks used to carry sheep). Now it would be more dawlad-like if they brought in camel-herders representing all of Somalia. But as you can read above, the only camel-herders oo la soo guray like dugaag, are the cousins of Gheedi, M.Dheere, and Yey. Whatever happened to my camel-herdin' representative ? Fowr-bointi-fife, nigga Taas waxaa kaga see daran: blatant bribery-ga. I wonder how many SOL dhabo-dhilifs would attend the conference if promised $300 + airfare. Should take care of the monthly jaat bill during the Tol-ka meetings. lol, and the comical farce continues.

What you seem to overlook cuz is that the corrupt/haraan ku naax warlords and Ethiopia unfortunately Duke came as the parcel gift of getting rid of the “deadliest miltia” in Somalia. Heh. Xaraan ku nax warlords, the TFG, and Ethiopia are a indivisble entity, part and parcel of each other. Let's not try to get politically correct all of a sudden. The rest of Somalia tho roots for the 'deadliest milita'(Islamic Courts of Somalia) that has shaken the earth under clan tyrants all across Somalia. Alaa ina Nasrallahi qareeb

Besides here is some logical fallacy to note: if you really think this shir is sham as I do and that it wont achieve what Somalia needs today, why worry who attends it or who doesn’t attend it? If you believe this shir was orchestrated not by the tfg but by the powers that helped Ethiopia occupy the south, and by extension helped tfg , then what is it that you fear that the outcome of such a sham conference would change as far as the current political variables are concern? Perhaps there could be some money that will be given to the tfg! That too shouldn’t be a source of great concern for they do give money to the tfg today, and it didn’t help buy it the legitimacy it so badly desires! There really isn't any logical fallacy, Xiin. It's not too complicated, unless of course, political correctness(violence is ceeb) forces our hand. The message is simple: Stand with the Ethiopian occupiers and you, 'brother' quisling, should also bring you're kafan. It also makes strategic and tactical sense: you're destroying the plans of the dhabo-dhilifs and their Xabashi Masters. Why shouldn't the resistance disrupt this fake farce of a conference. That's the question you should ask and answer. Why let the enemy walk free and unmolested in the Somali capital city ? Other than that glaring error, the rest of your post is pretty much on-point. The Courts are indeed being out-played in the diplomatic front, but that's only to be expected. One cannot compete with a whore(man or woman) in submissive compliance to anything and everything that would further their political agenda. It's all khayr. The good fight continues, regardless of momentary mistakes and temporary weakness.

Particularly, the sort of "Case-Studies" that researches the human's and the spchological consequences that arise from a condition, such as his; which means, specifically, when a man or a woman loose his or her dignity, honour, and that sense of human's shame, all for the altar of defending the political ideology of his or her Uncle; and given his/her Uncle's political persuasion, is nothing but as that of a "Harlot-ish Political Stooge-ism" of the worst kind(and that is putting it very politely). What have I been saying all along ? Dignity ? Morals ? Honour ? Islam ? Somalia ? Humanity ? Psssssshh. Man, that ain't nothin' when it comes to Aabo Cabdullahi. Dhabo-dhilifs will never, I repeat, never fail to rationalise the unthinkable. What a warped mind-set to have in 2007.

"Somalia is under occupation right now, and people are not free to express their views," he said by telephone from Dubai. "So what's the point?" What's the point, indeed. You, unwashed Xabashi heathen, invade and occupy my country using extreme prejudice, annihilate my capital city, setup a proxy client administration that does your bidding, and then invoke said proxy admin to set-up a reconcillation conference that will only be attended by dhabo-dhilifs and their breed ? Heh. You must be smokin that green, Xabashi. Aniga iyo athiga qoriga caaridheesa aa naga dhaxayso(Get one of your yes-men to translate that for you.)

Dagaaladan mid ka mid ihi waxa uu ka dhacay 10/7/07 Badhtamaha Dagmadda Dhamaan, ee gobalka Godey, dagaalkan ayay Mujaahidiintu weerar kadis ah waxay ku qaadeen xero ay ka daganyihiin Ciidmada Tigreegu dagmadda Dhamaan waxayna halkaa ku dileen tiro badan oo ka mid ah ciidmada Wayaanaha, iyagoo halkaa ku gubay Sedex ka mid ah gawaadhida Ciidamada Itoobiya Dagaalkan kale ayaa isna ka dhacay jidka u dha xeeya Dagmadda Barmiil iyo tuuladda Gudhis, ee gobalka Nogbeed, dagaalkan oo ahaa mid dhabo gal ah oo cutub ka tirsan kuutadda Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan ay jidka ugaaleen Laba baaur oo ay wateen ciidmadda gumaysiga Tigreega ayay sheegeen inay halkaa kaga dileen 26 ka mid ah ciidmadda wayaanaha ayagoo halkaa kaga dhaawacay tiro intaa ka badan Cutubkan ayaa sheegay Alle mahadii in uuna xagooda kasoo gaaadhin wax khasaare ah haba yaraadee si nabad galiyana ahna ay ugu laabteen goobihii laga soo qorsheeyay howlgaladan Barakaysan. Of course our dhabo-dhilif contingent will mourn the losses suffered by our beloved friend and ally: the burnt armoured trucks, the dead soldiers, and all(feel free to express your feelings and commiserate with the killed 'gacal' soldiers).....but the rest of us Somali-Somalis can rejoice in another victory, or to put it in af-Soomali, 'dharbaaxo-kulul' handed to the Tigray colonial occupier. Forward march, Men of the Muqaawama.

Allamagan, D-Jabooti doesn't count because it falls under what would be called the Tigray/TFG spere of influence. It would be like holding the conference in Addis. Maybe not to that extent, but close. One example which would work: Khartoum. Why didn't anybody mention Khartoum ? Athiga tell me one good reason why Asmara won't work, beside the fact that they are christian, kaafir regimes. Jujie, I hear you, man. So basically since every effort by the ICU, be it a conference, or a armed resistance, will not be fruitful(bu ur standards), then they should just roll over and become irrelevant ? That's the next logical conclusion to your post. Sxb, inta aa aniga iyo adiga hadal hayno...Rag-baa howl iyo shaqa wadaan, shaqo oo wadan-keenii laga xorayn-lahaa. Remember that. Look, I'm not sayin don't criticise the ICU, by all means do, if it's constructive, we all need it. But let's not do the whole gloom-and-doom thing. "Oh it is all over. These wadaads are hopeless. Somalia is lost. Ethiopia is here to stay forever. We are to weak and divided. Continue Broken Record" Reading assignment: Go over Bilaal's last two posts again.

Adeer Xubsireed, You being the TFG media go-to-guy, perchance you have come across SOL's award-winning Politics section, yes ? I'm writing this letter to you to explain two things a) Your shooting was not personal. Seriously. b) If you do indeed recover(you are in our prayers. Seriously), why you shouldn't resume your mouthpiece duties. But before that, we'd appreciate if you could tell us how you felt during the shooting process. What was your reaction ? Here's how Tupac felt right after he got capped 5 times in the fall of '94: I didn't know I was shot in the head yet. I didn't feel nothing. I opened my pants, and I could see the gunpowder and the hole in my Karl Kani drawers. I didn't want to pull them down to see if my dick was still there. I just saw a hole and went, "Oh sh*t. Roll me some weed." I called my girlfriend and I was, like, "Yo, I just got shot. Call my mother and tell her." So his reaction could best be summed up as: " Oh shit, I just got shot" followed by "roll me some weed, my nigga" and finally "call my mother" What would best describe your feelings and reaction when you first got shot ? Good to hear that you're feeling better. Seriously. I'm not sure what kinda psychological/physiological effects 6 bullets in the cranium and upper&lower mandibles have, but I wish you a speedy and umcomplicated recovery. Seriously. Any jubilation you may have heard wasn't directed towards you personally but was caused by the thick irony inherent in your Grace getting shot. Like six times. In the face. Seriously. I mean, here in the ghetto, offenses like 'talkin' shit', 'runnin' his mouf, and especially, "tryna talk to ma gurl" can get one shot, maybe 3 times at the max. But six times ? Dag yo, your Grace, I don't know what you did, but you musta pissed somebody off big time. Like maybe you badmouthed a brother to his girl thinkin you're game was so tight she wouldn't snitch on you. Well, it looks like she just did. Hence, the six shots heard throughout cyberdom. Anyway, a) It wasn't personal, adeer. It was business. And in business, you gotsa pay what you owe. If you run up your tab, you can't expect to walk around scot-free, now can you ? It's just bad for business. If your boss-man starts sellin on my corner, and you still rollin with him..Bof y'all a legit target, on General Principles(GP). If you got an key from me yesterday, turn around, cut it up, and make a quick buck, without coughing up what's mine....That's also bad for business. In effect, anything you do that pisses me off is bad for business. So from what I'm hearin', whoever did you, had legitimate beef. And the G-Code gives him uncontested authority to deal with you, and I quote, how he sees fit. Now when you combine bad business practices with stuff like "talkin shit behind my back, callin' me Al-Quaida, poppin' at the mouth for too long". Well, that makes for one heated brothaman, ready for payback. And for the record, he got paid. There's also the not-so-small word on the block that says you'sa Snitch. As you well know, Snitch + Bad business = short life expectancy. b) Now, personally, I really don't think it's smart to court death...if you're not ready to die. Making the same moves guarantees the same results, expedited entry to the next world, fast-track to hellfire, in your case. So...why bait the brothers ? The more you talk crap about Al-Quaida, the more you big up your man, who everybody knows is the biggest snitch in the whole of ghetto-dom, the jucier target you present yourself to be. So, Adeer, quit while you're still ahead. Tupac didn't*, and he got had for good the 2nd time around. Thing's like a Boomerang...miss ya the first time, getcha on the way back. *Major distinction: Tupac wasn't a snitch and he died with his boots on.

I'm not arguing that point. It may not be the most politically astute move to make. But the leadership have their reasons. They're on the ground, we're not. They have access to information we don't. Plus, there's a difference between travelling to a TV interview(Al-Jazeera) or limited conference and Qatar allowing you to setup shop as the counterweight to the TFG. Asmara is what they got now. That'll do....for now.

What about the 'government' that carpet-bombs it's own capital to rubble, massacres it's own citizens, and forces half a million to seek shelter under trees ? What do you call that, Naxar ?

Not being able to travel there...That's a good reason. Well, actually not. Know why ? Because no other country will host the ICU. Not Saudi, Not Qatar, Not Dubai, Not Egypt. So where do you want them to go ? Still haven't heard a viable alternative(Djbouti, doesn't count). Brah, be reasonable. If it comes to perception & image, walagaa qayli badan yahay. How do you compete with them on that platform when they have all the cards(bleating Al-Qaacida 24/7) Although politically important(image), the focus now should be on practical stuff, tangible stuff. Even if this conference is a failure...it's a first step. There will be many more to come. This halgan is not a error-free process. Many mistakes will be made, we will learn from them.

Che..I fully agree, there should be a massive diplomatic push aimed at winning over the clan leaders.....but not when they're fully in the pocket of the Tigrays & warlords. They have become part of the enemy that must be combated. M.Dheere is a clan leader...Should he be spared out of fear of alienating his clan ? Doesn't work that way. But I agree, in general, resistance alone won't be sufficient. Why is Mogadisho fighting alone ? It's not, but that's were it's 'hot' currently. That's were the TFG is, that's where the Tigrays are. Destroy(or seriously weaken) the TFG/Tigray alliance and you've just freed Somalia. Doesn't make tactical sense to spread yourself thin and open multiple frontlines. But you can best believe that, in short notice, the fight can erupt anywhere from Bosaaso, Galkacyo, all the way down to Kismayo. Geel-Jire, Maybe so, but any clan elders/nabadoon that attends or plans to, this fake conference is already bought and bagged by the Tigrays. Doolar aa usoo carfay and he came running like a dog promised treats. So if he bakhtis on Sunday, good riddance. You've been warned not to stand next the Xabashi occupiers, adeer nabadoon Nobody's emulating Zarqawi and his car-bombs that target civillians just because they're Shia. That's crazy and barbaric. These ciyaal-ka xaafada boyz are fighting for Somalia future(respect that), not bombing Shia civillians, or their Somali counterparts.

Bilaal is on-point here and cleanin' up house with his posts. The rest of y'all ?...waxaaa maqasheen 'political analyst' aa la iska dhigaa miyaa ? Lol@armchair generals-ka. You have all failed to make the case why Asmara is a wrong venue to hold a conference or to be the base of the Anti-occupation efforts. You have no alternative(I heard a weak Djbouti suggestion) location. I guess all that's left to put forth is the fallacious Ethiopia = Eritera, thus ICU = TFG. Been a said a million times but you lot need to hear the lecture again: Asmara is not occupying Somali land(Addis is). Asmara is not torturing, starving, imprisoning Somali people(Addis is). Asmara has no imperial designs on Somalia(Addis has for centuries). Asmara has not been playing off warlords against each other, to keep all them weak, and in perpetual servitude to it's arms & ammunition( Addis has, ever since '91). So, um, enlighten me. How is Asmara anything but good news for us ? Does it crave our land ? Does it want our oil ? Our interests are aligned: weakening(and eventually destroying) Ethiopia. How is that a bad thing So guess what....this christian kaafir regime is our best friend today...and guess what again...WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR IT. Bullshit-ka naga kala yareeya... and provide a intellectually honest argument. "We-criticize-the-TFG-therefore-to-appear-impartial-and-neutral-we-also-have-to-critcize-the-ICU-no-matter-how-ridiculous-it-sounds" is not wax nin wayn oo ku hadlo.

Originally posted by Caravaggio: I don't see any point in attacking the venue of this so called reconcialation. And this insurgency seems to lack the broad support it needs to succeed and proper leadership to guide it through these difficult times. All attacks perpetuated by the insurgency only seem to maim Somalis. And I'm begining to question if there's an actaul insurgency? The point in attacking this venue is simple and really isn't hard to understand, Che: Anybody that stands with the Tigray occupation will be cut down and gutted like a fish. Mogadisho is a war-zone. Any 'Naba-doon' that stands with the goverment needs to understand that he is implicitly pledging allegiance to the Occupation, thus being a legitimate target. You wanna be a 'nabad-doon' statesman ? Do it outside of Mogadisho and Somalia, which is now effectively, a battlefront. Throw urself into Etho arms, at your own peril. Nin loo digey lama dhilin. Also, next time, please provide a viable alternative to the ongoing resistance before criticizing it. Nitpicking-ka iska dhaaf, sxbow, waa kula talinaa.

JIJIGA, Ethiopia - The gray-faced young man lying in bed number 15 of the run-down local hospital wasn't much of a talker. In truth, few people are these days in Jijiga, a desert town whose tense streets are patrolled by swarms of Ethiopian police. But Nur Omar Ali, 25, whose neck was patched with dingy bandages, had a particularly good reason for being silent. His throat had been cut. He'd been attacked and left for dead nine days earlier at his remote village. When he was asked to identify his assailants, the camel herder's eyes shined with hate. "Christians," rasped Nur, clamping a hand to his stitched-up neck. "Ethiopian soldiers." Human-rights groups and media reports accuse Ethiopia -- a key partner in Washington's battle against terrorism in the volatile Horn of Africa -- of burning villages, pushing nomads off their lands and choking off food supplies in a harsh new campaign of collective punishment against a restive ethnic Somali population in the ******, a vast wilderness of rocks and thorns bordering chaotic Somalia. One man in that raw frontier outpost described walking eight days through the bush to escape a war-ruined zone called Fik, where he claimed he saw torched and depopulated villages. And a displaced camel herder told how his village close to the Somalia border had been emptied by the Ethiopian army and its residents trucked to garrison towns such as Shilabo, a counterinsurgency tactic once used by the U.S. in Vietnam, and meant to deprive the rebels of their civilian support base. "They loaded people into trucks and just abandoned them there," said Farah, 60, who like most people in Jijiga refused to give his full name for fear of police reprisal. "They treated us like animals." 'People are actually starving' The Ethiopian army has locked down immense swaths of the ******, blocking all roads and smuggling trails to commercial traffic, and thus triggering desperate food shortages in a desert already prone to famines. A teacher from the central ****** town of Kebredehar said most shops in that area had closed for lack of stocks. The prices of remaining foodstuffs such as rice, he said, had rocketed 400 percent -- far out of reach of ordinary ******is Boy, They sure do love us Somalis eh ? What ? You don't believe me ? Like, you actually believe this sensational reporting by the Chicago Tribune....those left-wing pink commie nut-jobs ? Shucks, here's the advisor to his Eminence Zenawi himself, Mr. Bereket Simon. We don't see any basic violations of human rights," said Bereket Simon, an adviser to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. "Abusing the people doesn't make sense. You abuse people and they look to the subversives. It's counterproductive Told'ja so. Straight quote from his Grace to you, paranoid neighbor-hating nomads: They don't torture the shit out of Somalis. Period. Friends wouldn't do that to friends. These guys are our strategic allies. We go back a long time, a loving neighborly relationship spanning centuries and centuries. I just don't understand what these ONLF boys are fighting for.....this thing called 'freedom'(whatever the heck that is). What's so wrong with bearing the easy heel of an Ethiopian boot ? While I'm at it....what's so wrong with just accepting their damn patronage, fer cryin' outloud ? Look at the rest of us Somalis, we got with the program and, today, we got it gooooooood. Guess what...Our Ethiopian friends have been generous enough to protect our major cities like Mogadisho, Bosaaso, and Kismayo(although the terrorists took this city back.) from the terrorist enemy. An fearsome dastardly enemy that can walk on water and can spew flames of fire. Some people may say we happen to be slaves, that we have signed away Somali sovereignty and that history will never forgive our infamy. SO WHAT ? I quote Adeer Gheedi in saying "Tigraay-ga waa cid Tol-ka ah. Reer Abti baa loo yahay Ab-tiris-ka markee aa sii-fiican loo soo baaray, ilmo-abti ilmo-habreed baan ku soo baxnay. Marna waa in-laws baa isko nahay. Marka Tol-ka hala soo dhaweeyo" There you have it. They are our family. Blood trumps it all. Break out the canjeera, waryaaya.

Hiiraan's comments section is usually filled with tribal rants, but every now and then, you come across a really good post. Here's a nomad commenting on the thrice-postponed $32 million dollar 'reconcilliation' party and it's chairman Ali Mahdi Doesn't he know this is the biggest war lord satisfying meeting? What is he trying to say that war lords are out of the picture? Incase he has some form of amnesia, let me remind him this reconciliation meeting is designed to satisfy war lords from A-Z.Who organized & decided the agendas of this meeting? Who insisted that it takes place in Mogadishu under Ethiopian tanks? Who insisted on making the theme of the gathering tribal reconciliation & not political one? Who appointed Ali Mahdi & the others running the show? He is right all efforts to reconcile Somalis was sabotaged by war lords for 17 years but he forgot to mention they are dictating on this one & all indications are, it is business as usual. Warlords. Warlords. Warlords. Warlords. Warlords. The vampires that have been sucking the lifeblood out of Somalia for 17 years now plan to continue their stranghold on power, this time under the garb of a dawladnimo and fowr-bointi-fife. The TFG was designed from ground-up to reward and maintain the warlord stranglehold on Somalia. A collection of depraved old men, genocidal killers, war criminals, and clannists all wishing the resistance to go away so that they can host their lil power trip party. There's no escaping it. You, brave n' lonely TFG supporter, are on the same side as the killin' n' lootin' warlords. You know, the baddie bad guys before they busted a U-turn and magically transformed into strong upstanding law-and-order figures. Our guys. Yup, them folks.

^ I think they called it: tired old defend-by-pointing-fingers-at-'the others' approach ... been a lil while for me too. Former defense minister Col. Barre "Hirale" Adan Shire, who was targeted with a car bomb earlier this week, has accused Gedi and President Yusuf of being behind it . Inner City Press asked Gedi about the charge. "Normal banditry," he said in response. Later on in a follow-up session, the dentally challenged PM said "Well basically, we were eliminating undesirable elements, like the Honourable Ex-Defense Minister, who for some yet-unknown-reason, refused to join in the glorious pacification of Mogadisho by smiling Ethiopian troops, my in-laws, if you must really know" Jokes aside tho, 32 million dollars is an obscene amount of money for a reconcilliation conference(that nobody's gonna attend in the first place) I appreciate the honesty of some TFG-supporters(this is one cubersome alternative to dhabo-dhilif, I'm tryna be nice tho, give me something that's easy to type ), can they shed some light on who exactly is gonna get what ? I mean, I wanna know how much my representative in the TFG is getting ?

^ Lol, that was funny, and kinda true, going by the rumours of Riyaale's sudden um wealth.....but at the same time, it's the tired old defend-by-pointing-fingers-at-'the others' approach. "You thought we're some greedy-@$$ embezzelers out for a quick buck from the UN......Look at HIM !!!" Bada-bim Bang Another example: "You think we're traitors to the Somali cause ? Look at them(Riyaale & SL), they wanna secede and destroy our way of life(gasp!)" lol, same ol shit.

Somebody's stuck, spinning wildly, casting mud, but stuck nevertheless. Throw out a few more names while you continue to dodge the 'pacification' analogy. Notice that even Duke ain't tryna defend his slip-of-tongue ? Pacification = shelling & shooting anything that moves, by Adeer Yey and Adeer Zenawi. He's cool with that description. You should be too. Now's not the time to grow a spine(among other things). Wear the badge proudly, abti.

^ Oh boy. Colonial, Imperial. Potatoe, Potater, Tomatoe, Tomater...Catch the pattern ? or does this call for another far waa weyn presentation(spare me please). Imperial Ethiopia, coloniser of Somali Galbeed, Oromo-land, and Eritria(just recently)....is now occupying Somalia proper. I know it's appealing to get stuck in semantics when you can't really say anything else. It's all good tho. I appreciate the gallant effort.

^^Come on now, Emp. I barely mentioned Adeer Yey . Don't pull a Dukie now. Focus on 3 far waa weyn points. Not my obsessions(or lackthereof) Usheeg kuwaan, Faarax-ow. I mean, I'm amazed...need a stronger word..flabbergasted by the ease and lack of concience that the TFG-supporters play verbal gymnastics with Somalia, it's people, and their plight. Shalay inta. Manta Xaga. Anything, anything that might(it mostly backfires) help Adeer Yey or Adeer Gheedi(Where u guyz at ? Maxaa la aamusan-teheen ? ) is posted without the slightest tinge of xishood, no matter how slanderous, deceitful, hypocritical, or plain logically impossible(as in this thread). Man, musta be somethin, to be able to check out your ethics, morals, and humanity as easy as taking a dump. Carry on, macsharal TFG, by all means, carry on. Just keep the propoganda on the cyber-level and don't catch any real-life aspirations....umm like..whatchamcallit...yeah...shot-6-times-once-for-each-hundreds-of lies Xuubsireed/Idaamale.com