the maji-maji rebellion in tanzania was a result of widespread believe among certain tribes they had the "maji" that will be able to protect them from being killed by bullets. The rebellion ended miserbly needless to say...100 years later we have some other african trying to do the same shidh. It is not ignorance but PLAIN ********* and gullibility.

Walaal Xarbi War la'aani waa dhego laaan. Markas na rer-somaliland waxay garteen, Waa baahan tahay bakhtiga looma cuno. Somaliland can not be built upon somali galbeed repression. But on the other hand the ONLF is not and never will be freedom movement for somali galbeed. why remove the W from WSLF to O for there own clan. As well as all the nonsense about the hawd. Safullah maybe we will debate it more indepth on another day.

Bisinka ........falaalug!!! Walaal jamal-11 bal tasi na imacney! loool

Finally the ethiopians show there hand...what a load of un-mitigated trash Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have had deep historical roots in Ethiopia. If we take Islam, for instance, we could say that Ethiopians have been associated with it from the very beginning of Muslim history. The much needed protection that the Ethiopians provided to the early followers of the Prophet Muhammed, and their refusal to hand them over to their enemies, as well as the logistical support they made available to the Prophet, occupy a special place in the history of Islam. Moreover, Umm Ayman, the Prophet Muhammad’s wet nurse, Bilal ibn Rabah, the first Muezzin who called Muslims to prayer, Caliph Omar al- Khattab’s mother, as well as Amir ibn al-As, who conquered Egypt in 640 A.D., and Abu Bakra, who led the siege on Taif, and many others, were all Ethiopians. It should be noted also that the great majority of Ethiopian Muslims are followers of Sunni Islam. Since there is religious tolerance in the country, Ethiopians have managed to escape destructive religious conflicts, which have become prevalent in many parts of the world. Lately, however, there has been a new development in the country, which, unless timely measures are taken to check it, could ultimately be a destabilizing factor in the region. This destabilizing factor, which, next to oil, has become the major export item of Saudi Arabia – is called Wahabism. As the whole world knows, Saudi Arabia is a fundamentalist state. The type of Islam that it preaches and practices is not Sunni Islam that we have lived with for centuries in Ethiopia, and that has become an integral part of our culture and history, but Wahabism - a terrorist and violent form of Islam, that is responsible for the slaughter of thousands of innocent lives throughout the world. Despite this, hundreds of mosques have been built in Ethiopia in the last seven years with Saudi finance with all the paraphernalia of madrassas - supposedly Muslim religious seminaries where students seat cross-legged on the floor to memorize the Koran. But in actual fact, madrassas are brain washing sessions and jihad factories nurturing potential bin Ladens, where students are taught not to live under “infidels”, and to hate Christians and Jews as a matter of religious duty. All the Saudi financed Mullahs- the directors of the madrassas are anti-American, anti-Christian and anti-Jewish. Why people should be taught to hate other people is beyond me. Nevertheless, planting the seeds of hatred in the minds of our youth goes contrary to our cultural values and principles. After the madrassas, innocent Ethiopian kids are taken to various countries in the Middle East for military training, and then return home to participate in the meticulously planned and widely coordinated jihad. So far, some 5,000 have already been trained. Incidentally, Shiite Iran is an active participant in this international brigandage. Since such activities have serious implications to the independence, peace and security of the country, we need to bring an end to it, before it takes deep roots. The Saudis claim that Wahabism is a religion of peace and tolerance. But the truth is, what they say is a ridiculous fiction that is not borne by facts. The history of Wahabism has been a history of jihad, plunder, conquest, intolerance and violence. One has only to read the history of Wahabism and to investigate what its followers like Bin Laden are doing throughout the world. Their cruelty and barbarism, and their lies and hypocrisy, know no bounds. Historically, Wahabism is associated with the removal of head stones from the graves of the members of the family of the Prophet Muhammed, and the desecration of Sheite shrines in Najaz and Karbala in Iraq, and the struggle for power in what was yet to become Saudi Arabia. Once its followers took power, they did whatever they could to destroy Ethiopia. Every Ethiopian knows this. For example, the secessionist war in Eritrea (1958-1991), which was designed to make Ethiopia land-locked, was largely financed by Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Saudi finance made it possible for Somalia to invade Ethiopia in 1977- 1978. The Saudi authorities may deny this, but it is widely documented. White gloves will never hide blood stained hands. The western world is just waking up to the truth and reality of Wahabism. But Ethiopians have known it for too long. Nothing has changed, not even their irrationality. But then, one should not expect anything rational from 1,500 princes who multiply from within. Rational things can only be discussed with rational people. Despite what our country had done to save Islam from extinction, our fate became provocation, subversion, terrorism, out right aggression and economic blockade, as a way of expressing their “gratitude” to us. Let us note that these horrendous acts of barbarism have all been done against Ethiopia, in violation of the teachings and instructions of the Prophet Muhammad. Yet, they call themselves followers of the Prophet, and “custodians of the Holy Places of Islam.” They wanted to covert us to Wahabism against our will, and we fiercely resisted them, for which they have never excused us. The Wahabists know that they will never defeat Ethiopia militarily. Since they recognize that their aggression will be fiercely resisted by the people of Ethiopia, they have now changed their tactics and want to conquer us through deceit, or so they hope, without even firing a single bullet. Mentioning the 1974 mass rally in Addis Ababa might help the Saudis to understand how Ethiopian Muslims and Christians relate with one another. In 1974, thousands of Ethiopian Christians joined their Muslim brothers and sisters in a demonstration in Addis Ababa, demanding equality between the two religions - something which cannot even be conceived in Saudi Arabia, or anywhere in the Arab world. One cannot, for example, imagine Egyptian Muslims demonstrating in the streets of Cairo supporting the rights of the Copts of Egypt, and still less, demanding for equality between Christians and Muslims in that country. For Wahabists, a secular state like Ethiopia that strives to create the conditions where Christians and Muslims live in peace and equality is not acceptable. Why? Because Wahabism is a religion of power. Its adherents believe that they have a command from Allah to rule the entire world and to lord every nation on earth, and to force the rest of mankind to submit to them. To that end, they use the Jihad to overthrow the system of any non-Muslim country in order to establish Wahabi authority. Hence, the individual has no right to have a religion of his choice. Because of such a mind set, wherever they are, Wahabists are at war against non-Wahabists. Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, India, Yugoslavia, Russia, the USA, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Indonesia, the Philippines, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Egypt, Cyprus, Nubia, Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria are only a few examples. Now they want to add Ethiopia to their list. Wahabists do not allow Christians to build churches in Saudi Arabia. Why? Because to borrow their own language, the “infidels” will be “polluting” the “Holy soil” of Islam. Why then should they be allowed to build their mosques in the Christian world? King Faisal once requested the permission of Emperor Haile Selassie to let Saudi Arabia build mosques in Ethiopia. The emperor’s reply was, “yes, why not. But in return, Ethiopia should be permitted to build churches in Mecca, Medina and Nadjiran – places with which Ethiopians have historic ties.” There and then, Faisal dropped the subject and the matter was never raised again. Had they raised the same question to President Mengistu Haile Mariam, no doubt, his reply would have been equally appropriate. Today, however, it is a different story. Ethiopia is ruled by a sinister, treacherous and cynical clique that has no obligation to the maintenance of the unity and territorial integrity of the country, and stills less, to the defence and security of the Ethiopian state. Saudi Arabia wants a free ride. It takes advantage of opportunities offered by liberal democratic societies to spread its poisonous Wahabism in the USA, Europe, Africa, and elsewhere by building mosques. Yet, American, European, and African missionaries will not be permitted to build churches in Saudi Arabia. As far as Riyadh is concerned, life is a one-way street. There is no reciprocity, and no competition in ideas, and there will be none. One would have hoped that religion was a struggle to win the hearts and minds of individuals, but not for Saudi Arabia. Its religion is an instrument for subversion, penetration, terrorism, domination and colonization. For example, by taking advantage of the unfortunate economic conditions of the downtrodden Ethiopian masses, the Saudi Embassy in Addis Ababa is busy bribing people to convert to Islam. The usual amount that they pay is 5,000 birr, which is some $600.00 A friend of mine who attends school in San Francisco went home for vacation to Ethiopia and returned to California a couple of weeks ago. Among other things, here is what he told me: “I drove from Addis Ababa to Asebe Teferie, a distance of 350 kms (217miles). Where there were only two or three mosques in the past, now, I could see more than one hundred mosques. Then, I returned back and drove from Addis Ababa to Shashimene, a distance of some 250 kms (155 miles), again to see another 130 brand new mosques. At the end of each trip, I made it a point to ask, “ Who built the mosques?” Invariably, the answer was the same – Saudi Arabia. Then he asked me, “what do this people want? What is their secret agenda?” I said to him, “the agenda is no longer secret. Saudi Arabia’s Wahabism is exploiting the poverty of our people and spreading its ugly tentacles to take over Ethiopia.” However, the question is: who opened the doors of Ethiopia to Wahabism? Who authorized Saudi Arabia to do what it is doing today in Addis Ababa, and in the provinces of Shoa, Wollo, Gondar, Arusi, Wollega, Jimma, Harar, Sidamo, and indeed in the entire south? How much bribe did the Saudis have to pay to the corrupt and criminal authorities, who were brought to power with Saudi finance? What is even more surprising is that they wanted to build a mosque in Axum – a city where hardly any Muslims live. By opening Ethiopia’s doors to Wahabists, the ruling clique in Ethiopia has been collaborating with international terrorists. Saudi Arabia is governed by an absolute monarchy. It has no constitution. No political parties and trade unions are permitted to function. Public floggings and amputations are common. The subjugation of women in that country is so mind-boggling, that they are not even permitted to drive cars. More than 2, 000 years ago, a Greek scholar named Eratosthenes, who served as a librarian in Alexandria, had calculated the circumference of the earth as being 24, 675 miles. He was almost accurate. He missed the actual figure by only 185 miles. Yet, today, in Wahabi Saudi Arabia, the grand mufti, Sheik Abdel Aziz Bin Baz, the chief jurist who has the authority to issue legal edicts called “fatwa”, could declare in 1990, that “the earth was not round, but flat.” In contrast, Ethiopia is a country where a popular socialist revolution took place, which Saudi Arabia did everything in its power to subvert, abort and destabilize by paying millions of dollars (1974-1991), and where a series of political, cultural, and social revolutions continue to be carried out. There are hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian liberals, democrats, republicans, socialists, constitutional monarchists, social democrats and Marxists, organized in some twenty political parties competing for power. If the Saudi authorities have been wrongly informed by their agents about the reality in Ethiopia, then they should check their facts. Unlike the unfortunate Saudi women, Ethiopian women have always been equal to men. In the past, they served their country as heads of state and government, and even led armies in battle. Today, Ethiopian women serve as air force fighter and bomber pilots, tank commanders, parliamentarians, ambassadors, university professors, medical doctors, engineers, lawyers, journalists, and so on. They compete in world Olympics and win gold or silver medals. We have every intention to intensify the democratization process in our country. Our present economic difficulties, which would surely pass, cannot be exploited by Wahabists to distort and to pervert our cultural values. Saudi Arabia will be strongly advised to keep its hands off Ethiopia. We did not struggle against every conceivable colonialist and imperialist power in the past, and to come thus far, only to succumb to Saudi Arabian Wahabism. That would be an insult to our history and culture. The system that prevails in Saudi Arabia may be good for Saudi Arabia, but not for Ethiopia. We find it offensive to human freedom and dignity. It is absolutely unacceptable to our way of life. Wahabism has no place in our society. The sooner the ruling circles in Saudi Arabia realize this fact and leave us alone, the better. The Wahabi threat to Ethiopia should be a matter of serious concern to the international community. Wahabism should not be permitted to play with fire. If the present trend is allowed to continue, it will have serious consequences for international peace and security. It will lead into an endless civil war in the country between Wahabists and Christians, and between Sunnis and Wahabists, and engulf the whole of Africa in turmoil. All this calls for a systematic and thorough investigation. We need to petition European parliamentarians and individual United States Senators and members of the House of Representatives, so that Saudi Arabia’s violation of Ethiopia’s security, sovereignty, and national independence, is raised at the United Nations, the United States Congress, as well as in the European Parliament. In this respect, I suggest that we write to the Secretary General of the United Nations, the United States Congress, and to the European Parliament, requesting that fact-finding missions be dispatched to Ethiopia as soon as possible. ETHIOMEDIA.COM - ETHIOPIA'S PREMIER NEWS AND VIEWS WEBSITE

Eritrea Providing Military Training For Hundreds Of ONLF Fighters Hargeisa (SL Times) An Operation for smuggling insurgents into Ethiopia foiled as Somaliland security forces arrest 34 Eritrea-trained ONLF Combatants and uncover infiltration route running through Djibouti and Somaliland. Hargeisa (SL Times) – The Somaliland Security Forces have foiled an operation for smuggling a group of combatants with suspected ONLF ties into eastern Ethiopia. All the group’s 34 members were arrested by the police. The arrests were believed to have taken place between Nov 29 and Dec 1, 2003. The 34 suspects were remanded in custody on Thursday (Dec 4) by a Hargeisa court. According to Somaliland Police Commissioner Mohamed Egeh, state prosecutors will deal with the case in front of a Somaliland Court. The arrested men were expected to be at least charged with endangering the country’s national security and violating the country’s immigration laws. According to police sources, a number of suspects have already confessed that all members of their group belonged to the ****** National Liberation Movement, an armed militia group fighting the Ethiopian government in areas inhabited by the ****** clan in the Somali state of Ethiopia known as Zone 5. Though police investigations are still under way, all those who had been interrogated so far, confessed that they underwent military training in Eritrea and came to Somaliland via Djibouti. According to sources close to the police, the suspects were among the first batch of ONLF combatants to graduate from Kalena and Addis Maskal training camps in Eritrea. Between 700 and 1200 ONLF recruits were receiving training at the two camps. The batch consisting of 100 men divided into 3 sub-groups was planned to infiltrate into Ethiopia through Djibouti and then Somaliland. At least one of the remaining two sub-groups made up of 33 men each was confirmed to have left Hargeisa for the Ethiopian border by end of last month. However, shortly after crossing into Ethiopia on the night of Nov 27, this sub-group was intercepted within the vicinity of Bali-Gubadle village about 80km south of Hargeisa. In the ensuing fighting, 2 ONLF insurgents were reportedly killed while another 2 were taken prisoner. A group of nomads from the area were believed to have joined the fighting along side the Ethiopian Security Forces. One of the nomads was confirmed dead while another was wounded. It was not yet known whether the Ethiopian regular security forces had take any casualties as a result of the clash. The remaining ONLF fighters (30) managed to escape going south into Zone five's hinterland. They were again intercepted at Dusmo, about 200km south of Hargeisa, located between Aware and Dhagahbur. The Ethiopians were reported to have lost 6 men in this clash. Dusmo is located in an area inhabited by member of the ****** clan. Ordinary Somalilanders were shocked by the news that the ONLF was using Somaliland territories for staging infiltration operations. They were also angered by the ONLF Chairman's statement on Tuesday, that his group will respond to the Hargeisa arrests by taking reprisals against Somaliland nomads in Zone 5. Though the ****** co-inhabit Zone 5 with other Somali groups, the ONLF chairman claimed that the whole territory belonged only to members of his clan. Already a number of Isaaak men were reported to have been killed by Ogadeeni insurgents in various parts of Zone 5. The ONLF chairman (Mr. Mohammed Omar Osman) who lives in London was interviewed by the BBC Somali Service on Tuesday. He served under the regime of Somalia’s former dictator, Siyad Barre, in the position of Admiral of the Somali Navy.

Ambassador Cawil oo Axmed-Siilaanyo ku eedeeyey in uu ka dambeeyey dilalkii hoggaamiyeyaal SNM ahaa – Aadan-Shiine iyo Cabdiqaadir Koosaar. Hargeysa (Jam)- Wasiirka Wasaaradda Maaliyadda Somaliland, Md. Xuseen Cali Ducaale (Cawil), ayaa shir jaraa’id oo uu shalay ku qabtay xafiiskiisa si kulul ugu weeraray Guddoomiyaha Xisbiga Mucaaradka ah ee KULMIYE, Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud (Siilaanyo), waxana Wasiirku ku eedeeyey Siilaanyo in uu ka dambeeyey dilalkii Muj. Aadan Sheekh Maxamed (Aadan-shiine) iyo Muj. Cabdiqaadir Koosaar, oo dilalkoodu ka dhaceen 1987kii magaalooyinka Jigjiga iyo Mustaxiil, ee dalka Itoobiya, iyaga oo ka mid ahaa saraakiishii hoggaaminaysay ciidamadii SNM, kana soo qabtay xilalka Guddoomiyaha iyo Guddoomiye-ku-xigeenka SNM. Mudane Cawil, waxa uu tilmaamay in ay hayaan warar sugan, sidaa daraadeedna ay u saarayaan Guddi baadha arrintaas maxkamadna la horgeyn doono. Waxa kale oo Md. Cawil uu sheegay in Col. Cabdillaahi Yuusuf ku dilay Itoobiya gudaheeda saraakiil dhawr ah oo ka tirsanaa ururkii SSDF. Ambassador Cawil, oo daba socday hadal uu Axmed Siilaanyo u jeediyey taageerayaasha xisbiga KULMIYE ee magaalada Bristol ee dalka Ingiriiska, oo uu ku yidhi; “Qofkii lagu tuhunsan yahay in uu ka qaybgalay xasuuqii shacbiga Somaliland in aan mansab siyaasadeed loo dhiibin.” Waxana Wasiirku hadalkiisii ku bilaabay sidan: “Nin masuul ahi in uu waxaas ku hadlo ma aha, waa in uu gartaa doorashadii way dhammaatay, shan sanno waa berrito in aad sharaf mudan tahay, oo miisaan leedahay, oo dawladda dhaliisheeda si sharaf leh u sheegto, oo tallooyin siinayso, oo berrito haddii uu guulaysto ay iyaguna sidaas oo kale ula shaqeeyaan, iminka habkaa sii deji ma garanayo. Haddii dawladdii Maxamed Siyaad Barre [soomaaliya] ayuu hebel ka shaqaynayey dembi tahay dawlad Soomaaliyeed bay ahayd, isaguba [siilaanyo] saddex iyo toban (13) sannadood ayuu Wasiir ka ahaa, waa Wasiirkii ugu muddada dheeraa, markii la eryey buu SNM u shaqo tegay, xataa markii uu joogay isma casilin. Haddii ciddi dembi ka gashay ummadda runtaan isu sheegaynaa, xaqiiqdaanu taabsiinaynaa, waan ka leex-leexanay, waan ka xishoonay, dib dambe uga xishoon mayno. Haddii dembiile ummaddani leedahay dembiilaha koowaad waa Siilaanyo, dembiile kale ma jiro dalkan. Warar sugan baanu haynaa in uu dilkii Cabdiqaadir Koosaar iyo Aadan-shiine ka dambeeyey, waxaanu haynaa in uu iska hortaagay in baadhitaan lagu sameeyo, waxaanu haynaa in uu Itoobiya u qoray waa arrin SNM u taalla ee yaan la soo farogelin. Ninka jecel in uu jiro Siilaanyo way dhibaysaa, laakiin run baan isu sheegaynaa. Cabdillaahi Yuusuf saraakiil buu dilay. Kornayl ilgiir, Gaaweyto, Abshir, Cabdiraxmaan Caydiid (Dhadhable) iyo Maxamed Xuseen, intaa marka uu marayo ayaa Mingiste [Madaxweynihii hore ee Itoobiya] baadhitaan sameeyey ay leeyihiin ninkaa ha la xidho, waxaas buu sameeyey, dunuubtaas buu galay, ninkii waa saaxiibkeen oo wuu innagu xidhanyahay, laakiin dunuub buu galay, saraakiil buu laayey gudahay ku tuureen, isaguna [siilaanyo] waxa uu ka baqay in gudaha [Xabsiga] lagu tuuro. Cabdillaahi Yuusuf fikirkaas ma helin. Dembiilaha koowaad ee ummaddani waa Siilaanyo. Ta labaad, lix sanno ayuu Guddoomiyaha SNM ahaa, Diri-dhaba ayuu fadhiyi jiray, qaadhaankii ummadda masaakiinta ah u soo ururin jirtay buu Diri-dhaba ku cunayey oo ku cabbayey, taasina waa dembi. 1988kii, Jabhadii [sNM] waa tii soo gashay dalka, London buu u cararay, waa dembi uu ummadda ka galay. Guddoomiyihii dhammaa halkii uu ummaddiisa dhex fadhiyi lahaa waxa uu u cararay London. Niman mujaahidiin ah oo aan dembi gelin, oo la yaqaanno, oo hebel iyo hebel ah buu xabsiga Harar ku riday, waa dembi uu ummaddan ka galay. Halgankii baa lagu jiray, dal baa la xorreynayay kuwii garbaha iyo baalasha kuu ahaa haddaad gudaha [xabsiga] ku tuurto oo xabsi Itoobiya leedahay u quudho, oo ay yihiin Kornaylo la wada garanayo, saamaxaadna muu weydiisan, waxay sheegeen in uu yidhi; isaamaxa,” iyaga oo xabsiga ku jira dagaalkii 1988kii, markii la galayey ay ku keliftay in uu soo saaro. Labada garab ee SNM, ninka sameeyey ee SHIISH iyo CALANCAS isaga [siilaanyo] ayuu ahaa, nin aanan warsan ma jiro, labada garab-ba waxay yidhaahdeen isaga ayaa abuuray CALANCASTA iyo SHIISHTA, waa tii ina dabartay ee halgankii dhibtay ee aan dalka la soo galnay ee isku dilnay. Dembiile miyaanu ahayn ninkaasi [siilaanyo]? Ta Cabdiqaadir Koosaar iyo Aadan-Shiine, Guddi baadhitaan ah ayaanu u samayn, waanu dabageli, wax badan baanu ka ogaan, haddii ay ku caddaato Lillaahi xabsiga ayaanu u taxaabaynaa. Cidna kaga habran mayno, waxkasta ha noqotee haddii ay ku caddaato oo uu lug ku lahaa oo wararka sii sugno, Guddigaas baa baadhi, iyaga ayaa mujaahidiintii wax weydiin, reerkii bay wax weydiin, beelihii ay ka socdeen bay wax weydiin, haddii ay ku caddaato maxkamad baanu geynaynaa. Markii laba beelood Saaxil [berbera] isku dileen, rag odayaal ah baa u tegay oo beeshiisa ka socda oo ku yidhi labadaa reer ee Berbera isku haysta ee is dilaya aan heshiisiino, caguhuu dhulka ugu dhuftay, wuxuu ku yidhi; “La heshiisiin maayo labadaa beelood midna khayr ma laha ha isku dhammaadeen.” Ma ninkaas ayaa innaga doonaya inuu inoo taliyo, oo Madaxweyne dalka ka noqdo? ee weli waxaa ku hadlaya doorashadii oo laba bilood laga joogo. Bishii February 2003, bay ahayd markii aan u jawaabay ee aan idhi; “Siilaanyow MA [shahaado sare] baan haystaa naga daa CV-ga aad UN shaqo kaga raadsanayso ma aha ee. Dareen siyaasadeed baa la rabaa iyo maskax aad dalka ku hagayso qaar PHD haysta baa nala jooga, wax kale noo sheeg.” Edna [Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda] ha uga dego [Rayaale], Siraad [Guddoomiye-ku-xigeenka labaad ee KULMIYE] adigu [siilaanyo] uga deg. Xasuuqa Waloweyn baa qaadatay, adduunkii baa aqbalay, dhabarkaynu u saarnay, waynu ku shaambadaynay, Xabaalihii Malko-durduro baynu tusnay, adigu ha innagu soo celin, waxaynu u rarnay dad aynu is hayno, oo col nahay, oo culayskooda qaadi kari waayey, adigu ha u khafiifin, haddii aanad dan kale lahayn ha u hiilin oo ha noqon Faysal baa rag laayey. Waa hadallada ay ku dacwoodaan Koonfurtu oo ay leeyihiin Malko-durduro dadka ku aasan ee ay dadka tusayaan waa lafihii Oromadii iyo dadkii kale ee Koonfurta ee ay laayeen, halkii ay ku aaseen, tii bay innagu shaabadaynaysaa oo UN-tu yidhaahdeen waxaanu soo diraynaa dad baadha lafahaas waqtigii ay ahaayeen 1981 – 1988. Arrimaha qaarkood cadowga looma markhaati furo, yaanay odhanin Madaxweynaha ninka doonayaa waa kaa caddeeyey in ay iyagu is xasuuqeen. Dadkeennu waa dad masaakiin ah oo 60-kii ilduufay, maantana aan u baqayo in ay ilduuf kale galaan. Ninkaa [siilaanyo] xisbigiisu aamusiin maayo oo kuwa cid u xigaa aamusiin maayaan Aadan Madoobe [Reerka Siilaanyo] aamusiiya haddaan garanayo waan la hadli lahaa, ma garanayo, illeyn qofka cid uun baa u naxdee. Xaaji Cabdi-waraabe, ayaa mar yidhi; “Labadii Madaxweyne ee Somaliland ka dhintay [Cigaal iyo Cabdiraxmaan-tuur] nin-na waxaan ka waayey waar adeer dadka la hadal oo wax u sheeg, midna adeer dadka ka aamus.” Ninka kaa naxaya uun baa kula taliya. Markaa ninka Siilaanyo ka naxayaa waa in uu yidhaahdaa Madaxweyne ayaad rabtaaye aamuska badso, cid ka naxda waa la waayey ilaa maanta Siilaanyo. Siilaanyo waa Soomaaliweyn “I know”, Nairobi baan joogay Gaalada waxa uu ku yidhaahdo iyo waxa ay ka ogyihiin waan ogahay, koonfurta [soomaaliya] baan ogahay waxay Siilaanyo ka haystaan, kun Yaasiin bay akhriyi lahaayeen haddii uu guulaysto. Waxaan ogahay dawladdii SNM maalintii ay calanka taagtay ee dawlad dhistay mucaaradkii ugu horreeyey ee koowaad isaga ayuu ahaa. Yaxye Sheekh Ibraahim wuu noolyahay ayaa igu yidhi; “Waxaan ugu tegay Hoteelka MAAWEEL, waxaanan ku idhi inaadeeroow lix sannadood baad ahayd Guddoomiyaha SNM, ninkana [Cabdiraxmaan-tuur] adiga ayaa keenay, Madaxweyne ayuu noqday oo dawlad SNM ah, ee mucaaradka koowaad ha ku noqon, oo cid kale u *** .” Isaga ayaa ugu horreeyey, waxa uu ku khasbay Wasiiradii beeshiisa in ay ka wada baxaan dawladdaa, waa innagii is dilnay ee is nacnay, waayo, dawlad beeli ka baxday socon mayso. Waraaqihii uu Gaalada u qori jiray wuxuu ku odhan jiray dawladdaa yaan ictiraaf iyo mucaawino ha siinina. Dagaaladii sokeeye raggii xagga hore kaga jiray ee shidayey buu ahaa, intaas oo dembi ayaa u yaalla. Kaambayn Maanijarkii xisbigiisa KULMIYE, Maxamed-sifir, Xamar b uu joogaa, yuu ka turjumayaa? Dee waa Siilaanyo. Siilaanyo nin aanu isaga dhoweyni ma jirin, laakiin nin baad mar aragtaa oo inta aad nooshahay aad ku dedaashaa in aanu ummadda Madaxweyne u noqon, arrin aniga iyo isaga na dhexmartay oo aan jeclahay in labadayada nala geeyo Masaajid oo aanu ku dhaarano baa jirta oo ah March 1977kii, buu ii yimi isaga oo Wasiirka Ganacsiga Soomaaliya ah, aniguna Ambassador ayaan ka ahaa Nairobi, Kenya. Waanu sheekaysanay, waa markii uu bilaabmi doono dagaalkii Soomaaliya iyo Itoobiya “Siilaanyo oo xumbaynaya baa igu yidhi dalka waa in la xoreeyaa, maanta fursad baynu leenahay, lix bilood raashinkii ciidamada waan hayaa, Afweyne waa fulay, waan ku tukhaantukhinayaa dagaalka.” Markii uu dhammaystay hadalkiisii waxaan ku idhi; “Maxamed Siyaad Barre waddani ma aha oo waad taqaanaa, dhawr iyo toban sannadood Wasiir baad u ahayd, beel buu rabaa in uu gudaha soo gashado oo Askar ka dhigto, bal adiga yaa kaa maqan?” Bishii August 1990kii, baa ii xigtay Siilaanyo araggiisa. Aniga oo fadhiya Hoteel London ku yaalla ayaa Axmed-Siilaanyo iyo nin la yidhaahdo Maxamed Sheekh Cismaan oo Wasiir ahaan jiray ii soo galeen abbaaro 5:30 galabnimo, waxaan weydiiyey Siilaanyo keenee saxnaa 1977kii hadalkii aynu is nidhi? … Maalintaas baan meel ku qoray Siilaanyo, axdi baan ku galay meel aan joogo in uu Madaxweyne ka noqdo, waayo, Madaxweyne kuma aammini karo. Doorashadii kadib, Salaasadii baan dhoofi lahaa, laakiin Khamiistii baa la ii yeedhay aniga oo u ololaynaya Maxamed Xaashi Cilmi iyo Sacad Sheekh Cismaan Nuur in ay Wasiiro noqdaan, markaan hubsaday saaxiibkay Siilaanyo in aanu Madaxweyne ummaddan u noqonayn muftaax baan noqday. Waan sii socday, waxay ahayd mission-kaygii oo fulay. March 2003, Buug saddexaad baan dhammeeyey, doorashadii baan kaga hadlayaa buuggaas jabtar culus buu Siilaanyo ku leeyahay, Marxuumkii Cigaal-na buuggiisii aniga oo aan soo saarin baa geeridiisii timi, meel baan iskaga riday, markaa waa in aan ka saaraa dhaliisha, maadaama uu dhintay, laakiin Siilaanyo wuu noolyahay. Siilaanyo, waa nin shareekhaad [Makiinad] sitay yaraantiisii, markaanu yaryarayn isaga oo loo wado Masaajid ku yaal Jabuuti in uu Mu’adin ka noqdo baa gaadhigii uu la socday Saylac istaagay, waxa halkaa ka helay Dubbe Cali-yare iyo Xaaji Cali Ducaale, oo ah Axmed-Keyse aabihii, xoog bay kaga soo dejiyeen, ninkii waday bay ka reebeen, Iskuul bayna ku dareen, markaa Siilaanyo halkaas uu ka bilaabay, wuxuuna ku koray guri aanu weligii lahayn oo uu inamo kale marti u yahay, oo uu inamadaa marwalba la dagaalamo, dagaalkii iyo asaraarkii buu weli ku jiraa, waana nin dagaal. Waxaan rajaynayaa Wargeysyadiina in uu maqlo, waxa jira rag Faysal [Maareeyaha Jamhuuriya] oo kale ah waxaan maqlay Wasiirka Warfaafinta ayuu ka dhigi lahaa, Faysal waa in uu yidhaahdaa Wasiir baan kuu noqon lahaa, shan sannadood waynu istaagaynaaye xisbiga inoo ilaali.” Intaa kadib, shirkaa jaraa’id waxa ka hadlay Wasiirka Hawlaha Guud iyo Guriyeynta Somaliland, Md. Siciid Sulub Axmed, oo tafaasiil ka bixiyey socdaal ay isaga iyo Wasiir Cawil dhawaan ku tageen magaalada Burco, oo ay dorraad ka soo laabteen, kaas oo uu sheegay in ujeeddadiisu ahayd gurmadka abaaraha Gobolka Togdheer iyo xallinta xiisad ka dhalatay dadka ajanebiga ah ee laga saarayo dalka, waxana uu sheegay in ay kulamo gooni-goonni ah la yeesheen Maamulka Gobolka Togdheer iyo Culimaa’udiinka reer Burco, wadahadaladii ay la yeesheena ay ku dhammaadeen isfaham buuxa. Gebagebadii shirkaa jaraa’id su’aalihii ay weriyeyaashu weydiiyeen Wasiir Cawil, waxay u dhaceen sidan: Su’aal: Wasiir, waxaad sheegtay in dilkii Mujaahid Aadan-Shiine iyo Mujaahid Cabdiqaadir Koosaar uu ka dambeeyey Axmed-Siilaanyo, wararka aanu haynaana way badan yihiin, markaa maxaad adigu caddayn u haysaa? Jawaab: Waa in Guddi loo xilsaaro oo ay arrintaa gunteeda soo xaadhaan, mujaahidiinta SNM ayaanu annagu warkaanu hayno u gudbinaynaa, kadibna Guddiga ayey u taallaa waxa ka soo baxa baadhitaankaas. S/ Maxaa ka jira wararka sheegaya in aad la kulantay Jariiddada AL-KHALIIJ oo aad u sheegtay in Koonfuri shirarkeeda dib-u-heshiisiinta ku qabsato Somaliland? J/ Taasi waxay la mid tahay marka la leeyahay Madaxweyneyaal iyo siyaasiyiin sare ayaa dembi ka galay ummaddan, waar ma la isku dili karaa Faysaloow aniga oo masuul ah marka dembiile la igu sheego, oo aan Siilaanyo sidiisa u hadlo ee aan idhaahdo dad baa la xasuuqay. Jamhuriya

Jinow ....geel miyaa? lol was up visual.basic been a long while.

lool brother smith, that is a very topical avator, only one question is that saddam or karl marx.? yep it is true that this is an academic exercise, but beyond that, i just wanted to get the record straight over the disadvantages of somalia being a consituent part of the african union. Beyond that Horn afrique somalis are actually very supported in southern africa, especially angola and mozambique where somalia provided military and political support to the liberation movements. beyond that the BANTU issue is completely unkown and does not register here. Somalia as part of the arab league maybe. Part of the khalifat inshallah

Boqortooyada Sucuudiga ayaa balan qaaday inay bixineyso qarash lacageed lagu taageeraayo shirka dib u heshiisiinta Soomaalida ee Kenya marti gelneyso. Arrintaan oo ka danbeeysay socdaal uu Sacuudiga ku tagay wasiirka arrimaha dibadda Kenya Kolonzo Musyoko iyo kulan uu la yeeshay ninka leh dhaxalka Boqortooyada Amiir Cabdala Bin C/casiis ayaa lagu sheegin cadadka ay lagacta Sacuudiga ku taageerayo shirka Soomaalida. Dowlada Kenya ayaa sii wada olole diplomaasiyadeed oo ay dhaqaale ugu raadineyso shirka hakadka ku jira ee Soomaalida oo sanad iyo 4-bilood soo jeetamayay. Maxamed Cali Shitaawe Qorahay-online Muqdihso-Soomaaliya

DAGAAL LAGU HAFTO. Halyeeyoow xalaan hiifayoo aan hurdaba diiday. Dabka huray halaaggaa dhiciyo holaca yoomaayo. Hablihiyo barbaartaa habqammi hagarta miihaahan. Haybaddeenni Soomaali baa hoos u socotaaye. Hayb iyo walaal beynu nahay sharaftu waa hiile. Hiddo iyo dhaxtaal baa jirtiyo huwan la baantaaye. Weer, horor Sagaarada hardammi Haramcadkaa guuxi. Maandhoow hugaashiga bixiyo sagalka heehaabi. Higlo halaq dulfuuliyo ceebta la higaadshay. Hiqdheer hoota hootiyo haddaan dhiillo la horjoogsan. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Hal'abuurka Soomaali iyo hillinka suugaanta. Taariikh hogaanaa jirtoo lamma hilmaamaana'. Nimeey hooyo jeer soo habtoo horey ismoodaaba. Hal -u-baaqe heensaha fardood guluc higraashtaaba. Marun buu hambool jalaw dhacaa hoosna soo dagiye. Hagardaammo hadimada kacdiyo hoosta ka xarriiqdan. Summab hebasha huuhaada iyo hanaddo dhiibaalka. Haash haash ku dammiyaayda iyo doogtan hanaqaadday. Dhibaatada haddaan laga hanqarin hiriqu waa muushe. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Hillaac baxay ciryaamada hafgammi waa hufiyo yaabe. Halhaleelka muuqdiyo hubgurad dhiiggan halacleyni. Hanjabaadda baaqiyo jaglaha gulufka hiiqaayo. Hargeysiyo huduufkey gashiyo hibiqda booraanka. Hallalaadda gaas soo humbulan haykal kala dhuudka. Gacal wada hagaagaan rabaa harabka Soomaale. Habdhaca iyo luuqdiyo hannaan heen la wada fuudo. Hal-la-maalo hoongiyo hayiin hadal macaankiiso. Waa inaan hiddaha naaxinnaa haatan iyo jeere. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Hobyo nimmanka joogiyo kuwaa Harar dhaxmuushaayo. Hargeysiyo Kismaayiyo dhammaan heerka Xammar yiillo. Soomaali hooyiyo Adeer lamma-huraankiiye. Ma habboono hoog iyo dagaal waa hongiyo ciile. Hujuum iyo qabiil baan necbahay waana la hubaaye. Heesaa Haldoor iyo Halyeey Howlkar lagu dhaarto. Hamrashada garaadkiyo humbaha haanta dhummucdeedo. Maandeeq markeey hadaftayeey saanta la haboowday. Soomaali hunufkii gujiyay haatan waa marage. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Habyaaladi ninkey hanatayoow haaqin baa tahaye. Huun bahal dhaxjiifaa ku cuni heelna kuu gogol dhe. Ehel aan hab soocaa laheyn islow hooyo wada nuugay. Oo howdka wada daaqayoo wadar haasaawaayo. Caweyskana habeenkii ciyaar jaanta wada haabto. Oo uu hal dhaqankoodu yohoo diinna wada haaysto. Oo Hibo, Hibaaq kala qaboo seeddi wada hiiga'. Nimmanyahoow inii laisku hodo hoorrinimo weeyo. Haddii kale habeed baa na kori wey habcammi beeshu. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Murtidaa habsooraye haddaan hiiqa danab raacsho. Nimmankaa hoggaamada-saree reer Hargeysaada'. Riyaalaan rabaa inaan hadal-yar weydiiyo. Shacabkii humraad galisayoo wuu habeensadaye. Maxas aan hub iyo tuute sidan jeel ku habaqsiinta. Ka hayaama ciiddiyo inaad gacal hifaateyso. Ood cadaw ku hoogaamisood hoongo ugu dhiibto. Ma heer baad ku saanyani waa hugaarnimoe? Kaa hoostayeey ina-abtoow huruuftay jaaloowe. Colaad lagu haftaa dhici waana lagu hooban. Hartasheekh Hargeelliyo Nugaal gobolka Hiiraana'. Boorame hareeraha Burciyo Gaaris halawgeedo. Hoomaha Jabbuutiyo ninyahoow Haarta Gorayaale. Hilibkeenna Soomaaliyeed hilo kastuu joogo. Waa wada hal iyo nirig, hiyiga hooyo iyo aabbe. Dhalashadu ma hoosaasidoo waa hambiyo keyde. Nabad lagu hurdaa igala roon dhiig hufleeyaaye. Hadraawiyo Haldoorrada guntadee haybin qarankeenni. Gabyaa hodon ahaa nagu dhaxjiro halaw nindoorkiiye. Kii haam dhahoow hadal wuxuush waana hadaf beena'.

First of all as entertaining as the conspiracy theories are they are just that conspiracy theories. Saddam was a coward, but let us for one minute believe that he was not like some would like us to believe. You see it does not matter!!!! wether he fought or did not, the pictures realyed across the world and the fact that he is still breathing and alive is all the is needed to show people the conclusive end of his myth. Lastly people are putting into question if he indeed was a mass murderer or coming up with the most supercillious nonsensical rhetorics. Please :rolleyes: people can swallow alot but there is time even when we will balk.

Salaam, First of all I would like to stress that this is not a post that is asking you about your views concerning Somali ethnicity on the lines of are Somalis Arabs or Africans or such like. My question is purely Political . The African union is planning to be a fully integrated entity by the year 2025. By this date it hopes to have a parliament that has the final say on all questions of macro-economic policy and foreign affairs, it plans to have a commission of directors similar to the European model but with a significant difference, the European model is designed in such a way as to allow the representation of small countries and less economically puissant countries, in the African commission envisioned, apart from some mechanisms to allow for regional representation, the commission shall be based on population. Voting powers shall also be based on population. Directorship allocation shall be based on population. Parliamentary seat allocation as well shall be based upon population. Religion is whitewashed over in all planning for a new pan-African constitution, (if this is in emulation of the European model where a conference on a constitution was delayed for a very long time purely because of opposition to the word God being added to the preamble is un-known) indeed the foremost proponent and more importantly financier of the whole African renaissance project, namely south Africa’s constitution is being taken as a blue print for any future African constitution, a constitution that actively promotes gay rights, whilst preaching and ennobling western concepts of no state religion or recognition of religion in the BODY POLITIC. But all these are theoretic compared with what practically could happen if such a situation were adopted by Somalia on the one hand and Ethiopia on the other. Ethiopia already has the prestige of being the future location of the directors commission of the African union, it has a very large population that will allow it to be very successfully in the running for directorships as well as have a significant share of parliamentary seats in the pan-African parliament. It is a Christian nation were a constitution such as south Africa’s will be met with minimum opposition. Somalia on the other hand with its comparably meagre population, will be having a far smaller share of parliamentary seats, and almost no chance of directorships in the management of the commission. Lastly but not least how will a perverse constitution modelled on European decadence be of help to the Somali people and there hopes for progress in a united Africa? An Africa based on population and un-original thinking when it comes to issues of society is irreconcilable with a prosperous future for Somalia. Somalia is to small to be treated with justice and sensibly in a united Africa, and as a Muslim nation were our religion should take prominence in any legislative and political process, we cannot be a part of united Africa.

worst pain apart from the usual rugby and other sports injuries: when i was 5 yrs old i managed to climb on the t.v that it self was balancng on a very tall wall unit, the t.v gave way and i came down on to the hard concrete. When i awoke i was 15 yrs old and had grown a beard......hehehe ( i woke with slipped discs). 8 yrs old and it was the day before eid...the sacrificial goat had been making eyes at me the whole week ( or i imagined these things seeing as i was an only child) well finally every one was out of the house...i went to were the goat was kept with a very large bakora from the watchmans room, me being the sadistic cur that i was had decided on beating the goat.....well goats are supposed to be passive and they DONT headbutt right .....well i wish that this goat had read the same book. when my mother comes back i was breaking the goats back with a bakora ( or attempting ) whilst the goat now tottaly crazy out of fear is sticking its 6 inch long left horn in to my leg. allhamdulilah i was not feeling the pain at the time. my family was so amused calling me waharbodheyqabtee .

pray to Allah that all the warlords in Somalia end up with the same fate . Amiin Only thing that pisses me off is how this son-of-a-biij could not take his own life.

We can all be acussed of buying into the myth of Saddam. it is quite simple when he realised that he was surrounded he should have SHOT HIMSELF DEAD but the real cowardice of a man that urged the iraqi people to fight to the last man showed. Somalis say daab ba dambaas dhala but in this case his sons died more "heroicly" than he ever will. p.s saddam looked like karl marx did he not?

Qiimeeynta Qubanaha Jimcaha iyo Dayniile Nairobi :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Wiilasha soomaalida Qaarkood oo ku soo biiray liiska is marinta daawadda la isku Cadeeyo oo dumarka ay caan ku ahaayeen, Gabdhaha soomaalida ayaa caan ku ahaa is marinta dawooyinka la isku cadeeyo oo ay si weyn dhibaato ugu geesteen jirkoodda,hasse ahaatee hadda waxaa soo ifbaxayo wiilal farabadan oo iyagana is marinayo dawooyinkaas si ay u hellaan midabka cadaanta , Wargeyska The Star oo ka soo baxo dalka Kenya ayaa qoray maqaal uu ugu magacdaray , Gabdhaha soomaalida dawooyimka ay marsadaan oo ay kalla kulmeen kharash beel iyo Qurux beel,halkii ay ka raadinayeen bilicda cad ee quruxda la biddo, Magaaladda Nairobi ayaa Noqotay meesha uga badan ee gabdhaha soomaaliya ee afrika ku sugan isku mariyaan dawooyinkaas la isku cadeeyo,waxaana magaaladda Nairobi ku soo badanayo gabdhaha Quruxdoonka ahaa ee kharash la,aanta aawgeed markii dambe midabkoodda is badalay, Wiilasha soomaalida ISLII ayaa billahii ugu dambeeyay iyagoo marsaday dawooyinkaas la isku cadeeyo,taas oo noqotay mid naxdin geliso dhalinyarada kale, Saameeynta dabeecadda iyo dhaqanka qofka maxaad ka taqaan? Culimada ku xeel dheer cilmi nafsiga ayaa sida ay qortay jariidadda news week cadadkeedii soo baxay bishii oktoobaer, ee sandkaan waxey daraasad dheer ku sameeyeen, bal sid ay isu sameeyaan dabeecadda iyo dhaqanka qofka iyo sida uu isu dhigo ama u seexdo, marka uu jiifka bilaabayo. Culimada ayaa daraasadooda waxey ku sheegen, in ay kala duwan tahay qaabka qofku uu u jiifsado, sidasi darteedna ay taasi si weyn ula xiriirto dhaqankiisa guud. Ugu horeyntiiba waxey daraasadu xustay, in qofka u seexda dhacadiidka uu yahay qof had iyo jeer feker badan oo mashquul ka ah dhinaca maskaxda, isl amrkaasna dabeecad ahan kulul, caraduna ay ka dhow dahay, dadkaan ayaa lagu shegay inay yihiin kuwa sida adka ah u badsada cabista sigaarka. Waxeyna daraasaadu intasi ku dartay, in dadka noocasi ah uu badanaba haleelaan cudurada soo dugaashada caradda, ama xanaaqa oo uu ka midka yahay cudurka maskxada daalka ku rida, markasna jirka ka hor istaagga waxyaabo horuumar ah oo uu sameyn lahaa. Sidasi ookale ayey warbixintu xusta,y in qofka dhinaca u seexda marka ugu horeysa oo uu taggo gobtiisa jiifka, uu yahay qof aad u dabeecad wanaagsan isla markaasna, aad u samir badan, waxeyna warbixintu xustay in qofka noocaasi ah ay u badan tahay in uu ka mabad dgallo cudurada ay ka mid ka yihiin welwelka, Deprassion-ka, oo soomalidu u taaqano BUUFISKA, iyo wixii la halmaala. Waxaase iintaas dheer in oo warbixintu ku sii dartay, in qofka dhinaca jiifka ka bilaaba uu yahay qofka uu sida aadka ah u taabto jaceylka nooca ay isku qaadan lamaanaha uu damac ka galo in ay nolosha qaybsadaan. Warbxinta oo waxyaabo badan ka kooneyd ayaa misna u dhaadhacday qofka u seexda beerka, waxeyna sheegtay in uu yahay qofkaasi qofka uu caajisku guri ka yeeshay, oo waxeyna intaasi ku dartay , qofka beerka u jiifsadahi in uu yahay qof aan shaqadana ku wanaagsaneyn, amaba xitaa an dhowri karin wacadka iyowaxyabaha kale oo xiriirka biuna’aadambka la xiriira. Ugu dambeyntii ayeey warbxintu shegtay in qofka beerka u jiifsadahi uu yahay qof ka ugu cafimaadka badan daka wayoo bey tiri warbxintu waxa uu had iyo gooraale cunaa cunno aad u yar oo aan badneyd. Dadka Qaba cudurka buufiska ee dhoofka dibadaha oo qaarkood u Geeriyooday Qaarna la ildaran yihiin, Ugu yaraan 3 qof ayaa u geeriyootay 2 kalana waa ay la liitaan cudurka buufiska kadib markii dhawaan GVA da mareykanka ay dadkaas dhoof sugayaasha ah u jartay go back to home,3 ruux oo ah itoobiyaan ayaa cabay sun kadib markii ay qaadeen cudurka buufiska ee dhinaca maskaxda ,iyagoo mudo toban sano ka badan ku sugnaa dalka Kenya si ay uga dhoofaan, Ugu yaraan dhoowr boqol oo soomaali ah ayaa qaaday cudurkaas Qatarta ah ee buufiska maskaxda kuwaas oo xaafadda Islii ku gaafwareegayo iaygoo doon doon ama baadi goob ugu jiro muqalisiin ama dalaalo u dhameeyo leeyman bug ah , Ugu yaraan 13 sano ayaa dadka qaarkiis dalka Kenya u joogaan siddii ay dibadda uga sii bixi lahaayeen hasse ahaatee durbadiiba waxay halkaas qaarkood ku qaadeen cudurka waalidda waxadna arkeeysaa dhalinyaradda gabdhaha iyo wiilalka oo isku mid wadooyinka ugu cunayo qaadka miiroowga looga yaqaan dalka Kenya, Qaarkood ayaa caba qamrigga iyo xashiishadda iyagoo ku andacoonayo inay balwadaas ku barteen sidda ay fikirka uga gudbi lahaayeen,

loooooool I loved it. it definitely made my day

Dadka iyo duunyada ku nool degmooyin ka tirsan gobalka Galgaduud ayaa dhibaatooyin ba’an waxaa ku haya miinooyin lagu aasay xilliyadii ay socdeen dagaalada sokeeye deegaanadaasi. Guddoomiyaha Degmada Ceel-dhheer Xuseen Maxamud Cosoble oo saakay u warramayay HornAfrik sheegay meelaha ugu daran ee ay miinooyinka ku jiraan inay yihiin tuulooyin ka tirsan degmooyinka Ceel-dhee, Ceel-buur sida Caws-weyne, Bargaan iyo Xaaji Iimaan. Deegaanadaasi ayey miinooyinka dhibaato ugu geysteen xoolo fara badan oo ay la qaraxday iyadoo dad badanna ay wax ku noqdeen. Guddoomiyaha waxaa uu intaasi raaciyay in wadooyinka deegaanadaasi aysan wax gaadiid ah marin in ku dhow toban sano iyadoo miinooyinka ay xireen wadooyinkaasi, wuxuuna hey’adda ku shaqada leh hawlahaasi guddoomiyuhu ugu baaqay inay wax ka qabtaan dhibaatooyinka daran oo ay geysanayaan miinooyinka.

NAIROBI, 9 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - Divisions are growing within Somalia's Transitional National Government (TNG) after one faction rejected the recent appointments of an assembly speaker and prime minister by TNG leader Abdiqassim Salad Hassan. Hasan Abshir Farah and Abdullah Deerow ***** were dismissed as prime minister and speaker respectively in August. But they maintain that the TNG has no authority to issue such instructions as its mandate expired that month. On Monday, Abdiqassim named Muhammad Abdi Yusuf as prime minister and Mustafa Gudow was appointed as speaker of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA). In a joint press release, Abshir and Deerow said the appointments were contrary to the transitional charter or interim constitution and therefore "null and void". They accused Abdiqassim of trying to hang on to power and reiterated that there had been no quorum in the TNA to sanction their dismissals. Abdiqassim "has no legal basis to dismiss or replace neither the speaker nor the prime minister", they said. They added that until a government of national unity was formed, they continued to represent the TNG at the peace talks. The TNG effectively split into two factions after Abdiqassim returned to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, unhappy over the adoption of a controversial transitional charter at the Nairobi peace conference in July to serve as a blueprint for future Somali institutions. Abshir was a signatory to the charter. Somali political sources describe Muhammad Abdi Yusuf, a former deputy speaker, as "a trusted and a close ally" of Abdiqassim. Like Abshir, he is from the Darood clan from the Mudug region of central Somalia. The new speaker, Mustafa Gudow, hails from Bay and Bakool and, like Deerow, is a ********* .

NAIROBI, 10 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - A senior police officer was shot dead in Hargeysa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, on Tuesday, according to a local journalist. He said the Hargeysa regional traffic police chief, Col Mahmud Abdi Jama, was shot twice in front of his house by unknown gunmen who followed him home. "He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterwards," the source added. An investigation into the killing is underway, with many policemen visible on the streets of the city. The police officer's killing follows the murder in October of two British teachers Richard and Enid Eyeington, and Italian veteran aid worker, Dr Annalena Tonelli. An official with Somaliland's information ministry said the motive for the latest murder was not yet clear, neither who was behind it nor whether it was linked to the previous murders. "It is unlikely that this and the earlier incidents are connected," the official told IRIN. "It is too early to speculate on who might have killed the officer and why. We have to wait for the police to arrest suspects before we can comment." Some 20 people are in police custody for the earlier killings, which were blamed on "elements working to destabilise the region". All those arrested will be brought to court "as soon as ongoing police investigations are completed", the official added.

intreasting tidbit..... In an interview Mohamed Egal was asked why he did not ban khat even though he knew the adverse affects of it on the productivity of the economy and on the social fabric. I remeber he turned round and pointed to the bodyguard nearest to him and said " they are the first men who would kill me if i ever itimated such a thing" that really scared me.....for somalia.

Same old same old. puntland is thinking in what they believe is the very viable terms of clanship to setup a regional administration whilst somaliland believes the boder is what the brits said it to be, unfortunately we have in riyoode a man who has got alot to prove and ina yey who is doing what he always does and this is tbe the quintessenetial tough man, but what`he is doing is throwing down the gauntlet to riyoode. In my mind both men will fail there own fiefdoms. war it seems for some afminshars is the only option

Good points all. It heartens me to see this thread. Haji sxb, the problems facing Somalia I believe are a consequence of the very structure of our society and its inability to function in this modern day and age. Bro Baashi has made a very relevant statement when he says: It is what fuelled the civil war. It is what gave legitimacy to all warlords. It is what u need to claim a seat on the table where Somali reconciliation are discussed. The original clan system has been usurped by the men of the times who used it first of all to support an immoral dictatorship, or un-imaginatively and with 20/20 hindsight dangerously to fight the dictatorship, where statesmanship was called for they used clan affiliations to remove siad from power, and finally as WAAQ had said to profit by the suffering of Somalis, their own clans usually foremost. Beyond the other social issues such what the 21 years of dictatorship had done to destroy the Somali social fabric, there is a central myth that needs to die before there is any hope of peace in Somalia, a myth that is the trade of all the warlords and politicians, a myth that directly appeals to the innate power hunger, the weakness seen in compromise and selfishness that is inherent in Somalis, namely that the presidency will be given to their own clan, by vote or more preferably by force. 12 years of civil war where factions have fought each other to a standstill, amid the rubble and the starving masses, has not been sufficient proof to dissuade the people who think this way. I also believe that it is in the interest of many countries, neighbouring and not so near to keep Somalia as it is, with their too close attention designed to prop up the warlords, or in there utter disinterest in Somalia and its present predicament. Concerning the economic situation, not only the warlords, but the overwhelming majority in the business community have benefited from either the dictatorship or the continued lawlessness of Somalia. After the failed attempt to set up a central government in Somalia, the conventional wisdom among them is very simply; it is much easier and more profitable to do business in a vacuum. No matter how blood stained the money

:eek: :eek: I never knew it happened to boys, i have heard of girls carrying there twins in their wombs but this is stranger than fiction.

Capoeira ANGOLANS KARATE: Some 400 years ago in Angola, on the west coast of Africa, a form of combat practiced by the natives was beginning to take shape in what we would today call a martial art. Four centuries later, thanks to a mutual tie with Portugal which Angola shares with Brazil, Capoeira is practiced in that South American nation. It is no longer the savage method of self-defense which originated in the dark continent, however. And thereby hangs a tale. In the days of the great plantations, the owners took a dim view of the capability for mayhem which the natives possessed. Practitioners of Capoeira suffered great persecution at the hands of the owner-dominated police. In order to avoid this persecution, the Capoeristas began to camouflage their "sport" by turning it into a weird dance, consisting of pantomime, music, and dances. Capoeira ceased to be a matter of violence and death, and became an amusement. It became the custom to remark that "the natives are playing Angola style." Even the plantation foremen would applaud the "performances" as the "players" would jump, weave, gambol, trip, and kick their opponents, then avoid retaliation by slithering on the ground like serpents. So in spite of early difficulties, Capoeira caught on. Legendary names appeared—invincible fighters, men with flesh impenetrable by knife or bullet; men under contract to the devil; men with charms against the most powerful of enemies; men who could liberate themselves from any kind of a trap. INSTRUMENTS OF CAPOEIRA The Berimbau (a kind of jews harp) can be divided into two types: The Berimbau de boca, and the Berimbau de barriga. The Berimbau de boca was used by the old Angolians, hence, it used to be said that it came originally from Angola. This, however, is contested by some students of the subject. It consists of a bow that tightens a cord of "limbo" (a kind of vine). The resonating chamber is the mouth of the player. The cord is made to vibrate by striking it with a knife. The Berimbau de barriga is the most usual type. It is formed by a piece of wood called "the pigeon" which maintains tension in a steel wire.