lol@juxa iima dhawid ee iga leexo, by distance or by next of kin. by the way, juxa, these girls are so good at not listening from another girl, especially when they want someone, cause they will think inaad wax fiican ka bursaneysid. Now, ha is ceebeyn, walaashiis!

Ngonge, what happen to Ibti, she used to be so gentle, apparently not anymore! It seems everyone has improved something except Cara's gradual, snail-paced love for me. I hope she proposes to me on the day of Eid, presumably this Eid on the Sunday, for I'm going to feel so proposible to reinforce my joy for the Eid!

Barqo-wanaagsan Juxa. Ibti, eedo, yaa yiri dumarka maanta gaajo ayaa qabata, kuwii hore haa, sababtoo ah raga cuntada ay soo habeeyaan ayey cuni jireen, laakiin kuwaan maanta jooga....Allow Alle! iga daa yaanan wax sheegine

Johnny, my green idealogy flies out of the window when I see Cara and Val, especially in the same thread. Ibti, Eedo, I was softened to some extents, but not too soft to keep my conservative side in total control. By the way, how are your kids; I want to bring this time some buufin, nacnac and xanjo to win your heart thru them, lol. Ngonge, leave johnny alone, he has done his job for keeping this section, with all these pretty girls, when I was out and away from SOL planet.

lol@ngonge, but that will happen surely after the afur time, inshallah. Before that, we need a catalystic force to draw that potential fireball among us and that can't be beyond you, or not? lol Salaan culus awoowe!

Guys, I have a bad computer, slow and frozen, so each time I post something, it gives me a blank page and then comes the click to refresh it, thus double-posting it again. Lol@cara, War Eedo, there is nothing triggerful about that word to drive me as such. You can do better if you remind me the heydays of our love, remember those happy days we used to smile at each other with missing teeths, lol. Johnny, you are funny adeer, ahahaha, I laughed at the sheer imagination of your wicked jester. Nuune, saaxiib, I take the insanity tag you gave me today, but I wonder if you are upto some sort of mission with that, cause usually when one become insane, the marriage becomes nullified. Now, don't overtake my girls here....I warn you, awoowe! lol Val, Oh, I really missed you, lovingly and not so hatefully! lol

lol@bouncy butt nimaan wax arag wax ma sheego!

lol@bouncy butt nimaan wax arag wax ma sheego!

Ar Juxa, ii waran eebaay, ma feydaa? Waan feynaa mahaan, waana la raayaa muga.

Originally posted by Rahima: Some day I'A. Some day, too, and hopefully with you, inshallah!

My friend left here to India last week to marry an Indian woman, saying, "please, join me there, these Indian women are just great devouts to their husbands." The trend is scary for a lot of unmarried Somali girls, I think.

Masha-Allah to the brilliance of my brother Sh. Nur!! What brought tears to my eyes was the sudden, fast approaching calamity that could beset on us in our state of obliviousness as most of us are carried by the glitters of this passing world. Thank you for the reminder, brother. You really woke me up to something that I urgently need to work on, inshallah. May Allah grant your parents Janatul Firdowsa, aamiin!

http://www.alternet. org/story/135716/ "Pirates' Strike a U.S. Ship Owned by a Pentagon Contractor, But Is the Media Telling the Whole Story?"

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Piracy emerged following the collapse of the Somali government in 1991. With the government gone, European ships began dumping millions of barrels of toxic waste into the ocean off the Somali coast. At the same time, illegal trawlers began fishing Somalia’s seas with an estimated $300 million of tuna, shrimp, and lobster being taken each year, depleting stocks previously available to local fishermen. Following the 2004 tsunami, hundreds of rusting barrels washed up on shore leaking toxic and nuclear waste with more than 300 people dying. Through interception with speedboats, Somali fishermen tried to either dissuade the dumpers and trawlers or levy a “tax” on them as compensation. In an interview, Sugule Ali, one of the pirate leaders explained “We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits (to be) those who illegally fish and dump in our seas.” Inevitably, due to economic conditions in Somalia or greed, some fishermen eventually took to piracy for their own financial benefit. The western powers are the terrorists. The NYTimes is a propaganda organ for the elites. Get US out of Somali waters. ^^Here i found alle ubaahane lecturing about the root causes of piracy It seems AU has become a bit predictable here. I thought I was more harsher than that. By the way, the following is my official take that I previously presented to a large crowd of Americans in one of the major Schools here, but sorry that I can't insert the Powerpoint for technical reasons: Intro: Somalia locates on the Horn of East Africa, Population: 9 to 11 millions (U.N.) Land size: 246,199 Square Miles, comparable to the State of Taxes GDP: $4.597 billion (2004 U.N. est.) Ethnic: Somali, Language: Somali Religion: Islam 99.9% Coastline: 3,985 Square Miles The marine resources include seabirds, whales, whale sharks, and various dolphin species and turtle species offer promise for ecotourism, Question: Anarchy As Degradation: How does the absence of government in Somalia contribute to the depletion of marine resources? (Again, can't insert the chart here, but will show a depiction of how the sequence of factors were feeding into one another) Central Govt. collapsed In 1991 No coast guards to protect resources Attracts global fishery corporations Creates an open Access & overfishing Adverse impact on the local fishery industry And finally, the advent of piracy What the so-called U.N. says, in thumbnail: In section XVI, article 300 of the General Provisions of the convention, it states: “States Parties shall fulfill in good faith the obligations of the assumed under this Convention and shall exercise the rights, jurisdiction and freedoms recognized in this Convention in a manner which would not constitute an abuse of right.” Also, in Article 194 (1), it clearly affirms that “States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that activities under their jurisdiction or control are so conducted as not to cause damage by pollution to other states and their environment, and that pollution arising from incidents or activities under their jurisdiction or control does not spread beyond the areas where they exercise sovereign rights in accordance with this Convention.” Source: U.N. Justifying my position from the literature point of view: On Moritaka Hayashi take, a Waseda University Lecturer, contends that the “existing legal instruments are not adequate in dealing effectively with the current challenges to the management of deep-sea fisheries.” (Moritaka Hayashi). In another occasion, critical to the loopholes in the Law of the Sea, he suggests that new measures are required at the international level since the current provisions are imperfect and can’t address the future challenges. However, in Somalia’s case, there is no government, which means the society, not the State, does not have the economic “resources” to control its territory. (Anthony Vinci). Pictures: Oh, I can't even insert them here. Someone should tutor me how to use this website when it comes to loading files, pictures or documents! But the pictures were showing Men laminating a barrel of toxic waste which ended up on shore, likely dumped in the Indian Ocean just off the Somali coast by an unnamed European nation. However, The consequences of these chemical dumping in the coast of Somalia has led not only environmental devastations, but they have also effected the health of locals, especially communities along the coast. Chart: Can't even present it here, since the system doesn't enable me so. But it was showing the how the cycle of exploitation were contributing to the decline of fish catch over the years. The Geopolitics Factor (What is missing here are my elaborations and reasons that enhanced my case): Ethiopia is landlocked and wants to gain access to the Somali Coast Somalia and Ethiopia have unsolved border disputes The geopolitics of the region is one with security dilemmas Economic terms that I utilized to explain my contention from sustainability point of view: Carrying capacity : This issue is apparent as the degree of ecological damage has arguably become irreversible. Imposing restrictions: This tackles the open-access issue and accommodates some conservational measures to take place. Intergenerational Equity: It is hard to address this when the current generation are suffering and have no incentive to preserve anything for the future generations. The tough part of my research in terms of quantifying the resources lost in this exploitation were the following: Since there is no monitoring, no one can estimate the monitory value of what is lost, nor the environmental degradation. Lack of international support to address the plight of the local fishermen, (EU, UN and U.S. are only concerned about the security of International Trade) Policy Recommendations 1. Enforcing the God damn laws of the UN to protect our seas, 2. Promote property rights, 3. Empower the locals with the means to safegaurd their interest in the sea, 4. Environmental protections, 5. And finally, minimizing the regional meddling. (P.S. I wrote a small pamphalet about the subject of 30 pages and will surely post online as becomes available, Inshallah.) Xiin's approach is an internationalist one, but for that, I only need NYTimes, NPR or the establishment view to inhale a doze of his solutions. So, Xiinow, let's celebrate our diversity in views! ]

Originally posted by Somali Pirate: quote:Originally posted by Allamagan: ^how can small seven or eight million somalis can claim ownership to such a vast land and huge territorial waters? sxb, justice has to be done and whats better time than now when Somalia is beyond salvage. Sorry to say but quite frankly we are under the hammer (auction)...sooon to be gone (history) lets face the reality. truly unfortunate when i share the same ethnicity like you. give up. lie down and accept as you put it the auction. you should have been a kurd. a stateless kurd. don't even call yourself a somali Somali Pirate, thank you for answering him. The statement from that physically-Somalian guy has really got my blood pulse running so fast, out of furry and anger! My grandfather, may Allah have a mercy on him, used to say, "Af aan igu oolin edbintiisa ayaa i dhibtay." As for the topic, the war at our seas is a legitimate one that requires our total support in defense of our national resources. The powerful countries should know that we can wage a lasting insurgency at sea with the minimal force in our disposal. The fact that we don't have a viable government to protect our resources doesn't mean that we can't stand up to the big theives who are exploiting our resources. Yes, we can protect our seas without a government!

The subject here is one that deeply concerns me. For some people, Ethiopia's occupation in mainland Somalia has ended in Mogadishu and in much of southern regions, and there is no need to continue resistance. For others, resistance is an outstanding cause so long it occupies and oppresses parts of our people and territories, regardless where the world stands on particular border demarcations that doesn't exist in practise. My position is: O issue is a deciding factor for any peace to previal in the region. I will explain what I mean this in detial. But let me first elaborate the significance of this issue, at least in the fundamental reasoning of Ethiopia's policy (Kenya is included here- as the two are one family in separate races) towards Somalia. The importance of the issue is that it plays a central role in the grand scheme of Ethiopia's foreign policy and national security. Their thinking is that much of the strengh in O movement emanates from Somalia and with strong Somalia lies the potential to undermine Ethiopian existance as a nation. Western governments (the key here is America) justified the recent occupation and atrocities in Somalia in what they called was a 'legimate security concern' for Ethiopia that should be dealt with. With that, one can deduce a unified approach from the actions of Ethiopia and its Western partners when it comes to Somalia. But in most cases, policies don't pursue similar goals in their implimentations. For America, Ethiopia, apart from the traditional religious brotherhood in christianity, is categorized as the endangered species for the fact that it was surrounded by hostile Muslim neighbours and to balance the power equation in the region, support for Ethiopia is a more than compulsory. The Eritrean cessasion from the rest of Ethiopia has set a dangerous prececent for Ethiopia, and much of the West and U.N. are still coping with the consequences of that. So, for them, (Ethio and Western powers), it is a big NO to address the O issue in similar formats. But loyalty for Ethiopia, even in long term approach, doesn't gaurentee anything or produce the necessary results, in which case a sustained resistance from O movement (and the rest of us, as cohorts for the cause) can attain something meaningful. Though am not an expert in the geopolitics of the region, I have an unwavering support for my brothers and sisters in the O movement. But I wonder where do the rest of you stand in this issue, even those who oppose the question of greater Somalia. I am raising this issue because I care about the plight of our people in that region. Their cause for freedom is a legitimate one, but more importantly, our fate (as the rest of Somali family) hinges on their success or failure. So, why don't we invest in the struggle to liberate O from the same enemy that attacked our nation? What makes you a guest from joining the efforts the movement? Is it because of the O name? Do you see a link between our nationhood and the total freedom of Somalis in that region?

Originally posted by Cara: See Shehe? Stop with this talk of pulling hair and making him scream, you're scaring some people Eedo, she already scared the majority of us. But am afraid that you are more dangerous than her. Now, that am back, I wonder what plan do the two of you have for me.

Let's define what independence means here. If it means the total eradication of warlords from Riyoole to Waraabe and the application of Islamic laws to be governing system, which inshallah will be the case soon, then Waqooyi Galbeed will gain the true independence as an Islamic State together with the rest of Muslim inhabited regions in the Horn, IA.

Thank you awoowe, and we should waste no time in sitting as our generation is the only hope for that battered real estate in the Horn. I know you've been upto some good duties, but keep it up, awoowe.

^^Thnx Dr. Paragon! lol Waryaa Xagee ka baxday, geel beele?

Originally posted by Faarax-Brawn: quote: Prof. Hassan Mahadallah Southern University I had the fantastic opportunity to meet Prof Mahadallah. What a great brilliant Somali. AU,I wish i had the time to go to this forum,wish you all luck Thank you, FB, but I ask you to spread out the word. This year's event will definately make major headlines in the news, IA. But the point is to accelerate the pace of the movement and increase the Somali presence in the corridors of policy makers. The great thing about this is it belongs to the young diaspora leaders who want to make a difference in the lives of our people in Somalia without dealing with the warlords. Demanding good policies by taking political actions can kill more warlords than you can imagine. So, join the movement, awoowe.

Areebo, Baali, Uskagleey, all imply this cajiinleey woman who hesitated not to care for her impression before others. But there are countless of Areebooyin who care for themselves with all kinds of cosmetics but not for their homes, and to me, those are more deadlier than the old school areebooyin. By the way, who is the suspected Areebo here? :confused:

Originally posted by Che -Guevara: Greater Somali Community of Boston...what do these people do for Somalis anyway? Awoowe, these are political, advocacy organizations, nothing to do with the sorts of non-profit organizations that you seem familiar or even tend to question their motives when they say we're there to improve the community. GBSC has being at work since Ethiopia occupied Somalia and now is gearing all its efforts to the advocacy and lobbying for the interests of the people both here and there. Btw, good to see you, saaxiib. What do you do for the country, other than drawing on SOL?

Originally posted by wacdaraha_aduunka: Another conference when will they ever end There are two types of conferences: (a) bad conferences, where attendees plot against the aspirations of our people, and (b) good conferences, where people come together for the sole purpose of bettering the condition of our country and people. So, which one do you wish to end?

Wonderful job, yaa Dhubad!