^Hold your horses yo and before you become too emotional let me tell you this: I aint here to defend jees or any warlord. I demand you do the same and don't defend the father of warlords, Yey. All warlords should pay the prices of the crimes they committed. Its nice to ask for forgiveness but its hard to do so if many of your victims are dead.

FUFU, ma saas baa? OK bro.

Somehow whenever I see Peacenow posting stuff about arabs, my love for the arab world increases LOL Thanks Peacenow!

Kuwa nool haddeey cafiyaan Kuwa amarkiisa Lagu laayay ee uu badda Ku dara dhahay yaa Ka cafin.

You are not funny at all.

He is not a reporter, he is a member of the "Puntland diaspora". The radio is based in Atlanta, GA but this dude is from MPLS. It is odd he said he had no clan LOL. It was funny how ted asked him his clan when the dude kept asking him some unprofessional questions.

Ducaysane, LOOL Thankful, I need verifications and reliable sources to believe. I took your advice. Bring some buddy.

Ms DD, Yes, it was totlly natural is what I am being told.

Thankful, The sources you provided are not good enough for me to believe this story. How can you be so sure that this lady has been kidnapped? Couldn't it be possible that she agreed with these guys to kidnap her to get money from her mom? I mean, you don't need to believe every thing you read.

Why does it matter if one of the ports exports more xoolo than other ports?

It is hard to say this is the best time for someone to die but indeed Sh. Rashaad was lucky enough to die on the day before Eid-ul-Adha, in the holy ten days of the month of Dul-Hijj, right at the holiest place on earth, Makka al-mukarama.

Wararka Ka imanaya Makka ayaa sheegaya in Sheekh Mohamed Rashad uu maanta halkaas ku geeriyooday isagoo Xaaji ah. Eebbe weyne ha u naxariisto caalimka, qoyskiis, umadda Somaliyeed iyo umadda islaamkana samir iyo iimmaan haka siiyo.

Originally posted by *Ibtisam: ^^^SOMALI women and Children have been killed in their 1000s for 20yrs, think about that for a second. She lived to tell the tale. ONLF situation = by a so called Somali government, who claim to be elected and in control White women kidnapped = by Criminal gang who answer to no one and represent no one. It is a No brainer! really. Well said! ThanksfulSP is trying to compare apples and oranges.

PeaceAction, the warlord era is gone, I was talking about the current south. Midda kale the warlords of the south never had dad u sacab tumo in SOL unlike the warlords of the north.

Mr. Dagne said it all. Thanks for sharing! Dagne said "One can't arrest people from the street and handle them to a foreign country, that is against any rule of law"

JZK for reminding us this. I almost forgot about it.

Very nice!

I think a better question would have been "Are Faroole's recent mistakes good or bad for Puntland?". That would've been a fairer question. The press didn't choose to write bad about Puntland, Puntland chose to act bad.

Originally posted by Juje: quote: She says she was tortured by southerns Listen to the interview and all you hear will be Somalia and Somalis. Alla maxaa dad jiraan. The poster is making it sound like the Caddaan lady knows/cares about Somali clans. Southerners kulahaa! He is almost saying hey these kidnappers are not from my clan. We are good, they are bad.LOL Waryaa Somali weeye nimanku.

^Yes its good news that OJ is not going to be in MPLS any more. It is also good news for Masjid Abubakr. Dukey seems to have the same mentality but the question is does the Duke have what it takes to fill in for Mr.Jamal. I will let the Duke answer that.

A deteriorating conflict: A call for US engagement on the Ogden Conflict. Tuesday, 24 November 2009 14:50 administrator Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs (IHASA) Background: The Ogden region (also known as Somali Regional State) is located in southeastern Ethiopia bordering Somalia. Although geographically within Ethiopia, the ethnic Somali population has fragile and weak links to Addis Ababa. The region has been historically marginalized and underdeveloped. From 1935-1941,the Ogden was administered as part of Italian Somaliland from Mogadishu. In 1941, the British established rule in the Ogden after the defeat of Italy in WWII. In 1954, without the knowledge or the consent of the Somali inhabitants, the territory was transferred (in three stages) to Ethiopia without any regard to the basic human right of the populations to decide their future. Negotiations began that year between Italy and Ethiopia over the boundary between Somalia and Ethiopia. Italy’s position, being the main colonial power, was that the Ogden should be included in the future state of Somalia. In 1957, Italy and Ethiopia reported to the UN General Assembly that direct negotiations were not successful. The United Nations and Italy were extremely troubled as to the long-term regional consequences of a Somali region being occupied by Ethiopia. The General Assembly then asked the King of Norway to nominate an adviser to assist in resolving the dispute. Trygyve Lie, the former UN Secretary General was appointed in August 1959, but he failed to secure an agreement on the status of the Ogden. In 1959, Italian, Ethiopian and Somali representatives agreed that a provisional line should remain in force until a final settlement was reached on the ******. The problem is the international community never bothered again to get involved and disengaged it self from this conflict. The Ogden as a Source of Regional Instability: In 1960, the US State Department made the correct assessment that ‘Peace in the Horn of Africa depends in large measure on the stabilization, if not the ultimate solution of the ****** Province of Ethiopia.’ (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Brubeck Series, Somalia. Confidential. Drafted by Newsom on August 24. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: ``Sent to Mr. Bundy for info. Aug. 26. S.B.). Regrettably, the Ogden region still remains as a source of regional instability and one of the most violent political conflicts in postcolonial Africa. Somalia and Ethiopia carried out a full scale conventional war in 1964 and 1977 to solidify their claims of the ****** region. Both of these wars have caused two of the poorest countries in the world to expend much of their resources. Since 1994, clashes between the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and the Ogden National Liberation Front have been taking place with civilians caught in the middle. The conflict intensified in April 2007 after the ****** National Liberation Front attacked a Chinese-run oil exploration facility in the Ogden killing 74 people. The conflict has regional dimensions including Eritrea’s support of the ONLF, an arch enemy of Ethiopia. Somalia’s lack of central government since 1991 and its largely ungoverned borders is entrenched in this conflict with Ethiopia’s view that the ONLF uses Somalia as a staging ground for its attacks. Potential for Conflict Escalation: The probability of conflict escalation is high due to the conflict’s regional dimensions. Ethiopia considers ONLF as part of a regional network that links Eritrea, the Oromo Liberation Front and the ONLF. In an attempt to prevent this network establishing a stronger hold in the Ogden, Ethiopia is increasing its military operations in the region. On the other hand, The ONLF has been emboldened by its stepped-up attacks and the international attention generated by its 2007 attack on the Chinese-run oil facilities. If Ethiopia’s policy of forcing residents to move into concentrated “protected areas’ and the total blockade of commerce and refusal to allow access to humanitarian organizations and international media continue, the suffering and death of civilians will reach catastrophic levels. Recommendations: A call for US engagement We firmly believe the ****** conflict can never be resolved without the full engagement of the United States. More than any other country, the United States continues to have a greater influence on Ethiopia. The United States and Ethiopia have a long and important relationship. U.S.-Ethiopian relations were established in 1903, after nine days of meetings in Ethiopia between Emperor Menelik II and Robert P. Skinner, an emissary of President Theodore Roosevelt. The formal relations included a grant of Most Favored Nation status. Today, the US considers Ethiopia as a strategic partner in counter-terrorism issues. Ethiopia also remains the largest US Aid recipient in Africa Total U.S. government assistance, including food aid, between 1991 and 2008 is over $3.3 billion. During the severe drought year of 2003, the U.S. provided a record $553 million in assistance, of which $471.7 million was food aid. Th Ogden region is important to the US because of its large natural gas reserves. The natural gas reserve in Calub and Hilala in the ****** is estimated at four trillion cubic feet (4TCF). The gas fields that covers 285 sq m are found 1, 200 km south-east of Addis Ababa. The gas fields were first discovered by an American company called Tenneco during the reign of Emperor Haile-selassie. Tenneco, which drilled three wells in Calub and one in Hilala, was forced to withdraw because of the 1974 revolution that toppled Emperor Haile-selassie. Recently, Ethiopia has signed contracts with China and Malaysia for gas exploration in the ******. The ONLF objects to this and has made threats against international companies not to come to the ****** until the conflict is resolved. Simply put, resolving the ****** conflict will stabilize the entire Horn of Africa region. Therefore, we urge the United States: * To spearhead an international effort aimed at ending the conflict * To urge all sides to commit an immediate ceasefire. * To urge the government of Ethiopia to allow the media, humanitarian and human rights organizations full access of the Ogden region. Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs (IHASA) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to document, research, analyze, publish and disseminate information on the political and socio-economic justice issues affecting the people in the Horn of Africa and in the Diaspora community. IHASA promotes peace, justice, equality, development and supports policies and actions that contribute to the advancement of good governance and the elimination of conflicts in the Horn of Africa. For more information, please visit us at www.ihasa.org 4979 University Avenue • Suite C • San Diego, CA 92105 • 619 788 2916 Website: www.ihasa.org • Email: info@ihasa.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

General Duke & Mr.Somalia, The ONLF fighters do not fight in Somalia and Somalis. If you want to attack the O clan on this cyber world, then feel free to do so. Don't mix up the two while trying to score some cheap low level clanish shots. This thread is about Omar Jamal, why divert it to a region vs region thing? Somebody posted an article (which I happen to partially agree with) that has been written about this dude. If you are here to disagree with what have been posted about him; a college dropout, one-man, nonprofit mascara, and full of Islamophobia then come up with better argument.

You are another OJ. Why don't you take his old position and start talking bad about Somalis.

indeed your cousin is a legend LOL.

. . I didn't know Jamal has a pending case for deportation. Illeen the man is trying to keep his a** in the country that is the reason he is so outspeaking person about the argagixiso thing. Lool@Iidi spilling hot coffee on someone in the fadhi ku dirir. He,too, is not normal.