Mogadishu faction fighters regroup NAIROBI, April 19 (Reuters) - Two factions which recently clashed in Mogadishu are moving militias to strategic positions for a fresh round of fighting for control of the Somali capital, residents said on Wednesday. Up to 90 people died last month in Mogadishu's worst battles in years, between militias linked to the Islamic courts and those tied to the Mogadishu Anti-Terrorism Coalition, comprising most of the capital's powerful warlords. Fleeing residents said tension in the city was high as each side stockpiled weapons and ammunition, moved fighters into position and strengthened their 'technicals' -- flat-bed trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns. "The city is on the brink of war," one weary resident, Abdifatah Abdulkadir, told Reuters by telephone. "I saw several technicals belonging to the coalition patrolling our Bula Hubay neighborhood while Islamic court militia are stationed in our backyard." Many Somalis believe the United States is funding the influential warlords as part of Washington's war on terrorism but the U.S. government denies it. The charge has given the Islamic courts, funded by prominent businessmen, another rallying cry against warlords vying for control of Mogadishu. The courts are the only authority in parts of northern Mogadishu and mete out justice under sharia law. "My immediate neighbours have already fled to Afgoye," Abdulkadir said. "I'm planning to take my kids to Bravo before the guns start blazing." Somalia has had no functioning central government since warlords ousted military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, heralding 15 years of lawlessness. Neither the government nor the militia backers had any comment on the situation. "START SHOOTING" Ali Nur, a fighter allied to the warlord coalition, said his fellow militiamen were just waiting to pull the trigger. "There's nothing else remaining except to start shooting," he told Reuters, without elaborating. On the Islamist side, fighters were closely watching the coalition's movements, ready to hit back if attacked. "We will not attack them but if they try to attack us we will defend our positions," one source close to the Islamists said. One Somali analyst said there were signs a new round of fighting would be worse than the clashes in the barren outskirts of the capital last month. "We should expect a disaster because unlike the previous battles this time round they plan to engage each other in the city," said the analyst, who declined to be named. The recent violence in Mogadishu shows how little control Somalia's fledgling interim administration has over the nation of 10 million people. Formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004, the government moved to Somalia last year, meeting in the southern city of Baidoa because of insecurity in Mogadishu. Most of the Mogadishu warlords are lawmakers or ministers, while the Islamist factions have their allies in government. Source: Reuters, April 19, 2006

Somali students study to save their home country Somali-born Abdulfatah Issak sits at a wooden study table in Ohio State's Science and Engineering Library, reviewing microbiology and timing himself during practice exams for the Medical College Admissions Test. It is past 1 a.m. With a nervous, periodic bump of his knee against the table, he looks out the window, pondering a question. With the darkness outside, he can barely see the building next door, still under construction. Though the MCAT deadline looms near, Issak pushes away his worries about the date. He knows exactly why he is pressuring himself to take the test and graduate with research honors in OSU's competitive microbiology program: Since the age of 10, Issak has longed to be a doctor. Issak's Somali roommate, Nasir Hassan, who graduated from OSU last winter with a degree in pharmacy, also sits at a desk preparing for the MCAT. Beyond the red brick walls of the library, their Somali friend, Bishare Gardad, is at her home studying for an organic chemistry exam. In all, two-thirds of OSU's 90 Somali students are training to be doctors, nurses, nutritionists and research scientists, Issak said. Somali students even joke about their being pre-med. "We call it pre-Somali," Issak said. But he does not joke about why Somalis want to become doctors. In 1999, Issak came to Columbus from central Somalia because his mother had grown anxious about his future education and safety. After civil war broke out in 1991, "children simply stopped going to school," Issak said. His family had heard about the men and boys slaughtered in Mogadishu and in villages throughout Somalia. His mother understood what education could mean for him. "She arranged for me to leave the country with my older brother," he said. The two brothers came to live with relatives in Columbus' Somali community, about five miles north of OSU's campus. At the time, Abdulfatah was 16. Back in Somalia, the civil war had entered its eighth year. Looters raided hospitals and clinics; armed mercenaries squatted in Mogadishu General, once one of the most advanced hospitals in the Horn of Africa. The country's only medical training program shut down and doctors and nurses fled the country or were killed. Outside the capital of Mogadishu, rural and nomadic people of the Somali countryside fared far worse: with the overthrow of the Siad Barre government, the war's trigger point, the once free public health system crashed.

HIV virus/AIDS, Bird Flu, and now this new mystery. Why do they all have in common? All are fatal infectious diseases (in my believe) designed to kill efficiently and silently, and with long-reaching consquences for the subject cases of this world. No wonder medicine is being the most sought after profession from the people's of the third world nations around the world.

Ra’isulwasaare Geedi oo sheegay in dhinacyada Muqdisho isku haya ay u shaqeeyaan dalal shisheeyei Baydhabo 19 April. 06 ( Sh.M.Network) Ra'isulwasaaraha dowladda FS Cali Max'ed Geedi oo shir saxaafadeed ku qabtey magalaada Baydhabo ayaa ku eedeeyay dhinacyada isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagixisada iyo midowga maxkamadaha islaamiga in dagaalkooda Muqdisho uu yahay mid ay ugu adeegayaan dalal shisheeye. Ra'isulwasaaraha dowladda FS Cali Geedi ayaa markii ugu horeysay ereyo kulul u adeegsaday dhinacyada dirirta isaga soo horjeedo magalaada Muqdisho oo dhowr jeer oo hore uu ugu baaqay in dagaalada ay joojiyaan. Geedi waxa uu tilmaamay in dagaaladii 15 ka sano ka socday dalka uu ahaa mid loolan siyaasadeed oo qabiil lagu labay, hasayeeshee dhibaatadiisa oo aan wali laga kabsan ay soo if-baxayaan kooxo afkaara qaldan wata oo dagaalo cusub bulshada galiyay. Culuma udiinka, waxgaradka iyo aqoonyahanada ku nool magalaada Muqdisho ayuu ka codsaday Ra'isulwasaare geedi in ay isku taagaan joojinta dagaaladaasi, oo uu sheegay in dhinacyada isku haya ay u adeegayaan xoogag shisheeye. Ra'isulwasaaraha Somalia oo ku tilmaamay naxariis darro dagaalka Muqdisho la isugu biratumanayo in uu yahay mid dhibaato u soo jiidaya bulshada ayaa isweydiiyay halka ay ka imaaneyso garaad yarida kuwa dagaaladaasi wada. Sidoo kale waxa uu ka digay dagaal uu ku sheegay Doqonimo oo ku soo laabto magaalada Muqdisho, isagoo la qeybsanaya cabsida dagaalo suurto gal ay noqoto in mar kale ay isaga hor yimaadaan dhinacyada Muqdisho isku haya ee Midowga maxkamadaha iyo Isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagixisada, oo dadweynaha magaalada ay muujiyeen, waxaana uu tilmaamay in kuwa ku lugta leh dagaalada oo ku gorgortamaya 15 sano ka dib dhiigga shacabka uu noqonayo mid aan laga hari doonin oo lala xisaabtami doono. Waa markii ugu horeeysay ee Ra'isulwasaare Geedi uu ereyo nuucaan oo kale ah oo ad adag uu u isticmaalo xubno dagaalo isaga soo horjeedo Muqdisho, oo qaarkood wasiiro ka ah dowladiisa, isagoo markii shirkiisa jaraa'id uu soo gabogabeeyay ka codsaday saxaafadda in aan wax su'aal ah la weydiin. Shabelle Media Network, Baay

Somali clans fear all-out war in Mogadishu April 20 2006 at 01:55AM Mogadishu - Rival militiamen are gearing up for new clashes to win control of the Somali capital, sending thousands of terrified people fleeing from their homes, Mogadishu residents said on Wednesday. Gunmen loyal to Islamic courts and the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) who fought pitched battles in the city last month have re-armed themselves for what residents fear may be all-out war, they said. "Some people are very much terrified and they are leaving their houses since most are sure violence will erupt," said Daudi Yakubu Mohamed, a taxi driver who has so far ferried 23 fleeing families from enclaves in southern Mogadishu. Businessman Ahmed Ismail Abukar said dozens of terrified families have fled the volatile Daynile district in southern Mogadishu to the Hamerwein district in the central part of the city, which is inhabited by less belligerent clans. "People are leaving their homes and taking refuge in relatively peaceful neighbourhoods that are not dominated by Islamic courts or the alliance," Abukar told reporters. Several hundred extended families, accounting for more than 2 000 people, have left their homes seeking safety as militiamen have deployed in various parts of the city, residents said. Arms dealers in Mogadishu's Bakara and Argentine markets said their stocks have been emptied in recent days as the two sides boost weapons and ammunition supplies in anticipation of major clashes. "The market is dry and demand is high," said one trader, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity. At least 52 people were killed and hundreds displaced in Mohgadishu in March when the two sides squared off in the bloodiest clashes since the country collapsed into anarchy with the 1991 ousting of strongman Mohammed Siad Barre. The ARPCT, seen by many here as a US-backed anti-Muslim instrument, was formed in February with the stated goal of battling the threat of terrorism posed by the alleged growing influence of Islamic extremists around Mogadishu. The city's powerful Islamic courts, which provide a semblance of stability in the parts of the city they control, deny US and alliance allegations that they are harboring al-Qaeda operatives and training foreign fighters. Washington has refused to comment on claims of its direct involvement in Somalia but on Wednesday issued a statement through the US embassy in Nairobi appealing for calm in Mogadishu. "The United States calls upon all Somalis to work together to encourage restraint and calm in the city," the embassy said in its first public comments about Somalia in several months. "Provocations and fresh outbreaks of violence in Mogadishu can serve only the interests of extremist elements," it said, urging that all differences be resolved through dialogue and the support of Somalia's transitional government. On Tuesday, the prime minister of that government, Ali Mohamed Gedi, said he had struck a deal with the United States to patrol Somali territorial waters to curb rampant piracy and stem terrorist threats. But Washington later denied any such agreement existed, while acknowledging that the US and Somali government officials were discussing counter-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts. - Sapa-AFP

Somali clans fear all-out war in Mogadishu April 20 2006 at 01:55AM Mogadishu - Rival militiamen are gearing up for new clashes to win control of the Somali capital, sending thousands of terrified people fleeing from their homes, Mogadishu residents said on Wednesday. Gunmen loyal to Islamic courts and the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) who fought pitched battles in the city last month have re-armed themselves for what residents fear may be all-out war, they said. "Some people are very much terrified and they are leaving their houses since most are sure violence will erupt," said Daudi Yakubu Mohamed, a taxi driver who has so far ferried 23 fleeing families from enclaves in southern Mogadishu. Businessman Ahmed Ismail Abukar said dozens of terrified families have fled the volatile Daynile district in southern Mogadishu to the Hamerwein district in the central part of the city, which is inhabited by less belligerent clans. "People are leaving their homes and taking refuge in relatively peaceful neighbourhoods that are not dominated by Islamic courts or the alliance," Abukar told reporters. Several hundred extended families, accounting for more than 2 000 people, have left their homes seeking safety as militiamen have deployed in various parts of the city, residents said. Arms dealers in Mogadishu's Bakara and Argentine markets said their stocks have been emptied in recent days as the two sides boost weapons and ammunition supplies in anticipation of major clashes. "The market is dry and demand is high," said one trader, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity. At least 52 people were killed and hundreds displaced in Mohgadishu in March when the two sides squared off in the bloodiest clashes since the country collapsed into anarchy with the 1991 ousting of strongman Mohammed Siad Barre. The ARPCT, seen by many here as a US-backed anti-Muslim instrument, was formed in February with the stated goal of battling the threat of terrorism posed by the alleged growing influence of Islamic extremists around Mogadishu. The city's powerful Islamic courts, which provide a semblance of stability in the parts of the city they control, deny US and alliance allegations that they are harboring al-Qaeda operatives and training foreign fighters. Washington has refused to comment on claims of its direct involvement in Somalia but on Wednesday issued a statement through the US embassy in Nairobi appealing for calm in Mogadishu. "The United States calls upon all Somalis to work together to encourage restraint and calm in the city," the embassy said in its first public comments about Somalia in several months. "Provocations and fresh outbreaks of violence in Mogadishu can serve only the interests of extremist elements," it said, urging that all differences be resolved through dialogue and the support of Somalia's transitional government. On Tuesday, the prime minister of that government, Ali Mohamed Gedi, said he had struck a deal with the United States to patrol Somali territorial waters to curb rampant piracy and stem terrorist threats. But Washington later denied any such agreement existed, while acknowledging that the US and Somali government officials were discussing counter-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts. - Sapa-AFP

Col.Barre Hiraale iyo Col. C/lahi Yusuf Oo Yeeshay Kulan Saacado Qaatay Iyo Col.Hiiraale Oo Wareysi Gaar Ah Oo Dhinacyo Badan Taabanaya Aanu La Yeelanay Kulankii Labada Col. Kadib (GEDONET EXCLUSIVE) Kadib markii uu maalinimadii shalay magaalada Nairobi soo gaaray wasiirka Dib u dejinta iyo dib u dhiska ee dowlada ku meel gaarka Xilidhibaan Barre Aadan Shire ayaa waxa uu tan iyo in tii uu yimid waday kulamo uu la yeelanayo dhinacyo kala duwan oo uu ugu horeeyo Madaxwaynaha Soomaliya Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed oo asana galinkii danbe ee shalay soo gaaray Nairobi. Hadaba qadar daqiiqado ah kadib markii uu madaxwaynuhu yimid ayaa waxa ay labada masuul yeesheen kulan albaabada loo laabay saxafadana loo diiday,waxa uuna kulankaasi ka dhacay gudaha Hoteelka Grand Regency uu deggan yahay Barre Hiiraale. Kulankan oo soconayay mudo sadex saacadood ah ayaa waxaa la xaqiijinaya in labada masuul ay ku kaliyoobeen goobta wada hadalka halkaas oo markii uu soo gabo gaboobay kulankaasi isla saacadiiba uu madaxwaynuhu u duulay wadanka ingriiska oo uu u aadayay arimo cafimaadkiisa la xariira. Si aan wax un uga ogaano waxyabaha ay labada masuulis dhaafsadeen ayaa waxaa noo suuro gashay inaan su'aalo dhoowr ah galabta waydiino Xildhibaan Barre oo aan ku booqanay Hoyga uu dagan yahay ee Grand Regency Hotel. Gedonet- Mudane Wasiir ku soo dhawoow Gedonet Wasiirka- Waan dhawahay Mahadsanid Gedonet- Waxa in badanoo kamid ah shacabka Somalidu ay isha ku hayan kulanka aad la yeelatay madaxwaynaha oo aad dhinaca siyaasada si wayn xiliyadii danbe isga soo horjeedeen ma noo fah fahin kartaa ujeedada kulanka iyo waxa aad ka wada hadasheen?. Wasiirka- Bismilah Kulnka waan wada yeelanay Adeer Waxan ka wada hadalay halkan kuma soo koobi karo waxana ugu muhiimsanaa arrimaha Soomaliya iyo dolwada sidii loo dhaqajin lahaa,waaan isku afgaranay. Gedonet- Waxaa soo baxaya warar tibaxaya in aad ka wada hadasheen arimaha la xariira ciidamo xoogan oola sheegay in dowladu ay rabto in ay fariisin uga samaysto Gobolada aad ka arimisan?. Wasiirka- Adereey dowlad ciidamo waa u bahantahay hadana ciidamada dowladu waa joogan jubboyinka marka waxaasi mahan wax aan u arkyo in ay culays leeyihiin. Gedonet- Mudane waxaa warbahinta ayamahan ay ka hadalayeen ciidamo aad gaynaysaan Bu'aalle maxay yihiin ciidamadasi?. Wasiirka- Waa goobaha aan ka arimino wana gayn karaa ciidamadeena hadase ma jiraan wax aan gaynay oo ciidamaa. Gedonet- Kulankii aad madaxwaynaha la yeelatay ma ka soo baxeen wax la taaban karo oo la xariira arimaha aadisku maandhaafsantihin?. Wasiirka- Kulanku waxa uu noogu dhamaaday is faham. Gedonet- Maxaa ka jira marti qaad ay kuu fidisay safaarada marykanka?. Wasiirka- Annaga howlo badan ayaan halkan unimi safaradana hadan kulan la yeelano dhib uma argno,lakin muhiimada aan hada wadnaa waxaa ugu wayn hay'adaha samafalka oo aan kala hadlayno sidii ay markale u bilabilahayeen howlahooda bini aadanimo ee goboladasi,qaarkoodna wanla kulanay qaarna wan balansanahay. Gedonet- Malaga yabaa in aadka qayb gasho kulamada wasiirada iyo xildhibanada ee Baydhabo oo aadan wali tagin?. Wasiirka- Haa wan tagaynaa baydhabo hadana dhib ugama aanaan maqnayn ee waxan uga hakanay cudurdaar wana nalagu ogyahay. Gedonet- Maxaa ka jira in marti qaad ay ku fidiyeen Jaaliyada Marykanka?. Wasiirka- Maraykanka waan tagynaa hadan janis uhelo waana uga mahad celinaynaa jaaliyada dadaalada ay wadan marti qaadkoodana wan soo dhawynaynaa. Gedonet- Ugu danbayn maxad u soo jeedinaysaa Beesha caalamka? Wasiirka- Waxan ugu baaqaynaa in aysan ka seexan xaalada Soomaliya oo ay gacanka gaystaan sidii loo hananlahaa qaranimadii somalia,si looga baxo foowdada iyo dhibka jira. Guntii iyo gabo gabadii waxaa aan si rasmiya carabka loogu dhufan qodobadii ay ka wada hadleen labada masuul oo u muqda kuwo saxaafada lga weec weecinayo. D Y SH (SONNA) Gedonet-Nairobi

Some critics have taken this as legitimization, from the most vocal camp, of Barre's leadership over Kismaayo. They are saying that this is a precedent that will be brought up in the future in favor of Barre. From my understanding, the American connection has only been uttered by various, as always untrustworthy, Somali news mediums. I haven't verified it yet. Perhaps Hiiraale's invitation to the U.S. Embassy has do with Xasan Turki, another alleged "terrorist" whose base is miles from Kismaayo. Barre Hiiraale has long given amnesty to Hassan Turki and his Islamic base in Ras Kambooni. I do not believe he would have left Kismaayo on-call to "snitch" on Turki when he has made it plain in that past that anyone who such intrudes on Turki's affairs has intruded on Hiiraale's.

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^So this has no connection to Abdulahi Yusuf and his administration? Even after this?

Barre Hiraale Oo Maanta Gaaray Magaalada Nairobi Apr 16, 08:32 Kismaayo:-Wasiirka dib u dhsika iyo dib u dejinta dowladda fedaraalka kmg ah ee Soomaaliya Barre Aadan Shire Hiiraale iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa saakay ka dhoofay garoonka magaalada Kismaayo, ayagoo ku sii jeeda magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta dalka Kenya. Socdaalka Col. Barre Hiiraale oo aan horay loo shaacin, isla markaana ahaa mid deg deg ah ayaa waxaa ku wehliyay sarkaal sare oo ka tirsan isbahaysiga dooxada jubba oo magaciisa lagu sheegay Cabdi Shire. Wariye Axmed Timajilac oo ku sugan magaalada Kismaayo ayaa u sheegay Halgan.net in warar hoose ee uu ka helay masuuliyiinta isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba ay sheegayaan in guddoomiyaha isbahasiga dooxada jubba uu magaalada Nairobi kulamo kula yeelan doono saraakiil Mareykan ah oo uu kala hadli doono arrinta ku saabsan shisheeyaha ku dhuumaalaysanaya dalka Soomaaliya. Socdaalkan Barre Hiiraale uu ugu ambabaxay magaalada Nairobi ayaa noqonaya kii ugu horreeyay ee ku tago magaaladaasi tan iyo markii uu halkaasi kaga qeyb galay shirkii dib u heshiisiinta Soomaalida ee lagu soo dhisay dowladda fedaraalka kmg ah ee Soomaaliya. C/qaadir Osman Halgan.net Muqdisho

Wasiirka dib u dhiska iyo dib u dajinta Barre Hiiraale oo maanta gaaray magaalada Nairobi iyadoo la filayo inuu kulan la yeesho madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf. April 16, 2006. HornAfrik. Mogadishu, Somalia. Deeqa Yuusuf Shire “Nairobi†Wasiirka dib u dhiska iyo dib u dajinta Barre Aadan Shire “Barre Hiiraale†ayaa markii ugu horeysay gaaray magaalada Nairobi tan iyo xiligii uu dhamaaday shirkii dowladda lagu soo dhisay laba sanno ka hor iyadoo ujeedada socdaalkiisa lagu macneeyey kulan uu la yeelan doono madaxweyne C/laahi Yuusuf. Wasiirka dib u dhiska Bare Hiiraale iyo xubna ka tirsan mamulkiisa ayaa saaka soo gaaray magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya iyagoo ka soo kicitimay magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta u ah isbaheysiga dooxadda jubba. Ujeedada socdaalka wasiirka oo aan si rasmi ah shaaca looga qaadin ayaa illo ku dhow dhow ay xaqiijinayaan in mudada uu joogo kulama uu la yeelan doono mas’uuliyiin ka socota hey’adaha samafalka oo uu kala hadli doono sidii ay gacan uga geysan lahaayeen samafalka bulshada gobolada jubbooyinka. Sidoo kale warar kale ayaa sheegay in berri uu kulan dhexmari doono Barre Hiiraale iyo madaxwyne C/laahi Yuusuf oo la filayo inuu galabta soo gaaro magaalada Nairobi waxaana soo baxaya warar sheegaya in madaxweynaha uu ka sii gudbi doono magaalada Nairobi isagoo u socda howla caafimaadkiisa ku aadan. Kulankan ayaa haddii uu qabsooma waxa uu noqon doonaa kii ugu horeeyey oo isku soo hor fariistaan tan iyo xiligii la dhisay dowladda. Marka laga reebo xiriir dhinaca Telfoonka ah oo ay sameeyeen xilligii uu wasiirka dib u dhiska Barre Hiiraale waday isku daygiisii ku aadanaa inuu dhexdhexaadin ka sameeyo xubnaha dowladda ee ku kala sugnaa magaalooyinka Jowhar iyo Muqdisho.

Wasiirka Dib U Dhiska Iyo Dib U Dejinta DFKMG Ah Ee Soomaliya Barre Aadan Shire Oo Soo Gaaray Nairobi Maanta barqanimadii ayaa waxaa magaalada Nairobi soo gaaray Wafdi uu hogaminayo Wasiirka Dib u dejinta iyo dib u dhiska ee Soomaliya Col Barre Aadan Shire oo ka soo kicitimaya magaalada Kismayo ee xarunta u ah maamulka Isbahaysiga dooxada Jubba. Inkasta oo aan si rasmiya shaaca looga qadin ujeedada socdalka Wasiirka ayaa waxa soo baxaya warar sheegaya in Wasiirku uu marti qaad ka helay dhinacyo badan oo ay ka mid yihiin safaarada Maraykanka ee dalka Kenya,hayadaha samafalka iyo dowlada kenya. Warar hoose ayaa sheegaya in kulan ay isugu yimaadan wasiirka iyo madaxweyne C/lahi Yusuf oo la filayo in galabta uu soo gaaro magaalada Nairobi ee caasimada Kenya. Waxana jira warar aanu ka helayno xafiiska madaxwaynaha ee Kenya oo ayaguna tibaaxaya in madaxwaynuhu uu marka uu kulanka la yeesho Barre Hiraale uu u sii gudbi doono wadanka Ingriiska oo uu u aadayo arimo la xariira caafimadkiisa. Hadaba kulanka la filayo in uu dhex maro madaxweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf iyo iyo Barre Hiirale aya aha mid xasaasiyadisa wata asaga oo noqn doona kulankii ugu horeeyay ee ay labada masuul isku soo hor fariistaan tan iyo intii uu Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed uu noqday madaxwaynaha dowladda ku meel gaarka ah ee Somaliya,iyada oo ay jireen qilaafyo dhinaca siyaasada oo labada masuul ku kala dhex jiray tan iyo sanadadii la soo dhafay. Waxana la filaya in kulankani ay ka soo bixi doonaan qodobo muhiimad goonia u leh madaxwayne Cabdullahi Yusuf oo doonaya in uu sare u qado awooda dowaldiisa liica dhacaysa. Waxa ayna dad badi is waydiinayaan waxa kulankani uu ku soo kordhin karo hadafka Barre Hiirale oo aan horay wax kulamo ah ula yeelan Cabdullahi Yusuf marka laga reebi xariir dhinaca telfoonka ah oo ay labadoodu yeesheen xiligi uu waday isku daygiisii ku adana dhex dhexaadinta xubnaha dowlada ee ku kala qoqobnaa Jowhar iyo Muqdisho. Wasiirka dibu dhiska aya la filaya in uu kulamo la yesho hay'adaha samfalka oo uu kala hadli doono sidii ay u buuxin lahayeen doorkooda samafal ee kaga aadan gobolada Jubboyinka oo ay ka jiraan dhibatooyin Bini aadanimo oo aad u baxad wayn iyo magalada Kismayo oo haatan amankeeda laysku halayn karo loona bahanyahay in ay hayaduhu dib ugu soo labtaan. D Y Sh ( SONNA) Kenya

^Our chief anthropologist, sheekadaas ma socoto. One example: f we continque Maay words in Maxaa tiri places and tribes, one such word is dhaw [or pronounced as dhab sometimes]. Dhab has two translations that I know of; 1. Sexual intercourse (Ninku naagta inuu dhabo ayuu doonaya [course]) (Dhawmo ayuu doonayaa [course]) 2. Foolproof (Ma kaa dhab baa?) How do these translations fit into those places/names? I supppose there are more inconsistencies floating around in your argument.

Beeraleyda Gobolka Gedo Oo Bilaabay Tacbashada Beeraha Beeraleyda qaar ka mid ah degmooyinka gobolka Gedo ayaa durba bilaabay tacbashada xilli beereedkaan Guga kadib markii maalmahiii la soo dhaafey roobab xoogan ay ka da'een qaar ka mid ah Degmooyinka gobolka inka stoo roobabkaasi weli ayan ka da,in deegaano dhawr ah oo ka tirsan Gobolka. Degmooyinka Luuq, Buurdhuubo, Ceelwaaq iyo degaano kale oo ka tirsan gobalka GEDO ayaa wararka naga soo gaaraya waxa ay tilmaamayaan in beeraleyda deegaankaasi ay bilaabeen tacbashada beeraha, waxaana lagu arkayay qaar ka mid ah beeraha roobka ku baxa oo howlo abuur ah ay ka socdaan, iyadoo rajada beeraleyda ay u muuqato mid ka duwan tii sanadkii la soo dhaafay. Beerlayda bilaabay tacabka beeraha ayaa waxsoosaarkooda u baaqdey labo xilli oo la soo dhaafey taasoo ka dhalatey Abaaraha ba,an ee ka jira Gobolka isla markaana sababtey in deegaanadooda ay ka barakeceen abaarahii ka jiray gobolka Gedo awadeed, iyagoo haatan dib ugu soo laabtay deegaanadooda si ay uga faa'iideystaan xilli sanadeedkaan. Abaaraha ka jira gobolka Gedo ayaa waxa ay saameyn ku yeesheen dadka beeraleyda iyo reer guuraaga ee ku dhaqan gobolka, iyadoo bilihii ugu dambeeyay xoolo dhaqato badan ay isaga tageen deeganadoodii si ay u helaan biyo iyo baad. AC Saalixi Gedonet

Suldaanka Do you think that the people of eastern Sanaag's opinions toward Somaliland have changed? I certainly don't think so, what say you? I'm starting to think the majority of "Somalilanders" are daft when it comes to the Sool/Sanaag issue and why those folks are not with them. Do they realize how much ideology weighs in the issue? Do they realize how much secessionism, or the wanting of it, weighs in the issue? Me thinks not!

^Ya isku hayo, yaana gaal ku kala faanaya? Suldaanka brought a legitimate issue and patronizing him simply because you do not agree to his political position will not cut it. Address the topic for what it is, not what pre-concieved bias we might have come in with. If I seem harsh, I apologize.

Originally posted by Suldaaanka: Anyways.... you said that the British were never interested in Somalia. If that is the case, where does this passionate hate for the British is stemming from? I await for your reply. I don't see hate, I see politics. Good luck sxb.

Watchdog seeks lost Africa wealth By Genc Lamani BBC News An anti-corruption campaign group has urged governments in the West to help Africa recover part of the wealth lost through corruption. Transparency International made the appeal in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The group estimated the amount of illegally appropriated money invested outside Africa to be $140bn (£80.4bn). It called on western governments to change their banking laws to make it easier for illegally acquired wealth to be repatriated to Africa. Transparency International, or TI, which leads a campaign against corruption worldwide, says the phenomenon is seriously undermining Africa's fragile democracies and hindering efforts to achieve sustainable development. Representatives of TI from seven African countries, including Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda, said that if Africa was to reverse the trend, it was imperative that African governments demonstrated the political will to fight corruption in a meaningful way. But the organisation says that without active cooperation from western governments, the process could take 100 years to complete. Although difficult to quantify, analysts estimate that Africa has lost over $140bn due to corruption both by its own governments and western companies in the post-colonial period. In a declaration adopted at their meeting in Kenya, Transparency International representatives said that it was not only illegal, but blatantly immoral that so much wealth stolen from Africa was allowed to circulate freely in the world's wealthiest nations. Last year, a United Nations treaty against corruption came into effect. It enables illegally acquired assets to be seized and eliminates banking secrecy protection for those under investigation. The measures to tackle corruption are there, say campaigners. What is needed to make it happen is more political will.

Protests Against King Swell in Nepal By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 7, 7:21 PM ET KATMANDU, Nepal - Police using batons and tear gas Friday beat back stone-throwing students who are demanding that King Gyanendra give up total power, while Maoist rebels attacked sites in the south. For the first time, students were joined in protests in the capital by workers, professionals and business owners — a sign, the opposition said, of growing momentum against the monarch in the Himalayan kingdom of 27 million people. The second day of a four-day strike called by opposition parties_ and supported by the guerrillas — shut down public transport, shops and schools in the capital, Katmandu. Hundreds of students emerged from the capital's alleyways, throwing bricks and stones. They burned a post office and forced police to retreat. Other students ransacked the dean's office at Tribhuwan University. Across Katmandu, police battled protesters in rallies organized by the alliance of seven political parties that called the strike to force the king to restore parliamentary rule. Home Minister Kamal Thapa said 751 people were arrested the past three days and warned that authorities would declare emergency rule or impose curfews if needed. Gyanendra took total power Feb. 1, 2005, by dismissing the government of interim Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, saying it was unable to quell a Maoist insurgency that had killed 13,000 since 1996. But the insurgency has worsened and the economy has faltered since. Gyanendra called for calm Friday in a speech broadcast live on national radio and television from Birgunj, about 125 miles south of Katmandu, saying "it is the need of today to establish permanent peace." In New Delhi, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, called Gyanendra's assumption of absolute power "a travesty." "There is no reason to support the king," he said. "The only thing he needs to do is restore democracy." Japan said it regretted the arrests, and called for peaceful protests. Neighboring India also called for the immediate release of political detainees. The rebels promised not to wage attacks in Katmandu during the strike, but have stepped up attacks elsewhere, raiding two army camps and a police station in a southern Nepal town Friday night. Days before the strike, Gyanendra's government banned all forms of public protest in Katmandu — a decision condemned by the European Union — and Friday's demonstrations were the first that drew ordinary workers, professionals and business people onto the streets. "This is very encouraging for us. People from all walks of life and groups have emerged in to the streets to join our protest, which is going to make sure our movement will continue and force the government down," said Krishna Sitaula of the Nepali Congress, the largest party. Widespread protests in 1990 that forced the previous king to establish parliamentary democracy only gained momentum only when thousands of common citizens poured into the streets. ___ Associated Press writer Neelesh Misra contributed to this story.

ps. what is the Islamic account of Ham, son of Noah and the curse ? that´d be intresting. A more interesting question is does Islam even mention Ham, Shem, and the other supposed "son" of Noah? If you find it does, please come back. If you find it does not, please do not come back.

Please do not tell me someone posted a trivial discredited Biblical addition as a legitimate source of discussion concerning Islam. Please do no tell me :confused:

Originally posted by AYOUB_SHEIKH: ^^^ Your buddies have two options; being part and parcel or just parcels Nite nite. Oh, but you aren't going anywhere.

Gobolladii ay Abaaraha ka jireen ee Dalka Soomaaliyeed oo Roobkii Guga uu ka da'ay Arbaco, April 05, 2006 (HOL): Waxaa shalay ilaa iyo xalay ka da'ayay Roobkii Guga qaar ka mid ah Degmooyinka Gobolladii Koofurta Soomaaliya ee ay abaaraha daran ka jireen, kuwaasi oo duunyadii joogtay intey dhamaatay ay dadkii bilaabeen in ay dhintaan. Inta badan Degmooyinka iyo Tuulooyinka hoos taga Gobollada Gedo, Jubada Hoose, Jubada Dhexe iyo Bakool ayaa lagu soo waramayaa in ay heleen raxmaddii Guga, iyadoo deegaanada gobolladaas hoos yimaadana ay ahaayeen meelaha ugu daran oo ay abaaraha ka jireen. Guddoomiyaha Degmada Buulo Xaawo Axmed Maxamed Yuusuf (Bur-Kuus) ayaa sheegay in inta badan degmooyinka iyo Tuulooyinka Gobolka Gedo uu roob xooggan ka da'ay, kaasi oo meelaha qaarkood ay dadku ka baqeen in uu daadad xooggan ku keeno. Md. Bur-Kuus waxaa uu sheegay in ay hartay abaartii gobolkaas ku dhufatay, wuxuuse sheegay in ay weli jirto saameyntii ay reebtay, gaar ahaan dadkii iyo xoolihii abaarta ka badbaaday oo aan lahayn tabar ay uga faa'iideystaan Raxmadda Alle u keenay tabar yaro heysa darteed, sidaas darteedna wuxuu ka codsaday Hay'adaha Samafalka iyo dadka wax heysta in ay dadkaasi u gurmadaan, isla markaana ay gaarsiiyaan in ay wax qabsadaan. Sidoo kalena Degmooyin ka tirsan Gobollada Jubbooyinka iyo Bakool oo ay abaar daran ka jirtay ayaa iyaguna waxay heleen Roobkii Guga, inkastoo gobollada Bay, Shabeelooyinka iyo Hiiraan aaney helin roobab xooggan oo ay dadka iyo duunyada ku diirsadeen, walow uu bilow yahay xilli roobaadka Guga. Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis) Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Mogadishu, Somalia