Strong rumors have been persisting for weeks now that he has already been tapped by the Ethiopians to head their puppet regime. The rumors have been strengthened the last couple days from inside sources. Is everything going on in regards to announcements and nominations just a farce? I guess we will find out in due time.

Kani aragtidiisa danbe Alle (swt)nama tuso.

Two nights of hit and run and they have run away. Gebiba waa wax wadnaha farta ku hayo. Alla maxaa cashar lama iloobaan ah nimankii Xabashida ahaa la baray labadi sano ee lasoo dhaafay. Xabash iyo Soomaaliya waa sidii loo kala goo'yay.

A political response nonetheless. Duly expected and well predictable. Jumcah wanaagsan to you too as well.

Waa guul and they have a cause to celebrate!

LST and Xiinfaniin continue nursing your bias. The superficiality of your statements is such that, even when the legitimacy of Al Shabaab is not questioned, you continue on in a superficial fashion to contest points that have not been addressed, on account of my clan background you see. Extremely juvenile but expected from the old guard nevertheless. Let the world be a witness to hypocrisy exemplified when Xiin is a superficial Al Shabaab supporter in Kismaayo but a critic everywhere else. Good day sirs. Unfortunately, I have no time for petty games.

My question has nothing to do with that Caamir. It doesn't address the legitimacy of Al Shabaab's rule whatsoever. It is a very narrow question which inquires specifically about the legality of Waldiire's killing. Your comment about what psychological message it sends is irrelevant. We are not discussing some rebel group beholden to no powers save themselves. We are discussing a religious grouping whose sole foundation and legitimacy derives from strict obedience and fealty to the celestial laws of a celestial entity. The question then is what is the position of those celestial laws when applied in the killing of Waldiire.

Alle hau naxariisto Waldiire, but the question that begs to be asked is what did Waldiire do that warranted such a sentencee? Waldiire is a politician, and a former at that, but he is also a good friend of Barre Hiiraale. It is not a coincidence that Waldiire was taken out of his house the night Barre and the Ethiopians reached Baardheere and has been held since until his eventual demise. Is there a reason the man was killed or this simply guilt by association? This is something the administration in Kismaayo needs to explain. It is a very serious Islamic matter if civilians are now officially being killed (not assassinated you see) on account of having been politicians in pre-ICU Somalia or because of guilt by association. p.s. Before you accuse me of clannism Duke, Waldiire is not reer Gedo, although inconsequential in the greater scheme of things.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ^^Calling Sharif a traitor, while showering praises on Godane eh! Coming from you too. Waa runtaa yarkagan Red Sea waxaad moodaa bal xooga si qabyaalad ku dheehantahay inuu webiga ukala gooshaya balse adigu nafsadaadu hadaan wax yar ku su'aalo, Shiekh Sharif ma wax lala yabuun ahayn? Awoowe kuray ma tihid, diintana cilmigeedu kuma yarid sidaan anigu kaa dareemay marka mawaadan la yaabayn shaqsi Shiekh baan ahay yiri, tuute xirtay, qori garabka surtay, yirine "JIHAD FIRDUL CAYN YAAN ICLAAMIYEY" kabacdiina cararay markii danbena la ogaaday in dayuurado shisheeye duurka ka dooneen? Ilaa iyo haatane quwadahuu u qori qaatay miyaysan wardiyayn? Shiekh Shariif tiisa Alle haloo daayaan iri ee hanagu soo qaadin taariikhdiisa. Danbi un baad na gelinaysiin. Marka Xiinoow laba mid dheh, ama dheh anigu halkaan wax ka eegayo waa mida Somalia dhibka ay ku jirto ka bixin karayso amase dheh anigu wadciga Alle jecelyahay ayaan wax ka eegaya. Kuwaasi waa laba, hadaad fikrada hore so jeedisid Shiekh Sharif mar danbe in lagugu hor caayo anigu ma qabi. Shiiqu waa run, taageerada quwadahu shiisheeye ayuu kasbaday marka siday u egtahay waa shaqsiga haatan Somalia marxalada ay ku sugantahay wax ka badali karo. Waa shaqsi magac diimeed huwan isla markiina gacan saar la leh wadamada galbeed. Laakiin inuu Shiiqu dariiqiisu yahay wadciga Alle ka farxinayso iyo in kale waa su'aal aakhiro samaan nalooga jawaabi doono. Taasi waa xaqiiq. p.s. As for Jiniqoow, he came back to Xamar last month and has since been escorted around by the foreign troops who expelled his organization. That is all I will say on the subject.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ^^Calling Sharif a traitor, while showering praises on Godane eh! Coming from you too. Waa runtaa yarkagan Red Sea waxaad moodaa bal xooga si qabyaalad ku dheehantahay inuu webiga ukala gooshaya balse adigu nafsadaadu hadaan wax yar ku su'aalo, Shiekh Sharif ma wax lala yabuun ahayn? Awoowe kuray ma tihid, diintana cilmigeedu kuma yarid sidaan anigu kaa dareemay marka mawaadan la yaabayn shaqsi Shiekh baan ahay yiri, tuute xirtay, qori garabka surtay, yirine "JIHAD FIRDUL CAYN YAAN ICLAAMIYEY" kabacdiina cararay markii danbena la ogaaday in dayuurado shisheeye duurka ka dooneen? Ilaa iyo haatane quwadahuu u qori qaatay miyaysan wardiyayn? Shiekh Shariif tiisa Alle haloo daayaan iri ee hanagu soo qaadin taariikhdiisa. Danbi un baad na gelinaysiin. Marka Xiinoow laba mid dheh, ama dheh anigu halkaan wax ka eegayo waa mida Somalia dhibka ay ku jirto ka bixin karayso amase dheh anigu wadciga Alle jecelyahay ayaan wax ka eegaya. Kuwaasi waa laba, hadaad fikrada hore so jeedisid Shiekh Sharif mar danbe in lagugu hor caayo anigu ma qabi. Shiiqu waa run, taageerada quwadahu shiisheeye ayuu kasbaday marka siday u egtahay waa shaqsiga haatan Somalia marxalada ay ku sugantahay wax ka badali karo. Waa shaqsi magac diimeed huwan isla markiina gacan saar la leh wadamada galbeed. Laakiin inuu Shiiqu dariiqiisu yahay wadciga Alle ka farxinayso iyo in kale waa su'aal aakhiro samaan nalooga jawaabi doono. Taasi waa xaqiiq. p.s. As for Jiniqoow, he came back to Xamar last month and has since been escorted around by the foreign troops who expelled his organization. That is all I will say on the subject.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ^^Calling Sharif a traitor, while showering praises on Godane eh! Coming from you too. Waa runtaa yarkagan Red Sea waxaad moodaa bal xooga si qabyaalad ku dheehantahay inuu webiga ukala gooshaya balse adigu nafsadaadu hadaan wax yar ku su'aalo, Shiekh Sharif ma wax lala yabuun ahayn? Awoowe kuray ma tihid, diintana cilmigeedu kuma yarid sidaan anigu kaa dareemay marka mawaadan la yaabayn shaqsi Shiekh baan ahay yiri, tuute xirtay, qori garabka surtay, yirine "JIHAD FIRDUL CAYN YAAN ICLAAMIYEY" kabacdiina cararay markii danbena la ogaaday in dayuurado shisheeye duurka ka dooneen? Ilaa iyo haatane quwadahuu u qori qaatay miyaysan wardiyayn? Shiekh Shariif tiisa Alle haloo daayaan iri ee hanagu soo qaadin taariikhdiisa. Danbi un baad na gelinaysiin. Marka Xiinoow laba mid dheh, ama dheh anigu halkaan wax ka eegayo waa mida Somalia dhibka ay ku jirto ka bixin karayso amase dheh anigu wadciga Alle jecelyahay ayaan wax ka eegaya. Kuwaasi waa laba, hadaad fikrada hore so jeedisid Shiekh Sharif mar danbe in lagugu hor caayo anigu ma qabi. Shiiqu waa run, taageerada quwadahu shiisheeye ayuu kasbaday marka siday u egtahay waa shaqsiga haatan Somalia marxalada ay ku sugantahay wax ka badali karo. Waa shaqsi magac diimeed huwan isla markiina gacan saar la leh wadamada galbeed. Laakiin inuu Shiiqu dariiqiisu yahay wadciga Alle ka farxinayso iyo in kale waa su'aal aakhiro samaan nalooga jawaabi doono. Taasi waa xaqiiq. p.s. As for Jiniqoow, he came back to Xamar last month and has since been escorted around by the foreign troops who expelled his organization. That is all I will say on the subject.

Ilaa iyo Riyaale iyo qashin walbaba hoosta lagu haysto, Cali Samantar cid u dhawaanaysaan jirin ciduu doona haka imaadee kala seexda caruuray! Cabdullahi Yusuf, Riyaale, Cabdiqaasim, Morgan, Cabdullahi Caddow, Cumar Xaaji Massale, Jees, Cusmaan Caato, iwm iyo waxii dhamaa ee dadka Soomaaliyeed dambi ka galay meel halawada keeno ama ha lagu kala dareero golaha odeygan kaliya lama ugaarsanayee!

Originally posted by Juje: Waaba baryay bilicsaan arooryo baxsan Dhulka sow anigu ma lahi

Ban ki moon baa u jawaabay. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently said this was not realistic as Somalia was too dangerous. War Soomaaliya waa in laysku daayaa. Waxa kan ee loolamaya waa in hal quwad iyagu dhex dooda kasoo dhex baxdaa oo dalka nabdayso. Dalkagan waa in hal quwad midhaha Soomaali uga soo baxdaa oo gacan bir ah qabato sidii Maxaakiimti iyo gacan bireedkee Xamar ku qabteen. Wax kale ee nabdayn karaysaa ma ay jirto. Walaa Banki moon walaa Bush, Etoopiyana warkeeduba meel dhig wataa cagaha wax ka dayday.

Warshadii Coca Cola ee ku taalay jidka Warshada Dadka oo daawanaya Qalabkii ay ka tageen ciidamada Ethiopia Dadweynihii oo gudaha ugu jira dhismaha warshada Baastada kuna faraxsan Bixitaanka Ciidamada Ethiopia. Shacabka oo dhex wareegaya Goobaha ay ka bexeen ciidamada Ethiopia ee warshada Baastada Dadka oo daawanaya xarig ay ciidamada Ethiopia ka soo laad laadin jireen dadka ay qabtaan

Ethiopia troops 'leave Mogadishu' Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from their main bases in the Somali capital two years after they intervened in Mogadishu, reports say. There were scenes of jubilation among Mogadishu residents as the troops left. The troops entered Somalia in 2006 to help government forces oust Islamists, who again control much of the country. A small African Union peacekeeping force provides security in Mogadishu but analysts say it is not strong enough to withstand the Islamists. The departure of the Ethiopians gives urgency to efforts to find more peacekeepers, says the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Some 16,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict between Somalia's transitional government and the Islamists, and a million more have been forced from their homes. The withdrawal was part of a peace plan agreed by the government and moderate Islamists in October which required a pull-out in late November last year. Small group of Ethiopian troops have been seen heading for the border in recent days. For days Somalis have been keeping a distrustful watch on the Ethiopian troops left in the country, suspicious that despite all their promises they were not really going to leave, our Addis Ababa correspondent says. Dangerous Increasingly urgent efforts are now going on to strengthen the small African Union force, she says. Uganda, Burundi and Nigeria are willing to send extra troops but the African Union has no money to pay for them and is wary of taking on an open-ended commitment. Potential donor countries have been invited to a meeting this Saturday at African Union headquarters. The US has now circulated a draft resolution at the United Nations proposing that the UN take over eventual responsibility for a peacekeeping force in Somalia. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently said this was not realistic as Somalia was too dangerous. BBC

Xiin, that same Sheikh Xassan Yacuub there is from the community. So is the Xassan Jibriil who was behind the attack in Luuq and the Shiekh Gadaashay who led the attack on the Ethiopian convoy in Qaniiniyow hill near Baardheere last night. The majority of the community, however, does not want a fight and really sees no reason to attack Kismaayo. I would say the shicib is largely nonaligned, meaning they do not support a war against Kismaayo or the Islamists but at the same time do not want to put up a great front against the Ethiopians and throw the region back to the infamous era of late 90's. It is mostly the old guard from Kismaayo who are with Barre on this and facing them are the remnants of the former Al Itihad.

Xabashida meel alle meeshay tagto waa in loogu tagaa.

Oodweyn, by now it is simply beyond human comprehension why you do not seem to understand your tirades do naught to change the dynamics on the ground. My only hypothesis, then, is that it serves as a defense mechanism of sorts, at least to shield yourself from reality, and judging by your effective reliance on it, as a comfort of sorts. Let me make this clear for you, your opinion on this issue matters as much as a grain of sand and that is really overestimating the relevance of your opinion. Now the reality is, the world sees another peaceful secure province of Somalia, whose geographical location is equal to that Somaliland, at least when the distance to Mogadishu is taken into regard, who has just went through a very smooth and seemingly democratic transition of power yet is not entertaining secession from the Somali Republic on account of it peace and security. Now when such a situation is taken into context, what else makes Somaliland's bid for secession unique other than having been a former ignored protectorate of the then British Empire whose origins came about as a result of individual tribes signing individual treaties with the then former representatives of that Kingdom? A colonial heritage, mind you, that was rejected in its entirety by a mutual union between the then Br. Somaliland and It. Somaliland half a century ago. I ask you with sincerity O' son of that " beacon of democracy"? And on the subject of your tirades, when does it not embarrass you when it embarrass me, years your junior, to witness such unbecoming conduct from an individual years my senior. In the future please try to reign in your emotional tirades lest it leaves you more irrelevant then you've already become. As the world sees it: It does not seek recognition as an independent entity, like neighbouring Somaliland, wishing instead to be part of a federal Somalia... ...“It is a historic democratic election in Puntland, making me the region's fourth president since 1998. I hope I will bring some changes,” Mr Farole said. BBC

I am already aware, Oodweyn, that the authenticity of this election wounds you. A peaceful province with security and fair elections that the international press is quick to point out does not entertain notions of trying to secede from the rest of the Republic on the grounds of just that. Oh yeah, it hurts.

It really is something to applaud. Kudos to reer Puntland. Analyze also this election in Puntland truly surpases Somaliland's cheated elections. However, one can compare Cadde Muuse's smooth transfer of power to Siilaanyo's selfless concession, even when it was clear he was the winner. We hope to see Somaliland and the rest of Somalia's provinces emulate the authenticity of this smooth election.

Dadkagan qaar waxaad moodaa inay god ku jireen inta aduunka socday. War waxa lawada ogsoonyahay maxaa idinka indha-tiray hadaan idin su'aalo?

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: We have the right to forgive and the right to sue ....... that is what courts are all about. Burco markaan warkeeda kaa doonto ii jawaab awoowe.

Originally posted by Suldaanka: LOL@ Horn, The list is long. Who-is-who of Afwayne's haydays. Raggii dhulka ayagoon u shaqaysan biladaha iyo fake titles laga wada buuxshay. Awoowe ma anigaa lugaha kaa haysto? Once this is done, I would advise Cali Samantar to counter-sue for "personal and emotional injuries" brought on by the charge.

I find it ironic old man Samatar can be hounded while Riyaale, a man who had direct first-person hand in the torture of civilians, can be their president. Perhaps they believe this is their villages where selective justice rules the day. Adigu waan ku cafinay, maya adiguse kumaan cafin. Perhaps now you will understand what it is like to function under a sytem where justice isn't selective. But the appellate court ruled that the law does not extend immunity to individuals, only to foreign states themselves and their agencies. The Supreme Court really needs to get involved because this is one of those times when laws need to be explained word by word to appeals courts. According to the ruling which the first District Court used, "agencies" can be clearly defined as individual "persons" of those states: b) An "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state" means any entity -- (1) which is a separate legal person, corporate or otherwise, and (2) which is an organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, or a majority of whose shares or other ownership interest is owned by a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, and (3) which is neither a citizen of a State of the United States as defined in section 1332 © and (d) of this title, nor created under the laws of any third country. The fact that a circuit split exists makes it more likely that the Supreme Court would agree to hear an appeal, he said. Get on with it then and explain the law to these activists appeals courts. All Samatar's lawyers had to do in the first trial was proof he represented the authority of the Somali Republic at that time in his capacity as a minister and the case was dismissed. Simple as that. p.s. I am all for justice and welcome trying Samatar or anyone else if they are guilty of crimes but as long as specific groups, particularly those behind such ridiculous suits, hold on to notions of selective justice then you will be opposed and shown the folly of your ways. Justice for all, not just those who are politically beneficial to you at this time!