Each candidate is claiming to be the "legitimate" governor. Hussein Sheikh Abdi was appointed from Mogadishu first but the federal government named another man, Adan Ibrahim O'Hersi, to the post of governor under a state of emergency law earlier this year. Correction: Hussein Faray was already the de facto governor of Gedo as given mandate by the elders and civil society. His post was just "legitimized" within the TFG when his name was put on TFG paper. Aw-Hersi (Cirro) has no legitimacy or support from the elders or the general populace at large. Even when Abdullahi Yusuf named him, Farey continued to function from the governor's office in Garbaharey. This is to legitimize the region's choice.

Originally posted by Juje: “Whether in the United States, Saudi Arabia or Somalia, Ethiopians are known to be in touch with their homeland,” said Prof Raghe Shire, an expert in Ethiopian history. “Now that Ethiopians are welcoming their third Millennium, according to their 13-month calendar, these soldiers in Mogadishu must be nostalgically looking forward to the day they go back home.” Many of the city’s dwellers say the Ethiopians are better disciplined than the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Classic! Foreigner is good, men from rival clan are bad. This correspondont reminds me of Ahmed Diiriye and the Mogadishu Clan Elder's first major public relations gaffe: We have no problems with the Ethiopians, but we dislike the north Mogadishu and Puntland TFG troops.

Sheikh Ibraahim Dheere, sheikh caalin ah maashaalah. After languishing in a Washington State detention center on flimsy grounds, he finally asked to be deported rather than continue to see through the long court proceedings. Nairobi baa lagu dajiyey, ilaahay amarkiisne isla markaa ICU baa la wareegday gacan ku haynti Benaadir oo dhan. Halkaa iyo Xamar ayuu isagana aaday.

Dee Duke waa nin tol-jecel, haduu tolki soo dhawaysanayo maxaa idin ka quseeyo ragiinaan?

Oodweyne you haven't said much adeer, what we call "same 'ole, same 'ole". Next time I do know you will make sure not to put your foot where it doesn't belong! JB, "jealous" iyo waxaas horta raga laguma yiraahdo. Hadii talo lagu siiyo dee si raganimo leh baad u qaadan hadaad doontidne dee qaadan maayaad oran. "Jealous" iyo inta labada ka dhaxayso horta raga laguma yiraahdo adeer. "No thank you Horn, I respectfully disagree" baa kugu filan!!

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Buunbuunis. The city is calm and the elders of the killers have been sent to apprehend them. Governor Cabdirzaaq Xassan Cawl

Ok waa hagaag Duke, you have really given me a laugh here. Sheikh Turki balse karaamadiisa iyo sharaftiisa ha dhaawacin. Sheikh Turki, and Sheikh Dahir Aweys and others of their ilk are respectable men who have no siblings but those who stand with them in the name of Alle. Before the movement was hijacked by clan opportunists, I and many others of the "JVA clan" were some of the ICU's ardent supporters and if the movement is started once again today I will support them anyway possible. If you support Sheikh Turki then I guess we are on the same divide against the Xabashi and gaal-raac.

Originally posted by The Duke: loool. Adeer Xasan Turki and myself belong to the same clan that has vacated Kismayu to the JVA militia . The same family of ina Gaboose and Koojar and Afgaduud. You know that, we aint a minority like our distant kisnmen. Classic!

Hassan Turki was never your "cousin" adeer, never was never will be. Hassan Turki has always lived in southern Jubba, never was a threat to anyone and never showed animosity to anyone. The ICU fiasco in Jubba was not a clash between sheikh Turki and a clan adeer, there were other apparent things which are not part of the picture today. Etoopiyaankada wax kasii day yaa ku yiraahdo.

Originally posted by The Duke: [QB] ^^^Well the pictures seems to be clear adeer. Dont be afarid now. Anyhow Kismayu and the lower Juba needs to be pacified. Again. Interesting. Having hopes of Ethiopians taking you to Kismaayo again eh?

There is not a fighting base in Jubba. Ever since the Ethiopian invasion, the Kenyans have taken to routinely violating our sovereignty and there are more then enough American reconnaisance and spy satellites directed towards the southern quarter. What do you mean by "JVA between a rock and hard place"?

Since the ouster of Afgaduud, the Jubba regions have manifested into an oasis of peace and prosperity. Sharia Law has been re-adopted resulting in very public sentencing designed to be a deterrence for future law-breaking, grass-roots peace initiatives have been successfully implemented in such areas as Kismaayo, Beerxaani, Kamjiroon, Jilib, and now the rays of good tidings have descended upon Jamaame in this blessed month of ours. Source

You arrogance knows no bounds Oodweyn. I neither cared nor bothered to inform myself of what silly rebuttal you gave that confused young man MMA. My statement was more directed to JB who seems to have this extreme naivety about him that makes one entertain the vague notion that the said young man hopelessly believes every bird that manages to squeak Somaliland's name might actually have the power to land itself in some influential capital somewhere and have a deciding factor on Somaliland's recognition case That, old man, does not take a lot to shred. Perhaps it is that which you are bothered by?

Then again misty-eyed correspondents were never the sort of people consulted in the political corridors of influential capitals. Enjoyable piece by the way.

Gheedi is ready in preparation for post-TFG. He seems to have led his sub-clan in taking the best advantage of the TFG and Somalia's present situation. From Maxamed Dheere to Dhagaxtuur, Bashiir Raage to Cadaani, he brings to have brought unity and coherency never before seen in that specific group. If rumors do come true, Ceel-Macaan is once again undergoing preparation to to be used as clan rival to Mogadishu's national port.

Puntland oo ka digtay sharciga Batroolka ee horyaalka Baarlamanka Somalia Click here to find shabelle news in English Shabelle airs news in English Mogadishu 08, Sept. 07 ( Sh.M.Network)- Madaxweynaha dowlad goboleedka Puntland Gen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi oo ku sugan magaalada Dubai ayaa ka digay sharciga la horgeynayo Baarlamanka KMG ah oo ku aadan shidaalka dalka Somalia. Madaxweyne Caddee Muuse ayaa waxa uu sheegay in sharcigaasi aanu wax dan ah ugu jirin Puntland, ka dib markii uu yiri ay aqrisatay Puntland nuqul ka mid ah sharcigaasi. Cadde Muuse ayaa waxa uu dhaliilay habka loo qeybsanayo shidaalka, isagoo sheegay in qaabkaasi uu yahay mid aanu waafaqsaneyn Puntland, isla markaana aanu u hogaansami doonin. Waxa uu sheegay in mudadii maamulka Puntland uu jirey ay sameeyeen horumaro dhowr ah, waxaana uu sheegay in aan la aqbali kareyn in la baabi'iyo dhamaan waxyaabihii ay ku talaabsadeen. Hadalka Madaxweynaha Puntland Gen. cadde Muuse ayaa ku soo beegmaya xilli maanta Baarlamanka kMG ah ee SOmalia buuq xoog leh ay ka dhex dhalisay arinta la xiriirta Batroolka oo inta aan la gaarin doodeeda ay xubnaha Baarlamanka buuq Sameeyeen deetana guddoonka Baarlamanka uu soo xirey shirkii Baarlamanka ay lahaayeen. Maamulka Puntland iyo xukuumadda RW Geedi ayaa si weyn ugu kala fikir duwan qaabka loo maareynayo shidaalka laga qodayo dalka Somalia, iyadoo Puntland ay ku adkeysaneyso in ay tahay nidaam gooni ah ayna soo saaraneyso shidaalkeeda, halka xukuumadda KM ah ay dooneyso in la baabi'iyo dhamaan wixii heshiis ahaa ee la galay wixii ka dambeeyay burburkii xukuumaddii Militariga aheyd ee Siyaad Barre sanadkii 1991 dii isla markaana hada la galo heshiisyo hor leh. Click here to find shabelle news in English Halkaan ka dhageyso warar ku baxaya luuqadda English ka Shabelle Media Network Somalia

The northeastern view that Puntland is part of Somalia but does not come under TFG control seems to be backfiring in the face of Gheedi's resolute opposition. The disagreement that forced Cadde Muuse to storm out of Mogadishu quietly and temperamentally seems to be rearing its ugly head very publicly. Khilaafka U Dhaxeeya Maamul Gobaleedka Puntland iyo DFKMG OO Sii Kordhayo. Sep 09,2007 bySeattle-Washington-GNN Waxaa in dhawaalaba khilaaf uu u dhaxeeyay maamulka gobaleedka Puntland iyo DFKMG kasoo sii xogaystay kadib markii Baarlamaanka Soomaliya la horkeenay in laga doodo si loo ansixiyo sharciga wax soosaarka batroolka.Khilaafkaan ayaa waxaa si weyn u bayaanshay madaxweynaha Puntland Gen.cade Muuse oo xalay la hadlay warbaahinta gudaha Soomaaliya isagoo ku sugan Dubia. Wuxuu Gen Cade oo sheegay in Puntland abaal badan u gashay dowlada Federaalka badalkii ay wax wanaag ah ka filayeen in xukuumada Geedi Baarlamaanka horkeentay sharciga wax soo saarka batroolka kaasoo uu sheegay inaysan wax faa`iido ah ugu jirin Puntland.Wuxuu kaloo Gen.cadde Muuse sheegay in sharcigaan uu dhigayo inaysan waxba ka jirin heshiisyadii la galay wixii ka danbeeyay burburkii dowladii dhexe ee Soomaaliya. Dowlada gobaleedka Puntland ayaa laga soo bilaabo 1996 ilaa 2007 heshiisyo dhaqaalo badan kasoo galeen la gashay shirkado badan kuwaasoo aan marnaba ku guulaysan inay shidaal soo saaran.siyaasiyiin iyo aqoonyahano badan ayaa qabo inay sharci darro tahay in gobal soomaaliya ka tirsan iyadoon dowlad jirin ay heshiis la gasho shirkado shisheeya oo aan jirin sharci hagaya. Hadalka Gen.cadde ayaa ku soo beegmayo xilli la doonayo in baarlamaanka la horgeeyo shrciga wa soo saarka batroolka kasoo haddii la ansixiyo dhabar jab weyn ku ah maamul gobaleedka Puntland. Xarunta Warqabadka Gedo News Network-Seattle-Washington

Last time I looked, Dhuumaal was the police chief of Gedo. What in the world is he doing at Mogadishu? Maxamuud Sayid Addena Gedo markii lagasoo musaafuriyey ayuu Cabdullahi Yusuf afhayeenkiisa noqday. Waa yaab, ileen bahasha lacag la yiraahdo waaba mucjiso.

Xaalada deegaanka suuqa xoolaha oo caadi ku soo laabatay kadib ciidamo isaga baxay halkaasi. Mogadishu ,08, September 2007 (HornAfrik Media) Is bedel dhinac amniga iyo ganacsiga la xariira ayaa laga dareemay deegaanka suuqa xoolaha halkaasoo cishooyinkii ugu dambeeyay ay sii xumaanayeen dhaqdhaaqii ganacsiga iyo isku socodka dadka sababo la xariira ammaan dari baahsan. In kastoo mudooyinkii ugu dambeeyay uu hakad ku yimid qeybaha ganacsiga ee suuqa xoolaha isku socodka gaadiidka dadka ayaa maanta waxaa laga dareemayay jawi kaasi ka bedelan. Dadka ku ganacsada suuqa xoolaha ayaa waxaa la arkayay iyaga oo sit eel teel ugu soo laabanaya goobahooda ganacsi ay dib ugu howlgalaan. Arrintaan ayaa waxaa ka ay dambaysay kadib markii Ciidamo katirsan dowladda KMG ah ee soomaaliya ay fariisinka samaysteen goobo muhiim ah oo ku yaala degmada Hiliwaa taasoo keentay in uu xirmo ganacsigii guud ahaan ka jiray deegaanka suuqa xoolaha waxaana haatan Ciidamada dowladda ay isaga huleeleen goobihii markii hore ay dageen. Saraakiisha Ciidamada dowladda KMG ah ee soomaaliya ayaa waxaa ay sheegeen in sababta keentay in ciidamada ay halkaasi isaga baxaan ay tahay mid farsamo.

Ciidamada DKMG ah oo faarujiyay fariisin hor leh oo ay ku lahaayeen Muqdisho Click here to find shabelle news in English Shabelle airs news in English Mogadishu 08, Sept. 07 ( Sh.M.Network)- Ciidamadii deganaa Warshadii Taraqa Iyo Sigaarka iyo agagaarka warshadii hore ee IVECO ee waddada Warshadaha, Warshadii Caanaha iyo Warshadii Kabka ayaa gebi ahaanba isaga baxey halkaasi maanta, iyadoo aan la ogeyn sababaha ka dambeeya in ay ciidamadaasi halkaasi ka guuraan, inkastoo afhayeen u hadley ciidamada dowladda uu ku micneeyey arrinkaasi mid farsamo. Ciidamadan oo dhawaanahanba deganaa halkaasi, kana tirsanaa ciidamada booliska dowladda Somalia ayaa dadka deegaanka waxaa ay sheegeen in saaka waaberigii ay arkeen dhismooyinkaasi oo faaruq ah. Lama oga halka ay ciidamadaasi u guureen, ciidamada ayaa intii ay deganaayeen fariisimadaasi dhowr jeer waxaa weeraro ku soo qaadey kooxaha ka soo horjeeda dowladda Somalia. Mar Shabelle ay wax ka weydiisey afhayeenka ciidamada booliska gaashaanle C/waaxid Max’ed Xuseen sababta keentey in ciidamadaasi ay halkaasi isaga baxaan, ayuu ku tilmaamey in ay tahay tab ciidan, ciidankaasi oo uu ku tilmaamey in ay ahaayeen ciidamada loo yaqaano kuwa gurmadka ah,mana carabaabin afhayeenku goobta ay ciidamadaasi u guureen Shaley galinii dambe ayey aheyd ka dib markii ciidamo ka tirsan booliska dowlada Somalia ay ka guureen fariisamo ay ku lahaayeen Warshaddii Barfuumka iyo Shaneemo Cabdi Waayeel oo ka tirsan degmada Heliwaa ee Gobolka Banaadir Click here to find shabelle news in English Halkaan ka dhageyso warar ku baxaya luuqadda English ka Shabelle Media Network Somalia E-mail us: info@shabelle.net Email Us: news@shabelle.net

Is this article about Kismaayo? Or perhaps Boosaaso, in your humble opinion, equals Kismaayo? In mathematical terms that would be Boosaaso = Kismaayo? Also, logic says you have always got to double check your sources when the issue in question is one that can bring difference of opinion, or diverging interests. Now be a little bit more honest with me here good Jimcaale; do you find this news a little bit hard to stomach knowing you are the nomad who so promised us of a "big surprise" the said Afgaduud had in store for that city of Kismaayo?

Boosaaso: Madaxweyne Cadde Muuse oo casho sharaf u sameeyay saraakiil uu horkacayo Col. C/risaaq Afgaduud 31. August 2007 APL Boosaaso(AllPuntland)- Madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka Puntland Maxamuud Muse Xersi (Gen. Cadde) ayaa xalay casho sharaf ugu sameeyay xaruntiisa Madaxtooyada saraakiil uu horkacayo Taliyihii Guutada koowaad ee xoogga dalka Col. C/risaaq Afgaduud oo dhawaan halkaa booqasho ku tegay. Kulanka ayaa waxaa goob joob ka ahaa wasiiro ka tirsan maamul goboleedka Puntaland kuwaasoo ka wada hadlay sidii la isaga kaashan lahaa sare u qaadida awooda ciidamada nabadgelyada gaar ahaan kuwa daraawiishta. Ma cadda faah faahin intaa dheer oo ka soo baxday kulanka Madaxweynaha iyo saraakiisha balse warar lagu kalsoon yahay ayaa sheegaya in Col. C/risaaq Afgaduud uu wado abaabul aruurin ciidan bacdamaa horay looga soo saaray deegaanka J/Hoose oo ay gacanta ku hayaan maliishiyo beeleed. Dhinaca kale Madaxweyne Cadde Muuse ayaa la filayaa inuu u ambabaxo dalka Jarmalka iyadoo la sheegay inuu safarkiisa la xiriiro dhinaca caafimaadka halkaasoo kal hore horay ugu tegay arimo caafimaad. Cali Muxiyaddiin Cali AllPuntland, Muqdisho

Study finds twist in human evolution By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer 2 hours, 27 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Surprising fossils dug up in Africa are creating messy kinks in the iconic straight line of human evolution with its knuckle-dragging ape and briefcase-carrying man. The new research by famed paleontologist Meave Leakey in Kenya shows our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, calling into question the evolution of our ancestors. The old theory was that the first and oldest species in our family tree, Homo habilis, evolved into Homo erectus, which then became us, Homo sapiens. But those two earlier species lived side-by-side about 1.5 million years ago in parts of Kenya for at least half a million years, Leakey and colleagues report in a paper published in Thursday's journal Nature. In 2000 Leakey found an old Homo erectus complete skull within walking distance of an upper jaw of the Homo habilis, and both dated from the same general time period. That makes it unlikely that one evolved from the other, researchers said. It's the equivalent of finding that your grandmother and great-grandmother were sisters rather than mother-daughter, said study co-author Fred Spoor, a professor of evolutionary anatomy at the University College in London. The two species lived near each other, but probably didn't interact with each other, each having their own "ecological niche," Spoor said. Homo habilis was likely more vegetarian and Homo erectus ate some meat, he said. Like chimps and apes, "they'd just avoid each other, they don't feel comfortable in each other's company," he said. They have some still-undiscovered common ancestor that probably lived 2 million to 3 million years ago, a time that has not left much fossil record, Spoor said. Overall what it paints for human evolution is a "chaotic kind of looking evolutionary tree rather than this heroic march that you see with the cartoons of an early ancestor evolving into some intermediate and eventually unto us," Spoor said in a phone interview from a field office of the Koobi Fora Research Project in northern Kenya. That old evolutionary cartoon, while popular with the general public, keeps getting proven wrong and too simple, said Bill Kimbel, who praised the latest findings. He is science director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and wasn't involved in the research team. "The more we know, the more complex the story gets," he said. Scientists used to think Homo sapiens evolved from Neanderthals, he said, but now know that both species lived during the same time period and that we did not come from Neanderthals. Now a similar discovery applies further back in time. Leakey's team spent seven years analyzing the fossils before announcing their findings that it was time to redraw the family tree — and rethink other ideas about human evolutionary history, especially about our most immediate ancestor, Homo erectus. Because the Homo erectus skull Leakey recovered was much smaller than others, scientists had to first prove that it was erectus and not another species nor a genetic freak. The jaw, probably from an 18- or 19-year-old female, was adult and showed no signs of any type of malformations or genetic mutations, Spoor said. The scientists also know it isn't Homo habilis from several distinct features on the jaw. That caused researchers to re-examine the 30 other erectus skulls they have and the dozens of partial fossils. They realized that the females of that species are much smaller than the males — something different from modern man, but similar to other animals, said study co-author Susan Anton, a New York University anthropologist. Scientists hadn't looked carefully enough before to see that there was a distinct difference in males and females. Difference in size between males and females seem to be related to monogamy, the researchers said. Primate species that have same-sized males and females, such as gibbons, tend to be more monogamous. Species that are not monogamous, such as gorillas and baboons, have much bigger males. This suggests that our ancestor Homo erectus reproduced with multiple partners. The Homo habilis jaw was dated at 1.44 million years ago. That is the youngest ever found from a species that scientists originally figured died off somewhere between 1.7 and 2 million years ago, Spoor said. It enabled scientists to say that the two species lived at the same time. All the changes to human evolutionary thought should not be considered a weakness in the theory of evolution, Kimbel said. Rather, those are the predictable results of getting more evidence, asking smarter questions and forming better theories, he said. ___ On the Net: Nature: http://www.nature.com (Corrects spelling of Meave Leakey.)

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