I'm not 100% sure but I thought that city had two sides, one of them falling on the Ethio side of the border.

^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=832667&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSu bContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=1

Who saids that our indepedence is contingent on the 5 somalis' availability for unification? Is there some 'clause' that refers to this in our constitution? I think not. Let's not get sloppy walaalayal. The independence is sacrosanct and does not hinge on 5, 10 or 20 somalis, Or better co-operation with Ethiopians and Americans. If our people were to agree to sell their independence upon some future event happening or not happening than, why even fight for it and achieve it in the first place? We may as well have laid down our arms in the face of tyranny and oppression and accepted the terms dictated to us by the former regime of Somalia. That would have saved us hundreds of thousands of lives and forced us into an eternity of servitude.

Maa who? Punt what?

Originally posted by juma-nne: quote:And therefore, it can be said with confidence that when the time comes, Somaliland will address the reunification question taking into account the readiness of the South and its ability to engage Somaliland more constructively in more equitable terms. A condition which may in the future results in the formation of Democratic Somalia provided all parties are willing participants to the deal with no stones left unturned and no issue left unaddressed, so that what has been instigated in the past is not bound to repeat itself again. then there should no need for recognition isnt it? yaa JB why not work for the stability of the south in order to bring this to speed?. lol. JB u owe this man an asnwer

Originally posted by Che -Guevara: ^I don't see peace being feasible under the current circumstances. If you think otherwise, do let me know how you would achieve that. We all want peace, but is question under what conditions and whose terms? ^Finally someone with sense Unlike Ernesto Guevara's quote some folks would have you believe it is better to live on your knees than die standing.

Revive Somalia? Are you folks delusional? This character is still playing the ‘terrorism’ card, has legitimized the Ethiopian invasion, sanctified the CIA’s free hand in Somalia, downplayed the already grave humanitarian crisis and has not indicated any concrete measures to reconcile with the resistance. So am I reading the wrong interview?

Bariga, Last year I was reading through some of this guy's gibberish, I decided to search some of his other articles on various sites and I had noticed he comments on several leaders and conflicts worlwide, aside of course from that closest to him. The Police State run by Hosni Mubarak.

I haven't read this thread aside from the first post, what I can say with some certainty is if the thread was titled fåqash, It would have long been deleted. Secondly if you have no problem calling ppl qåldaan, than you should have no problem having ppl call you 'wålawayn' or 'Fåqash' or 'Midgån' or whatever. If you think these words don't equate, than perhaps you should step back and wonder if your being objective, as far I'm concerned they are all the same. If you don't agree I'd sure like to hear why. P.S. 'I say it to my friend all the time' does not constitute a valid and reasonable answer. I think most would agree on that much.

Originally posted by somalipride: Somalis in Puntland need more of their diaspora to return and help build. Unlike mogadishu which was the capital and hargeysa the second capital which both were getting the focus of the government in the 60s 70s and 80s Hargeisa was getting attention eh? what kinda of attention? What infrastructure did the government build?

Originally posted by Faarax-Brawn: So i gather you are a republican? Great,one more reason to pick on you. A Bush voting republican at that!, ask him about the 2K, he won't deny it. Libaax has a point though, as far as branding McCain the more 'moderate' republican. Do not be fooled by the diatribe coming out of the neo-con media, none of these Republicans have an agenda that could even be masked as 'progressive'.

lol^ Right on point saxiib, thank you for that.

lol..that's alot of etc Gediid si wad sheekada

Originally posted by AfricaOwn: UDUB in recent times has given us plenty of reasons to vote for them such as?

I didn't see what was so 'extreme' about the article, I have never seen or heard of any accredited Somali Archaeologist. If you do know any, please share with us their work or work plans so we can all benefit from them.

Originally posted by grasshopper: also just wanted to add that it's *great* that a Somali is taking this kind of interest in uncovering somalia's treasures.. How much of the history of somalia is actually written by Somalis anyway? ^Glad you see it that way after your earlier comments. No matter where she's from, it seems folks are getting away from what I think is the most paragraph in that article. Taking the landscape as its central theme, her project explores an important part of the Somalis’ cultural heritage. Many African societies have little written history, making archaeology a key means of exploring their past So her research will benefit all somalis and perhaps even shed light on the true origin of somalis, all 'theories' aside. It is no secret most of our history stems from oral traditions of poetry and the like. Often containing both myth and reality, it will be hard work for anybody trying to uncover hard material facts about somali origins and history.

If this report is accurate, what are the odds of this bill being passed in light of the recent comments from the State Department stating that the US would defer to the AU on the issue of recognition.

Originally posted by General Duke: Its good news, thus what will the excuse be tommorrow when they leave? Puntland troops are occupaying Mogadishu. The Ethiopians will leave and the TFG will remain. No excuses lads.

Your on to something^ Société Générale's excuse was that he held a previous post in the 'middle office' and that he knew most of the procedures to approve trades. Nevertheless, lot of people suspect that Management at many levels was in on this.

JB, The state department and the pentagon is actually engaging Somaliland, I think some folks (mostly opponents of Somaliland) lose sight of the fact that most State dep. officials and Pentagon folk had never even heard of Somaliland a mere 5 yrs ago.

^What in the heck is going on out here, you folks are aggreing on stuff? Man whatever happened to your bickering and name calling, I liked it better when you exchanged rubbish like 'SNM gangs' and 'Bugland' so enough with this lovey dovy stuff man, get back to the usual immediately!

Northern Somalis for War & Calacaal More appropriate of a name I think.

^Perhaps he's happily married and can't spare being without his wife

true^ I just want us to always remind each other to be mindful of our wording, what we seek is recognition, indepedence was earned well over a decade ago. Salaam brother.

The title is inaccurate saxib it should be the search for recognition and not independence.