Somalia: 'Al Shabaab are Thugs,' Says [Clan Name Edited] Council Spokesman Garowe Online (Garowe) 6 April 2008 Posted to the web 7 April 2008 A controversial clan elder in south Somalia has referred to the country's al Shabaab insurgent group as "thugs" who wrongfully attacked a small town and looted property. Ahmed Dirie, an outspoken critic of Ethiopian troops in Somalia, told a Mogadishu-based radio station Sunday that the al Shabaab insurgents' deadly attack on the town of 'Adado on April 3 was "aimed at hurting a [single] clan." "There were no government troops in 'Adado but the men who were attacked at the checkpoint [outside ' Adado] were placed there by the clan elders," said Mr. Dirie, who is spokesman for the self-appointed [Clan Name Edited] Tradition and Unity Council. He called on al Shabaab militants to return looted properties, including military trucks, and to offer blood compensation for the battle's dead victims. At least 20 people, including 15 government soldiers, were killed in last week's al Shabaab raid on a checkpoint outside the town of 'Adado, in Galgadud region. Col. Dahir Shidane, a military commander in the central regions, had previously stated that the men manning the 'Adado checkpoint were government troops under his command. But Mr. Dirie's claim is a stark contradiction to Col. Shidane's public statements that government soldiers - and not clan militias - were killed in the attack. Insiders said Mr. Dirie, who hails from Galgadud region, was disconcerted by the brazen al Shabaab attack on a town nominally seen as an insurgent stronghold. According to Mr. Dirie, clan militias belonging to a single [Clan Name Edited] sub-clan were targeted in the al Shabaab attack on 'Adado, a town dominated by this sub-clan community to which Mr. Dirie himself belongs. But his anti-al Shabaab rant is dissimilar to comments associated with Mohamed Hassan Haad, chairman of the [Clan Name Edited] Council. On Friday, Mr. Haad said that he "supports" ongoing insurgent attacks in parts of southern and central Somalia, which he said are aimed at "liberating" the country from Ethiopian troops. It is not clear whether or not there are fresh divisions among the [Clan Name Edited] Council elders that is reminiscent of divisions in 2007 that divided the Council into two separate wings. Allafrica Due to site rules, I've edited out clan names. Go to the source URL for more info.

They might be winning militarily but they're not certainly helping bring our seventeen years old internal conflict to an end. Going on a bullet rampage on anything that moves doesn't accomplish anything much less secure towns. These people are acting as if they're playing a video game; the more bad guys you eliminate, the higher chances of winning. War Deg Deg ah: Afhayeenkii Balcad oo is casilay Afhayeenkii maamulka degmada Balcad ayaa saakay shaaciyay in uu iska casilay xilkii uu u hayay maamulkaasi, xilli maamulka lagala wareegey gacan ku heysta degmada. Afhayeenka oo lagu magacaabo Maxamed Abshir Kaba qori ayaa sheegay in uu shaqada isaga tagay, kadib markii uu cadaadis uga yimid waalidkiisa iyo dhamaan eheladiisa. Wuxuu sheegay in sidoo kale uu shaqada uga tagay amaankiisa uu u baqey isaga oo sheegay in uusan wax lug ah ku lahaan doonin dhinacyada siyaasada isku haya. Hadalkan ka soo yeeray Afhayeenka ayaa ku soo beegmaya, xilli maamulkii degmada Balcad ay kala firdhadeen, iyada oo aan qaarkood weli laga war helin halka ay jaan iyo cirib dhigeen.

^ Balo. Shaqal la'aantaa i ceeshay. Waa waxaan loo noqon doonin. Far aan shaqlaneen dib la iiguma oga.

^ You may want to try cabir too. Ina ayeeyo, habeen wacan.

Show khalad baan u akhriyey. Qoraaga magaciisa sow Fariid uguma qorna?

Af-Carabkaad ku warantaa? Anigu markaan Fariid marayey buu iga joogsaday.

Miyaad tirisay?

The 'two peanut' guy mid i amaahi dheh. Where is he horta?

Maxaad la cirido weyntahay. Ma mid baad soo qudbo-sireyneysaa?

Jacayl dhiig malagu qoray Wali ruux maloo shubay Lafta saanta dhabarkiyo Ma u dheegay dhabarka Dhabanada Cad laga jaray ( aaaax ) Hadalkii malagu dhigay Xinjir aan is dhalan rogin ( waa yaab [smile] ) Midabkeedu dhiinyahay Laga dhuray halbawlaha Wali dhiil malagu shubay Laba mays dhansiiyeen Sida Dhayda Xoolaha Dhag dhag maw wadaageen Dhag dhag maw wadaageen ( waa yaab ) Waxanoo war ah just for hanky panking? Dhiig la'aan iyo wax la'aan lee yeey kugu dhicin.

Midkan traces of Maryooley DNA ha laga eego. Hooyadii maxey wiil balo ah dhashay.

I don't know if you do it in the middle of the street with live camera footage but in most cases you do have a choice to have your identity protected or hidden. It all depends on the case and circumstances. No choice to remain silent on dulmi knowingly and intentionally, unless aad abuukaate tahay.

lol@plus tii qalada. Maxaad salaad qaleysay. Waligaa ma kugu dhacday adigoo qalo tukanaaya haddana aad hilmaantid inay qalo aheyd oo rakcooyinkii isku khaladid, labo saac ka dibna aad suxuusatay xataa inaad sujuud sahwiga hilmaantay? What do you do next? Repeat qalahii altogether? Only Sujuud sahwi? Body tukanaayo and mind isla-wareeg iyo waaba tiris. Ninkaan ma xuma laakiin salaadu grace period ayey leedahay. Ma aha wax ku dhamaanaaya toban daqiiqo iyo wax ka yar. Sug ilaa destinationka gaarto. Subax ama Maqrib hadey tahayna he should have work it out in advance.

^Not true. You don't live in Gaalkacyo. You are in land where you CAN remain anonymous. In rapper country, to snitch is to go unnegro and uncat. Just created a new word there. Nothing to do with our Cool Cat though. The Code of Ethics he's talking about is being religious for hiphop tasbiix, chanting H, N or B word seventy to hundred times a day. Nothing ethical about a negro with dhagodhago. Odagiisaa ku dhib qaba. I must admit maryooleey have their own version. It's called dhoofsii 'em to criminal paradise. The paradise that welcomes criminals with warm hands and decent people with guns. To go undhoofsii is going against the nomad rules and any oday could declare you ^#%$#> Cadaan folk do have their version too and a better one I may add. Turn them in temporarily so Cadaan judge can prove them with insanity or mentally challenged. Does America have involuntary 'maanakoobiyo' for these people?

It's about TIME. Just kidding. No hard feelings dawg.

I hope he got a heavy duty treadmill. He really needs one.

^Gari.

Faynuus: Come again. Make yourself clear sister. Naxar: No but It should be part of Mauritania. Koora: Ari boowe aala tahay bey oran jireen. Ha isku daalin gibinkan. Xabash bey ka raacday. Someone remind me of the line of Bacaadle's gabay.

Daughters for Sale An innovative program in Nepal is helping to free young girls that live as modern day slaves. Unable to make ends meet, many families in western Nepal have been forced to sell their daughters, some as young as six, to work far from home as bonded servants in private homes. With living conditions entirely at the discretion of their employers, these girls seldom attend school and are sometimes forced into prostitution. This week NOW travels to Nepal during the Maghe Sankranti holiday, when labor contractors come to the villages of the area to "buy" the children. There, we meet the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation, which is trying to break the cycle of poverty and pain with an Enterprising Idea. They're providing desperate families with an incentive to keep their daughters: a piglet or a goat that can ultimately be sold for a sum equivalent to that of their child's labor. The organization says it has brought thousands of girls home to live with their families, but many cultural and political challenges still stand in their way. This is part of NOW's continuing series on innovative and sustainable solutions to world problems, what we call Enterprising Ideas. PBS: NOW

Ninba maankii ka hadal.

Jahli fowqal jahli.

Kismaayo: Qorshihii Xildhibaan Barre Hiiraale u tagay Kismaayo oo fashilaad ku imaanayo. APL Kismaayo (AllPuntland) - Waxaa isa soo taraya mucaarado xoogan oo lagala hor imaanayo socdaalada xildhibaanada uu hogaaminayo Barre Hiiraale ku joogaan Magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta Gobalka Jubada Hoose. Waxgarad iyo siyaasiinta ka soo jeeda beelaha dega Jubooyinka ayaa taxadar weyn ka muujinaya qorshaha socdaalada xildhibaanadaas oo la sheegay inuu yahay mid iskood ah, isla markaana ka wakiil aheyn Dowladda. Beesha Gacanta ku heysa Magaalada ayaa shaki gelinaysa socdaalka, waxaana afhayeenka beesha **** Xasan Dheere uu sheegay in socdaalada xildhibaanadaas uu yahay mid iyaga u gaar ah. Xildhibaan Barre Hiiraale ayaa markii uu tagay Kismaayo waxa uu dad reer Kismaayo u sheegay inuu war weyn u hayo, taasoo durba shakiyo laga muujiyay. Waxaana shir jaraa'id oo uga hadlay ujeedada socdaalkiisa uu ku sheegay inuu u yimid arrimaha maamul u sameynta Gobolada Jubooyinka iyo Gedo, taasoo uu ugu magac daray dhismaha maamul goboleedka Jubbaland. Hadalka ka soo yeeray Xildhibaanka oo horay uga talin jiray Magaalada Kismaayo ayaa waxaa qaadacay beelaha, waxaana ay sheegeen in qorshaha socdaalka uu yahay mid uu dano ka leyahay. Qoraal maalin ka hor ka soo baxay Aqalka Madaxtooyada ayaa dadka Jubooyinka loogaga digay in ay ka digtoonaadaan marin habaabinta qorshayaasha ay wataan Xildhibaanada uu horkacayo Barre Hiiraale. Cabdicasiis Maxamed AllPuntland

^Goormey dhagaha ka tumayaan SNM cult up north?

Divide Widens Between Insurgent Groups in Somalia By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 03 April 2008 Recent indications from Somalia's Ethiopia-backed interim government that it is prepared to negotiate an end to a 15-month Islamist-led insurgency have raised hopes for a cease-fire that could pave the way for peace talks. But as VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from Mogadishu, the insurgency is being waged by two Islamist groups motivated by different ideas, making prospects for peace in Somalia uncertain at best. The spokesman for the Islamic Courts Union insurgents in Somalia, Abdirahim Isse Adow, says it is the leadership of the Islamic Courts Union, known as the ICU, that has the authority to order a cease-fire. Adow, who spoke to VOA by telephone from an undisclosed location, says it is pointless to talk about a pause in the fighting while the country he says is still under occupation by Ethiopia. But he does not rule out the possibility of a cease-fire, if Ethiopia agrees to meet a key ICU demand and fully withdraws its troops from Somalia. This week in Nairobi, a top advisor to Islamist leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed told VOA that his group is seeking direct talks with Ethiopia to find a way toward a solution. That statement followed last month's announcement by the new prime minister of Somalia's Ethiopia-backed government that it was prepared to hold peace talks with any and all opposition groups. The most powerful opposition group is the Eritrea-based umbrella organization called the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, headed by the Islamic Courts Union leader Sheik Ahmed. He and other ICU leaders fled to Eritrea after the Islamist movement was ousted from power in December 2006 in an Ethiopia-led military campaign. They have been leading much of the insurgency in Somalia ever since. The softening stance of the ICU leaders and the Somali government offers some hope to ordinary Somalis, especially to the residents of Mogadishu, who have borne the brunt of the violence for the past 15 months. The spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, Ugandan Army Major Barigye Ba-Hoku, says Islamist insurgents have been using guerrilla tactics borrowed from the insurgency in Iraq. "There are assassinations. There are roadside bombs. They hit and run police stations. They attack government soldiers. They attack anywhere there is government," said Ba-Hoku. But, while the Islamist insurgents may share the same short-term goal of defeating Ethiopia and bringing down the interim government, extensive interviews with more than a dozen people reveal the insurgency is actually being waged by two distinct Islamist groups - fervent nationalists loyal to the Islamic Courts Union on one side, and religious zealots belonging to the home-grown, ultra-radical Shabab group on the other. The Shabab, founded four years ago by a Somali militant trained by al-Qaida in Afghanistan, functioned as the military wing of the Islamic courts. It was largely disbanded after the Islamic Courts Union was routed, but Somalis say it has been re-organized with the backing of Islamic jihadist groups and supporters in the Middle East and elsewhere. In recent months, Shabab leaders have said the group's ultimate goal is to help Muslims worldwide create a unified Islamic state. In contrast, ICU fighters are largely perceived as fighting for the Somali people. Residents say the ICU insurgents have far more popular support, and receive generous funding from the local business community, members of the Somali diaspora, and ordinary people fed up with a government they overwhelmingly view as being corrupt and uncaring about their plight. Adow, the spokesman of the ICU insurgents, acknowledges that the Shabab has been sharply critical of the courts for being too secular and has distanced itself from the movement. The spokesman says efforts are under way to reach an understanding between the ICU and the Shabab. He says he hopes something can be done to prevent this disagreement from turning into a conflict later on. Fearing reprisals, Mogadishu residents declined to speak on the record about Shabab's activities. But the picture that emerges is that of a group carrying out a war, not just against Ethiopian troops and the interim government, but also against other perceived enemies. Residents suspect the Shabab of being behind recent killings and of spying. Last month, two gunmen, posing as students, shot and killed a respected religious teacher in Mogadishu. Many residents believe that Shabab ordered the assassination because the imam criticized the group's militant ideology. They also fear Shabab is running a well-organized intelligence operation in Mogadishu and elsewhere, spying on ordinary citizens. Scores of people have been killed, accused of being government informants or sympathizers. A young Somali student, who declined to be identified, says everyone is tired of the Ethiopians and the government, but they are terrified of the Shabab. The student says it is impossible to go anywhere or do anything without the danger of Shabab members suspecting you of doing something wrong against them. Source

^That's too personal. It depends on the relationship. I once worked briefly with a man who would make involuntary noises. Sometimes a high pitch sound. We had a working relationship but I didn't want to be in an awkward position so I asked others. I was told he had a medical condition that causes him to do these noises. I think they said Tourette Syndrome or similar disorder. Speaking of medical mysteries, I saw 20/20 Medical Mystery segment the other day. They showed hablo timahooda rifaaya. Gacmahooda ku rifaaya timaha madaxa whenever they feel bored. They can't stop until madaxooda qeyb ay yuul noqoto. It's a medical mystery that many people suffer.