KK & Nephy, ciyaal kacaan iga dheh. Khalaf, Prayer is in due. Thank God! Adeer muusan ka takhalusin.

^Very predictable. It's just an editorial examining the old hostility and animosity Hargeysa gangs brought to this very volatile region. They shall reap its fruits. Nothing to get worked up sxb.

^How so? Elaborate on that point further.

^Cadde might be planning to re-claim it but he's certainly not guilty of taking away what its residents cherished; peace, harmony and co-existence of its inhabitants and their neighbors. It's shameful enough for the cult to hold the city hostage and now want to silence the good Garaad? It's okay to spell out the name of the real perpetrator. It may dent your pledge of allegiance to the cult entity in Hargeysa but won't totally nullify it.

Somalia: Thousands Flee Homes in Disputed Region Fearing Renewed Clashes Increased tension between the self-declared republic of Somaliland and the neighbouring self-declared autonomous region of Puntland over the disputed region of Sool has led to the displacement of up to 20,000 people from the area, local sources told IRIN on 22 October. Forces loyal to the Somaliland administration took control of the Sool regional capital Las Anod, which was previously controlled by Puntland, on 15 October. "There are demonstrations against the arrival of Somaliland forces and large numbers of people have been leaving the town," a local journalist said. "Most of them have gone to neighbouring towns and villages for safety reasons." A report issued on 19 October by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Somalia, said an estimated 500 families had fled Las Anod, mostly to the neighbouring southeastern district Ba'ome. Others had fled to Garowe, nearby villages and to northeastern districts such as Hudun and Taleh. "The population is said to be in dire need of food, shelter material and medical assistance," the report said. Abdirahman Mahamud Bankah, the Puntland minister of information told IRIN on 22 October: "Our estimate is close to 20,000 people are now displaced." Tension created by the arrival of the Somaliland forces, he added, was hampering humanitarian assistance to those affected. Somaliland, however, dismissed the claim, saying many of the displaced were forced to flee by Puntland propaganda that said they would be harmed. "They [Puntland] are engaged in fear mongering through the media," said Said Adani, Somaliland spokesman. "They should stop scaring people with this false propaganda. No one has been harmed since Somaliland took control of Las Anod and no one will be." Adani said Somaliland forces were not inside the town, but remained outside to ensure the safety and security of the population. He added that only local administration people, ministers and MPs from the area were inside Las Anod to restore calm. Bankah, however, warned the authorities of Somaliland to withdraw its forces from the region. "It should be clear to them [somaliland] and everybody else where the people of Sool want to be," he said. "This region [sool] along with Sanag [another disputed region] is part and parcel of Puntland." Dismissing fears of renewed clashes, Adani said that Somaliland "will defend its borders but will not attack anyone". Further protests were said to be taking place on 22 October. "Demonstrators are burning tyres and blocking roads," said a local resident. "Yesterday [21 October] saw the worst demonstrations, with them burning tyres and attacking ministers from Somaliland." Sool and Sanaag geographically fall within the borders of pre-independence British Somaliland, but most of the clans are linked to Puntland. Source

Somaliland's gamble will cost peaceful coexistence in northern Somalia EDITORIAL | The basis for the clan argument is evident in Las Anod today. In much of the world, there is the generally held view that Somalia is a chaotic country that continues to defy international attempts to restore national order. Closer examination of this Horn of Africa country reveals a different picture that takes into account "local reality." In northern Somalia, for example, peaceful coexistence has reigned for years between the region's major clans. Western newspapers and TV images often depict the war reality in the south, especially in the city of Mogadishu which is central to Somalia's perpetual power struggle. The war dynamic in the south, between the Ethiopian-backed interim government and Islamist rebels, is distinctive from the burgeoning war reality in the north. "Somaliland," a self-declared independent republic in northwest Somalia, seeks to secede from the rest of the country and has based its case for independence on boundaries left behind by departing British colonialists. Its neighbor to the east, the self-governing region of Puntland, wants to remain part of Somalia under a federal formula which gives regions some political leverage. The two regions have been praised for returning law and order to the north. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and destitution in southern Somalia have fled to the relative peace and quiet of Somaliland and Puntland regions. But these regions renowned for their peaceful coexistence are on the verge of erupting in open warfare after Somaliland troops assumed control of Las Anod, a provincial capital that has become the centerpiece of the Somaliland-Puntland conflict. Both regional governments claim Las Anod, and the greater Sool and Sanaag regions, for different reasons. Somaliland leaders say Sool and Sanaag regions formed the eastern border of the ex-British Protectorate of Somaliland. But their rivals in Puntland say colonial borders are meaningless in this day and age, and that clan boundaries were there before and after British colonial legacy. The basis for the clan argument is evident in Las Anod today. Although Somaliland troops were successful in routing out Puntland soldiers from Las Anod, they have been unable to enter the town in big numbers because they are unpopular locally. The clan dimension to this reality is irrefutable: the bulk of the Somaliland army is composed of members from the ***** clan, the dominant clan in northwest Somalia. Sool and Sanaag regions are predominantly home to *********** and Warsangeli clans, who, along with the ********* of Puntland, form a major branch of the ***** clan-family. Somaliland's military success in Las Anod is in large part due to serious divisions within the *********** clan; Ahmed Abdi Habsade, a former Puntland government minister and a *********** clansman, backed Somaliland's takeover of Las Anod. Habsade is not a unique character in Somali politics, for many politicians switch sides as they continue to look out for their own narrow interests, often at the expense of their "constituents." Today, Mogadishu and Las Anod are the only two cities in Somalia where residents are fleeing in mass numbers. The fear is that armed reprisal from Puntland will not bring a definitive conclusion to the long-standing conflict in the region. Loyalties have been broken and blood spilt. Somaliland troops are facing Garowe, the heart of Puntland. In 17 years of civil war, no non-***** clan has ever waged war on Garowe. Certainly Somaliland leaders took the gamble of their political career when they backed Habsade's move to oust Puntland from Las Anod. The timing of the move, from the Somaliland perspective, is quite understandable. Officials in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, see a serious threat emerging from Mogadishu, where former Puntland leader Abdullahi Yusuf is attempting to restore central rule with Ethiopian military backing. If Yusuf's transitional government is successful in pacifying Mogadishu, and that is a big if, then naturally Somaliland would become the next sphere of operation to spread Mogadishu's influence. And that's exactly what leaders in Hargeisa do not want. They don't want marching orders from Mogadishu, for they have functioned since 1991 as a de facto independent state. What is important to note is that Somaliland's peaceful existence for so long depended on their detached from the civil war. But by conquering Las Anod, Somaliland has effectively drawn itself back into the civil war. Source

^You murdered that maahmaah very well. It deserves a better understanding. Do I sense the ladies are getting a bit defensive. Marriage is not obliged on mankind but it's Sunnah, a way of life, in Islamic point of view. Despite its negative connotation in the societies most of us live, it remains a top priority for our society and everyday topic, culturally and traditionally. It is very much compatible with career life. Don't just go into it with a set of wrong priorities and may I add, a bit too late.

^You two should slap it out of each other. No other way to settle it. KK and Ganima too. As ciyaal, everyone loved marching in school uniform. Maalinta 21ka October was not only memorable day but sort of holiday for the country. Standing and marching for the regime, that's a different topic.

lol@Dabshid --Marketing waxbaa kaaga bilaaban baan u gartay. Habaar waaye qonton jir daroogo jirinaaya cimrigaas.

^Yaa Abu, spicy it up noh. Horn will come out of nowhere in no time. I guarantee it.

^To expedite the engagement process. He just can't wait the xalwad.

^Find it in the Qur'aan.

^Dabshid Ceeb caleyk! Bilaash maadan ula bixin naar-shide. Can a man be Gumays? Interesting discussion. Carry on.

Jannah is not the best judgment. It's the Best of the best reward, Janatul-Firdows with raada of Allah, that's. Siyaad Barre was Aabe & Guul-wade Siyaad to some by choice, and by force to others, literally. I personally remember the horrors members of families have gone through but let's not indulge in someone's fate of Aakhira.

^Sheytan did some good things too. 21 Oct was very memorable, in a different way. Nothing good to say about the late dictator. May Allah give the judgment he deserves.

A big relief indeed.

^Alla Yarxmahu. A deadly week for all corners of the country. How many more innocent lives be lost before it gets any better??

Somalia: Media Executive of Prominent Radio Station Assassinated in Mogadishu The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is deeply shocked by the Assassination of Media Executive of Prominent and Popular Radio station in Mogadishu. Bashir Nor Gedi, Acting Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson of Shabelle Media Network was this evening, 19 October 2007, assassinated at his home in Wardhigley district of Hamarjadid neighborhood by unknown gunmen, according to his wife and his relatives. The leadership of Shabelle Media Network confirmed the assassination of Bashir Nor Gedi. The Chairperson of Shabelle Media network Abdimalik Yusuf condemned this hardhearted killing. After Shabelle Radio broadcasted the assassination of its boss, the Radio stopped airing its normal programs and started airing verses of Holy Quran for grief of the death, according to Shabelle management. The assassination of Bashir Nor Gedi seems to be premeditated attack, according his family members and eyewitness. Bashir becomes the eighth media person killed in Somalia since January 2007. "This is intentional killing that has political motives" said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General. "It is totally intolerable and sends clear message to each media person that his or her life in risk because of his or her media activity". "We have been appealing to political groups to end killing of media people, but no group listens". "Now is the time the international community should take urgent actions instead of statements expressing their distress and condemnation". Shabelle Media Network has been experiencing attacks on its journalists and its premises recently. Senior journalists of the Radio fled from Mogadishu. Source

^Maa'shalaah. Is she on the left or right?

^Kuwa damcaya fadliga shuhadada & mujaahidiinta SNM inay firdowsa geyso

"Maanta Mujaahidiinta cusub iyo Saraakiisha waxa u horreeya Daahir Riyaale Kaahin," SOL SNM Mujahids ma ku jiraan kuwa cusub mise waxba looma oga?

xiinoow I can't wait to see these ragtag barbaric militia brought to justice for the crimes committed against the most innocent of the innocent, women and children in the city. This Taano thug is back on the streets and it's only a matter of time until his militia takes another innocent life for no apparent reason. As for Kenya, I read article the other day about a nomad with Dutch citizenship detained by the airport authorities for sometime and later transfered to the Ethiopians via Muqdisho.

Red Sea: You're a joke sxb. Of all the people, you, a die hard fan of the SNM cult in Hargeysa, who in turn is sworn to serve and protect Amxaaro interest in that part of the country? If I'm not mistaking, MMA spoke of how far these puppet governments go to win that "ghastly, sick game" of going beyond imagination to please their boss. If you or another nomad is a supporter of such stooge government, what makes you think you don't deserve the criticism of your government? What Caamir does or stands for won't hurt you more than what Riyaale does in your own name. I urge you come out of the closet completely, not just half way. Originally posted by Dahia al Kahina: Are we still yet in position to argue who is and who isn’t the best of friends with Ethiopia? Our critical thinking level is not up to that level yet. After sixteen years of internal warfare, some of us are still obsessed with what resources their sub-jifo should shed blood for instead of their jifo jeopardizing the existence of the entire nation. God forbid, another sixteen years may be needed to have this tiny country of ten million to see the larger picture and realize the solution lies beyond what the sub-jifo must have. Contrary to popular belief, solution is found outside the box, out the box of the resource demands of the qabiil. Image qabiil figureheads with no or less demands! The country is full of so much unused resources and some much death and destruction over who controls them.

Somalia: 3 Top Govt. Officials Urgently Called in Addis Ababa Mogadishu The speaker of Somalia's parliament sheikh Adan Madobe has announced on Wednesday, that three senior officials of Somalia's government have received an official invitation from Ethiopia government and AU officials in the Ethiopian capital Addis-Ababa which is also the headquarter of AU. As he was speaking at parliament session in the headquarter of Somalia's parliament in south-central trading town of Baidoa, he said that this move comes amid political battle between president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and his premier Ali Mohamed Gedi. Mr. Madobe has announced in front of the parliamentary session that the meeting would be delayed until Saturday. Some reports say that the Ethiopian Authorities would try resolving the polical crises between the top government official. It would be the first attempt to mediate the political dispute between the Prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed after the government authorities could not able to solve the political thunderous disagreements with in the transitional federal government of Somalia. Source: AllAfrica The parliament comes to a complete halt as the head of the government obeys urgently the call of the boss, Meles, to his not-so-fun office in Addis. When is Riyaale or Cadde's turn? In just few more weeks? When the boss summons, there's no other choice but to obey it. Ka cabso bosska.

^There's a qabiil twist to this. I was thinking stooge Cadde was putting the foundation for the newly Ethiopian Office opening in the port city and eliminate any conflict with Wadaado. Soomaali meeley joogtaba ha is cuntaa ka dhacday. Amxaarkuna ha ku raaxeysto.