SOL, waa laysku qariyaa ileen.

Intel, war adiguna ma reer Dhahareed baad aheed?

By Louis Charbonneau Thu Mar 20, 5:02 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The international community must overcome its reluctance to get involved in Somalia and help put an end to abuses there, a special U.N. envoy said on Thursday. "While more people are talking about Somalia, there is still little action to stop the violence," Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Security Council during a debate on whether to send U.N. peacekeepers to the African country. "I am not asking outside countries to become active for moral or altruistic reasons. They have a clearly mandated responsibility to become involved in a country where there are widespread violations of human rights and humanitarian law." Last month the Security Council extended for six months U.N. endorsement of an African Union mission in the lawless country. It consists of two Ugandan battalions, totaling 1,600 troops, and an advance party of 192 Burundians. Deputy U.N. peacekeeping chief Edmond Mulet outlined four possible scenarios for deploying international peacekeepers. One called for the deployment of up to 27,000 U.N. troops. While the 15 Security Council members agree the situation is dire, many are reluctant to send U.N. peacekeepers to Somalia, where Islamist insurgents, warlords and Ethiopian -backed Somali government forces fight battles every day. Britain's U.N. ambassador John Sawers described Somalia as a "failed state" and said more political progress was needed before the council could consider deploying U.N. forces there. "Until there's further progress on the political front, it's difficult to see scope for a fully-fledged peacekeeping force," he said. "BLACK HAWK DOWN" French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert said the council needed be certain Somalis wanted international peacekeepers. "For the moment we have the African troops. It's a start," he said. Talk of outside intervention is still colored by memories of a battle in 1993 in which 18 U.S. troops and hundreds of Somali militiamen died. The incident inspired a Hollywood movie, "Black Hawk Down" and marked the beginning of the end for a U.S.-U.N. peacekeeping force. Ould-Abdallah said: "Somalia remains a prisoner of the past, never forgiven for the violent actions carried out against the international community in the 1990s." But he was encouraged by the country's Transitional Federal Government's attempt to reconcile with local factions and the government's decision to move back to the capital, Mogadishu, in January. South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo said it would take time to persuade the council to deploy peacekeepers. "The ultimate goal is to have a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the ground. That is not going to happen tomorrow," he said. The U.N. refugee agency has described the conflict, which has uprooted more than 1 million people, as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, even worse than Darfur

Nephthys, wiilka Ilma-Adeer baad tihiin haka xumeyn heestiisa. Kaskeey isagaa ka qatarsan. Gulled is like other Fanaans like Samatar. Most of the lyrics of their songs are created by Somali Abwaans, but Mr. Saalax Nur Saalax also makes the tune of the music and he is well known for that. He has made great songs, most of the songs in Gulled Album. MMA, this is a familiar song of Badhan Badhan

LS, I don't know if you have seen his interview with Larry King Live tonight. He gave a cogent explanation of that statement "typical white person" which is indeed subject to different interpretations. Obama said that the point he was trying to make was to lit up the mystery of fear embedded in our society about black men on the street, and it wasn't in no way meant to characterize his grandmother as though she was racially prejudiced about black people. Despite repeated and rephrased of the same question by Larry, Obama handled with very persuasive and truthful explanations. But most importantly he asked the public to look at the common interest about dwindling economy, education and rising healthy care costs and that race should not eclipse or override these issues. What really has left me in an admirable surprise was his response to Larry that he should be held accountable for what he said though he disavows what Rev. Wright uttered-- something that does not typify common message of the church or Wright's speech. The highly acknowledged advisors of several U.S. presidents David Gergen and several other political analyst tonight also defended Obama's explanation of that manipulated "phrase" as something true, the stereotypes of the black men in America, and we should openly discuss in the overall resolution and reconciliation of this deepening schism of race-relations and thus attend to its root causes. The man is brilliant inspirational and eloquent person. His last minute was that he has enormous confidence from the American public that they will support his campaign and pursue the common interest, rather, one issue out of many. He terms it "distraction" One other point he made was the repeated long experience of Clinton and Mccain have over him. He said that their experience is just how long each has stayed in Washignton, but we all know Washington has NOT worked in the best interest of Americans. Superb Interview.

lol@ me. Ethiopia is the trump card of all that is bad about TFG and its significant popular support. People won't even admit to the veracity of these pics. A crazy time we live in

Occupation deserves its true meaning and context had TFG not existed, but a popularly elected TFG is here. It is normal transaction for a government to ask outside help, but how would those devoid of moral values come to know of this bi-lateral deal.

A good article US Policy in Horn of Africa Questioned March 11, 2008 Democratic Senator Russ Feingold Tuesday delivered a scathing criticism of the U.S. policy in the Horn of Africa. At a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, he called on the Bush administration to do more to address the worsening security, political and humanitarian conditions in the region, especially in Somalia. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from Washington. Senator Feingold says he has repeatedly called for a long-term and comprehensive U.S. government policy towards building a stable and secure Horn of Africa. But he says such a policy remains elusive."The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently released a report I requested in 2006, analyzing U.S. policy in Somalia, finding that the administration strategy has been insufficient, incomplete and ineffective," he said. Feingold said bloody fighting in Somalia shows little sign of decreasing, despite the recent appointment of Prime Minister Hussein, who has been saying some encouraging things. The U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said Somalia's challenges have frustrated its citizens, neighbors and friends for decades, but she says U.S. policies are working. "I do think our strategy is working. I don't think you can fix a country that has been broken for at least 17 years, and much longer in fact, because it was under an authoritarian regime, in just two years," she said. Frazer said the Bush administration remains deeply troubled that foreign terrorists associated with al-Qaida have received safe haven in Somalia. Last week, a U.S. missile strike in Somalia targeted a Kenyan suspected in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. George Washington University Professor David Shinn told the Senate hearing that no one had been paying much attention to Somalia until the September 11 terrorist attacks, and fighting terrorists became Washington's prime goal. "The entire emphasis of U.S. policy was on counter-terrorism, and particularly short-term elements of counter-terrorism, that is catching bad people, and not focusing on the much longer term root causes of terrorism in the region," he said. Shinn said the United States does deserve credit though, for providing significant amounts of emergency assistance to Somalis. Looking to the future, he called on the Bush administration to use its leverage to encourage reconciliation. "The first step, and this really falls more on the administration than it does Congress, is to work very hard to convince the transitional Federal Government of Somalia, together working with the Ethiopians, that it is critical that they create a government of national unity that brings into that government some of the forces that are now opposing it, that is the moderate forces that are opposing it," he said. Shinn said without a broad-based national unity government, no amount of peace-keeping troops would be able to maintain peace in Somalia. Source: VOA

Allaha ha naxariisto, for 30 years, the Sheikh had been preaching the public. Hundreds of people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have attended the funeral of a prominent preacher well known for his sermons against violence. Sheikh Muhammad Ahmed Kashka, 55, was shot dead by two gunmen as he was returning home from a mosque on Monday. In his last Friday sermon he condemned insurgents for targeting people who worked for the transitional government. Ethiopian troops backing the government ousted the Union of Islamic Courts from Imams address the faithful at mosque each Friday Mogadishu in December 2006. Since then many government officials have been assassinated by Islamist insurgents - including at least 10 of Mogadishu's 17 district commissioners. All government associates are targets from tax collectors to businessmen felt to be backing the administration. Correspondents say officials drive at break-neck speed through the streets of the Somalia's security nightmare city fearing attacks. But a BBC correspondent in Mogadishu says it is not clear if the cleric, who was an imam in the Medina district of the city, was killed because of his sermon. The UN estimates that violence in Mogadishu has forced 60% of the city's residents to flee and last month it warned that Somalia was the world's "forgotten crisis". So far only 2,400 African Union peacekeepers have been sent to Somalia, of a planned 8,000-strong force. SOURCE: BBC News, March 11, 2001

well said, adduun iyo Aakhiro. Perhaps you can write more on the Somali Common Law and enlighten us all.

Louis, this is an example of what I am saying. --- Somalia: Explosion kills pregnant mother, wounds her two children MOGADISHU, Somalia Mar 11 (Garowe Online) - A roadside bomb killed a pregnant mother in the Somali capital Tuesday and wounded four other people, including her two young children, witnesses said. The dead mother, Ismahan Hussein, was walking along Maka-al-Mukarama Road at the heart Mogadishu when the bomb detonated. The target of the bomb was an armored truck transporting soldiers and military officers to the Central Bank, security sources said. The impact of the explosion caused damage to the back of the truck, but none of the soldiers on board was hurt. Government troops rushed to the scene and sealed off the area, as they searched for the perpetrators of this horrendous crime. No one was arrested. Hundreds of civilians have been killed in roadside bombings since last year, when Ethiopian troops toppled Mogadishu’s Islamic rulers and installed the interim government in the capital. Meanwhile, government security forces that vacated strategic roads near the capital’s main Bakara market returned to their positions later Monday. Bakara traders and customers said security forces were not stopping people from leaving or entering the market Tuesday morning, but reported a few isolated incidents where soldiers fired bullets in the air to stop some people. Business has returned to normal in Bakara, with most shops reopening their doors for business after a week of nonstop insurgent attacks. Source: Garowe Online

JB, Mogadisho is divided into two zones, one with relative peace mostly and the other one containing pockets in which the remnants of the courts operate. In either case, it is the people who bear the brunt when the two opposing forces clash, so it is not sufficiently fair representation of the cause and effect of Mogadisho's mayhem when the TFG is blamed alone. We have all forces of darkness in Somalia, each pursuing ulterior motives. We should give all the support we can to the TFG and harshly censure the so called Islamists for bringing in mayhem and destruction to Mogadisho and by extension to other parts in the South. All that the TFG wants to accomplish is peace and a very representative government that takes into account all of our grievances. In the end, it is we who would benefit from it since a bad government is better than a no government. Asalamu Caleykum folks.

Ethnic cleaning could be producing the harsh conditon or the circumstance that forces people to leave the area that they call home and bringing in new residents. This has happened all over Somalia.

JB, you know that both Sool and Kismayo have had population flight or ethnic cleansing both in the past and present, so they fall under the category of being a captive society. One of the reasons the TFG has not interfered actively is to let the inter-clan reconciliation prevail over the option of force. You and I know what Somali community settle in both cities and had settled there in the past. Conversely, The TFG is not engaged in resettlement process just like Israel does in Palestine, nor does it deny Somalis in that city their political right to live peace and work with the government. And it can't fully provide the security that the residents of Mogadisho needs due to the challenges of incessant resistance. Dhobley's case is different. And we all criticized the U.S air strikes and reckless adventure into Dhobley. The comparisons you draw are immature and lack the substance to distinguish facts from opinionated claims.

Originally posted by General Duke: Camir, as usual gets to the core issue. Anyhow we need to play our game and let them catch up as they did when they supported the warlords, and wanted to cut deals with the clanish court fanatics. For a government that emasculated all the warlords' domain of control except letting them contribute to the conglamerate organizations of their fledgling government to better function and meet expectations, needs a genuine financial assistance for both institution building and national reconciliation. The TFG can do both simulteneously as it is partially evident from this thread.

This sounds like a year ago when the clan elders of ''Mogadisho'' held sporadic meetings with the Ethiopian military generals, discrediting the Somali government. The political emphasis given to this general might be a moral boost to the defeated warlords and courts and their sympathisers, but Gabre will be a mere general just like one of the Somali generals currently based in Mogadisho. It also seems, ''I have nothing to lose'' aphorism seems to apply here, writing about and proclaiming baseless statements or whether such baseless utterance may come back to haunt them seem to fall on reckless attention. As usual, we are getting here numerous nomads with different names every month, reincarnating and reinvigorating their campaign of derailing any progress the government makes.

Concise, brief, and factual based opinion by Ali Dad, a veteran and an author of several books on Somali literature Somali Common Law Abandoned By Mohamed Ali Dad 11 March, 2008 ____________________ In the past, the Somali people in the rural areas and in urban centers used to observe their tribal custom and traditions. These consisted of unwritten common law which was similar to a gentleman’s agreement. Compliance with the traditional rules was required of everyone without exception. The tribesmen trusted each other and peace prevailed between them for the most part. Acts of aggression and encroachment on the other’s territory were rare. Moreover, the Somali tribesmen consolidated their relations by means of reciprocal inter-tribal marriages. The present-day Somali people have obviously abandoned their ancient custom of good neighborly relations and peaceful coexistence. They may have a Somali complexion or look like a Somali. But most of them are not normal human beings. They are monsters and cold-blooded murderers of the worst type. Killing innocent persons and taking their properties is lawful for them. Invading other people’s land and occupying it is legal for them. A live example of territories suffering under the worst kind of occupation is Sool in the North and Kismayo in the South. The Somali mullahs are taking an active part in the turmoil and chaos going on in Somalia. They turned to be gunmen all of a sudden and they are killing the people in the name of religion.Obviously they are driven by foreign hands and brutal lust for power at any cost. Also, the tribal rebellion in the South and the tribal secession in the North are hindering the chances for peace and reconciliation. We see strange things happening everywhere in Somalia. The situation is getting worse day in and day out. We neither see any ray of hope in the horizon nor any light at the end of the tunnel. It seems the Somali people have reached the final stage of the era. They are caught in the midst of intense darkness. O our Lord. Be Merciful to the Somali people who are unable to help themselves. By Mohamed Ali Dad Email: mohameddad@hotmail.com San Diego, California

Louis, the government is doing all it can to serve its people, but it is hampered by insurgents who shoot from rooftops, plant bombs that kill innocent people including women and children. I am indeed bothered by their actions and there is no any other alternative to the TFG. If so, I like to hear what you have to say. This is our last hope if we are to reconsitute our Somali government. Some experts have already recommended the return of Somalia to its anarchic situation. Also beware, the secessionists are doing their part of the Somali destabalization scheme since they see in it an opportunity to win constitutive recognition, a wishful thinking.

Africa's potential seen lost on U.S. ; Chinese investors make initial inroads 10 March 2008 The Washington Times The rock star and political activist stood inside a stone-tiled changing room next to the presidential swimming pool in Rwanda, preaching about Africa's potential to a few members of the White House press corps. "There's a whole continent to be built here," Bob Geldof said. "The 21st century will play itself out on this place here." During a weeklong visit with President Bush last month to five sub-Saharan African nations, Mr. Geldof pointed to the continent's increasing stability but lamented the lack of U.S. business-sector investment. "What is it that the Chinese get that we're missing?" he asked. The rate of Chinese trade and investment in Africa is exploding, and while it is driven mostly by the government in Beijing, the private sector is increasingly involved. U.S. investors and businesses have not caught on to the growing potential in Africa, business and government leaders said. The consequences of this disparity could be of far greater importance for Africa than for either the U.S. or China. Opportunities abound for Washington and Beijing, but their different approaches to investment and business expansion could reap vastly different outcomes for African nations. Much of the U.S. government-backed investment is aimed at working with African institutions and companies, and there are some U.S. efforts to painstakingly build the African middle class from the bottom up, which is key to the continent's long-term stability. Chinese investment, however, is delivering quick fixes to immediate infrastructure needs on a continent where many road systems, ports, railways and other means of transportation have been destroyed by years of conflict and neglect. So far, Chinese loans have been tied mostly to the country's mining and oil projects, and they usually involve Chinese labor and technology and could prove to be unsustainable. Mr. Bush has stressed that the U.S. and China are not competing in Africa, but a senior Bush administration official said recently in an interview that as African governments see the outcomes of the two models, their enthusiasm for Chinese investment will dampen. "The Chinese are coming in with money to invest, but they're not investing in local companies or using local labor," said the official, who asked not to be identified. "They import, like, the nails," the official said. "I think they look at it as a jobs program." China, analysts said, understands that Africa is the last development frontier and that the continent is poised to skyrocket over the next decade. Not only does it have vast and often untapped natural resources, Africa has about 900 million potential consumers and what one U.S. businessman called a "new entrepreneurial spirit." China also knows that good governance is growing, and Africa is far more stable than it was a decade ago. For example, 2007 was the fifth straight year African markets posted what one financial research group called "mouthwatering returns." African markets, excluding South Africa, posted 54 percent gains last year, compared with 47 percent in Latin America, 12 percent in Europe, 10 percent in Asia and 6 percent in North America, according to Databank, a Ghana-based financial services firm. Per capita growth across Africa has been at about 3 percent over the past five years, after adjusting for inflation and population growth, according to multiple sources. This follows a decade of less than 1 percent rate of growth. China, which has had a significant presence in Africa for decades, has ramped up its trade and investment relationship with many sub-Saharan nations over the past several years. In 2006, for example, Angola replaced Saudi Arabia as the largest exporter of oil to China. Compared with China, the U.S. imports more oil from Africa, but China is quickly catching up. Last year, China surpassed France to become Africa's second- largest trade partner. The U.S. is Africa's largest trade partner, but China is expected to take the top spot by 2010 after posting a 66 percent growth in trade since 2004, according to a report last month by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). But the story of Africa's emerging economies goes far beyond just oil. "The kind of companies that are experiencing rapid growth, well beyond the possibilities in any other geography, are cell phone companies, regional banks and infrastructure related companies," said Jon Halverson, the Tanzania representative for the U.S. African Development Foundation (ADF), which provides seed grants to growing African entrepreneurs. Mr. Halverson said there are about 300 million cell-phone users in Africa. He also said that "Internet usage has exploded." In 1998, he said, there was one Internet user for every 30,000 Africans; today, the ratio is one Internet user for every 150. "The biggest deals in the last few years are in telecom," said a senior White House official, who identified Nigeria, Congo, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya as the top five countries ripe for business investment. Thomas R. Gibian, chief executive officer of Emerging Capital Partners, the largest U.S. private-equity firm focused solely on Africa, said his company has been investing in the continent since 2000 and has raised more than $1.2 billion in capital. "It will be a little longer before the evidence is fully in, but ... if you're running a business in Africa like we are, and your antennae are picking up all the signals, it feels like the opportunity is getting bigger, not smaller," said Mr Gibian, whose firm invests in oil companies but also in telecommunications, financial services and health care, among other ventures. "Doing a deal in Africa doesn't mean there's one less deal to be done. It feels like there's two more deals to be done," he said in a telephone interview from his D.C. office. Yet, while countries in Europe and the Gulf Coast are "tuned in" and China is going full steam ahead, Mr. Gibian said, "the U.S. is lagging." "The important businesses are banking, insurance, telecom and logistics, and the U.S. is not particularly well-represented," he said. U.S. businesses also have done a "poor" job of moving into the massive business opportunities in aviation and infrastructure sectors in South Africa, which is hosting the 2010 World Cup, according to the CCA report. One explanation for this is that reliable and sustained data on business in Africa is just beginning to emerge, and that in many cases, comprehensive statistics are not available. Low U.S. private-sector investment in Africa also can be attributed to U.S. perceptions that Africa is defined by its civil unrest. The White House grew exasperated last month during Mr. Bush's trip when press coverage focused on the more than 1,000 postelection killings in Kenya. The administration sent a top State Department official to brief the press corps on Air Force One. "I do think that there is a misperception about the, you know, 'Africa in flames,' " Jendayi E. Frazer, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told reporters on the flight from Benin to Tanzania. Miss Frazer, citing reports by the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, said Africa was beset by seven wars in 2001. Those have been reduced to two: one in the Darfur region of Sudan and the other in Somalia. "The region," said an International Monetary Fund report last fall, "looks well-poised to sustain its growth momentum." Robert Mosbacher Jr., chief executive officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), said some in the U.S. business community are slowly catching on. "There are enough places on the continent that look good. People are coming to the conclusion that there is money to be made and we need to get in the game," said Mr. Mosbacher, whose quasi- independent agency is the U.S. government's "main instrument for investment of private capital in Africa." Over the past 37 years, OPIC has provided $5.3 billion in financing and political risk insurance to 364 projects in Africa. OPIC also has "provided $900 million in financing to 12 Africa- related investment funds with a total capitalization of more than $3.1 billion since 2000," an agency spokesman said. But while the U.S. private sector slowly wakes up to Africa's potential, China is pressing ahead with its expansion into oil markets and rewarding its African business partners with massive loans for much-needed infrastructure projects. Last year, the Chinese government-controlled Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) authorized $13.3 billion in loans for African projects, according to the Corporate Council on Africa report. In Angola alone, Ex-Im Bank has loaned $2 billion to fund more than 100 infrastructure projects since 2004, and last fall agreed to loan $2 billion more for another 100 water, telecommunications, public works and other projects, according to a recently released report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In addition, there was a 30 percent increase in visa applications among Chinese businessmen traveling to Angola in 2006 and 2007, the CSIS report said. There are concerns in the West about Chinese investment. The government's loans often require that Chinese firms be used to do the work, and the firms usually hire primarily Chinese workers, depriving Africans of jobs. Technology transfer also is a concern when Chinese engineers are building African infrastructure. When the central air conditioner recently broke at Angola's new Finance Ministry building, parts had to be imported from China to fix it, the CSIS report said. In some U.S. sectors, there is worry about the Chinese loans, which the CSIS report described as "opaque." China does not belong to the Paris Club, which sets terms for international loans and provides transparency and accountability. The full extent of Chinese loans, and any strings that might be attached, are not known, said a senior White House official. "That feeds into fears and worries. Do the Angolans owe China $1 billion or $10 billion? And then you get into whether or not they're putting political conditions on it," the official said. Advocates are afraid that progress made over the past several years to cancel the debt of Africa's poorest nations might be negated if the same countries fall back into unsustainable debt with the Chinese. One private-sector official involved with U.S. development assistance labeled the Chinese involvement in African nations as "colonialism in a different package." "China wants and needs the resources that Africa has but has no interest in the well-being of the poor," said the official. "They have seduced many African leaders into believing they have benevolent intentions." Some analysts said what Africa needs most are immediate reconstruction projects and financial capital, which the Chinese are providing. "People who follow Chinese investment say they're doing a lot of things that nobody else is doing, so let them do it. They're spending a lot of money on infrastructure. We're not doing that," said Michael A. Samuels, a former U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone who runs an international trade consulting firm. Yet Mr. Samuels said that low-cost Chinese imports to Africa are making it difficult for African entrepreneurs to compete. The Bush administration has tried to help build up infrastructure, too. But the U.S. approach is conditional and has been slow to get off the ground. The U.S. has agreed to give $3.8 billion in infrastructure and development aid to nine African nations under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) since its inception in 2002. MCA, however, requires that recipient countries take steps to root out corruption in their governments. It also has been plagued by slow disbursements, and analysts said the program did not start moving until the current director, John J. Danilovich, was appointed in 2005. The U.S. also is making small strides toward building Africa's middle class through ADF, which gives no-interest loans of up to $250,000 to small businesses and works with them to improve their products and connect them with distributors. ADF manages about 250 investments, which it says have created more than 110,000 jobs. "We don't just teach Africans 'how to fish,' we help African entrepreneurs own a fleet of boats and market their production," said ADF President Rodney J. MacAlister. Source: The WashingtonTimes

What makes SL administration cherish low-intensity actions that might build itself up into a full-blown conflict? Not only that but they also have this policy direction to destabilize Somalia. Why are you people blind of your tribal aggression and putting in a subordinate role a whole nation as though they are incapable of implementing a taxation system? Dahar and many other cities in Sanaag/Makhir has this taxation system and they don't have political association that puts subordinate to their political aspiration. They wish others would behave in a manner that serves our best interest as a nation. Forcing your secessionist struggles upon a society that refuses to join the bandwagon leaves your “government” open to mockery and contempt.

Field demonstration of TFG and the definition of its growing power. Had U.S supported TFG genuinely, it would have made great strides, but as usual the U.S. goverment is seemingly acting in a way that is quite double standard. I probably think that the infamous CIA is the de facto representation of the U.S.' foreign policy in Somalia.

Layzie G, you are so eloquent and lovely with your analysis.

Originally posted by Lois Lane: Caamir, Walaal Please let us be clear on one thing. No one recognizes the legitimicay of the TFG. (Of course you have your followers who consider themelves men without ever knowing the meaning behind such term) However the one thing we can all recognize is the war crimes committed by this group of idiotic members and the ethiopian troops along with the american administration. Now, rest assured walaal that peace will come back to every street of Somalia and this will be done in the presence of Somalia's ennemies, namely this TFG joke and its followers. Further, those that helped in the bloodbath of Somalia, will face justice! People relate to objects in different terms, according to the fundamental principle of constructivist. It is the meaning we attach to such objects that influence our behavior towards that object. For instance, A person who is an example of a generation indoctrinated with the social constructionist beliefs that reigns in a period in which his country’s Greater territorial ideology against country B, has different significance for a country B, which then raises the apparition of inexplicable fear. If the meanings that person attach to a country B is so adverse and hostile, such meanings can hardly be reversed. However, the person hardly questions the root causes of the hostility he or she harbors for a country B since they are part of an ongoing process that defines state interest on the basis of an unresolved problem under the political framework of ethnic nationalism, and which demands the performance of particular attitudes/actions as some of us demonstrate in regards to Ethiopia.

Originally posted by Odey: Caamir, where did you read that? any link? or is that waxaa la yiri news? Very worrying indeed, Jihadis use foreign phone networks , Feb 23, 2008

Isseh, I get ur point but the Al-shabab's claim to have ties with the leaders of the Taliban invokes the theories of Huntington--that Islamic faith and brotherhood transcends national borders. Have you seen this topic at SOL posted by our brother Makhirian before the U.S. intervention in Somalia