Thank you so much guys I was wearing my pimped-out Somalia jersey for the occasion lol

lol I almost expected peacenow to be the author of this thread

About time IE made its exit

I know this is long overdue, but here it is: Dedicated to all my fellow nomads.

This isn't the first time the traitor's death has been announced. I could never wish it to be true, but it would be a relief if he were gone to some place far, far away.

I'd like to thank my fellow nomads for their compassion and their humanity. I have long ago lost faith in humankind, and have grown to love individuals but to hate mankind as a whole. But seeing you post here in solidarity with the people of Haiti, when you yourselves are from a country that's been gripped by tragedy for so long, it touches me. It restores some of the hope that I had a long time ago. Thank you.

Let's pray for the people of Haiti

God-d__n I'm getting goosebumps even tho I can't really understand, and have only a general idea of what the song is about. Emotion truly transcends language.

YES YES YES this is good music! And you can tell the production is professional even though the quality of the track on Youtube isn't so good. Great singers, good production, BRAVO!

Sunday, January 10, 2010 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public on Sunday, ramping up the stakes in battles for central regions of the failed Horn of Africa state. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with Somalia's weak Western-backed government, has been fighting al Shabaab insurgents in central Galagadud region. The United States says al Shabaab is al Qaeda's proxy in the country. Ahlu Sunna's spokesman said it had captured many rebels during clashes last week around Galgadud's capital Dusamareb, including the commander who was sentenced to die by firing squad after he refused to renounce al Shabaab's hardline ideology. "We don't normally kill al Shabaab members. We arrest them and make them understand that Islam means peace. We have detained and then released many of them," the spokesman, Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abu Yusuf, told Reuters by telephone. "This commander insisted that all people were infidels except his group ... We will execute al Shabaab members who insist that it can be right to kill the innocent. What else are we supposed to do to those who believe they will go to paradise for killing us and the whole human race?" Al Shabaab and another rebel group, Hizbul Islam, want to impose a harsh version of sharia law across the nation, and have previously carried out executions, stonings and amputations in southern and central regions under their control. Sunday's was the first known execution by Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca. It came as residents said Somali government troops and Ahlu Sunna fighters also battled Hizbul Islam insurgents for hours for control of another strategic central town, Baladwayne. The rebels want to extend their area of control from the south towards the pro-government northeast region of Puntland. The U.N.-backed administration of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed controls just a few blocks of the coastal capital Mogadishu. Fighting has killed 19,000 Somalis and driven 1.5 million from their homes since the start of 2007, and Western security agencies say the country has become a safe haven for militants, including foreign jihadists, who use it to plot attacks.

Sunday, January 10, 2010 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public on Sunday, ramping up the stakes in battles for central regions of the failed Horn of Africa state. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with Somalia's weak Western-backed government, has been fighting al Shabaab insurgents in central Galagadud region. The United States says al Shabaab is al Qaeda's proxy in the country. Ahlu Sunna's spokesman said it had captured many rebels during clashes last week around Galgadud's capital Dusamareb, including the commander who was sentenced to die by firing squad after he refused to renounce al Shabaab's hardline ideology. "We don't normally kill al Shabaab members. We arrest them and make them understand that Islam means peace. We have detained and then released many of them," the spokesman, Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abu Yusuf, told Reuters by telephone. "This commander insisted that all people were infidels except his group ... We will execute al Shabaab members who insist that it can be right to kill the innocent. What else are we supposed to do to those who believe they will go to paradise for killing us and the whole human race?" Al Shabaab and another rebel group, Hizbul Islam, want to impose a harsh version of sharia law across the nation, and have previously carried out executions, stonings and amputations in southern and central regions under their control. Sunday's was the first known execution by Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca. It came as residents said Somali government troops and Ahlu Sunna fighters also battled Hizbul Islam insurgents for hours for control of another strategic central town, Baladwayne. The rebels want to extend their area of control from the south towards the pro-government northeast region of Puntland. The U.N.-backed administration of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed controls just a few blocks of the coastal capital Mogadishu. Fighting has killed 19,000 Somalis and driven 1.5 million from their homes since the start of 2007, and Western security agencies say the country has become a safe haven for militants, including foreign jihadists, who use it to plot attacks.

Sunday, January 10, 2010 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public on Sunday, ramping up the stakes in battles for central regions of the failed Horn of Africa state. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with Somalia's weak Western-backed government, has been fighting al Shabaab insurgents in central Galagadud region. The United States says al Shabaab is al Qaeda's proxy in the country. Ahlu Sunna's spokesman said it had captured many rebels during clashes last week around Galgadud's capital Dusamareb, including the commander who was sentenced to die by firing squad after he refused to renounce al Shabaab's hardline ideology. "We don't normally kill al Shabaab members. We arrest them and make them understand that Islam means peace. We have detained and then released many of them," the spokesman, Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abu Yusuf, told Reuters by telephone. "This commander insisted that all people were infidels except his group ... We will execute al Shabaab members who insist that it can be right to kill the innocent. What else are we supposed to do to those who believe they will go to paradise for killing us and the whole human race?" Al Shabaab and another rebel group, Hizbul Islam, want to impose a harsh version of sharia law across the nation, and have previously carried out executions, stonings and amputations in southern and central regions under their control. Sunday's was the first known execution by Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca. It came as residents said Somali government troops and Ahlu Sunna fighters also battled Hizbul Islam insurgents for hours for control of another strategic central town, Baladwayne. The rebels want to extend their area of control from the south towards the pro-government northeast region of Puntland. The U.N.-backed administration of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed controls just a few blocks of the coastal capital Mogadishu. Fighting has killed 19,000 Somalis and driven 1.5 million from their homes since the start of 2007, and Western security agencies say the country has become a safe haven for militants, including foreign jihadists, who use it to plot attacks.

Where did you get the 40 killed figure?

Monday, January 11, 2010 Mogadishu (AFP) - Clashes between pro-government forces and Islamist rebels on Sunday over control of a town in central Somalia killed at least 14 people, officials and elders said. Government-allied forces claimed to have taken the town after the fighting. Heavily armed pro-government Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammaa fighters and local clan militants launched an offensive against the rebel-controlled town of Beledweyn, 400km north-west of Mogadishu. The offensive led to the heavy exchange of machine gun and anti-aircraft fire. "Getting help from Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammaa fighters, our forces clashed with the enemy who controlled the city in the past several weeks," Yusuf Ahmed Hagar, a local clan militia commander, said by telephone. "We lost four men and killed more than 10 of them during the clashes. We captured the town and the rebel militants fled." A rebel commander in the region contacted by AFP denied his forces were defeated, but confirmed the clashes, saying more than 10 people were killed. "The allied apostate militants attacked our bases in the city and we fought them fiercely," Sheik Hidig Mohamoud said. "We are still controlling parts of the town and there are more than 10 people killed so far. Most of the dead are apostate militants." Abdulahi Moalim Adan, a local elder, said the fighting divided the town and was among the heaviest in recent weeks. "The town is divided in two parts controlled by the two sides," he said. "The pro-government militants who attacked the city pushed the rebels back to the west. I saw the dead bodies of eight people, most of them civilians and friends told me there were several dead bodies outside the city." Local resident Abdurahman Ali said the Islamists took positions near the bridge that divides the town and both sides exchanged gunfire. Radical Somali Islamists, who have vowed to oust the government, have carried out relentless attacks since May, killing hundreds of civilians and displacing thousands of others.

Laba, So in other words every government in the world today is guilty of Kufru-l Akbar.

Allamagan who are you to call him gay?

lol @ "show your balls"

Also why is it so hard to distinguish between criticism of the production and criticism of the singer?

1. The instrumental is no good. Even if you like the monotone composition (what is it like 5 notes in there?), and I guess it *could* be a matter of taste, you'd still have to recognize the whole thing sounds like it was composed on a nintendo 64. The quality of the samples is abyssimal. 2. The production itself is poor. The mixing, the way they made the voice sound...did you notice how much reverb they slapped on it? It sounds like he's singing somewhere down a well. Overall what this song does is make a talented singer look bad. And this is unfortunately not the only time when bad production is an issue in Somali music.

Unqualified critics? LMAO No need to take it personal, this guy is good and is gonna become a great singer IA. But the production isn't very solid, and if you have 0.007% of a musical ear in you you'll notice.

Did you know they have translations in Somali near the tower of London? I'll put up pics when I find them.

This is the beginning of the offensive.

Fat people = nice is a BS concept. Most fat people are unpleasant, angry folk.

Before this thread gets hit with the slipper by the admins, I wanted to ask: Do you guys consider the Jareer to be Somalis? Is marriage to them an option?

Good singer, but who composed that that drab instrumental? And the production isn't amazing either. Sucks to see all this young Somali talent wasted because of crappy studios/producers.