Originally posted by Fabregas: I hope this isn't true for the sake of the PM's grammar and spelling integrity. LMFAO

A dose of alcohol may be a good treatment for people with head injuries, emergency doctors suggest. Their basis for this is the discovery that people appear less likely to die following brain trauma if they have alcohol in their bloodstream. It could be that alcohol dampens the body's inflammatory response to injury, the US team told Archives of Surgery. But they stressed that alcohol can cause medical complications and is contributory to many accidents. Experts cautioned people should not interpret the findings as an excuse to drink more alcohol. The amount of alcohol consumed appears to be important - too little and there is no effect, too much and the beneficial effects are lost, studies on animals suggest. Experts believe the right dose of alcohol, however, stops the cascade of swelling, inflammation and further destruction of brain cells, known as secondary brain injury. The latest work, based on more than 38,000 moderate-to-severe head trauma patients, is the largest yet to look at the effects of alcohol on brain injury survival. Like past research, Dr Ali Salim and his colleagues from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, found head injury patients who had drunk were significantly less likely to die than those who had not had any alcohol. They also tended to be younger and have less severe injuries. Balancing risks On the flip side, patients with alcohol in their bloodstream were more likely to experience medical complications during their hospital stay. Nonetheless, the researchers said: "The finding of reduced mortality in traumatic brain injury patients with pre-injury ethanol raises the intriguing possibility that administering ethanol to patients with brain injuries may improve outcome. "Additional research is warranted to investigate reasons for this association and the potential therapeutic implications." Dr John Heyworth, president of the College of Emergency Medicine, said: "This is a long way from thinking about giving alcohol to patients in A&E. But if, in the future, the science and evidence proves that it would be beneficial, we would consider it." Professor Michael Oddy, of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, said: "Despite the intriguing findings the message must be the same - if you wish to avoid a brain injury, use alcohol with care and moderation." Alcohol Concern chief executive Don Shenker said: "The fact is, being drunk increases your chances of getting into an accident in the first place. When judgement's impaired, we can put ourselves at risk." (BBC)

Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula has criticised last week's raid by US forces in Somalia in which a suspected al-Qaeda member was reportedly killed. Mr Wetangula told the Reuters news agency that he felt uncomfortable when the US conducted operations in the region without sharing information. He said such "lone ranger behaviour" had frequently failed to achieve the stated goals. Kenya is a US ally in the fight against East African Islamist militants. Mr Wetangula also said that he welcomed any "success" in the raid. US Special Forces flew into Somalia by helicopter, killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and carried away his body, officials said. Analysts say Nabhan was one of the most senior leaders of al-Qaeda's East Africa cell. It is believed he fled to Somalia after the 2002 attacks and was working with the al-Shabab group, which the Americans see as al-Qaeda's proxy in Somalia. Al-Shabab, which controls much of southern Somalia, later staged a suicide bombing on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, saying it was revenge for the US raid. Nabhan was suspected of two attacks on the same day - bombing an Israeli-owned hotel in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and trying to shoot down an Israeli airliner. The authorities in Kenya also regard him as a suspect in two attacks on US embassies in the region in 1998. (BBC AFRICA)

I see. So you guys know him?

Originally posted by Queen Arawello: I wonder why she only gave it away for only £8,000. eastern european are still cheap miya? I wonder if a somali woman will ever lower herself that low and who is willing to pay for it. then again the niika is all about that. LMFAO are you serious?

God grant a long life to my enterprising countrymen and women.

Why does your blind hate have to corrupt even the most promising of threads? Do you have to use even a thread about the sacred Eid celebrations to attack the President of Somalia?

Are you capable of anything other than spiteful attacks, Duke? LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA, 8 TIMES THE MAN YOU ARE!

^besides debating the impact of sex education in Somalia, since you seem to have your mind made up, do you have any evidence sex ed was going to be taught in Somalia? Have you even seen the textbooks that were banned? What a load of rubbish. By the way, newsflash: NO ONE CARES for the "progress of us Somalis", is it gonna take another 20 years for you to realize?

That's the name of the main facebook "Cause" concerned with the suffering of the Somali people. Please join, and get your friends to join, and donate. Let us come together and try to make something happen: http://apps.facebook .com/causes/2476/222 6847?m=fa71b0af I hope I'm not violating the advertising rules. I just think this is really important.

Somali schools should stop using "un-Islamic" textbooks distributed by the United Nations, a spokesman for the Islamist group al-Shabab has said. Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage urged Somalis not to send their children to schools which use such books. A BBC reporter in the capital Mogadishu says that despite the violence in the country, many schools still operate - and most use UN textbooks. Extreme Islamist groups control most of southern Somalia. The writ of the UN-backed government only runs in small parts of Mogadishu. "Some UN agencies like Unesco are supplying Somali schools with textbooks to try to teach our children un-Islamic subjects," Mr Rage said at a graduation ceremony for Koranic students, reports the Reuters news agency. "I call upon all Somali parents not to send their youngsters to schools with curriculum supported by the UN agencies." The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says it is not clear whether other al-Shabab leaders share his view. Our reporter says some schools use textbooks from Saudi Arabia. Al-Shabab is accused of having links to al-Qaeda. On Thursday, it carried out a double suicide bombing, killing 17 African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991. Years of fighting and anarchy have left some three million people - half the population - needing food aid. SOURCE: BBC AFRICA

^Yusuf was holed up in Baydhabo like a farmer until the Ethiopians came and managed to install him in Villa Somalia. "Two sugars please!"

^His only weakness is he's too benevolent. To tame Somalia, he should round up people that call him "moron" and have them shot.

GOD bless the dead

"May Allah hasten his death"? You are a disgusting human being.

So if this was a revenge attack why didn't the coward Shabaab strike at the US???? AMISOM wasn't behind the killing of your precious fugitive, it was the United States of America. So why don't you attack them? The cowardice of these fake wadaads is striking. GOD SAVE THE PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA!

Let the opposition bring their best man forward, then let there be a duel to the death between this man and the President. Who wins gets the country. Stop the senseless deaths of bystanders.

Just like Obama, Shariif has to deal with the horrendous mess left behind by his predecessor, the "great hero" Yeey.

I only know what you let transpire through your posts

Ciid Wanaagsan! Is it that time already?

wow, nice pics! Hey, I have a question. How do you find water for you and your livestock in shrubland like that? Is it knowledge passed down the generations, or are there signs you look out for?

Originally posted by Youth: first Allaah did punish us because we lived in misguidance. Too much bidcah in somalia. im not shaykh and i dont have that much cilm but alhamdulilah im learning and learning. and i will still make duca for u because u need it. how can u call kuffar mujahid,shaheed and then bless them?? Every life is to be cherished and every dead person should be treated with respect, unless they raped children or something. Don't make duca for someone else when you YOURSELF have some serious soul-searching to do.

Originally posted by RaMpAgE: No asked them to come to Somalia, they choose to come to somalia of their will, thus they face the consequence. That's BS. They came to Somalia because their bosses told them to go. There's nothing those poor soldiers would like more than to go home.

Originally posted by Ms DD: Once again, who relayed this ever-so-reliable information to you? You'd be surprised at the things I know.

Way to go Shabaab! Now the US is gonna starve Somalia to death