Also, the government has condemned the Xamar mosque attack in very strong terms. When's the last time Shabaab condemned an attack on the government? A twin bomb explosion that killed scores of people inside a mosque in Somalia ’s restive capital Mogadishu on Saturday has been strongly condemned by all warring sides involved in Somali conflict. The attack took place inside a packed mosque in the main Bakara market, an area controlled by insurgent group Al-Shabaab. The leader of Somalia's Hizbul Islam Islamist militant Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said targets on worships are unheard off in Somalia but now seems to be getting its way into the country thanks to ‘foreign enemies’. "Such attacks are well-known in Iraq and Afghanistan and they are new to Somalia," he said, denying any involving of his group, which broke ranks with Al-Shabaab in recent past. The fragile UN-backed Somali government termed the incident as ‘new foreign barbaric phenomena’ that totally dints the historic Islamic culture of Somalis. “ Somalia is not culturally known for targeting places of worship, this one is the most barbaric acts ever happened in our country and we are strongly condemning it,” Dahir Mohamoud Gele , Somalia 's information minister told reporters in Mogadishu . The African Union Special Representative for Somalia , Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra condemned in the strongest terms possible the attacks and all attacks targeting public places especially those of worship such as the mosque “Indiscriminate attacks on public places like today’s incident cannot be condoned. I, on behalf of the African Union would like to call upon all warring parties in the Somali Conflict to stop such barbaric attacks on innocent civilian population,” said Ambassador Diarra. Sheikh Abdullahi Abdirahman Abu Yusuf Al-Qadi, a spokesman for pro-government Ahlu-sunna Wal-jamaa group, which is involved in bloody war with insurgents groups Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam described the act as a foreign terror campaign that is finding its way into the Somali society. Al Shabaab movement blamed the attacks on foreign security firms operating in Mogadishu. The group is waging war against the UN-backed Somali government and its backer African Union troops. GAROWE ONLINE

Originally posted by Kashafa: quote:Originally posted by Meiji: This sad new chapter had been opened by the religious warlords of Alshabab. Not long ago, they attacked a mosque in Basra (M.Shabelle) and killed 7 people who were inside the mosque praying. According to Al Shabab, it was a 'suffi mosque, where people were committing shirk''. http://allafrica.com/stories/200912070083.html Illahay ah u naxaristo to the innocent. Ash'hadu anaka ka'thaab-un-ashir. But naked lies are only to be expected from a graduate of the School of Moor.yaan'nimo, with a specialization in Dhil, Dhac, & Kufsi studies . AllAfrica is a news aggregator, not a news site...do you know what that means, yaa ahbal ? It collects anything africa-related and publishes it, no matter how bogus. The more web traffic it can draw, the more advertising dollars it earns. They probably pulled this fictitious story from waagacusub or Mushrikeen-News.com. But you're kinda like Johnny-come-lately to the shameless lies game, waxaa kaaga horeeyay the sell-out Murji'ah scholars sitting in Garowe who remain silent and haven't issued any fatwa on the Bakaaro massacre. Apparently, these 'Holy Scholars' only have a green light to issue a fatwa when it's in the interest of Ethiopia and against the Mujahideen; as for worshippers being massacred in a mosque...nah, no biggie. It's just another day in the fitnah caused by the khawaarij. Qashin'kaas aa markaas sheeganaayo theological legitimacy , oh how very nice So I'm not suprised. Naked lies are the tools of defeated, discredited men, be they sell-out scholars or secular-nationalists. If you look closer, you'll see that the actual source of that story is Garowe Online. I don't scream "LIES" or try to justify it when AMISOM shells civilian areas. You're trying too hard to believe in these guys. In this life, we all have to take responsibility for our actions.

^My source is history, and personal stories. GIA fighters in Algeria were higher than kites. Kids in the LRA in Uganda, or in the wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia were higher than kites. From what I heard (not read on AP and Reuters), Shabaab fighters are higher than kites. If you see a contradiction between their "morals" and their behaviour, I'm sorry but I don't. To see a contradiction would be to ignore the inherent HYPOCRISY of such movements and of holier-than-thou people in general. Rapists and warlords don't turn into warriors of the light overnight.

Shabaab is like a headless chicken running around. Been dead for a minute, just doesn't know it yet.

Originally posted by Maaddeey: You also beleive they roundup schools and force the students into waiting buses!, they ban Khat and use drugs at the same time!, ALAA QAATALALLAAHUL JAHL! Umm yes?

Old news.

Somali insurgents have taken control of one of the main pirate havens in the south of the country. Residents said several hundred rebels of the group Hizbul Islam had taken over the coastal town of Haradhere and that the pirates had fled. Hizbul Islam wants to establish Sharia law and order and put an end to the pirate trade in the town, the leader of the insurgents told the BBC. Somalia has not had an effective government for nearly 20 years. "Around 200 heavily armed militants... moved into the town early this morning and took up strategic positions, such as the police station and some former government premises," Haradhere resident Aden Jim'ale said. "We are in Haradhere now, we came here after we received a request from the local people to help them provide their security," Hizbul Islam chief of operations Mohamed Abdi Aros told the BBC. Hundreds of pirates could be seen leaving Haradhere in luxury cars hours before the insurgents moved in, local resident Suleyman Gadid told the BBC. 'Lucrative foothold' One report citing an unnamed pirate said that a Hizbul Islam delegation had visited the town several days ago and demanded a share of the piracy trade. There is no confirmation. In recent years, pirates have seized dozens of ships in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. They have recently expanded the reach of their attacks to avoid patrols by several nations off the Somali coast. Hizbul Islam and the Islamist group al-Shabab have a common agenda in fighting the UN-backed interim government and have previously shared control of the southern Somali port of Kismayo. But in 2009, Hizbul Islam was ousted from the lucrative harbour-town by al-Shabab. Since losing Kismayo, they have been keen to gain a foothold in Haradhere before al-Shabab moves in, says the BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu. (BBC)

Remember my predictions about the govt using the rebels' tactics against the rebels?

I don't care what y'all are arguing about, but Ibti is currently on FIRE and will consume everything in her path. Fools beware.

Yeah Caraq or Arak or 3araq is made from anis seeds, and is basically the same thing as Turkish/Greek Raki and internationally-known Sambucca. Absinthe has a similar flavor except it's green instead of transparent. Pastice (Ricard's) also has a similar flavor and shares Arak's fun colour change when you mix it with water. However, the Bosnian Rakija and other Eastern European equivalents (in Romanian, "rachiu"), have little to do with the anis-based drinks. They're more like strong cognacs.

^All I have to say is, life is more than just breathing and having a heartbeat. It's being loved and cared for, learning how to love and care for others, being happy and fulfilled. If you can't offer that to a child, you shouldn't have it. Period. The evil of children being born to bad parents far outweighs the evil of abortion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8638670.stm ========================== Three Sudanese men sit on the edge of a bed and watch intently as a clear spirit glugs into a four-litre container. "A little more - it's not quite at the top," one of them instructs the sisters who are pouring the illegal date-gin known as "araqi". The men are anxious not to be photographed in this small mud-walled home, where chickens are pecking the dirt floor, on the outskirts of Sudan's capital, Khartoum. "This is an Islamic country - if you're caught drinking or they smell alcohol, you will be lashed," one of them explains. Forty lashes and a fine is the usual Sharia punishment. Once the men are satisfied the carton is full, they hand over 30 Sudanese pounds (SDG) (about $13, £9). "They are regular customers; they come about once a week," one of the sisters says after they leave. "All of our customers are men and Arab, mainly Arab," she adds. She and her sisters - who range in age from 15 to 22 - work with their mother brewing araqi each evening, as the sun sets. 'Scared' It has been a fairly lucrative way to make money since Sharia was introduced in 1983 - under then-President Jaafar Numeiri, and often women who have fled conflict in Sudan's non-Arab south and Darfur are the illegal brewers in the capital. The spirit, which is usually drunk neat, is made from fermented dates of which there is a plentiful supply in Sudan. "Since we were conscious, our mother has been making it," the oldest sister explains. The dates are mixed with water and yeast and left to ferment for three days. Afterwards the liquid is distilled, producing about eight litres of spirit a night. The family sells about four - sometimes eight - two-litre bottles a day. Each night, the girls pack up the three stills and bury the small drums of alcohol outside the property. "The police come about two times a week to check for alcohol," say the sisters, who sit beside each other on the bed answering questions. "We're scared of them. But if they find something outside the house they can't pin it on us," they say, adding that they have eight eight-litre cartons of araqi buried at present and three small drums of fermenting dates. The last police visit was the day before, but it was a month ago that their mother was caught brewing. "We have to pay between 150 SDG and 250 SDG if we're caught." This could change now President Omar al-Bashir has been re-elected. During his campaign last month he warned that alcohol-brewers should be whipped too. It is believed many in the police have been happy to allow the brewing to continue as they profit from fines and confiscated alcohol. And following the 2005 peace deal between the mainly Muslim north and the south where the majority is Christian or follow traditional religions, Sharia law is not supposed to be applied to non-Muslims living in the capital. Meanwhile many Muslim Sudanese object to a zero-tolerance towards alcohol, saying it is not against their Sufi culture to drink. "I know people who are Muslim - they drink," says Maysara, a regular customer who acts as my translator. "My father, my uncles - they do their prayers and they drink," he says, adding that he knows some alcohol-brewers from Darfur who drink locally-brewed wine and beer. "They do Ramadan and they sell alcohol," he says. Maysara has been caught by police several times - and sentenced to about 160 lashes in total. The last time he was let off after he paid a bribe. "I like it, I like drinking - why should I be deprived of drinking?" he asks defiantly - and insists that his photo is taken. "It's always possible to be caught, but when I come here I don't worry because I know that I have never seen any problem here," he says. And it also pays to buy the alcohol direct. "The quality from the source is better because it's not mixed with water," he says. "Most people who sell in Khartoum they dilute what they buy from here." The third car of the day that draws up is more expensive than the others. The three men - two dressed in long white tunics, one in a pair of jeans - are from Khartoum's upmarket neighbourhood of Riyadh. They sit down on the bed, accept some date wine and make small-talk before putting in their order. But it is not only the middle-class from the capital who make up the clientele - brick makers along the Nile are some of the best clients, one of the sisters says. And should Sudan become a secular state, the date-gin brewers believe it would not affect their trade. "We can compete - no problem," the sisters say. Maysara agrees that it is not only its affordability that makes araqi appealing - whisky can easily be found in the capital for about $50 a bottle. The taste of araqi is "unbelievable", he says - with a great burst of laughter.

Holy smokes! This increasingly depleted planet is overpopulated with an unprecedented number of humans and it can BARELY handle it. And then you go on crying about abortion! You might think killing an organism that will become human is wrong, but it's by far the lesser evil. What's worse, killing an unwanted fetus, or letting it become an unwanted baby, then an unloved child or an unfed child? The world is full of orphans, of starving kids and you'd like to see even more unwanted kids born? Of course, all these painful decisions could be avoided if people used a damn CONDOM in the first place.

Don't worry Prince, even Arraweelo can't hate on my stick

Jeez when did this turn into the "let's demonize alcohol" thread? lol

Looks like a cool movie

Blablabla religion blablabla feminism blablabla. This whole article is blablabla. The only important thing here is SATISFACTION. If the woman isn't satisfied, she's gonna look for weaknesses in her man and eat him alive. It has nothing to do with the West, or Islam, or all sorts of scapegoats people try to find. If you're man enough, your woman will respect you. Period. You can make her do all sorts of things for you, or you can let her do what she wants. But she most certainly won't try to turn you into her slave. I bet you even Iman would cook for me and wash my draws. Well, if she wasn't married to David Bowie

Farole? LMAO Stop hating Duke. Start being constructive. Why don't you run for President

London then Cool, I might swing by this summer.

Originally posted by B: I have seen how you look, I reckon I can definitely take you out and give you a nose bleed. You might have a bravado but to be honest that's not really impressing anyone. You couldn't take me out if I was asleep. Where do you live?

very old news but dope nonetheless

Originally posted by B: ^ I understand you have been collecting information from these boards since you joined my friend. What you do with this information remains to be seen, whether you carefully annotating data at intelligence HQ or just simply reporting back to your bosses. What is a simple Romanian like you doing here, you have made a good attempt to ingratiate yourself with the Somali people, singing their songs, empathises with their plight and pretending you know about Somali history. Your story just doesn’t add. Others might overlook you being a spy but I will not. lmfao yeah I report to my bosses at the CIA every night about your awkward-*** attempts at mackin, about Ngonge's midlife crisis and about the armchair mujahideens in the Politics section. If you knew anything about me (that is to say, if you were a more refined stalker) you'd know that I'm the first person on this website that would be sought after by the CIA. Stop being such a drama queen and maybe more people will treat you decently. P.S.: If you would have called me a "simple Romanian" in real life, I would have given you a good smack.

Welcome back marx

Oh boy

Originally posted by Zakinah: ^Yes Cara, if u look into the ayah thats exactly what it means. "Don’t kill your children for fear of poverty; it is We who provide sustenance for them and you; verily killing them is a most heinous crime! (Al-Isra’: 31). Allah knows best! Using a condom does not equal killing a child, thank God!