African Union Shuts the Door of Recognition to "Somaliland" To shut a Door off... it must be open in the first place? no...

Wax la yidhi Dagaalbaa ka dhacay Doollo iyo hawde isku Dhufte reerii hadday kala dednaayeen Alaylehe waxay kala Dexeen Doorka maanta ahe Doonbiraley lama aan jeclayn dirirta maantaye Dagaalkay dhigeen Geeljiruu Dawba ma ahayne Nimanbaa ku Diirsaday warkay Dumarku keeneen

Originally posted by SOO MAAL: Suldaan A Unity Government that will include TFG, Somaliland, and ICU. Puntland is already on board So after all the Warlords have done leading Xabashi to Mogadishu. You still think they should be congratulated and joined or as you put it go "on board" their ship?

^^Since she is not here... And you posted this article. I put the questions to you, SOO MAAL. So what about according to you about the two questions.

^^Abbott "rock solid iron-clad" lair started calling Kavin "Mr. Death" now. I like the man's cool headedness. Very articulated.

Somalis including those in North need to mobilize for the common-good and work with the current transitional government. Since you posted this SOO MAAL, let me ask you... What common good is she talking about? What Government? [NO. that is not the UN or AU flag in Mogadishu]

^^ duqa wants to make history miyaa? Waar ya naga tag yidha. I think they should limit the number of terms. We need a fresh face in Canbera.

Originally posted by B0B: Ladies many of you complain anything and everything about the present Faarax but believe me, the way things are going, the future Faarax will be far worse than any of his predecessors and here is why. 1-Since he is born in the West, he will have nothing but Dhaqanka Gaalada. 2-He won't allow his or your relatives to set a foot near his home let alone coming and staying with you as long as they wish. 3-He won't speak one word of Somali and he will consider the Somali language useless piece of his past. 4-He will drink like a fish and smoke like he was Abbaas Roti's bakery chimney and he will expect you to follow suit. 5-Will change his beloved Samatar into Samuel or worse Samantha. 6-Will let your son decide whether he wants to be circumcised or not as he will consider it to be an ancient custom his ignorant ancestors used to practice. 7-He will identify himself with the sporting team he likes and their followers instead of his reer hebel hebel tribe. 8-Expect to attend many fans'meetings in miles away from home so they could bond as a team. 9-Expect to get phone calls at ungodly hours from the cops because your husband started a brawl in a bar after his team got beat. 10-He won't be bothered if another man comes on to you in his presence, in fact, he will encourage you to flirt back. (Dayuus) 11-He will cheat on you for god knows who and what (yuck..I don't even want to imagine that) 12-He will encourage you to be a member of nude camps and expect you to go to nude beaches. 13-He will murder you for your life insurance money after he persuades you to take one. 14-He will ask your domestic worker to move in with him and inherit everything you ever owned including your great great great Ayeeyo's favourite necklace from your ancestral homeland in Horn of Africa. 15-He will never mention your name even to your beloved children once you are gone and when he does, he will tell them that you never loved them and you were such a bad mother. 16-He will spend fortune buying Christmas gifts when you could use that money on something more important like healthcare & education for your kids. 17-He will have you believe your great great grandparents were brought to the West on a plane from somewhere Africa as they were the victims of an Alien Invasion and never tell you the fact that you are in fact the result of the experiment of the imperialist’s new system of slavery. 18-He will know nothing of his roots except that he comes from somewhere far where humans live on grass like Xoolo just because he saw it on a movie meant for propaganda against him so he will believe that he isn’t human indeed. 19-He will despise himself and everything about him and he will hate each and everyone that look like him with passion. 20-He will make you a drug junkie so he can use you and sell your body to yours and his enemy without ever realizing that he’s selling his soul on cheap and above all, that he’s destroying the only source of his creating and existence. So Ladies who do you prefer..Faarax, Samuel or perhaps even Samantha? Peace, Love & Unity. This is not the future. I think its happening today. Ilaahhay ha noo sahlo.

LIke the other brother said.. This is just post civil war clothing.. Influenced by Afghanistan. Just like NIke and DKNY Prada Coach bag is to ya'l Why is Nuraddin being worried about the Islamosation of Somali culture when its the Westernisation that presents the most threat to our diin and dhaqan?

Rudd needs to grow some balls if he wants to become next PM like Howard said the dude has no guts, Johnny in election mode will demolish him, he needs to take a risk and take firm stance on Iraq and IR laws etc Is Howard running for next elections too?

Ever witnessed a Jinni possessed person oo la quraan saaraayo? I have and it was really scary. The person was a girl and was possessed by a jinn who apparently said that he felt in love with the girl. No kidding. It was about 5 of us who accompanied this shiekh to read the Quran with him. To be honest, at first I didn't like the idea of being present in that Quraan saar session. But I was convinced that nothing will happen. So somewhere in the middle of the Quraan-saar, the girl started to shake like she was having heart attack or something. But the Shiekh never stopped the Quran until the girl started screaming with a thick male-voice (like someone cunaha la hayo). At first it was very hard to understand what the voice was saying and it was very scary to be honest. But what was more scary was when the Sheikh started to whip the girl like mad. That was when I ran away from the room. Sheekhii wuu waashay ayaan is idhi. Later I was told that the Jinni spoke and told how he met the girl and how he felt inlove with her Perfume etc...

^^Little Johnny is taking his regional policing role too far. Where is Mahathir Mohamed when you needed him.

Howard-Obama dispute watched by millions By Peter Mitchell in Los Angeles February 12, 2007 IT was hard to avoid Australian Prime Minister John Howard on American TV today. That's what happens when a foreign head of state attacks the hot new star in American politics, Democrat Senator Barack Obama, who hopes to be the first African American president in the White House. "Australian PM slams Obama on his war stance,'' a banner on the 24 hour TV news network CNN blared at the bottom of the screen during a story on the controversy. American TV news channel, FOX News, ran the banner: "Australian PM: Terrorists will hope for Obama victory''. The Obama-Howard stoush received second billing on the ABC TV network's main news bulletin, watched by nine million American viewers. The top story on the ABC news was new evidence linking Iran to weapons used to kill American troops in Iraq. The American media largely viewed the Obama-Howard story as a baptism of fire for the 45-year-old Illinois senator, who only announced yesterday that he would run for president. "In this, his first full day as an official candidate, Democratic senator Barack Obama got a taste of the rough and tumble world of presidential politics,'' senior ABC correspondent Jake Tapper told his American audience. "Obama, often criticised for his lack of foreign policy experience, had his plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq by March, 2008, attacked by an unlikely source - the prime minister of Australia, an ally of President Bush.'' FOX News political correspondent Carl Cameron told his viewers Mr Obama had found "himself in a sparring match on the international stage''. "A controversy has erupted with the Australian prime minister John Howard, who has criticised Mr Obama and Democrats in general suggesting al-Qaeda and terrorists would benefit if elected in 2008,'' Cameron told his audience. "At a news conference, Senator Obama slapped back at John Howard.'' The war of words began yesterday when Mr Howard, in a TV interview on Australia's Sunday program on the Nine Network, said he hoped Mr Obama would not be elected as president. Mr Howard, a staunch ally of US president George W Bush, a Republican, said Mr Obama's plan to withdraw American troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008 would "destabilise and destroy Iraq''.

Originally posted by General Duke: ^^^Yes to Mr SNM-MUJAHID and other secesionist. So Gen. Duke Gebrasalaasow what point did you prove again? Let me remind you again, the Berbera incident was nothing more then an spontaneous dispute between locals. How does that qualify to prove that it rivals the political quagmire that your old uncle is in? In other words, how does a "national political" dispute compare to a local family dispute? Care to expand on the point that you just said you want to prove to SOL members.

Sorry if you were expecting a Michael Moore type documentary. But it isn't bad for work done with limited resources, don't you think so Mr. Camel Milk? Why do you reckon this is a propaganda?

^^ There you go again Gen. Duke Gebrasalaasow The point is there was a gun battle in Somaliland has it all ended? Thus our secesionist boys need to undertsand this Somali government will not go because of a few grenades and a gun battle. You were trying to prove a point. :eek: :eek:

Date: "07 February, 2007" "Was" Somaliland on fire? Is what you should ask Gen. Duke Gebrasalaasow And to answer your question. Yes it was on fire breifly since any human thats lost in this unfortunate tragedy effects Somaliland's stability.

This is a must watch news documentary about the recent troubled history of Somalia/land. Video

Do you know who will host the news?

Bush is Speechless

Great work. ps anyone have idea about the status of Hargeisa's second bridge?

Horn Why am I not surprised that you've actually spent the time and effort to listen to Faisal on Simba Radio. You might as well listen to what the head of that delegation has to say in here I beg to differ of what you've posted. Last weeks' AU meeting in Addis was, in actual fact, a very good out come for Somaliland. Not only is the snow ball rolling but it is starting to pick speed as well, as far as Somaliland's diplmatic offensive is concerned. Last week, we saw the fruits of the Somaliland's hard diplomatic work for the past 6 months when the Rwandan Government put forward the Question of Somaliland at the AU desk. Another important diplmatic victory was the fact that Somaliland's Foreign Affairs Minister was given the honour to address his counterparts (which included the TFG Foreign Minister Buubaa as part of his audience). The most unfortunate thing that happened at the AU H.Q. was when the TFG delegation threatened to walk-out (the bedwetters know they are being catered for this time round and that they can get away with it :rolleyes: ) if the Somaliland issue was not removed from the agenda. After heated exchange at the HQ between SL and the TFG, the AU leadres made a compromise and posponed the SL issue to a later date. Of course competing for attention with Somalia is not always going to be easy. But what is important here is that, the SL issue is acknowledged by all and respected. All concerned parties are only waiting for the right time to address it. Jacaylka Google ba laga dayaa xaajadii kaa dhiman.

Jendayi Frazer : US will follow the AU lead on Somaliland "I had the opportunity to meet with representatives of Somaliland government. I also met with President Yusuf. On Somaliland, the US would follow the lead taken by the AU. We would encourage dialogue between them but I said we would take the lead by AU. Posted on ANN 06 Feb. 2007 The Reporter, Addis Ababa, 3 Feb. 2007= U.S. Assistant-Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer was in Addis Ababa for the eighth AU summit of heads of state and held talks with several African leaders. On Tuesday she held a press conference with journalists and shed some light on what has transpired during the discussions on Somalia, Darfur, Guinea, etc. Following is the transcription of the Q and A session with Assistant-Secretary Jendayi Frazer. Excerpts. The U.S. is calling upon the Somali government to hold a dialogue with the UIC fundamentalists. If President Abdulahi Yusuf rejects talks, what would be the US government's stand? The US has never asked the TFG to negotiate with terrorists. That is not our position. What we have said is that there are individuals who are members of UIC who should be part of the inclusive dialogue as individuals. Can you name some of the individuals, for example? I can't name the individuals that the transitional government should negotiate with. We've been saying that this is an internal Somali affair. It should take place inside Somalia. There has never been a point in which we've asked President Yusuf or Prime Minister Ghedi to negotiate with Aweyes. We did, of course, push for negotiations in terms of the Khartoum dialogue with the UIC. But it was the UIC that refused to continue that dialogue. Given the fact that five countries are willing to contribute peacekeeping forces to Somalia, have you any idea realistically when they will be on the ground? Well, we've been working mostly with Uganda as far a way as November and December when UN Security Council passed Resolution 1706. I understood from president Musevini that Uganda's parliament would meet today (Tuesday) and take a decision on deployment. And we hope that they decide positively and that Ugandan forces would be deployed next week. Of course, it has to be coordinated with the decision by the African Union. The AU clearly has the lead on trying to do the planning for the peacekeeping force. Would you expect the deployment to be bit by bit rather than at once? I'm not the planner but my concept is that they would be phased in just as the Ethiopians would be phasing out. I think that we all hope to avoid a scenario in which there is a gap. Regarding the situation in Darfur, many times Sudanese officials have made it clear that they do not want an international force in Sudan. Do you think that after the meeting between the UN secretary and President Bashir Sudan will accept this force? I haven't had the chance to hear the results of that meeting directly from either participants. I understood that President Bashir had already accepted in principle the three phases of the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements as he wrote a letter to Kofi Annan. So we would hope that he hadn't gone back on that letter he wrote. Certainly Secretary Ban Ki-moon would be looking for a firmer commitment from him particularly on the hybrid force. I think that the African Union, in the selection of its leadership, clearly demonstrated that the time has come to end the crisis is Darfur. I hope that President Bashir had heard the message loudly and clear. For a stabilization force to move into Somalia, there has to be stability on the ground. Does that mean that the U.S. will stop launching air strikes? The stabilization force will help provide security on the ground. So the first part of your statement is not exactly accurate. The second part of your statement is not also accurate. I think you're referring to the two A130 air strikes which were in a remote part of Somalia close to the Kenyan border. The first strike was targeted at a convoy of 20 vehicles and the second time about 8 with terrorists in those convoys. The stabilization force would be deployed in Mogadishu probably as the first step. So I don't see the relevance, frankly, of the question. Is the U.S. ready to offer logistical support for the deployment? Yes, we offered to airlift in the Ugandans with Contract Air, to provide some equipment and financial assistance. But the actual coordination of this assistance is going through the AU. We are working with the peace and Security commission in the AU to figure out what support they actually need from the United States. Extremists are vowing to kill peacekeepers. Will the U.S. assist the transitional government in cases where the peacekeepers cannot withstand attacks from UIC members? The situation is difficult. It does not surprise me that you would find that type of extremists' message on a website. The Council of Islamic Courts made similar threat against Ethiopia and the transitional government. The real message behind it is to try to intimidate the African Union and the international community not to assist the people of Somalia. Once you get your targets in Somalia, does that mean that business is over for you? Our policy in Somalia is a long-term plan whether to support the TFG, to establish inclusive governance, to provide humanitarian assistance before and after the UIC, or before the TFG was in Moghadishio and will continue after that. That is a long-term commitment. Also we have a commitment to support AU in getting that force to Somalia and provide the security environment so that Somalia won't become a threat to its neighbors and a safe haven for terrorists. Our interests are broad and long-term. You said that you won't pressure president Yusuf on holding dialogues. But what about the will of the people? What about the will of the Somaliland people for succession? I had the opportunity to meet with representatives of Somaliland government. I also met with President Yusuf. On Somaliland, the US would follow the lead taken by the AU. We would encourage dialogue between them but I said we would take the lead by AU. Some say that U.S. air strikes is a smart move by the US to share victory with Ethiopia in Somalia. Your comment? I don't think anyone is trying to ape anyone. We have been partners in trying to address the extremists problem in the Horn of Africa. We want to work in partnership. Whenever there are extremists who attack our missions as in Kenya and Tanzania, we will take actions. A lot of that action is to talk to those who harbor terrorists to hand them over. We did this with the UIC before, too. Sudanese officials accuse the U.S. of pressuring African leaders to take similar stand with the U.S. on the issues of Darfur. What is your comment? My comment is that it is unfortunate that Sudanese officials don't understand yet that African leaders find what's going on in Darfur unacceptable in this continent. And they do not want to be led by a government that hasn't addressed that problem. That was true a year go and continues to be true. It doesn't take external pressure for African leaders and African people to see that the killing of hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur has to come to an end. And I think it is underestimating the sense of outrage that is reflected among the leadership of the African Union. It is an unfortunate analysis. Almost all African governments, especially in the Horn region, agree that there should be a peacekeeping force in Somalia, except for the government of Eritrea. Are you talking to the Eritrean government to play a constructive role? And how confident are you about the so-called moderate UIC members whom you want included in the peace process? Aren't you concerned that they could disrupt the peace process? After all, they used to be allies of extremists like Aweyes? The government of Eritrea was providing arms to the Shabath militia which was the most extremist of the UIC. We would hope the Eritrean government would play a constructive role in terms of support to the transitional government and not continue to support the remnants of the UIC. I sent that message. I asked our ambassador to send that message. As you probably know, our lines of communication with the government of Eritrea aren't that great. So others will have to send that message as well. But, clearly, we would want the government of Eritrea to act constructively towards Somalia and give a chance to the TFG and the people. Regarding the second question, I don't have confidence or pessimism about moderates in the UIC. What I judge US Policy options on is on whether there is actual action. The transitional government granted amnesty to UIC members who give up terrorist acts. I take the government at its words. I think the UIC was hijacked by the extremists from within. And there are members who want negotiation to participate in national reconciliation. President Isayas has been making strong statements against the U.S. What is the current status of the diplomatic relationship between Eritrea and the U.S? We have an ambassador in Eritrea and Eritrea has an ambassador in the United States. We continue to have diplomatic relationships. As I said, our lines of communication aren't that great. But we are not as concerned about the statements coming out of Eritrea against the US government. We think those statements have more to do with the Eritrea-Ethiopia border issue than anything else. I think that Eritrean president Isayas felt that the US government could somehow solve the Eritrea-Ethiopia border problem. He had been fairly aggressive in terms of his statements towards us since then. But we don't mind. We can manage. Sorry, but he said on Aljezeara TV that the UIC is not defeated. Won't that imply that he will continue to assist them? If he continues to fund insurgencies, it would be consistent with funding of insurgencies in other areas as well. That would be unfortunate. We as a region, have to deal with what role Eritrea would be playing. Is it a constructive country in the Horn of Africa? Or is it not? Those countries that have an open communication with Eritrea should counsel it to play a constructive role in the Horn of Africa. Regarding the all inclusive dialogue in Somalia, do you share Ethiopia's view on who should be included? I'm not aware of the Ethiopian government saying who should be included. We've said that it should be inclusive not in terms of individuals but in terms of constituencies like civil society groups, women groups, clans, sub-clans, religious leaders. For six months, when UIC was in control, people felt that they have brought stability to the country. Do you think that the transitional government can bring about the same level of stability? I think that that characterization is false. They might have brought stability in Mogadishu, removed road blocks, and we hope the transitional government would learn from what the UIC did. But Kismayu was not peaceful under the UIC. Most parts of Somalia were not stable under the UIC. The UIC continued to move militarily and aggressively. There was a terror attack at the parliament building in Baidoa. So I can't accept the characterization that the UIC brought stability to Somalia. But I do accept that they brought greater security to Mogadishu. I hope that the transitional government likewise bring about that security within Mogadishu. But the problem with that, potentially, is that remnants of UIC members may be attacking people and the transitional government police. That could be a problem. And hopefully, those elements that are conducting these attacks, whoever they are, will become part of the process of bringing about that idea of peace across Somalia, an idea that hasn't been achieved for sixteen years.

^^ Yes you are right. Riyaale's palace even gets shelled on daily basis.Shocking you haven't heard that yet. LOl @ the colours.

Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmed Deedat(AUN)