At the end of the day many of you can say what you like. The fact is to many somalis AMISOM are heroes that sacrifice their lives and are far away from their loved ones to ensure that our government and president is protected from terrorist al-shabaab and giving our country a fighting chance to get up on its feet. We don't have a strong army nor a secret intelligence serive to capture or kill these shabaab terrorist, all we have is our AMISOM friends. Amisom are heroes who risk their own lives for own county, not theirs, lets appreciate what they are doing for us

Dhair aweis is a war criminal and thief

Al-shabaab are responsible for this massacre

What happened to the peace treaty?

Footage of our troops when they were preparing to leave djibouti

20 Oct 20, 2009 - 4:08:17 AM MOGADISHU, Somalia Oct 20 (Garowe Online) - Somali government troops who completed military training in the neighboring Republic of Djibouti have landed in the capital Mogadishu, a day after 11 people were killed in insurgent attacks, Radio Garowe reports. The Somali troops arrived at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport on Tuesday, where they were welcomed by Somali Defense Minister Abdalla Haji Boss and the spokesman of the African Union peacekeeping force (AMISOM) in Mogadishu, Maj. Bahoku Barigye. The troops were transported in a private airplane from Djibouti, with Defense Minister Boss saying that they were training to help the Somali interim government restore order, especially in Mogadishu. Somali government officials would not confirm the exact number of soldiers and local media was prohibited from the airport, but it the first batch of Somali soldiers to arrive in Mogadishu after completing military training in Djibouti. Some reports say around 800 Somali soldiers are being trained in Djibouti. The newly arrived troops marched in front of the Somali government officials before being transported to Villa Somalia presidential compound, where President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed briefly addressed the troops. The Somali interim government and its AMISOM backers is combating insurgents who have vowed to overthrow the UN-recognized government in Mogadishu. Thousands of people have been killed and over one million displaced since the insurgency erupted in early 2007.

Watch this sickening new al-shabaab beheading video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swr2_ScLl7I

More Hizbul Islam fighters have surrendered to Government More Islamist rebels from Hizbul Islam group have surrendered to the Somali government, witnesses said on Saturday. Reports say Hizbul Islam fighters joined and mingled together with the government soldiers in north Mogadishu, where they have been fighting against each other since May this year. Public transportation started using Afarta Jardino junction and people surprised about how the feuding militias mingled together in north Mogadishu. Reports suggest that clan elders mediated between the two sides and worked for their integration. Fighters from Hizbul Islam have defected from the group recently. There is no word from the government and also from the Islamist rebels in about the latest developments in Mogadishu. Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam militias fighting against the fragile government and the African Union troops started fighting among them these days.

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Mashalla, Good news

Mashallah, God bless the government of somalia

Mogadishu16 October 2009 Waagacusub Media. The militants of the radical Al-Shabab movement have slit the throat of Adan Osman Ebekar known as (Kalfoge) while he was in Bakara market the biggest commercial center in Somalia. The late Kalfoge was slaughtered like a goat at Hamar Bile location in Wardeglay district in Mogadishu. Hamar Bile is where Kalafoge’s father and his two brothers were killed by the Ethiopian troops while they were in the Somali capital Mogadishu may their souls rest in eternal peace. It was a year and months ago when the family of the deceased Kalafoge was sprayed with bullets while they were holding the funeral of their son who was killed by a stray bullet suspecting that these are Al-Shababs holding funeral The late is Hajji Suleiman a sub clan of **********, and is a member of the moderate Islamists faction of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama, and went to Bakara market to get something from his big son who does trading in the market. Kalfoge has ever been residing at the former building of the Ministry of National Planning in KM5, and he was not a member of the Somali government, and he is not the first person to be slaughtered by Al-Shabab a month ago they have slaughtered the elder son of Farah Wehliye Adow Zendiko. There are great callous actions in southern Somalia committed by the wild Al-Shabab led by Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamoud (Godane), and it is quite hard for the independent press to release or air such brutal killing of the innocent people.

Galmudug Sate16 October 2009 Waagacusub Media. Wide delegation from spearheaded by the officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama have reached at Gal-kayo town in Galmudug Sate. Some of the prominent figures in this delegation are Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Abdurrahman {Alqadi} the general spokesman of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan the deputy Chairman of central regions Sheikh Omar and some other clerics. The officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama were national received in Gal-kayo town by the officials of the town. The delegation were on political tour in some regions Somalia and Somaliland, and when they reached at Gal-kayo, the press was addressed by the deputy chairman Sheikh Omar Osman and enlightened for them the objective of their tour. The deputy chairman told the press that the objective of their tour was to guide the societies in the right path and the tightening of the security in these regions. The deputy Chairman has also added they have overpowered the radical Al-Shababs in recent battle. An officer in the delegation has told the media that soon they will be holding religious gatherings and meeting with the youths, elders, mothers and all the other community sectors f Galmudug State in Gal-kayo town.

Galmudug Sate16 October 2009 Waagacusub Media. Wide delegation from spearheaded by the officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama have reached at Gal-kayo town in Galmudug Sate. Some of the prominent figures in this delegation are Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Abdurrahman {Alqadi} the general spokesman of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan the deputy Chairman of central regions Sheikh Omar and some other clerics. The officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama were national received in Gal-kayo town by the officials of the town. The delegation were on political tour in some regions Somalia and Somaliland, and when they reached at Gal-kayo, the press was addressed by the deputy chairman Sheikh Omar Osman and enlightened for them the objective of their tour. The deputy chairman told the press that the objective of their tour was to guide the societies in the right path and the tightening of the security in these regions. The deputy Chairman has also added they have overpowered the radical Al-Shababs in recent battle. An officer in the delegation has told the media that soon they will be holding religious gatherings and meeting with the youths, elders, mothers and all the other community sectors f Galmudug State in Gal-kayo town.

Galmudug Sate16 October 2009 Waagacusub Media. Wide delegation from spearheaded by the officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama have reached at Gal-kayo town in Galmudug Sate. Some of the prominent figures in this delegation are Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Abdurrahman {Alqadi} the general spokesman of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan the deputy Chairman of central regions Sheikh Omar and some other clerics. The officials of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama were national received in Gal-kayo town by the officials of the town. The delegation were on political tour in some regions Somalia and Somaliland, and when they reached at Gal-kayo, the press was addressed by the deputy chairman Sheikh Omar Osman and enlightened for them the objective of their tour. The deputy chairman told the press that the objective of their tour was to guide the societies in the right path and the tightening of the security in these regions. The deputy Chairman has also added they have overpowered the radical Al-Shababs in recent battle. An officer in the delegation has told the media that soon they will be holding religious gatherings and meeting with the youths, elders, mothers and all the other community sectors f Galmudug State in Gal-kayo town.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108639&sectionid=351020501

^i too also had that in the back of mind.

Finaly good news coming from xamar. Its better for aweys to repent and join the govt,instead of get killed by shabaab assasins.

http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=13984&tirsan=3

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Monday said that the government is keen on establishing bilateral trade links with countries like Somalia. Talking to Minister of Trade and Tourism of Somalia, Hussein Elabe Fahiya, who called on him here, Amin Fahim expressed hope that the trade balance could be increased handsomely by addressing potential areas of trade between the two countries. The commerce minister said that a business delegation from Somalia may be invited for the forthcoming Expo Pakistan 2009 in Karachi.Pakistan can also provide useful help in the construction sector of Somalia and Somalia could import rice and pharmaceuticals while Pakistan could import gums and leather from there. Fahiya said that Somalia wants warm trade relations with Pakistan, and for this, they need its support.He further said that they have a common ideology for fighting extremists in both the countries. He showed concern over the existing trade volume between the two countries which is worth about $40 million. It may be recalled that Somalia maintains her economy largely on livestock, remittances and telecommunications. Their principal exports are livestock hides and bananas, while imports are sugar, corn and machine goods.

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AHMEDOU OULD-ABDALLAH: "Waa in madaxda Soomaaliyeed ay sii wadaan go’aankooda ku aadan wada hadallada iyo isla shaqeynta si loo helo nabad iyo xasilooni" http://www.hiiraan.com/news/2009/Oct/wararka_maanta12-7745.htm

12 October 2009 – A professional, well-organized security force must be established in Somalia by August 2011, the end of the mandate of the current Transitional Federal Government (TFG), if peace and stability are to be assured, the top United Nations envoy for the strife-torn country said today. “If well utilized, this is a reasonable period to rebuild the initial element of your country’s security forces,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told a Joint Security Committee (JSC) meeting of Somali officials and interested partners in Nairobi, capital of neighbouring Kenya. “We all are here to help, not to study or to delay our contribution to what is a joint undertaking between you and the international community… Security forces should be better organized and strengthened. What has been achieved since the 7 May attempted coup is great but more needs to be done,” he added, referring to a surge in armed violence targeting the TFG then. The JSC was established in January under agreements signed in Djibouti between the TFG and some Islamist groups to strengthen the Government’s security capacity. Its members include senior representatives of the TFG security institutions, the African Union and its peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the UN and other members of the international community, including the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa, the Arab League, Norway and the United States. Mr. Ould-Abdallah singled out AMISOM for its work under such adverse conditions. “The courage of the AMISOM troops and their heroic conduct will never be fully appreciated at their true value,” he said. He called on Somali leaders to continue their commitment to dialogue and working together more closely to achieve peace and stability in a country that as been ravaged by factional fighting and has not had a functioning central government since 1991. He also urged the international community working to remain focused on key priorities including security, humanitarian assistance, human rights as well as development, particularly job creation.

http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=13977&tirsan=3

http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=13977&tirsan=3