You mean clan courts Good job though. This would spare us Aarsasho.

This is good news if it is actually true. Now the question is would the stooges in Xamar riegn in on the warlords, or is it gonna back to the old "golden" days for these warlords.

LooooL@Devil Dear, have you confused with your hand holder. I guess you haven't slapped him today. n that's little violent. I was thinking something like stick up to scare da "odd" folks.

Zu...Ninka ha waalin...Afro in laga gubu maa rabtaa running in the street like Richard Pryor on fire.

^^^Put dat gun to some use

Pujah...Who in their mind would support a man with three wives. I just don't see a hardworking maryooley in the west supporting these guy's bad judgements. it comes for auditioning for "Who wants to become my 5th Husband" role, you don't want to miss all the fun now, do ya , do ya... I thought that list would have been full by now with your boy Socod Badne on da top spot followed by Jaylaani. As for Hargeysa, Nah I already got wife, a mistress, and gal friend. Technically I did it before these guys.

^^^Seriously, how in the world would in man in Somalia be able to support three women ( the likely offsprings) even if he is rich ( by Somali standards). That's just one too many on his plate. And couldn't these women find other ways of making their own money.

^^^Haduu buhol kaboo dana maka daba booday

Why do you feel sorry for the gals? As far as we could tell, they are willing participants.

It is about intent duqa. Their protest is agianst a secular, and has little to do with the Tawxiid imprinted on your flag.

^^^Adiga maa naarta haaya.

What does this accomplish anyway. Mara xun dab laqaadsiiye in response to what some dimwit said.

By Sue Pleming Wednesday, January 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The United States criticized Somalia's government on Wednesday for supporting the ouster of the country's dissident speaker of parliament and said the act was at odds with the spirit of reconciliation. Assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer, urged Somalia's transitional government to be more "inclusive" and not to dwell on the past. Earlier on Wednesday, Somalia's parliament ousted Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, who for two years opposed the president and prime minister and angered them late last year with peace overtures to Islamist rivals. "The point about the speaker is that what happened in the past should be very different from what happens going forward. And the going forward requires one thing, it requires reconciliation," Frazer said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "The speaker is a member of the transitional federal institutions ... the symbol of the president and the prime minister backing a move to push him out is counter to that spirit of reconciliation." Adan's ouster is seen by many as a move by President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi to consolidate power and exact revenge against him. "We are advising the government, as supporters of the government, to demonstrate something different going forward," Frazer said. Idd Beddel Mohamed, the charge d'affaires at the U.N. permanent mission of Somalia, said at the same event that he supported Adan's dismissal and asked Frazer to do the same. "What goes around comes around," he said of the speaker. "I hope the international community will respect this decision and the sovereignty of Somalia." Frazer said her government respected the sovereignty of Somalia, but that the speaker's ouster would have a negative impact. However, she said recent statements by the speaker were "not helpful." "The speaker himself has to do more to reach out," she said. The weak transitional government was pushed out in June from the capital Mogadishu but was restored to the capital after Ethiopian troops helped with the ouster of the Islamists before the New Year. Frazer said the Islamists should not be allowed to be "reconstituted" as a political entity, but she urged the transitional government to reach out to moderate Islamists as well as business and clan leaders and women's groups. "This dialogue must move forward very quickly," she said. Source: Reuters, Jan 17, 2007

NN....Saaxib, you could perhaps questioned the ill-fainted attempt by courts to oust the TFG, it was a big blunder on their part, but the initial war to oust the warlords from Xamar enjoyed tremendous public support likes of which was never seen in Somalia. No one was forced to fight against warlords.

This is from a man Amxaaro u ala laasaaye....aduun

NN...If you believe the courts was making of particular sub-sub clan, why do think it was so succesful in chasing the warlords away?. And why would the people Mogadisho fight for them? As for beliefs, It doesn't have to be particular ideology. As long as we Somalis don't follow clan leaders into political oblivion, it is fine by me. It was an oppurtunity for Somalis to mature politically, not just be tied down by the blind loyalty to the clan.

The courts gave Somalia an oppurtunity to move beyond the clan system. It was far from perfect, but it had the making and the potential to take Somalia into new era where people's loyalties stem from their beliefs rather than their lineage.

LoooooooooooL@Moderate Sky....N what are you..ultra liberal Yonis...who is we?

Winter has finally arrived. US still gripped by extreme cold Ice storms have knocked out electricity supplies Harsh winter weather is still gripping large parts of the US, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds of thousands without power. A powerful storm which began on Friday has brought ice, snow, floods and high winds to a huge swathe of the country from south-west to north-east. The north-western states of Oregon and Washington have also been hit by sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow. The cold continues, but major eastern cities were spared the worst effects. The storm had weakened by Wednesday in many places, but more freezing rain was forecast for Texas later in the day. Meanwhile a state of emergency has been announced in 10 counties of California, after citrus growers said the cold weather had probably destroyed about 70% of the state's crop. Emergency Ice storms - in which rain falls in temperatures so low it freezes - had knocked out electricity supplies to half a million people by Tuesday. Your pictures: US storms More than 300,000 were still without power by the end of the day. The worst-hit areas were Missouri, where freezing rain left behind a 7.6cm (three inch) coating of ice, and Oklahoma. US President George W Bush has declared states of emergency in both states. Most of those who have died were killed in weather-related accidents. One person died from carbon monoxide poisoning - a common cause of death when people without electricity use fuel-burning stoves in their homes. In Washington state and Oregon, five inches (13 cm) of snow fell, snarling traffic on major highways and forcing motorists to abandon their cars. First snow As the storms moved north-eastwards they sent temperatures there plummeting and brought wave after wave of sleet and snow. The storms passed over Maine, the most northerly state on the US east coast, but dumped some 10 inches (25cm) of snow as they did. North of the border, eastern Canada was finally hit by the first snow storm of the winter after an unusually mild start to the season. The weather forced 50 flight cancellations and 80 delays at Montreal and Toronto airports.

Love Naaji...Reer Bilaajo Carab aan isla ahaan jirney Xalimopatra....I have seen a video of Zeinab Cige performing live....Just horrible. Love her CDs though

A Harem of Testosterone.....looooool You know you kind already have that at SOL Sport section.

Originally posted by cynical lady: :rolleyes: It is odd for a unrelenting cynic to be at book club. This leads to conformity.

^^^^You & Book Clubs....looooooool

LooooooooL@strong men, The entire city of Xamar is awashed with guns. A couple of thugs giving up guns will change a little in terms of security.

I guess that's all it takes to discredit a man. I wonder who is gonna be his replacement, obviously someone from da Bay/Bakool area.