Somali crowds vow allegiance to bin Laden Fuleyaasha hiding their faces, but the Reer Mareykan in their midst isn't. NAIROBI, Kenya — An Islamic insurgent group that controls much of lawless Somalia has released a video showing its members vowing allegiance to Osama bin Laden, training in dusty camps and slamming Somalia's U.S.-backed president as a traitor. The tape was released late Sunday by al-Shabab, an insurgent group that last week hit the African Union peacekeeping base with suicide car bombs, killing 21 people in the deadliest single attack on peacekeepers since they arrived in 2007. Al-Shabab announced the Thursday attack at Mogadishu's airport was in retaliation for a U.S. commando raid on Sept. 14 that killed al-Qaida operative Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in southern Somalia. The United States has become increasingly concerned that al-Qaida insurgents are moving into anarchic Somalia, where they can mobilize recruits without interference. The video showed the Shabab militia in training, leaping over piles of sandbags, crawling on the ground and shooting at targets. White-skinned bearded trainers could be seen moving among the Somalis. The video also showed crowds chanting: " At your service Osama !" Sheik Hassan Ya'qub, a spokesman for al-Shabab, said the video is "aimed at showing how the youth are well-trained and ready to the defend their holy land." Shabab means "youth" in Arabic. Bin Laden has declared his support for Somali insurgents before. The new video shows the mutual affection is strong as ever — a growing concern for U.S. and other governments. Al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, killing more than 200 people, and one of the alleged plotters is believed to be hiding out in Somalia. Stronger ties between al-Qaida and al-Shabab could pose greater threats to Western interests in the region. The video features periodic commentary from a voice purported to be bin Laden's, criticizing the administration of Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed as un-Islamic for its ties to America. Sharif met last month with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who pledged to expand American support for Somalia's government. The comments from the al-Qaida leader echo comments of support he made in March. It was not immediately clear if they were from the same recording. Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, was elected president in January and hopes to unite the country's feuding factions. "How can intelligent people believe that yesterday's enemies, on the basis of religion, can become today's friends?" the voice purported to be bin Laden's said in a voice-over as his photo was shown. Somalia has been ravaged by violence and anarchy since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and turned on each other. Piracy has flourished off the Somali coast, making the Gulf of Aden one of the most dangerous waterways in the world. On Sunday, insurgents attacked a town near the border with Ethiopia, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and officials said. Xigasho

Manhajkii dowladii hore Soomaaliyeed u dhisneyd maxaa lagu diiday taloow hortiiba? Yaaba ogaado kuwaan kasoo horjeeda manhajkaan Qaramada Midoobay wadato inay dabada ka wadaan manhaj Carbeed. Kuwaas kale Qaramada Midoobay dadka ayee ku qasbaayaan maadaama mishaarada macalimiinta qaarkood bixinaayaan.

at lafaha hoose. Reer Geeljire jufo la dhaho jiraan ma ogtahay horta? Just kaftaming. But I am sure laf la dhaho lagama weynaayo Soomaalida.

Reer Mudug kistoo waa madax adagyihiin, so one can expect dhacdadaan camal from them. Is it my imagination or do I think I commented this thread a while ago? An overzealous MOD from Mudug deleted that post miyaa?

Riyaalena muxuu wataa? Riyaale waa Siyaad Barre oo ookiyaal afarindhood wato?

So who sponsored you? Eniwey, welkam.

Askariga Amisom ma tukanoyaa mise waa ilaaliye? He seems ilaaliye, sawirada kale kuma jiree. Salaadda xataa waa lagu waardiyeynoyaa Shariifka. Siyaad Barre iyo his Cabdi Madoowe isoo xasuusiye. I like cimaamadaha Soomaaliyeed ee wada wataan, not to mention koofibarawaaniga iyo shaalka. You will never see kuwa la baxay Dhalinta oo dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed oo astaanka Islaamka leh xiran. Cimaamad Sacuudiyaan iyo mid Falastiin isku wada taagaan. I like this sawir. Somebody might have heart attack seeing it.

Wa salaan. Ciid wanaagsan to you too. Welkam to the site.

Yaa inta iskugu soo aruuriye xarfaantaana? I thought it was Ciid day. War ninaca, firimbiga iyo buufinka la qeybinaayo yuu idin dhaafin yaryaruuraceey.

Alla maanta ayaantaa. Yaa iloowi karo heestaas. Dankis for sharing, duqa. Ciid wanaagsan, dhamaantiin, tutigiin, kuligiin.

Deeqo Axmed Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Adiga mooyee ragba ilaaway Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Ubax la moodyoow kuu amaanaa Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Axdigeenii u adkeeyaa .... Sidaad ii ogeyd buu Afku hadalkii iiga xadayaa Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Ereyadaadii ugu heesaa Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Adiga awgaa aan u ooyaa .... Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Alla ku aawey kuu iraahdaa Sidaad ogeyd baan Oon aan kuu qabo Kuu ildaranahay Sidaad ii ogeyd baan Aragtidaadii ku istareexaa [XaaaaaX. ] ....

Oh. You still have them. Waaw. I used to have its negatives, I think I still do somewhere though hadn't come across them long. Waagaa wiilka ahaa waaye sawiradaas. Yaaka muuqdo sawirada taloow? I know you, Blessed, Paragon, Marxuumkii Max'ed Ismaaciil, Sophist, Shaqsi, who else ka muuqdo sawirada? I remember it was a long table that on that restaurant on that evening with a dozen people, umm... That boy isku egnahay is my immediate older brother, laakiin never thought inaa isku ekaan karno, even in my childhood. Ar muxuu feer iyo suxul ii laabi jiray. He lived and lives in London since '90 marka amaa iskaga hor imaateen somewhere in London. He still looks the same. The older brothers had a fashion sense. Waagaas ayuuba suspender gishan jiray ka waran. What I wonder is that if one looks back those old family pictures from pre-war Soomaaliya, not only ours but overall, the dress styles ee gishan jireen dadkaas waala yaabeysaa, how they had that sense of styles. Compared to now, how lame. I just removed the pictures now, though. Don't want them to be locked into thread and can't edit it later as I intended show them in a temporary. ____________ Farancab, Aaden ayaa sheegay waa hore qofkaan ahay. Nice try, though.

The video is kinda misleading, being fast-forwarded. In a normal way, that intersection wouldn't look that dangerous.

Originally posted by BiLaaL: Not sure whether you bothered reading the article. It has some harsh words for your hero Yeey. It is amazing how someone can continue to admire an individual so condemned by all. quote: Ahmed's chief of staff, Abdulkareem Jama, now estimates that the fledgling government would need $300 million in foreign aid per year and 50,000 more trained troops to turn the tide against the groups now fighting it. Given the fatal ineptitude and corruption of Ahmed's predecessors ( the previous president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, kept a money printing press in the presidential palace, according to the U.N.), that sort of aid has hardly been forthcoming. Iska dhaaf, xataa Yemen suu u tagay dalkaas dagaalo sokeeye ba'an ka qarxay. Whatever he touches or wherever he lands is cursed, even in his forced retirement.

Addiction to that site, it takes to another level. Never understood how people can get addicted to that site. Marax ahaa igaarkaas. Xataa even if he logged out, they would have found out.

Being on a train without a newspaper or anything to read to occupy myself is very, very awkward. You can only read for marmarsiyo's sake the ads on the top for a few moments only. Dadka wey iska soo horjeedaan isma fiir fiirin karaanee. Subways in Koronto are decent, though. Dad reer magaal raaco, oo wax isfiirfiiriyaba iska yar, qof walba bilaash isku mashquuliyaa, most reading.

Aaden got it. I guess the hint helped. Aaliya, haye where you were then in '86? On the clouds? Farancab, qadaadkeyga ma dheeree wuu dhuubanyahay. Laakiin ciyaalka dhan wey sii jeedaan kee ka wadaa taloow.

Nice sawiro, C/naasir. Some enterprising entrepreneur should raise, then export those doonfaaro to Shiinaha iyo Kuuriyada.

Waa iska caadi. I hope the sister in red dirac doesn't see this. Hayeey. Haye, you two, how old were you in 1986? I know Daa'uud dhaybar u xirnaa then, but you too as well? Again, guess again. Hint: I am not in the second picture nor being kan ookiyaalaha iyo qamiiska qabo. I dislike qamiis, never wore it in my life.

I can't believe I would say this: Of all last those past 18 years, I am kinda now missing the warlord years era. At least dadkaas laaluush iyo wax kale lagu qancin karee. Xoolo alif ba ta soo dhigan baa diin iyo kitaab wax ku xukumeynaa ku leh maanta.

Ciid day, circa 1986, at home among with brothers and a sister. Can one guess which one MMA is? [No, I am not the Larry King wannabe one with suspender.] Brothers and a sister at home again. I remember that day like it was yesterday. My sister (the one in red dirac) took tons of pictures that Ciid day, today the pictures scattered around the world along with my siblings. _____________ Pictures waa laga saaray. The post achieved its purpose. Only good SOLers had seen it. Gadaal ka gaariyaasha looma ogala inay arkaan.

How come there is no 'Keenadoon' name. Magacyada doonka leh diid kuma arkeysid, kuwa diidka ahna doon malaha. Qof la yiraahdo Abtidiid maa jiro? Ama Sheekhdiid? Waxaa igu darnayd markaan arkay qof wato magacaan suuban ee Keenadiid, u badalayna magaciisa "Kennedy." What the... How low one would get.

Q. How old are you? A. I forgot my age since I was involved in all these wars. Q. Really? A. I was born in 1966. Q. How many children do you have? A. We have an expression in southern Somalia that when people ask you how many children you have, we say, “We’re good.” I hope that may be enough. Q. Are you 42 or 43 years old? What month were you born? A. What’s in this question? Why is it so important? Q. In the newspaper I work for, we don’t put “1966” as an age. We put the exact age, in years. A. O.K. I was born in January 1966 . Yea, why is it so important to them. Gaalada and their one's age obsession. Join the league, Md. Shariif. Reer First January, of course.

Cawaale, erey u dhigmo ereygaas in uu Afsoomaaliga ku jiro ma moodi, closest that I can think of is ganaax. Ganaax usually means being fined.

You are only debating and debating about Al Shabaab. Believe me Al Shabaab are more nationalist than you are because they are against Ethiopia whereas you are with Ethiopia. You don't want to free the Somali region in eastern Ethiopia and North Eastern Kenya. Who is 'you' aad ku celcelineysid? And if they, those misguided Dhalinta la baxay, are against Xabasho, Xabashada meelee joogaan waala yaqaanaa, certainly not at Isbitaal Martiini they shelled the other day, ironically, a hospital that currently hosts the brave injured men who gallantly fought in the name of our nation. Now intii daryeel iyo gargaar permanent ah la siin lahaa, axsaankooda loogu dhigay shelling and massacring them, done by your lovely 'heroes.' Again, a reminder: Xabasho dhulka Soomaaliyeed ee joogaan waala yaqaanaa, ee ha aadaan, maatidaan Soomaalida masaakiinta xabbadda iyo madaafiicda ka daashay haka hirgalaan madaafiicdooda maqalkiisa. Then we will see if the majority of Soomaalis will be against them as they do now.