This is Dhigsan. When did it become a "ghetto?" mise waala iska murmoyaa? The last time aan ogaa Saraha Dhigsan condo ayee ahayeen, inkastoo apartment isku badashay the pricekooda. Libaax, Yonge St waxaa kugu dambeysay aan filaa waagee one-dollar, pop-and-mom cheap stores ku taxnaayeen jidkaas dheer. Ar waa isbadaleen, siiba after College St ilaa iyo Dundas St oo isku dhaw tukaamo qaali ee ka fureen, including Eaton Centre mallka iyo banaankiisa.

Again another dankis goes to Reer Jineefa [Geneva], Iswiserlaan. Sabtidii oo aay taariikhdu tahay 13.01.2007, ayey Jaaliyadda Soomaaliyeed ee Switzerland ku qabatay xarunta qaramada midoobay ee Geneva horteeda bananbax weyn oo looga soo horjeedo qabsashada itoobiya ee Soomaaliya iyo weerarada dhulka iyo cirka ee lagu hayo shacbiga ku dhaqan dagmooyin badan oo ka tirsan J/Hoose ee koonfurta Soomaaliya iyada oo lagu marmar siyoonayo argagixisa ayaan raadinaynaa. Sii aqriso

Baddacase, you can call Cabdillaahi Yuusuf iyo wixii lamid ah public figure eh "dabadhirif" iyo any other name aad u heysid; others as well can as well call Riyaale iyo wixii lamid ah "secessionist." It is only dadka meeshaan ka qeyb qaato loogu waco waxaas, since they aren't public figures. Same rules applies others calling you "secessionist" and "SNM mujaahid." Both are mild, not that offensive, oo waa loo dulqaadan karaa; however and nonetheless people are overdoing it and overabusing. It is also where name-calling starts from, it starts from mild and before you know, laba ayaa af isku heysata. Taako, "jukebox," like other names I mentioned above, wax weyn ma'aha, but it refers qof af weyn, yacni afweyne robotic eh. Si fiican u dooda, hadaadan name-calling ka resist gareyn karina, iskala dhaafa. Xoog majiro, wah.

Jimcaale, labadii xaaraan ku heshiiso maxaa la dhahay? I see todobaadkii honeymoonka waa dhamaatay. Will Indhamadoowe's message be repeated once again: Anagaa kuu dhiibanay, anagaana kaa qaadanay. Cabdillaahi Yuusuf Axmed maxaa ka galay arrimaha Kismaayo, asagoo ka yimid Mudug oo ka shisheeyso kan kale meesha Xabasho keentay oo ka yimid Galgaduud. Arrimaha "madaxweynenimo" miyaa? I thought dadka deeggaan inay soo dhistaan deegganadooda, who are Reer Waamo, neither kuwaan isku qilaafaayo ahayn. Anyway, nin Korneel Koojaar lagu magacaabo aa u taliyo meeshaas, nin ciidamo Xabash wato Soomaali sheegto.

Folks, listen: This name-calling isn't going to no where. Will you guys, baliis, stop it for once and for all? You argued to death. None can change one's opinion, ee marka afxumeynta maa joojisiin. Mise our "baliis" ayaa si kale loo qaatay. Don't force us to use other available means. We really value the difference of opinion, in a respected way. Dadka magac ayee ku leeyihiin meeshaan, "dabadhirif" iyo "SNM mujaahid" magacyadooda ma'aha. Baliis, baliis, respect the the forum's rules and its reputation. Meeshaan ma'aha suuqbacaad iyo suuqsiinaay. We cannot accept aflagaado in any way, in any means, intended or not. Wax la aqbali karo. A serious warning.

Shariifka mar horaa u sheegnay in uu iska casilo jagadaan qaabka daran, for he doesn't deserve dowlad ku sheeg Xabash nuujiso, kor iyo hoos ugu heyso. It is just the Stooge and Puppet of Xabash, oo uma qalma meel wasaqdaas eh in uu ku dhexjiro. Kaadi ma lagu daahiro, si walba aad iskugu dhibtid, Shariifoow. It is good now, those who were giving a bit legitimacy internationally -- as that American ambassador seems to discover -- ayaa arkaayo this dowlad ku sheeg ain't what is cracked up to be, just the Stooge imitating his Master Sanaawi's regime. Already Midowga Yurub threatened to cut lacagta ee ku bixiso so-called Xildhibaanada in this so-called, dowlad ku sheeg, treacherous dowlad. Shariif, qof Soomaalida damiirka leh, the majority, arkeen ayaa tahay, qof Xabash u istaagay iska dhicisteeda, kuwii kale markee Stooges noqdeen. Soomaaliya and Soomaalinimo will never forget you, daljecelnimadaada iyo wadanimadaada. I hope to see you participate dowlad dadkeeda soo dhisteen, not mid ku sheeg eh Xabash nuujiso, soo korisay, hadana dabada ka wadato.

MOGADISHU, May, 1999 (Xinhua) -- "The Voice of the People", a radio supporting faction leader Hussein Aidid returned to the air Wednesday again by broadcasting the usual programs and anti-Ethiopian propaganda after more than three months' silence. The radio quoted Aidid as strongly condemning the Ethiopian policy toward Somalia in a press statement issued Tuesday night. The statement charged that Ethiopia has unlawfully attacked and violated the territorial integrity of Somalia by "crossing some of its troops into Somalia." The radio has also accused Ethiopia of sponsoring a meeting for some Somali factions inside Ethiopia for the sole purpose of what it called instigating more Ethiopian attacks against Somalia. The strongly-worded statement also accused the Ethiopian forces of planting land mines in several regions in central and southern Somalia including Bay, Bakol, Gedo, Hiran and Galgudud. The statement complained that these land mines are continuously causing fatalities and injuries to lives of both human beings and mine. However, many of the estimated one million land mines buried in Somalia have been laid down during the height of the civil war. Aidid also said in his statement that Ethiopia is attacking parts of Somalia by "using the pretext of Oromo nationals and weapons being brought to southern Somalia." He said that the Oromo nationals in Somalia are refugees who fled Ethiopia in 1964 during the war between Somalia and Ethiopia. Nonetheless, between 500 and 700 Oromo nationals, and weapons have allegedly arrived for Aidid two weeks ago on a vessel chartered by Eritrea which docked at the natural port of Merca town, 100 kilometers south of Mogadishu. Some of the local newspapers have reported that many of the Oromo soldiers have already crossed into Ethiopia a few days ago for possible hit-and-run attacks against the regime of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. In conclusion, the statement called on the international community to put pressure on Ethiopia to refrain from what it called the intervention in Somalia's affairs. The statement also called on the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development, the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity to intervene into the problems between Somalia and Ethiopia.

When we were supporting this nascent dowlad for the sake of Soomaalinimo, they were against, for what, perhaps fiercely being Anti-Xabash and mid dalkeeda jecel. The questions, though. Dowladii Cabdiqaasin Salaad Xasan sababta loogu soo horjeeday maxee ahayd? Why wasn't it given a "chance," as they empty-beat to faintly lecture us now? Why were some people seeking its demise? Legit questions, no admission of obvious answers from the usual suspects, though. Why didn't dowlad dadweynaha soo dhistay, without a warlord ku jiro, loo siin waaye again a "chance" to function? Dowlad Xabashdiid ahayd waliba. Hmm, legit questions, obvious answers. [Qaybaalad.] It had same formula with this current dowlad ku sheeg, Xabash stooge. It was internationally recognized by Qaramada Midooway [united Nations], Jaamacadda Carabta [Arab League], Dalalka Islaamka [Organization of Islamic Conference] and Midowga Afrika [or its predecessor, Organisation of African Unity]. It had the 4.5 power-sharing equation formula. It had a president, a daljecel president who liked his country and respected diinta Islaamka. It had a speaker. It had a prime minister. Ah, legit questions, obvious answers. [The man didn't belong a certain clan. He did not kowtow to Xabash. He told to @#$& them, yet they were against him. Markaas ayee na leeyihiin we have the interest of "nation," a nation they call an idea that can supposedly disposed of anytime.] Keep beating the empty drums. Shimbiryaaloow heesaa, si fiican iskugu heesaa... Waligiinaba.

Cumar Xaaji Masalle. Any person who followed the ugly qabyaalad-prone Soomaali politics the last decade and half upon hearing that name above has had its synonymous -- Xabash's very first stooge who infamously brought Xabash people into sacred soil of Soomaaliya in mid '90s for a short-lived political gain. Not the usual of getting arms and fighting himself. No. Like today, he led them into bushes of Luuq and Buuloxaawo, halhalna wadaadadii loo laaye. He was then briefly used, discarded as a diaper and humiliatedly when dantii laga lahaa laga dhameystay. Why was he discarded? He realized his mistakes and came to his senses advocating peace with his walaalaha Soomaaliyeed. Will, however, the infamous Stooges of Xabashada today ku waano qaadan doonaan casharkaan kulul? ----------------- NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) [Agoosto 1996] - Aid workers said Ethiopian helicopter gunships and heavy guns bombarded a town in western Somalia Friday after forces seized two other towns nearer the Ethiopian border. The Somali al-Ittihad (Union), a fundamentalist group, said Ethiopia invaded western Somalia with troops and helicopter gunships, seizing at least two towns and killing more than 100 people. An Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman in Addis Ababa declined to comment on the reports of an Ethiopian incursion. The Nairobi-based African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) said four of its staff were evacuated by air to Kenya from the western Somali town of Lugh after it was attacked. One of the evacuees, Ugandan doctor Francis Kizito, told the British Broadcasting Corporation he saw three helicopter gunships approaching Lugh and firing "indiscriminately" on militia installations. "They came from the north which is Ethiopia...They aimed at army organisations of the Islamic organisation which governs Lugh," said Kizito, adding there were definitely casualties as firing from the gunships was heavy. [sNIP] Thousands of Somali families were fleeing because of the Ethiopian attack, backed by Somali fighters of the Somali National Front led by Omar Haji Masalle. In a statement released in Nairobi, al-Ittihad said: "This barbaric aggression against the Islamic Ittihad is planned by General Haji Masalle and the Ethiopian government with the help of international imperialists." ---------------- MOGADISHU (June 3) [Juun 1999] The latest reports from Gedo Region, in southwestern Somalia, indicate that the people in Bulo Hawo Town are fleeing their hometown after the Ethiopian forces have started a major looting operation against the well- off people in the town. The Somali National Front spokesman (SNF), Ibrahim Jama Howleh, has accused what he called the Ethiopian occupation forces for ransacking the major food stores of the town. Speaking to reporters here in Mogadishu Thursday, Howleh said the Ethiopians have taken away four field radios and over 500 quintals of sugar and others food items from three food stores in the town Wednesday. The SNF spokesman did not speak about killing or torturing of civilians by the Ethiopians, but he has called the international community to put pressure on the Ethiopian government to withdraw its forces from Somalia. The spokesman asked the UN, OAU, other regional and international organizations to help stop what he called the Ethiopian aggression and intervention in Somalia. Independent sources from the town of Bulo Hawo, however, confirmed that the Ethiopian forces stationed in the town have launched a looting operation against three major food stores. [sNIP] There is no apparent reason why the Ethiopians have begun the looting, but sources close to the area said the Ethiopians have suspected those businessmen of supporting General Omar Hmar Hajji Masalleh, chairman of the SNF. The Ethiopian forces had used to support General Masalleh during their pursuing of the Al-Itihad fundamentalist group in 1996 and 1997, but General Masalleh and Ethiopia have fallen apart after the General had signed the Cairo peace deal opposed by Ethiopia together with the Somali factions in late 1997. And since then, the Ethiopians have supported late Ali Nur, General Masalleh's political rival who was killed in a bloody ambush at the Somali-Kenyan border on April 8 this year.

Aidid accuses Ethiopia of destabilizing Somalia MOGADISHU, May 19 [1999] (AFP) - Ethiopia's policy on Somalia is characterised by "killing, looting, torture of people, occupation of territory and creation of instability," warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid charged Wednesday. In a statement he issued as about 10 rival warlords attended a "peace conference" in Addis Ababa, Aidid charged that Ethiopian troops had occupied part of Somalia after invading the Gedo border region in 1996, and "kidnapped Somali officers and civilians who were tortured before abduction". He also accused Ethiopian troops of planting landmines in the southern Somali regions of Galgudud, Gedo, Hiran, Bay and Bakol regions. He charged that the Ethiopian government was hosting the Addis Ababa conference in a bid to renew hostilities in Somalia, and said it was arming the factions attending it. Aidid denied reports -- verified by a number of reliable sources -- that 1,500 Ethiopian Oromo guerrillas had recently arrived in Somali territory he controls, along with 150 Eritrean army instructors and large quantities of weapons. The statement appealed to the United Nations, the Arab League, the Organisation of African Unity, the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development and the Islamic League to condemn Ethiopia's "misdeeds" in Somalia.

Many in the Somali community, right or wrong, view president Abdullahi’s victory... Wrong. Xabash's temporal victory. Let's not lie to ourselves.

I've been following Eric Margolis' works for the last six years. He is a well-known American-Canadian political commentator in Kanada, and a fierce critic of Bush regime and its endless meddling of other nations. He is a strong believer who advocates the rights of Muslims in West and wider Islamic world. An ardent observer of plight of Shishiin [Chechnya], Kashmiin and Afgaanistaan. Now Ciraaq and Soomaaliya. He is also anti-interventionist, whose scepticism of international politics grew and was acquired during as a young reserver he was deployed to Fiitnaam war for a political pawn than anything. He isn't a neo-liberal, for he is a strong believer in capitalism, whose works are published by Toronto Sun, a right-wing tabloid. The paper, a pro-Bush, heavily edits his articles, but you can find the complete ones on his website, ericmargolis.com He and Thomas Walkom of Toronto Star are few columnists I look forward to.

Dadka Magaalada Muqdisho oo ka welwelsan Sharciga cusub ee Xaaladda deg degta ah ee awooda siinayo Madaxweynaha Tallaabadii koowaad ee la qaado markii sharcigan meel mariyay Baarlamaanka soomaaliya waxay noqotay mid lala dhaco Saxaafadda Madax bannaan ee Magaalada Muqdisho, shalay waxaa albaabada loo laabay 3 Idaacadood iyo hal Telefishin, kadib Idaacadihii kale ee shaqeynayay waxay bilaabeen inay is ilaaliyaan, xitaa Wargesyada Madax bannaan ayaa waxaa uu saameyn ku yeeshay Tallaabada laga qaaday Warbaahintaas. Labadii qof meel fadhida marka ay sheekeysanayan waxay bilaabayaan inay dhinacyada iska fiiriyaan, maxaa yeelay waxaa durba la bilaabay oo ay Dowladdu bilawday inay Magaalada u kala dirto dad dhar cad ah oo soo gudbiya dadka caadiga ah iyo kuwa aan caadiga ahayn waxyaabaha ay is dhaafsanayaan . Waqooyiga Kuuriya The news is reported by pro-dowlad ku sheeg site. Dowlad ku sheeg, non-existent, treacherous ayaa saas u dhaqmeyso. Mid waliba hadana taagdaran, without Xabash aan meelna gaareen ayaa sidaan u dhaqmaayo, awood iyo waxba iyagoo heynin. Roor adigoo socod baran waxaa la dhahay both waa lagu kufaa iyo lagu xooqmaa.

Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya oo Lacag Culus ku soo rogtay Garoonka Diyaaradaha Muqdisho Xukuumadda Ra’iisal Wasaare Cali Maxamed Geeddi ayaa Lacago fara badan ku soo rogtay dadka ka dhoofaya Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho iyo kuwa ka soo degaya Garoonkaas. Sida ay inoo xaqiijiyeen qaar ka mid ah Shirkadaha Diyaaradaha ee isticmaala Garoonkaas qof kasta oo Soomaaliya waxaa lagu soo rogay lacag ka badan 100 Dollar, Lacagtaas oo la sheegay inay leedahay Dowladda Soomaaliya oo galayso qasnadda aan la ogeyn ee Dowladda. "Qof kasta oo duulaya ama soo degaya waxaa laga doonayaa lacag dhan 150 Dollar , Lacagtaas waxaa ku xisaabtimaya Dowladda iyo Shirkadda Duulimaadka, qofkii doonayo inuu Lacagtaasi bixiyo wuxuu raacinayaa Lacagta Tikidka, micnaha Lacagta waxaa loo dhiibayaa Shirkadda kadib Shirkadda ayaa Dowladda ku wareejinaysaa," ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah howlwadeenada Garoonka Muqdisho oo diiday in Magaciisa la shaaciyo. Lacagtan meel ay ka socoto iyo meel ay u socoto qofna ma Fahsan, mana jiro xubin ka tirsan Dowladda oo Lacagtan ka hadlay, mana muuqato baahi Dowladda Federaalka u qabto in dadka u dhashay waddanka Soomaaliya lacag intaan la ek lagu soo rogo. Dad fara badan oo aanu la kulanay ayaa waxay inoo sheegen in ay la yaabin yihiin qaabka ay Dowladda u Maamushay Lacagta Garoonka Muqdisho gaar ahaan Lacagta laga qaadayo qofka imaanaya iyo midka dhoofaya. Isbaarada cirka Well, Geediyoow, adiga iyo dowlad ku sheegaaga iska baashaala. Grab and xoog as much as aad dalka iyo dadka masaakiinta aad ka qaadan kartid. Isbaaradii cirka uu Amiin Caamir sheegaaye waaye tan. 150 U$ dollars is a lot of money. The last time I remember a go-and-back flight to Dubeey [Dubai] costed $300 and to Neyroobi, far less. Imagine a poor mother rabto inay isku soo daaweyso magaalooyinkaas laga qaado the same price as the whole ticket. :mad:

Originally posted by Caano Geel: yaa xasuusta bar fiat Caanogeel iyo Che, I opened a thread about this part of Xamar the other week when I watched cajal laga soo duubay agagaarkaas recently. Cajalkaan muuqaalka iyo codba leh agagaarkaas dhan aad ka hadleysiin ayuu cover gareeye. Aad ayaa u qiironee hadaad fiirsatid. It talks and shows about Iskoolka Bartamaha, Baar Fiat, Xarunta Fiat, Safaaradaha Ruushka iyo Talyaaniga, Savoy Centre, Hoteel Jubba iyo many more wasaaradooyin iyo wakaaladooyin. Inkastoo markaa yaraa meelahaas aan waligeey tagin, haddaan tageyna aan xasuusan, meelahaas waa meelihii Xamar ugu sareeye, aad iyo aad, oo ahayd bartamaha iyo xudunta Xamar. You can find both videos on here

Eebboow. This simple appreciation thread about an Ubax name reached 110 posts. Darn it. Wait until I bring Idil.

Originally posted by mystic: ^^ what are you talking about, it is just a flag. I hope the empty emotional words from some biibol made you utter those words above, otherwise the sacred calan in loo gafo ma fiicno. Calankeena suuban maro ma'aha. Waana ka weynyahay iyo qiimo badanyahay maro, dear sister. It is neither theirs nor ours -- it is a true symbol that epitomizes the utmost Soomaalinimo meel walba ee joogaan. The empty words from kuwa Xabashada keenay waxba ha u jalaqsiin dhagta. Any so-called Soomaali person who brought Xabash to sacrosanct Soomaali soil and allowed to airbomb our cities, including Xamar, is, in my opinion, worse than a Soomaali burning a calankiis, as unimaginable as it is -- nothing lower than mid Soomaali sheeganaayo hadana Xabash keenay dalkeena, especially Xamar. That itself threatens the very existence of calanka. That, too, is absolutely damiirlaawe ugu dambeeye, dalkiisa iyo dadkiisa kama hadli karo, he is the last person consulted about Soomaalinimo iyo Soomaaliya.

Iyagoo aan la bacaarin, la kululeen inay baxaan ma fiicno. Haddii kale bari ayee soo noqonayaan, oo islaweynidii ayaa wali ku jirto. " I don’t bank on the power of individuals or groups . I bank on the power of Somali people. They are capable of stabilizing their country," said Meles when asked about the power of the Transitional Government of Somalia (TFG) to stabilize Somalia after the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops... Dowlad ku sheega, the Father and Mother of Stooge and Puppet ayaa Sanaawi, their master, saas ula hadlaayo, kuna kalsooneen, ka waran Soomaalida iyo Soomaaliya ee u gafeen ee ciilka u qabo sugaayo. Xabash naasnuujintiis will never be there forever. Meeshee aadi lahayeen ayaa la rabaa maalintaas.

Another mahad, Eebbaa mahad lahee, goes to Reer San Diego, Mareykanka. Magaalada San Diego waxaa ka dhacay bannaanbax lixaad leh oo lagaga soo horjeedo weerarka gardaradda ah ee ay ciidamada Itoobiyaanku ku qabsadeen Koonfurta Soomaaliya, iyo duqeynta ay dayuuradaha Maraykanku u geysteen shacabka deggan Gobollada Jubbooyinka ee Soomaaliya. Warbixinta inta ayaa ka aqrisan kartaa.

This thread is closed. Yoonis, if you do not stop about opening again and again incendiary, intemperate threads about yourself and other members on this site that will only bring negative responses, we will take some other actions. Baliis, don't force us on that.

Originally posted by Garaad Caanood: MMA cajiib, lately, SOL became dictatorship you can do watever you want, and can delete any thread wat kind of moderator are you Daandaansi haddaa rabtid, si kale u sheego. Eeda baselesska ah meesha hala imaan. Baliis, comment the topic of the thread, haddaan rabin meesha qof dhagta kugu haayo maleh ee, baliis, leerta nasii. PS, I have never deleted a thread the past couple months that I am aware of.

Adiga kaama hadleynin saaxiib, kuwa kaa horeeyo aan ka hadlaaye oo 'mantaq aa i heyso' meesha lasoo istaagay. Yeah, my link islaamo iyo habro ayee ahayeen, you should check gabdhaha yar kabeebeey ciyaaraayo. Hadduu dhareerka kaa daadan. Welkam back, by the way.

Dadkaan anti-niikada ah ayaaba la yaabay. Niiko is an art, and it only needs an 'asset' to master. If you don't have that asset, soori. Those same people would like us believe buraanbur -- whose participant ayeeyooyin iyo habro dhaafeen, kor iyo hoos isku luxluxaayo, gees ka gees -- as a "good dhaqan." Nothing wrong with buraanbur per se, only giving an example. Soomaalida do not have one hegemony dhaqan. Nin iyo naagba dhaqankiis ayaa la quman. Ninkii iyo naagtii saar ciyaarayaan, ha ciyaaraan. Ninkii iyo naagtii dhaanto ciyaarayaan, ha ciyaaraan. Same with guuroow; so are heele and jiifto. Nothing wrong all of them. So let the niiko folks do their part, which is kabeebeey. Baashaalka xoog ma'aha in la fiirsado.

However, the invasion has increased the risk of instability within Somalia, where the Islamic Courts militias had brought peace after nearly 15 years of anarchy under dozens of rival warlords. Since the Islamic militias were deposed from their stronghold in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, residents have complained of increased incidents of lawlessness once again, including carjackings and armed feuds. "People are fearing a return to the chaos that the Islamic Courts ended," said Ahmed Abdisalam, of the Mogadishu radio station Horn Afrik Media. Ethiopian soldiers who have helped to instal Somalia's transitional government have also been accused of a series of assaults on civilians. Troops have stopped buses outside Mogadishu and roughed-up travellers in an attempt to hunt down anyone who supported or fought for the Islamic Courts Union , according to United Nations officials. A UN report says they are also believed to have killed several ethnic Somalis from Ethiopia's disputed Oromo region, who had gone to Somalia to take up arms with the Islamists. Five men in Ethiopian army uniforms also allegedly raped a woman near the Kenyan border, Western aid workers said. "This is not the only incident. We are receiving many of these reports," said one. "War is not an excuse for these actions, nor is victory ." The Telegraph, the original source Soomaali sites are quoting.

Xuseen Max'ed Faarax Caydiid's and Cali Mahdi Max'ed's letter to International Community, including United Nations, in 1999. --------------- Renewed interest in the situation in Somalia Somalia Liaison Office September 2, 1999 YOUR EXCELLENCIES, We, the undersigned concerned Somali political leaders, have read Your Excellency's (sic) report of 16 August, 99, to the Security Council about the situation in Somalia, with keen interest. We are pleased with the United Nations renewed interest in the situation in Somalia. However, with due respect we would like to be frank, but modest in our submission appeal for Your Excellency's patience. The international community, by and large represented by the United Nations vis-a-vis Somalia, have over the years been repeatedly begging the question for the solution of the Somali problems. They have kept telling the Somalis to settle their problems while at the same time ignoring to curb interference by external actors into the domestic affairs of Somalia which have continued to fish in the latter's troubled waters. This foreign interference has since become a pattern of common practice by the government of neighboring Ethiopia in the face of the United Nations implicit policy of laissez faire. This Ethiopian interference in the form of overt military incursions into Somalia, supply of armament to some Somali groups to encourage hostilities and instability in the country continues unabated and aborts any chances of a settlement. Ethiopia's official policy, as demonstrated by its own actions shown here below, is committed to thwarting the emergence of an effective central authority in Somalia for its own geopolitical interests. This is the reflection of a long-standing Ethiopian policy of expansionism. In September 1945, the Ethiopian government of Emperor Haile Sellassie submitted a memorandum to the then Peace Council (foreign ministers of the victor powers in the Second World War) who were meeting in London. The Memorandum urged that Eritrea and ex- Italian Somaliland should be handed to Ethiopia, 'not as recompense for the ten years struggle against the Axis, but as territories incontestably belonging to the Ethiopian Empire since before the Christian era'. (Reference: Ex-Italian Somaliland by the pro Ethiopian, Sylvia Pankhurst, page 217). Historically, there had been no such thing as Ethiopia before the last few centuries A.C., but an Abyssinia instead, which only composed of the Amhara and Tigre territories. Nevertheless, the mythical claim underlines an expansionist policy, which has not changed to this day and which has now been revived and emboldened by the current situation in Somalia. Given the bitter history since the beginning to the sixteen-century A.C., of enmity and perennial mistrust between our two peoples, Ethiopia would be the lease likely honest broker in the Somalia reconciliation process. The O.A.U. acted without circumspection by mandating Ethiopia with the handling of the Somali problems. However, the mandate is both legally and morally invalid, because: a. Somalia is not a dependent territory, but a sovereign state and members of the United Nations, despite the temporary absence from the international fora of a legally recognized government. Therefore, there is not entity legally empowered to mandate it to another without the consent of the Somali people. And, b. Ethiopia is poised to exploit Somalia's current situation for its own geopolitical and expansionist policies and entrusting the latter's fate to the former would be morally a mockery. The so-called mandate is, therefore, neither acceptable nor binding on the Somali people. In nutshell, Ethiopia: Has since August 1996 made unprovoked incursions into Somalia and lastly now practically occupies the three Somali regions of Gedo, Bay and Bakol and threatens several other areas. Those military incursions have claimed hundreds of lives, most of them non-combatant civilians, damages to property and sacrilege to Mosques and other Islamic scriptures. Has been supplying armament to some groups and individuals since 1996 to encourage continuation of hostilities in the country and retard indefinitely the process of reconciliation. This is a gross violation of the UN Security Council arms embargo. The quantities of know deliveries of small arms up to April this year are as follows: (A) To Egal 5,000 pieces of AK-47 rifles (B) Abdullahi Yusuf 4,000 pieces of AK-47 plus some mortars. The quantity earmarked was nine thousand pieces, etc, and the balance might have been delivered. (C)'RRR' 2,000 pieces of AK-47 rifles, plus six mounted anti-tanks. (D) 'Morgan' 1,600 pieces, plus six 106 anti-tanks. (E) Ahmed Sh.Burale 500 pieces of AK-47 rifles, plus some mortars. (F) Omar Hashi Aden 1,500 pieces of AK-47 rifles (G) Hussein Bod and Musa Sudi twice seven truck loads during Nov-Dec 1996 and April 1999. Ali Mahdi Mohamed, Co-chairman, National Co-ordination Committee Hussein Mohamed Aidid, Co-ordination Committee National Co-ordination Committee ----------------- It is a long interesting piece, so if you want to read more click here