Khadro Daahir Hargeyso ee joogtaa, codkaagana ma u baahno. Tan dooro, mataanteeda waaye.

Haye, telafashinka markee kasoo gisho hoostiis aa fariisan jirtay ma'ahoo? Aniga saacadee soo gali jirtay xataa waa xafiday -- laba saac ilaa sadex saac, filinkii Jarmalka taxanaha ahaa bistoolada intuu bilaaban kahor. Hobalahada Shareero waaba iska ilooway. Iftin, Durdur, Waaberi kuwaas aa hoosta giliyeen.

Salaan... Khadiijo Max'ed Cali [i know her site needs a little help, ] Our sister is campaigning for a councillor seat in heart of Koronto's maryooleey xaafado. I haven't met her, though she knocked the other day our door, leaving some campaign pamphlets behind. First time one qof Soomaali la isku daaye waaye, for there is no division in this election, and she may even have a chance. Baliis, marka, vote her for a councillor hadaa degan tahay xaafada Etobicoke North.

Ooh, qoraaladii waa dhumeen mar labaad. "Darn" iga dheh. LoL. Muuqaalkaan Qalanjo ila fiirsadaba. Telefashinkii Xamar aaba soo xasuustay. Ar maxaa qoftaan anigoo yar ka dambeeye. Gabdhaheena ku qurxoonaa hidaha iyo dhaqanka. XaaX. Heesta ee qaadeyso: Dheesha dheela dhulkeyaga Anaga u dhimaneynee Dhawaaqlahayaa Sow dhalinyaradeenu Sharafta dhowrimeyso Dhaqanka iyo hidaheena Hore u dhigimeyso Dheesha dheela dhulkayaga Anaga u dhimaneynee Dhawaaqlahayaa Dhaxalkiyo aayaheena Dhalaanka bari mayno Sow dharaar cad waajibkooda Dhabada marimeyno Dheesha dheela dhulkEyaga Anaga u dhimaneynee Dhawaaqlahayaa

Jananka, waala socotaa, and you also know now meeshaa ciidamo deegaan ayaa joogay, still joogo. Ragtag militia meesha heysto waxaa xukumo nin la yiraahdo Dhuuboow Kuuloow. Even ciidamada Rooboow ma joogaan meesha. There is a reason maxkamad laga furin Buurhakaba ilaa hada. There was also a reason why ciidamo Maxkamadaha leeyihiin joogi jirin meeshaas, because locals qilaaf weyn ayaa ka dhex jiray. So sabata aad u leedahay so-called Maxkamadaha ciidamadooda iyo officialkooda ayaa tagay hadana kasoo cararay. Meesha inay u qudbeyaan ayee u tageen, ma u tagin wax kale. Indhamadoowe in uu tago meeshaas, loo dulqaato oo magac Maxkamadaha ku sheega ku socdo waxaa ku kaliftay ciidama beeleedka magac "dowlad" wato iyo Amxaarada. Dadka waligooda Amxaaro arkin ayaa Amxaaro loola tagay. Shock ayaaba ku dhacay. Dowladaas iyadaa ka masuul eh maanta in uu Indhamadoowe uu ka qudbeeyo Buurhakaba, waligiis ma haweysteen. Dowlada dad badan u dhashay reer Buurhakaba Baydhabo joogo ayee u diri kartay, xataa Xaabsade aan u dhalan ama Shaatigaduud. Dad mala waayin, markee Amxaaro soo wateen iyo ciidamo magac beeleed eh becomes an occupation. Illaa hada locals ayaa heysto wali, perhaps few tikniko Rooboow keenay now. Rooboow, by the way, ma u dhalan Buurhakaba. It is like saying Cabdullaahi Yuusuf ayaa u dhashay Laascaanood.

Claimants [i've my doubts of them being anybody but Soomaali] of Oromo, Eritareeyan iyo Xabash oo minan ee marti ku yihiin dadkii deganaa korkooda ku dagaalamaayo, dadkii guriga lahaana u horseedaayo dagaal la rabo. Shameness of them all, Soomaalidii martida loo ahaa, intee guriga iskaga saari lahayeen buuqooda ayee la kala safteen, oo u sacabtumaayo. This is even getting funnier, walaahi. Yaab iyo nuskeeda. Soomaaliyeey saan maa noo dambeysay?

I am afraid the scenerio would even get more ugly, bordering classical comedy. If any so-called "mujaahidiin" enter, and of course they will, Mareykanka will enter; if Mareykanka enters the perhaps "Dear Leader's" Waqooyiga Kuuriya would enter the scene; if Waqooyiga enters Jabbaan would do; if Jabaan does, so would Shiinaha. And yaa ka reebaayo old colonials of Faransiiska and Ingiriiska, seeing their their former possesions [Jabuuti] and [Waqooyi Galbeed] respectively in the midst of flame, they too would enter. Seeing this, for a prestige's sake, Ruushka would too, perhaps to score back their old humiliated wound, when Soomaalis kicked them from Soomaaliya. Midowga Yurub yaa ka reebaayo iyagana, of course it will side their members. And of course Jaamacadda Carabta, it too supporting its other unparticipating members. So will Bakistaan, hearing another "Taliban" in a place close to Carabta. They will rush. The day Bakistaan enters, so will Hindiya. Kanada and Australia will side Mareykanka, their Anglo-Saxon brethrens. Seeing Kanada and Mareykanka enter, the Iskiimoos of Kanada and the Aboriginals of Australia would equally support by mouth or mind the other side, whoever they are. They don't want others to experience what happened to them. The other natives from Laatiin Ameerika would enter too, led by men and their nations by the names of Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales. When Venezuela and Bolivia enter, Mexico will, siding with Mareykanka and crushing their native Indians, who sided with the Aboriginal declaration. Barasiil and Arjentiina cub iyo cir ayee qabsanayaan, who to side. And then the inevitable happens: Dalkii iyo dadkii la oran jiray Soomaaliya, the new Yahuud, scarterred around the world. That is the scary scenerio. Could be a possibility. Ain't no laughin' matter, but I can't resist.

Hadaadan isku caqli yeelin, waa lagaa faa'ideysnaa. Hadaadan isku talin, shisheeye ayaa kuu talin doonto. Dadkii soo joog laga waayo, soo baqti ayaa laga helaa, ayaa la dhahay. Dagaal hadaa ka daali weysid, arag faa'ida uu lee yahay dagaal aan dhamaan marka. What Soomaaliya will experience, Eebbe kama dhigee, nooma keenee, would make the former Sa'iir [Koongo] conflict a kids' playground. --------------- Up to 12 Countries Could Be Sucked Into Conflict The East African October 23, 2006 John Mbaria Nairobi As another regional war in Somalia becomes ever more imminent, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda and, to some extent, Tanzania are among some 12 countries playing active roles in the conflict, says a new report prepared for the US State Department. The report - Somalia: Regional Involvement and Implications for US Policy - which The EastAfrican has obtained, says that unlike Ethiopia and Kenya - who have some justification for getting involved - Uganda and Eritrea's interest in the conflict has more to do with regional adventurism and the desire to achieve goals extraneous to the conflict. Tanzania's role in the conflict is somewhat interesting and indirect in that the country was drawn into participating when the US invited it to join the Contact Group on Somalia. Besides, Dar es Salaam has in the past expressed a desire to accommodate Somali Bantus who are said to have close cultural and linguistic affinities with the Zigua people of northern Tanzania. The report was prepared by a former US Ambassador to Ethiopia, Prof David Shinn. [i know, I know all about him, but still...] It says that, since the defeat of the warlords and the rise of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), there has been "a significant increase" in outside engagement and accuses some of the countries of "meddling." It lists the 12 countries that it says are playing direct and indirect roles in the conflict and bankrolling either the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) or the Islamic Courts. The other countries involved are Djibouti, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran and the US. The participants' individual interest in the conflict differ. For example, Ethiopia has a military presence in the country, but others have sent in arms and/or cash to either the Transitional Government or the Islamic Courts. Other countries like Uganda - which is not a Muslim country and had earlier shown little interest in the conflict - have now formally pledged troops for a proposed peacekeeping effort. The nature of the participation by countries such as Egypt and Libya is not clear, although they have been accused by TFG's Prime Minister Mohammed Gedi of arming either the Islamists or terrorists suspected to be operating in the country. The report says that although some of the countries have openly taken sides in the conflict, many have preferred to do so secretly. Indeed, not wanting to be in the bad books of the US, some of the countries like Saudi Arabia have publicly disassociated themselves from the radical Islamists. However, the report alludes to a lingering suspicion that charities in the kingdom could be bankrolling the Islamic Courts. The report says Somalia's immediate neighbours - Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti, all of which have Somali populations of their own - have legitimate reasons for taking more than a casual interest in the ongoing consolidation of power by the Islamists. "Prior to its disintegration, Mogadishu had a policy of actively seeking to incorporate these (Somali) populations as part of Somalia." It says this desire has recently been publicly expressed by some of the radicals in the Islamic Courts. And for the first time, the report tries to justify why Ethiopia went into Somalia to protect the interim government of President Abdullahi Yusuf. It says that Ethiopia and Somalia engaged in a protracted military conflict in 1977/78 over [soomaali Galbeed], which constitutes 25 per cent of Ethiopia's total land area. Though prone to drought, the area is rich in natural gas and has up to four million Somali inhabitants. It has been the subject of renewed conflict between Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government, on the one hand, and the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF) on the other. Prof Shinn says, "Addis Ababa worries that a hostile government in Mogadishu would strongly support ONLF and UWSLF and revive earlier goals of encouraging the Somali-inhabited areas of Ethiopia to join it. Ethiopia is also said to be concerned that its arch-enemy, Eritrea, has been supporting the UIC." Sii aqriso qoraalkaan ku niyad jibinaayo. ---------------- To summarize: The Stadium: Soomaaliya The Key Players: Keenya [9], Itoobiya [10], Eritareeya [5], Jabuuti [8], Liibiya [2], Ugaanda [7], Masar [3], Sacuudiya [6], Suudaan [4] iyo xataa Tansaaniya [01, a goalkeeper] The Coaches: Mareyanka, Iimaaraadka, Iiraan, Talyaaniga iyo Sacuudiya [Coaches, assumingly, won't directly send weapons, but are financiers nonetheless.] Spoilers and Hecklers: "Mujaahidiins" from all over the world, disillusionized nationalists, Soomaali Galbeed freedom fighters, Soomaali Aboow [Oromo] freedom fighters, unsided moooryaans The Spectators: Adduunka, particularly an excited and uncaring un-indheergarad, un-waxgarad, badow qurbajoog ah u badan reer fadhi-ku-dirir, shabako-ku-dirir, beginning with waa iska taqanaa When: Anytime now to a generation [25 more years] The Field: Soomaali people, including women, elders, children and other unfortunate waxba galabsan lagu kor dagaalamaayo [Labaatan dinosaur markee is dagaalaan, cooska ayaa aad ugu dhib qabo.]

There goes again the imported calankii madoowaa, to those who doubted it being an official flag. It was taken on Axadii in Jowhar.

Salaan iyo soonfur wanaagsan. Not many of them held a higher positions in the last regime, even though the very regime encouraged the minority to participate the government activities. I think the definition of "minority" was strictly defined to those who resembled like and shared historical ethnicity with Soomaalida kale oo la dhibay than Jareerweyne. However they, like other so-called "minorities," freely had dominant position in entertainment sectors of the country. How could they be isolated if they are integrated, even among clan lines? Dadkaan la lee yahay "Bantu" badanaa maanta aan maqalno waa dadkii ka yimid in the deep jungles of Jubbooyinka. Xataa Soomaaliya magaalo kuma arkin, oo integration iskaba dhaaf. They were one of most isolated groups within a country in Afrika ee ahayeen. Kuwa magaalooyinka joogay waa ka duwanayeen. Kuwa magaalooyinka isdhexgalka waala qabsadeen, wax apparent discrimation ku sameynaayena ma jirin, oo xataa reer xaafada ee kamid ahayeen, oo daris wanaag iyo caadi la iskula dhaqmi jiray iyo ciyaal xaafada la wada ahaa oo saaxiibtinimo. Of course midabtakoor iyo timatakoor waa jirtay oo badanaa aad ee u yarayd iyagoo Soomaali kale gabar ka guursaday, inkastoo ee shukaansan jireen. Reer ciyaal xaafada ayaa is wada og, we never used to think kan ayaa "boon" eh iyo kan ayaa "bilis" -- our allegiance always lied for xaafada, not qabiil, not ethnicity. Runtii this was huge achievement. Qabiilo iyaga kamid ah oo dego Shabeellaha Hoose, Baay, Gedo iyo Bakool had even been given a choice to participate clan actitivies, xataa even being given a privilege to be a member of any clan ee la degaan. Saas ee tahayna still discrimination waa jirtay, oo qabiilkii member ee ku yihiin, yet no so-called "bilis" would marry a "boon." At least that was a leap progress from maryooleeys, I believe. I remember my abti that whenever his childhood friend came to Xamar, in uu baabuurkiis hore saaran jiray oo soo wareejin jiray, shopping iyo wax kalena u gadi jiray. Unfortunately him being a Gaashaanle Sare, some waxmagarad at his job or other places resented seeing that "boon" friend baabuurka hore u fadhiyo.

Dhagaxtuur waa foorinoyaa. Oh, Lord. Jidadka sidooda kale waaba sidee ahayd dagaallada kahor, waxaa ugu wacan maba la isticmaalin 15 sano u dambeeye. Xataa geedihii quruxda lahaa dhexdooda ku yaalay ayaa ka taagan wali. Taloow ciyaalkaas kor saaran meeshaas kuusan oo cad ma og yihiin faraskii iyo ninkii saarnaan jiray. Aaah, waayo waayo iga dheh.

Sheekh Xasan Turki ayaa mar la waydiiyay qaxootiga Soomaaliyeed ee kusii qul qulaya dalkaasi kenya ayaa sheegay in aysan jirin dad Soomaaliyeed oo u qaxay Kenya. waxaa uu dadkaasi ku sheegay in aysan ahayn Soomaali oo ay yihiin Baantuu isla markaana aysan soomaali ka qaxin dalka, Waxaana si weyn hadalkaasi uga xumaaday dadweynaha soomaaliyeed oo u arka sheekhu in uu muujiyay xaqiraad Qabiilka Bantu ee Soomaaliyeed. Gardheerihii, surwaalka gaabnaa ayaa saan u hadlaayo, u dhaqmaayo. Asaga maa bixiyo "Soomaalinimo?" Mise wuxuu kala saari waaye Soomaali oo ah ethnicity iyo Soomaali daludhalasho [afka qalaad lagu yiraahdo muwaadinimo]. He is the same who admitted bringing shisheeye militants to fight along with them, telling reer Kismaayo those so-called shisheeye "your Muslim brothers" ayee yihiin. Hadana Jareerweyntii ayuu ku leeyahay ma'aha Soomaali. Waxmagarad seembari waa waxmagarad, mise kutub aa soo dhameeye haku yiraahdo mise meel aa jamaacad ayaa kasoo qalin jibiye. Eniwey, he is also downright lying that dadka qaxaayo inay ahayn what he considers those "real" Soomaali u dhalad, if he believes that. The Toronto Star on Sunday devoted several pages on those NFD u qaxaayo, their pictures mostly looked like dadka uu Soomaali u aaminsanyahay. Let's see: Kuwa kale

Salaan iyo soonfur wacan. I came across this recent question-and-answer session a couple days ago, waaba yaxyaxay for their straight akwardness. The questions were for Sheekh Cumar Faaruuq. Aqri, baliis these partially edited versions. --------------- Question I: Marka su'aasha aan sheekha weydiinayo waxay tahay: Hadii hawenayda ninkeeda marka ay isku galmonayaan uuka isticmaalo xaga dambe oon Illaahey [sWT] ugu talagalin, muxuu xukun kasi noqonayaa? Miyay ka furantahay? Maxaadse ugula talin lahayd? Arinta mudo ayey i haysata waxaan sameeyana ma aqaan. [Asked by Deeqo Cali.] Jawaab: Bismilaah. Haweenka uma banaana in laga isticmaalo meesha saxarad ka timaado, qoom dhan baaba lagu halaagay, Qoomu Luudh la yiraahdo baa dhulkana lala gediyey, dhagax naar ahna lagu rogay, dhawaaq aan la xamili karina la isugu daray. Wax banaan ma’ahan, wax qof Muslim ah yeelana ma'ahan. Hadaba qofkaas su’aasha soo qortay ee tiri dhibaatada caynkaas ah wax badan bee I heysata waa yaab iyo yaabkeeda. Meesha loogu talagalay baaba diyaar ah. [ sheekha waaka yaabiyeen.] Meeshaas [kale] muxuu ka rabaa? Haka yeelin mana banaana maxaa yeelay waa baabi’in qofka dadnimadiisa oo qofka dabada hadii laga isticmaalo waxaaba nuglaaneysa dabada qofka saxarada xataa ma ceshan karo oo qofka sidii naafo oo kale uu noqdo bay noqonoysaa. Kolka kani waxa ku imtaxaamay ma aqaan. Kolka "man camila camalan Qoomu Luudh," buu yiri Nabiga [s.C.W] Qofka waxaa sameeya oo daba isaga taga kan lagu sameeyey ogoladay iyo kan sameeyey labadaba hala dilo, ayuu Nabigu yiri. Waxaan wax wanaagsan ma’ahan wax banaanana ma ahan. Haduu ninka ku qanciwaayey meesha loogu talagalay oo uu go'aansado inuu gabadha salka Ka rido oo caloosha madoobeeyo oo ay gabadhu dhacaanka ceshenweydo ay fagaaraha ku ceebowda ama meeshey martaba ama neef ama dabeyl amaba saxaro ka imaanaysa kolka waxaa weeye ha isaga tagto, hana iska fasaqato. Waxaa yaab ah waxay tiri arinkan wax badan bay i heysataa waxay ugu dulqaadatay baaba yaab leh isaguse wuxuu yahay waxaan nasqan ee duli ah, dayuus ah ee Qoomu Luudh ah ee ku qanci waayey meeshii Alle uu ugu tala galay ee macaaneyd, ee raba inuu gabadha salka ka rida. Ha isaga tagto waxaas duliga ah haduu waxaas ka waantoobi waayo isaga tag lacnatulaahi caleeyhi anigaa oranaya oo sooman oo Maka jooga waa malcuun qofka waxaas sameeya, waana yaab iney gabadhaas wax badan u dulqadatay, waana yaab in waxan ay fitradiis bedelentay ee ku qanci waayey meeshii macaaneyd [hadana] ee xaarka ku falaya. [sheekha yaabkiis xanaaq iyo inkaar ee isku badashay, waa ku kacday. ] -------------- Question II: Su'aasheydu waxaa weeye adoo sooman oo hurda maalinimo hadaad isku jinowdo soonkii sidee noqonayaa? [Asked by Axmed Xirsi.] Question III: Su'aasha aan rabo inaan shiikha weydiiyo waxay tahay: Xili laga joogo 12 sano ayaan anoo sooman oo aan ogeyn in ama soonku iga jabayo ama aan dambi galayo ayaan gacanteyda aroosay [ ], waan sii watay muddo sanado ka dib ah ayaan maqlay inaan lay ogalayn soonkana uu ku jabayo. Su'aasha waxee tahay, maxaa ka sameynayaa? Ma soonkii ayaan soo magayaa? Ma soon iyo kafaala gud ayaa lagu leeyahay? [Asked by Xafsa Xasan.] Jawaab: Waxa weeye soon iyo soon la’aan midna ma banaano in gacantaada la arooso. Waxaana soo arooray Waciid See Yeele: Hadaad timaado qiyaamada adoo gacantaada uur leedahay? Oo gacataada uureeyey marka waxaa weeye gacan shahwo isaga keenid wax banaan ma'ahan. Quraanka si qayixan uyuu u sheegay, [oo] Illaahey wuxuu yiri: "Waaladiina lifuruujihim xaafiduuna ilaa calaa aswaajihim oow maa malakat eymaanuhum fa'inahaum kheyru maluumiin. Mafanibtaqaa waraa daalika fa'ulaika humulcaaduun. Hadii aad xaas qabto haa Oo xaga hore laga isticmaalo. Sidii su’aal hore hadaay la i weydiiye aan haweenka gadaal laga marin aan salka laga ridin hadaad adoon leedahay haa labadaa wixii ka danbeeya oo ah "waraa daalika" oo gacantaada iyo dhoobo dadaad malaasato ama hadaad xoolo wax ka deydo oo sac ku uruurisid ama neef ari ah wax ka raadiso dhan, Qu'raanku siduu u Sheegay cumuumka waxaas waxaynu aheyn qofka dalba waa "fa’ulaa’ika humul caaduun." Kolka waxaa weeye hadaad soomantahy ama hadaadan soomaneyn ma banaano inaad gacantaada shahwadada isaga keento ama aroosto. hadaad soomantahya soonku wuu jabayaa oo kas adiga isaga keento. ___________________ More questions and answers.

Now, I've never heard of enslaved reer May. Reer "Bantu" that arrive Mareykanka call themselves locally Maay people, after the language/dialect they speak. It is the foreigners who label them as "Bantu," oo iyaga badankooda iskuma yaqanaan "Bantu." The potilically correct name is now Jareerweyne, encompassing a whole section of them, from Qalaafe to Hiiraan to Jubbooyinka. "Bantus," contrary to popular belief, are not one homogeneous group. Those who live in Shabeellaha Dhexe-Hiiraan corridor are starkly different from the Jubbooyinka "Bantu" who to this day had retained some resembles of their original culture and language, especially kuwa Mushunguliga la dhaho. The Qalaafe-Shabeellaha Dhexe-Hiiraan corridor degan are wholly and completely integrated into Soomaali system, including the clan system. Waa dadka uu Mowliid Macaane kasoo jeedo iyo reer Qaasin Hilowle, including Faadumo Qaasin. Second most integrated are kuwa dego Gedo iyo Baay, waana kuwa vice-speaker, a Maay-speaking, Dalxa kasoo jeedo. Abaay Faameey Eenoow dadkee ka hadleyso waa the so-called "Boon" Maay-speaking people dego Jubbooyinka, Shabeellaha Hoose, Baay, Gedo iyo Bakool. She has some points, though. Dadkaas waala dulay, waliba aad loo dhibay.

Anigana dadkaan ayaa iga yaabiye, oo virtual moooryaanimo u dhaw, walaahi. Dadkii a decade iyo nus dhul shisheeye, siiba Galbeedka, nabad iyo barwaaqo ku degan saan dagaal ugu fakfakanaayo, u sacab tumaayo, u gurbaan tumaayo. Taloow hadee meeshaan virtual ahaan lahayn idinkana ma is dhameyn lahaydeen. Walaahi waa iga yaabisiin. Hadaaba meel labaatan san ku dhaw degan tihiin oo nabad eh, aad nabada ku jeclaan weyseen, maxaa yaalo. Dadkii kuwii dalka joogay laga rabay inay badalaan, oo qiimaha ay nabada leedahay ka dhaadhacsiin lahayeen ayaa ayaandaradaan saan eh u dhaqmaayo. Walaahi Eebbaa na lahee waa murugxumo. Walaaltinimo iyo waanonimo ee iga tahee, isla yaaba, runtii. Masaakiinta dagaaladaan ku dhamaanaayo oo waxba galabsan, Eebboow u naxariiso. Dhalinyarada iska jaahil eh oo lagu shaqeysanaayo, barina curyaan marke noqdaan, hadeeba dhiman, qof u soo gurmanaayo jirin, iyagana Eebboow u caqli yeel.

"Terror." Maxaa nacay ereygaan.

Are you comparing ciidamada deegaanka Buurhakaba heystay to Indhamadoowe? Waaka dartay, bas bas. War meesha ciidan "dowlad" ma jirto. Afgaduudkaas aad isku haleyneysid meel uu gaaro arag. They pissed the ciidamada deegaanka u dhashay, not maxkamado. Ciidamada deegaanka Buurhakabo always was neutral, oo xataa kama qeyb qaadan dagaaladii fooshxumaa ee RRA. Hada those fake ciidan beeleedka dowlada sheeganaayo isku diray meel ha gaaraan. Ciidamada dowlada aad sheekeysid ii sheeg dad Soomaali kale oo ku jiro oo madax u eh. Kuwii Hiiraan laga keenay waa baxsadeen. Kuwii Geedi waday Baydhabo ayee ku ilaalinoyaan asaga kaligiis. Xataa ciidamada RRA kuma jiraan kuwa Buurhakaba kusoo duulay, waa kaliya Amxaaro iyo ciidan beeleedkaan. Waxee ka kooban yihiin iyo wax wato wa isku qabiil, ka biloow ninkaas Afgaduudka aad ugu waceysid. As I said, waa laga dhaadhacsiin karay in a way oo dhanka dowlada loo soo jiido, since dadka deegaanka ku kala qilaafsanaa supporting Maxkamadaha ku sheega iyo dowlada. But now occupation ee noqotay sheekada. Sheekada now is occupation, ee Amxaar hala isku haleeyo mise yaala isku haleyn, sheekada waa xumaatay.

Ninyahoow maa joojisid aflagaada aa soo celcelineysid. Ninka magac ayuu lee yahay, ugu yeer mise iska dhaaf; repeated afxumo iyo name-calling maloo joogo. Don't force us to edit.

War Jananka, war tartiibso yaaqeey. Meesha ciidan maxkamad leedahay ma joogin. Ciidamada deegaanka ayaa joogay, haba iskala xiriir lahaadaan Maxkamadaha Xamar ka jiro. Marka tartiibso. And I don't think ciidamo "dowlad" inay meesha ka jirto. The locals will interpret in laga qabsaday deegaankooda, which they will, of course, have a right to defend. Si kale ayaa loogu dhaadhacsiin karay, not in lagu soo duulo, since meesha joogin ciidan maxkamad ka amarqaataan. And of course Indhamadoowe will defend his occupied region. Maxaa ka galay Buurhakaba, ma asagaa xukumay awal? Waa maya hee.

Well, Western media has a tendency to use exaggeration and oversimplification and allegation laga fiirsan when it comes to us Muslims. Kama walwalaan wax sue gareynaayo iyo wax kale, they know. Now, sometimes it seems those following words means same and interchangeable: Terrorist Insurgent Militant Fundamentalist Taliban Alqaacida Xamaas Xisbullaah Iyo kuwii lamid ah. They are going to publish some more deitailed articles and photos tomorrow. Will see. A crying Cashara ka walwalsan qaabda xun ee dalkiisa u socdo.

Ee hadana Afsoomaaliga ayaa lee yahay maa keentay? Wax walba ma laguu dhaafaa, oo afkii maa la iskaga daba yimid. Asaga dhan raro hee markaas. Anyway, it is two out of three. So far waa lagaa saxsan yahay, by population-size.

So Gabileey is a suburban of Hargeysa. Hadana Kismaayo ayee ka dad badan tahay? See camalkaa igaarkeey. Sophist, kamoon, Laascaanood maka dad badno dadka degan Beledweyne iyo Baraawe, even xataa hadee sadex jibaarantay.

The title is fine, grammatically speaking. Wadaado ku xidhan maxkamadaha Xamar oo dhaq dhaqaaqyo ka wada agagaarka Burco Maxaa ka qaldan? Nothing. It didn't say "wadaado u xiran Maxkamadaha Xamar...," which would've implied a jail term or imprisonment. However, it says to "ku xiran," translated as "associated [literally 'closed'] to." Waana sax.

Today the Toronto Star dedicated several exclusive pages and photos about Soomaaliya, and Xamar, sending two of its reporters. Front page ayeeba ku yaaleen, when I picked up, with large picture of sheekh la yiraahdo Aasbaro that used to live in Koronto. ----------------- MOGADISHU—In this dusty, broken city, past the pockmarked walls bearing the scars of countless battles, through the guarded gates of the Al Furqan University and inside a sunny office, sits a former Toronto grocery store owner who is now a leader in an Islamic regime that has been likened to the Taliban. Canadian Abdullahi Afrah, or Asparo as he’s known to most, left Toronto nine years ago to return to his birthplace to see an end to the years of civil war that has consumed the country since the government collapsed in 1991. That journey has brought him to the Union of Islamic Courts, which swept into Mogadishu in June, defeating the reigning warlords with cunning military prowess. Like the Taliban, they immediately invoked strict adherence to sharia law and have presided over public executions of criminals, floggings of women who fail to wear the hijab and censorship of the media. And like the Taliban, their authoritarian rule has brought stability to a war-weary people. In a series of rare interviews, the Star spoke with the union’s leaders including Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Islamists’ wily military commander and religious head credited for the takeover of this city and much of southern Somalia. Aweys, nicknamed the “Old Fox†for his flaming red-dyed beard and shrewd nature, is regarded as one of the more radical members of the group’s leadership and is listed by both the United Nations and U.S. State Department as a “supporter of terrorism.†"Why don't they give us a chance?" Aweys asked during the interview at his home. "We need the choice of our own freedom and which kind of government should be stable for us. We need to decide for ourselves." Mogadishu became an international pariah in 1993 when two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot from the sky and dead American soldiers dragged through the streets. The world largely turned its back on the country during the years since, as thousands were killed in battles between warlords or by hunger and disease. Anarchy ruled and nowhere more so than this capital city, which is considered one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Hundreds of thousands fled, seeking refuge in camps nearby or to countries thousands of kilometres away. It's estimated that more than 100,000 Somalis settled in Canada, creating the largest diaspora outside of Africa. Asparo was one of them. Asparo's current standing has shocked those in Toronto who remember him. "No one could believe it," said one Toronto Somali leader. "He was shy, quiet. We thought it couldn't be the same man." Asparo is remembered in Toronto's Somali community for the variety of jobs he held in Canada — co-owner of a halal grocery store on Dundas St. W. or running a branch of a Somali money wire service — but not for his religious or political views. The 54-year-old says he even once worked as a security supervisor for the Toronto Catholic school board before returning here in 1997. But he now downplays this remarkable and strange journey from a seemingly mundane life in Canada to Islamic scholar and powerful leader here. "I love adventure so it was not tough for me," he said, with a smile. Now he's encouraging other Somali Canadians to follow. "(Canadians) will make a good life if they come back, even Canadians with very few resources. We're very, very pleased to have them back. We need some expertise." But it's an invitation that makes some Western security agencies wary. Little is known about the Union of Islamic Courts, its members, and who's in control. A call this month for jihad against neighbouring Ethiopia led some to fear that a proclamation for war against the West will follow, attracting reinforcements from other war-torn areas. It's the younger members of the organization, such as the elusive Adan Hashi Ayro, suspected by the United Nations of involvement in several unsolved murders, including the shooting death of a BBC producer here last year, who cause the most concern. Aweys is a former associate of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden but denies his group has any aspirations other than bringing long-awaited peace to a divided nation. "We don't care what they say, we don't have any links with Al Qaeda," Aweys said. Before the Islamists organized themselves, a transitional federal government was formed in 2004 as a means to bring central control — something the country had lacked since the presidency of Gen. Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown 15 years ago. Warlords representing the country's major tribal clans were appointed to cabinet positions and equally represented in an effort to pacify years of tribal warfare. Here again, Somali Canadians returned home to assume positions of power. But despite great fanfare, the transitional government now complains it didn't receive promised resources and the international expertise it needs to operate effectively. "Things would have been different if the international community had acted in a timely fashion. They have been promising the last two years they would help with the institution-building, peace-building, with reconciliation efforts, with the establishment of the organization and disarmament. None of it has materialized," the transitional government's minister of information, Canadian Ali Jama, told the Star. Etobicoke Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj said he believes the Canadian government overlooked an opportunity last year to help stabilize Somalia. Wrzesnewskyj went on a fact-finding mission to Somalia last fall to meet with leaders of the transitional government, including President Abdullahi Yusuf, and was impressed with what they promised to achieve. But they needed help and Wrzesnewskyj said he brought back an urgent appeal for a Canadian envoy to help cement the transitional government's role and work toward the goal of democratic elections slated for 2009. Despite many meetings, memos and promises — Wrzesnewskyj said Somalia was not high on the former Liberal government's agenda, nor has it caught the attention now of Stephen Harper's Conservative government. "The West's, including Canada's, attention was preoccupied with wars," said Wrzesnewskyj. "Unfortunately our lack of interest in Somalia when peace had a chance has now ironically given war a chance." Earlier this year, warlords within the transitional government were reportedly given covert support from the United States in an effort to subdue the rising popularity of the Islamists. But the mission backfired and the warlords' brutal actions instead only brought the Islamists together as one organization and critically undermined the government. In the ensuing power vacuum, as the transitional government worked to restore its reputation, the Islamists moved in and restored security. Despite efforts to negotiate with the Islamists at peace talks to be held two weeks from now in Sudan, the government appears vulnerable. Ethiopia has reportedly sent troops to its aid, only raising the ire of the Islamists and neighbouring Eritrea. Ethiopia denies troops are on the ground and Eritrea refutes claims that it has flown weapons into the airport here for the Islamists — but many fear the long-time rivals will now use Somalia to continue their war. In Baidoa, the transitional government's stronghold 250 kilometres from here, President Yusuf narrowly escaped an assassination attempt that killed his brother and several others last month. The suicide truck bombing was a first for Somalia and seemed to bolster claims of foreign terrorist involvement. Initially, Yusuf accused Al Qaeda of masterminding the blast but yesterday, during a meeting in Nairobi with Western and African diplomats, he pointed the finger at the Union of Islamic Courts and alleged Aweys ordered his assassination. Wrzesnewskyj said he hopes that despite the recent violence there is still an opening for Canada and others to help in the peace talks. Others are less optimistic any mediation will arrive in time. Canadian Awad Ahmed Ashareh is now a member of parliament with the transitional government and while he believes there are some members of the Union of Islamic Courts who are open to negotiation, he concedes the power imbalance is frightening. "There won't be disarmament without foreign support because in the Islamic courts, every clan, they have their own arms, headed by a sheikh. They transferred the arms of the warlords to the sheikhs of their clans," he said during a recent interview in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Ashareh then stops the interview as he breaks into sobs, explaining that the stress of life in Somalia is sometimes overwhelming. His shoulders shaking, wiping tears angrily away, he pauses to compose himself and apologize. "I tell you, it's a horrible situation," he says. "Nobody's helping Somalia." --------------- Photos and more.

He is not involved with this extremists who wants to take the somali people back to the 7th century. He is attributed to be the co-founders of Alitixaaad in late 1980s, an organization which involved a lot of wars in early 1990s. And those wadaada ku sheega at Xamar today are the former followers or leaders of Alitixaad with new, more twisted militant newcomers, so if they are "extremists," he too should be. If they aren't, he isn't. Ma kala haraan.