^^ Amiin.

Explosions rock northern Mogadishu, say residents Tue 30 Jan 2007 MOGADISHU, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A series of explosions rocked northern Mogadishu late on Tuesday in an area where Ethiopian troops are based, security sources and residents said. "There have been some explosions," said a government security source. "Nobody knows who is behind the attack but I suspect the extremists have hit at the Ethiopians." There was no immediate information on casualties after the blasts, which occurred on a day when a Somali Islamist Web site posted a message purporting to be from a new insurgency group vowing to fight a possible African Union peacekeeping force. "The explosion sounded like a rocket-propelled grenade. I also heard sounds of AK-47 rifles," said Abdi Jama, a Mogadishu resident at a livestock market near the area of the attack. Gunmen have launched attacks in the past few days in the latest guerrilla-style ambushes on the government and Ethiopian troops who drove Islamists from the Somali capital over the New Year after their six-month rule of most of south Somalia. The latest attack took place near Darmoley, where attackers fired mortar bombs at an Ethiopian camp over the weekend. Reuters

Weerar xaley fiidkii lala beegsadey ciidanka Itoobiya 30 Jan 30, 2007, 19:16 Kooxo aan la garaneyn ayaa abaarihii 8:30 fiidnimo Madaafiic xoogan ku weeraray ciidamada Itoobiya iyo kuwa dowladda ee ku sugan agagaarka Darmoole ee duleedka Suuqa Xoolaha. Weeararkan ayaa waxaa uu ahaa mid gaadmo ah iyadoo dhowr Madfac ay ku tuureen goob ay ku sugnaayeen ciidamada dowlada iyo kuwa Itoobiya kadibna rasaas xoogan ayey is weydaarsadeen kooxihii Malishiiyada iyo ciidamada dowlada iyadoo aan la ogeyn khasaraha ka dhashay madaafiicdaas iyo rasaasta ka danbeysay. Kooxihii ka danbeeyay weerarkan oo ku socday labo Cabdi Bile ayaa la sheegayaa in lagu arkay kadib markii uu shilkaasi dhacay wadada dheer ee Suuqa Xoolaha iyagoo maraya sida ay inoo xaqiijiyeen dad goobta rabshadu ka dhacdey aan ka fogeyn. Warku wuxuu intaa ku darayaa in ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa Itoobiya ay u soo dhaqaaqeen dhinaca xerada Maslax oo ku taala afka hore ee suuqa Xoolaha laga soo galo, halkaasi oo laga yaabo in uu ka dhaco ay howlgal lagu baadi goobayo kooxihii ka danbeeyay qaraxaan. Waa habeenkii labaad ee lagu weeraro deegaanka Darmoole ciiidamada Itoobiya iyo kuwa DF, iyadoo weerarkan uu kusoo beegmay xili dowladda Federaalka ay shaacisay in ay wax ka qabanayaan weerarada qorsheyn ee ciidamadeeda lala beegsanayo. Cali Muxayadiin Cali,GO Garowe Online

War deg deg ah: Qarxyo ayaa caawa fiidkii ka dhacay deegaanka Suuqa xoolaha Mogadishu 30, Jan.07 ( Sh.M.Network) Ilaa 6 qarax oo sawaxankooda si weyn looga maqlay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa ka dhacay agagaarka Xerada Maslaxa ee deegaanka Suuqa xoolaha ee caasimadda SOmalia. Lama oga wali qaraxyadaan qasaaraha ay geysteen iyo cidii ka dambeysay, laakiin waxa ay qeyb ka yihiin qaraxyo muddooyinkaan lala beegsanayay saldhigyada ciidamada booliska. Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa muddooyinkii ugu dambeeyay waxaa ka dhacayay qaraxyo iyo dilal loo geysanayo dad rayid ah. Shabelle

Watch the (CIA puppet) president on Channel 4 News.

A series of explosions has rocked northern Mogadishu in an area where Ethiopian troops are based, security sources and residents have said. "There have been some explosions," said a government security source. "Nobody knows who is behind the attack but I suspect the extremists have hit at the Ethiopians." "The explosion sounded like a rocket-propelled grenade. I also heard sounds of AK-47 rifles," said Abdi Jama, a Mogadishu resident at a livestock market near the area of the attack. Gunmen have launched attacks in the past few days in the latest guerrilla-style ambushes on the government and Ethiopian troops who drove Islamic courts fighters from the Somali capital over the New Year after their six-month rule of most of south Somalia. The latest attack took place near Darmoley, where attackers fired mortar bombs at an Ethiopian camp over the weekend. Warning Islamic courts fighters have meanwhile threatened to fight and kill peacekeepers to be deployed in Somalia, deepening fears of further turmoil in the lawless nation, as African leaders struggled to come up with a peace force. In a video message posted on the website of the Somali Islamic movement, a hooded gunman warned that Somalia would become a graveyard for around 8,000 African troops planned to be deployed in the Horn of Africa nation. "Somalia is not a place where you will earn a salary - it is a place where you will die," said the gunman in the message posted on website. "The salary you are seeking will be used to transport your bodies," added the gunman, carrying an AK-47 rifle, in a message whose authenticity could not be confirmed. MWC Canada

Summit ends with Somalia force still short of troops ADDIS ABABA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An African summit ended on Wednesday with a proposed peacekeeping force for Somalia still lacking firm commitments for thousands of troops. African leaders spent much of the second day of their summit discussing the need to urgently raise an 8,000 strong force for Somalia. But Ghana's President John Kufuor told a final press conference the number firmly pledged so far was only 4,000 with other countries still mulling contributions. "That we have 4,000 shows that we have come to the stage that we have 50 percent already," Kufuor said. "It's early days yet. We have asked the nations to contribute and I expect that they will contribute." At the opening of the summit on Monday, African Union commission chief Alpha Oumar Konare urged the leaders to raise more troops, saying hardly 4,000 had been pledged so far. Despite extensive discussions at the summit, the number firmly committed appears not to have increased although pledges of logistical support have been made. The peacekeepers are needed to fill a vacuum when Ethiopian troops pull out within weeks after ousting Islamists who ran much of the Horn of Africa country for six months. Many countries are nervous about committing soldiers to one of the world's most dangerous countries. Reuters

Unless you guys want to give SB a heart attack, no one (dead or alive) was dragged in the streets.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Castro, I don’t buy it was an accident. Not till I get the full story adeer. They said it was donkey that caused this fatal accident… Fatal? The donkey died and Dinari lives to tell about it? Miskiin yaa donkey.

Xiinow, it's certainly shiddo, at the very least. So, how about a prayer for Dinari yaa Xiin? When I heard he got in a wreck, the first thought in my head was he must have been speeding like a bat out of hell through the safe country roads now "fully controlled by the TFG" ( ), so he wouldn't catch a stray xabad. Even a single cell organism such as Dinari knows better than to believe his own rhetoric.

Reconcile? Not as long as Yeey is around. Will the African Union help Somalia? Uganda, Nigeria, and Malawi have pledged 2,500 peacekeeping troops, but most member nations remain silent. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA As African leaders met for the second and last day of the African Union (AU) Summit Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, there were many questions about unfinished business and what they have actually accomplished. Chief among them is the shaky AU peacekeeping force planned for war-ravaged Somalia. While a few African countries – Uganda, Nigeria, and Malawi – have pledged 2,500 of the 8,000 requested troops, most remain silent. South Africa, a regional power normally willing and able to send peacekeepers, gave a definite "no" this week, citing its own overstretched military, the lack of Western donor support, and the lack of a workable peace plan. Its concerns underscore the stumbling blocks for the AU as a whole. And with multiple peacekeeping missions throughout the continent, the AU may be reaching the limits of its capacity to handle more conflicts. "I get a sense that troop-contributing countries want a better understanding of the situation in [somalia] before sending their troops," says Matt Bryden, an analyst for the International Crisis Group in Nairobi. Even if countries do soon commit to sending 8,000 troops, Mr. Bryden says that may not be enough. "With 8,000 peacekeepers, they'll be hard-pressed to provide airport and VIP protection, let alone protecting the cities," he says. "It's not realistic." Top AU diplomat Alpha Konare chastised African countries Monday. "We cannot simply wait for others to do the work in our place," he said, warning of chaos in Somalia if peacekeepers aren't deployed soon. In theory, the AU should behave like the European Union (EU), with common policies on trade, development, and defense. African nations should come to each other's aid, to help sort out conflicts, and to provide peacekeeping forces as needed by their fellow governments. But the AU already has missions in Ivory Coast, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to name a few. "I think it's like the electricity here, at some point the demand is greater than the supply, and it just runs out," says Tom Wheeler, a former South African ambassador, and now a research fellow at the South African Institute for International Affairs in Johannesburg. "It's not an unwillingness on South Africa's part; we simply don't have people to send. I believe the US is also finding itself in that same situation." As AU leaders at the summit scrambled Tuesday to convince member nations to send more troops, Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf agreed under intense pressure from the US, the EU, and the UN to start a reconciliation conference with all religious and clan leaders, including moderates among Somalia's Islamists, who were overthrown by Somalian and Ethiopian troops earlier this month. Willingness to include moderate Islamist leaders in talks could pave the way to a peace plan that analysts say is key to getting African countries and Western donors to contribute enough troops and money for an effective peacekeeping force. The EU reacted to Mr. Yusuf's announcement by pledging to donate $20 million for the peacekeeping force. Still, many experts believe that the mission will depend on how events unfold in the next few weeks. Tuesday, Somalia's Islamists posted a videotape on their official Web site warning that any African peacekeepers would be seen as invaders, highlighting the dangers of the mission. But if Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government (TFG) acts on its announcement to reach out and share power with a broad section of Somali society, then attacks on remaining Ethiopian troops may diminish. "I think you may well see a staggered deployment, with limited numbers going in doing the most limited tasks, protecting the TFG, and providing escorts for VIPs," say Bryden. "A lot depends on what happens with the first group of peacekeepers. If they find themselves facing attacks the way the Ethiopians and TFG are, you're not going to see a lot of appetite for expansion." As attacks on Ethiopian troops intensified this week, Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi announced that his country would withdraw one-third of its troops. Mr. Zenawi said last week that Ethiopia had accomplished its mission, and now the future of Somalia rests in the hands of its new leaders and Western donors. "The problem might be those who have resources may be reluctant to provide the necessary resources," he said. "If the international community chips in that is fine. If they don't it will be up to them," he added. AU peacekeeping planners estimate that the AU will need $160 million for the first six months of its mission. Besides the EU announcement to contribute $20 million, the US has promised $40 million. But, perhaps most important, the AU needs a peace plan to enforce, says Richard Cromwell, a senior analyst at the Institute for Security Studies in Tshwane (as the South African capital city of Pretoria is now called.) "There is no peace plan, and no political or diplomatic framework on which to hang a mission," says Mr. Cromwell. "If one looks at the context of the AU summit, it's nice to say you are going to send troops, but it's another thing to actually send them. Why would you devote rare African troops to a quagmire when you might need them for future conflicts?" CS Monitor

^^ You mean "nin durbaan tuntay cilaaq dalbay"? Dinari is injured? Can we get someone to pray for his quick recovery? I'm all out.

Their deliberations and recommendations will be forwarded to the continent's top leaders, due to meet in Addis Ababa at the 8th AU Heads of State Summit on 29 and 30 January (Monday and Tuesday). "We discussed the issue of a stand-by force as peacekeeping needs keep rising," South African Foreign Affairs minister told reporters, adding that resolving the situation in Somalia was high on agenda. "The view is that political dialogue is very important in Somalia, so that there is some consensus on how Somalia should be proceeding." Somalia has been in a state of conflict for about 16 years due to internal fighting there. Continuing United States air strikes in the region, purportedly against Al-Qaeda targets, have added to the already unstable environment and humanitarian crisis. An 8000-strong AU peace force is to replace Ethiopian troops who have been gradually withdrawing from Somalia over the past weeks, after successfully ousting members of the Union of Islamic Courts, who had spurred on fighting and kept the AU and internationally recognised Somalian government in exile. Minister Dlamini Zuma said an agreement was also reached by the ministers that countries which were unable to send troops to Somalia may assist by other means, such as funding. South Africa has already indicated it will not send troops to Somalia as part of the AU peacekeeping mission. South Africa is currently exploring means by which it can help Somalia, such as offering technical support and aid. This is as the South African government said its troops were overstretched by peacekeeping missions in various other African countries including Sudan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Countries which have offered to send military support to Somalia are Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Malawi. Nyasa Times

^ Even if he didn't make it, this coward is a CIA agent and has always been Zenawi's b!tch. Warlord's Liver All Aquiver Somali warlord Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, slated to appear with former Senator Slade Gorton at a September banquet in Seattle [somali Warlord Heads to Seattle, Sandeep Kaushik, Sept 19], has instead surfaced in Great Britain, where he is undergoing medical treatment for liver problems, according to reliable sources. Sources say a sudden deterioration of his medical condition prompted him to risk visiting Britain, where commentators speculated that Yusuf might be arrested for the recent slaying of a British citizen by his forces in Somalia. So far he has not faced legal consequences there, despite the fact that opponents of the warlord rallied in London on September 26 and presented a petition at the prime minister's residence appealing for Yusuf's arrest. Yusuf's American supporters insist the warlord will still visit the U.S. and meet with officials; the State Department declined comment. The Stranger October 9, 2002.

Four and a half years after this article came to light, Yeey is the puppet president by way of US AC-130 and Ethiopian tanks. Koshin Mohamed (who must have been in diapers then) is now ambassador of Somalia to US and Omar Jamal, who now wears his TFG pompoms with pride, was calling Yeey a "classic warlord" then.

Somali Warlord Heads to Seattle Fundraiser with Slade Gorton Angers Refugees By SANDEEP KAUSHIK Every day Miriam Ali Ahmed cries in her small, darkened Tukwila apartment. A refugee for the last five years, she has much to mourn; all three sons and four of her nephews have been murdered during Somalia's decade-long civil war, the most recent shot point-blank in the head less than one month ago. All seven were killed, she says, on the orders of Somali warlord Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the self-styled president of Puntland, a breakaway region of the war-torn country. "He's killed all my children, and his are living in luxury," she exclaims in her native Somali. Col. Yusuf will visit Seattle later this month, where he is to be feted before 500 attendees at the Sea-Tac Double Tree Hotel as the co-guest of honor, along with former Washington Senator Slade Gorton, at the "2002 Somalia Celebration," a $75-a-plate fundraiser for Yusuf, who talks of ruling over the rest of Somalia. Miriam Ahmed is not alone in thinking a warlord like Yusuf ought to be arrested rather than honored. The upcoming event has angered many local Somalis. Indeed, another man whose brother was murdered by Yusuf's forces declined an interview with The Stranger, expressing fear of retaliation against still-living relatives. "Yusuf's record speaks for itself," says Awale Farah, an electrical engineer who is leading the local effort to expose Yusuf's violent history. Somalis such as Farah see Yusuf as an exemplar of all that has gone wrong with Somalia since its decline, into the anarchy and civil war in the 1990s. Since the collapse of a flawed U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu, the capital, in 1993, in which 18 American soldiers died--enshrined in Black Hawk Down--Somalia was divided among about a dozen warlords. "We need to bring a spotlight on [Yusuf], and not only him, but on all the warlords," explains Farah. Seattle is home to an estimated 20,000 Somalis, third most in the U.S. behind Minneapolis (50,000) and Columbus, Ohio (30,000). A July 17 press release by Puntland's government stated Yusuf intends to use his U.S. visit "to strengthen diplomatic ties between Puntland and the U.S." and to explain to American officials his "plan to unify Somalia under a democratic regime." [Zenawi must have been on conference call in that meeting. ] Yusuf had been waiting for weeks in Ethiopia for a visa to visit the U.S. But on Monday, September 16, Koshin Mohammed, a local Somali and Yusuf's designated "U.S. Representative of Puntland," [ ] revealed that Yusuf's visa had finally been approved. According to Mohammed, he was scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C., on the 17th to meet with CIA and State Department officials, and would appear with Gorton on Sunday, September 22. Busy preparing for Yusuf's arrival, he declined further comment. Gorton defends his decision to appear with Yusuf. "The question is, is he a good warlord or a bad warlord?" Gorton asks. Though he is "in no position to provide any warranty" of the Somali's good intentions, Gorton says Yusuf's "part of the country seems more peaceful and secure than the part in Black Hawk Down." Therefore, he will "attend, meet Mr. Yusuf, and see where we go from there." Other politicians are less sanguine. Jane Sanders, head of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott's Seattle district office, says the congressman originally agreed to meet Yusuf but changed his mind after learning more about him during a meeting with the anti-Yusuf group. Human-rights reports and other documents paint an ugly portrait of the warlord. Somaliawatch.com says he was "responsible for the killing of hundreds of his own clansmen" in 1992--when most of Miriam Ahmed's relatives were killed--and condemns his "penchant for assassinations." Though elected president of Puntland in 1998, Yusuf refused to step down at the end of his term in 2001, and his successful effort to topple his elected successor killed dozens, BBC stories and U.N. sources reveal. The State Department's human-rights report acknowledges "the use of torture" by Yusuf's administration, and this year he evicted two BBC reporters and shut down independent radio and television stations in his domain. Moreover, on August 17, Sultan Hurreh, Miriam Ahmed's nephew and an outspoken traditional clan leader, was gunned down by Yusuf's personal bodyguards in front of journalists, a killing Yusuf's government has labeled as "accidental." In short, Yusuf is "a classic Somali warlord," argues Omar Jamal, head of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in Minneapolis. Expatriate Somalis have been unsuccessful in pushing the U.N. to create an international criminal court for Somalia, but at least one preliminary effort to form such a tribunal has included Yusuf's name on a list of potential war criminals. Part of Yusuf's intention in visiting the U.S. is to build an image as an ally of the post-9/11 war on terrorism, his opponents say. Given Somalia's fractured politics--similar to Afghanistan--even the hint of American support will cow other warlords into recognizing his supremacy. Sources report that American officials, including FBI agents, have been spotted in Puntland recently, and they say Yusuf has turned over two men, a Syrian and Palestinian, to the U.S. Yusuf's opponents contend, however, that neither man was actually a member of al Qaeda, and Yusuf is manipulating American officials' ignorance for political gain. "All of these warlords are pointing fingers at one another," Jamal explains. "They all claim to be fighting for democracy, and against al Qaeda. It's just a way of getting the Bush administration's support." [Xataa cala haaman yaa fircown? ] Published in The Stranger September 25, 2002.

Originally posted by General Duke: ^^^You run out of news.. I like that. There's plenty of mayhem to report from Muqdisho but it brings me no joy to see the mess your uncle has brought on the people. What does bring me joy is seeing you reduced to posting pictures of toddlers and claiming you had a room full of supporters. A day care, perhaps? Even funnier is the constant pictures of meetings with "clan elders" or pictures of the constantly-being-redesigned "new" passports. By far the only accomplishment of this wretched group of incompetent nincompoops. Even you ought to know the shit, if it hasn't already, is about to hit the fan for this puppet regime. And clearly you're not a very good student of politics, power or propaganda. Perhaps you should pursue other hobbies. I heard basket weaving is very entertaining.

Name: Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed Date of birth: 12/15/1934 Place of birth: Galkacyo Gender: Male Nationality: Ethiopian Occupation: Traitor. Leader of a puppet regime. Part-time dabadhillif. Full-time dastard.

Originally posted by mystic: Supporting warlord Yey is mandatory to him. I'm sure with a little bit of soul searching and a quick look through some old (and recent) historical texts he would see his support is optional at best. In fact, it is precisely because Taako Man feels kinship with Yeey that he be the loudest to repudiate him.

^ It's not just Somalis but ours is pathetically similar if not identical. And in such short time. Originally posted by Taako Man: ^ The mullah was fighting against the White british and their sidekicks. Of whom you would be familiar or was it family with So I wouldn't speak. Tuhun baa ku dilay. LOL. Did you learn anything from the Sayyid? Did any of his good genes pass on to you? Apparently not. Can you show pride in him as you do in atheero A/Y? Can you imagine atheero sitting with the Sayyid in the same room discussing Somalia's invasion by the same invaders? Or would the Sayyid cut his worthless nuts off and feed it to him? Do you ever ponder these things? Are you capable of pondering anything? I doubt it but you can prove me wrong.

^ And to think some around here have the Sayyid in their signatures while they cheer for the Ethiopian invaders. Irony, it seems, is too abstract a concept to comprehend.

^ How much more (cyber) slapping around must I inflict upon you? Just ask. It's at no cost to you.

With all your huffing and puffing, you've found a grand total of one person who's allegedly been a Christian for decades. Yet, you still sheepishly try to explain your statements away like this: This only happens when there are no parents. In bay and Bakool many kids were orphaned and many families starved in the early to mid ninties like no place else. Here is where the cadaan organizations pop in. They come with food and 'jesus glad tidings' and pooooof what happens? Some people in fact become gaal. That is how stuff like this happens. LOL.

^ In the likely event you don't know what pompoms are:

^ You could use a pompom or two to accessorize your wardrobe.