^ Few resistance movements are organized in the beginning and this occupation is in its infancy. The disarmament drive failed and forcible disarmament is a no go. Armed groups for one reason or the other will do random hit and run attacks on the occupation forces. Sooner, rather than later, the occupiers will have friction with the rest of the society (mostly those that are no threat to them) and will carelessly cause the death of some innocent civilians. This will slowly get those on the fence to support the infant resistance. Eventually, the entire city becomes a resistance hotbed and the occupying forces will use deadlier and deadlier force. The vicious cycle continues with the resistance getting more emboldened by the support of the people and the occupying army getting more and more restless and desperate. One morning, they'll realize the futility of their occupation and walk away. Unfortunately, incessant external interference by regional and far away powers and loyalty to clan may prove to be the deadly cocktail that poisons Somalia for a long time to come. Short time? Ethiopia and the puppet regime must go. Long term? As the Courts came out of the people's desire to fill a chronic void, so too will come another movement.

Originally posted by Baashi: Instead give the TFG the minimum support: security arrangement it can live with. Absence of insurgency, the role of Ethiopia as a security gaurantor will evaporate overnight. That will be a paradigm shift in terms of the relationship of the puppet government and its backer. This puppet regime is part and parcel of the occupation. Supporting this regime is supporting the occupation and no self-respecting Somali will do that. Now, one can pragmatically say the occupier is forcing this regime down our throats, let's just take it so they can leave our lands quickly. The majority of Somalis are resigned to this fate at the moment, except for the brave few who're actively on the battlefields and the even fewer cowards who're cheering the occupation. This installed puppet regime has shown its callous disregard for the very lives of those it claims to govern and yet it wants to be accepted and supported. For the past few months, it has shown itself to be what it really is: an assembly of failed statesmen wannabes and washed up warlords. Hardly a group worthy of anything but contempt. What's the solution? Dissolve this government. Keep the parliament. Have elections and see if Yeey is really what the people want. No go? Then Dissolve this government still, fight over what remains and let the winner rule the land. In either options, the occupation must be resisted until the last Xabasaha leaves the land. TFG 2.0 is a failed crop, atheer.

^ LOOL. Jimcaale, your mouse getting tired from all the scrolling you have to do? I'm actually glad he has this many pictures. It's my clue to skip over his rubbish without missing any continuity of the conversation. If he didn't have this clue, I might accidentally read what he types. God forbid!

And someone earlier posted an article about how safe Muqdisho is. Sometimes I wonder if those people are fooling themselves for it's sure as hell they're not fooling anyone else.

Aisha, here are a few more words in English and their Somali translation: lol = lol Door knob = Yeey Clan bigot = General Duke Traitor = Geedi Imbecile = Caydiid Jr. Originally posted by *Aisha*: Sheikh Fiqqikhayre.....I never said I want war. :rolleyes: Anyway no offence intended but your lecture bored me a little so I kinda didn't finish reading it. The boy can hit you with weaponized boredom, can't he? Don't mind him. He's harmless.

^ Boo! Originally posted by xiinfaniin: ps-Castro, i am leaving now and so take it from there saaxiib ! Not with Taano man, saaxib. I only deal with paper money. What can you buy with a Taano nowadays? Safe journey saaxib.

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^ LOL. Xiin, I hear ya atheer. These guys are hard to pin down but it seems you've captured one of them. Originally posted by Taako Man: This is the first time in 16 years that some semblance of order has been established. This is the weakest point in his argument, Xiinow. Quick, refute it before he edits his post.

^ Wisdom must be your middle name. Originally posted by xiinfaniin: What might you contribute yaa Taano , i ask? And I'm fairly certain that reference to the Somali penny was a term of endearment.

^ You severely lack any imagination. Whatchya gonna do when they come for your uncle and remove his dysfunctional testicles?

Confronting the playground bully January 11, 2007 06:59 PM Once upon a time, George Bush said: "All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you." Somalia was probably the last place he had in mind when he made this announcement. It was only a matter of time before the mask slipped and the US played its hand. Only a matter of time before the Ethiopians refused to abide by the status quo and carry out deeds hatched and plotted in Washington. The president of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, made his loyalty clear by laying his cards face up on his marble table. A spokesman said the air strike was based on "credible intelligence", which in human speak means, was flawed beyond measure and obtained through nefarious means. Not seeming to care whether there have been civilian fatalities, Mr Ahmed spoke of his support of the American AC 130 bombing from his presidential palace in Mogadishu, claiming "America has the right to hunt down and air bombard wherever those who were responsible for bombing its embassies in East Africa are staying or hiding." And of those who are dead? Have they been identified as an al-Qaida cell? Rest assured that this is a message, coming through loud and clear: do as we say, not as we do. Anyone guilty of not toeing the line will be dealt with precisely and without discrimination. And that is what the US has done. The employment of air strikes by American forces that are employed to kill or maim hundreds has again signalled a complete lack of value for human life. And above all, has anybody mentioned that another fantastic recruiting ground has just been created, courtesy of Washington? Unless matters cease, this will most certainly turn into another Iraq. Al Mariam, a native of Ethiopia, and a professor in the department of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, described the current invasion of Somalia by troops loyal to Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi, as that of the "fireman who deliberately sets a house on fire and calls the fire department to come and put it out. As the firemen arrive, he is heroically fighting the blaze, earning the gratitude and admiration of his colleagues." Zenawi is the fireman described by Mariam. He invented a "jihadi" bogeyman in Somalia and overstated a so-called "Islamist threat". This in turn led to panic among the Bush camp, which left Zenawi as the knight in shining armour, the foremost ally of the US in the battle against terror. Now he hopes to present himself as America's number one ally in fighting terrorism in the region. Zenawi has used the "jihadi" threat to cover up deficiencies in his gross violations of human rights in Ethiopia, which has seen victorious opposition leaders and activists imprisoned. In this he has been openly supported by a Bush administration hell-bent on denying a foothold to al-Qaida. Yemen has warned of many fatalities as escalating Somali migrants travel to Sanaa. Of the 84,000 refugees of Somali origin registered in Yemen, 23,000 arrived in the country in 2006; more than 360 died entering the country, and 300 are missing at sea. The strikes by the US will further strengthen the widely held notion of dubious American interests in the Horn of Africa. The latest developments are simply an extension of the aptly named "war on terror", a cacophony of military action that has swept through Afghanistan, Iraq and now Somalia. The idea that these strikes are meant to root out fundamentalists is a flimsy and laughable one. Throughout all this, the administration of George Bush has firmly established itself as the greatest single threat to world peace. The Bush administration in its desperation has created unprecedented resistance to American foreign policy around the world. Most people view the US regime as the greatest threat to world peace. Once upon a time, George Bush said: "You are either with us or against us." We are reaching a situation where individuals will have to make wise and informed choices. Do you join the playground bully, stay silent or make a stand? A step in the wrong direction could prove to be very costly. It is time for all those with conscience to stand up and be counted. The Guardian

Too bad they didn't get any of them. The noose is tightening, ma istidhi?

^ This was never about "high value" targets. One could see this was to help the incompetent Ethiopians. Whatever they do and however long they stay, they'll leave one day. Until then, we must make their stay as uncomfortable as we possibly can. When they do leave, march to Villa Somalia and lynch that coward. Better yet, burn him in there. Originally posted by Dhubad: Castto, Kumbe Waweh najua kiswalhil! No Kiswahili atheer. I wish.

Why don't u do the same and do us the favour of skipping ur cheerleading thing? You're about as original as a wheel is in 2007.

^ I admire Northerner for the good cause he's running for but something tells me he's not gonna make it past mile 5. I've this image in my head of a tall black guy passing out on the concrete. It's better to have tried and failed, atheer, than not to have tried at all. Well, sometimes it's better not to have tried at all.

^ Why don't you do us a favor and put 5 or 6 pictures in your signature so we can skip your postings like those of fiqisharle?

^ I know you got the email, but did you do anything about it? Originally posted by Northerner Al Burcaawi: Al-Nur’s School for the Blind's Dahabshil Account: D0002039 Mogadishu Somalia. Hear, hear!

^ He already owns a mansion there, right? What does a person like Riyaale say to a Zenawi when they meet under circumstances like these? Zenawi: Hey man, Riyaale, right? Riyaale: Yessir. Zenawi: How's it going? Riyaale: Good sir. Zenawi: Well, I'll cut to the chase and tell you why I called you in today. Riyaale: Ok sir. Zenawi: We have a problem, Yeey. Riyaale: It's Riyaale, sir. Zenawi: Riyaale, Yeey, Geedi, I don't give a shit. You're all chicken poop as far as I'm concerned. Riyaale: Sorry sir. Zenawi: The problem is, you're not giving me enough public support for the good work I'm doing for you and the other clowns I brought to Muqdisho. Why is that? Riyaale: I would sir, if I knew how, but I don't. Zenawi: Rubbish. You know how to go shopping for a villa in Cairo, don't you? Riyaale: No sir. My wife did that. Zenawi: Well goddammit why am I even talking to a fool like you. I should be talking to her. Did you bring her on this trip? Riyaale: Yessir. Zenawi: Well get the hell out of my office and send your wife in. Go to the Addis zoo or something. You could find better conversation there with like minded creatures. :rolleyes: Riyaale: My wife went shopping sir. Zenawi: Well of course she did. I just gave you 2 million dollars last year. That house in Cairo couldn't have cost that much. Riyaale: I don't know sir. It's under my wife's name. Zenawi: Oh shit. Get out of here. Guards! Lord, what have I gotten myself into? What have I done in my past to suffer the humiliation of dealing with door knobs like these?

Ground intelligence and precision bombing my matako!

Al Qaeda Embassy Bombings Suspect, Two Others Escape From Bombing Raids (CBS/AP) None of the top three suspected terrorists in Somalia were killed in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to al Qaeda were slain, a senior U.S. official in the region said Thursday. A day earlier, a Somali official had said a U.S. intelligence report had referred to the death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed — one of the three senior al Qaeda members believed responsible for bombing U.S. embassies in East Africa. In Washington, U.S. government officials said Wednesday they had no reason to believe that the chief suspect, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, had been killed. U.S. and Ethiopian troops in southern Somalia were still pursuing the three, the U.S. official said Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record to the media. In Washington, officials had said U.S. special operations forces were in Somalia. U.S. and Somali officials said Wednesday a small American team has been providing military advice to Ethiopian and Somali forces on the ground. The officials provided little detail and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. The U.S. forces entered Somalia with Ethiopian forces late last month when Ethiopians launched their attack against a Somali Islamic movement said to be sheltering al-Qaida figures, one of the officials said. Abdirizak Hassan, the Somali president's chief of staff, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that al Qaeda suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was killed. He said he learned of the death in a U.S. intelligence report passed on to the Somali authorities. Fazul, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, has evaded capture for eight years. Somalia's deputy prime minister said Wednesday that American troops were needed on the ground to root out extremists from his troubled country, and he expected the troops soon. Two senior Pentagon officials said they had heard of no plans to put any sizable contingent of Americans in Somalia. However, small teams of liaison officers — such as Special Forces or trainers — are another matter, the officials said. All three officials also spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the subject. CBS News Investigative Reporter Phil Hirschkorn reports Mohammed, also known as Haroun Fazil, had a key role in the twin truck bombings of two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, which killed 224 people and injured thousands. He's also trained Islamic militants in Somalia and allegedly organized more recent attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya. Read Hirschkorn's report. "He's an extraordinarily dangerous individual," Dan Coleman, a retired FBI agent who spent years hunting al Qaeda, told CBS News. "He's the real deal." Mohammed is seen in footage obtained by CBS News that shows him in the aftermath of a 1996 ferry accident in central Africa's Lake Victoria. AP via CBS

^ Since the emperor (or duke in this case) is naked, you should take a break from SOL. Go to Jamaica, dude. Spend some of that money they've been paying you. They have been paying you, right? If not, then all your consistent public display of lack of integrity was done pro bono?

^ Where's the hope man? lol. We've had worse days. Like the days there were so many Jellyfish in the seaside playgrounds of Lido and Aljazeera (no relation to the Arabic news channel) that you couldn't get anywhere near the water. What about those days when Somali Airlines flights were booked solid and your visa would expire before you could get a bloody seat on the plane? Being humiliated in front of the entire world by your own brethren does not even come close to having to walk from K4 to Shaqaalaha.

^ Mission accomplished, indeed.

^ He means you're the ********, charlatan. ______________ Kastaro, brother, easy, baliis. I know it is too much, laakiin in la isdhaamo ayaa fiican, though. [ January 11, 2007, 03:01 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

I hope you win. If not, don't bother finishing. Take a cab home. You got a family to live for.