Alternate Radio US PEACEKEEPING PLAN 'RISKS CIVIL WAR' IN SOMALIA Xan Rice, East Africa correspondent Monday December 4, 2006 Guardian Unlimited- UK The US will today attempt to push through a UN security council resolution to allow African peacekeepers into Somalia, despite fears by regional analysts and European diplomats that it could push the country closer to war. Washington was alone in tabling the proposal at the UN last week, after failing to convince the UK to act as a co-sponsor. The proposed peacekeeping mission would provide security to the fragile Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which has no army and controls no territory outside its temporary capital in Baidoa. But European diplomats fear that the Islamic courts, which control much of south-central Somalia, will see such a resolution as direct provocation, and that it could jeopardise future peace talks. Most analysts believe that the country is already on the verge of a war that will pitch Ethiopia, which has sent several thousand troops into Somalia to support the government - with the full consent to the US, according to sources - against fighters allied to the courts. The original resolution drafted by the US called for the deployment of troops from the seven-nation Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - a regional body for east Africa - and a partial lifting of the arms embargo. But Britain and other EU countries, which are reluctant to support any large peacekeeping mission, said they would only consider the idea if neighbouring states, most notably Ethiopia, were excluded from the force. The amended text circulated by the US, to be discussed at an "experts meeting" at the UN today, includes the provision that "those states that border Somalia would not deploy troops". One European diplomat in Nairobi said the climbdown by the US, which accuses the courts of strong terror links, was a positive move. But he said fears of an "Iraq-style" quagmire had not gone away, and warned that the courts would view any foreign troop deployment - even if it excluded Ethiopia - as a threat to their existence. "This idea could have serious unintended consequences," he said. If the resolution is passed, it is unclear who would fund the mission and where the peacekeeping troops would come from. Uganda and Sudan seem the only realistic candidates, and both are thought to be unenthusiastic about the idea. A spokesman for the TFG said on Saturday that the government backed the US proposal, but support in Baidoa is not universal. Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, the speaker of parliament, is against deployment, and has the support of as many as 100 of the 275 MPs. The courts have repeatedly rejected any talk of foreign troops trying to stabilise Somalia and are demanding the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops. While they continue to take more territory, they have expressed a willingness to resume talks on power sharing. At the weekend, senior members of the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SICC, previously known as the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia) - the courts' governing body - met the IGAD secretariat in Djibouti, and committed to dialogue with the government. Another European diplomat, again requesting anonymity, said that the international community should be focusing on engaging the courts and encouraging talks with the government rather than sending in troops. "Somalia will be an Islamic state - we are already too late to stop that happening," the diplomat said. "We need to be talking to the Islamists, not provoking them."

Who would have tought One Year and a half ago Bare Hiiraale and HornAfrique would be siding with Ethiopian soldiers? KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Somali Politics is Classic TimeLess

HornAfric?Haday maleeshiyadaan kadhiidiyeen Maxaakiimta, maxay ugu soo horjeesan waayeen Ethiopianka jooga Balanbal?Mase micnaheedu waa Ethiopian meeshuu qabsado Xalaal bay utahay?

Somali regional leader vows to resist Islamic militants POSTED: 1:50 p.m. EST, November 21, 2006 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia vowed Tuesday to resist the expansion of Islamic militants in the country, saying his administration won't accept "radicalism and extremism." Puntland President Gen. Addeh Museh spoke one day after making a surprising announcement that he will rule according to Islamic law -- a decision some believe was a way to head off a takeover by the increasingly powerful militants. The United States has accused the Islamic movement of sheltering suspects in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and Osama bin Laden has said Somalia is a battleground in his war on the West. "We will continue to resist the spread of Islamic militants," Museh told The Associated Press. Puntland usually enforces a secular penal code, even though the region's charter says it is based on the Quran. Museh said he issued Monday's decree after meeting with the region's top clerics, but he didn't elaborate. Puntland, which declared itself an autonomous state within Somalia in 1998, generally has been spared the violence that has wracked much of the country. But radicals within the Council of Islamic Courts have vowed to take over. "Our decision that to use Islamic law will be different from the type of militant Islam in Mogadishu," where the Islamic courts are in control, Museh said. "We do not want to politicize the Islamic religion." Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991, when warlords overthrew a dictator and then turned on each other. The current administration was formed with the help of the United Nations two years ago, but it has failed to assert any real control outside the southern town of Baidoa, where it is based. Meanwhile, the Islamic courts steadily have gained ground since taking over the capital, Mogadishu, in June, and now control much of southern Somalia. The group's relations with the government have been severely strained, particularly because military advisers from neighboring Ethiopia are helping the government. Witnesses in a town about 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the government base of Baidoa said Tuesday that Ethiopian troops clashed with forces loyal to the Islamists, and that three Ethiopians were killed overnight. Calls to the acting Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman rang unanswered after business hours Tuesday. Museh told the AP on Monday that he welcomed peace talks between the government and the Islamic courts, saying, "We believe that the government's reconciliation efforts and peace process would be fruitful."

This shows the Islamic courts have huge numbers in its ranks. To impose curfew on a big city while on war on many fronts in Somalia is not easy feat? I think they are totally confident that they can dismiss and subjugate the khat dealers and anybody that suports? Also add, that they have strong believe in what they are doing? Remember a regime is at is strongest when it has strong believe not only when it has huge numbers.

Shiiky Yusuf Indhacade oo sheegey Maxkamada Marka Cadeeyin ay dhashay Maxkamadaha kajiro Muqdisho. Sidaas daraadeed dadka faafinay in uu khilaaf kajiro Maxkamadaha iyo Shabeelaha Hoose in ay yihiin Haraadigii Isbahaysiga ee fadhi ku dirirka. Anyway Indhacade is making it Clear That Islaamic courts are happy with the Shabeele_Hoose administration that exist now. On another note the Islamic courts banned today the "Xulufaynta dhirta, iyo Ugaarta" Anyway He also mentioned within next month they will raise 6000 militia that will be responsibel for the security of Mogadishu and Somalia in General. source: http://www.hornafrik.com/Audio/indhacade11.ram

Maxmed Qanyar oo xaley saqdii dhexe gaaray Baydhabo TopStoryBaydhabo- 24.July.2006 Wararka ka imaanaya magaalada Baydhabo ee xarunta Gobolla Baay ayaa sheegaya in Hogaamiye kooxeedka Max’ed Qamyare Afrax oo ka mid ahaa xubnihii isbahaysigii burburey ee la dagaalanka argagagixisada uu xaley saqdii dhexe gaarey magaalada Baydhabo. Waxa wararku sheegayaan in tagisya Qanyare uu Baydhaba tagey ay ka dhalatey ka dib markii maleeshiyaad ka tirsan Midowga Maxaakimta Islaamiga ahi ay ku weerareen tuulada Dari ee ka tirsan degmada Ceel-buur ee Gobolka Galguduud. Maxamed Qanyare Afrax waa hogaamiye Kooxeedkii Saddaxaad ee ka tirsan Urukii la dagaalanka Argagixisada ee Muqdisho lagu jabshey oo taga magaalada Baydhaba oo iminka fariisin KMG ah u ah Golayaasha DFKMG ah ee Soomaaliya. Horaantii bishan ayaa waxaa magaalada Baydhaba si kala gooni ah u gaarey Maxamed Dheere iyo Cabdi Qeyb-diid oo ka mid ahaa Isbahaysigii burburey ee la dagaalanka argagixisada, kuwaasi oo kulamo gaar ah la qaatey Ra’salwasaare Cali Maxamed Geeddi iyo Madexweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed. Socdaalka Max’ed Qanyare Afrax uu ku tagey magaalada Baydhabo ayaa ku soo aadayaa iyadoo ay deegaanadaasi ku sugan yihiin ciidamo ka socda Xukuumada Itoobiya kuwaasi oo ujeedkooda lagu macneeyey inay difaacayaan DFKMG ah ee Soomaaliya. Max’ed Qanyare ayaa intii ahaa wasiirka Amniga Qaranka, isla markaana uu ku sugnaa magaalada Muqdisho ka hor intii ay halkaasi ka soo cayrin Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah wuxuu si weyn mucaarad ugu ahaa siyaasada xukuumada Itoobiya ee ku wajahan Soomaaliya. Col.Cabdi Qaybdiid iyo Max’ed Qanyare waligood ma ayan tagin xarumaha DFKMG ah wixii ka horeeyey markii Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah qabsadeen xarumahoodii magaalada Muqdisho. Ma jiro wax hadal oo ka soo baxay DFKMG ah oo ku aadan safarka magaalada Baydhabo uu ku tagey Max’ed Qanyare Afrax, iyadoo Max’ed Qanyare la dajiyey mid ka mid ah Hoteelada Magaalada Baydhabo. Qof codsadey inaan saxaafada laga sheegin ayaa sheegay in Max’ed Qanayre uu wato 13 gaadiidka dagaalka ah iyo ciidamo uu kala yimid deegaanadii uu ka soo cararey ee Gobolka Galguduud. C/laahi Soomaali SBC Baydhabo.

Zenawi: Soomaaliya ka Biximayno Inta Ciidan IGAD ka Imaanayo Meles Zenawi Ra'iisuwasaaraha wadanka Itoobiya ayaa markii ugu horaysay qirtay in ciidankiisa uu ku sugan yahay gudaha wadanka Soomaaliya. Zenawi oo maanta kulan la qaaday shanta safiir ee wadamadoodu haystaan xubinimada daa'imka ah ee Golaha amaanka , kuwaasoo kala ah Maraykanka, Ingiriiska, Faransiiska, Shiinaha iyo Ruushka, ayuu ugu sheegay in sababta Soomaaliya ay u galeen ay tahay in ay difaacaan DfKMG ah, islamarkaana xakameeyaan awooda kooxaha jihaadiyiinta . Zenawi ayaa safiirada ku wargeliyey in uusan ciidankiisa Soomaaliya ka bixin doonin inta laga helayo ciidan IGAD ee iyaga bedela. Safiirada ayaan dhinacooda wax war ah kasoo bixin, iyadoo arrinka loogu yeeray uu ahaa oo keli ah in la wargeliyo, waxaase la filayaa in markii dawladahooda ay lasoo tashadaan ay jawaab cad arrinkaa ka bixin doonaan. Source: http://www.goobjoog.net/?c=125&a=3311 Beeni raad maleh Those somalis who were denying what they knew all along can not hide the truth anylonger!!!!!!!!!!

Western Media is practically becoming moutht piece of propoganda. Remember when AFP has reported of the alleged video showing arabs fightig along side somalis in Mogadishu. After a while Western media droped using this video as a reference in all their reports after its absurdity became clear. Now Reuters is reporting clashes between ICU and TFG in Qoryoley. This report is very unlikely because Qoryoley is far away from Baydhabo, with no clear roads connecting them. If there is going to be a war, it will most likely happen near the road between Baydhabo and BuurHakabo. One important footnote about Western Media is if One of their media(eg.Reutrs) reports something, all of the other media will start reporting the same story without independently verifying if the report is accurate. Say ilatahay anakaaba ka gardaran oo Gaal awliya(tusaale)kadhigtay. Heer waxaan gaarnay in wadan Gaal xukumo(Kenya), Dowlad noloogu soo dhiso. Ilaa hadana qaarkeen garanla mucjisada arintaan kufadhido. Hada waaba iska cadahay Waxii Kenya lagu soo dhiso inay wada ahaayeen kuwii wadanka burburiyay. Qanyare aa maant ugu danbeeyey, asagana Baydhabo aa laga sugayaa? Bal fiiri Dowladii Shalay QabQablaha Caynaysay aa mantana Sow dhawaynayso. Kabacdina qof intuu kusoo horstaago kuleh Dowlad baa jirto. Diinta hadaan lagu noqon, aqligaaba waa guuraa, Qalad iyo Sax malaka sooci karo.

Wararka maanta Arbaco 19/07/2006-da 30 Tikniko ah oo uu horkacayo Abuu-mansuur oo taageera maxkamadaha oo maanta gaaray Buur-kaba Wararka naga soo gaaraya degmada Buur-kaba ee gobolka Bay ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in halkaasi ay maanta gaareen ku dhowaad illaa 30 Tikniko ah iyo maleeshiyooyin faro badan oo uu horkacayo Sheekh Muqtaar Roobow Abuu-mansuur oo isagu si weyn u taageera golaha maxkamadaha islaamiga ee Muqdisho iyagoo ka ambobaxay magaalada Muqdisho. Maleeshiyooyinkan oo intooda badan la tilmaamay inay yihiin kuwo u daacad ah maxkamada beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle ee dhowaan looga dhawaaqay magaalada Muqdisho laguna magacaabo Al Bayaan waxaana wehliya guddoomiyaha maxkamadaasi Max'ed Ibraahim Bilaal, iyadoo ay diideen mas'uuliyiintii maanta halkaasi gaartay inay ka hadlaan ujeedada ka dambeysay safarkan deg deg ah. Intii ay ku sii jeedeen degmada Buur-kakaba ee gobolka Bay ayay mas'uuliyiinta maxkamada Al Bayaan horey u qaadeen jidgooyooyin yiilay wadada isku xirta Muqdisho iyo Baydhabo oo lagu qaadi jiray lacago baad ah, iyagoo markii ay halkaasi gaareen kadina kulan la yeeshay odayaasha iyo waxgaradka beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle ee halkaasiku dhaqan iyadoo ujeedada kulamadaasi oo aan la shaacina ay tibaaxayaan in looga arrinsanayay sidii taageero buuxda loogu heli lahaa maxkamada Al Bayaan ee ku magacaaban beelaha dega gobolada Bay iyo Bakool. Arrintan ayaa noqon karta mid ay xasaasiyad weyn ka qaadan mas'uuliyiinta sar sare ee dowladda oo uu ugu horeeyo madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf oo horey ugu eedeeyey maxkadaha Muqdisho inay duulaan ku soo yihiin gobolada Bay iyo Bakool oo fariisin u ah dowladda KMG ee Soomaaliya, waxayna arrintani soo dedejin kartaa eedeymo iyo shakiyo faro badan oo soo kala dhex gala maxkamaddaha iyo dowladda federaalka oo la filayo in la isku hor fariisiyo dalka Suudaan magaaladiisa Khartuom. Garaad Salaad Xirsi Muqdisho, Somalia garaadcadde@hotmail.com

Zarqawi successor 'in Egypt jail' Thursday 06 July 2006, 13:59 Makka Time, 10:59 GMT Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the purported successor of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is in an Egyptian prison and not Iraq, a lawyer has claimed. Egyptian newspaper Al-Masri al-Yawm has quoted Mamduh Ismail as saying he met al-Muhajir, also known as Sharif Hazaa, or Abu Ayub al-Masri, in Tura prison in Cairo, where he has been held for seven years. "Sharif Hazaa [al-Muhajir] is in Tura prison, and I met him two days ago while I was visiting some of my clients," Ismail, a lawyer known for defending Islamist groups, told the newspaper. Al-Muhajir is on the "most wanted" list issued by the Iraqi government last week. The US military in Iraq has put a $5million price on his head. The US army media centre in Iraq said: "We cannot comment on the news that ... al-Masri is in an Egyptian prison and not in Iraq, we have to clarify that from the Egyptian government." The US military had announced after the death of al-Zarqawi that al-Masri had been appointed the leader of al-Qaeda's organisation in Iraq. The military said al-Masri was born and brought up in Egypt. He then went to Afghanistan, where he trained in bomb-making before going to Iraq in 2002. Aljazeera + Agencies

xarago. check this website. http://www.goobjoog.net/?c=125&a=3214 or go straight to http://video.ap.org/v/en-ap/v.htm?g=69C926B9-5DFC-43FF-8EA9-0D64943E98AD&f=ap&fg=copy I have seen light skinned somamlis who clearly do not have arab features? Somaali indho taagan bay u ekaayeen? Gaaladu been badanaa? Maba xishoodaan? Mar waxay dhahaayeen Iraq baa Nuclear Bomb heesata, ceebtii karaacdana waa la ogaa? Marka gaalada maba ka xishoodaan beenta?

Wadaadka caanka ah ee Sheekh Usama Bin laden ayaa si aan horey loo arag uga hadlay arrimihii ugu dambeeyey ee Soomaaliya isagoo diginiin, baaq iyo weliba cambaareyn u jeediyay qeybaha kala duwan ee quseeya arrimaha Soomaaliya, waxaana markii ugu horeysay sheekhu uu si cad taageero ugu muujiyay maxkamadaha islaamiga ee magaalada Muqdisho kacdoonka ka sameeyey. Bin-laden oo isagu ah ninka sida weyn uu u doon doonayo Mareykanka iyo xulufadiisa ayaa fariintan ku faafiyay shabakad wararka u faafisa ururkaasi oo dhinaca Internet-ka ah iyadoo laga sii daayay Telefishinka Al Jazeera, wuxuuna wadaadku si kulul u weeraray madaxweynaha dowladda federaalka C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed oo uu ku tilmaamay Murtad ka baxay diinta islaamka, sida uu wadaadku hadalka u dhigay, wuxuuna sidoo kale eedeyn ba'an u jeediyay xildhibaanadii u codeeyey in dalka Soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo shisheeye isagoo shacabka Soomaaliyeed u sheegay in aysan taageerin dowladda dabadhilifka u ah Itoobiya haddii ay taageeraana ay noqoneyso inay la mid noqdaan Murtadiinta. “Guusha kaliya ee aad ku gaari kartaan midnimadiina, waa in aad taageertaan maxkamadaha islaamiga, waana inaad ogaataan in kooxda uu hoggaamiyo murtadka weyn ee C/llaahi Yuusuf inay yihiin koox isku baheysatay khiyaano iyo dabadhilifnimo waxaana cadeyn u ah xildhibaanadii u codeeyey in dalkooda la keeno ciidamo ajnabi ah, xildhibaanadii baarlamaanka ee ansixiyay keenista ciidamo shisheeye illaa ay ka towbad keenaan kama badbaadayaan dembiga ay ummadda iyo diinta islaamka ka galeen halka xildhibaanadii diiday qudhooda aysan ku badbaadeynin diidmadooda ee looga baahan yahay in aysan ku sii dhex jirin kuwaas oo ay iska casilaan kooxdaas†ayuu yiri Usama bin laden. “Shacabka Soomaaliyeed meel kasta ooay joogaan waxaa waajib ku ah in ay ogaadaan in taageero kasta oo ay siiyaan murtadka C/llaahi Yuusuf la siiyo looga baxayo diinta islaamka, ayna tahay Gaalnimo weyn oo Muslimada bannaanka ka ah†ayuu sidoo kale yiri Usama oo sheegay in dowladda Mareykanka ay haatan ku howlan tahay diyaarinta ciidamo lixaad leh isagoo ku andacoonaya inuu nabadgelyo ku soo celinayo dalka Soomaaliya. “Waxaa la yaableh Soomaaliya oo 15 sano dhibaatooyin iyo dagaallo uu ka socday, sababta xilligaas looga hadli waayay dagaalladaas iyo dhibaatada ay ku soo jireen ee hadda looga hadlayo arrimahood iyo sababta keenaysa in ciidamo loogu diro, qof kasta oo caqli leh wuu garan karaa ujeedada laga leeyahay arrintaas, sababtuna waa in laga hortago maxkamadhaa islaamiga ee nuurka islaamka wada ee doonaya in dalka Soomaaliya ay u dhisaan dowladda islaami ahâ€. “Ciidan kasta oo Soomaaliya la geeyo waxaan u arkeynaa sii waditaanka dagaalka ay gaaladu kula jirtay islaamka, waana in caalamku ogaadaa in ciidamo lo diro Soomaaliya oo Mareykanku taageero nooc kasta oo uu ahaado, xittaa ciidamo dalalka islaamka ka socda oo si kale loo adeegsado loo diro Soomaaliya kuwaasoo dabadhilif u ah Korneyl murtid ah ay kula daaalamayaan meel kasta iyo waqti kasta oo munaasib ah†ayuu mar kale yiri Usama bin laden. Dhinaca kale, guddoomiyaha golaha maxaakimta islaamiga Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed oo wax laga weydiiyay inuu ka jawaabo hadalada Usama sida ay u arkaan ayaa ka gaabsaday isagoo xusay inay maanta shir jaraa'id qaban doonaan ayna si rasmi ah ugu faah faahin doonaan aragtidooda. Garaad Salaad Xirsi Muqdisho, Somalia garaadcadde@hotmail.com Source: www.harardhere.com Also English newspaper Bin Laden says U.S. plans crusade in Somalia By Inal Ersan DUBAI (Reuters) - A purported audio recording by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said a U.S.-backed bid for the deployment of international forces in Somalia was part of a crusade to crush budding Islamic rule. "Any military forces' deployment in Somalia from any country, even if it was an alleged Islamic country, can only mean a continuation of the crusade against the Islamic world," said the speaker in an audio statement posted on the Internet. "The claim that this would help Somalia's people and spread security there was a lie," said the speaker. "The true reason is that the sharia movement (Islamic Courts Union) has taken over the capital and spread their influence on most of the important parts and they seek to create an Islamic state." He also warned the United States and other countries against dispatching troops to the African nation where the militia of the Islamic Courts Union gained control over the capital Mogadishu in June. "We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia. We will fight (foreign) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish them on their land and anywhere possible." A U.S. intelligence official, declining to be named, said in Washington there was no reason to doubt it was bin Laden on the tape, which was posted on an Internet site used by Islamists. Bin Laden urged Somalis to back the newly powerful Islamists and to fight Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and his allies, warning that offering any support to Yusuf or international forces would turn Muslims into "infidels". FOREIGN PEACEKEEPERS The government's call for international peacekeepers has infuriated the Islamists. The interim government, formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004, has little power and is based in the southern provincial town of Baidoa. Somalia's parliament approved deployment of foreign peacekeepers earlier this month. Troops from Uganda and Sudan would come first, followed by bordering states, including Somalia's traditional rival Ethiopia. Islamic Courts Union Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said in late June that fellow African nations should block any deployment of foreign forces in his country. Bin Laden warned the leaders of the Islamic movement about the "traps of the infidels", including a call by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for talks between the government and the Islamic Courts Union. On June 16, a Yemeni state Web site said leaders of the Islamic Courts Union have agreed to hold talks with Yusuf in Yemen. The Islamists, whose militia drove warlords out of the capital and has since advanced into the hinterland, and the government agreed last week at talks in Sudan to recognise each other and meet again this month. © Reuters 2006. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. This article: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=965542006 Last updated: 01-Jul-06 23:08 BST