Another Fresh day to live .................. where are the crazy ppl in SOL ??

It is general now ,,,, and yes it is mostly xaliimo thing and that is why they don't like those canka jeexan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani commandos cleared the warren-like Red Mosque complex of all its die-hard defenders Wednesday, following an assault that ended a bloody eight-day siege and left more than 80 dead, including a pro-Taliban cleric. Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said the compound was still being combed for mines, booby traps and other weaponry. "The first phase of the operation is over. There are no more militants left inside," Arshad said in a telephone interview. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told reporters that no bodies of women and children had been found inside the sprawling complex and said the probability such bodies would be found during the "mopping up" operation was low. "The major group of women was all together and came out all together," he said, referring to 27 women and three children who emerged from the mosque Tuesday. "I think it's already ended. Now it's mopping up," he said. "The operation is over. Everybody who was inside is out." More than 50 militants and 10 soldiers were killed and 33 wounded in the final, 35-hour assault by the elite Special Services Group which began early Tuesday, the army said. The dead including the mosque's pro-Taliban cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi. Commandos went in after unsuccessful attempts to get the mosque's militants to surrender to a weeklong siege mounted by the government following deadly street clashes July 3 with armed supporters at the complex in the heart of Pakistan's capital. The extremists had been using the mosque as a base to send out radicalized students to enforce their version of Islamic morality, including abducting alleged prostitutes and trying to "re-educate" them at the compound. An army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said troops moved from room to room in basements of the compound, blowing up foxholes where militants had been entrenched. A photographer took an image of one apparent militant, naked from the waist up, being led from the mosque to a nearby interrogation center by two commandos. Relatives of young women, men and children who had been in the mosque waited behind army barricades and inquired at morgues or a sports stadium where authorities set up an information center for those seeking missing loved ones. "I am looking for my son who was studying at the madrassa, but I don't know whether he is alive," said Jan Mohammed, 42, whose son, Mohammed Khan, could not leave the mosque during the siege. He was among about 100 parents who were gathered at the sports stadium. Ghazi's body was found in the basement of a women's religious school after a fierce gunbattle between government troops and militants, said Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema, a senior Interior Ministry official. Several security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said Ghazi was wounded by two bullets and gave no response when ordered to surrender. Commandos then fired another volley and found him dead. Arshad said Ghazi's body had been handed over to the Interior Ministry. The bodies of others would be taken away after the end of the operation, he said. Cheema said the body has been taken for burial in Ghazi's native village of Rojhan in southwestern Pakistan. His brother, Abdul Aziz, the mosque's chief who was arrested trying to escape from the complex last week, would be allowed to attend the funeral. The military announced that about 1,300 people had escaped or otherwise left the compound since July 3. Authorities took an unknown number into custody, while others, mostly young students, have returned to their homes. Arshad said the media would be taken on a tour of the mosque complex, but probably not until Thursday. The casualties at the Red Mosque could further turn public opinion against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who already faces a backlash for his bungled attempts to fire the country's chief justice. Following several fiery anti-government protests Tuesday, about 500 people chanting "Death to Musharraf!" rallied for an hour Wednesday in the northwest frontier city of Peshawar. "This (mosque attack) is part of our government's action against religious elements to please America," said Shabbir Khan, a lawmaker from an opposition Islamic party, at the demonstration. About 15 other Islamic opposition lawmakers gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Islamabad, blaming Musharraf for Pakistan's troubles, including the mosque attack, and calling for his resignation. In neighboring Afghanistan, a senior Taliban commander, Mansoor Dadullah, urged Muslims to launch suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces, calling the assault "a cruel act." "I would have sent 10,000 mujahedeen to support the (Red Mosque) students but we are busy in Afghanistan and Islamabad is far from Afghanistan. I wished to go myself to support them," he told The Associated Press by telephone. Several editorials in mainstream newspapers said Musharraf had no choice but to confront the militants. "The decision to launch the final assault was not an easy one, but given the circumstances there was nothing else that the government could really do," said the English-language paper The News. But it questioned how the militants had managed to find a haven "inside the heart of Islamabad." "Surely this is a disturbing indictment of the failure of the law enforcement agencies to keep track of the movement of such elements," it said. Another English-language daily, Dawn, said that "no tears will be shed over the death of the well-armed militants," praising the government for exercising "utmost restraint" in the standoff. The State Department endorsed the Musharraf government's decision to storm the mosque, saying that the militants had been given many warnings, and President Bush reaffirmed his confidence in the Pakistani president in the fight against extremists.

People are armed in Pakistan and Afghanistan. I would never wonder if gunmen are inside a mosque coz they produce those weapons locally. Not government owned idustries but small one owned by indivituals and clans. that is how they live in Pakistan. And yes they would fight against the army coz most of them are religious or have religious feelings and they believe that their national army is collaborating with the US for eradicating the islamists. Just like people in Mogadishu believe the tfg soldiers are collaborating with the Ethiopians which is true in one side. The governments create sometimes such games just to receive more money and aid from the US regime so that they will be still ruling the country. It wouldn't surprise me if Musharraf is all behind this scenario.

In the land of somalis, do we have anything that can compete with those selected or recommended ones ??? ,,,, i mean all the somali region.

marka masaajidkaad ku tukanaysay lagugu soo doonto maxaad samayn lahayd ??

,,,,, u got that right. I like her crazy ideas and funny arguments

WHERE DA HELL IS XANTHUS TODAY ???

President George W. Bush nominated Army Gen. William Ward on Tuesday as the first commander of a new U.S. military command for Africa, the Defense Department said. Ward is currently deputy commander of the U.S. European Command after serving in South Korea, Egypt, Somalia, Bosnia, Israel and Germany. The Senate must confirm the nomination. The Africa Command, or Africom, is due to be fully operational by the end of September 2008 and is aimed at coordinating U.S. military and humanitarian efforts for most of Africa. Bush's decision to set up a new Africa command in February came amid concern that politically unstable African countries could be a sanctuary for Islamist militants. The decision also reflects increasing U.S. interest in natural resources on the continent at a time China is trying hard to strengthen ties with African countries to secure the energy supplies it needs to sustain its rapid economic development. At present, responsibility for operations on the African continent is split among three combatant commands -- the U.S. European Command, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command. They are responsible for most of the nations on the African mainland except in the Horn of Africa, for Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya, and for Madagascar, the Seychelles and the Indian Ocean area off the African coast, respectively. Cajiib

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LOOOOOOOL ,,, That is not too far ,,, time is running very fast these days

More products are being imported to the US from China than ever before - but a series of scares has left some wondering whether they are safe. From pet food to toothpaste, tyres to jewellery and seafood to toys, questions have been raised over the reliability of Chinese-made goods. While there have been no human casualties to date in the US, the risks presented by unsafe goods are clear. The deaths of some 51 people in Panama have been blamed on cough syrup tainted with Chinese-made diethylene glycol, commonly used in antifreeze. The same chemical has been found in toothpastes from China sold in the US and Canada. Earlier this year, more than 100 brands of cat and dog food were pulled from the shelves in the US after pets died from eating food contaminated with the chemical melamine, traced back to wheat gluten from China. With Chinese imports totalling $288bn last year - nearly triple the figure of five years ago - is enough being done to protect consumers? 'Time needed' The execution for corruption on Tuesday of the former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, suggests Beijing is keen to show it is taking the problem seriously. But part of the problem is that the speed of China's expansion into the global export market has not been matched by the growth of a countrywide regulatory infrastructure. The Chinese authorities say they are making efforts to improve supervision of safety standards, but that it will take time for them to catch up with the West. American officials whose job it is to ensure the safety of imported products acknowledge there are problems - but say they are doing all they can to identify suspect goods. For example, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently imposed a nationwide hold on the import of five types of farmed fish and seafood from China. Some shipments were found to have traces of antibiotics and disinfectants that are banned in US fish production. Other inspections uncovered fish products described as "filthy" or tainted with salmonella and pesticides. The US imports about a fifth of its seafood from China. 'Out of nowhere' Another danger comes when contaminants which would not normally be tested for end up in the food chain - such as melamine, a chemical used in plastic products which caused kidney failure in pets. David Acheson, the FDA's assistant commissioner for food safety, said: "The bottom line message is to focus the testing on areas where we have identified problems. We cannot even begin to test on everything. "There are certain things we can predict are going to be a problem because we've seen it before, other countries have had the problem... but sometimes things come out of nowhere, completely unexpected. The melamine was an example of that." Meanwhile the FDA has to juggle the need to avoid inaccurate advice or over-reaction with the desire to warn people of a potential risk as quickly as possible. "I would always like us to react faster. We react as quickly as we can on the information we have," Mr Acheson said. The FDA does not have the resources to send lots of inspectors into China, Mr Acheson added, so is working with the Chinese authorities to address the issues. 'Very scary' Of course, China is not the only country to experience food safety problems. US-grown spinach last year caused an E.coli outbreak that left one woman dead and some 200 others unwell. The FDA has previously halted imports of Mexican cantaloupes because of salmonella. The difference, however, seems to be the frequency with which Chinese products are being pulled up. Dietician Ruth Frechman, a California-based member of the American Dieticians' Association, says the recent run of scares has heightened people's anxieties. While no clients have yet asked her for advice on avoiding Chinese products, she says, one has started making her own dog food following the pet food alert. The chief problem is that food labels do not identify where all the ingredients have come from - and even restaurants and wholesalers may not know, Ms Frechman said. "It's very scary for consumers and really as a consumer you have no idea that the product is even coming from China... so there's really not a lot the consumer can do," she said. Toxic lead The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which monitors the safety of imported non-food goods, says it has seen increased concern among consumers. Its officials are seeking to co-operate with their Chinese counterparts, with CPSC inspectors travelling to factories in Beijing, Shanghai and big manufacturing regions. "The first step for us is to educate all of those people who we are working with on US safety standards. Many of those standards have saved lives," CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said. "Our goal is to see as much progress as we can - and what that might mean here for us in the US is fewer recalls of Chinese-made products." Overall, at least 60% of recalls issued by the agency since last October have involved goods from China. In the first week of July alone, they included hammock stands, children's toys and metal jewellery, all of which were potentially dangerous. One of the biggest recalls, in June, involved some 1.5m Thomas and Friends toy trains containing lead paint, which can be toxic to young children if swallowed. Mr Wolfson urges consumers, particularly worried parents, to subscribe to the CPSC's free e-mail alerts for the latest advice. Success story A lesson may lie in the approach taken by the fireworks industry, which has focused on education and stringent product testing within China. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, standards for Chinese-made fireworks were so low that as many as 75% failed US safety tests. To tackle the problem, US importers were encouraged to pay for a testing operation set up in China - the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (AFSL) - to monitor production straight from the assembly line. At least three-quarters of US fireworks importers are signed up to the scheme and the lab has about 50 technicians in China. Since 1994, injury rates among US consumers have dropped by more than two-thirds and sales of fireworks have increased greatly. About 99% of the fireworks used in the US come from China. John Rogers, executive director of the AFSL, said: "It's had a very positive impact for the American public, for the government that regulates fireworks and obviously for the companies." He admits that initially Chinese factories "weren't happy" about the AFSL's checks but, as Chinese-language guidelines were produced to help them meet US requirements, attitudes changed. "What the manufacturers understand is that safer, better quality fireworks translates into bigger sales, so now they like what we do," he said. "I think that every industry that imports products from China could very well benefit from this kind of a programme." Of course, the majority of goods imported from China are perfectly safe - but until standards improve across the board, US consumers must rely on officials to sift out potential hazards before they cause harm. SOURCE

Somaliland Since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, this former British protectorate has stayed free of the violence and mayhem that has plagued the rest of the country over the past 16 years. Meanwhile, Somaliland has developed its own government, army, and currency; all it lacks is recognition from the rest of the world. Why it will become a state: Somaliland’s de facto independence is hard to ignore. The territory has been a model of stability in a chaotic region for over a decade and a half, and most Somalilanders have left the possibility of unity behind them. Why it won’t: Southern Somalis are still attached to the idea of a united Somali Republic, so the recognition of Somaliland by the international community would likely lead to greater instability in the South and possibly war. Hence, there isn’t much reason for third-party states to extend recognition. Odds: Very good. But don’t count on it happening any time soon. The African Union and other international bodies plan to establish peace and stability in the South first and worry about the status of Somaliland later. Full Report

Did i say ?? ,,, or wax kalaan ku mashquulsanaa ? HAPPY BIRTHDAY .............

just be patient ,, it happens all da time ,, i'm in a crisis too and everybody is coming to me at the very wrong time. Got headaches and depression but still alive and trying to do my best. IT IS THE LIFE YOU KNOW ,,,,,,,,

I quite like Hon. Du'aleh's activities ,,,, he should be really honored for his endless efforts to bring somaliland to the table which i he did.

then stop surfing SOL and do some work ..... at least do half today

loooool ,, that is what i'm talking about ,,, she left while she can cross the line today. as she said: She'll never reach

looooool ,,, Actually you are bakhiil, you didn't pay me for helping you increase you posts ,,,

i know what you ment but i thought you can do what 10 persons can do ,,,,,, i mean ,, well, yeah of course from your name

and how do you know if the big companies like Conoco are sub-contracting these small ones just as a start point.

aren't you ??

looooooool ,, waar inanka iska daaya haddaba way ka yara siibataye xumaan ugamuu jeedine ,,, imikana wuu is gartaye I came to know from the other thread that he just wanted to increase his posts

Good work from your daughter ,, i would give her some candies for that