"Guess who is being referred to as a warlord? And no, it's not a trick question." Aren't these people the same gaalo you want to kick out or are ethios the only galo?

lol, it not the first time

did they use solders from southern Sudan, dadku Somali uma eeke? perhaps theeey shou be their own country.

Somalis and their conspiracies theories, if they would only apply the same amount of energy to solving real problems, we would be in a better place. Truth is, Ethiopia had absolutely nothing to do with what happened in Laascaanod and we should thank God for their assistance to our government and that fact that Ethiopia, a state with the largest concentration of Somalis outside of Somalia, is ruled by a friendly government not bent on the oppression of its people. If it was not for the Melez regime, eritrea would not be an independent country. If it wasn't for that regime, it would have been an amhara regime willing to lose everything to keep the oromos, Afars and ethnic Somalis in dusty, poor undeveloped state. More then ever, the fate of Somalis and Somalia are in the hands of Somalis themselfs. Which road we take (Anarchy, Wahabism or a democracy) depends on us people. Melez has saved both our countries from anarchy and wahabism and we should be greatful one day for his wisedom and benevolence.

who cares what they will accept, perhaps refugee status in afghanistan?

some people just don't tire of making news up! How many conference rejections will take? Move on to something else already

looool@ "Sida dhulka loo boobo maa meesha lagu bartaa?"

"-", come on, we all know that there is no ""help Sool fund". More like destroy Sool fund. Beent hargaysawiga miya laga iibiyey?

laba million iska deh aslong as we are making numbers up. Ask your self what the population of mogadishu before making false number up people!

Saudi Arabia? seriously?

dahabshiil misa dhiigshiil

Nytimes vid

This is what you get with fascist regimes with delusional leaderss that think the have divine authority or God on speed dial Last Updated: Thursday, 27 July 2006, 19:01 GMT 20:01 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Execution of a teenage girl A television documentary team has pieced together details surrounding the case of a 16-year-old girl, executed two years ago in Iran. Atefah Sahaaleh: wrongly described as being 22 years old On 15 August, 2004, Atefah Sahaaleh was hanged in a public square in the Iranian city of Neka. Her death sentence was imposed for "crimes against chastity". The state-run newspaper accused her of adultery and described her as 22 years old. But she was not married - and she was just 16. Sharia Law In terms of the number of people executed by the state in 2004, Iran is estimated to be second only to China. In the year of Atefah's death, at least 159 people were executed in accordance with the Islamic law of the country, based on the Sharia code. Since the revolution, Sharia law has been Iran's highest legal authority. Alongside murder and drug smuggling, sex outside marriage is also a capital crime. As a signatory of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Iran has promised not to execute anyone under the age of 18. But the clerical courts do not answer to parliament. They abide by their religious supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, making it virtually impossible for human rights campaigners to call them to account. Code of behaviour At the time of Atefah's execution in Neka, journalist Asieh Amini heard rumours the girl was just 16 years old and so began to ask questions. To teach others a lesson, Atefah's execution was held in public "When I met with the family," says Asieh, "they showed me a copy of her birth certificate, and a copy of her death certificate. Both of them show she was born in 1988. This gave me legitimate grounds to investigate the case." So why was such a young girl executed? And how could she have been accused of adultery when she was not even married? Disturbed by the death of her mother when she was only four or five years old, and her distraught father's subsequent drug addiction, Atefah had a difficult childhood. She was also left to care for her elderly grandparents, but they are said to have shown her no affection. In a town like Neka, heavily under the control of religious authorities, Atefah - often seen wandering around on her own - was conspicuous. It was just a matter of time before she came to the attention of the "moral police", a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, whose job it is to enforce the Islamic code of behaviour on Iran's streets. Secret relationship Being stopped or arrested by the moral police is a fact of life for many Iranian teenagers. Previously arrested for attending a party and being alone in a car with a boy, Atefah received her first sentence for "crimes against chastity" when she was just 13. Although the exact nature of the crime is unknown, she spent a short time in prison and received 100 lashes. Atefah was soon caught in a downward spiral of arrest and abuse When she returned to her home town, she told those close to her that lashes were not the only things she had to endure in prison. She described abuse by the moral police guards. Soon after her release, Atefah became involved in an abusive relationship with a man three times her age. Former revolutionary guard, 51-year-old Ali Darabi - a married man with children - raped her several times. She kept the relationship a secret from both her family and the authorities. Atefah was soon caught in a downward spiral of arrest and abuse. Local petition Circumstances surrounding Atefah's fourth and final arrest were unusual. The moral police said the locals had submitted a petition, describing her as a "source of immorality" and a "terrible influence on local schoolgirls". But there were no signatures on the petition - only those of the arresting guards. Men's word is accepted much more clearly and much more easily than women Mohammad Hoshi, Iranian lawyer and exile Three days after her arrest, Atefah was in a court and tried under Sharia law. The judge was the powerful Haji Rezai, head of the judiciary in Neka. No court transcript is available from Atefah's trial, but it is known that for the first time, Atefah confessed to the secret of her sexual abuse by Ali Darabi. However, the age of sexual consent for girls under Sharia law - within the confines of marriage - is nine, and furthermore, rape is very hard to prove in an Iranian court. "Men's word is accepted much more clearly and much more easily than women," according to Iranian lawyer and exile Mohammad Hoshi. "They can say: 'You know she encouraged me' or 'She didn't wear proper dress'." Court of appeal She was my love, my heart... I did everything for her, everything I could Atefah's father When Atefah realised her case was hopeless, she shouted back at the judge and threw off her veil in protest. It was a fatal outburst. She was sentenced to execution by hanging, while Darabi got just 95 lashes. Shortly before the execution, but unbeknown to her family, documents that went to the Supreme Court of Appeal described Atefah as 22. "Neither the judge nor even Atefah's court appointed lawyer did anything to find out her true age," says her father. And a witness claims: "The judge just looked at her body, because of the developed physique... and declared her as 22." Judge Haji Rezai took Atefah's documents to the Supreme Court himself. And at six o'clock on the morning of her execution he put the noose around her neck, before she was hoisted on a crane to her death. Pain and death During the making of the documentary about Atefah's death the production team telephoned Judge Haji Rezai to ask him about the case, but he refused to comment. The human rights organisation Amnesty International says it is concerned that executions are becoming more common again under President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, who advocates a return to the pure values of the revolution. The judiciary have never admitted there was any mishandling of Atefah's case. For Atefah's father the pain of her death remains raw. "She was my love, my heart... I did everything for her, everything I could," he says. He did not get the chance to say goodbye.

In Rape Case, a French Youth Takes On Dubai By THANASSIS CAMBANIS Published: November 1, 2007 Correction Appended DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 31 — Alexandre Robert, a French 15-year-old, was having a fine summer in this tourist paradise on the Persian Gulf. It was Bastille Day and he and a classmate had escaped the July heat at the beach for an air-conditioned arcade. Just after sunset, Alex says he was rushing to meet his father for dinner when he bumped into an acquaintance, a 17-year-old, who said he and his cousin could drop Alex off at home. There were, in fact, three Emirati men in the car, including a pair of former convicts ages 35 and 18, according to Alex. He says they drove him past his house and into a dark patch of desert, between a row of new villas and a power plant, took away his cellphone, threatened him with a knife and a club, and told him they would kill his family if he ever reported them. Then they stripped off his pants and one by one sodomized him in the back seat of the car. They dumped Alex across from one of Dubai’s luxury hotel towers. NYtimes What i found funny, Port of the page is sponsored by the movie "The Savages".

she should have just wore the slacks, this is not the Riyadh airport

some people should just use their bath tubs to swim!

horta why do these people come to these countries, to get jobs or to express their political views?

for those in north America, exchange your US dollars for canadian dollars or the Euro or anything you can get your hands on. When you see rappers flashing foreign money instead of dollars, you know its going down the drain.

sheekha ok, ok, we know Somaliland is not based on a qabiil, its based on a qabiil and a half, your version of the 4.5 anyways, "And they ran back" is missing from the title!

good news

"Since Friday the Ethiopian air force has carried out continuous air sorties on the area of the lakes called in Somali Haro Digeed," O-gaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) spokesman Abdirahman Mahdi said." Its like some of the anarchist here quoting castro on whats happening in mogadishu. "The rebel and army reports could not be independently verified as journalists and aid workers have repeatedly been blocked from accessing vast swathes of the volatile region in recent months." Why, i wonder, do these people think that lazy journalism is only acceptable only in east africa Xoogsade:"Why don't you guys send letters to the UN and to All organizations just for trying something in these times of dire need? Don't just read the news and sit by, do something." You can't be serious, could you?

thank God, nothing good from gossip masquerading as journalism anyway

i wouldn't post my pic if i was him

LOL at uncorroborated few. But seriously, what the international media and "security experts" say is just an opinion at the end of the day even though things are not as you say were all think Ethiopians are occupying Somalia. Whats is the Somali government and its troops patrolling muqdishu and other cities?

^^"occupation" Its this blatant distortion of facts that makes finding common ground so difficult, no?