Siren, now I know dear.

^ Adeer gar laba nin kama wada qosliso ayaa la yiri, maantaana damaashaadku mooradayaduu durbaanku ugu tuman yahay, ee hadduu damac ku yara galo, dee inaku marti soorkii reeruhu isku yaqiineen ayunbaad inaga filaneeysaa. Magacayga waa laguu yaqaan, boowe Lol. Nin ragguu ahaa ninkaa. Weli ma maqashay ninkii reer Mudug ee lagu xujeeyey: 'War dhulalka kale qudrad iyo mira la cuntuugo ayaa ka baxee, talow maxaa Mudug maxaa ka baxa?. Wuxuu ku jawaabay: Mudug ragbaa ka baxa.

^Waxaan maqli jirey hablaha reer ---- ayaa seeygooda maalintii boqor ka dhigta habeenkiina faras ay ku guuraan.

^A Somali girl? I don't believe that. I'd be offended on their behalf if they did that.

Clap. Clap. Clap. Excellent response Miss Siren. So qolomaa tahay ina abti?

^Mindi uus ku tagtay, ku majiir iga dheh Xiinoow! Lol.

^Cagaha ha laguu dhaqo soo xatxato ma keento?

^They have a smile on their faces because of the opportunity present? Not by the current red carpet but being flown closer to the UK? Lol. A nomad is a nomad, I guess.

^ I am a communist, Oodweyne. I thought you'd have known that by now.

I don't intent to intrude here but Siren wearing the traditional attire at home is such comfort. Wonderful.

^Lol. No need to be defensive friend. I know you believe in the cause so much so as to get offended at the mention of monetary rewards. But my point is your zeal for the cause needs acknowledgement of the highest kind. Now as for me? Nah. If you knew me personally and my reasons for holding the views I hold you'd pleasantly be surprised. Mind you that doesn't mean that I haven't been scouted for Villa Somalia. No. It just means that I am not a man who can work for any other man let alone a government or another employer. I come compact with my own world in which I am king. An island onto his own.

^Lol. Aha. He fell from his own horse? Damn. I didn't click on the link but this is what is says about him: Mr. Hassan, who went by another name on his Facebook account, posted this in May 2007, when he still supported the Ethiopian invasion, which was backed by the United States and came at the request of the transitional government in Somalia. Friends said Mr. Hassan was related to the president of that Somali government, which may partly explain his initial support of the occupation. I don't think Kashafa would want to have anything to do with him, or is the boy reformed now?

^So you've heard of the trend, eh?

^Perhaps checking the CCTV coverage of the shops he frequented and present a visible indeniable evidence that he bought her item X or Y for her. Perhaps he is aware that in London (if he's in London), one is probably caught on CCTV camera more than 300 times a day.

^Oodweyne, you SHOULD be appointed as the official online representative of Somaliland or perhaps be made a good will ambassador.

^Good observation.

OK. Topic's been beaten to death. Give it (and the girl) a rest, will you?

What is the Alternative? People should ask themselves what would become of our country if we were to lose this chance. Is there really a viable alternative to the Transitional Federal Government? Our country has lost many historic opportunities before and I believe we should not repeat those mistakes again. The TFG is the only and all inclusive option which represents all Somalis, a characteristic no other movement can claim. It is also the only authority that can obtain the support of the international community that our country desperately needs. It is time to stop sticking our heads in the sand and blindly opposing something without understanding the consequences. Our nation is waiting to wake up from this terrible nightmare that has been haunting us for far too long. After 13 or 14 peace conferences, a major UN intervention and a couple of previous governments when is enough really enough? The folks who are opposing the Transitional Federal Government are not motivated by principles or patriotism. They are only interested in continuing the bililiqo, piracy, poverty and backwardness that has become the norm in our country. The reality is if we squander this chance it will be at our peril. It would also be a shame if we let these selfish thugs cost us this historic opportunity. The author of the essay really knows what he is talking about having been on the ground fighting the TFG. And his change of mind should encourage many others to think again. Think with their OWN minds, not through those of others. Afterall, the country is yours, the people yours, the chance yours. You decide.

Malika, its what really gets me angry with the attitude prevalent in many here that makes use of that alienation I have seen and use it to their evil advantage. Some do the indoctrination but others are stuck in their teen mentality that they want more death. I tell the kids if you do you die. simple

^Good call. Malika, waa runtaa.

PARIS, France, July 10 (UNHCR) – A group of 92 people in need of international protection received the red carpet treatment at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Thursday, as they completed the last leg of a long and hazardous journey via Malta from their homes in Africa and Asia. French Immigration Minister Eric Besson greeted the newcomers after they flew into a cloudy Paris on Thursday afternoon from sunny Malta. The group, including 20 children, was made up of people from various nationalities. More than half (57) were Somalis. There were also 18 Eritreans, nine Sudanese, three Ethiopians, three Sri Lankans and two people from Côte d'Ivoire. "I wish you all the best in France. I wish you peace and happiness in your new life," Besson told the new arrivals, whom France had agreed to accept from Malta as a gesture of European responsibility sharing and solidarity. "Your future starts here," he added. Every year hundreds of desperate migrants and asylum-seekers arrive in Malta, a tiny island nation of 400,000 inhabitants, after making the perilous boat trip across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. They have fled poverty, persecution or war. To help Malta, the French government agreed to receive 96 people whom the Maltese authorities had given either refugee status or subsidiary protection. Of these, 92 arrived in Paris on Thursday, while the rest, an Iraqi family of four, will come at a later date. "France is proud to be the European country that receives the most asylum-seekers," Besson told journalists covering the arrival. "This not a case of immigration but of asylum, which is a completely different thing. To those chased out of their country by oppression, France will do everything necessary to integrate them." The minister also told the new arrivals about some of France's core values, including liberty, equality and fraternity as well as religious tolerance and secularism. He said they were expected to do their best to become self-sufficient and integrate, particularly by learning French. "It's good to learn French to be able to communicate with people and find a job," said Abdirisaaq, a 21-year-old man who fled Mogadishu in Somalia and made his way through Kenya, Sudan and Libya, before making the sea voyage to Malta. "Today, I feel as happy as the day that I was saved from the sea and touched land after fours days at sea," he said. After receiving refreshments and talking to officials and journalists, the group was taken by bus to collective centres in the towns of Nanterre, Poitiers, Créteil and Oissel, where they will stay until they find employment and accommodation. Halimu, a Somali woman wearing white flowing robes and with henna patterns on her hands, said in fluent English before heading to an accommodation centre in Oissel: "I'm very happy because I will start my life again, improve my education and eventually reunite with my husband and children." By William Spindler in Paris, France Source PS: I had to change the title of the topic to spread good news in here. Seems good news isn't as popular as other kinds of news especially in relation to Somalis/Somalia.

Fabrigas, did your mind stop in 2006? Alot has happened between then and now you know? If your arguements for vouching for the deceased 'brother' are of that nature then I am really dealing with automated robots here. The stuggle is not just about bullet but a whole lot of things. If the so called deceased 'brother' didn't have a ounce of intelligence to follow the sequences of what was happening then he is no better than a robot, is he? Consider him a brainwashed mind or a robot which has no other use but to kill, deprogrammed. Period.

Beesada iska bixiya walaalayaaloow. Ninkaas waa raggeedii wallee. Lol.

Lol. I have lived in small village with around 3 pairs (all boys) during my Pri. sch. years. Actually I am yet to see identical Somali twin girls. Would be something.