N.O.R.F

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  1. ^Are you joining the Yeeysters in your lack of optimism?
  2. ^indeed,,,go away now,,,,let me enjoy having a go at the Yeeysters
  3. Shalayto the TFG was strong and Somalia was moving forward under old boy Yeey. Today Somalia is a shambles, the TFG is no more and the Qabil card is being used against those who forced him from office. This is something out of modern day politics - stick together, reach a consensus and repeat the same lines. Bravo
  4. S, 2500 miles?? Already? Oo xagaad ku tagtaa every weekend? France? Ng, I wouldn't mickey take on drivers if i was you
  5. That meeting is finally underway :rolleyes: Iran urges Arabs to act on Gaza Ahmadinejad also criticised the United Nations asking "to which nations does this UN belong" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has told the Arab League it should take action "quickly" to end the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Speaking on Wednesday as Arab ministers met in Cairo, Ahmadinejad warned that setting up committees and making speeches would not be an adequate response to the offensive that has killed nearly 400 Palestinians. "If the Arab League does not want to do anything today, when does it want to act?" he told a rally in Zahedan in southeast Iran, the Reuters news agency reported. Ahmadinejad did not suggest what action Arab leaders should take. "Aren't these oppressed Palestinians Arabs? So, when should the capacity of the Arab League be used? The Arab League should act quickly," he said. He said that simply setting up committees or making speeches would only allow Israel to continue its actions. The Iranian leader also criticised the United Nations' response to the assault on Gaza. "To which nations does this UN belong? This security council is for the security of which part of the world?" he said. Unity urged Opening the Cairo meeting, Amr Moussa, general secretary of the Arab League, called for an immediate meeting of rival Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah. "I think the need for the organisation of an Islamic position is long overdue and one of an Arab League position is also overdue" Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan However, expectations were extremely low that the Arab League summit currently under way in the Egyptian capital would achieve a major breakthrough in the crisis. Nisreen Al Shamayleh, reporting from Cairo for Al Jazeera, said that despite widespread protests across the Arab world it was unlikely that the league would agree a concrete response. "We have seen strong reaction from the Arab street and strong condemnation of the Israeli attacks and Arab inaction and silence," she said. "Many people believe it shouldn't have taken 390 Palestinian casualties and 2,000 Palestinian injuries for the Arab ministers to get together." She said the outcome of the meeting could echo the league's emergency summit on the war in Lebanon in 2006, which failed to lead to a concrete response. Jordan's Prince El Hassan Bin Talal told Al Jazeera that he believed there will be more demonstrations held across the Arab world to protest against Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. He also acknowledged that action from league members was "overdue". "I think the need for the organisation of an Islamic conference position is long overdue and one of an Arab League position is also overdue," he said.
  6. Originally posted by Resistance: I hope that means the Somali concert/Ruwayaad in Dubia gets cancelled too. mac sonkor. Is there one? Where?
  7. Originally posted by NGONGE: What do you mean 'evicted'? From work? From the country? From LIFE? From their homes saxib by an unscrupulous landlord/letting agency. Tenancy rights here are a complete joke! :mad: Serenity, not car pooling. Have to collect mine from the service garage. How is your new motor?
  8. All hotels in Dubai told to cancel New Year celebrations Staff Report Last updated: December 31, 2008, 12:05 Dubai: All hotels in Dubai have been told to cancel New Year celebrations, following an order issued by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday, Gulf News has learnt. Shaikh Mohammad has ordered the cancellation of all forms of celebrations marking the New Year in Dubai, as an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people, WAM reported on Tuesday. In support of the Palestinians in Gaza, who are enduring all kinds of killing, destruction and displacement by the Israeli military machinery, Shaikh Mohammad instructed all concerned authorities in Dubai to put this order in place and take necessary procedures to circulate the decision to all concerned parties. Meeting -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Hotels and event companies in Dubai are holding meetings on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of Shaikh Mohammad's order to cancel New Year celebrations. According to the order, which WAM reported on Tuesday, Dubai will mark the New Year with a "sombre tone" as a token of solidarity with the Palestinian people in general and Gaza Strip in particular, which is currently under the barrage of Israeli's military fire. Hotels, including the Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the Madinat Jumeirah said top executives would be holding meetings later on Wednesday. The Cellar, Aviation Club, say they are discussing what they plan to do and will make a decision by 1pm. As of 11.30am on Wednesday, Barasti at the Meridien Mina Seyahi, Atlantis Hotel, Palm Jumeirah and the Harbour Hotel and Residence say they will be making an announcement later on Wednesday. http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Government/10271419 .html Looks like it will a 'dry night' (usually reserved for religious holidays) in terms of bars and hotels serving alcohol.
  9. AC Milan fever http://www.gulfnews.com/gngalleries/galleries/1027 1283.html
  10. Off home soon. I just need to arrange a lift now. ps two colleagues were evicted last night. No warning. Police and the whole works. Waxbaa ka si dadkan :rolleyes:
  11. Originally posted by NGONGE: LG, Since you claim to be an expert on the Middle East conflict, why don't you try to educate the poor souls like myself and Norf? Her references would be interesting to see. LG in her first post: I'm uneasy about this renewed fighting and perhaps there is some truth to the reports that the Hamas group was using the six months ceasefire as way to regroup and reload. If this report has any truth to it then damnation is with those groups called hamas. It is obvious you're basing your opinion on reports from one side (the Israeli side) without trying to dig deep enough. If you're such an expert on the Palestian situation and keep abreast of the goings on in Gaza then you would have read the following: Gaza truce broken as Israeli raid kills six Hamas gunmenRory McCarthy in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 November 2008 14.32 GMT Article history A four-month ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza was in jeopardy today after Israeli troops killed six Hamas gunmen in a raid into the territory. Hamas responded by firing a wave of rockets into southern Israel, although no one was injured. The violence represented the most serious break in a ceasefire agreed in mid-June, yet both sides suggested they wanted to return to atmosphere of calm. Israeli troops crossed into the Gaza Strip late last night near the town of Deir al-Balah. The Israeli military said the target of the raid was a tunnel that they said Hamas was planning to use to capture Israeli soldiers positioned on the border fence 250m away. Four Israeli soldiers were injured in the operation, two moderately and two lightly, the military said. One Hamas gunman was killed and Palestinians launched a volley of mortars at the Israeli military. An Israeli air strike then killed five more Hamas fighters. In response, Hamas launched 35 rockets into southern Israel, one reaching the city of Ashkelon. "This was a pinpoint operation intended to prevent an immediate threat," the Israeli military said in a statement. "There is no intention to disrupt the ceasefire, rather the purpose of the operation was to remove an immediate and dangerous threat posted by the Hamas terror organisation." In Gaza, a Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said the group had fired rockets out of Gaza as a "response to Israel's massive breach of the truce". "The Israelis began this tension and they must pay an expensive price. They cannot leave us drowning in blood while they sleep soundly in their beds," he said. The attack comes shortly before a key meeting this Sunday in Cairo when Hamas and its political rival Fatah will hold talks on reconciling their differences and creating a single, unified government. It will be the first time the two sides have met at this level since fighting a near civil war more than a year ago. Until now it had appeared both Israel and Hamas, which seized full control of Gaza last summer, had an interest in maintaining the ceasefire. For Israel it has meant an end to the daily barrage of rockets landing in southern towns, particularly Sderot. For Gazans it has meant an end to the regular Israeli military raids that have caused hundreds of casualties, many of them civilian, in the past year. Israel, however, has maintained its economic blockade on the strip, severely limiting imports and preventing all exports from Gaza. Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, had personally approved the Gaza raid, the Associated Press said. The Israeli military concluded that Hamas was likely to want to continue the ceasefire despite the raid, it said. The ceasefire was due to run for six months and it is still unclear whether it will stretch beyond that limit. Source This is the second time I'm telling you not believe everything you're told at face value. God save objective/critical thinking!
  12. Those who tribalize the identity of Nuur Cade are furious as to this tactical move The Yeeysters' new official line saxib.
  13. ^Give me a break woman. Your previous posts are there for all to see and now you're an expert who has already given us a concise history lesson as to the dynamics of the conflict. You simply blamed Hamas for firing rockets into Israel. In other words following the line the western media has been walking. To cap it all off you refer Abu Diaby to the Jeresalam Post etc which only goes to proves my point. You're a product of watching Fox News. You give hard headedness a totally new meaning. NG, thanks for the translation.
  14. Went out for lunch with a few colleagues. Got in the car (colleague's) and turned on the radio. It was on Quran radio. Hmm I thought to myself. On the way back from lunch I noticed the words 'Masha Allah' written on the back door/boot and thought hmmm again. Just found out inay Muslintay a while back and her name is Fatima :cool: Brightened up my day that did.
  15. LG You can label me whatever you want folks, "brain washed and what not" You're simply SOL's Papa Bear. Hence the Sly Fox rhetoric. ps read about who broke the truce and the Gaza situation for the past year or so before expressing your opinion.
  16. Really didn't want to come into work today. Very quiet. Time to catch up.
  17. ^Only if the new Prez has any lineage with him. Emp, concentrate mate. This is about Yeey and his failings.
  18. Should I take the above as the official Tolka line? Yeey failed miserably saxib. We all know and see that. Take the blinkers off.