Waar meesha waxbaa kasoo soo socda

Manhunt closes Melbourne centre One person died and two were injured after a gunman opened fire on a busy street in the centre of Melbourne in Australia at the height of rush hour. The two who were hurt reportedly both suffered chest wounds and were taken to hospital in a critical condition. The gunman escaped on foot and is now being sought by police. Much of the city centre has been closed, with people being warned to stay indoors, as armed officers, backed by helicopters, search the area. A weapon was recovered from the scene, but police fear the man might still be armed. The incident on the corner of Flinders and William Streets happened during the morning rush hour, sending hundreds of commuters fleeing for cover. Police believe that one of the injured victims, a woman, knew the assailant. "There is no suggestion this is a random act - it appears there was a relation with the gunman and the victims, so we are asking people not to panic," Victoria Police Inspector Glen Weir said. "There are numerous police attending the search within the vicinity of the incident and there's a large cordon and containment operation under way as we speak," Inspector Weir added. Businesses closed "A girl came out of a building over the road, she was screaming and a guy had her by the hair," witness Ross Murchie told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "She tried to grab hold of a taxi that was going by and the couple of bystanders went over to ask what was happening," Mr Murchie said. "He let go of her hair, pulled out a gun and shot them all." The other person who was injured and the one who died were both reported as male. The incident forced the closure of a number of streets in the commercial heart of what is Australia's second-largest city, with shops and offices shut as armed police and helicopters hunt for the gunman. "No-one is allowed out of the building - we have to close down everything, customers are inside, we have to remain inside," shop owner Hened Mouawad told AFP. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6762457.stm

Lebanon under US custodianship By Awni Sadeq, Special to Gulf News In September 2004, the United States and France managed to legalise their interference in Lebanon's internal affairs by internationalising its issue through the UN Security Council resolution No 1559. The UN resolution which called for disarming Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, was passed with full support from the US and France, under the label of defending Lebanon and preserving its sovereignty and independence. The resolution demanded disarming all militias and allowing the Lebanese army to spread its control over all the Lebanese territories. Although it was said that the resolution aimed to end the Syrian presence in Lebanon, the key objective was to disarm the Lebanese resistance and Palestinian groups in preparation for placing Lebanon under the US custodianship. Designs The US wants a Lebanon that suits its interests and those of Israel, and further that serves its designs in the region. Following the resolution, Syrian forces and intelligence services withdrew from Lebanon while the arms of the Lebanese resistance still exist. The withdrawal of Syrian troops did not bring about any change that places Lebanon on the map of countries that serve the interests of the US and Israel. This has prompted the planners to carry out the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and hold Syria responsible for the crime to place Lebanon on the brink of a civil war. All the events that took place in Lebanon after Hariri's assassination, including the July war launched by Israel with US backing, and the fighting between the Lebanese Army and Fatah Al Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al Bared, were carried out to explode the situation and make Lebanon succumb to the US- Israeli will. Nevertheless, The US, France and Israel have not achieved the required goals behind their dubious designs. So, the US and Israel have no other choice except to spark another war to correct the mistakes of the July war and make up for its losses. The war is expected this summer and the issuance of UN resolution No 1575 under the seventh chapter was to provide an international umbrella for this potential war against Lebanon and Syria. The war may be launched with international participation under the pretext of the implementation of international legitimacy. It is ridiculous that the 14th of March team considered the UN resolution that calls for setting up an international court a victory. The pro-government team celebrated the resolution as a second victory in the battle of Lebanon's independence as they considered UN resolution No. 1559 the first victory. Hurts What hurts most is that the UN resolution was issued at a request from the Lebanese government following Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's letter to the UN Security Council demanding this resolution be under the seventh chapter of the UN Charter. Second, the pro-government team does not understand the consequences of the resolution, which places Lebanon under the international custodianship nominally, and the US custodianship actually. Despite this obvious fact, this team continues to claim that it defends Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. What a joke! The situation in Lebanon makes one recalls a similar scenario - the Balfour Declaration on November 2, 1917, which promised Jews a homeland in Palestine. Following the declaration, the British government found itself committed to create appropriate conditions and find the proper mechanism to put the declaration into effect. The British government put Palestine under its mandate and custodianship following the Franco-Anglo alliance to divide the legacy of the Ottoman Empire after the end of the Second World War. By placing Palestine under its mandate, the British government sought to fulfil its commitments towards the Zionist movement. History repeats itself now. Lebanon is now under US custodianship after the issuance of the UN resolution under the seventh chapter. Therefore, remarks made by the pro-government party, which reacted with joy at the resolution, came as no surprise. Those who called for internationalising the investigation into Hariri's murder and demanded a UN resolution under the seventh chapter, have placed Lebanon, its government, people, present and future under the US custodianship. Awni Sadeq is a prominent Palestinian journalist based in Amman. gulfnews.com

Do i here 'start an insurance company'? "In this business you have to learn that sometimes life makes you happy. Sometimes life makes you sad. Sometimes Allah gives you something. Sometimes Allah takes something away. You have to be patient. You have to be peaceful."

Havnt listened to BBC for a long time and i'm trying to figure out if this Abdisalaan is in fact a man I know who worked for the BBC from the late 80s/early 90s (cant remember when). Does anyone have a sound bite of his?

An interesting read ya Kash.

Kashafa One is not a Ethio or Riyaale fan. I'm glad he was embarrased at the airport but there are those who run around this site having a pop at anything SL without much to corroborate their posts while at the same time supporting (or are apologetic to) an occupying force. I refuse to give them that option.

^^Not sure. What are you on now? Whatever you earn now in UK uplift it by 30% will be a good start. Tax free aswell. But rents are quite steep in Dubai. Depends what your field is, what company, etc Do a google search on your job followed by dubai or ME and see what comes up. 1 Dirham = 0.13 GBP 1 GBP = 7.22 Dirham Nissan? Japanese is not my style. If its not German its not a car in my book although I drive an American :confused:

Fact of the matter is no one receives anything outside of Hargaisa. No educational/welfare programmes by NGOs etc. This will play a big role in the decision to vote. Who ever recognises this and promises to change things will get the vote.

^^No saxib. I just happen to recognise nonesense posts when i see them. My responses are usually not sugar coated.

Mods place take this to the politics sections. Thanks BBC reporter to be released 'in next few hours' Agencies Tehran: A Hamas official said BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was abducted in Gaza three months ago, will be released in the next few hours. Abu Osameh Al Moti, representative of Hamas in Iran, told reporters on Sunday, "The BBC journalist will be released within the next hours, today." Johnston, the only Western correspondent based full-time in Gaza, was seized on March 12. His abductors, a little-known group called the Army of Islam, issued a video of him on June 1 in which he said he was in good health and being treated well. A Hamas official in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said: "We can confirm that there are intensive efforts to end the crisis of the abduction of Alan Johnston. There are encouraging indicators that he will be released in the near future. But we cannot determine this in terms of hours." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamas said on Friday it was in an advanced stage of negotiations over the release of the British reporter, and Al Mo'ti indicated the talks were still going on. He did not specify how he knew that Johnston would be freed. A BBC spokesman in London declined to comment.

Things are developing rapidly Abbas outlaws Hamas Agencies Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday outlawed the Islamic militant Hamas movement, his office said. A formal announcement was to be released shortly, said aides in Abbas' office. Abbas also swore in an emergency Cabinet, to replace the Hamas-Fatah coalition he dismantled after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip by force. The Cabinet is led by respected economist Salam Fayyad, who will also serve as finance minister. Earlier, Abbas had issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday. They said the decrees, issued late on Saturday, would allow Abbas, who heads the secular Fatah, to keep a planned cabinet in place without parliamentary approval. The new 13-member cabinet was to be sworn in at 1 p.m. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamas ousted Fatah from the Gaza Strip last week, prompting Abbas to dissolve the factions' coalition government and declare a state of emergency. Hamas had rejected the moves as a "coup". Under Palestinians law, the state of emergency is not to exceed 30 days, but it could be extended for another period of 30 days after winning the approval of two thirds of the parliament. Hamas holds a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council though Israeli arrests of its deputies makes it difficult to reach a quorum and hold decision-making sessions. That could enable Abbas to keep the state of emergency in place longer. Some Fatah officials and US diplomats have argued that Abbas could rule by decree for six months to a year ahead of new elections. gulfnews.com

Searing pain, followed by muffled obscenities, left me lying in a heap on the floor, the alarm clock still beeping impatiently. Thats what happens when one tries to be too clever. I'm niether A nor B. I just want a siesta for 3 hours a day :cool:

I know

As you were,,,,

waxaan qabto maantaa iska yar lool

^^Your rubbing it in saxib. 3 months that could be extended??? 'Somalia hala i geeyo, hawadeeda ayaan ku caafimaadaaye' LoooL, a famous sayings amongst the older generation alaahay nafta ha-udeereeye. But is it a psychological thing?

^^You are welcome to visit this giant of a construction site. Just dont ask me about my arabic. The next person who does will be snapped at! The 90s was alot more than just TV. My first car i bought for 250 pounds LoL - a Maetro Metro.

Right now I am listening to BBC Somali live (2:00PM Somali local time) and Warancade (the owner of a white spear) is saying that they were told (waxa naloo sheegay) by Ethio authorities that flights will cease . Where does it elaborate on who did the 'ceasing'? What was that you said about scoring cheap points?

LoL at neutral stance. Infantile rhetoric is reserved for a few erm well erm ******. *fill in the blanks* [ June 18, 2007, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

Palestine descends into abyss By Osama Al Sharif, Special to Gulf News Parts of the jigsaw puzzle are falling into place and a dangerous game is about to start - one whose outcome not even the United States and Israel can control. What happened in Gaza last week was a political earthquake, which left all those who had helped, directly or indirectly, stoke the fires that led to a bloody Fatah-Hamas confrontation stunned and outmanoeuvred. It is not Hamastan yet, but odds are that Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's reaction to the routing of his forces in Gaza at the hands of Hamas militants will not reverse the fact that the strip, which is home to more than 1.4 million Palestinians, is no longer under his control. By declaring a state of emergency and firing Prime Minister Esmail Haniya, Abbas, with US prodding, may have driven himself and his PNA into a blind alley. But if anyone is surprised, concerned or shocked by the results of last week's events in Gaza, it should not be Abbas, the Israelis or the Americans. For months, ever since Hamas contested and won the legislative elections in January of last year, the three, later joined by most Arab countries and the Europeans, have been colluding to undermine the new government. When international sanctions bit hard throughout the embattled Palestinian society, Abbas and Hamas relented and signed on to a Saudi- backed initiative in Makkah. They agreed to form a national unity government headed by Haniya. Economic siege By that time a state of lawlessness had prevailed in Gaza and most of the West Bank. The Makkah accord did not bring the two sides closer nor did it help end the economic siege. The US continued to boycott Hamas ministers while Israel refused to ease its blockade and denied Abbas any political gains. Fatah backed militias in Gaza, loyal to Mohammad Dahlan, continued to beef up their forces, receiving military hardware and personnel through Egypt. Bloody fights on the eve of Al Naqba, the 1948 war, between Hamas and Fatah, left dozens dead and tens injured. The build-up to last week's battles had begun. With the failure to bring the security agencies, all answering to Abbas and his henchmen, under government's command, the stage was ready for a final showdown. What Abbas and his US allies had miscalculated was that Hamas, while battered by recent Israeli strikes against its positions and personnel, was not fatally injured. When Dahlan's forces made their move, Hamas fought back hard and overran Abbas loyalists. It was all over within three days. The question now is how to deal with the new reality in Gaza. Arab reaction, represented by the Arab League foreign ministers' emergency meeting, is mostly rhetorical. It is up to Abbas and Hamas top man Khalid Mesha'al, who is in exile in Damascus, to reach a compromise. But that requires courage and most of all freedom of decision away from external pressure. It is unlikely that both men will able to set aside brinkmanship and rise up to the challenge that now faces the Palestinian people. The polarisation of the Palestinians has been compounded by Israeli occupation, short-sighted US policy, foreign intervention and even infiltration. As Gaza events unfolded, a confidential report by UN special to the Middle East envoy Alvaro de Soto charged that US pressure had "pummelled into submission" the UN's role as an impartial negotiator, that it had made the Middle East peace process subservient to wider policies on Iraq and Iran, and that the US had got the other members of the Quartet negotiating team - the EU, Russia and the UN - to impose sanctions on the government formed after painful negotiations between Fatah and Hamas. The sanctions did not encourage the unity government to function properly. They killed it off, he said in his 52-page end of mission report published by the Guardian. Since the outbreak of the second Intifada, Israel has been pushing towards, and benefiting from, Palestinian fragmentation. On the ground it has been implementing a sinister plan to partition the West Bank and isolate its cities and towns. Meanwhile, it has escalated its campaign to sabotage PNA institutions and hunt down over one third of Palestinian legislators, mostly from Hamas. State of division In reality Abbas has lost control and may soon find himself unable to sway his own Fatah loyalists. For Hamas extending its influence over the West Bank is a remote possibility. The coming weeks will deepen the state of division among the Palestinians while the US and Israel ponder the consequences of the latest developments. The spectre of a Hamas victory in Gaza is a roadmap for disaster to the national Palestinian cause of liberation. The outcome may be something similar to the rise of Islamic courts in Somalia two years ago. A Palestinian Islamist enclave will not be tolerated by either Egypt or Israel and both will be tempted, with US prompting, to take drastic action to undermine it. Furthermore, the loss of Gaza to the Islamists will be a deep blow to Palestinian unity, both at home and in the diaspora. The fragmentation of the Palestinians could be the penultimate step in a fiendish plan to grab what remains of their land while breaking the people into many tribes and clans. The current slide into soft civil war in Gaza is a bellwether of things to come as much as the infiltration of refugee camps in Lebanon by rogue movements points to vague attempts to readdress the status of Palestinians in that country. A possible way out of the current fix is for Hamas to agree to early elections and for Fatah to put its house in order and help fight the state of lawlessness that has spread across Palestinian territories. At another level Abbas should seriously consider disbanding the PNA and declaring all of the West Bank as occupied lands thus forcing Israel to face its responsibilities as occupier. Osama Al Sharif is a Jordanian journalist based in Amman. gulfnews.com

QL, be careful man. Paragon, your having abit of a long break ninyow. I'm jelous!

Question is, was this call forced on them (by EU/US) due to the reconciliation conference not taking place?

Ah, somaliweyne.com I also happen to know so and so who works at such a place and is in with the authorities who also has a cousin in Mongolia who says SOL is for Chinese people and I dont believe him one bit! I sense 'lets have a pop at anything SL' in your posts. No back-up required. Hows that for being articulate?

^^Ooo adiguna ma carabiyad ayaad aheed? 1990s TV Naden, Homicide Life on the Street was a great show - cant believe it was in the 90s. I used to get home from my supermarket shift to watch this. Others Nas's Illmatic - classic Nike Air Maxs Addidas Torsions LA Gear Patrick Ewings Golf GTi Mark 3s