It may be over. Hamas gaining full control of Gaza! Hamas captures Fatah security HQ Hamas militants have seized the headquarters of their rival Fatah's Preventive Security force, tightening their control over the Gaza Strip. Witnesses said Hamas had raised its flags over the compound in Gaza City, amid reports 14 Palestinians, mostly Fatah security workers, were killed. Gun battles continued elsewhere in Gaza with Hamas targeting Fatah's security and political command centres. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was holding crisis talks with key aides. Mr Abbas was expected to make a statement later on Thursday. Sources close to Mr Abbas told the BBC he is deciding whether to dismantle the Palestinian cabinet, thereby ending the three-month-old unity government that was meant to stop the violence. Gun battles Hamas is reported to now control almost the entire Gaza Strip, following five days of intense factional fighting in which at least 80 people have been killed. Hamas militants are targeting Fatah's security and political command centres, following a series of battles on Wednesday in which Hamas made important gains in the north and south. Fatah denied the Preventative Security force headquarters had fallen, but witnesses said the green flags of Hamas were now flying from the building. Hamas later demanded that Fatah abandon another key security post, the National Security complex in Gaza City, which came under a barrage of mortar shells overnight. In other parts of the Gaza Strip, Fatah forces blew up key positions rather than surrender them, according to AP news agency. Earlier, Hamas issued an ultimatum to Fatah militants in Gaza to lay down their weapons by 1600 GMT on Friday or risk having them taken from them. Truce conditions Thursday's fighting came despite a call from Mr Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, of Hamas, for all sides to halt the fighting. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Ramallah says that after an aggressive military campaign Hamas feels it has now gained enough ground to call the political shots. The Islamist movement has laid a series of demands on the table which it says Fatah has to agree to if there is to be peace and if the two parties are to continue to govern together. The conditions include appointing an interior minister responsible for all Palestinian security forces and shared control of Gaza's boundaries and borders. Mr Abbas is considering these proposals, but it is difficult to see how he or his party are in any position to argue with Hamas, our correspondent says. Analysts say that if the fighting is not checked, Palestinians could be split into a Fatah-dominated West Bank and Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The international community has called for a ceasefire, and Arab League head Amr Moussa said the fighting was destroying the Palestinian cause. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6751079.stm

Hamas tightens control on Gaza Fighting has resumed in the Gaza Strip, with Hamas fighters battling forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah. Residents said Hamas appeared to be in control of many areas of the territory on Thursday and were surrounding Fatah forces in two of their bases in northern Gaza City. Meanwhile, a Fatah official said Abbas would issue a statement on the future of the unity government between Hamas and Fatah later on Thursday, after crisis talks with representatives from Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). More than 80 people have been killed since Saturday in the worst factional violence since Hamas won a parliamentary election last year. In the centre of the Gaza City on Thursday, Hamas fighters fired mortars at a Fatah compound after the expiry of a deadline to surrender, which had earlier been broadcast on a Hamas radio station. Hamas's trademark green flags were later observed fluttering from the rooftop of the heavily fortified Preventive Security headquarters. Fatah has denied that the compound has been taken but there are reports that many of those defending the headquarters surrendered after Hamas radio announced guarantees of "safe passage home". Nour Odeh, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said there were witness reports of Hamas celebratory gunfire at the headquarters. "A number of Hamas leaders have been detained by the Preventative Security forces in previous years and this had compounded Hamas fighters' hatred toward those forces," she said. "This means that Hamas has taken over the first headquarters of the Palestinian Authority security [but] there are at least two compounds – including the presidential compound – that remain in the hands of the Palestinian Authority." Security control Hospital officials said a Hamas fighter died in his car in the early hours of Thursday morning when it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade at Rafah, in the south of the crowded territory. Abbas spoke to Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian prime minister and Hamas' main leader in Gaza, by telephone late on Wednesday. Hamas officials said Haniyeh wants full control of Palestinian security forces under the terms of an agreement forged in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in March. The Mecca agreement led to Haniyeh bringing members of Fatah into a unity cabinet. Abbas, officials said, has insisted that Hamas must stop fighting before he will negotiate. Fatah said on Tuesday that it may abandon the unity government, which could let Abbas rule by decree, despite his limited authority in Gaza. Analysts say a Fatah break with Hamas could divide the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the two territories Palestinians want for their state. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

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^^You said it not me Doesnt want to get into trouble

Hamas 'tightening grip' on Gaza Heavy fighting is continuing between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Gaza, with reports Hamas now controls almost the whole Gaza Strip. It comes despite the two sides saying they had agreed to a truce to end days of fighting which has killed 80 people. But Hamas's military wing says it has so far received no orders to put down its guns. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, is to make a statement on the future of the unity government. Sources close to Mr Abbas told the BBC he is deciding whether to change the Palestinian cabinet or dismiss it altogether, thereby ending the three-month-old unity government that was meant to stop the violence. Gun battles Hamas militants are now targeting Fatah's security and political command centres in Gaza City, following a series of battles on Wednesday in which Hamas made important gains in the north and south. Hamas has reportedly taken control of the headquarters of the Fatah-linked Preventive Security force. Another key security headquarters, the National Security building, also came under a barrage of mortar shells overnight. In other parts of the Gaza Strip, Fatah forces blew up key positions rather than surrender them, according to AP news agency. Hamas has issued an ultimatum to Fatah militants in Gaza to lay down their weapons by 1600 GMT on Friday or risk having them taken from them. Truce conditions At least 17 people were reported killed in fighting on Wednesday, with 80 reported to have died since Saturday. Mr Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, of Hamas, issued a statement on Wednesday, calling on all sides to halt the fighting. A senior Fatah official told the BBC that it had agreed to a list of conditions from Hamas for a truce, including appointing an interior minister responsible for all Palestinian security forces, and shared control of Gaza's boundaries and borders. Fatah said it had accepted the conditions in principle, but that more dialogue between the two sides was needed. A truce agreed on Monday was quickly broken and fighting escalated across northern Gaza. Fatah and Hamas agreed a unity government in March to bring an end to factional strife and Western sanctions, but it has not stopped the rivalry. Analysts say that if the fighting is not checked, Palestinians could be split into a Fatah-controlled West Bank and Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The international community has called for a ceasefire, and Arab League head Amr Moussa said the fighting was destroying the Palestinian cause. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6751079.stm

^^Whats that then?

^^I see another courst case looming Arn't we all busy today after yesterday's shananigans? Or is it case of waking up after lunch?

^^Whats that then?

:rolleyes: Chubaka and Sulekha - Iranian Clerics = Shiicah Clerics = Invent your own religious doctrine and should not even be considered. You see them (Iranian) driving around Dubai with plaster on their nose dropping their kids off at school. Its absolutely normal for them. They the friendliest of people though,,,,

Three Sunni mosques burned in Iraq Agencies Baghdad: Three Sunni Muslim mosques were attacked and burned south of Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police said, in apparent reprisal attacks after suspected Al Qaida militants blew up the minarets of a revered Shi'ite shrine at Samarra. Tens of thousands of Iraqi and US soldiers were on the streets of Baghdad and other cities enforcing curfews imposed after Wednesday's bombing at Samarra's Al Askari mosque toppled its two golden minarets. An attack on the same mosque in February 2006 unleashed waves of sectarian violence in which tens of thousands of people were killed, tipping Iraq close to all-out civil war between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs. The latest Samarra attack, condemned by US President George W. Bush and other world leaders, immediately raised fears of similar retaliatory violence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Police said unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked the al-Mustafa and Huteen mosques in the town of Iskandariya, where the Sunni Grand Mosque was destroyed on Wednesday. The al-Bashir mosque in nearby Mahaweel was also attacked. The streets of Baghdad rang with gunfire overnight as gunmen attempted to attack a major Sunni mosque in the centre of the city, residents said. The mosque attacks south of Baghdad happened a day before US commanders have said all American troop reinforcements would be in place as part of a security crackdown in the capital involving 28,000 extra US soldiers. The crackdown is aimed at securing the capital so Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki's government can reach political targets set by Washington aimed at promoting national reconciliation. gulfnews.com

Meesha Lunaan iyo Philastiin waxbaa ka so socda. Yahuuduna want to fix their failings of last summer. They are eager and need the right excuses. Watch this space,,,

Passions run high as region's hotspots ignite Gulf News Report Dubai: The Middle East was literally on fire yesterday as a senior Lebanese MP was killed in a car bomb that also claimed nine other lives in Beirut, hours after saboteurs destroyed two minarets of a holy Shiite shrine in Iraq, site of a 2006 bombing that shattered its golden dome and unleashed a wave of sectarian violence. In Gaza, the power struggle intensified between rival movements Hamas and Fatah. At least 22 people were killed yesterday. The chaotic scene is likely to inflame religious and political tensions in the region. Analysts also warned the Arab world was descending into a "systematic collapse." In Lebanon, an explosion, apparently from a bomb-rigged car, rocked Beirut's seafront, killing prominent lawmaker Walid Eido, his son and eight others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He was a senior aid to former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was also killed in a car blast in 2005. Eido, a former Sunni judge, is the seventh politician to be killed since Hariri. Eido's murder would further fuel tensions between the government and the opposition led by Hezbollah. The blast was the latest in a series to hit Lebanon in the last three weeks as Lebanese troops battled militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al Bared. Following the killings, Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Sa'ad Hariri blamed Syria for Eido's murder and called for the Arab League to "boycott the terrorist regime" targeting his country. Hours earlier, a group said to belong to Al Qaida in Iraq blew up two minarets of Samarra's Al Askari shrine. The assault stirred fears of a new explosion of sectarian bloodshed. To try to ward off an upsurge in Iraq's unending cycle of violence, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki swiftly imposed an indefinite curfew on traffic and large gatherings in Baghdad. Before the curfew took hold, arsonists set fire to a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, and another Shiite shrine was blown apart north of the capital. The Interior Ministry said members of "a terrorist group" had been arrested and were being interrogated. Mousa convenes meeting The White House promised an all-out effort to prevent the attack from sparking a surge in violence. "What we're hoping is that there won't be a new wave" of clashes, said spokesman Tony Snow, who blamed Al Qaida for the attack. In Gaza, Hamas fighters and forces loyal to Fatah movement battled for control of the strip in an escalating Palestinian supremacy struggle described by Gazans as a civil war. At least 22 people were killed yesterday, raising the death toll since the current surge of bloodshed began to 70, hospital officials said. "This cycle of violence threatens the future of the entire region," Dr Abdul Khaliq Abdullah, a UAE professor of politial science told Gulf News last night. Mainly extremist parties and religious terrorists are "trying to undermine stability and prevailing regimes," he added. Late last night, Al Jazeera TV quoted officials as saying that Arab League chief Amr Mousa had convened an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss the worsening violence in the region. gulfnews.com

Waxan filaya some good old fadhi-ku-dirir in Hargaisa in July IA

Grant, welcome to SOL. I think you have found the right place to share your experiences of a time most of us (if not all of us) did not experience. Do please indulge us with whatever you can of your experiences if and when time permits. Originally posted by Libaax-Sankataabte: Please find the pictures and post them here. You are sitting on gold here. I can see you rubbing your hands gleefully ya LST Dabshid: He told a story of how people couldnt believe and got upset with you guys after you showed a flim on the Apollo Moon Landing. LooooL

He and his friends need to realise that holding Somalia/Somalis to ransom under a so called peace conference with pre-conditions will produce more animosity and mistrust. Their imported Ethiopian muscles will deflate soon.

^^I think he is talking about his friend Bashir Yusuf. Do you know him?

Dollars! All figures are in dollars so deduct 50% and the figures wont seem so high.

Edit Xan, I know it in Burco the late Indo Dheere (Allah yarxamu) built it.

I got it off google earth whilst i was looking for Jaamac Qabar. I couldnt find it

La, la , la. Ana ac'raf lugal carabiya akhi. Laakin anta ma talakalam luuqal Somaal Xan did you see this mosque?

Val, its mostly odeyaal having a good old laugh followed by the serious stuff when the sheikh sees fit. What is the infatuation with GOLD?????? I'm sure this is not part of the daqan laakin its like a big deal now. So what gives?

NG Looks like you consulted a higher authority Lets just say I know a few more places of 'interest' than 3 years ago

LooooL, Thats an easy one. Must have been made easier for the young lad. Laakin he redeemed himself,,,,, You would see me standing near the exits for a quick getaway if the lady with the stick approches,,,,

Those who make mistakes are required to entertain the audience with song, dance, poetry, jokes or a riddle. Ngonge, i think you got picked and messed up big time embarrassing all your 'boys' hence why you hate the xeero. Maybe you should have just picked a girl to dance with instead of trying to sing a Hasan Adan Samater number

Well, people are different and all see things slightly differently. A man who marries later on in life will have his own reasons. With the brits its easier for them to co-habit now as their rights are pretty much the same as a married couple's. Why marry and waist all that money just for a certificate and church bells?