Never met the guy.

^^purely for amusement

Time for dhikr and music BY BASHIR GOTH 1 January 2007 Phew! Good riddance! The nightmare is over. Yes, I mean the Union of Islamic Courts, UIC. They had their day under the sun and they blew it. They had the support of all Somali people when they stormed to power, routed the notorious warlords, restored peace in Mogadishu, opened the airports and seaports, started addressing looted property issues and began looking like a wise authority. But instead of capitalising on the people’s genuine support and willingness to give in and give up everything, they had become power lusty, belligerent and fatwa-crazy. Instead of building bridges with the community, improving services, opening hospitals, winning the trust of international organisations and NGO’s to help them with projects to generate employment, they burned all bridges. They alienated the youth by banning all types of entertainment, segregated women and deprived tens of thousands of families from their only livelihood by banning Khat without bringing an alternative source of income. They even embittered traditional Islamic scholars with their self-righteousness and condescending attitude to mainstream Islam. Not only did they become more warlords than the ones they had defeated, but they emblazoned their belligerency with Islam and brandished the spirit of Jihad, thus projecting themselves in the model of Taliban and regurgitating the tired jihadist rhetoric of Al Qaeda. They mistook their easy ride to power for being an unstoppable revolution and started stirring instability in the peaceful Republic of Somaliland by branding the leadership of that democratic country as an infidel and threatening to bring Somaliland under their cloak. Just like they introduced a strange school of Islam to Somalia, they had also imported the scary phenomenon of suicide bombers in an attempt to assassinate the leadership of the Transitional Federal Government, TFG, in Baidoa. They stonewalled the peace talks counting on the support of unsuspecting Arabs and they sent their die-hard agents to Puntland to wreck havoc to that peaceful and self-ruling state. In a gross miscalculation of their military power and world geopolitics, the Islamists have used hostile language against neighbouring countries, the United States and the Judeo Christian world. By reviving the Somali irredentist policies of reunifying all Somali people in the Horn of Africa and creating greater Somalia, they reminded Ethiopia and Kenya of the era of wars and instability they had with the successive Somali governments over their claim for the Somali regions in their respective countries. But as is often the case with all self-aggrandising megalomaniacs, they fizzled into thin air when the hour of truth has arrived and all their bravado had ended into a farcical denouement. While they threw the young children they recruited in the name of Jihad into the fray, the Islamist leadership took flight liked scared chickens. None of them was reported to have died heroically fighting at the front. They just burst like a bubble. Even their prolific web site qaadisiya.com fell silent, failing to sign off the last chapter of their fantasy medieval caliphate. Now, it is time for the people of Mogadishu to reclaim their freedoms and their true religion. Time to read the Quran with piety and not with politics; time to perform Dhikr in the Sufi Qadiriya style; time to dance in weddings and listen to the music of our late melody queen Magool, which the Islamists wanted to burn. It is time to let our women come out to the sunshine and swim with their children in the lido beach; time to shave the beards, watch cinemas and let our youth revel, sing, dance and ring in the New Year with Mohammed Suleiman’s eternal lyrics “… kii noo hagaagee, noqo loo hanweynyahay.” (…Be a year that brings us good fortune and high expectations.” Amen. Al Khaleej Times

The silence from the pro TFG camp is almost deafening!

Somalis in Dubai resent US strikes, Ethiopian meddling By Riyasbabu 13 January 2007 DUBAI — Somali expatriates living in Dubai are a worried lot in the wake of US intervention and advance of Ethiopian-backed troops in their country. The residents of ‘Somali Gully’, a street in Deira mostly inhabited by people of Somalian origin, are worried about the safety of their near and dear ones. The coffee shops and restaurants in the street have turned into discussion forums where Somalis are openly expressing their apprehensions about the developing situation in their country. Most of them here believe that the US airstrikes and actions of Ethiopian-backed troops would result in more instability in the country. “In the past six months we had peace in our country after the Islamic courts took over. “It is clear now the Ethiopian-backed attack was a US plan. The new developments would only result in more bloodshed and instability in Somalia,” said Ahmed Hassan, a resident of Somali Gully. “We are suffering since 1991. We do not want warlords to return to power. All these developments would lead to a civil war,” he lamented. Hassan Mohammed echoed the same sentiments and said: “I am worried about my relatives who live in Sinai on the outskirts of Mogadishu. I could not talk to them after the American attack.” “I had visited Somalia three months back and everything was better. There was not much violence and people were happy,” he added. Abdul Kareem, who has been living in ‘Somali Gully’ for the past 10 years, said: “We are all worried about the situation. We all watch television together to know what is happening. I am optimistic that all these problems would be solved one day.” here

I finished within the first 1000 (just), eat humble pie Castro! The after effects are not as bad as i thought. Burco University account No: D2789 - Dahabshiil The guy just got back from Hajj so no blame on him for providing info late.

Originally posted by Castro: ^ Only if you can scream Zenawi's name while hopping on one leg on top of the moving tank. So be it. How much would i need to pay at the road blocks? or do i get a discount

Originally posted by Castro: quote:Originally posted by Al Burcaawi: I want to go to Xamar IA (never been). When will it be safe to do so ya Duke? When you renounce your secessionist tendencies and join the TFG. Do i get to roll in in a tank?

I want to go to Xamar IA (never been). When will it be safe to do so ya Duke?

^^I think Baydabo may be decent team these days, ala Chelsea

^^ouch

Where?

Few and far between

^^Reer Kismayo waa lasheegay iney kubada ciyaarikaraan. Laakinse reer Burco wax umagaysan karaan

Rocko, what was you doing in the outback man?

Notice there is hardly anyone there? Yet they tell us the TFG has the support of all Somalis! We will compare this week's protest (Sat) in London to this one IA. That should give us an idea of the TFG's 'suuport'

Sorry for not being 'politically correct' in my notion ya tako man.

RS, See you there IA

Let me address her 'concerns' So the governments support base is from one clan My hunch but the majority are against the govnt. you've said before that those who support the government are 'gaalo rac'. Those who supported the Ethio (gaalo) invasion and killing of Muslims yes. Now what should us god fearing somalis do with those people from said clan I would rephrase the q a little. What should we do with the people who supported the Ethio invasion (whatever clan they are)? As you wish, i choose to lable them as gaal raacs obviously a gaal and his protector are one and the same hmmm, thought provoker!

^When are you heading there saxib?

^^your words Lets just say i know how London works

^^Which post was that?

^^Please make sense

^^Can you play?

So this is what it takes to bring Viking back to the sports section?