BOB, awoowe neKya first ak bidna I don't know. Aw oos cosdaa InshaAllah. Na'igaa uk os cawaaya when I get my ducks in a row. Disa lake xash xash baba. Awoowe laawa neewaaday no more libcaan rubis. Ni'ta qashin macal ee u xuubaan. Yi'agaa raashka aak xeejayaa. Rashaf aa ak madhaatay. Jabaq SOL goojta ni'tee neegaa. C'mon BOB. It should be noted that Majengo is no Sarengetti -- you won't risk lion attack goin fron duqush to duqush through kamiinada jaciinka Kulbiyoow or Badhaadhe or even Laheloow maybe but BOB ahem perhaps mistakes curi for lion Haha easy there. Tell us something about your travels in the mother land. Angola, Moz, Zimbabwe how is it going down there. After the trip a post, if you could, about it would be much appreciated.

^Maa shaa Allah. You are one hekuva realist -- rare quality in Xaawaley world. AbuSalman et al awoowayaal doc-ka-yeer baa nagu rafanaya haatan ee InshaAllah mar kalaanu falaqayn doonaa shidada Somalia ku habsatay.

Stoic according to pundits who know lil bit about the personalities involved (we're just repeating what they spoonfed us) are of the opinion that Clintons took the title of Dem leadership for granted and have a sense of entitlement of WH occupancy. Halkaa weeye halka shidadu uga timid. Truth to be told this lady is hekuva tough lady and her husband is an extremely talented man. My man Obama will go down in history as the man, against all odds being black, new kid in the block and all, who defeated the popular Clintons with universal name recognition. Not bad at all.

Awoowe in minAllah faraj kheyr qaba ka furo, oo cadli iyo nabad waarta la helo ducada aamiin dheh.

Informative, instructive piece! I printed it yesterday and read it last night. What a comprehensive and in depth analysis this piece turned out to be. Many thanks for posting it.

"Negotiating the terms of Hillary's surrender" is what it came down to. PS: Charles, George Will, late William Buckley Jr....conservatives have number of intellectual and eloquent heavy hitters and I mean big time heavy hitters.

Looking good. We're getting there awoowe. In nabada laga maarmi karo, Magane yaa sheegay! Awoowe nuxurku sheekadu waa kaa.

Yes it is about race. In America, the color of your skin matters. As unfortunate as that may seem to you, it is a reality. Baba don't be naive. This world is a rough place. This man wants to change that. He is asking Americans to consult their consciousness and cast their votes on the basis of merit. Ironically he is saying don't deny me your vote because I'm black! Pretty telling, is it not, when 60 year old Harvard garduate, and illetrate Apalacian red neck agree that they cannot trust someone to lead America not because he lacks experience or for that matter administrative capacity but because he is balck??

Adduunyoow xaalkaa ba'a. Abu Geeljire doesn't know what the all the fuss about my man Obama is about!! Where do you live buddy. Please do tell if you would. By any chance, are you aware of the fact that there are invisible and artificial barriers that impeded blacks and other minority groups from advancing to senior leadership positions? This intelligent and talented man intends to break that glass ceiling so one day my lil boy will be able to say "yes blacks can" rule and administer an entriprise as big as the US is. Chew that pal.

You are wrong baba. The rape analogy doesn’t fit. Nevertheless, yours are fair questions. Unlike forum’s doc-ka-yeers, my man SC is reading between the lines. Now we are getting into the crux of the matter. Doc-ka-yeers of the site need to sit back and learn how arguments are constructed. Here we go. You would be surprised how simple the debate, if this is one, could get when the premise and the conclusion it leads to are objectively examined. The premise in this case is that one of the reasons (out of many) -- pay attention to the details you moron doc-ka-yeers -- Tigre battalions are in Somalia is because one of the factions in the ongoing Somali contest asked for their help. Dabo dhilif, Gaalo raac, call them names; that's fine with me. The said faction asked outside help A) because it is weak (no grass root support, etc) B) it faced certain elimination. Now, are we on the same page? Pick the holes and point them out. We will put them under the microscope (Baashi Waa Siday Tahay hammer is swinging!) for more dissection, alright. No ad hominem crab please. Moving on... Because the contest for resource, power, and what have you is not settled one way or another, the fight is primarily between Somalis -- Muslim Somalis. Tigre involvement is a secondary variable. Their, the Tigre that is, support had been solicited by Muslim Somalis seeking to prevail in Somali conflict, after all. Ethiopia is a rival and historical foe. One fourth of its domain is inhabited by untamed and ethnic Muslim Somalis. Somalia that once existed claimed in the past, and in some circles still claim the ownership of that territory. The feud on that real estate has yet to be settled. Today Somalia is a textbook failed state. Its people are mired in tragic and costly civil war. It is okay to side one side but still I hope you would agree folks fighting are from the same family. One would expect from Ethiopia, or any rival secular state, to advance its national interest at the expense of its rival foe now wounded and limping. That’s no surprise to the informed and realists among us. The fact that Somalis failed to resolve their differences in a civilized manner is a failure of leadership -- Somali shortcomings through and through. Disintegration, wars, famine, piracy, secession, regionalism are all direct consequences from that singular failure. However you slice and dice it, the fact remain the same; problem lay squarely at the Somali door. The tragedy is partly self-inflicted one is a reasonable conclusion given the evidence I listed, baba. The conclusion doesn’t lead to infer that killing, looting, raping, and what not committed is justifiable in any way or form. The heinous crimes that conflicts bring are not justifiable. It would be logical fallacy to say so.

Jim, it is about $150/1 gigabit.

Good old days are gone buddy. Welcome to the brave new world where men are judged by their trivial gestures like box of chocolate or branch of flower. Hoheey dumarku, waa had iyo laayaan raggu ka hari waayee! Hoheey dumarku, waa adoo haraadan biyo kuu hiraayee! Waa kuwa halyeey ruma, n a c a s ka hormariyee! M.N.Greek said so.

I do, and wholeheartedly at that, ya Northern. The editorial is inline with what I have been saying all along. MMA, you don't make sense buddy. You are too naive and sometimes I question your IQ. No pun intended pal. I don't have any grievances against courts. Never crossed paths with any of them! They are news makers and as such subject for discussion, criticism, analysis and what have you. The thing is I just happened to root for their stated objectives. Post-conflict Somalia governed by Sharia law is their declared goal! Beautiful, I’m on board. There are many roads that lead you to Rome. Rome is the destination. Which road will take you there quickly and with less hardship is a question worth exploring. Taking on the world surely is a no-go road. Remember that. What I don't endorse is their tactics. Waryee nimanku maaha macsuumiin. They err and in the war case they made fatal tactical mistakes. Calling that on them shouldn't be equated well anything other than what it is. Don't get me wrong sxb -- and I hope you are good sport for this -- when I say you are naive or your reasoning apptitude is not serving you well on SOL board. How on the blue earth could you ask, with straight face, such a dumb question like the one you've posed up there!!!!! A) I don't have grievances against courts. B) I don't justify, never have, what Tigre merceneries are doing in Benadir and other hot spots. I said that umpteen times; it is a tragedy -- unjustifiable, inexcusable, and what not. Chew that and up your game a bit pal. Perhaps what you couldn't decipher, weighty construction that might demand some skill in dissection art, is what happened in Somalia is partly a self-inflicted dissaster, a one of monumental proportion exploited and compounded by interests groups be it regional powers or international actors. Mafhuum? No? Don't wanna repeat myself like a broken record but I guess it will suffice to say that the power play inside Somalia has a far reaching implication of which foreign inteference is one manifestation out of many. Enough lecturing! Camel boy, your nick reminded me a promise I made in politic section. I've been meaning to post a satirical writeup on Camel Complex. We’ll do in one of these days, Allah willing. You have asked good questions. Same goes with Northerner comments. The trouble with that is your crew won't be able to sit back and hold their breath. First off there is school of thought that values "what ifs" as analytical tool that could shed some light on the historical events under microscope. I have a book in my shelf on the subject. One thing you get out of such books is how important it is to consider all prespectives, players, strategies employed, and tactics adopted. In corporate world, particularly financial and engineering industry, it is called Lessons Learned. You would be surprised the amount of resourse allocated to such excersise. Not to mention its other variety -- reverse exercise -- Six Sigma. How could they have avoided a full scale war with Tigre is the question. Well I don't think they could have avoided Ethiopian interference altogether but they could have effectively pulled the pretext rug under them had they A) not make implicit war declaration (whuch they did) by saying that they would go all the way to Addis and B) by making deal with then divided house that TFG was. This reminds me one of Aesop fables -- Wolf and Lamb. The moral of that fable is that the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. I am very mindful of this tidbit buddy. Limiting themselves to Benadir and staying quiet (all the while making clear they are open for negotiation) would have exacerbated the division in the TFG house and made extremely difficult for Uncle Sam to get on the same page with Tigres. Still all is not lost. Today Asmara Group can play ball by forcing a wedge between IC and TFG. Agree, in principle, the negotiation path and demand a timetable for Tigre withdrawal after the fact.

Looking good then. He will survive. Dem civil war will go on for sure.

"Operation Chaos" under five star general Rush Limbough's command has done its damage. If he gets NC then Indiana's loss is tolerable. But if he loses both states my man Obama will go on bloody but unbowed. RL gets my nerve. Powerful hatemonger with millions of followers loyal and waiting his orders to march. Dang

Haha this Kelligii Muslim dude is really something. I just realized that he is using Jahilyah era when Cumar was a pagan long before he accepted Islam to infer that ignorance Omar suffered back then is comprable to Wide-Eyed's -- who were sporting a beard and Islamic garb and calling himself the head of Marka based clan court -- folly in murdering innocent Muslim Somalis!!!

Still student?

^Baba Indha-Cadde is no Cumar Bin Khatab and certainly he is no Arafat. He is the man behind the Dhoobleey massacre. Innocent blood was spilled in a bid to prolong the JV Alliance's hold of Kismayo Port. Junior partner Col. Barre Hiiraale and his allied clans from Galgaduud were campaigning against Morgan when Indha Cadde's militia torched the village, in military speaking, brilliant back end tactical move; cutting off all escape routes for defeated clan militia. An event recorded by journalists in both pictures and written words. Make no mistake you warlord lover, justice will be served and no matter how many prayers he performs dulmi committed against other innocent Muslims for the sole reason of promoting clan interest is an offence punishable by death unless victims waive the punishment. The irony is this character was a full member of court militia (not united back then). It is not like he is anew addition to the court network! He is a member of UIC doesn't wash it baba. You...huhmmmmm your high sounding cantrabaqash is touching my nerve wallahi. I mean what you know....What a lame whiner. War is what you wanted and war is what you exactly got from the other side. Spare the crocodile tears you warmonger! Don’t you worry about setting the record straight! We were all here watching that tragedy from a comfortable distance looking in all worried; for we knew macawis and flip-flop wearing them young boys were no match for standing national army with air force supported and supplemented by superior American military technology. You worthless screamer don’t get me started. Folks were dying for slightest injury a mere scraping! No plan B, no logistics, no medicine, no water, all lame ducks running around semi desert landscape exposed to the enemy and ready for the taking!!! Boqol aan u turi hayn kan beegsadaa ma geesaa!, I used to say. It was suicidal blunder pure and simple. Unnecessary, impatient, uninitiated...there are many descriptions one could assign what transpired back then. When they saved Benadir from certain destruction and vacated the city for the approaching enemy the rational was that they did so to not endanger the safety of the civilians. We all breathed a sigh of relieve! Considerate, Kind, We praised them for their farsighted understanding for we knew that the enemy and Somali factions who called for their assistance would not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants so long the fight is in the midst of heavily populated urban area like Benadir. Todays rational contradicts the rational used back then. Today the civilians’ blood is fair game. And all that blood is spilled in the name of Almighty Allah. No kidding! We all recall when you spectacularly stormed in a huff -- from the cushy sofa in front of the flat and widescreen LCD TV to your likes’ “command and control post” -- comp keyboard! where kelligii Muslims call for ‘Muslim on Muslim’ killing spree. You still keep puffing and huffing unwilling to stick your skinny neck out and put it on the line all the while you spare no effort to send others, unprepared and unequipped for combat, to their certain death. You ******** have the audacity to turn around and mourn them in the cyber jungle and vow for a revenge only to swing the fridge open for a nice and cold drink and watch playoffs. Dang! The other night I was watching the life of pack of lions on national Geography! Old and senile alpha male loses his totemic position in the clan when emerging alpha males contest for leadership position. Wounded and ousted, he started leading a solitary life only to fall pray for hyenas. Lost protection from his kind, he tries to fend off for himself. However every time he sets foot in his former territory, the alpha males would chase him off. The narrator explains that jungle maxim where survival for struggle supercedes any feelings for blood relatives compels lions to turn on each other. Although the hyenas do the final act that finished off the king, basically old lion’s downfall is caused by his own. Same is true in this Somali drama. The fight hasn’t started yesterday. The contest between Somalis is not about Islam. It is all about that spot on the top of totemic pole. Ethiopia is having a field day, no doubt. It will keep having a field day in the near future. This is a science. It is simple. Ethiopia has territory to defend and masses to rule. Its rival and historical foe in the region is going through tough times to say the least. The contesting factions come knocking Melez’s door uninvited looking for material and political support. Reason being the real fight is in Somalia and between Somalis. So the losing factions seek reinforcement elsewhere in order to stay active in the power paly. Put the screaming baby to rest and you have solved part of the problem. How? One faction has to win and win big. Decisive and complete win that is. Or short of that you gotta reconcile diverging interests contesting for supremacy. I don’t care how and under what terms. Anything else is continuation of unwinnable and tragic conflict. Awoowe waxa intaa u dhaxeeyaa waa nac naciyo hadal tiro. Wiilakan leh kaligay baa Muslim ah oo Soomaali asal ah hadaad i weydiiseen waa wiil kor inta u kaleetiyay shafka isagga kaadshay. Waxa ugu wacan cantrabaqashka waa jalaatada uu ka dhargey. Haduu garanayo waxa dagaal yahay iyo xanuunka uu leeyahay waxa uu oran lahaa war taloow colka jooja oo kaalya dirrinta aanu wada kalaamnee. Allow ma iri.

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Don't you miss the tastiest nugget in the dish. Of course, the Islamist leaders' mistakes were many. After securing Mogadishu, they ran around southern and central Somalia atop armored jeeps, ordering everyone including the country's UN-endorsed Transitional Federal Government to surrender or risk being overrun. To put it mildly, the Islamic Courts leadership lacked the universal vision of viewing the globe's geopolitical landscape outside the Somali context. Instead of focusing on restoring the dignity of Mogadishu, the Islamist leadership was hijacked by hardliners intent on overthrowing warlord-turned-President Abdullahi Yusuf and decapitating his transitional government before it ever set foot in the Somali capital. Well, Mr. Yusuf invited his Ethiopian army friends and the rest is history. Could the situation have taken a different route? Could the Islamist leadership show the governments of Ethiopia and the West that they were not, in fact, a part of an international agenda with questionable means and motives? Further, could the Islamic Courts have done a better job convincing the Somali public that they were not a bunch of power-hungry clerics? It was always an open secret that the Islamists kept among their top elite some of the most ruthless warlords ever known in Somalia. Ain't that the truth. Kudos to GO for being objective on such radioactive issue. Right on the money!

Good read. Two thumbs up.

Garaangar it is. Inner perimeter of a used tire or perimeter cutout of a barrel or even bicycle rim (the best) with an stick (any). If you are a pro you could drive it with a rope.

Akhas. Belo ku degtay.

I see no vid awoowe

Rick Schmitt's words matter not. Another fegamite-eating Aussie biz man, I assume, hoping to strike a fortune in a devastated conflict zone ill-equipped and unprepared to negotiate a fair deal for their assets. What matters is how Puntland admin and Somalis in that corner see themselves in relation to Somalia. Both see themselves as part and parcel of Somalia republic. They see themselves are recovering zone that will serve as one of the building blocks of future Somali state. Not bad. Not bad at all.