real one coming.

they r 17th largest economy in the world and growing fast.

This is from one of the POSTERS [The real global threat April 28th, 2009 Current Mood: *****y By now you have heard about the threat to global health that is in the news this week. It is the sort of threat that cross all international boundaries. It is the sort of pox on humanity that affects both pirates and non-pirates, Americans and Somalis. Obviously we have our differences with the United States, but right now it is important that we work together to contain this threat. We must join forces to prevent Creed from getting back together. We call on the United States to either jail the members of the band or give them to us. If you opt to give them to us, we promise not to torture them*, we'll just keep them away from musical instruments. On behalf of all Somali Pirates, I plead with the United States to help us stop this menace before it tours our planet and tears us all apart. * We may torture Scott Stapp. ] :D:D

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=somali%20riches%20underground&source=web&cd=14&ved=0CFQQFjADOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomalipirate.livejournal.com%2F&ei=u-8iUKqwNubB6AGmwIDoAw&usg=AFQjCNEJvwo0bjszZVmdffU08NJqDPeq2A

and the GOLD http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=somali%20riches%20underground&source=web&cd=55&ved=0CFQQFjAEODI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmining.einnews.com%2Fnews%2Fgold-mining%2Fsomalia&ei=uugiUOSXKIfv0gGzqYHgDA&usg=AFQjCNGTWhqzzQaDz0qcTYdoW3k0GSAdEA

wise men hardly come to power....

^^^ there should come the greatest effort to make use of marine life..we could be well off only by itself..no reason to be hungry.. http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/63651-Somali-pirates-reduce-illegal-tuna-haul(-6billion-a-year). BBC one minute world news. The coast of Somalia is rich source of tuna from August to November Piracy off Somalia's coast is a cause of falls in tuna catches in the Indian Ocean - one of the world's richest sources of the fish, experts say. The head of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Alejandro Anganuzzi, said catches fell by about 30% last year, seriously affecting the industry. The Seychelles economy has been badly hit as many foreign fishing fleets are based there. The reduced supply because of piracy has also driven up the price of tuna. Ship seizures The Indian Ocean tuna industry is said to be worth up to $6bn. Last year Somali pirates took 42 commercial ships with crews hostage, according to the International Maritime Bureau, including the biggest oil supertanker ever captured. A number of countries began naval patrols off East Africa and in the Gulf of Aden to try to combat the attacks. With the threat still present, fishing fleets have had to move further east from the Somali coast, Mr Anganuzzi told Reuters news agency. About 40% of Seychelles's foreign earnings come from tuna and related industries, the IOTC said. French and Spanish fleets based in Seychelles caught only 50% of their expected catch. The fleets usually catch nearly two-thirds of the year's haul off Somalia between August and November, he said. Seychelles is paid per tonne of fish landed for port facilities and reduced catches mean fewer calls to port. "The pirates' biggest impact, however, is reduced supply, driving prices up," the head of the Seychelles Fisheries Authority, Rondolph Payet, told Reuters.

My avatar tells you:D

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2111.html CIA fact book "uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves." add the agriculture belt of the Jubas and fishery of the sea.Somalia has the largest Tuna belt in the world($6-10 billion) a year.All scooped by foreign trawlers.Have the link...need to dig.

yup means a lot,imagine how ecstatic the youth are and how many will follow his footsteps.

^ disregard those people...this is for somali people as much as it's for Brits.

True,africans have worm infested head..they haven't developed beyond ape...see how all their life is centered on tribe,ethnic, imported religions and adamant about it....no room to maneuver,wasting soo much precious time.

barren land the cause of all evil...the somali agony will continue so long as there no resources.

Mo farah has sent message of hope to all immigrants. http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/mo-farah-has-sent-a-message-of-hope-to-all-migrants-8009509.html Never was our new-look nation more apparent than in those extraordinary scenes in the Olympic stadium. No casting agent could have better chosen three people to represent modern Britain: a mixed-race heptathlete with a British mother and Jamaican father; a ginger-haired long jumper from Milton Keynes, and a Somalian refugee. The significance of Mo Farah is hard to overstate. Somalians suffer many of the worst barbs against immigrants, despite having fought alongside Nelson in the battle of Trafalgar and being one of the older migrant communities. Frequently demonised as crooks and benefit scroungers in red-top newspapers, they have the lowest employment rate among foreign-born groups. Now here is a success story showing the real face of his community: a friendly, family man and devout Muslim whose fierce determination overcame huge hurdles on his long journey to the Olympic podium. Asked afterwards if he would rather run for Somalia, he gave a sharp put-down: “Look mate, this is my country.”

the life of Mo and Tania. London 2012 Olympics: How a love that went the distance took Mo Farah to the gold medal When Mo Farah triumphed in the 10,000 metres he raced over to embrace his wife at the side of the track. David Cohen and Simon Freeman tell how her sacrifice and support helped him to Olympic glory 'Best moment of my life': Mo Farah and his wife Tania after he won gold in the 10,000m race Share inShare Related Articles Mo Farah has sent a message of hope to all migrants Suggested Topics Olympics David Cohen and Simon Freeman 06 August 2012 As Mo Farah charged into the history books his wife Tania, heavily pregnant with twins, faced a battle of her own. She had defied doctors orders to watch her husband’s 10,000m race, but leaving her seat in the stands to get down to the track on Saturday, she found her way blocked by a security official who did not believe she was Farah’s wife. “Sorry but you don’t have accreditation, I must ask you to leave,” he said. But Tania, 28, was not letting anyone bar her way on the biggest night of her life. She stood her ground and caught the eye of a journalist who recognised her, and minutes later she was on the track being bear-hugged by her victorious husband as he wrapped her in a Union Jack and kissed her in front of an 80,000-strong crowd. Farah, 29, said: “Seeing her on the track was the best moment of my life.” It was a fitting tribute to the woman whose love and support has been his foundation as he has relocated to the Kenyan highlands and to Oregon to train with his coach at high-altitude, far away from the west London streets he calls home. But in fact, Tania’s remarkable journey to be at Mo’s side in the cauldron of the Olympic stadium began 16 years ago when they met at school. The story of their passionate love affair, and the crucial part their relationship has played in his success, can be told here for the first time through the eyes of those who know them best. Mo’s father-in-law, Rob Nell, 60, a travel agent, proudly recalls the day he asked for their daughter’s hand in marriage. “He called us round and said, ‘Can I have the family together?’ The whole family sat around and he asked our permission to marry our daughter. That’s the sort of respectful person he is. His face was brimming ear-to-ear with a big smile when we said, ‘Of course’. ” The pair met at Feltham Community College as teenagers after Mo became friendly with Tania’s older brother, Colin, who was as mad about football as he was. Mo was living with his aunt in Hounslow, having come to London at age eight from war-ravaged Somalia to be closer to his London-born father, Muktar, an IT consultant who was living here. Mo knew very little English, except for the phrase “c’mon then”, which earned him a black eye on his first day of school. Tania’s mother, Nadia Nell, 51, a retired secretary, recalled that the chemistry between them was evident from the start. “She was a couple of years below him at school, but I think he always liked her and they’d hang out a lot together. Later when Tania got into athletics as well, competing in the heptathlon for her school and her county, they got even closer. After school he went to St Mary’s College in Twickenham and Tania would visit him and they’d watch Prison Break together – they were obsessed with that show. "The two of them went their own way for a while and had other relationships, but they always kept in touch, even when Tania had Rihanna. Mo adored Rihanna from the start and was always there for her. When he and Tania became romantically involved, Tania’s life took off, but they kept it very private and we weren’t told about it for over a year.” Their wedding in April 2010 was a civil ceremony followed by a reception for 120 people at the four-star Richmond Hill Hotel. Mo asked his former PE teacher and mentor, Alan Watkinson to be his best man. Mr Watkinson, 48, said: “I suppose I had become Mo’s father figure. He didn’t talk about his actual father much and his father wasn’t at his wedding, and when he needed things like visas to travel to athletics meetings outside the UK, I arranged it for him The wedding was an incredibly joyous occasion.” But Tania would soon be asked to make life-changing personal sacrifices, moving from their house in Hampton Hill to a remote Kenyan village, and later to Portland, Oregon, as their lives were taken over by his gruelling 120-mile-a-week training at altitude routine. “It wasn’t easy for Tania, being away from parents and friends,” said Mr Watkinson. “I think it helped that she knew what she was marrying into. And because she had been an athlete herself, she could buy into his dream of being the best long-distance runner in the world.” But Mrs Nell disagreed. “I don’t think Tania expected it at all when she married Mo, but she learned quickly there were sacrifices to be made for his success. She seemed to adjust pretty quickly after the initial shock and always put Mo and his training first. “She’s given up her life to support him, no question. They have been based in Portland for over a year since Mo’s coach Alberto Salazar has his elite training group there. The idea was to move up a few gears after the disaster in Beijing when he didn’t even make the final. But because they are such a tight-knit family, they are coping well. Rihanna’s getting on well at school in America, and Tania’s made a lot of friends in Portland. They are one unit, and wherever he goes they go, but we miss terribly not having them nearby.” Incredibly, the Nells had to watch his gold-winning performance from their living room. Mrs Nell said: “I was trying online and couldn’t get through. It was going to cost £400 for the finals and that was too expensive for us. Mo only got issued two tickets and we didn’t want to hassle him for more, so we stayed home to watch it. I was screaming at the television and in tears at the end.” Mr Watkinson had bagged a seat in the lottery and was inside the stadium near the long jump pit. “I don’t think I have been more nervous in my life,” he said. “Seeing Mo run, it was the culmination of a story that started with the PE lesson of a raw and talented 11-year-old and which ended with a gold medal in the London Olympics. To have had a hand in convincing Mo to take up running and then watching him win gold at the Games is incredible. I was jumping like a kid and screaming “Go on Mo!” tears running down my cheeks.” So did Farah’s parents watch their son’s moment of glory? “To be honest,” said Mrs Nell, “we don’t know because although he talks to his mum in Somalia on the phone almost every day, and he really looks up to his father, he’s very private about them. We’ve never met his parents. He went back to Somalia a year ago to see his mum and he’s got an identical twin brother and other siblings who we don’t know.” Since the drama of the weekend, Tania has been ordered by her doctors to stay at home and rest. They are concerned, she told her parents, that all the excitement could bring on the twins, due in September, a few weeks early. That, of course, could be tricky, they acknowledge, as dad still has business to attend to: the men’s 5,000m first round is on Wednesday, the finals on Saturday. Farah is already the first Brit to win the 10,000m. Is it possible that he could blow the nation’s fuse and kick past the world-beating Kenyans and Ethiopians to win the 5,000m as well? http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=tania%20nell%20mo%20farah&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CAUQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Folympics%2Fathletics%2Flondon-2012-olympics-how-a-love-that-went-the-distance-took-mo-farah-to-the-gold-medal-8009426.html&ei=gPAhUMjIMsyz0QHrlIGQBw&usg=AFQjCNHGU_YIkCa9tYbdrZjaWi1kfp026g

was his somali descent an issue??.ofc he's somali and british.

puntland desperate for ssc votes:D Xagaltoosiye met somaliland in OOG today.....hahaaa get it now.

he's back,now peeping from window:D

BBC commentators reaction..

^^ Love to hear that.

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no one is hating...where did you read that?...he is great and that's why people talking about him.Don't derail the thread.

yes it did land...watch live here. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=did%20rover%20curiosity%20land%20on%20mars&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CBIQqQIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Finnovations%2Fpost%2Fmars-rover-curiosity-approaches-the-red-planet-live%2F2012%2F08%2F05%2Fc51c9068-dd8c-11e1-af1d-753c613ff6d8_blog.html&ei=7VsfUKKpL-fY0QHegoDgBg&usg=AFQjCNEpgRTboujjeddVZrKnhCwgFqpVaw