^^I think Lack of coverage is the problem, anything else is really asking them to take sides. Maybe we should bully NGong or Xiin or Bashii Or Odweyne to write one their lenghty posh dosh letters. Otherwise i could re draft mine if no one else wants to.

^^Yes but everyone has to change it a little and correct the english as well while you are at it! personalise it a bit is what i mean. Below is the response i got from the BBC last week: Dear ...... Thank you for your e-mail. I note that you consider that the BBC bias. With regards to our articles we have tried our best to explain how the current situation started and has since developed and given air-time to representatives from across the political spectrum. However equal representation is not always possible or practical within individual programmes and account also needs to be taken of the way a subject is covered over a period of time. Individual reports may give more time to one particular incident, but we regularly try to report the suffering felt. Not every television or radio piece can include all aspects of the conflict, but this does not constitute bias or negligence. Perfect balance is difficult to achieve on every single occasion but overall it is a more achievable goal. Please take time to write you comments regard the conflict on our website and express your opinion, you can also send your own articles via e-mail and we publish selections. Nevertheless, please be assured that I have included your comments in the daily audience log. This internal document is made available to the BBC News team and senior BBC management. Thank you for taking the time to contact BBC Information and express your opinions. Regards Anne Lavan BBC Information she sounds like a computer :rolleyes:

This is the edited version of what i sent to the BBC To whom it may concern Firstly I would like to thank you for the few articles I have seen on your website regarding the current conflict in Somalia. As you may be aware over past month, local officials and activists have estimated that nearly 1,500 people have died in fighting between the US.-backed Ethiopian-Somali government and Islamists in Mogadishu. Aid agencies have sounded the alarm over an exodus of 321,000 refugees from Mogadishu, and there have been appeals for calm from the United Nations and the Arab League, yet I have yet to see any of this covered by the BBC, as a regular reader of your website and someone who makes an effort to watch you news reports, I have not seen events of such magnitude totally ignored before. I would like to know why the massacres and the village clearances have been ignored or deemed not news worthy? Are some lifes more important than others? I understand that Mogadishu is currently too dangerous for most Western journalists and cameramen so that news normal comes through locals filing to international agencies, however it is still your responsibility as a news agent to report the images that have shocked our conscience (these images seem to be widely available on blogs / forums) of corpses on the street, shattered buildings, wounded babies, refugees under trees, hospital corridors full of blood and screams. The lack of media reporting and the exclusion of the conflict from the media agenda has allowed political actors to remain silent over the atrocities that is being committed. I could go on, but I hope the above gives you a flavour of what most moderate, middle class, educated people in Britain think and believe, not just as a Somali but as a British citizen. I would expect the BBC which is supposedly independent to use its best efforts to never intentional ignore events just because other news agents have not picked up on it, but rather to be on the forefront of those that are first to bring the necessary information. I recognise that no news organisation is infallible and genuine mistakes can happen and some small events can be over looked, but I am particularly concerned that despite the fighting intensifying and escalating in the last few weeks I still have not seen sufficient coverage, and the little you have is out dated and at times inaccurate. I would like to request that measures are taken to ensure there is sufficient information regarding the conflict and the suffering of the civilians in particular is highlighted fully. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience, preferably via email at Somaliprofessionals@yahoo.co.uk I think the Stats are wrong now and it needs polishing up big time ( i was just mad when i wrote that last week)They sent me a respons are well, and asked me to make comments on their website regarding the conflict, but i can't say i've seen much change.

Can i add When people e-mail, do not send one e-mail and put all the address in go, use the BCC, address to your e-mail address, it makes it look less like forwards, personal and demands a direct response for your e-mail regarding your concerns. AND do not send forwards. I'll dig up the e-mail i sent around last week and post it here later. salam Cheers Paragon (i posted some of the contacts in yahoo e-groups) p.s. Remember to send it to you MP as well. Be Clear about what you want done.

He was the guy who was always drunk, and trying to grab women in Parliament. lol crack head, I can’t believe how much he has dominated the news!. May he rot in hell he was evil to the Muslims, Ameen

Aids is no longer a Homo disease dear, Pluz the stupi*d women running around with him should have done her research better anyway, and why are you make it your responsibility to save guard every Xalimo. I'm sure you have better things to do.

^^Since When did International law or standards apply to Somalia or any African Country at that, better yet, Any Muslim Country, well actually if I think of it some more it does not bind rich countries either, nor poor countries who are under the umbrella of rich countries. So in reality it only applies if you are 1) Poor and in a political box and you are not under the economic or political umbrella of any Supra power, who has zero interest in your domestic or international affairs. So yes it is a crime, but so is everything else going on in that place.

^^^Lool^ maad kaa assumtee like me, i wanted to see how far they would go with their assumptions! lol Drive through was as creative as they got before you gave it away! interesting idea i must. I like it oddly enough!

^^^What drugs are you on Atheer, with all due respect of course, I only ask because I would like some so I too can dig my head in the sand and join your pretence. Issh :rolleyes:

^^^Look Who just said that (chokes on tea!) Serenity Nice pics, by the way how come there are so many Somali students in India (i wonder if eductaion is cheap there?) And did Somaliland Pay for their education? I suggest they hold the pictures/ flag of whoever paid for their fees! Iellhao yaa oog some poor farah/ Xalimo in the west working 9-5 paid for it!

Xiin and Che :rolleyes: You guys are far too suspicious!, stop hanging around with so many Somalis!. I'm not too familiar with who supports who, nor can I ever remember who is from which clan, I was just a bit confused about his statement of supporting people who he clearly knows are in the wrong because I believe your views are yours alone based on reason, not some kind of crazy loyalty which takes precedence over moral obligations.

^^SO you will support your clan, right or wrong just because you think the "resistance" is against your clan. Maybe your clan needs to draw a distinguish between themselves and the Ethiopians, then no one will be confused, or perhaps there is a reason everyone is against a particular clan (does that not mean something is wrong with that clan, if everyone else can see it, why can they not see their wrong) Is it possible that they are right and everyone else is wrong? By the way I have no idea who the clan is, nor I'm saying anything in particular to any one, just responding to your claims above.

If you went to an Arab Country i am not suprised! I hated Shisha when i got back, they has it fo breakfast, dinner, lunch, Shisha at 11.00am shocked the hell out of me in my first week!

^^^lool Miskeen^. lol. Elysian you cannot be serious? That is how you think of it as modern version of midwifery?

^^You drink coffe^^ Shock horror, Isslaamah haasi maaqashin dear, they will so ashamed of you

^^That is because it is mainly the rich, spoilt silly brats that come over, not the average down to earth, poor civilian. Asians also think they have more rights to Islam than Blacks (they always ask you are you Muslim even if they see you at the mosque!)

I like shaash, I wear frequently, like a bandana (I always hated bandanas) but the shaash is really cool and classy. Now I know why I don't get chatted up on the streets! you should all wear it to avoided unwanted attention, forget the hijab (just kidding yeah But seriosuly who the hell listens those old rules (girls should not eat meat or drink tea :rolleyes: )

^^Hey you told me that as well, I think it was the second time you joined, and I’m holding you to it, so I guess this is goodbye, and you can't even reply... I guess i can also say whatever I want about you with out fear of you returning with a 5page reply ooh the simple pleasure of just thinking that though! lool. Congratulation BOB, and you can finally do those 1000 aayood aad la strugglegrenaas

^^don't be so sure dear Ngong: I Could not agree more. But those who embrace it, embrace it, but somewhat also end up going overboard, giving the term Whabbism a whole new meaning, often so much so that you may not even recognise it as Whabbism. I guess transfer of thoughts and ideas (evolution thoughts its called I’m told) always works like that, everyone wants to add a little something something to the mix and rework it based on their understanding.

^^Yes and no. However your claims are not supported by historical facts dear. Ngonge: Yes, No, Yes. Well The Arabs are the ones who follow the practice, but it is the Asians who are always complaining about it, and they blame every social ill on the practice of Wahabbism, so the white man (and few gited ones like peacenow)thinks this is true and now they is doing the same, when really and truly Wahabbism is just another abused overused term, bit like Islam really.

^^^Sis I think you must have missed THis His position is very clear, so please do not confuse him dee As for the topic.... hmmm, I guess he expected a perfect society, hence why he was so disappointed. Asian people are obsessed with Wahabbism, sometimes i think they make it a bigger issue than it is! :rolleyes:

lol North and Jacaylbaro whybaad niikan issku xiijiansan? Although he tries to hide behind "cleansing of Arabic culture/ influence" He advocates for total separation of religion and governance (Religion is just behind close doors, a set of religious practice, which is private) and the reason we are so behind he argues is because we let religion govern us and make legal/ moral judgment based on religion (remember separation: so we should have different man made laws (democratically agreed of course, which change to reflect people state of mind/ time/ society) to govern our rights/ laws). This is all the Arabs fault of course according to peacenow as they have historically predominant our culture, AKA religion. I hope you all understand each other now. As for gays, the exist, they are there, and no matter what you do they will always be gay people, and if you oppress it, there will be more gays (look at the problems in the middles east) and since we do not live under an Islamic ruling leave them to the business and you get on with yours, you have no right to harm them etc. Poster Its too late, what every you were going to do you should have informed him of it. since you did not, it is none of your business, and it does not achieve anything nor does it make him less gay.

European Police Office (Europol) releases its first report on terrorism in the EU. There were 498 incidents in eleven EU countries last year labelled as "terrorist attacks." The Basque separatist group ETA did best (136 terrorist attacks) and was responsible for the only deadly attack, killing two in Madrid. The remaining 497 fortunately cost no human lives. The truth is that Islamists only carried out one out of the 498 terrorist attacks in the European Union in 2006. The Europol report devotes several pages to Islamist terrorism, despite the low number. Except for the one attack in Germany this group was responsible for (which, by the way, failed and resulted in no victims), also Denmark and the United Kingdom reported that Islamists plotted to carry out one attack in each country respectively (incidentally, all three countries are accessory to the illegal occupation of Iraq). However, since these plans in both cases were exposed before they were set to work, they were not included among the 498. Either way, even after taking these plots into account, the report proves the genuine magnitude of Islamic terrorism in Europe--it's not exactly a huge threat. Muslims are a group causing very little terrorism in Europe, while at the same time much more likely to be arrested on suspicion of it. The constant media coverage of Muslims being arrested creates the false image of a serious threat in order to benefit the imperialist world-view Washington wants us to adopt. Meanwhile the Americans and their accomplices are carrying out genocide in Muslim countries. Clearly, something needs to be done about the media. You can read the Full Report: Europol's website.

Some 130 distinguished doctors in Britain Saturday called for a boycott of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) and its expulsion from the World Medical Association (WMA). "The IMA has forfeited its right to membership of the international medical community," said the doctors, led by Professor of Surgical Science at University College of London Colin Green and award-winning Dr Pauline Cutting. "The Israeli Medical Association has a duty to protest about war crimes of this kind, but has refused to do so. Appeals to the World Medical Association and the British Medical Association have also been rebuffed," they said. The call comes after 18 leading Palestinian health organizations appealed to fellow professionals abroad in March to recognise how the IMA has forfeited its right to membership of the international medical community. In a letter to the Guardian, the doctors expressed grave concern about the health-related impact of Israeli policy on Palestinian society. "Persistent violations of medical ethics have accompanied Israel's occupation. The Israeli Defence Force has systematically flouted the fourth Geneva convention guaranteeing a civilian population unfettered access to medical services," they said. Their letter reported that instead of being given immunity, medical staff had been killed with hundreds of ambulances fired upon by Israeli troops. "Desperately ill people, and newborn babies, die at checkpoints because soldiers bar the way to hospital. The public-health infrastructure, including water and electricity supplies, is willfully bombed," it said. The doctors further warned that the passage of essential medicines like anti-cancer drugs and kidney dialysis fluids were blocked, while in the West Bank, the apartheid wall has "destroyed any coherence in the primary health system." In Gaza, UN rapporteurs have repeatedly described the situation as a humanitarian catastrophe, with 25 per cent of children clinically malnourished. Calling for a boycott of the IMA, the doctors said that there had been a precedent set for its expulsion from the WMA set during the apartheid era when the Medical Association of South Africa was expelled. "A boycott is an ethical and moral imperative when conventional channels do not function. Otherwise, we are merely turning away," they warned. The Palestinian Appeal: In the spirit of international solidarity, moral consistency and resistance to injustice and oppression, We, the undersigned, Palestinian Medical and Health institutions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, call on world medical and health institutions to: 1. Immediately end cooperation with, and refrain from participation in, any form of collaboration or joint activities with the IMA. 2. Advocate for the condemnation of the IMA. 3. Support Palestinian medical and health institutions directly without requiring them to partner with Israeli counterparts as a condition for such support. Source

Hawdgirl woman's fertility is affected if she wears shoes higher than five inches. The average is 3inches, and most shoe shops do not make higher than 4.5inches, so i guess it is a very small % that wear above 5inches. Sheherazade: You have to consistently wear either flats or high heels. The reason being that depending on which ones you wear, it changes your posture, allocation of body weigh etc, so your body needs to adjust to the change (which can take up to six months of consistently wear either flats or heels- not alternating. If your feet hurt then you need to find out what style is best suited to you, for example if you have broad feet, you cannot wear pointy heels or pointy flats as they will hurt/damage your feet, and if you have high instep you can't wear round toes or straps. Also wear real leather and suede not plastic or velvety material.