^^^Its not lame at all. India a Hundu country at odds with Pakistan & Bangladesh at the time of partition. The Indains also occupy larger parts of Bengal than Bangladesh. However when they intevened they did not stay for long, why? Because they recognised the independnece of the country they supported i.e. Bangladesh which at that time did not even exist. The present Ethiopian regime has always recognised the soverignty of Somalia and the TFG as the legitimate governemnt of Somalia. Thus talk of occupation is an excuse on the part of the losers who started a war they could not prosecute. The fact that the TFG has the support of the security council, US, EU, AU and Arab league also rubises any claim that this endevour is anything other than a TFG strategy to bring order back & crush its enemies.

1.Amin declared war on Tanzania. The clan courts declared war on Ethiopia. 2.Amin had Libyan troops with the aim of covering up a mutiny. The clan courts had Eritrean, Oromo & other foreign troops, & declared Jihad to cover up this fact. 3.Tanzania with the Ugandans crushed Amin his Libyan & other supporters taking Kampala. Ethiopia with the TFG crushded the clan courts and their Eritrean & other foreign backers securing Mogadishu..

In October 1978, Amin ordered the invasion of Tanzania while at the same time attempting to cover up an army mutiny. With the help of Libyan troops, Amin tried to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera. Tanzania, under President Julius Nyerere, declared war on Uganda, then began a counterattack, enlisting the country's population of Ugandan exiles. On 11 April 1979, Amin was forced to flee the capital, Kampala when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandian exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, took the city. Amin fled to exile, first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 or early 1980, before finding final asylum in Saudi Arabia. He opened a bank account in Jeddah and resided there, subsisting on a government stipend. The new Ugandan government chose to keep him exiled, saying that Amin would face war crimes charges if he ever returned. The Saudi motive was to silence him because of the harm they believed he was doing to Islam.[1] In 1989, Amin, who had always held that Uganda needed him, and who never expressed remorse for the abuses of his regime,[17] attempted to return to Uganda, apparently to lead an armed group organised by Col. Juma Oris. He went as far as Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where Zairian President Mobutu forced him to return to Saudi Arabia.

Thus India must be occupiying Bangladesh??

December 3-17India and Pakistan : fight their second major war, over East Pakistan, which ends after 90,000 Pakistani troops surrender. The new nation of Bangladesh is created out of East Pakistan.

Some SOL Members talk a great deal about an "Occupation" of Ethiopia, so lets look back in History when old foes intevened millitarily on the side of one player or another in the affairs of their neighbours.... As fighting grew between the army and the Bengali Mukti Bahini ("freedom fighters"), an estimated ten million Bengalis, mainly Hindus, sought refuge in the Indian states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal. The crisis in East Pakistan produced new strains in Pakistan's troubled relations with India. The two nations had fought a war in 1965, mainly in the west, but the refugee pressure in India in the fall of 1971 produced new tensions in the east. Indian sympathies lay with East Pakistan, and on December 3, 1971, India intervened on the side of the Bangladeshis. On December 16, 1971, Pakistani forces surrendered, and Bangladesh ("Country of Bangla") was finally established the following day. The new country changed its name to Bangladesh on January 11, 1972 and became a parliamentary democracy under a constitution. Shortly thereafter on March 19 Bangladesh signed a friendship treaty with India.

Wafdi ka socda dalka Imaaraadka carabta oo maanta soo gaaray magaalada Boosaaso kulamana la qaatay madaxweyne Cadde iyo masuuliyiin kale Wararka inagasoo gaaraya magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobalka bari ee maamul gobaleedka Soomaaliyeed ee Puntland ayaa waxaa ay sheegayaan in halkaasi maanta uu soo gaaray wafdi ka socda dalka Isutagga imaaraadk Carabta. Wararka inagasoo gaaraya magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobalka bari ee maamul gobaleedka Soomaaliyeed ee Puntland ayaa waxaa ay sheegayaan in halkaasi maanta uu soo gaaray wafdi ka socda dalka Isutagga imaaraadk Carabta. Wafdigan oo ka kooban 5 xubnood ayaa ka socday Imaaratul rasiiqilya,waxaana dhabaha diyaardaha ee magaalda Boosaaso kusoo dhweeyay masuuliyiin ka tirsan maamulka Puntland oo ay ka mid yihiinwasiirro iyo masuuliyiinta maamulka gobalka Bari Wafdiga ayaa loo soo kexeeyay durbadiiba dhanka madaxtooyada magalada Boosaaso halkaasoo ay kulan muddo kooban socday kula yeesheen madaxweynaha maamulka Puntland General Cadde iyo qaarka tirsan wasiiradiisa Guddoomiyaha gobalka Bari Muuse Geelle Yuusuf ayaa saxaaaafadda u sheegay in ujeedada socdaalka masuuliyiintani ay la xiriirto xoojinta xiririka u dhexeeya Puntland iyo Imaaraadka Carabta iyo iskaashi ballaaran oo labada dhinac ay ka yeelanayaan dhinacyada ganacsiga iyo dekedaha. Masuuliyiinta dalka Imaaraadka ka socda ayaa maalmaha ina soo aadan sii joogi doona Puntland iyadoo ay kulamo dheeraada la yeelan doonaan madaxda maamulka oo ay heshiisyana kala sxixan doonaan. Xafiisk warqabdka shabakadda wararka carmooyin.com ee Muqdisho Contact:info@carmoyin.com

Wafdigii ka yimid Emaaraadka oo la kulmay Madaxweynaha Puntland (Daawo Sawirada) Last Updated::2007-03-17 17:39:49 Boosaaso:- Waxaa maanta soo gaaray Magaalada Boosaaso wefti ka socda Imaaraatka Raskhayma ee dalka UAE. Weftigan ayaa waxa uu ka kooban yahay shan xubnood oo kala ah 1.Mr.Mehezi Maxamed ,Agaasimaha Guud ee Furdooyinka iyo Dekedaha 2. Dr.Axmed A-Tejani Maxamed, wuxuu ka socdaa Wasaaradda Kalluumaysiga iyo Beeraha ee dalka Emaaraadka. 3.Mr AlMehrezi Rashid 4. Gazi Yahya hay’adaha Caafimaadka Adduunka ee WHO 5.Mr Abdulhakim Mush Jeeli, Xiriiriye Weftigan ka socda Raasa,alkhayma ayaa waxa garoonka diyaaradaha ee Banderqasim International Airport ee Boosaaso, ku soo dhoweeyey Wasiirada Wasaaradaha, Maaliyada, Kalluumaysiga, Ganacsiga, Xannaanada Xoolaha, Guddoomiyaha gobolka Bari, waxaana loo soo gudbiyey dhinaca Madaxtooyada si ay Madaxweynaha Dowlad Gobaleedka Puntland ula kulmaan. Madaxweynaha Puntland Md.Maxamuud Muse Xirsi ayaa ku qaabilay xafiiskiisa Boosaaso weftigaasi, wuxuuna uga mahadnaqay imaanshaha ay yimaadeen Puntland una aqbaleen casuumadii uu u diray. Intaasi ka dib ayaa waxa hadalkii qaatay Madaxa weftiga Mr.Mehezi Maxamed oo si aada ugu mahadnaqay madaxda Puntland sida diiran ee ay u soo dhoweysay waxaana aad ugu faraxsanahay imaashaha Puntland. Weftigan ayaa waxa ay dowladda ka wada hadlayaan iskaashiga dhinaca Ganacsiga gaar ahaana dhinaca horumarinta xoolaha, maalgashi iyo mashariic wadaag ah. Waxaa la saxeexi doonaa heshiis wax wada qabsi oo labada dhinac ayadoo maalinta beri ah bilaaban doonaan wadahadala rasmiga ah ee laba dhinac. Dhanka puntland waxaa wada hadalka uga qayb galaya: 1. Siciid Maxamed Raage Wasiirka kalluumaysiga, Dekedaha iyo Gaadiidka Badda 2. Maxamed Cali Yusuuf Wasiirka Maaliyada 3. C/risaaq Siciid Cali Wasiirka ganacsiga iyo warshadaha 4. Sciid Jaamac Cali Wasiirka xannaanada xoolaha ,beeraha iyo degaanka. 5. Idiris Shire Xuseen Agaasimaha Arrimaha Federaalka 6. Faarax X. Mire la taliye. Weftigan ayaa Puntland joogi doona muddo 3 maalmood ah waxaana casuumay Madaxweynaha Puntland Faisa Cabdi Dhalac HorseedNet.com

Wafdi heer sare ah kana socda Imaraadka Carabta oo Boosaaso ku sugan Wafdi ballaaran oo ka socda waddanka Isugtagga Imaaraadka Carabta ayaa maanta ka soo degey garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Boosaaso, wafdigaas oo ah kii ugu heerka sarreeyey ee ka socda Imaraadka ee soo gaara Puntland. Weftigan ayaa waxa uu ka kooban yahay shan xubnood oo kala ah: 1. Mr.Mehezi Maxamed, Agaasimaha Guud ee Furdooyinka iyo Dekedaha 2. Dr.Axmed A-Tejani Maxamed, wuxuu ka socdaa Wasaaradda Kalluumaysiga iyo Beeraha ee dalka Emaaraadka. 3. Mr AlMehrezi Rashid 4. Gazi Yahya hay’adaha Caafimaadka Adduunka ee WHO 5. Mr Abdulhakim Mush Jeeli, Xiriiriye. Waftigan ka socda Imaaradda Raasa Alkhayma ayaa waxa garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Boosaaso ku soo dhoweeyey wasiirka maaliyadda Puntland, Maxamed Cali Yuusuf Gaagaab, wasiirka ganacsiga iyo wershedaha, Cabdirisaaq Cabdulle Shaahdoon, wasiirka xannaanada xoolaha beeraha iyo deegaanka Siciid Jaamac Qoosheel iyo guddoomiyaha gobolka Bari, Muuse Geelle Yuusuf. Ujeedada wafdigan ayaa ah arrimaha ganacsiga iyo xoojinta wax is dhaafsiga Puntland iyo Imaraadka Carabta. Madaxweynaha Puntland Md. Maxamuud Muse Xirsi ayaa ku qaabilay xafiiskiisa Boosaaso weftigaasi, wuxuuna uga mahadnaqay imaanshaha ay yimaadeen Puntland una aqbaleen casuumadii uu u diray. Maxamuud Faarax Bile

I have not seen the film but from what I have read its total bull. The Spartan's were cruel people who ensaved a whole population while the persians outlawd slavery.

My advice patent the cure and make billions of US dollars for the Ghambia, or keep quite and dont embarass us all.

^^^Old man leave Xiin alone, he is just trying to be popular with a certain crowd.

Ayoub, the courts never set up an admin for Afgoyee becasue their man Cirfo was the occupier only the TFG changed this man and gave the locals back their district. Basic history the lower Shabbele was occupied by, IndaCade, Cirfo, Dhuxulow, Sharuup Xasan Dahir all central players of the courts. The AU force has started to arrive, with the completion of this the remaining Ethiopians will leave.. Also the UN security council has approved the AU force and has come against anyone who opposed the legitimate government through the use of arms. Thus like in the case of Liberia & Sierra Leone this is another great step for the AU..

Iranian Media: "300" Film "Intentionally Insults Iran's Ancient Culture"; The Iranian news agency Fars is reporting that the film "300" has angered the Iranian people "due to its intentional insults to the country's ancient culture" and is being "viewed by many, even non-Iranians, as overt animosity towards Iran." Fars said that Iranian state television had already aired several commentaries calling the film "insulting," and had hosted Iranian film directors to point out its historical inaccuracies; the Iranian paper Ayende-No wrote Tuesday that "the film... is a new effort to slander the Iranian people"; and Iran's biggest circulation newspaper, Hamshahri, said the film was "serving the policy of the U.S. leadership" and predicted that it would "prompt a wave of protest in the world... Iranians living in the U.S. and Europe will not be indifferent about this obvious insult." While the film has not opened in Iran, one Iranian paper said that bootleg DVDs were already available. Source: Fars, Iran, March 15, 2007

Iranian anger at Hollywood 'assault' By Majid Joneidi BBC News, Washington The film is a travesty of ancient Persian civilization, critics say The Iranian community in the US and Canada is very keen on e-petitions as a form of protest. The latest issue to grip Iranian expatriates is the Hollywood blockbuster 300. According to the protesters, it projects an "irresponsible" and "distorted" image of ancient Persia. The film, which has broken US box office records, is a special effects-laden depiction of a battle in which a small Spartan army resisted a Persian invasion. It is based on Frank Miller's epic graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The film shows the Spartan king and his army of 300 - white, muscular soldiers - strongly resisting Xerxes and his savage Persian army of hundreds of thousands. Loud opposition The film has stirred controversy among Iranians across the world, but it is the expatriate community in North America that have been the loudest voice opposing an "assault on its culture and tradition". Iranian bloggers started their campaign against the film a week ahead of its opening. Not only does it give the wrong outcomes to battles, it grossly misrepresents the Persians and their civilization Omid Memarian Bloggers have taken offence at the way in which the Persians have been depicted in the film and the way the battle of Thermopylae has been narrated. Award winning Iranian blogger and journalist Omid Memarian has been among these voices. He is worried about what he sees as historical discrepancies in the film. "Not only does it give the wrong outcomes to battles, it grossly misrepresents the Persians and their civilization. Some see a hidden anti-Iranian agenda in the film "It is unfortunate that very few curriculums in the US cover world history and it is very easy to misdirect the general public on historical facts." Mr Memarian is also concerned about the film's balance. "Let's not forget that Cyrus the Great, Xerxes's grandfather, drafted the first declaration of human rights in 539 BC, freeing hundreds of thousands of Jews from Babylonian slavery." Iranian officials have joined the angry protests and some are seeing it as part of a wider campaign against Iran. Javad Shamaqdari, a cultural advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it was "plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization". He branded the film "psychological warfare" against Tehran and its people. A daily Iranian newspaper, Ayandeh-No, recently carried the headline "Hollywood declares war on Iranians". Image problems Omid Memarian is not surprised at the reaction to the film due to what he calls "skewed media coverage on Iran and anti-Iranian rhetoric which has escalated in the US". Warner Brothers, the film's producers, has been quick to explain that "the film [is] a work of fiction, loosely based on an historical event". The makers say 300 is a work of fiction, not to be taken seriously A statement by the company said: "The studio developed this film purely as a fictional work with the sole purpose of entertaining audiences; it is not meant to disparage an ethnicity or culture or make any sort of political statement." Some bloggers and commentators have opposed the petition against 300 on the grounds that there are bigger battles to fight - such as opposing what is seen as the increasing threat of military action against Iran. Salman Jariri, a Farsi blogger, published an open letter addressed to the protestors. "The actions of leaders of third world countries has a more destructive effect on the westerners' perception of these countries than Hollywood productions," he said. Google-bomb One Iranian blogger in Canada has an alternative to the petition. Pendar Yousefi, who blogs from Toronto, is "Google-bombing" the film. His "bomb" aims to divert internet traffic searching for 300 to a web site that introduces the various aspects of Iranian culture through art. Mr Yousefi, who is upset with the way ancient Persians have been depicted in 300, has called on Iranian cartoonists and artists to send him work that will help educate people about the Persian empire. A number of artists have obliged and some 600 Iranian blogs and websites have established permanent links to Mr Yousefi's site.

Briefs encounter Saturday March 17, 2007 The Guardian © Warner Bros Ent Inc 2007. One of the sassiest putdown lines in history, and arguably the first great wisecrack ever written down for posterity, was voiced at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Ridiculing the piddling force of 300 Spartan warriors who had ventured forth to do battle with the Persian army - the largest fighting force heretofore assembled, said by some to consist of a million men - an emissary of Xerxes, the mighty Persian king, sneered, "We will shoot so many arrows into the air, we will blot out the sun." To which one of the snarkiest Spartan chieftains in that city-state's long and snark-laden history, replied, Good We'll fight in the shade." Laconic comebacks like this are few and far between in 300, where both the Spartans (who shall come back with their shields or on them) and the Persians (the usual motherless dogs who turn up in these films) tend to run their mouths ceaselessly. A cartoonish re-imagining of the epic confrontation between the indomitable, freedom-loving Spartans and the sybaritic, ostentatious Persians, the high-energy but low-rent 300 is filled from top to bottom with gasbags of all descriptions: pontificating generals, preening kings, enigmatic holy men, garrulous wives and duplicitous, hunchbacked dwarves. The Spartans of yore are renowned for letting their swords and spears do the talking, but in this film everybody wants a chance to climb up on his soapbox and say something sententious or ominous or just plain weird. "We will mouth so many banalities it will put you all to sleep," a Persian ambassador might have warned the Spartans. To which the obvious comeback would be: "Good. We'll fight you in our dreams." 300 is one of those oddly seductive but completely ridiculous films that will please most fans of this genre precisely because fans of this genre don't object to films that are completely ridiculous. Filmed in the digitally enhanced comic-book style that made Sin City so visually arresting, 300 looks like a videogame devised by some very camp programmers. With a full complement of marauding elephants, deformed dwarves, ninja-style warriors, and human guillotines sporting razor-sharp lobster claws that hang from where their arms should be, 300 is loaded with terrific optical surprises. The war rhino, for example, is an unexpected treat; it has been far too long since these fearsome horned beasts have made an appearance in a film, and I for one am happy to see them back on the payroll. Though there was a part of me that was really looking forward to ironclad war corgis or flying battle squirrels. Yet perhaps the boldest visual touch of all is having the 300 Spartans fight the entire battle clad only in black underpants and crimson cloaks. Though the Persians themselves are no slouches in the fashion department - Xerxes arrives in Greece in Full Bling Overdrive - the Spartans are so impressive in their World Wrestling Federation bikinis, showing off their steroid-enhanced trapezoids, six-pack abs, and freedom-loving glutes that the invaders are understandably unnerved. "We will attack Greece late in the autumn before you have time to get your winter clothes out of moth balls,"a Persian emissary might cautiously tease his adversaries. To which a brassy Spartan might fire back:"Good. We'll fight in our underpants." Based on a graphic novel co-written by the genre's most revered arrested adolescent Frank Miller (The Dark Knight, Sin City and Elektra) 300 was directed by Zack Snyder, who previously oversaw a fairly solid remake of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Not so much a director as a re-director, Snyder is the kind of industrious sampler who never saw a shot he wouldn't pilfer, an idea he wouldn't steal: the soundtrack is straight out of Gladiator, Xerxes' bodyguards sport scary masks filched from Scream III, a cocky young Spartan's surprise decapitation is purloined from Black Rain where Andy Garcia, not for the first time, loses his head; and the final scene is a direct lift from Braveheart, as are the leprous men in cowls who have somehow convinced the Spartan republic to supply them with a fresh weekly supply of beautiful virgins to keep them amused during the long winter nights when the gods fall silent. Only Spartans in bikinis is Snyder's own idea, and I am not sure it is a good one: these outfits look a whole lot better on women. On further reflection, even the black-underpants visual may have been swiped from Pierce Brosnan's memorable turn as an unconventionally clad hitman in Matador. Nothing is more frightening to a depraved but sensibly attired invader than a psychopath who is not afraid to show some leg. About the acting in 300: the supporting cast is awful and the headliners are worse. As King Leonidas, the middle-aged commander of the vaunted heroes whose delaying tactics saved all Greece from tyranny (at least until the Romans showed up),Gerald Butler brings a scowl he seems to have annexed from Laurence Fishburne, and not much else. Rodrigo Santoro, as Xerxes, is merely silly: he looks less like the king of kings, shah of shahs, and emperor of emperors than the mixologist of mixologists or the body artist of body artists. Lena Headey, playing Leonidas's wife - a feisty looker saddled with the unfortunate name of Queen Gorgo - is a dead ringer for Connie Nielsen in Gladiator. Unexpectedly, she allows herself to be raped by a treacherous politician in order to advance her own political agenda, but quickly realises that this is both a personal and professional mistake, and fishguts her assailant in full view of the Council of Elders who preside over Spartan political life. The Elders are impressed - and who wouldn't be? - and immediately do her bidding. All this - the rape, the fish-gutting, the discomfit of the Elders - is carried out in the bravura style one has come to expect from the unterpantzen ubermenschen genre over the years. A theory briefly making the rounds in the United States just before 300 was released posited a parallel between the war between the Persians and the Greeks and the ongoing confrontation between the United States and the Iraqi insurgents. This theory makes no sense: the Persians are the ancestors of the Iranians, who hate the Iraqis; the Spartans were professional soldiers, not terrorists; and Xerxes, as depicted in 300, is so hip, so downtown, so kewl that any number of downtrodden people would be proud to serve as his boot-licking vassals, whereas George Bush inspires no such self-abasement, because he looks like a suit. Moreover, the 300 Spartans were fighting for freedom only in the narrow technical sense that they hated the idea of being enslaved by the Persians; as enthusiastic proto-fascists whose bloodline reaches right down to the Nazis, they certainly didn't mind having slaves of their own. Unlike the Athenians, who gave the world democracy, logic, drama, oratory, architecture, sophisticated sculpture and reliable history, the Spartans basically gave everyone a headache. Gee, maybe this Iraqi/Spartan parallel isn't so far-fetched after all. My only question is: if Leonidas is a thinly veiled standin for Osama bin Laden and the very smooth, very stylish Xerxes is a cunning rendering of George Bush, precisely who in this movie is playing Tony Blair? As a Persian emissary might caution the 300 Spartans, "The rivers will run red with so much blood that no one will come outdoors again for years." To which one of the 300 Spartans might reply: "Good. In that case, we can put off calling a general election." · 300 is out on Friday

Egypt did not help Somalia in any way through out the war period. Thus lets welcome them for they are our brothers..

Abwan is just bitter, thus after the 50 man demo in London, wishful words are used to kill of the old man. He will die when his time comes, but no mortal power can chase him out of Mogadishu saxib..

^^^The AU is here to support saxib and not for protection and against armed groups and criminals and not against the citizen. We have not had a single police station functioning in the whole of the southern regions 1/3 of Somalia The TFG has liberated the unarmed clans and has given hope to all Somali's who lost properties, land and who's regions has been occupied. Example is Afgoyee, district which has a local admin for the firts time in 16 years.. Its simple but I doubt you will get it..

Ayoub, even you know the answer to the question why the AU force is there. Because we have not had a national army in years, we need training and support in reestablishing our armed forces. That is the reason why the AU force is here, just like they were needed in Liberia, S-leon and other nations of Africa. So far everything is going well, apart from the expected mortars and criminal activity the TFG has not had any major setback since it crushed the clan clourts.. Abwan are you trying to deny the courts of Mogadishu were based on sub-clans and founded by charcoal traders like Abukar Cadaan and the clan most dominant was the one occupiying the lower Shabbele region?

Mogadishu is no difefrent to any other Somali city. Also the majority of Mogadishu population want peace and security, the small minority want a return of the clan courts or even the warlords, just so they can hang on to some loot. That wont do. Most of the heavy weapons, technicals have been either destroyed or taken out of their hands. Blunt but the truth..

^^Tell me a state comparable to Puntland in the other areas which the TFG runs?

NO, he can not.

Abu.. what matters is the capitol, offcourse if you look in iraq, most of the south is peaceful and far north. No saxib, Mousul North, Kirkuk, Barguba, Tal-Afar, Baghdad, not to mention the whole of Al Anbar which is a huge area have have been unstable from day one. Remember Ramadi, Falluja the action taken there and they are still unstable. Hence to compare Iarq to Somalia is beyond a joke.