Col Abdirizaq Afgaduud is a legend in the making..

Salamu Aliakum. Brothers and sisters, may Allah (SWT), bestow his mercy and kindness on all of us in this great day.

^^^Come on, you can not be serious? Is the suprise, to give us another suprise? Saxib it is nearly over the TFG has enough muscle and support to pacify the country. No former strong man is in the city, Qaybdeed, Qaynyare, Dheere, Sudi, none are back in the city, but the TFG forces are in the airport, port, and many locations oustide and inside and many more forces are coming from every direction. Gone are the dark days, it is the time for reconstruction, development and peace.. ,Insha Allah

^^^Saxib I respect the attempt at damage limitations, but they boged the whole project from the start.

^^^Though they gave the guns to the public, who then started shooting, looting and killing each other.

^^^Your reading of the events is contradicting reality. These courts were quite ignorant, rash and did not care much for the stakeholders of Mogadishu.

Somali government seeks control Prime Minister Ghedi celebrates advances against the Islamists The Somali transitional government is making moves to assert its authority over the capital Mogadishu, a day after its forces moved into the city. Government members are talking to clan leaders about arrangements for taking over Mogadishu, which they have never been in charge of before. PM Ali Mohamad Ghedi said martial law could be imposed in the country. Correspondents question whether the government can maintain security if its Ethiopian backers leave. There have been reports of gunfire and looting since Islamist forces left. Meanwhile the United Nations refugee agency said at least 17 people died and 140 were missing after two boats packed with people fleeing the conflict in Somalia capsized in the Gulf of Aden. They had been trying to offload their passengers in Yemen, but were spotted by the Yemeni coast guard, who opened fire. As they tried to head back to sea, bad weather and the movement of frightened people on board caused the boats to capsize. 'Strong hand' Mr Ghedi, who returned to his home village for the first time in four years, acknowledged the difficult task facing the government. "This country has experienced anarchy and in order to restore security we need a strong hand, especially with freelance militias," he said. He said the government was seeking parliamentary approval to impose martial law on Saturday. Government forces, backed by Ethiopian troops, marched into parts of Mogadishu on Thursday, hours after the UIC abandoned the capital they had held for six months. Residents in the north of the city reported cars and mobile phones being stolen after the UIC departure. Rising insecurity forced most businesses to stop trading, our correspondent said. Some residents cheered the troops, but others feared a return to lawlessness. It was not clear whether the Ethiopians were also entering the city. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said his troops' mission was restricted to removing the threat of the UIC. Islamist fighters fled towards the port city of Kismayo, their last remaining stronghold, 500km (300 miles) to the south, but the movement has pledged to fight on. Meanwhile, a UIC delegation has been in Nairobi, meeting Kenyan officials and Western diplomats. The African Union has called for Ethiopian forces to leave Somalia. But the UN Security Council failed to agree on a statement calling for the withdrawal of all foreign forces. Hardline elements The UIC has its roots in the north of Mogadishu. Courts administering Islamic law restored order in a city bedevilled by anarchy since the overthrow of former President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. In parts of Mogadishu, life seemed to be going on as normal The UIC assumed control of the capital in June, driving warlords out and rapidly extending their influence to much of southern Somalia - with the exception of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional Somali government. That body, set up in 2004 after talks between Somali factions, has been unable to meet in the capital because of opposition first from warlords, then from the UIC. Almost all Somalis are Muslim and after years of lawlessness, many were happy to have some kind of law and order under the UIC. But some are wary of the hardline elements among the UIC. The UIC have staged public executions and floggings of people they have found guilty of crimes such as murder and selling drugs. UIC leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys is accused by both Ethiopia and the US of having links to al-Qaeda - charges he denies.

Why spare Mogadishu and not KISMAYU? Why spare Mogadishu on a press release then hand heavy wepons over to the streets? They talk a good game but their actions differ. There where the men who used to parade children and women and make idle threats against everyone. When it came to it they ran away?

So many experts on Somalia, none predicted that in less than 10 days the TFG would be in power without any rivals. Its the greatest single break through in our recent history. A recognised government in full control of Mogadishu, Baidoa, Bossaso, and soon Kismayu. Many regions ahve been liberated from the clan dominations and now the locals run it..

So many experts on Somalia, none predicted that in less than 10 days the TFG would be in power without any rivals. Its the greatest single break through in our recent history. A recognised government in full control of Mogadishu, Baidoa, Bossaso, and soon Kismayu. Many regions ahve been liberated from the clan dominations and now the locals run it..

So many experts on Somalia, none predicted that in less than 10 days the TFG would be in power without any rivals. Its the greatest single break through in our recent history. A recognised government in full control of Mogadishu, Baidoa, Bossaso, and soon Kismayu. Many regions ahve been liberated from the clan dominations and now the locals run it..

16 sano oo fawdo iyo xasilooni daro dabadeed Magaala madaxda somaliya Muqdisho oo dawlad soomaaliyeed ka taliso. Posted to the Web Dec 28, 12:46 Muqdisho: 28-Dec-2006, PO: Magaala madaxda soomaaliya ee Muqdisho ayaa caaway gacanta u gashey ciidamada xooga dalkas soomaaliya. In ka badan 16 sano magaalada muqdisho kama aysan jirin wax nadaam ama maamul ah. Ciidamadani waxay magaalada galeen iyagoon haba yaraatee wax iska cabin ah kala kulmin maxkamadaha, wararka aan halkaas ka helayno waxay sheegayaan in masu’uuliyiinta maxkamadaha ay iskaga baxeen magaalada muqdisho isla markaan hubkii ay haysteen ku wareejiyey maleeshiyo beeleedyadii horey hubka looga qaadey. Dad badan oo horey maxkamadaha nadaamkooda ula dhacsanaa ayaa ka xumaadey sida masuuuliyada darada ah ee maxkamaduhu ay reer muqdisho hub ugu dhiibeen dhalinyaro fawdo iyo dhib ku haya reer muqdisho. Gudiga aminiga qaranka ee soomaaliya ee xaruntoodu tahay magaalada Baydhao ayaa isku raacey in magalada muqdisho amngeeda si buuxda loo adkeeyo isla markaana hubka ay haystaan shcabku ay geeyaan xarumaha ay joogaan ciidamda dawlada ee caaway galey magaalada muqdisho. Si kastaba ha ahaatee soomali fara badan ayaa ku tilmaamey talaabada ciidamada dawladu kula wareegeen muqdisho mid rajo u soo celinaysa siyaasada soomliya oo muddo faraha ka baxsanayd. Puntlandonline Team

The BBC/Somali service reports that calm returns to the town.

Muqdisho: Ciidmada dawlada oo la wareegay garoonka iyo dekedda Muqdisho. Jimce, December 29, 2006 Muqdisho (AllPuntland)- Ciidamada dawlada Soomaaliya ayaa waxa ay gaareen gudaha magaalada Muqdisho iyaga oo gacanta ku dhigay deegaano badan oo magaalada ka mid ah. Ciidamada ayaa waxa ay ku sugan yihin degmada Huruwaa ee dhanka Koonfureed ee magalaada Muqdisho. Ciidamada ayaa waxa ay intooda badan ku sugan yihin dakadda iyo Airport-ka magaalada Muqdisho, oo ay kala wareegeen malay shoyooyinkii gacanta ku hayay. Wararkii ugu danbeeyay ee ka soo baxayay magaalada Muqdisho aya waxa ay shegayaan in ciidamada dawladda ay tageen degmooyin badan oo magaalada ku yaalla. Waxaa la filayaa in dhowaan ay la waregi doonaan dhamaan amaanka magaalada Muqdisho. Sidoo kale ciidamadu waxa ay ku guulaysteen in ay magaalada ka joojiyaan fawdadii iyo boobkii bilowday markii ay maxkamaduhu ka baxeen magaalada Muqdisho. Mahad Jama Koronto AllPuntland

Salaad Cali Jeelle: Dekedda waa ay furan tahay Mogadishu 29, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) – Ciidamada dowladda KMG ah ee Somalia oo kaashanaya kuwa Ethiopia ayaa xalay soo galay magaalada Muqdisho, iyadoo qeybo ka mid ah ay ku so wajahan yihiin dekedda weyn ee magaalada Muqdisho, halkaasi oo uu ku sugan yahay wasiir K/xigeenka g/dhigga dowladda Somalia oo sheegay in dekedda ay furan tahay. Wariyeyaasha shabelle ayaa saakay lugta soo mariyay wadooyinka caasimadda Somalia, si ay u soo indho indheeyaan xaaladda iyo isbadalada ku yimid magaalada Muqdisho. Ciidamada Ethiopia ayaa waxaa la tilmaamayaa in ay soo marayaaan agagaarka Seey biyaano, iyagoo ku kala wajahan Airaporka iyo dekedda. Ciidamo ka tirsan dowladda Somalia oo uu horkacayo wasiir K/xigeenka G/dhigga dowladda Somalia ayaa ku sugan dekedda Muqdisho, iyadoo salaad Cali Jeelle oo halkaasi ka hadlay uu sheegay in dekedda ay furan tahay isla markaana ay gacanta ku heyso dowladda Somalia. Ma jiro wax maleeshiyooyin hubeysan oo maanta lagu arkayo caasimadda, iyadoo ciidamada dowladda ay si tartiib tariib ah ula wareegayaan goobaha muhiimka ah sida dekedda iyo Airaporka. Ra'isulwasaaraha Somalia oo xalay ka hadlay kulan uu la qaatay Odayaasha degmada Afgooye ayaa waxa uu sheegay in dowladda Somalia ay gacanta ku heyso caasimadda Shabelle Media Network Somalia E-mail us: info@shabelle.net

That was quite amusing.

Somalia to declare martial law The Islamic Courts' chairman said that his side's hasty withdrawal was a tactical move Ali Mohamad Gedi, the Somali prime minister, has said that parliament will declare a period of martial law to maintain control of the country after Ethiopian and government troops wrested the capital from rival Islamists. Gedi told reporters on Thursday that the martial law would be declared on Saturday for a period of three months. "This country has experienced anarchy and in order to restore security we need a strong hand, especially with freelance militias," he said. The fall of Mogadishu came after a 10-day offensive by government and allied forces to reclaim much of the territory seized by the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) since June. While Gedi on Thursday celebrated a triumphant return to his home village outside Mogadishu for the first time since 2002, he acknowledged that the chaotic country was far from stable. The flight of the Islamists was a dramatic turn-around in the Horn of Africa nation, which has not had an effective government since the 1991 ouster of a dictator, after they had spread across the south imposing sharia rule and confined the interim government to its base in Baidoa until less than two weeks ago. Terrified of yet more violence in a city that has become a byword for chaos, some Mogadishu residents took to the streets to cheer government troops, while others hid. Some SICC fighters ditched their uniforms to avoid reprisals. Abdirahman Dinari, the government spokesman, said the Islamists had fled to the southern port city of Kismayu and that the administration now controlled 95 per cent of Somalia. But analysts said a government victory was in no way certain and that the conflict could be about to take another turn. The prime minister says troops have entered Mogadishu after the Council of Islamic Courts abandoned the city. Gedi, who met with clan leaders to discuss the handover of the city, said, "we are co-ordinating our forces to take control of Mogadishu". Gunfire could be heard and looting has been reported in the power vacuum that has followed the departure of the Islamic courts fighters on Thursday. Mohammed Adow, Al Jazeera's Somalia correspondent, said the Islamic courts' decision to pull out was unexpected. He said: "They had promised the Somali people to defend Mogadishu to the last man, but this hasn't happened. "They had promised the Somali people to defend Mogadishu to the last man, but this hasn't happened" Mohammed Adow, Al Jazeera's Somalia correspondent "As they head for the south, the chances look very remote for the Islamic courts to assemble their fighters again in order to be able to wage any war against the Ethiopian and Somali government fighters."

Somali gov't to declare martial law, capital seized Updated Thu. Dec. 28 2006 4:27 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Somalia's government plans to declare martial law for three months, after Ethiopian-backed troops took over the capital Mogadishu from their Islamist rivals. "This country has experienced anarchy and in order to restore security we need a strong hand, especially with freelance militias," Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi told reporters Thursday. He added that martial law could begin as early as Saturday. Militiamen for the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) had controlled Mogadishu since June, attempting to establish a government based on a strict interpretation of Islam that echoed the Taliban. Before Somali troops entered the capital, hundreds of militiamen who had backed the Islamist faction showed they had switched allegiance by taking off their uniforms. "We have been defeated. I have removed my uniform. Most of my comrades have also changed into civilian clothes," one former SICC fighter told Reuters. "Most of our leaders have fled. Meanwhile, at least 17 refugees fleeing the conflict zone drowned when their boat capsized in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday. The confrontation occurred Wednesday when Yemeni authorities discovered four boats, carrying about 515 people, and opened fire. The agency said 140 people were still missing. Earlier, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said officials had been discussing how to keep Mogadishu from descending into chaos. "We will not let Mogadishu burn," Meles told reporters in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian and Somali government troops advanced on the capital from the north and the west, capturing the country's most important airfield and driving Islamic fighters out of Jowhar, the last major town on the road leading to Mogadishu. Somali officer Col. Ahmed Omar said that Ethiopian troops would stop advancing on Mogadishu but that government forces would approach the capital. Islamists said they had left Mogadishu but vowed they would not give up without a fight. Residents south of the city told The Associated Press that Islamist forces were headed south toward the port city of Kismayo, their last remaining stronghold. One former Islamic fighter who quit Thursday, Yusuf Ibrahim, said about 3,000 fighters had left for Kismayo, some 500 kilometres to the south. Abdirahman Janaqow, a senior leader, told AP he ordered his forces out of the capital to avoid bloodshed. "We decided to leave Mogadishu because of the safety of the civilians," Janaqow said. "We want to face our enemy and their stooges in a separate area, away from civilians." Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf is expected to offer the clans a truce later Thursday. Some analysts fear that the SICC could focus on guerrilla fighting, especially if Ethiopia fails to help Somali maintain long-term security.

^^^Red Sea, everyone can see through you. All your predictions came to naught, nothing, the clowns who you was hoping to get rid of the old enemy Puntland and TFG have gone down the drain. 1.The, TFG has the recognition of the world, unlike any government in the past 16 years. 2. It is the strongest millitary power in Somalia [including what is Somaliland]. 3. It controls 80% of the country, from Puntlan to Kimsayu. The time when your like could talk was last week, my boy.