Somalia's government welcomes draft U.N. resolution on regional military force Posted to the Web Dec 02, 18:55 MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's transitional government welcomed a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize the deployment of a regional military force to protect the fragile government, as its Islamic rivals continued their expansion in the country. Information Minister Ali Ahmed Jama Jengeli said Saturday that the American proposal — which would also threaten U.N. Security Council action against those who block peace efforts or attempt to overthrow the government — was a "a good step toward the stabilization of Somalia."

I suggest many here dont forget the rules of the site. Somali Friend should be given some respect and not told the leave the site. He has engaged with most of us here in a thoughtful and mature manner. Somali-Friedn keep it coming, dont mind anyone SOL is an open forum.

Because you lack of common sense, you have become complacent in a very disastrous battle that will make your people become Ethiopian collateral damages. Baidoa, your people will be slaughtered in cruel suicide bombings. Already, the people in Bay region are fleeing their farms and villages on feet. You are already paying a hefty price for the lapse of judgment. You threaten a whole city, region and admit to your side use of suicide bombings at the same instance. Man are you shooting yourself in the foot.

Faallo: Maxaa ka khaldan Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka ? Posted to the Web Dec 01, 16:36 (Puntlandpost.com) - Guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ayaa 15-kii September Afartii galabnimo 2004-tii ku guulaystay Jagada hogaaminta Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya. Shariif Xassan Sh. Aadan ayaa waxaa la tartamayey xubnaha kala ah Zakariya Maxamuud Xaaji Cabdi, Hilowle Imaam Cumar, Cabdi Cabudle Jiniboqor, Xuseen Cismaan Xuseen, Shariif Saalax, Maxamed Cabdi Yuusuf, Xirsi Aadan Rooble Axmed Ibraahim Maxamuud, Shariif Xasan Sh. Aadan, Sh Aadan Madoobe, iyo Allaha u xariistee DR.Cabdala Deerow *****. Nasiib wanaag waxaa wareegii ugu danbeeyey isugu soo haray Guddoomiye shariif xasan iyo Sh. Aadan Madoobe oo kala helay 161 cod halka Sh. Aadan Madoobe uu helay 104 cod. Shariif xasan Sh. Aadan ayaa markii loo doortay jagadaas ku dhawaaqay inuu baarlamaanka Soomaaliyeed ugu shaqaynayo cadaalad iyo kala danbayn , nasiib daro ma dhicin oo waxaa kalfadhiyadii ugu horeeyey hareereyey baarlamaanka Soomaaliya cadaawad iyo dil ka dhex-dhacay xubnaha baarlamaanka Soomaaliyeed, waxaana Soomaali badan qabaan in arrintaas uu sahlay Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka oo dhinac gaara la safnaa , waxaana waxyaalaha lagu xasuusan karo kamid ahaa hadala ka soo yeeray Guddoomiya baarlamaanka waqtigaas, mar uu bilowday baarlamaanka dhexdiisa gacan kahadal ayaa Shariif Xasan wuxuu waqtigaa ku dhawaaqay in taageerayaashiisu ay iska dhiciyaan raga ka soo horjeeda waxaana hadalkiisa ka mid ahaa " War raga iska dhiciya " . taas oo tusinaysa shacabka Soomaaliyeed inuu shariif xasan uu ku fadhiyo kursi khalad ah. Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanku dhibaatadii ka dhacday Baarlamaanka dhexdiisa dabadeed wuxuu dabada la galay Magaalada Muqdisho isagoo hogaaminaya qaar kamida baarlamaanka Soomaalida , halka baarlamaanka intiisi kale iyo madaxda dowladu ay fariisin ka dhigteen magaalada Jowhar oo hada gacanta ugu jirta Maxaakiimta Muqdisho. Kala maqnaansho dheer kaddib madaxda qaranka ayaa 5-tii bishii Janaayo 2006-da ay magaalada Cadan ee dalka Yamen ku kala saxiixdeen Madaxwaynaha Somalia C/laahi Yusuf Axmed iyo Gudoomiyaha Golaha Wakiilada Somaliya mudane Shariif Xasan Shiikh Aadan halkaas oo uu ku dhamaaday khilaaf dheer oo socday mudo ku dhowaada 2 sano. Shacabka Soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay joogaan waa soo dhoweeyeen heshiiskan waxaana taageeray heshiiskan Jaamacada Carabta , Ururka midowga Yurub, iyo dowlado badan oo heer caalami ah. Guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka ayaa waqtigaa kaddib si aan kala harlahayn u taageeray in dowlada iyo baarlamaankuba ay degaan magaalada Baydhabo , halka Raysal Wasaare Geedi iyo xubno badan oo kamida Baarlamaanka ay aamin sanaayeen in loo kala qaybiyo dowlada Jowhar iyo Baydhabo , Guddoomiyaha baarlamaankuse uu ku adkaystay in Baydhabo ay noqoto goobta Baarlamaanka iyo dowladuba ku negaanayaan inta Muqdisho ay noqonayso goob nabdoon. Arrintaas waxaa soo dhoweeyey mar kale Shacabka Soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay joogaanba , waxaana dad badan oo u hiloobay dalkooda hooyo ay aamineen inuu dhamaaday khilaafkii dowlada. Waxayna ahayd rajo la sugayey ,mase noqon mid lagu sii negaado. Shariif Xasan sh. aadan intuu ku sugnaa magaalada Baydhabo wuxuu qabtay shaqooyin aad u badan oo Soomaalidu la yaabeen suu halmar usu bedelay Soomaali badan waxay u qaadatay in doonta Guddoomiyuhu ay ku socoto jid wanaagasan. Guddoomiye shariif Hasan iyo qodobadii uu ku ansixiyey Baydhabo. Guddoomiyaha hadaan u soo laabano waqtiyadii la soo dhaafay ee caasimada Nairobi , waxay xubnaha Baarlamaanka Soomaaliyeed ay ku kala baadeen ama isku laayeen dood u dhaxaysay oo looga doodayey arrimahan: In Soomaaliya la keeno Ciidamo aan la kala reebin oo ka socda aduunka oo dhan oo ku jiraan wadama deriska In Soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo aysan ku jirin kuwa safka hore oo ay kamid tahay dalka Itoobiya. Arrintaas ka doodideeda waxaa ku daatay dhiig , waxaana si aan sharci ahayn uu guddoomiyuhu u taageeray qorshaha danbe ee ah inaan Soomaaliya aan la keenin ciidamo nabad ilaalineed oo ku jiraan kuwa safka hore. Guddoomiye Shariif Xasan waqtigii uu Baydhabo soo gaaray Bilooyin kaddib wuxuu baarlamaanka Soomaaliyeed soo dhex-dhigay Ajedayaashii hore oo baarlamaanka Soomaliyeed ay horay isugu laayeen wuxuuna shaqsi ahaan aad u taageeray in Soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo aan la kala reebin oo ay ku jiraan kuwa safka Hore. hadaba Waqtigee ayuu saxnaa Guudoomiyaha baarlamaanka , marka la isu fiiriyo Doodii Nairobi oo uu kaga soo horjeeday in Soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo ka socda Safka hore iyo waqtigii uu baydhabo yimi oo uu u ololeynayey in Soomaaliya la keeno Ciidamo aan la kala reebin oo ay ku jiraan kuwa Safka hore .....? :eek: Maxaa ka danbeeyey arrimahaas : Wuxuu ku dhawaaqay Shariif xasan markuu ka degay Muqdisho bishii lasoo dhaafay " Ma dhici karto in dowladda magaalo magaalooyinka Soomaaliya ka mid ah ay ku waardiyeeso dowlad kale". taas oo ula jeeday dowlada itoobiya. Waana mid uu gacantiisa ku saxiixay in Soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo shisheeye oo aan la kala reebin...... ? Muxuu horay ugu fashilmay Guddoomiyuhu: 1. Shariifka waxaa lala socdaa markii ay Dowladdu degtay Jowhar waxa uu fariistay Muqdisho, dabadeedna waxuu ku dooday in dowladdu ay dagto Muqdisho, taasina way suurogeli wayday. Waxaana kaga yimi fashilaado badan. waxayna ka qaadatay sanado badan inuu salka dhigin . 2. Guddoomiyahu markii uu soo gaaray Baydhabo wuxuu ansixiyey in Ciidamo Soomaaliya la keeno aan lakala reebin , waxay ku tahay fashilaad maadaama uu Muqdisho arrintaa awgeed khilaafkeeda uu ugu maqnaa mudo ku dhawaada sanad iyo bar. 3. Guddoomiyeheenu wuxuu dib ugu laabtay jidkii hore ee Muqdisho iyo sanado kale oo uu ka dhimiyo DFKS , waxayna u egtahay inuu ku fashilmay masraxa siyaasadeed ee uu yeelan karo Guddoomiye Baarlamaan , maadaama uu yahay xubinta ku xigta Madaxweynaha marka la fiiriyo axdi qarameedka Soomaaliya. 4.Wuxuu Saxaafada ka sheegay guddoomiyuhu isagoo socdaal ugu jiray dalka Jabuuti in Dowlada itoobiya ay wadanka soomaaliya faraha kala baxdo , waana tii heshiiska ka dhexsamaysay 3-da masuul ee ugu sareeya dowlada, markii ay isku qilaafeen Baydhabo , wuxuuna raali ka ahaa Guddoomiyuha baarlamaanka soo gelidii ciidamada itoobiya bilihii la soo dhaafay , kaddib markii Madaxweyne Yuusuf uu safaro u aaday deegaanada Puntland. arrintaasna waxay ku tahay fashilaad , maadaama ay dikreeto baarlamaan uu ku saxiixay in Ciidamo aan la kala reebin ay Soomaaliya soo galaan. Si kastaba ma sahlana xaaladaha guur-guurka ah ee u dhaxeeyo guddoomiye Shariif Xasan , wuxuuna hada dhumiyey taageero badan oo dhinaca Baarlamaanka ah iyo mida qowmiyada beelaha digil iyo mirifle , waxaana laga wardhoorayaa Asbuucyadan soo socda xaalada mustaqbal ee shariifka. Ma wuxuu ku jiridoonaa jidkii hore iyo sanado ka qasaara DFKS , mise golayaasha dowladu waxay noqonayaan kuwo u hogaansama sharciyada Baarlamaanka , awoodana ka qaada shaqsigii aan u qalmin, mise iyaga naftooda ayaa sidaasba u samaysan oo aan Soomaaliya xal u hayn. Puntlandpost.com

^^^lol. Ethiopia is not invading, thus goes another Clan Court argument. This request was before the clan courts, two years old in fact. Its great we are moving in the right direction..

New-York Times.. U.S. Proposing Regional Force to Monitor Somalia Violence Sign In to E-Mail This Print Reprints Save By WARREN HOGE Published: December 2, 2006 UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 1 — The United States circulated a draft resolution on Somalia on Friday, urging a regional peacekeeping force to monitor a struggle for control between the country’s embattled government and its powerful Islamist foes, and calling for a partial lifting of an arms embargo to enable the equipping of local security units. The 8,000-member force would come from seven East African nations but not from neighboring states of Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. This restriction was added out of concern that the proposed United Nations move, aimed at calming tensions, might end up provoking wider hostilities. The International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based study group with expertise in the area, raised alarm this week by predicting that deploying a force, particularly one that included soldiers from neighboring countries, “could trigger all-out war in Somalia and destablize the entire Horn of Africa region.” John R. Bolton, the American ambassador, expressed annoyance with this view. “You know, people criticize us when we take action on the ground, that our taking action makes the situation worse,” he said. “O.K., so what is the answer, not to take action?” He said, “What we want to do is endorse the insertion of the regional peacekeeping force, which many of the African states have called for, in order to provide some measure of stability there to permit a political solution.” Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991, when warlords overthrew the president and then turned on each other. The interim government, formed two years ago and supported by the United Nations, controls only Baidoa, the provincial town where it is headquartered, while the Islamic alliance, known as the Union of Islamic Courts, has taken over Mogadishu, the capital, and increased its grip on the rest of the country. Ethiopia supports the interim government and has sent troops into the country. Washington earlier backed a coalition of warlords to try to combat the Islamists, who the United States believed harbored terrorists. The draft urged the Islamists to “cease any further military expansion and reject those with an extremist agenda or links with international terrorism.” It noted the Security Council’s willingness “to engage with all parties in Somalia, including the Union of Islamic Courts, if they are committed to achieving a political settlement through peaceful and inclusive dialogue.” There is fear that Ethiopia and Eritrea, which are in a tense faceoff over their disputed border, are fighting a proxy war in Somalia. Eritrea also would most likely be barred from participating in the peacekeeping force under the resolution. The United Nations arms embargo on Somalia, which has been notoriously porous, began in 1992. Mr. Bolton said that the text would be circulated to various capitals over the weekend, and that he hoped that reactions could start to be incorporated into the document at drafters’ meetings beginning Monday. “And then we’ll proceed as rapidly as we can after that,” he said.

U.S. Calls for Regional Somalia Force washington post website By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press Friday, December 1, 2006; 8:24 PM UNITED NATIONS -- The United States circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's weak government and threaten Security Council action against those who block peace efforts and attempt to overthrow it. The draft, obtained by The Associated Press, would lift a 1992 arms embargo against Somalia so that troops in the "protection and training mission" could be militarily equipped. ..........................

Juje, Idamaale interview was spot on... Maybe reuters was not enough for you, well here is more.. US Asks UN Backing For Somalia Peace Mission By Peter Heinlein United Nations December 2006 The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to prop up Somalia's weak transitional government. VOA's Peter Heinlein has details from U.N. headquarters in New York. U.S. diplomats distributed a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to support Somalia's transitional federal institutions based in Baidoa, 250 kilometes northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The measure would allow a partial lifting of a 1992 arms embargo that is has largely failed to keep weapons out of the Horn of Africa nation. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton says the resolution envisions an eight-thousand strong peacekeeping mission staffed by the seven-nation African regional group. He says mission is designed to provide stability to the transitional government in the face of strong pressure from Islamists who control Mogadishu. "The transitional federal government is under pressure from Islamic Courts Union and the stability, such as it is, is in grave peril and what we want to do is introduce this regional peacekeeping force, endorse insertion of regional peacekeeping force which many of the African states have called for in order to provide a measure of stability there," he said. Deployment of the force is fiercely opposed by the Islamic Courts Union, which captured Mogadishu last June, then took control of much of the south and central parts of Somalia. They have imposed Sharia law in the areas they control. The draft introduced Friday calls on the Islamic Courts Union to halt further expansion and reject people with an extremist agenda or links to international terrorism. The United States has said the Islamists are harboring Al Qaeda fighters who use the lawless region as a base of operations, spreading terror to other areas. The African Union and regional groups have long been pushing for a Northeast African peacekeeping force to uphold the transitional government. But news of a possible resolution has raised concerns among some Europeans that it could further destabilize the region and lead to all-out war. Earlier in the week, the Council adopted a resolution submitted by Qatar that calls on Secretary-General Kofi Annan to extend the life of a panel of independent experts who have the job of monitoring enforcement of the arms embargo.

DFKM ee Soomaaliya oo shaaca ka qaaday in ciidamo kasoo baxsaday maxaakiimta ay soo gaareen magaalada Baydhabo Last Updated::2006-12-01 17:36:55 Baydhabo:-Wasiir ku xigeenka gaashaan dhiga ee dowlada federaalka ayaa maanta shir jaraa’id oo uu ku qabtay magaalada Baydhabo waxaa uu ku sheegay in ciidamo ka tirsanaa maxaakiimta Islaamiga ah ay goosad ku yimaadeen magaalada baydhabo ee xarunta gobolka Bay. Salaad Cali jeelle ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in ciidamadan kasoo goostay maxaakiimta Islaamiga oo ah 350 askari ay soo gaareen magaalada Baydhabo islamarkaana ay ku biireen ciidamada dowlada federaalka Soomaaliya. Wasiir ku xigeenka gaadhaan dhiga ee DF Salaad Cali Jeelle oo goobta shirkiisan jaraa’id uu ku qabanayay ay goob joog ka ahaayeen sadex sarkaal oo uu magacyadooda ku kala sheegay Boorow max'ed Xasan, Cabdi Madeey Ibraahim, iyo Cabdi Gaas Xuseen ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in sadexdaasi sarkaal ay kamid yihiin taliyeyaasha maleeshiyaadkaasi maxaakiimta kasoo goostay. Mudane Jeelle ayaa intaasi ku daray inay ciidamadan ay xalay soo gaareen magaalada baydhabo isagoo sababta ay usoo goosteen ku sheegay in dhibaatooyin fara badan ay kala kulmeen maxkamadaha. Wasiir ku xigeenka gaashaan dhiga ee DFKM ee Soomaaliya ayaa shirkiisan jaraa’id waxaa kaloo uu ku sheegay in maleeshiyadan ay kaga hortageen deegaanka lagu magacaabo Karkoor oo dhowr iyo labaatan kilo miitir u jirta magaalada Baydhabo oo dowladu ay degan tahay. C/risaaq Bulqaas Horseednet.com

^^^When we go figure, we find things troubling. Here is another quote.. MR. CASEY: we have spoken about the need to strengthen the Transitional Federal Institutions and government.

Direct USA support for TFG :Tom Casey , Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC Posted to the Web Dec 01, 14:48 MR. CASEY: we have spoken about the need to strengthen the Transitional Federal Institutions and government. QUESTION: Let me change the subject to Somalia if you would. MR. CASEY: Okay. QUESTION: The U.S. resolution on the stabilization force of Somalia is one of the things that the Security Council is discussing today. And I wonder if you can give us the status of that resolution. Has it been discussed yet, where it is now? And also, if you can a little bit farther give us a detail of the content of the resolution because I -- as you know, there is some resolved -- unresolved issues on the subject like the front government -- you know, front in neighboring countries. Will they be added on the force or that sort of things or what they going to do about the Ethiopian troops that are already inside Somalia, that sort of thing? MR. CASEY: Well, actually, I'm not aware that the resolution has been tabled today. I know there have been discussions about this at the UN. Certainly I don't have any details of it to share with you. I do think that we've made our basic view clear, though, that we want to act in support of the decisions that have been taken both by IGAD - as well as by the African Union in terms of trying to help promote a solution to the longstanding problems in Somalia. Ultimately our end goal is establishing a reasonable security and a functioning government for the people of Somalia that frankly had been without one for more than a decade now. There are a number of ideas that are being discussed related to that. I know one that we've spoken about before here in this briefing includes following up on the IGAD and AU proposal for a regional stabilization force, an IGAD-led stabilization force to be participating in that. But in terms of the details of how that will be put forward in the resolution, I'm afraid we'll just have to wait and see what actually gets put down on the table in New York. I don't have any further information on that. QUESTION: There's a widespread of disagreement on the issue of lifting the arm embargo, for example. And if you, even within the Somali -- the (inaudible) of the TFG themselves, it's a lot of conflict. I just wonder why U.S. decided to vote for this one at this particular time, to (inaudible). MR. CASEY: Well, again, I think let's wait until a resolution is actually put forward and you can take a look at it. Again, what we're trying to achieve here is a solution to the longstanding problems in Somalia. I'm not aware that we're changing or have changed our views on the arms embargo. QUESTION: And finally. MR. CASEY: Yeah. Third time's a charm. QUESTION: That's all right. Thanks. And if you will look into what was going on in the region for the last few days, Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, have talk on very harsh words against the Islamists. The Islamists responded saying we will take a jihad. And already the report is showing that a lot of the Ethiopian troops inside Somalia. It looks like war is imminent at the moment. What is U.S. Government -- any plans to defuse this tension? MR. CASEY: Well, I think that gets us back to where we started. What we believe is important is that there is a UN-sponsored solution to this that involves Somalia's neighbors as well as the broader African Union. There are a number of different elements to that. Obviously, we have spoken about the need to strengthen the Transitional Federal Institutions and government. We've also spoken to and encouraged the efforts at dialogue between those institutions and the Union of Islamic Courts. And again, as has been discussed, we also believe it's important to follow through on the regional proposals to have a stabilization force or a stabilization element there as a way of ensuring that there is something in place that can help provide stability and can do so in a neutral way so that you don't have involvement of other players individually or then you don't run the risk of having some kind of broader conflict established. And we believe that implementing this kind of force and taking these kinds of steps will, in effect, help provide for, again, the end goal, which is having a functioning government and a more normal functioning of the country that Somalia has been lacking for so long. QUESTION: Thank you. QUESTION: What is your understanding of what the Ethiopians are up to inside Somali territory? MR. CASEY: George, we've seen various press reports, but I really don't have anything to offer you in terms of specific details.

US seeks UN backing for Somalia peacekeeping force Posted to the Web Dec 01, 21:20 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The United States will endorse African peacekeepers to help prop up Somalia's shaky interim government in a draft resolution to be unveiled on Friday, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. Washington's draft would also ease a widely ignored 14-year-old U.N. arms embargo on Somalia to enable the peacekeepers to legally bring in arms and train and equip local security forces, he said. With widespread instability and the interim government under pressure from Islamists, "what we want to do is endorse the insertion of this regional peacekeeping force which many of the African states have called for, in order to provide some measure of stability there, to permit a political solution," Bolton told reporters. The Islamists have been steadily expanding their reach and influence in Somalia after seizing the capital of Mogadishu in June. The United States says they are harboring al Qaeda operatives who pose a threat in the region and elsewhere. Washington earlier backed a coalition of warlords in its effort to counter the Islamists' growing influence in the Horn of Africa nation, which has been in chaos, without a central government, since 1991. But the Islamists defeated the coalition in June as they seized control of the capital, Mogadishu. More recently, Ethiopian troops have poured over the border into Somalia to support the interim government holed up in the small provincial town of Baidoa. The African Union and regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which brokered the transitional government's installation in 2004, have long been pushing for regional peacekeepers to support it. 'WHAT IS THE ANSWER?' But word of the U.S. initiative set off alarms this week when the Brussels-based International Crisis Group and European experts warned the draft could backfire by undermining the interim government, strengthening the Islamists and leading to wider war. Because the Islamists are backed by Eritrean troops, the group said it feared the intervention in Somalia could deteriorate into a proxy war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, whose relations remain extremely tense years after a bloody border war between them. The group said the Security Council should not take sides in Somalia or let neighboring countries like Ethiopia and Eritrea participate in the force. It urged the council to instead tighten the U.N. arms embargo and encourage government and Islamist leaders to hold talks aimed at a political settlement of their rivalry. But Bolton said the resolution left the composition of the force to IGAD and the AU. "People criticize us when we take action on the ground that our taking action makes the situation worse. So what is the answer -- not to take action?" Bolton asked. Jendayi Frazier, the U.S. assistant Secretary of State for African affairs, said in Washington this week that IGAD had itself ruled out putting troops from neighboring countries in the intervention force. "The country that has said that it would deploy forces at this time is Uganda, and we would look for other countries that would be willing to do so from throughout Africa, but we are not expecting that any of the immediate neighbors would be deploying," Frazier told reporters on Wednesday. Source: Reuters

^^^Umm are you sure you already for the news lads from Clan Courts area & their occupied territories [Juje] US seeks UN backing for Somalia peacekeeping force Posted to the Web Dec 01, 21:20 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The United States will endorse African peacekeepers to help prop up Somalia's shaky interim government in a draft resolution to be unveiled on Friday, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. Washington's draft would also ease a widely ignored 14-year-old U.N. arms embargo on Somalia to enable the peacekeepers to legally bring in arms and train and equip local security forces, he said. With widespread instability and the interim government under pressure from Islamists, "what we want to do is endorse the insertion of this regional peacekeeping force which many of the African states have called for, in order to provide some measure of stability there, to permit a political solution," Bolton told reporters. The Islamists have been steadily expanding their reach and influence in Somalia after seizing the capital of Mogadishu in June. The United States says they are harboring al Qaeda operatives who pose a threat in the region and elsewhere. Washington earlier backed a coalition of warlords in its effort to counter the Islamists' growing influence in the Horn of Africa nation, which has been in chaos, without a central government, since 1991. .............Reuters............

The local millitia know their land is occupied and have come back to their national governemnt. This is a big blow to the Clan Courts..

Bambo, It was great the warlord lost and thus highlited the folly of the US in working with them. Now for the first time in 16 years the US is ready to work with and admit supporting the legitimate government of Somalia. Hence not the clan courts or the secesionists in Somaliland. So a big win for the TFG.. We are here indicating that my government has welcomed the joining of about 350 militia from Islamic Courts to the government’ Mr. Ali Jelle said “they were the local militia who came from Bur-Hakaba area where it controlled by the terrorist group of Islamic Courts,” Three officers of the defected Islamist troops identified as Abdi Madey Ibrahim, Abdi Gaas Hussein and Barow Mohamed Hassan could be seen sitting beside where Mr. Jelle was speaking to the reporters in Baidoa.

^^^ Why do you think its so terribel? Its the first ever airport in the history of Bossaso, and this will only be the first phase. Also Cade is not waging war, but defending his country from the Clan Courts. The countries that are already there or shortly will be in Puntland are also more friends or non-threatening to Ethiopia. China and Yemen are common friends and if the Canadian, Australian, American business came will not be threatening to either. Russia will not be far behind. Thanx to oil it has made a remarkable comeback to its position as major power. Saxib, Puntland wants to be the new UAE, but with much larger better land and area. Trade is vital for the whole of East Africa. What has kept us so poor is the fact that we have never built up our infrustructures and invested in our people. But in this new global world in which information is available to all nations can catch up in a decade. You only have to look at China, India, Brazil and even Vietnam..

First Bambo. The Clan Courts have on a number of occasions declared war on Baidoa. Their Amir Xasan Turki even stated it publicly with the words like "I tell the truth unlike some of my friends, we will take Baidoa, Puntland and Somaliland". Mr Roobow Abu Mansoor and Macalin Xashi have alos said they will attack Baidoa soon and so on. The fuel embargo is another celebrated moment, though it tunrs out it only hurts local traders and not the TFG troops. No fake propoganda these are the words the Clan Courts ahve spoken. Also how does the TFG invade its own country? The Bay regions districts have all beeen elected by locals of the region including Bur-Hakabo, hence the action of the clan courts was aggression in itself and broke the Khartum agreement. Saxib, unless you are deluding yourself, the outside support is essetial to any conflict and most conflicts are won through diplomatic means than through the barrel of a gun. The Clan Courts are finished, start looking for a new brand, because this one has gone statale already..

New US support After initially backing a coalition of warlords against the Islamist forces, the draft resolution signaled that Washington was now throwing its support behind the interim government. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (Reuters) The Somali government for two years struggled to get the necessary international support that would enable it to bring order and security to the country. The biggest obstacle through out those two years was the world’s only super power, the United States. Washington was even blamed by the TFG of covertly supporting the warlords of Mogadishu and on many occasions the US was advised that if they had any concerns regarding Somalia, they should bring it to the attention of the legitimate government and not some rogue warlords who had little support within the country. The failure of the warlords of Mogadishu and the subsequent rise of the Clan Courts of that same city was a major set back for Washington and a vindicated the TFG position. Since June, Washington has become alarmed with the rise of both, Xasan Dahir Aways and Xasan Turki both on the US list of individuals with links to Al-Qaeda. Who could they turn to now? The secesionist were not any good. The US thus found itself with no other avenue than the same government that it had ignored for the past two years. The TFG plan now became the accepted one in the state department. Situation on the ground The Clan Courts, have over played their hand. Their threats of ‘Clan Jihad’ against Ethiopia and their false bravado, has gained them an unexpected response from the Adis regime, that Ethiopia has prepared itself for a direct engagement to meet this very threat. The silence from their backers, Eritrea, and others has started to have a deep impact on the psyche of various top leaders with in the Clan Courts organization. For example Xasan Dahir has started to lash out at the Americans for their new attempt at lifting the arms embargo, While IndaCade invited foreign fighters, or [terror networks] to Mogadishu. These actions from their leaders has further isolated this rogue entity. Their new friend Sharif Xasan could not bring enough MP’s with him, again highlighting the limited options at their disposal. Their forces have been checked in Bandiradlay, South Mudug and in Bur-Hakabo Bay, with little hope of advancing beyond these two points. Car bombs aside it seems the silly millitary adventure is running out of steam. Recommendations The TFG needs to wait for a while longer, avoid any further escelation, maybe move into Bur-Hakabo and Baidoogle but no major offensives should be taken until the arms embargo is lifted. Let the clan courts further isolate themselves with their fantasy war with Ethiopia..

In Eritrea one of the dumbest regimes in history exists today.

Puntland is moving steadily but surely in the right direction. Ethiopia with its 70 million + population is an important regional market and one Puntland needs to develop further. Business and the creation of jobs and opportunities is what will win in the end. In this globalizes world you have to have the right image, for example why should Puntland not do business with Ethiopia or foster a relationship with that country since all its neighbors including Somaliland, Djabouti and Sudan are all trying to get a piece of the action? Deeper business ties with Yemen, Oman, and Ethiopia will create wealth for the sate of Puntland. Exploitation of the natural resources of the state will enable us to feed, clothe and care for the majority of our citizens as well as develop real cities and infrastructure.

Its CIA, Its Ethiopia, Its the TFG. But its not the group that has declared war on Baidoa itself. That has cut the fuel of the local traders. The same group that has invited international networks to come to Mogadishu. Not the group that has invaded Bur-Hakabo and everyother day makes threats and make belive clashes with "Amxaro". No its not them, it must be someone else, even though they have even claimed it...

Somalia: MPs propose creation of 45,000 Somali troops Wed. November 29, 2006 03:13 pm. (SomaliNet) The members of the transitional parliament based in Baidoa city, southwest Somalia discussed on Wednesday over the work plan of the next six months for the defense ministry. The today's session was chaired by Osman Elmi Boqore, the acting parliament speaker and attened by 142 MPs. The copies of the work plan for the defense ministry were distributed to MPs with their debate towards how to amend about this plan. Among the agendas in which was discussed in the parliament hall was to form 45,000 Somali troops those will have training inside the country. The proposed troops are expected to bring peace in entire Somalia. The parliament session came as the Washington prepares to put forward a draft resolution before the Security Council over lifting the arms embargo on Somalia allowing international peacekeepers to enter Somalia. News Category: Somalia

^^^They Garoweonline translated the above article in full. They have also been quite posative of the courts lately.

The claim of clan courts.. In Mogadishu, a senior Islamist security official said the bombing was an attack on an Ethiopian military post and an Islamist commander in Bay region where Baidoa is located said it was carried out by "Islamic suicide bombers." SOURCE....AFP Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Islaamiga ah ee Al Bayaan Maxamed Ibraahim Bilaal ee beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle ayaa Wakaaladda wararka AFP u caddeeyey in howsha qarxintaas ay ahayd shaqadii Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah. isagoo sheegay inay qaraxaas ku dileen 24 askari oo Ethiopia-yan ah. source A “senior official” with the Islamic Courts has claimed responsibility for the attack, reported AFP. The official told AFP that “24 Ethiopians” were killed in the attack. source in English “We proclaim to the Muslims of the world to prepare for jihad and we invite Muslims of the world to come inside Somalia,” Yusuf Indha Ade, the Islamists’ head of security, said while addressing a public rally in Mogadishu on Tuesday. source

At least 12 killed in suicide car bomb blasts near Somali gov't seat by Mustafa Haji Abdinur MOGADISHU (AFP) - At least 12 people were killed when two suicide car bomb blasts rocked the Somali town of Baidoa, seat of Somalia's weak government, police commander General Ali Hussein has told AFP. "There were two suicide cars full of explosives," he said Thursday, adding the blasts had killed one of his officers, several people inside the two vehicles and the occupants of a third vehicle near the Boynunay checkpoint in eastern Baidoa. The checkpoint is closely guarded by Somali authorities who keep close watch on those entering and leaving the town, the only one held by the government which is on the brink of war with powerful Islamists. In Mogadishu, a senior Islamist security official said the bombing was an attack on an Ethiopian military post and an Islamist commander in Bay region where Baidoa is located said it was carried out by "Islamic suicide bombers." :eek: The Islamist official in Mogadishu said at least 24 Ethiopian troops had died but Hussein denied any Ethiopians had been involved and said the death toll was lower. Witnesses said one of the cars that exploded, a Toyota, appeared to have four people inside. It was not clear how many were in the other, but Hussein said one of the bombers had been captured alive. "We have captured one survivor," Hussein said. "One of my officers has been killed along with the people in the third vehicle and several civilians have been hurt." He could not give an exact casualty count but said that at least 12 people had died. The incident is the second suicide car bombing in Baidoa, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) northwest of Mogadishu. On September 18, a suicide car bomber unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed as he left parliament in Baidoa. The government has blamed that attack on the Islamists. Source: AFP, Nov 30, 2006