^^^Trust me mate, there are no warlords in Puntland, like Somaliland, there are clans and they are armed but they do not centre on a single individual or factions... The reason you here references to warlords is simple, the people here are not all that familiar with the state...

^^^Art, Puntland has no warlords, you mean elders, issims or traditional leaders...Paragon is what vagulay resembles a warlord from our region, but he is a cyber one and has no real power even in SOL. .

Xoogsade be fair, both sides are interested in power and greed. Xasan Dahir, IndaCade are right now occupaying lands of fellow Somali's, and then claim to be holly warriors.. I do love how the news media of Mogadishu will never report on this occupation but concentrate on the myth of Amhara, while all along protecting the farms, lands and areas their kinsmen illegaly control. This cry wolf of Shabbele.com/Horn/Afrik and Yusuf Garad, is pathetic. Was it not a few weeks ago we had this charade, do you want us to belive this nonsence? This routine is getting boring, there is no evidance and no one has seen Ethiopian with their own eyes, we hear secondary accounts by people in certain villages...

Ciidamo Ethiopian ah oo soo galay deg. Waajid- Todays latest the proof?????/ B/weyne 22, July. 06 ( Sh.M.Network ) Magaalada Waajid ee gobolka Bakool ayaa waxaa soo gaaray ciidamo fara badan oo Ethiopian ah, kuwaasi oo la dajiyay duleedka magaaladaasi iyo garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaaladaasi. Sida uu Shabelle u xaqiijiyay qof goobjooge ah ayaa waxa uu sheegay in saakay waabarigii ciidamo fara badan oo Ethiopian ah lagu arkayay, iyagoo dhex maraya magaalada Waajid. Dadka ku dhaqan degmada Waajid ayaa saakay ku waabariistay gaadiid iyo ciidamo Ethiopian ah oo dhaq dhaqaaq ka wada gudaha magaalada Waajid. Mana cadda sababaha rasmiga ah e ciidamadan ay soo galeen degmadaasi. Gudoomiyaha golaha shuurada Maxaakiimta islaamiga Somalia Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys ayaa ku eedeeyay dowladda Ethiopia in aanu dooneyn xasilooni ka dhalata Somalia, ayna waajib tahay in lagu jihaado. Shabelle Media Network Hiiraan Same rubish news they have been making for months, who told them??????

Somali militant urges holy war on Ethiopia AP, 21 July, 2006 MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamic militia leader called for a holy war Friday against Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia's weak U.N.-backed government. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, speaking on Radio Shabelle, said Ethiopia's decision to send troops to protect the transitional government in Baidoa, 150 miles northwest of Mogadishu, must be met with war. "I am calling on the Somali people to wage a holy war against Ethiopians in Baidoa," said Aweys, who the U.S. government says has ties to al-Qaida. "They came to protect a government which they set up to advance their interests." Residents of Baidoa reported seeing hundreds of Ethiopian troops, in uniform and in marked armored vehicles, entering Baidoa on Thursday and taking up positions around transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf's compound. Ethiopian and Somali government officials have denied Ethiopian troops are in the country, though witnesses from five towns have reported seeing them. "Abdullahi Yusuf is in the pocket of Ethiopia," Aweys said in the nationwide broadcast. "He's been a servant of Ethiopia for a long time." Source: San Diego Tribune

1..The famous warlords of Mogadishu used to get the people excited by saying "the Amharo are coming", "Ethiopia is coming to kill us"....Remember Musa Sudi and Qaynyare not long ago, were the champions of the anti Amhara groups in Mogadishu...The same propoganda but different players.. 2. Today we have YusufInda Cade [security boss], who is now claiming he will attack Adis Ababa, with what? Xasan Dahir wants to discuss the occupied region of ******. Yet ignores the actions of his kin. Has anyone seen any Ethiopians?, the answer is '"someone on the ground reported" ' any pictures? , of course not, what matters is that the BBC reports it over and over again, Horn Afrik repaets, Shabbele ads some spice, and we all go bananas. It seems Ethiopia, Amharo, Tigray, call them what you want are the new motivational method to get the people excited.........

Somali Says Ethiopian Presence Is Just the Uniforms By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: July 22, 2006 KINSHASA, Congo, July 21 — The transitional government in Somalia emphatically denied Friday that Ethiopian troops had come to rescue it, saying that the Islamic clerics who rule Somalia’s capital were spreading false rumors to create chaos. Mohammed Abdi Hayir, minister of information for the transitional government, said, “There are absolutely no Ethiopian troops in Somalia.†He said the confusion came from the fact that Ethiopia had provided 4,000 uniforms to Somali forces guarding the fledging government. “Some people have seen this and they think that Ethiopian soldiers are surrounding them, but it’s actually our forces,†he said. “This has all been exaggerated. The Islamist clerics are trying to create confusion worldwide.†There are two powers vying for control of Somalia: Islamic clerics whose forces recently outgunned American-backed warlords for control of Mogadishu, the ruined capital, and a shaky transitional government, aided by the United Nations but with so little power that it cannot survive in Mogadishu and is instead based in Baidoa, a midsize city about 150 miles away. On Friday, clerics in Mogadishu continued to insist that Somalia had been invaded and unleashed a barrage of warlike threats on the radio. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the hard-line leader of the Islamic Courts Union, told people to get ready for a holy war against Ethiopia, which is a primarily Christian country. Somalia is almost entirely Muslim, and the two cultures have been rivals for centuries and fought a costly war in 1970’s. “We must defend our sovereignty,†Sheik Aweys said. “I am calling on the Somali people to wage a jihad.†Talk like this put many Somalis on edge. In Mogadishu, people emerged from Friday Prayer chanting, “Down with Ethiopia!†At the Abu Hureira mosque, a young sheik told the crowd in front of him, “The enemy of God has invaded Somalia.†He instructed his listeners to defend “their religion and their soil.†In Baidoa, the transitional government imposed a nighttime curfew while its soldiers began searching cars on the street. Groups of men were rounded up and arrested, though several were released. Earlier this week Somalis reported seeing Ethiopian Army trucks and hundreds of soldiers in uniform streaming across the border and taking up positions in Baidoa. There were even reports that a column of Ethiopian troops was advancing east toward Mogadishu at the same time that Islamic militias, fresh from a string of victories, were streaming west toward Baidoa. Officials in Ethiopia have openly supported the transitional government of Somalia, siding with it as a bulwark against Muslim expansion that could threaten Ethiopia’s fragile internal politics. Ethiopia, along with several other countries, is providing military advisers and equipment to the Somali politicians in Baidoa, but Ethiopian leaders continue to deny that they sent troops across the border. Somalia is still mostly inaccessible, with communication spotty and many areas too dangerous for foreigners to travel. United Nations officials in Africa and Defense Department officials in Washington said Friday that it was unclear to them whether Ethiopia had actually invaded Somalia, or if indeed the whole episode was a mix-up over uniforms. Mark Mazzetti contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Ahmed Mohammed from Mogadishu, Somalia. More Articles in International »

MMA, the Puntland Parliment which has many MP's from that region gave the go ahead, like I told you earlier Cade handeled things badly at the beginning, however now things are moving on smoothly. The exploration area is not limited to Majiyahan, but covers all of Puntland and in particular the Nugaal [Oil and Gas], Qndala[silver] and other areas...So its not an issue of a single sub-clans land being looted as some here like Paragon are alluding to..

^^^I have no idea why they are making so much noise regarding this issue? I thought they were another country that was not affected by what happens on the ground.

^^ There is always two sides to every story. The TFG has denied any troops in Baido. There is no one who says they have seen them with their own eyes, even Jini Boqor a staunch critic said he id not see it with them but belives they are there...

^^^No both sides are killing each other, much like the people of Rawanda killed each other in mass. There is a civil war going on in Iraq, no doubt there are outside powers helping these factions kille and maim each other.. They these factions are the real powers in the country, specialy the Mahdi, Badr and the Sunni AL-Anbar factions. They are filling in the vacumes and they do not trust each other.

^^^US and Tehran, the Shia Badr Brigade and the Mahdi millitia were in exile in Iran when Sadam was in power. Now they have been brought to power by the Americans...

Dowlada Federaalka oo beenisay Ciidamada Itoobiya ee la sheegay in ay yimaadeen Last Updated::2006-07-21 14:24:54 Baydhabo:- Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa warar been abuur ah ku tilmaamay war uu sii daayey wariye u shaqeeya BBC-da. Warkan oo xalay BBC-da laanteeda afsomaliga sii daaysay ayaa lagu sheegay in mid kamid ah Wariyayaasha BBC-da oo ay magaciisu idaacada sheegin ay sheegtay inuu arkay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galay gudaha magaalada Baydhabo. Warkan ayey sidoo kale qaateen idaacadaha iyo wakaaladaha warar ee caalamka sida Associated Press oo uu warkan u gudbiyey wariyaha u jooga Muqdisho Suxufi Mohamed Colaad Hassan. Warkan ayey dowlada Federaalka been abuur ku tilmaamtay, ayadoo maanta aysan magaalada ka dhex muuqan wax ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah. Warkii xalay ee BBC-da ayaa lagu sheegay in ciidamadan la dejiyey Airporka iyo Madaxtooyada Baydhabo. Warkan ayaan weli la xaqiijin ayadoo wariyaha HorseedNet u jooga Baydhabo ee Hussein Farah u sheegay in ay goobahaasi ay joogaan ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka. Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa beenisay warkan ayadoo Wasaarada Difaaca iyo Lataliyaha Raysalwasaaraha ay intuba beeniyeen warkan. Sidoo kale Dowlada Federaalka ayaa warkan been ku sheegtay ayadoo Siihayaha xilka Raysalwasaaraha Md.Ismaciil Hura Buba oo ah Raysalwasare kuxigeenka uu warkan ku sheegay warar la sameeyey. Sidoo kale Wasiirka Hantida Qaranka iyo Qalabeynta ee dawlada Soomaaliya Maxamuud Sayid Aadan ayaa sheegay in aysan jirin wax ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo yimid, isla markanaa laga rabo dadkii warkaasi faafiyey in ay sheegaan meesha ay joogaan. Maxamuud Sayid ayaa sheegay in ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka ay ku filan yihiin difaaca Dowlada. Wasiirka ayaa intaa raaciyey in Dowlada Itoobiya ay tahay dowlad kamid ah IGAD isla markaana taageersan Dowlada Federaalka. Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa horey u sheegtay in ay difaaci doonto dowlada hadii ay weerar kala kulanto dhinaca Maxkamadaha Islaamiga. Maaha markii ugu horeysay oo ay saxaafada faafiso warar sheegaya in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galeen, ayadoo hada ka hor Shariif Axmed oo ah guddoomiyaha fulinta ee Maxkamadaha uu sheegay in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan soo galeen Baydhabo, wararkaasi oo markii danbe beenowbay. Dhinaca kale Shariif Axmed oo xalay saxaafada kula hadlay Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in ay dagaal jihaad ah la geli doonaan Itoobiya hadii aysan ciidamadeeda kala bixin Soomaaliya, waa suu hadalka u dhigayee. Wararka is khilaafsan oo ay labada dhinac is dhaafsanayaan ayaa ah mid abuuri kara isku dhac dhexmara Dowlada Federaalka iyo Maxkamadaha Islaamiga oo u muuqda kuwo maleeshiyooyinkooda labada dhinacba heegan geliyey. Hussein Farah HorseedNet.com

ME, calm down, the AMHAR are coming, but we have IndaCADE to defend us right??Joke of the century...

lol. I do love how the secesionist are offering Amharic lessons, how did they master it????? The game is getting hotter by the minute, it does seem like we have been here before, 1993 in Puntland and 1996 in Gedo. Paragon, I do not commend you in defending warlord Inda Cade, lets get that clear.. I am happy that there is a change of the security situation in Mogadishu. However we still have Inda Cade, Aaways and the other clan fascists still moving things, thus it is inevatable that there will be a clash worthy of a few headlines... I still belive the TFG is the only real option for peace in Somalia. . So lets hope for dialogue and do not get carried away people, if these courts could attack Baidoa they would have done so lon ago.. The TFG has made serious mistakes I have highlighted them, the courts are still run by Inda Cade and the like and thus not an Islamic movement, I also highlighted this, so far we are back to square one... As for the warriors in SOL. I expect to get some reports from the front line soon.. Ten Ethiopian Trucks were ambushed in Luuq as they were advancing towards Baydhabo, and the deaths and casualties are almost uncountable. Another report is saying that Ethiopians are retreating back to their position to avoid from the Islamic Court's wrath coming in full from BuurHakaba. Well, the ball is on our court, masha-Allah. Ubahane are you residing in Paragon-land? What a wonderful tale, you should get a job with Shabbele...

MUQDISHO: Socod nabadeed ayaa ka billowday Waddooyinka Muqdisho si loo muujiyo nabadda Caasimadda Posted to the Web Jul 21, 12:18 Muqdisho (PP) - Waxaa dhawaan ka billowday Magaalada Muqdisho socod nabadeed oo ay ka qaybqaadanayaan Gawaari iyo Dadweynaha Magaalada Muqdisho oo lugeynaya, waxaana socodkaan nabadeed lagu sheegay inuu yahay mid lagu xaqiijinayo Nabada ka dhaltay Magaalada Muqdisho kaddib Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah guushii ay ka gaareen dagaallo ay la galeen Dagaal-oogayaashii isbahaystay. Socodkaan oo ay soo abaabuleen qaybaha kala duwan ee Bulshada ayaa waxaa ka mid ah kooxaha soo abaabulay dadwyenaha Muqdisho, Ganacsatada, Ururrada Bulshada iyo kooxo kale oo ka shaqeeya arrimaha bulshada, waxaana socodkaan ka kaalmeynaya qaybahaas Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah ee Muqdisho oo soo dhaweeyay socodkaan nabadeed. Socodka nabadeed oo ka billowday salaaddii jimcaha kaddib albaabka hore ee Hotelka Nabadda ee magaalada Muqdihso oo ku dhow Warshaddii hore ee Tarraqa iyo Sigaarka ayaa waxaa lagu wadaa in lagu soo maro dhamaan waddooyinkii xirnaan jiray ee Magaalada Muqdisho, si loo xaqiijiyo nabadda ay maxkamadha Islaamiga ah ka gaareen dagaalki magaalada Muqdisho. Gawaari lagu qiyaasay inay kor u dhaafayaan boqollaal ayaa waxaa la xaqiijiyay inay qayb ka yihiin socodkaas, waxaana sidoo kale socod ku maraya waddooyinka Magaalada Muqdisho dadweyne aad u fara badan oo is abaabulay, waxaana mas'uul ka tirsan Ururrrad Bulshada rayidka ah uu u sheegay Puntlandpost in socodkaan u yahay mid lagu ogeysiinayo dadka Soomaaliyeed e dibadaha ku nool inay nabad ka jirto Magaalada Muqdisho isla markanaa ay dib ugu soo laaban karin. Waa socod nabadeed kii ugu horreeyay oo magaalada Muqdisho lagu maro tan iyo intii ay dalka ka curteen dagaallada Sokeeye oo baabi'iyay dhammaan ilihii dhaqaale ee dalka, waxaana tani ay fursad u noqonaysaa Midowga Maxkamadaha oo Muujiyay siday guulaha la taaban karo uga gaareen dagaalladii ay ka galeen qab-qablayaashii deegaanka Muqdisho. Maxamed Xuseen Jantiile Wakiilka Puntlandpost - Mogadishu E-mail: puntlandpostmog@hotmail.com

Muqdisho: Bannaanbax Nabadeed oo Muqdisho ka dhacay. Friday, July 21, 2006 Print This Article | Daabaco warkaan Muqdisho(AllPuntland)- Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa maanta salaaddii jimcaha kadib ka dhacay Bannaanbax nabadeed oo ay kasoo qayb galeen boqolaal qof oo leh , haween, dhallinyaro ,iyo wadaadada maxkamadaha. Bannaanbaxan ayaa ahaa mid lagu soo bandhigayay is beddelka Muqdisho , gaar ahaan ammaanka oo is beddelay markii ay maxkamaduhu qabsadeen magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda ah. Dadkan Bannaanbaxayay oo watay gaadiid aad u badan oo badankiisu ahaa nooca yar yar ayaa waxay socod kusoo mareen waddooyinka Ex-Controll, Makka Almukarama, Martiini, Dekeddii hore,Beexaani, Siisii, Lafweyn, Ramadan iyo waddooyin kale. Waxay dadkani muujinayeen in magaalada Muqdisho ay nabadowday, isla markaana gaadiidkooda ay waardiye la'aan la mari karaan dhammaan waddooyinka Muqdisho. Xaafadaha ay maanta socodka kusoo mareen dadkii bannaanbaxayay waxaa ku jira xaafado dadku aysan naftooda ku aamini jirin. Si kastooy ahaataba Isbeddelka Muqdisho ka dhacay ee ammaanka ah waa mid aan la inkiri karin, hase ahaatee hawsha u taalla maxkamadaha fari kama qodna. CCC Farayaamo AllPuntland

Dowlada Federaalka oo beenisay Ciidamada Itoobiya ee la sheegay in ay yimaadeen Last Updated::2006-07-21 14:24:54 Baydhabo:- Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa warar been abuur ah ku tilmaamay war uu sii daayey wariye u shaqeeya BBC-da. Warkan oo xalay BBC-da laanteeda afsomaliga sii daaysay ayaa lagu sheegay in mid kamid ah Wariyayaasha BBC-da oo ay magaciisu idaacada sheegin ay sheegtay inuu arkay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galay gudaha magaalada Baydhabo. Warkan ayey sidoo kale qaateen idaacadaha iyo wakaaladaha warar ee caalamka sida Associated Press oo uu warkan u gudbiyey wariyaha u jooga Muqdisho Suxufi Mohamed Colaad Hassan. Warkan ayey dowlada Federaalka been abuur ku tilmaamtay, ayadoo maanta aysan magaalada ka dhex muuqan wax ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah. Warkii xalay ee BBC-da ayaa lagu sheegay in ciidamadan la dejiyey Airporka iyo Madaxtooyada Baydhabo. Warkan ayaan weli la xaqiijin ayadoo wariyaha HorseedNet u jooga Baydhabo ee Hussein Farah u sheegay in ay goobahaasi ay joogaan ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka. Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa beenisay warkan ayadoo Wasaarada Difaaca iyo Lataliyaha Raysalwasaaraha ay intuba beeniyeen warkan. Sidoo kale Dowlada Federaalka ayaa warkan been ku sheegtay ayadoo Siihayaha xilka Raysalwasaaraha Md.Ismaciil Hura Buba oo ah Raysalwasare kuxigeenka uu warkan ku sheegay warar la sameeyey. Sidoo kale Wasiirka Hantida Qaranka iyo Qalabeynta ee dawlada Soomaaliya Maxamuud Sayid Aadan ayaa sheegay in aysan jirin wax ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo yimid, isla markanaa laga rabo dadkii warkaasi faafiyey in ay sheegaan meesha ay joogaan. Maxamuud Sayid ayaa sheegay in ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka ay ku filan yihiin difaaca Dowlada. Wasiirka ayaa intaa raaciyey in Dowlada Itoobiya ay tahay dowlad kamid ah IGAD isla markaana taageersan Dowlada Federaalka. Dowlada Itoobiya ayaa horey u sheegtay in ay difaaci doonto dowlada hadii ay weerar kala kulanto dhinaca Maxkamadaha Islaamiga. Maaha markii ugu horeysay oo ay saxaafada faafiso warar sheegaya in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan ah soo galeen, ayadoo hada ka hor Shariif Axmed oo ah guddoomiyaha fulinta ee Maxkamadaha uu sheegay in ay ciidamo itoobiyaan soo galeen Baydhabo, wararkaasi oo markii danbe beenowbay. Dhinaca kale Shariif Axmed oo xalay saxaafada kula hadlay Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in ay dagaal jihaad ah la geli doonaan Itoobiya hadii aysan ciidamadeeda kala bixin Soomaaliya, waa suu hadalka u dhigayee. Wararka is khilaafsan oo ay labada dhinac is dhaafsanayaan ayaa ah mid abuuri kara isku dhac dhexmara Dowlada Federaalka iyo Maxkamadaha Islaamiga oo u muuqda kuwo maleeshiyooyinkooda labada dhinacba heegan geliyey. Hussein Farah HorseedNet.com

Muqdisho:Yuusuf Indhocadde oo ciidamo ku diyaarinaya Garoonka Balli doogle. Friday, July 21, 2006 Muqdisho(AllPuntland)- Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegaya in Garoonka diyaaradaha Balli doogle , inuu ciidamo ku diyaarinayo Yuusuf Indhocadde, guddoomiyaha gobolka Shabeellada hoose. Warkan oo aannu ka helnay ilo lagu kalsoon yahay ayaa intaasi ku daraya in saraakiisha sar sare ee maxkamadaha qaarkoodna loo kala qaybiyay dhowr barood oo ay ciidamo ka abaabulaan. Yuusuf Indhocadde oo Muqdisho kusugnaa ayaa la sheegay in uu diyaarinayo ciidamo weerara magaalada Baydhabo ee fariisinka dawladda Soomaaliya. Warar kaleeto oo Muqdisho ka imaanayana waxay sheegayaan in Sheekh Xasan Turki uu asaguna joogo deegaanka Qoryoolay , halkaasina uu ciidamo isku dubbaridayo. Waxaa sidoo kale magaalada Muqdisho lasheegay in hub iyo rasaas hor leh loogu qaybiyay ciidan kasoo baxsaday dawladda Federaalka Soomaaliya. Dhinaca kale dawladda Federaalka ayaa ciidamadeeda ay ku jiraan iminka heegankii ugu ballaarnaa , inkastoo saraakiisha ciidamada Soomaaliyana ay ka dhawaajiyeen in xaaladdu aysan aad u kacsanayn. Dawladda Itoobiya ayaa dhineceeda ka dhawaajisay inay weerari doonto ciddii isku dayda inay weerar kusoo qaadaan dawladda Soomaaliya ama qabsadaan magaalada Baydhabo. Maalintii shalay ahaydna maxkamadaha ayaa ka dhawaajiyay inay dagaal Jihaad ah kala hortagayaan dawladda Itoobiya , haddii ay dalka soo gasho. CCC Farayaamo AllPuntland

My personel position is I am against any invasion by anyone specialy Ethiopia on Somalia. I must also add, that the TFG seems to be playing a dangerous game by claiming it is constantly under attack by the courts. I belive this in the part of the executive as some sort of ploy to attract outside support and to avoid a negotiated settlement i.e the Khartum meeting. There is a pattern emerging of claims and counter claims, of provocation on both sides. I think this is a danerous scenario..Both sides are biding time and conflict in my mind can not be avoided.. Lately all the cards indicate that we are heading towards a catostrophic war, but I hope I am wrong insha Allah...

Jihad threat after troops enter Somalia By Steve Bloomfield, Africa Correspondent Published: 21 July 2006 Islamists controlling the Somali capital, Mogadishu, vowed to "wage a jihadi war" after Ethiopian troops crossed the border into the country last night. International observers have warned that Somalia is on the brink of a conflict that could be as bloody as the civil war 15 years ago in which 300,000 died. Ethiopia sent troops to bolster the weak transitional government, based at Baidoa, and threatened to "crush" the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) if it attacked the town. More than 100 Ethiopian army vehicles were seen entering Somalia, and witnesses reported that troops in Ethiopian army uniform were in Baidoa. Ethiopia's government denied that any of its troops were in Somalia, but as many as 5,000 Ethiopian troops could have already crossed the border. The Islamists control much of southern Somalia after defeating an alliance of US-backed warlords in Mogadishu last month. Ali Mohamed Gedi, the interim Somali prime minister, claimed this week that the Islamists were preparing to attack Baidoa. The latest developments come after the UIC moved to within less than 40 miles of the town on Wednesday night. A senior member of the UIC claimed that the group would soon enter Baidoa, but within hours the fighters had retreated, taking with them 150 government troops who defected. Ethiopia's Information Minister, Berhan Hailu, said his country would use "all means at our disposal to crush the Islamist group" if they tried to attack Baidoa". Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, is understood to fear an extremist Islamic state on his doorstep. Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, in charge of defence for the UIC, said: 'God willing, we will remove the Ethiopians in our country and wage a jihadi war against them." John Prendergast, of the think-tank International Crisis Group, said the potential confrontation "threatens to be as intense as the 1991-1992 civil war that killed 300,000 and provoked the US intervention". US troops entered Somalia in 1992 as part of a United Nations humanitarian mission to bring security to the country. But in 1993, 18 US Army Rangers were killed after two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, prompting the US to pull out. The transitional government, which was set up in Kenya in 2004, has been restricted to Baidoa, 130 miles north-east of Mogadishu; it is not safe for them to move. The government, which is backed by the UN, has been unable to bring peace or stability to a country that has been without a functioning government since 1991. Less than two months after the Islamists took control of Mogadishu, however, a semblance of law and order has returned. Security checkpoints, which warlords used to extract money, have been taken down, immediately lowering the price of food. Fears that the UIC will introduce hardline sharia law remain, however. Gunmen have opened fire at cinemas showing World Cup matches and thieves have been stoned to death. Islamists controlling the Somali capital, Mogadishu, vowed to "wage a jihadi war" after Ethiopian troops crossed the border into the country last night. International observers have warned that Somalia is on the brink of a conflict that could be as bloody as the civil war 15 years ago in which 300,000 died. Ethiopia sent troops to bolster the weak transitional government, based at Baidoa, and threatened to "crush" the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) if it attacked the town. More than 100 Ethiopian army vehicles were seen entering Somalia, and witnesses reported that troops in Ethiopian army uniform were in Baidoa. Ethiopia's government denied that any of its troops were in Somalia, but as many as 5,000 Ethiopian troops could have already crossed the border. The Islamists control much of southern Somalia after defeating an alliance of US-backed warlords in Mogadishu last month. Ali Mohamed Gedi, the interim Somali prime minister, claimed this week that the Islamists were preparing to attack Baidoa. The latest developments come after the UIC moved to within less than 40 miles of the town on Wednesday night. A senior member of the UIC claimed that the group would soon enter Baidoa, but within hours the fighters had retreated, taking with them 150 government troops who defected. Ethiopia's Information Minister, Berhan Hailu, said his country would use "all means at our disposal to crush the Islamist group" if they tried to attack Baidoa". Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, is understood to fear an extremist Islamic state on his doorstep. Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, in charge of defence for the UIC, said: 'God willing, we will remove the Ethiopians in our country and wage a jihadi war against them." John Prendergast, of the think-tank International Crisis Group, said the potential confrontation "threatens to be as intense as the 1991-1992 civil war that killed 300,000 and provoked the US intervention". US troops entered Somalia in 1992 as part of a United Nations humanitarian mission to bring security to the country. But in 1993, 18 US Army Rangers were killed after two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, prompting the US to pull out. The transitional government, which was set up in Kenya in 2004, has been restricted to Baidoa, 130 miles north-east of Mogadishu; it is not safe for them to move. The government, which is backed by the UN, has been unable to bring peace or stability to a country that has been without a functioning government since 1991. Less than two months after the Islamists took control of Mogadishu, however, a semblance of law and order has returned. Security checkpoints, which warlords used to extract money, have been taken down, immediately lowering the price of food. Fears that the UIC will introduce hardline sharia law remain, however. Gunmen have opened fire at cinemas showing World Cup matches and thieves have been stoned to death.

Ciidan la sheegay inay kasoo gadoodeen FS oo maanta Muqdisho soo gaaray. Muqdisho:-Ciidamo la sheegay inay kasoo baxsadeen dowlada kmg ah ayaa maxkamaduhu kasoo gelbiyeen degmada Buur Hakaba iyagoo maanta soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho ayadoo ay si weyn usoo dhaweeyeen mas’uuliyiin golaha maxaakiimta ka tirsan oo ay hogaaminayeen gudoomiyaha golaha fulinta maxkamadaha Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed iyo madaxda difaacada Sheekh Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad Indho Cadde. Munaasabad ballaaran oo askartan lagu soo dhaweynayey ayaa lagu qabtay xaruntii hore ee ciidankii danbi baarista ee C.I.D-da halkaasi oo ah goobta ciidan la dejiyey. Gudoomiyaha golaha fulinta maxaakiimta islaamiga Soomaaliyeed oo munaasabadaasi hadal kooban ka jeediyey ayaa waxa uu sheegay in maxaakiimtu ay ku faraxsanyihiin kusoo biiritaan ciidankan isagoo sheegay in ay qeyb ka qaadan doonaan halganka dalka lagaga xureynayo dadka u shaqeeya cadowga umada Soomaaliyeed,wuxuuna xusay in ciidankan si buuxda ay uga mid yihiin ciidamada maxkamadaha islaamiga waa sida uu hadalka u dhigaye. Madaxa difaacafa maxaakiimta islaamiga Sh Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad Indhacadde oo isna munaasabadaasi hadal ka jeediyey ayaa sheegay in madaxweynaha Soomaaliya uusan ahayn nin u qalmin inuu sheegto madaxweynenimada Soomaaliya isagoo taa sabab uga dhigay diifta ka muuqata ciidamadan kasoo cararay magaalada Baydhabo ,wuxuuna u ballanqaaday ciidamadan midkii kuu biiraa ciidanka maxkamadaha in xiligan laga bilaabo mushaar isagoo dhinaca kale xusay in haddii Muqdisho Ethiopianka ay soo weeraraan iyana ay weeriari doonaan magaalada Adis Ababa. Sheekh Muqtaar Roobow Abu Mansuur ayaa sheegay in ciidankan ay garteen halka ku jirto daanta shacabka Soomaaliyeed isla markaana kusoo biiritaankooda ciidanka maxkamadaha uu yahay mid ay soo dhaweynayaan dhamaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Ciidankaa la sheegay inay ka soo baxsadeen FS ayaa ayaa na loo xaqiijiyey in tiradoodu tahay 20 oo ka carooday nin ay jifi yihiin oo la toogtay, kadib markii uu toogasho ku dilay nin kale oo ay isku beel yihiin, waxaana ay sheegeen masuuliyiin ka tirsan FS la ogaa tegida dhaliyadaas, waxaase shalay la sheegay inay ahaayeen 300 nin halka hadana maanta lagu sheegay 135 askari.??????????? Jibriil Nuur Waayaha,Muqdisho,Soomaaliya

Shiekh Sharif

Somalia: Islamists threaten to attack Addis Ababa Thu. July 20, 2006 04:29 pm. Send this news article Mohamed Abdi Farah (SomaliNet) The top security official of the Islamic Courts Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad known as ‘Indha-adde’ said on Thursday if Ethiopia invades Somalia capital then they would attack Addis Ababa, amid fears of possible confrontation between increasingly powerful Islamic militiamen and Ethiopian forces who entered Baidoa town, to defend the UN-backed Somalia government based there. Speaking with the recently defected militiamen from the government, Sheikh Siad Indha-adde emphasized the militiamen to show more patriotism and join honestly to Islamic courts. 130 militiamen originally from Somalia Hiran central region have defected from the military camps outside of Baidoa after they had lacked care from the government. “If Ethiopians don’t spare a peace to us, we would promise to engage a war with them and we will see then the result of that,†Sheikh Indha Adde said adding “I would recommend that Ethiopia should peace initiative with its neighbor country and respect its independence. “We urge again Ethiopian government to withdraw its troops from Somalia and also we ask the international community to press Ethiopia to abstain from interfering Somalia affairs,†he said. The statement of Islamists’ top official came as Ethiopian soldiers in military trucks drove into provincial town of Baidoa on Thursday day after Islamic militiamen armed with battle wagons reached in Burhakaba 60km to Baidoa town, 240km southwest of Mogadishu. Meanwhile, the leader of expectative Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accused Somali’s interim president Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed of planning an attack from his Puntland region and warned against full scale of war in the country. Sheikh Ahmed urged Puntland authority to give advice to president Yusuf who is leading the country into disastrous way. News Category: Somalia

Maxkamadaha Islaamiga oo la wareegay Buur Hakaba Last Updated::2006-07-19 18:46:16 Baydhabo:- Maleeshiyada Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ayaa maanta gaaray degmada Buur Hakaba halkaasi oo ay la wareegeen gacan ku heynta deegankaas. Maleeshiyooyin uu horkacayo Sheekh Mukhtaar Roobow Abu Mansuur oo kamid ah golaha maxaakimta islaamiga ee Muqdisho kana soo jeeda beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle ayaa la sheegay inay ku hubeysan yihiin in ka badan 27 oo gadiidka dagaalka ah. Xubnahan ayaa sheegay in Maxkamada doraad looga dhawaaqay magaalada Muqdisho oo lagu magacaabo Al Bayaan ay la wareegtay hawlgalada dhamaan deegaanada beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle. Maxkamadan AL Bayaan ayey sheegeen in ay tahay mid loo sameeyey beelaha Digil iyo Mirifle isla markaana gaarsiin doonaan xukunkeeda dhamaan deegaanada beeshaasi. Arrintan ayaa cabsi weyn keentay ayadoo ciidamada Dowlada Federaalka ay ku sugan yihiin goob aan saas uga fogeyn deegaanka Buur Hakaba. Dowlada Federaalka ayaa horey ugu eedeysay Maxkamadaha in ay wadaan duulaan ay ku qabsadaan xarunta dowlada ee Baydhabo, ayaa laga yaabaa in eedeyn mahaasi ay sii xoojiyaan dhaq dhaqaaqa cusub oo ay maxkamadaha ka bilaabeen gobalada Bay iyo Bakool. Maxkamada Al Bayaan ayaa waxaa ciidan ahaan xoogweyn siinaya maleeshiyooyinka Hogaamiyaha Yusuf Siyaad Indhacade oo asagu sheegay inuu yahay Hogaamiyaha Dhinaca Amniga ee Maxkamadaha Islaamiga. Dhaq dhaqaaqa cusub ee Maxkamadaha ayaa kusoo aaday 24 saac kadib markii ay soo baxeen wararka sheegaya in Dowlada Federaalka ogolaatay in ay ka qeyb gasho wareega 2aad ee shirka Khartuum ee dhexmari Doona Maxkamadaha Islaamiga iyo Dowlada Federaalka.