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By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti — The United States is using surrogate nations and financial aid in an effort to prevent Somalia from slipping further into chaos as militias battle in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The United States has vowed to support an African Union peacekeeping force arriving in Somalia and has trained elements of the Ethiopian army, which toppled Somalia's anti-American Islamic government. About 1,300 African Union peacekeepers, mostly Ugandans, have had problems getting established, however. Two cargo planes supplying the peacekeepers crashed, possibly because of enemy fire, in recent weeks. "When you have two aircraft that get shot down that makes things tenuous," said U.S. Rear Adm. James Hart, commander of the Horn of Africa task force, which is based on a former French Foreign Legion base in this tiny country squeezed between Somalia and Ethiopia. Somalia will test America's softer approach in the Horn of Africa, where diplomats and military leaders are attempting to use reconstruction and aid projects to build ties and prevent the region becoming a terrorist safe haven. The United States is also training militaries in the region. Us tries new strategy with Somalia

by Tina Simpson Kenya, U.S., Ethiopia and The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia are accused by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York based, non-government agency dedicated to protecting human rights of people around the world, of cooperating in the illegal, secret detention of refugees fleeing recent conflict in Somalia. Georgette Gagnon, deputy Africa director for HRW, states that, "Each of these governments has played a shameful role in mistreating people fleeing a war zone. Kenya has secretly expelled people, the Ethiopians have caused dozens to 'disappear,' and U.S. security agents have routinely interrogated people held incommunicado." In a March 22 letter to the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HRW detailed the arbitrary detention, expulsion and apparent enforced disappearance of dozens of individuals who fled the fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the joint forces of the Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopia between December 2006 and January 2007. Recent research by HRW in Kenya reveals that at least 150 individuals with 19 different nationalities were arrested at border crossings between Somalia and Kenya, and then transferred to Nairobi, where they were held without charge or legal counsel. Eighty-five were then spirited off to Ethiopia on unscheduled, pre-dawn flights in planes chartered by the Kenyan government. U.S. and other national intelligence services have interrogated detainees at various locations in Africa, but say that they were granted access in cooperation with local governments in the war against terror. Human rights lawyers argue that secret deportation is in violation of international law. Flight manifests from the detention flights have been obtained by HRW and the Associated Press in an investigation into missing persons. They show that among the group of deportees, 19 women and 15 children were on these flights to Ethiopia, accompanied by Kenyan police officers. A woman, who was held for 2-1/2 months before being released in Addis Ababa, is the only prisoner who has spoken publicly about her ordeal. The 42-year-old Arabic-Swahili translator, who holds a passport from the United Arab Emirates, was arrested during a business trip to Kenya. She says she was beaten in Kenya, held for 10 days in Somalia with 22 other women and children, before being transferred to Ethiopia on a military plane. There she says, a month after being fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed by U.S. officials, she was set free. She was not allowed to contact her family, lawyer or her own government during her arrest and detention. She has never visited Somalia. Reports say that there is at least one American citizen and "a few" Canadian citizens in the group that has disappeared into Ethiopia. Human rights groups, lawyers, government officials and Western diplomats are working to gain access to these prisoners and to secure their release from these secret jails. "No such kind of secret prisons exist in Ethiopia," said Bereket Simon, special advisor to Prime Minister Meles Zanawi. He declined to make any further comments. Ethiopia has a long history of human rights abuses and no laws to contradict it.

poor guy, the guy Must be fishin in the wrong place, teach him some shukansi tricks and from these failures he will get what he wants eventually!

Lily and Puuja, It is dhaqan xumo iyo ixtiraam daro,in hooyodii oo joogta oo waliba ay martiyi joogo in ay saygeeda hawshaa u dirto.uff! bilaa dhaqanimada badatey baa keentay, iyo ilbaxnimo iska yeel yeel! Zafir, Saxb, mudo badan baan joogay qurbaha weliba reer galbeedka, wax badan na waa waa arkey, Waxaan u malayn mid baa qool ugu jirtaaye , Rabi ha kaa furfuro!

Does more knowlege makes you smarter? Yes! If you excise , You can study ,and learn more!

Many on holiday to Mogadishu were taken and are missing! Raboow Soomali duliga ka saar!

Many on holiday to Mogadishu were taken and are missing! Raboow Soomali duliga ka saar!

^^I still remember this horrific image where I saw an old friend, his wife asking him to change for the baby, while she was on the phone, Subxanaalah, taasi waa naxariisdaro! And he obediently got up and carried out the task, Alloow na astur! bal may u dirsado marka aan ka tagno Raali ahow hadaan kaa diday, Mid modern ah oo aad raratid oo kaa aan kor ku sheegay ah baan kuu rajayn.

I use 2 have severe allergy, hayfever back in NZ,I used take injections after tablets couldnt help, and since I moved to Gulf, Masha allah, I get it rarely, so changin the location helps, as it is mainly seasonal with all pollens.. Using glasses helps, preventin allergen interein ur eyes/ This page may help you, . Sanboor---Sinusitis In extreme cases, Some doctors perform surgery, and I was thinking abt it till a month back I read on the paper, a doctor in Abu Dhabi tried to perform a surgery on patient, but the patient died.

Waxaad u hadleysaa sida odey soo waayo arkay. Waa run oo aduunku wuu isbadalay. Raggii hore dumarkooda wey gumeysan jireen. A woman’s life and livelihood was linked to her husband, therefore she used to put him above everything else, including herself. This is no longer the case for a lot of women, so they are able to give their own needs and wants more consideration. This has enabled them to have more control over their lives. Of course these changes have hit some men hard, particularly those spoiled, controlling types who believe women have been created to serve them and their egos only (cue all the calaacal about 911/bac madow etc etc). I would love to see what our society looks like in 50 years time, actually. ^^Ilaahoow tan oo kale hanagu beegin! Bacdii madoobay baa ii muuqata!kkkkkkkkk Waxaad ku dartaa in dumar badani ay nacasnimo iyo maan gaab awgiis isku filaanshahani u keentay xiniinyo adeegoodu aan loo baahney, maxuma in qofku iska dhiciyo waxii xaq daro ah, laakiin hadana ogoow wadankeena cid cid khasbi jirtay majirin, dumarku xaq bay u lahayeen in ay iska furaan nin kay doonaan inta badan. Xagee lagu arkey dumar isku faanaya ninkaygu waxaas buu i qabtaa sida weel xallid, dhar dhiqid, iwm,Ilaah baa ina lehe waxyaabo laga xishooda jira! Yaabka yaabkiis, saxib maxaad ula jeedaa wax walba oo la isla qabto, hadalka jilci, rabibaa shaqada guuriga ukala sameeyey oo qoloba wax ay ku wacan tahay baa jira?

This looks like an open proposal for marriage!, gabdhaha ha isku direne ,Pick one!

It was better when they were fighting under the Courts Movement rather than HaW... movement, it is 16 years and fighting for a clan which ever yeilds No result, and most somalis are tired of it, but ICU was a bit different. SHeikh Sharif may look like a saint, but I believe this guy had other motives and there are so many questions on his credibility? some alarming new evidences suggest he was agent.So Guys, you have to dig more, there is more abt this guy you dont know.

Who said in history? "Ha israacdo diidee, Ha israab satee daa"

The name Maddy and the drawings is fine with me, I guess it all depends how you percieve ugly or pretty, maybe you were looking for the princess to have a fairer skin.

It is incredible Ears+Cars+Eggs =? Ears =very soft and sensitive Car = very heavy Egg = very fragile

Nice pictures,you must had a good time, and did you go inside the mosque?

Masha Allah, Good job!

Yeah I watched the program, and know the girl on the right, She is a member of SYC,she is brainy,masha Allah! DH200,000 is about $55K, Congratualations to them!

interesting story, it it true or this is part of ad compaign for her upcoming movie! Dhucdhuceey, sheekadan oo kale wayku badan tahay wadankeena, laakin sidee bay ku garatay ugu danbeyntii,maa dhiig baa loo kala qaadey?

^Acuudu bilaaHI,that is when the Shia mark the prophet's birthday, North, Yes it was holiday for us, I work for Islamic entity.

^^looool Member #2 banned Member #1!lol

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^^According to who?

^ I see your point, Hunguri. Midgaan is like any other Qabiil, Wiilo, Make hard for pple to gues! see the name on your link?