I was waiting for a Somaliland style one-man one-vote democracy, where each puntlander goes out and puts his ballot in the box. But it seems, this semi-democracy, seems a cost effective way for our neighbors. One step behind Somaliland anwways.

Originally posted by Sirrus: Suldaanka First Act of Somali Parliament " Each minister, shall be responsible for covering the budget associated with his post." " Ministerial funding shall derive from the personal holding of minister." " In no instance shall the minister request funding from the federal government." " There shall be a reduction of proposed salary for the MPs comonsurate with stated experience." It is always easy on paper, but in actual life, things are quite the opposite. Even if the 91 Ministers were 110% loyal puppets, he would still have huge problems in managing them. But now that each has his own agenda and his own selfish interests, I can only imagine what is in store for him. But again, you can not blame him for this, he has to please as many warlords and their associates as he can. At the end of the day however, it will cost him a lot of money to keep an executive team like this running. And I am talking about in the millions. Where he will get that kind of money remains a mystery.

Source: Evening Post Newspaper, Bristol. UK The man hoping to be the next president of the self-styled Republic of Somaliland, has told people from the region in Bristol that their country needs them. Faisal Ali Waraabe, chairman of the opposition party UCID, was in the city to bring supporters up to date with the political situation in the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, which in 1991 declared itself independent from the east African country of Somalia. Mr Waraabe said that there was excellent support for his party from the 150 people in Bristol who attended St Paul's Academy to hear him speak. Decades of strife in the region led to thousands of people leaving Somaliland and neighbouring Somalia. But Mr Waraabe said there was a feeling of optimism in Somaliland that the peace and stability which has been established there since the late 1990s will remain. Before it was merged with a former Italian colony to form Somalia, Somaliland was a British colony and the majority of asylum seekers from the region now in Bristol are from Somaliland. Mr Waraabe said he hoped that people would feel safe enough to go back. He said: "We are very optimistic about the future of Somaliland. "The most important thing to people in my country is peace and stability. "I believe we can now sustain that, because there has been a positive move towards embracing democracy. "I know there are a lot of people who left Somaliland because of the violence, many are in Bristol. "We have got very good support from our members here, and in the rest of Britain. "I would say to them that they can come back to Somaliland and help us to rebuild our country and to make it a modern democratic nation. "There are a lot of professionals and highly qualified people in Britain and the rest of Europe who are not able to use their skills here but would be able to in Somaliland." Mr Waraabe said security was a top priority and foreign nationals and those returning home should feel safer. He also called for more partnerships and links between Bristol and cities in Somaliland. He said: "We are hoping to build partnerships between the two countries and with Bristol. "So far we have had training for our emergency services but we need more expert advice to help us achieve the system and infrastructure we need." He added: "The future for Somaliland is looking very good and I hope that next year my party will be able to win a majority of seats in the Parliament. "Two years after that I will be running for President, and now that we have embraced democracy, I believe we can make Somaliland a modern, important African country." The UK Foreign Office website states that while the peace and stability in Somaliland is "widely acknowledged", Somaliland has not received formal recognition from the international community

I don't know whether to laugh at this satirical line up or to feel sorry for the poor man. The first obvious problem that he will face include, the problems about overlaping of responsiblities. The second is financing the day to day operations of 91 Ministers of the same powers and levels, whom each need an office and budget of their own and employees. And third, corruption. He had a huge task infront of him already, but this just makes it that more difficult for him, if you ask me.

Fast forward the tape a little bit to that wonderful and beautiful morning when the news BREAKS OUT. Now how many fella SOL members would never make the trip back from google news website? I am talking about switching between IE windows. Lets just hope but for a few. Otherwise it could become a cold morning if the "anti" camp do not turn in here.

Somaliland is like a new moon, a bright new moon that is, in a very dark region. Only a foolish man would try to block everyone from witnessing this bright new moon with his bare hands. At the end of the day however, it is only that fool that blocked that light from his own eyes. Lets hope they find the courage to face and cherish this new moon and recieve the light to nourish their malnourished sadistic selfs.

^^Nin tiisi iloobey, oo tu kale ku mashquulsan "Geedkii midho leh ayaa dhagaxa lagu tuur tuura" "One throws stones at fruit bearing trees" Duq gaboobey wax u roon [waxsan hadii aanu ka hadlahayn] afkii inu dabooshaaye Marse hadduu duleeddada ka ciyo waa darxumo weyne

Qaybe is an indivitual and has the right to believe whatever he wants. As he personaly said, nobody asked him to support Somaliland, it was his own personal believe and now if he changed, that is also his own personal view. But the general perception of the Somaliland people is that, Qaybe has been a failure. He has been a real drag to the progress of this young republic and not only on the Sool issue. So, I think, it would be a delight for every Somalilander if he just left - for good - this time. It seems the sifting and sorting of who is true to the cause is about to pick up pace. More "sleeper cells" would show their true colours and only then would Somaliland take concrete steps towards progress. May Allah protect Somaliland from the munaafiqiin. As Kownein would say: Baduba waa tuftaa Bakhtiga Baaxadaa lihiye, Ha inaga baxo biidhiqaatuhu!!

Why won't they leave the old man alone? Wadhaf iyo shimbiro kala warla!! Of all things, he asks "why"?? The death and cold murder of more then 50,000 innocent civilians is why. It hurts me to the guts, that this is not a criminal court. How f*king weird does this world work? Is justice too much to ask?

"SHAYDAAN WAA YAHAY WAX HOOYADIIS DILA, HABAR SHAYDAANNA WAY TAHAY WAX LA DILO" I didn't get the second part of this title... code: "SHAYDAAN WAA YAHAY WAX HOOYADIIS DILA" Evil he is, whom kills his own mother. code: "HABAR SHAYDAANNA WAY TAHAY WAX LA DILO" And...The mother of evil [man] deserves to be killed Does anyone else find this confusing?

"Xildhibaan Kayse Yuusuf Cali, oo ka mid ah Mudanayaasha Golaha Deegaanka Hargeysa " A local Hargeisa region council member becomes a "Somaliland MP" Over excitement I say, over excitement. Nothing more! Btw, you get handsome returns for you well done service you have for SOL, if I might presume? Good luck harvesting pal.

Professor Geeddi, as I learned, was a long time resident of Hargeisa city. Geeddi was present in Somaliland during the presidential and local elections and has fairly excellent knowledge about the democratisation and the seriousness of the Somaliland people to be a nation of their own. In that light, Geeddi seems to be an excellent man to have in the opposite side of the negotiations roundtable between Somaliland and Somalia, if there ever be such an event. Personally, I commend the old man (Abdilaahi Yusuf) for sticking with Geeddi, as he seems to be an honest man for the job with clean background.

JAMHUURIYA OO WARAYSI KHAAS AH LA YEELATAY RA'IISAL WASAARAHA XUKUUMADDA IMBIGAATI EE SOMALIYA Nayroobi (Jam)- Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Imbigaati ee Soomaaliya, Mr. Cali Maxamed Geeddi, ayaa 11kii December 2004, Magaalada Naivasha oo 140 Km Galbeed ka xigta Nayroobi waxa waraysi kula yeeshay Tifaftiraha sare ee Jamhuuriya, Mr. Xasan Siciid Yuusuf oo socdaal hawleed ku tegay dalka Kenya. Waraysigan oo dhacay ka hor intii aan Baarlamaanka Imbigaati ee Soomaaliya ridin Xukuumaddiisii uu soo dhisay Ra’iisal Wasaare Cali Maxamed Geeddi, waxa uu u dhacay sidan: S: Sidee u aragtaa Dowladdiinu wada hadalada Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya dhexmara? J: Aad ayaad u mahadsan tahay, joornaalka Jamhuuriya aad ayaanu isu naqaanaa, waanan salaamayaa, hambalyana waan u dirayaa asxaabta ka shaqaysa. Su’aashaada marka aan u soo noqdo, xukuumadayadu weli ma helin kalsoondiii Baarlamaaka oo waxaan geynayaa toddobaadka soo socda (toddobaadkan), haseyeeshee marka ay ku guulaysato arrinta iyada ah (ansixinta Xukuumaddiisa) sidii aanu horeba dhowr jeer uga dhawaajinay Madaxweynaha Cabdillaahi Yuusuf iyo aniguba (ra’iisal Wasaare Geeddi), waanu u hambalyaynaynaa Maamulka Somaliland degenaanshaha, nabadgelyada iyo xasiloonida ay dalkooda kumaamulaan iyo Guulaha ay gaadhaan, annaguna (Dawladda Cabdillaahi Yuusuf) marka aanu dalka (Soomaaliya) dejino waxa aanu dhowr jeer ku celcelinay in aanu wada hadal la bilaabi doono (Somaliland) wadahadalkaasi maa aha mid ajendihiisa annagu aanu wadano, waa mid labada dhinac (Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya) ka iman doona, wakhtigan xaadirka ahna wadahadalka diyaar uma ihi in aan ka jawaabo oo waa deg-deg, balse, waxa aanu rajeynayaa in uu noqdo wadahadalkaasi mid ay ku diirsadaan dadka Soomaalida ah, wax aanu qarinaynaa ma jiro oo hore ayaanu u sheegnay oo si nabadgelyo ah iyo si wallaaltinimo ah in aanu u wada hadalno, markaa waxaan rajeynayaa mustabqalka geedi-socodkeena in aanu sheegi doono waxa ay nala tahay. S: Shacbiga iyo Dowladda Somaliland, intiiba waxay jawaab u la’ yihiin Dowladda Federaalka ah ee lagu sameeyey Imbigaati, Kenya, federaalkii Siyaasiyan ahaan waxa uu noqon doono ma Puntland, Somaliland, Banaadirland, Jubaland, iyo Bayland, baa, nidaamkii caynkaas ahaa ee gobolada ahaa mise waxa uu noqon doonaa sida Siyaasadiina ku cad Somalilnad iyo Soomaaliyada Koonfur labada gobol oo keliya bal, sida aad u aragtaa Siyaasiyin maxaad adigu odhan lahayd? J: Federaalka sida aad adigu (tifaftiraha Guud ee Jamhuuriya) iigu sheegayso ee Land-land, annaga kuma yaallo Jaartarkayaga, jaartarkayaga waxa ku yaalla in lagu dhaqmi doono nidaam federal ah, sida uu noqon doono iyo qeexidiisa iyo qaabkiisana Xukuumadayada ku meel gaadhka ah ayaa ka shaqayn doonta, welina arrintaasi ma bilaaban. S: suurtagal ma noqon kartaa in labo dawladood oo aan is aqoonsan oo is ictiraafsanayn oo Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya layidhaahdo in ay abuurmi karto? J: Arrintaas in laga hor-dego anigu ma qabo, wakhtigeeda ayay qeexmi doontaa annaguna (Dawladda Soomaaliya loogu dhisay Imbigaati), ka hadli doonaa. S: Waxa Beesha Caalamku ku dhawaaqday Somaliland goonideeda in kaalmooyinka Caalamiga ah wixii ay sed u lahaan jirtay in gooni loo siiyo oo aan waxba lagaga darin Soomaaliya inta laga wada hadlayo dhibaatooyinka jira, arrintaa sidee u aragtaan, ma in kaalmadii Soomaaliya oo dhan haddii aad heshaan dawladnimo rasmi ah in aad maca Somaliland waxeedii intaad u qaadaan u qaybisaan, mise in ay sidaa ahaato oo aad waafaqsan tihiin Beesha Caalamka in gooni loo siiyo Somaliland kaalmadii ay Caalamka ka heli jirtay? J: Maamulka iyo shacbiga Somaliland waxa aan aaminsanahay in ay xuquuqdoda leeyihiin kaalmada Caalamiga ahna ay muddo dheerba iyagu haysteen, iyada oo aan Soomaaliyada kale xataa wax saas ah la siinin, markaa ma aaminsani in ay xuquuqdooda waayi doonaan, insha allah. S: Shacbiga reer Somaliland oo dareen xun oo adag ka qaba, metalan dawladda halkan (Kenya) ka dhalatay in ay tahay dawlad iyaga boobaysa ama midnimadii Somaliweyn xoogugu khasbaysa, arrimaha noocaas ahi jiraan, farriinta aad u diri lahayd shacbiga Somaliland maanta maxay tahya? J: Shacbiga Somaliland waxaan horta u rajeynayaa in ay ku waaraan guusha iyo degenaansha ay haystaan, midda labaad waa in aanay wallaalahooda u arkin colaad iyo cadow ee ay u arkaan wallaalahood la jecel uguna hanbalyeynaya manaafacadka ay haystaan iyo nabadgelyada iyo xasiloonida, mana filayo anigu waxaan nabad iyo diblomaaasiyadi ku jirin in aanu ku wada dhami doono. S: Dugsiga Sheekh oo intii aanad Ra’iisal wasaaraha noqon aad hawshsiisa haysay, waa tii halkan (Kenya) dhowaan qaadhaanka lacageed looga ururinayay, adiguna ka hadashay, dugsigaas oo loogu talogalay in uu dugsi caafimaad oo xoolaha ah oo Gobolka ah noqdo, arrinta dhismihiisa maxaad ka odhan lahayd? J: Dugsiga Cilmiga Xoolaha ee Sheekh ee ku yaalla Somaliland oo ah dugsi goboleed oo lagu baran doono Cilmiga Xannaanada Xoolaha, gaar ahaan Caafimaadka Xoolaha horta aas-aaskiisa in aan dugsiga wax ku lahaa raggii u soo halgamay ayaan ka mid ahaa, guddidiisa fulinta ayaan ku jiray, maalin dhowaydna shirkii Nayroobi ku lahaayeen waa anigii booqahsada ugu tegay, muxibo iskuukla aan u qabo iyo aniga oo jecel in uu hirgalo, shirkaa ayaana ka ballanqaaday wax allaala wixii taageero Siyaasadeed iyomid dhaqaale in aan Caalamka kala doono, irid kastana u garaaco sidii uu u hirgeli lahaa dugsigaasi.

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Ali Geedi seemed to be very arrogant in his live Question and Answer interview on BBC the other day. He showed no respect for the Parliamenterians... well they hit back.

Askartaas oo la sheegay inay siday u dedaaleen ee ay islahaayeen cadaanka ilaaliyo la arkay askari bileys ah oo gabadh buufis ah oo is caddeysay ilaalinaya oo caddaan moodaya. Markii la yidhi maxaa ka ilaalinaysaana waxa uu ku jawaabay; “Wasiirkaa na yidhi dadka cadcad ee dalka yimaada ilaaliya yaan argagixisadu dilline.†Ina Cali Garas and ina Haybe Laanbad are my favourite comedians.

"A new transitional government has been established in Somalia ." Was it "in Somalia" or "outside Somalia"? " I am very impressed with what has been done here. I had, in my capacity as a state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1990s, many contacts with the Somaliland authorities. I donated the first satellite phone in Somalia to President Egal [late Somaliland President Muhammad Ibrahim Egal] and I have seen since that time how they have - largely through their resources and their own efforts - rebuilt Hargeysa and rebuilt the other destroyed cities and their country. So, they have organised themselves very well. But they do have a real problem by not being recognised by any other states and I urge them to do their utmost to accommodate all their neighbours because it will facilitate our work on the humanitarian and reconstruction and development front and, thereby, help them help themselves." Is it me or do I see a change of tone and language from the UN? :eek:

Canadian authorities arrest US president George W. Bush [ he first photograph released since the arrest of the American President in Ottawa earlier. In the traditional orange prison overalls and shackles, Mr Bush seems to be glowering with anger. His name and intake identity number appear on the front of the jumpsuit. ] Paul K. J. 11/30/04 "ICH" -- Ottawa -- Canadian authorities have arrested US president George W. Bush in Ottawa. He has been charged with several offences under Canada's War Crimes Act. Vice-President Dick Cheney has mobilized the American military and all border crossings between the two nations have closed. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has urged for calm in a short radio and television broadcast to the Canadian people immediately after the arrest. Part of the Prime Minister’s broadcast is included here: “This decision was not made lightly. But, it was also a decision that was impossible not to make. The United States is not outside the rule of law, and cannot expect to get an unlimited “free passâ€. This decision puts a grave strain upon both our nations, and I urge calm and restraint from our American neighbours, as well as from Canadians. I have met with the cabinet, and with our colleagues in the House. This is a time of great crisis for us as a nation. But as people, we will survive this test. Earlier I enacted the Emergency War Powers Act. This is necessary to guarantee our domestic security. This is not a time for panic, for lawlessness, for anything other than a responsible and sobre focus on what lies immediately ahead.†Prime Minister Martin also said, “President Bush has been arrested under the Canadian War Crimes Act and the charges against him are being processed. He is being treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention and he will be treated fairly.†Reports from the White House say there is absolute chaos as frantic phone calls and meetings are held to deal with this crisis. Speculations on the American response run the spectrum from one analyst’s prediction of an all out American invasion of Canada to a more restrained pin-point rescue mission of the President. Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response. Meanwhile, in New York, the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Anan has urged for calm, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been in almost constant contact with NATO leaders and President Putin of Russia. A Britney Spears concert which had been scheduled to occur this evening in Ottawa has been postponed. A spokesman for the entertainer said that Ms. Spears was concerned for the President's wife and two daughters. The spokesman also said that Ms. Spears would be praying for the president. President Bush had been due to attend an Ottawa luncheon when the arrest occurred. Witnesses at the scene said that utter havoc erupted as the arrest was carried out. Earlier in the day things seemed to be going smoothly on this first visit to Canada by President Bush. The President’s private jet, Air Force One had landed at the Ottawa International airport amidst intense security. Only a few protestors were on hand at the airport to welcome the President. Authorities had been expecting moderately sized protests in downtown Ottawa, but the fine weather and unseasonably warm temperature brought an estimated three hundred thousand demonstrators out on to the streets. From the airport the President’s motorcade drove directly to the Ottawa Convention Centre. The moment that President Bush stepped from his limousine a group of RCMP officers, who had been standing guard, grabbed the President and proceeded to place him under arrest. A gunfight broke out with the President’s secret service bodyguard. In the short exchange of gunfire two bystanders were killed and another three slightly wounded by flying debris. The RCMP were able to quickly subdue the American agents, and they have been detained in a separate facility. Separate fire arms related charges are pending. According to Canadian Justice Department officials the President faces a lengthy list of offences. Canada’s War Crimes Act was designed to hold foreigners accountable for their complicity or involvement in a vast array of war crimes. George Bush is being charged not only as the civilian head of government of the United States, but also as the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. This position could bring with it even more serious consequences, but he will not face the death penalty. Under both Canadian and International War Crimes law George Bush is being charged with genocide, torture, murder, and the most strong of all war crimes, the crime of war of aggression. The United Nations position on the illegality of the Iraq invasion has been known for sometime, but sceptics believed that the UN would fail to be able to bring America to account.

Canadian authorities arrest US president George W. Bush [ he first photograph released since the arrest of the American President in Ottawa earlier. In the traditional orange prison overalls and shackles, Mr Bush seems to be glowering with anger. His name and intake identity number appear on the front of the jumpsuit. ] Paul K. J. 11/30/04 "ICH" -- Ottawa -- Canadian authorities have arrested US president George W. Bush in Ottawa. He has been charged with several offences under Canada's War Crimes Act. Vice-President Dick Cheney has mobilized the American military and all border crossings between the two nations have closed. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has urged for calm in a short radio and television broadcast to the Canadian people immediately after the arrest. Part of the Prime Minister’s broadcast is included here: “This decision was not made lightly. But, it was also a decision that was impossible not to make. The United States is not outside the rule of law, and cannot expect to get an unlimited “free passâ€. This decision puts a grave strain upon both our nations, and I urge calm and restraint from our American neighbours, as well as from Canadians. I have met with the cabinet, and with our colleagues in the House. This is a time of great crisis for us as a nation. But as people, we will survive this test. Earlier I enacted the Emergency War Powers Act. This is necessary to guarantee our domestic security. This is not a time for panic, for lawlessness, for anything other than a responsible and sobre focus on what lies immediately ahead.†Prime Minister Martin also said, “President Bush has been arrested under the Canadian War Crimes Act and the charges against him are being processed. He is being treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention and he will be treated fairly.†Reports from the White House say there is absolute chaos as frantic phone calls and meetings are held to deal with this crisis. Speculations on the American response run the spectrum from one analyst’s prediction of an all out American invasion of Canada to a more restrained pin-point rescue mission of the President. Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response. Meanwhile, in New York, the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Anan has urged for calm, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been in almost constant contact with NATO leaders and President Putin of Russia. A Britney Spears concert which had been scheduled to occur this evening in Ottawa has been postponed. A spokesman for the entertainer said that Ms. Spears was concerned for the President's wife and two daughters. The spokesman also said that Ms. Spears would be praying for the president. President Bush had been due to attend an Ottawa luncheon when the arrest occurred. Witnesses at the scene said that utter havoc erupted as the arrest was carried out. Earlier in the day things seemed to be going smoothly on this first visit to Canada by President Bush. The President’s private jet, Air Force One had landed at the Ottawa International airport amidst intense security. Only a few protestors were on hand at the airport to welcome the President. Authorities had been expecting moderately sized protests in downtown Ottawa, but the fine weather and unseasonably warm temperature brought an estimated three hundred thousand demonstrators out on to the streets. From the airport the President’s motorcade drove directly to the Ottawa Convention Centre. The moment that President Bush stepped from his limousine a group of RCMP officers, who had been standing guard, grabbed the President and proceeded to place him under arrest. A gunfight broke out with the President’s secret service bodyguard. In the short exchange of gunfire two bystanders were killed and another three slightly wounded by flying debris. The RCMP were able to quickly subdue the American agents, and they have been detained in a separate facility. Separate fire arms related charges are pending. According to Canadian Justice Department officials the President faces a lengthy list of offences. Canada’s War Crimes Act was designed to hold foreigners accountable for their complicity or involvement in a vast array of war crimes. George Bush is being charged not only as the civilian head of government of the United States, but also as the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. This position could bring with it even more serious consequences, but he will not face the death penalty. Under both Canadian and International War Crimes law George Bush is being charged with genocide, torture, murder, and the most strong of all war crimes, the crime of war of aggression. The United Nations position on the illegality of the Iraq invasion has been known for sometime, but sceptics believed that the UN would fail to be able to bring America to account.

Canadian authorities arrest US president George W. Bush [ he first photograph released since the arrest of the American President in Ottawa earlier. In the traditional orange prison overalls and shackles, Mr Bush seems to be glowering with anger. His name and intake identity number appear on the front of the jumpsuit. ] Paul K. J. 11/30/04 "ICH" -- Ottawa -- Canadian authorities have arrested US president George W. Bush in Ottawa. He has been charged with several offences under Canada's War Crimes Act. Vice-President Dick Cheney has mobilized the American military and all border crossings between the two nations have closed. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has urged for calm in a short radio and television broadcast to the Canadian people immediately after the arrest. Part of the Prime Minister’s broadcast is included here: “This decision was not made lightly. But, it was also a decision that was impossible not to make. The United States is not outside the rule of law, and cannot expect to get an unlimited “free passâ€. This decision puts a grave strain upon both our nations, and I urge calm and restraint from our American neighbours, as well as from Canadians. I have met with the cabinet, and with our colleagues in the House. This is a time of great crisis for us as a nation. But as people, we will survive this test. Earlier I enacted the Emergency War Powers Act. This is necessary to guarantee our domestic security. This is not a time for panic, for lawlessness, for anything other than a responsible and sobre focus on what lies immediately ahead.†Prime Minister Martin also said, “President Bush has been arrested under the Canadian War Crimes Act and the charges against him are being processed. He is being treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention and he will be treated fairly.†Reports from the White House say there is absolute chaos as frantic phone calls and meetings are held to deal with this crisis. Speculations on the American response run the spectrum from one analyst’s prediction of an all out American invasion of Canada to a more restrained pin-point rescue mission of the President. Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response. Meanwhile, in New York, the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Anan has urged for calm, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been in almost constant contact with NATO leaders and President Putin of Russia. A Britney Spears concert which had been scheduled to occur this evening in Ottawa has been postponed. A spokesman for the entertainer said that Ms. Spears was concerned for the President's wife and two daughters. The spokesman also said that Ms. Spears would be praying for the president. President Bush had been due to attend an Ottawa luncheon when the arrest occurred. Witnesses at the scene said that utter havoc erupted as the arrest was carried out. Earlier in the day things seemed to be going smoothly on this first visit to Canada by President Bush. The President’s private jet, Air Force One had landed at the Ottawa International airport amidst intense security. Only a few protestors were on hand at the airport to welcome the President. Authorities had been expecting moderately sized protests in downtown Ottawa, but the fine weather and unseasonably warm temperature brought an estimated three hundred thousand demonstrators out on to the streets. From the airport the President’s motorcade drove directly to the Ottawa Convention Centre. The moment that President Bush stepped from his limousine a group of RCMP officers, who had been standing guard, grabbed the President and proceeded to place him under arrest. A gunfight broke out with the President’s secret service bodyguard. In the short exchange of gunfire two bystanders were killed and another three slightly wounded by flying debris. The RCMP were able to quickly subdue the American agents, and they have been detained in a separate facility. Separate fire arms related charges are pending. According to Canadian Justice Department officials the President faces a lengthy list of offences. Canada’s War Crimes Act was designed to hold foreigners accountable for their complicity or involvement in a vast array of war crimes. George Bush is being charged not only as the civilian head of government of the United States, but also as the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. This position could bring with it even more serious consequences, but he will not face the death penalty. Under both Canadian and International War Crimes law George Bush is being charged with genocide, torture, murder, and the most strong of all war crimes, the crime of war of aggression. The United Nations position on the illegality of the Iraq invasion has been known for sometime, but sceptics believed that the UN would fail to be able to bring America to account.

Plagiarism is defined as "the act of passing off as one's own the ideas or writings of another." In the world of academia, you have to provide references: * If you use someone else's ideas, you should cite the source. * If the way in which you are using the source is unclear, make it clear. * If you received specific help from someone in writing the paper, acknowledge it. This is what happens when you do not follow that simple rule of thumb, as the case of Togane's translation of the old and famous poem: "Sweetness and Bitterness - English version". This poem "Macaan iyo Qadhaadh - Somali version" is the original work of the Somali poet Ahmed Ismail Dirie better known as "Abwaan Qassim".

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This article is from an extremely rightwing Isreali website. -------------------- Shortly before the October 7 Sinai bombings at Taba and Nueiba, inhabitants of the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat noticed some strange goings-on across the bay in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba. Cement trucks were seen dumping their loads along a section of coastline where the Jordanian royal villa nestles among giant palm trees. Other trucks unloaded huge pipes, which giant cranes hoisted into position. Could it be a new Jordanian watchtower to keep an eye on the Gulf of Aqaba? Or perhaps Jordan was building a new military or communications installation? The answer to the riddle was not long coming. One morning, they awoke to the sight of an enormous flag flying from a 136 meter- (446 foot) high pole. The flag, measuring 80 meters (262 feet) by 44 meters (144 feet), was almost the size of an American football field, a towering presence even against the backdrop of the 1,200 meter (3,900 feet) -high mountains behind Aqaba. Dimensions aside, there was something odd about the pennant. It looked almost but not quite like the Jordanian national flag; it lacked the trademark star and its colors were in the wrong order. Instead of being arranged in a black, white and red pattern, the flag was black at the top, green in the middle and white at the bottom (See photo) . After some research, DEBKAfile’s sources were able to identify it as the royal flag – not of Jordan but of the Hashemite dynasty that reigns in Amman today but originated somewhere else. Thereby hangs the tale of the huge flag. Through his great-grandfather, the prophet Mohammad was himself a Hashemite, a subdivision of the Quraysh tribe of what is now Saudi Arabia. The most revered Hashemite line then passed through Hassan, son of the Prophet’s daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, the fourth caliph. Hassan was the last of this line to hold the disputed claim to the caliphate, but his progeny eventually established themselves as hereditary emirs of Mecca, the role continuing under Ottoman rule. The last of the line to rule as emir of Mecca and King of Hijaz along the Red Sea was Hussain bin Ali. Ibn Saudi, the founder of Saudi Arabia, conquered the Hijaz in 1924 and deposed Hussein, thus ending Hashemite rule of the region and the holy places of Islam. The new Saudi dynasty, supported by the Wahhabi Muslim sect, proclaimed itself Guardians of the Shrines of Islam Hussein’s dispossessed sons, Abdullah and Faisal, were later placed on the newly-created thrones of Amman and Baghdad, respectively. The Hashemite line survived in Jordan but not in Baghdad. Faisal was assassinated on July 14, 1958 in a military coup that soon led to the rise of Saddam Hussein at the head of the Baath regime. In 1951, Abdullah was murdered by a Muslim zealot at the door of al Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Two years later, his grandson Hussein succeeded to the Jordanian throne as a boy king. He reigned until his death in 1999, when he was succeeded by his eldest son Abdullah II. Through the many upheavals and disasters visited on them, the Hashemites never gave up their claim of common descent with the Prophet or their vision of returning to their roots, the Hijaz, now the western Red Sea province of Saudi Arabia. In November 1979, Saudi Crown Prince Fahd, son of Ibn Saud and incumbent albeit incapacitated ruler of the oil kingdom, appealed to Jordan’s King Hussein for help to put down a revolt against the throne mounted by Wahhabi Muslim radicals, led by Otheiba tribesmen. The rebels had got as far as seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca claiming the corrupt Saudi crown was unfit to guard the holy places. These fundamentalists later spawned Osama bin Laden and still nourish his al Qaeda network. The Saudis desperately needed Jordanian commandos to dislodge these early terrorists from the mosque. Hussein agreed to the request but with a key proviso: The Saudi royal family must hand over a section of the Hijaz province where Hashemite Jordan’s historic territorial rights would be recognized henceforth. Realizing this would be tantamount to opening the door to the Hashemites’ return to their ancestral land Fahd refused and turned to France instead. The new-old Hashemite flag hoisted so dramatically over Aqaba therefore carries a threefold statement, according to DEBKAfile’s Middle Eastern sources - one that will register most immediately with Jordan’s close neighbor on the Gulf of Aqaba coast, Saudi Arabia. A. It is a symbolic restatement that the Hashemite claim to the Gulf and Hijaz lands on its eastern coast remains in force. B. Aqaba and Kuwait are the two key transit ports for merchandise bound for Iraq. The flag may be interpreted as a message that the Hashemite branch which once ruled Baghdad has not relinquished its claim there either. C. This message is as much religious as geopolitical and is addressed to al Qaeda and its Wahhabist mentors in Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Jordan, Iraq and Syria: the true and historic messengers of the Prophet Mohammed and his teachings are not al Qaeda but the Hashemites by virtue of shared ancestry and long rule in the holy places. The giant flag bears testimony to the huge importance of symbols in the Middle East, something Israel, which long ago cancelled its annual military parade and flies only small Star of David flags outside government institutions, overlooks. Early this week, the Jordanians took down their giant flag for two days after it was torn by strong winds. But the huge banner was up and fluttering overhead by Wednesday, October 18. Some Aqabans complain to their Eilat neighbors that the flag keeps them awake at night. It snaps loudly in the wind, sending explosion-like sounds across the town. But King Abdullah II seems to be sleeping all the more soundly as he dreams of the Hashemites’ return to their former glory.

Fighting breaks out between Somaliland, Mageerteeniya Close to 100 militiamen from *********ia [Puntland], and 22 others, were captured this morning after the *********ia [forces] ambushed bases belonging to the national armed forces of the Republic of Somaliland in the eastern fields [as heard]. The provocative attack by the *********ia militia of warlord Abdullahi Yusuf was strongly repulsed by the Somaliland forces, who first killed the commanders. The two commanders who were leading the forces were Ahmed Ran and Galabey. The Somaliland information minister, Hon Abdullahi Muhammad Du'ale, told the media this afternoon that Somaliland forces lost two solders, while five others were wounded. Some 22 prisoners were captured alive from the *********ia side, who suffered major losses. The minister told the media that Somaliland had told the peace-loving world that it was determined to create peace in the region but if provoked, would defend its country. The minister said that warlord Abdullahi Yusuf would be held responsible for any outcome of the fighting. The chairman of the opposition UCID [Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland] party, Faysal Ali Warabe, who tonight contacted us by telephone from Norway, condemned the provocative attack Abdullahi Yusuf launched on Somaliland

Maleshiyada Cabdilahi Yusuf Oo Ku Jabtey Wererkii Saaka Ay Soo Qadeen YAGORI-Saraakiil sarsare oo u hadley cidanka qaranka Somaliland ayaa ka waremey hawlgalkii cidanka Somaliland ay kaga hortageen weraradii ismidaminta ahaa ee sakaa ay soo qadeen maleshiyadka Cabdilahi yusuf ee ku jira gudaha magalada lascanood,sarakiisha oo kasoo warameysa aaga hore ee maanta dagaalku ka dhacay ayaa waxa ay sheegeen in cidanka qaranku cagta mariyeen,isla markaana ay wiiqeen awooda ciiden ee maleeshiyada Cabdilahi yusuf ee jidaha sool. KHASARAHA MALEESHIYADA GAADHEY Warbixinta sarakiisha ciidanka somaliland ay soo sareen kadib markii ay xabadu galabta ay istaagtey ayaa waxa ay ku warameen in ay dhimasho iyo dhaawac xoogani soo gadhey maleshiyada,ilaa 22-maxbuusna ay gacanta ku hayaan sanad ciidana ay kaga burburi yeen cadowga. Sarkiisha oo isticmaleysa erayo gaar u ah luqada-meleteriga ayaa waxaa ay yidhahdeen "Cidanka qaranku waxaa ay ku guleysteen in ay wajiga hore ee dagaalku intii uu socdey ay xooga saraan in ay DABKA xoogisa ay u badiyaan bar tilmaameedka koowaad ee ah barta cadowgu ka jilicsanyehey si markaa uu u burburo qaybta koowad ee weerarka cadowgu taas oo ay cidanku ku guleysteen horseedna u noqotey burburkii kowaad ee ku yimi cadowga isla markaana sababey dhameystirka wajigii labaad ee dagaalka oo isugu jirey firxad iyo burbur dhameystir ah oo ku yimi Cadowga". Warbixinta hoganka cidanku ay bixiyeen ayaa waxaa ka mid ahaa in cidanka qaranku ay dagaalka wajigiisa dhexe ay ku dileen sarakiishii hogamineysey ama dagaal galineysey Maleshiyda,taas oo ay raciyeen in ay meydkii labo ka mid ah sarakiishaas ay cidanka qaranku hayaan,taas oo ay cadowgu xataa meydkoodi ay qadan kari wayeen burbur dhexe oo ku yimi awgeed labada sarkaal ee meydkooda la hayaa waxay kala yihiin. 1-Col-Axmed Raan 2-Galdebey BOHOLAHA XARGEGEN sarakhiishu waxa ay sheegen in Ciidanka somaliland ay fadhiyaan goobaha loo yaqaan boholaha xargegan oo wax yar u jirta magalda lascaanod. BAQDIN IYO WARWAR dhinaca xukumada somaliland marwalaba waxaa ka soo yeedha in aanay marna aanay dagaal ku qaadeyn magaalada lascanood oo ah barta ay ku jiraan maleeshiyada ugu faraha badani,balse shacbiga magaalada lascanood waxaa dagaalkani ku keenay CABSI-ARGAGAX IYO NAXDIN taaso ay hada yaqiinsadeen in la isla jiidhi doono dagaalana ka dhici doono magaaladooda.