We need sustained and concerted effort to bring the Oga-den plight to life. The Sub-committee hearing is good start. Of course political unity among Somalis even it is just Somaligalbeed to bear any pressure on Zenawi regime. Ethiopia angry at proposed U.S. aid sanction Wed Oct 3, 2007 11:59am EDT (Adds details on bill) By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia on Wednesday strongly criticised a U.S. law moving through Congress that links future aid to democratic reforms, calling it a threat to regional stability and its close military ties with Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Ethiopian Democracy and Accountability Act, which demands Washington's top counter-terrorism partner in the Horn of Africa make a host of democratic changes or face security aid cuts. The bill, which still needs U.S. Senate approval and a presidential signature, would also deny U.S. entry visas to any Ethiopian government official involved in what it calls human rights violations, unless the president authorised a waiver. The act would bar the aid unless Ethiopia accepted outside rights monitoring, fostered an independent judiciary and media, and allowed U.S.-funded aid to those ends. In addition, the bill would direct $20 million to political parties and civil-society groups in Ethiopia to promote democracy. "The legislation also would undermine regional stability in the Horn of Africa by jeopardising vital security cooperation between the United States and Ethiopia," Ethiopia's ambassador to the United States, Samuel Assefa, said in a statement. He said if "the irresponsible legislation" becomes law, "it would create fresh obstacles to Ethiopia's bold efforts toward comprehensive democratic reforms". Ethiopia, with the strongest army in the Horn, is in the thick of several intertwined conflicts, including its backing of the Somali government against insurgents, a border standoff with Eritrea and its fight against insurgents at home. EXEMPTIONS U.S. military and counter-terrorism leaders consider Ethiopia a critical bulwark against al Qaeda operatives known to be operating in east Africa since the 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Bush administration has requested $1.5 million in military aid to Ethiopia for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1, of which $650,000 would be directed toward military education and training, according to the U.S. State Department. The congressional bill would exempt counter-terrorism and peacekeeping operations from any funding restrictions. Funds for health care and food would also be untouched. The Bush administration has requested $654 million for health and economic assistance for this fiscal year. The congressional vote came two years after violent protests over Ethiopia's 2005 election results that left nearly 200 people dead when opposition protesters claiming vote-rigging clashed with security forces. That, and a subsequent trial of opposition members including those who won seats in parliament, led to criticism from rights groups and the withholding of certain aid by European donors. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his government held the fairest multi-party polls in Ethiopian history. Foreign teams noted some problems but said the polls were broadly fair. Addis Ababa argues it has made reforms, and could not tolerate organised protests it said amounted to treason. In July Ethiopia pardoned nearly all of those convicted four days after their sentencing. Samuel said the presence of two pardoned opposition leaders at U.S. congressional hearings was proof of Ethiopia's democratic commitment. The ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group, which demands greater self-rule in its eastern Ethiopian region and accuses the government of atrocities, applauded the bill. "The U.S. House of Representatives has shown that executing the global war on terrorism is not incompatible with the forceful promotion of human rights and democracy," it said.

An eerie calm before the storm hits? LoooL@North...a bit of both I guess

Let's work together to bring peace instead of bloodshed ...... that aint work in Mogadishu. You are singing a different tune JB...What happen to Sland controlling LA?. It would be difficult to work with delusional entity that want to reconstitute colonial boundaries.

That was typo Duke..I meant certain sections of Xamar. It is clear Ethios are using scorch earth policy to uproot the Xamar population in order to take care of the insurgency. Paragon...Qaybdiid was the first thing that came when I saw the title of the thread.

Paragon...It was no secret that the TFG and it's Ethio backers wanted to level the Bakaaraha to the ground.The next objective to flatten our sections of Xamar "suspected" of aiding the insurgency.

Intii dhimatay Alla Ha unaxariisto

LooooooooooL@setting up boundaries. We will see where that takes you

Originally posted by SomaliThinker: "United with thier brethen" mmmmm what a comment from this SOL memeber sounds like more divison of each other. I know what you mean in this statement brotha and it only shows how somalis are tribal thinking. It is the people in Sool that are fighting, the thing is that they have support for either Somaliland or Puntland, so lets get this simple fact straight. The second thing is weak point of "ill-advised secession notion" stop bring this weak point over and over, because form this logic if Somaliland said it would stay in the Unoin then would the people of Sool have no issue of being under somaliland, I dont think so! Tribal this tribal that, I thought you were actually gonna come with better argument. The people of SSC never agreed the colonization by the English, and were the backbone of the Dervish movement. To ignore their history and their desires by what's essentailly non-existent country is simply amazing. The Sland and Pland are tribal entities run by self-aggrandizing men who are hell bent in milking the meager resources of these Somali lands. These entities have little to offer SSC, and the people of SSC have expressed their wishes to stay with Somali proper. Anyone who denies is simply delusional to say the least.

^^^Atleast be sincere about your intentions horta!! The average reer Sool are against the Riyaale regime ,and chose to remain united with their brethen. Portraying oppurtunistic individuals as the voice of reer Sool is deceptive Saaxib.

web page jacalyBaro's cousin on other side reported this

web page Hopefully, people will listen what this man had to say. People of SSC are getting very weary of useless wars. The sooner all clan militias (Sland and Pland) leave SSC. The better it will be for every body.

Dab ninkii bilaaba asaga uun ku gubanay.

^^^It looks this would be it. The TFG is supposedly send men and money too. Reer Laascaanod should have decided their own fate along time ago, and not be caught between these dimwits from Garow and Hargeysa.

Keyf........ :cool: Zola.....Sab kuch tiik hee. yee buraanii topic hee. Alhamdilluah Isqawti Che bohot qush hay laakin bohot mehribaani Zula Jee, and yes people Zola's cousin is indeed bohotii qubsuurad hee. Xiin.....keyf and Zola can attest to my claims.And you could ask the beautiful Xalimopatra about sexy Fanax. LoooooooL@Cara

LooooooooooooooL@Lazy....I didn't know you and I were this special. On serious note, Evil persists coz good people choose to do nothing. Rather than allowing a nomadic tribesman decide what and who should be Somali, we should look ourselves, and stand up for what's good about Somalis.Neither you nor I robbed, killed or raped a person, and certainly didn't ostracize a entire group of people for being ethnically different than we are. We gotta take an ownership of Somali is and not just say that I'm an exception. Doing so will only embolden those that continue to perpetuate this hateful mantra. So rather than letting these people tarnish our name, we should be bold enough to say 'I'm Somali, and hate wouldn't be associate with name" specially against our fellow Somalis. Nephthys....Ultimately, the credit goes to his parent who by the look of kid's success invested time and effort in turning a curious mind into creative genius. I hope more Somalis would follow their steps. And the city of Barawi I'm sure will garner pride from his success.

^^^Who's Pland-Killa? And lAzy...Are you a hateful individual?

Nephthys...Mid dib takoor jooji. Waa waxa naha laagaye. Zu.....This kind of topic waxaa luu daaye Al-Sumaale inoo post kareeyo

The Pland should peacefully withdraw to the outskirts of the city, and this retarded people like this individual web page should be made to pay for his st-upidity. The situation is reminiscent of the Garowe fiasco while back. Even he was unjustly fired, that doesn't give the right to destabilize a peaceful and bring chaos to the good people of Sool. And the so called leaders ( calool ushaqaystaal) of SSC need to stop prostituting and do what's best for people. I hope the young Garaad will bring some common to the place, and it is my hope reer Sool listen to him instead self serving jerks like xaabasade and Col Ibrahim.

I was being sarcastic Saaxib, but nothing fun about this. The people have suffered enough, and Qaxii waa biloowday again.

LooooooooooooL......I see bit of Duke in you. I think it is gonna hot in Xamar again. Ceyrow is supposedly speadheading the new effort, and more Ethios have arrived.

^^War odaga minyar raadinayaaye maad ka qalaysid

Xiin's sources are usually faulty Serenity. Sure thing Zu

Ghanima..Coz I'm devastatingly handsome.Who wouldn't cry? Serenity....Gabadh Soomaali ah waaye. She ain't gonna show her emotions right there and then. But much later, she did share her sentiments. Sources? LoZ.....Come on Aw....Why did you exile yourself to the mountains. Surely it wasn't to mediatate

LoooooooooooL@DD....I hope this had nothing with the cheating Hugh. I hope my gal isn't reading this though Ghanima...I brought the place to life. Just Alle-Ubaahne Xiin, and someone else on SOL that should remian anynonmous unless they decide to reveal themselves.But why do you ask?

^^^^Ghanima...I dig up alot of thread yesterday. This was one of many, but thank you. I'm fine!