Gangs of New York aka Irish Negroes vs "Native" New Yorkers.....This was lame attempt to tell story about the Irish experience. The movie sucked except for fight scenes and da intimate scenes... ...lol....Just kidding. Later

I actually think he is funny. This guy and Yalaxow guy in Xamar crack me up every time..lol They should have their own show on comdey central! I luv their honesty....lol

SA7RAWY........You know what, this is gonna sound wierd, but i realised people north of Xamar Caddey don't make Xalwo ( Exception maybe reer hiiraan, but Belew Weyne is close to the border). I mean , imagine a somali capital without Xalwo, Qamiir, Canbuulo, etc....lol... places like Galkayo or Dhuuso Mareeb ( ok, forget the latter, the names alone disqualifies as contender for our nation's capital) are full of ppl who only consume Cad iyo Caano...lol On more serious note though, The northern towns are less diverse in terms ethnicity. Besides, nothern tribes specifically those in puntland and southern mudug are ones trying to dominate the somali politics.Moving the capital in their own tarf will be mistake. More nuatral like towns like Merca would be a better choice!

Peace!

Bulo......Most somalis who discredit the Sayyid mostly do so cuz their qabiil fall out in favor with Darwish movement. I hope you are not discrediting his efforts to fight the invaders just cuz yoy feel your qabiil was victimized by his forces. The sayyid had noble idea of uniting all somali speaking tribes of the horn. Some choose to join him, others decided otherwise. In all conflicts, decisions carry consenquences. In a war for survival and independence, those who didn't join the darwish movement were seen as the freinds of the enemy. This is how ppl were judged on depending on allegiance. The sayyid certainly did lot of mistakes by killing and antoganozing the very people who he was trying to free. Perhaps, there are times who should have communicate to his ppl not through the sword, but through his feelings. The man yearned and fought for free and independent united Somalia. It is for this many somalis admire for. P.S. My grandfather, along with two of his sisters were the only family members that survived during the darwish campaigns in Nugaal and Hawd. As descendent of someone whom Darwish movement has affected so close, i have no hatred towards the Sayyid or his Darwish.

USC destroyed Mogadisho.......So much for liberating Hamar caddeey from Barre....Let them figure out what they wanna do with it.....The best i could hope for Xamar is for it to be somalia's commercial hub again...Kismayo and Bossaso will give hamar a run for its money though since many former residents are going to relocate to Puntland and the Jubbaland. My personal choice would be Merca since it has a coastline, good weather, and far from the enemy borders. Galkayo is big NO, NO.......Anything north of Mogadisho is big NO, NO......!!!!!!

OG_girl....Here is in granpa in person...sort of...lol OG-Moti.....I hope we find another somali son to unite Somalia!

Mizz-UniQue.....Q masaaq karoy yaar....Meeraa gar pakistan Taa....Say Kayra hahu tu...Idar bohot paki loghay. later

Darman.......Aryaa xaa tiri... afxumidaa...iin boogaa aa baac leedaha....Thats it, i hereby jailed Darman reliqueshing my right to post anything for period of four months as QaxootiMama stated. If anyone does bailed out Darman, he/she along with Darman himself must also relinquish the right to post anything on Sol for period of four months. If darman or the person who bails him out continue to reply or starts threads, i will resume posting agian. By da way Darman, Xaad guillotine ku diiday....Maryooley is still in stone age, i was being kind and very considerate by using guillotine as the weapon of execution.

Oooway....Lagtaahay bohot maryooley loog bollywood filmi basan kartaahay....lol My fav Indian movie has to be Dil....Remember lacag...Having spent in my teen yrs in Pakistan, i couldn't posibbly aviod Hindi movies n Cricket. Maskiin-Macruuf.....Those were indeed the days...Who could forget Disco Dance.....lol. Remember ppl use to say.....Mayqa fayr baa ku jirta noh, when there is new hindi movie out. I use to like the music videos they use to show before the movie starts. It was mostly Michael's thriller, Lionel Richie, etc. later nomads

I thought i share this piece.....It is a bit inspirational!!!!! GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) – Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labeled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached against them in the local mosque. They've been bombed, had their car destroyed and part of their compound torn down by angry local residents. Their "crime"? Hawa and the other women who run the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development are educating girls and women, trying to empower Puntland women, and fighting against female genital mutilation, as well as agitating for peace in a country long wracked by war. After four years in business, the centre, partially funded by UNHCR, is winning small victories in its uphill battle in a deeply traditional society. "They used to call me a witch before, now they call me 'aunt'," Hawa says with a smile. In the north-east part of the county called Puntland, Hawa is fighting to improve the very low status of women in Somali society. Ironically, since civil war broke out in the country following the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, women have become the chief breadwinners of their families, but their economic, social and political standing remains low. Many Somali men are unemployed, their government and other white-collar jobs having disappeared with the civil war. Women have opened teashops, or sell produce in the market – jobs men would not deign to do – and earn the small sums that enable their families to scrape by. "During the war, women were the ones who shouldered all the responsibility, not only for the immediate family, but for the whole extended family," says Hawa, sitting in a garden in the Galkayo Education Centre, a haven whose tranquility these days belies its turbulent history. "Until today, women are the ones who shoulder all the responsibilities, but there's little recognition. "Women have absolutely no status in decision-making," she continues. "Women are excluded from economic participation. No one gives them loans. It's okay for them to sell tomatoes and charcoal, but no one will be happy to see a woman in an executive office." She's optimistic that the lessons girls learn in the classrooms of the centre – peace education and the fight against female genital mutilation, for example, are woven into standard classroom subjects – will pay future dividends. But at the same time, she's impatient. "I don't want to wait 20 years," Hawa says. "I want improvement today for those who should participate" in the economic and political life of the country. Her centre is one of a number of organizations UNHCR supports in Puntland that are trying to improve the lives of women. In Bossaso, one UNHCR partner, the Somalia Reunification Women's Union, works for economic and political empowerment of women to help raise their social status. In Gardo, a town south of Bossaso, UNHCR helps fund GARWODO, the Gardo Women's Development Organization. "We are empowering women through education, child care, literacy for all women, and income-generating activities," explains Sahra Farah Mahamoud, one of the leaders of the group. "All of this is preparatory work for our future political involvement." Simone Wolken, UNHCR Representative for Somalia, is full of admiration for the women of the country. "Either in Somalia, or in exile, they held families together and did everything to help their families survive, despite war and destruction. They never gave up." Now, she believes, they are coming into their own. "Despite the many challenges, in peaceful areas like Puntland, women can now make their mark in reconciliation and reconstruction," says Wolken. "Education and awareness of rights are cornerstones in this regard, and UNHCR is doing all it can to support this." Economist Dahir Mohamed Ismail, a consultant to another UNHCR partner in Gardo, Ecological Preservation Association, feels strongly that "women are the best asset we have. The men only chew; they don't contribute anything to society," he adds, referring to the widespread Somali habit of chewing qat, a natural amphetamine that puts many male Somalis into a stupor and robs them of ambition and the will to work.. "We believe anything being given to Somali people should be through the women," says Dahir. "Otherwise it goes straight to the qat market." Abdullahi F. Ali, a 57-year-old Somali man who recently returned to farm in Gardo after 30 years in the United States, was struck by the way Somali women have stepped up to do any job that can support their families, while the men remain idle. "Without women, this country would be nothing," he says emphatically. "Women are saving society." Back in Galkayo, that's the type of sentiment that keeps Hawa and her colleagues at the Education Centre for Peace and Development going. "The centre has many challenges," she says. "But we are determined. We are committed to really continue, to be patient and not run away. We keep saying: women have a right to participate politically." Somali social worker Hawa Aden stands in front of a girls' school and community centre being built with UNHCR's help. © UNHCR/K.McKinsey

Forget bailing Darman.....here is da new deal! For all interested parties, Iam putting a bounty on darman's head....He must be eliminated from sol...Topics like dis one are simply annoying to say the least!!!!!!!!! So long Chap....lol here is how the elimination process be carried out......... With guillotine....dis will make sure he never comes back to SOL. He should be condemned to Somalinet forums....lol

Lander....Speaking on somebody's behalf doesn't necesarrily mean that you represent their interests. Saaxib.....You were just communicating about your feelings or wishes regarding the SSH issue, you weren't certainly talking about the interests of the people in dis region....don't confuse the two. You are right about one thing, this is pretty useless argument.....Iam out. Iam sorry if i offended you.........later bro A. J timacade.....SSH belong to the people that live there. Sland n for dat matter whatever land has no business there! Mobb-Depp.....You can say the same thing about Sland, i was merely reminding the pro-unity crowd who is accusing Sland of being qabiil state, that Pland was no different either!.....Xaal qaado hadaad xanaaqday waxaa dhahay.... n just so you know, half of my family are from puntland!...i wish them peace and prosperity. Later guys......good luck with this useless chanting!!!

Originally posted by LANDER: On a more serious note though, I think most of us here agree that war is not good for the people of SS&H and no matter the outcome there are no winners in war. That being said I have to admit the future looks kind of dim concerning this particular issue of SS&H. I have a feeling war will be inevitable and thousands of civilians will be displace across a political and geographically divide (whatever that might be). Kind of like the case of India and Pakistan, which I'm sure some of you are aware of. Back when Pakistan separated from India after the war, hundreds of thousands of people where displaced both ways simply because of religious affiliation (Hindu and Muslim) and some it was also tribal. Regrettably the same type of scenario might take place with Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland region), but in our case it will mostly be tribal Lander....According to what you feel or think, war is inevitable........ walaal, put your feeling aside, and let the current residents of SSH express their feelings about the future of their land. Plz re-read my post and tell me where did i said you were representing the interestof SSH ppl. I only suggest that you and for the matter ppl here who are very removed from reality back home might try to stop speaking on behalf of SSH. N Plz tell me how did i try to discredit your post. I only made a reference to India n Paki thing coz you seem to be comparing the dillema in SSH with that of India-Paki partition. Sure, there is anomosity in SSH along tribal lines, but it is little over-top to compare to India and Pakistan, two countries i might add willing to use nukes against each other. I wasn't trying to be impartial or anything, but i was trying to tell both parties that they are being led by murderous idoits who use somali clan families to their own end. It seems one has to take a side to make any sense in this topic....lol....anyway it is sad no one sees that....Lastly bro, i don't write just for the heck of it....If i did, SOL space would have been flooded....later A note for everyone! The issue of SSH should be decided by SSH people only. Sland n Pland have no business in determining the future of SSH. Mobb-Depp....If i pointed out the fact that Pland is dominated by one ethnic, how is that being Anti-Pland. I would like to qoute any post where i have actually put down the progress made by Pland. Iam happy for Pland progress or for matter any other somali land that have made headways to peace and prosperity!! Iam out.

Geedid......I think you are the sole person who understood what i was trying to say.....Somali leaders are in the game for reason, not coz they care about the masses who suffer at their hands. People in this forum talk about learning from history, well here is one thing they should have figured out by now.The so called leaders are motivated by greed. They will risk the very existence of our ppl to get what they want. The SSDF forces failed coz of one individual (Yusuf).The once powerful and highly motivated USC failed coz Aidid had other plans. SNM had bloody and nasty civil war coz few men disagreed over things. PPl here talk about settling the SSH issue through the barrel of gun.I think Riyaale and Ina Yusuf would love to have Baashi n Lander as their mouthpieces to preach the Puntland vs Sland agenda. What they seem to not understand is that somali wars get nasty and loyalties change. If there is any war ( God Forbid), it will be Sland Vs PLand for first couple months, soon it will be Sland Vs Sland, Pland V Pland, Sland Vs Plund. New warlords will emerge and we will have more those idoitic warlords to deal(Does Mogadisho ring a bell).....!!!!!!!!!!! The recent Hargeysa incident just shows how little effort it takes to destabilize entire city. Lander......My friend, Pakistan n India are pointing nukes at each other.....I don't think you can compare it to somalia's pity tribal wars. N Plz unless if you are currently residing in Sland or Pland, don't speak behalf, claiming to know their real emotions regarding SSH. Mob-depp.....I have answered your question. Maybe it is you who chose to ignore my post. later nomads.

A J Timacade......Good point....I think ppl here are frustrated Fadikadorir....lol.....PPl, if truth be told , doesn't matter if you are Slander or somali, there is little or rather nothing one of you could about about the situation in Somalia. The whole country including Sland is run by few men who decides everything. So chill out n drink a cool coollata. Mob-Depp....Historically that part of somalia was called majeertania, just like somaligalbeed is called Ogedenia. Geedid....I don't know about the breakdown of ppl in SSH, and iam not even pretend , i do. I merely agreeing with Sophist on one point, that things in SSH are basically about Qabiil, and qabiil only. Even the struggle by SNM was waged by one qabiil, SSH needed no liberation, if anything ppl of SSH and Awdal were afraid of wat SNM might do. The SNM did commit atrocities but they were wise enough to become like Aided's USC. N lets not forget ppl of sool benefited from Barre's regime and they supported it till da end. Remember Taleex in Mogadisho....lol...Barre so lovedly named after the place after Taleex in Sool. The ppl in SSH have little incentive to be part of indepedent Somaliland, many still believe they will get bigger cake in somalia , and one way to do dat is to form tribal state with their brethen from Nugaal, Bari , and Mudug.PPl here can disagree with me, but reality is all milatant resistance begining with SSDF, and ending with USC was about one Qabiil who felt that they didn't get what they deserve. It was never about liberating somali ppl from the tranny of Ina Barre. PPl, Don't use info from websites which are set up by obviously baised folks. Things told to you by relatives or qabiil mates can't be history or the reality on the ground. N speaking of numbers, plz none of you took the census of SSH, spare us, anagaa reer habal oon waan idankan badanahey. I don't think the combined population of the nomadic somalis from Sland n Puntland even equals that of benadir.

Baashi....Atleast you are honest about the intentions of Puntland aka Majeertania...lol Sophist.....You hit on the head, SSH issue is simply about qabiil...ok...another honest person.....lol. Geedid....You are right bro...every somaliland leader was pro-unity including the late Egal. People.....Someone from Hargeyse and Garowe shouldn't be talking on behalf of ppl from SSH.

OG-Moti N OG-Girl praising the Sayyid.....Hmmmmm I wonder why?....lol...Just kidding...walaal Well Ina Cabdulle Xassan is indeed a somali hero...While many somalis tribal chiefts from Waaqoyi, Majeertania to the south signed treaties with colonial powers giving away our independence and somali dignity, he stood up to the english fags. habasha expionists, and the italian fascits. He was visionary, wanting to unite all somalis. Unfortunately,nomads didn't understand his vision. Praises to him , the noble n brave darwish boys, SYL,SNL, and all those who fought for somali independence. OG-moti......Hopefully, somali ogendania will be pleased with another somali son to free somalis Ethiopian n kenyan oppression, and unite the somali race

Congrats to Sland!!!!!!!!!!

There is nothing to celebrate about in Somalia. We can perhaps remember those who fought for somali independence, men and women who risked their lifes to free somalia. Honor ppl who started movements like Dervish, SYL, SNL and others, and hope for better future.

Anaa kaa xoog badan iyo anaa kaa xoog badan...lol I guess something never change....Anyone who thinks the issue of SSH can be settled through the barrel of a gun is sadly misguided. Akhyaarta Nin aysan Xabad karan malaha.....!!! Baashi......Lets me see this....You call Sland a tribal state and yu want a Puntland State from Buhoodle & east sanaag to Galkayo.....I wonder wat you call such state?....lol....You are honest and right about one thing , who gets SSH is gonna be very influential in any future united somali adminstration. A.J Tuch....I can't help laugh at irony of the statement you wrote above...You actually believe the somaliland army can go through puntland.....lool...Siyyad Barre must have been thinking the same thing in 88!!!!.....Don't be dellusional bro.

Time will tell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

libaax.....I think it should be people of SSH who should decide what an entity they should join. Somaliland and Somalia should respect the wishes of the people. Perhaps there should be a refrendum...lol

Samarui.....As official member of Sland adminstration, i think one would expect Ms edna to be in line with policies of her goverment. I don't understand wat are yu mad about?.... Besides, i think da folks from north have a point. It is about time we swollow our pride and take care of the jerks messing our country n if the north don't wanna join somalia....So be it....We should welcome any somali lands or people who wanna join somalia and forget about those who chooses otherwise.

Wait a minute...I thought dis site was pro-somali, After all it is called somaliaonline( Emphasis on da word Somalia) .....Wazzup with dis Libaax.....Just kidding bro. People, like Eskimos, somalis of Ogendenia are proud, unique and do i need to say this, The Cutest somalis around..... .....( Of course only Ciyaal Xamar are cuter ...lol).....Inshallash, The isolation and oppression will come to an end....Pray for our brothers. P.S Libaax....maybe yu should just shut da politics section of the forum, or yu will continue doing a lot of editing...lol