Che -Guevara
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Watever happen to da African teams...None of them made an impact. I thought atleast Ivory Coast might do some damage.
Da Czechs are too good for da Yanks. We are down by three goals already
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PS: For all you Somalis out there that don't consider themselves "Black" I got news for you buddies, go ask any white person to categorize you into an ethnic group, they will call you BLACK.
So you are black cuz the white man says so. You gave too much credence to how others see you. Would have been better if you came to your own conclusions about your identity.
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It is unlikely the warlords will come back after this historic defeat. If the courts play their cards right by ensuring peace and security in Benadir, then they will have overwhelming support of the Somali masses.Any attempt by warlords to reinstate themselves by appealing to our qabiilistic inclinations will hofully be met with stiff resistance. It all hinges on the court's course of actions.
As for Yeey and Aweys, well every town has boy and if there is two boys in the town. Thats one too many. I guess Yeey would be the one to go. He has proven to very incompatent to say the least and lacks any resources/support in koonfur. The courts seem to be politically mature and might keep him entertained for awhile, atleast till his mandate is over.Hopefully, we will be hearing da last of Yeey too.
P.S n I hope they dispose of Indacade n Dheere as well.
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Militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, blamed for killing thousands of Shias and US forces in Iraq, has been killed in an air raid.
The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq died in a strike against an isolated safe house about 8km (five miles) north of Baquba, the US said.
US President George W Bush said the death was a severe blow to al-Qaeda.
The news came shortly before the Iraqi parliament approved the key posts of defence and interior ministers.
The two crucial roles had remained unfilled despite the formation of a coalition government last month.
Fingerprints
"We have eliminated Zarqawi," Prime Minister Nouri Maliki told a news conference in Baghdad, sparking sustained applause.
The head of US-led forces in Iraq, General George Casey, said the strike took place at 1815 (1415 GMT) on Wednesday.
It was a co-ordinated attack involving US and Iraqi air and ground forces, a US military spokesman told the BBC News website.
Watch the speech
Jordanian-born Zarqawi was said to have been in a meeting with associates at the time. Several other people were reported to have been killed in the raid.
General Casey said Zarqawi's body was identified through fingerprints, facial recognition and known scars. He promised to give more details on the raid later on Thursday.
Reports say a statement on the internet attributed to an umbrella group for jihadi organisations including al-Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed Zarqawi's death.
Tip-offs
Correspondents say it remains to be seen if one man's death will bring a breakthrough in Iraq.
ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI
US $25m bounty on head
Linked to Iraqi bombings, assassinations and beheadings
Merged Iraqi insurgent group with Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network in 2004
Emerged in Iraq as Tawhid and Jihad group chief
Linked to Casablanca and Istanbul blasts, in 2003
Foreign fighter against Soviet forces in Afghanistan in 1980s
Jordan petty criminal in youth
Obituary: Zarqawi
Zarqawi in his own words
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was not a global mastermind like al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, says the BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner.
Instead he was a bloodthirsty and violent thug, who made enemies and several mistakes that might have contributed to his downfall.
These included ordering a triple suicide bombing against hotels in Amman, Jordan, last November, that killed 60 people, our correspondent says.
A Jordanian official told the Associated Press that Jordanian agents had contributed to the operation against Zarqawi.
Mr Maliki said intelligence from Iraqi people had helped track down Zarqawi, who had a $25m (£13m) price on his head - the same bounty as that offered by the US for Bin Laden.
'Justice'
In Washington, Mr Bush said the strike had "delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq".
He acknowledged it would not end unrest in the country, but he said the "ideology of terror has lost one of its most visible and aggressive leaders".
Violence continued on Thursday as 13 people were killed and 28 injured in a bomb on a Baghdad market, police said.
Zarqawi was accused of leading the rash of kidnappings and beheadings of foreign workers.
It has been suggested that he appeared personally on one video posted on the internet, cutting off the head of an American hostage.
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MMA....I guess we will wait and see how this plays out. Lets hope for the best!!!!
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I think they will go as far consodilating their power in the Benadir region, and then engage peacefully with the rest of the country. They know perfectly they can't take on the US armed forces, and have already sent press release reassuring the big players.Hopefully, they will stick to what they stated, and bring about peace in the south rather casting themselves as the defenders of the faith taking on the infidels.
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I think they will go as far consodilating their power in the Benadir region, and then engage peacefully with the rest of the country. They know perfectly they can't take on the US armed forces, and have already sent press release reassuring the big players.Hopefully, they will stick to what they stated, and bring about peace in the south rather casting themselves as the defenders of the faith taking on the infidels.
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
To: United Nations Political Office in Somalia, UNDP Resident Representative, The League of Arab Nations, African Union, Organization of Islamic Countries, IGAD, European Union, Department of State, United States Government, United States Embassy in Nairobi, Italian Embassy, French Embassy, British Embassy, German Embassy, Djibouti Embassy, Norwegian Embassy, Swedish Embassy, South African Embassy, Egyptian Embassy, Nigerian Embassy, Saudi Embassy, Yemen Embassy, Sudan Embassy.
Date: June 5, 2006
The Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, have decided to break the silence between us and the international community. We made this decision in order to clarify the situation in Mogadishu and to bring the true picture of the conflict in the city and present it to the international community.
Background:
The Islamic courts have been established in Mogadishu in mid 1998 and are clan-based that serve their particular communities. For example Polytechnic(for Shabelle sub clan), Ifka Halane (for the Eary Sub-Clan), Yaqshid (for the ***** -Abgal sub clan), Circole (for the Saleban Sub-clan), Milk Factory (Duduble sub-clan), Al-Furqan (Sa’ad sub-clan) Xariryale and Daynile (Murusade clan), Balad (Wabudhan-Abgal Sub-Clan) etc. The main objectives of these courts to provide a minimum security, law and order to the communities that established them. The courts assume these responsibilities out of patriotism and service to our people, country and communities.
The Present Conflict
A Retrospective analysis of why the Somali Federal Government could not locate in the capital city, Mogadishu was due to the “warlord†ministers of the Somali Federal Government who refused to be engaged in the Somali peace process and choose to keep the country hostage. These warlords refused to disarm, surrender their illegal checkpoints and transform to be national leaders.
The present conflict has been fueled by the wrong information given to the US Government by these warlords who have denied their basic human needs for security and development and kept the Somali people hostages and terrorized them for the last 16 years. Their expertise is to terrorize people and they were able to use it and terrorize the American government by misinforming them about the presence of terrorists in Somalia. These warlords are allegedly supported by the American government ignores the long criminal history of these warlords and the war crimes they committed against their own people. The alleged support of the US government to these warlords has considerable contributed to the recent fighting in Mogadishu and the killing of the Somali people who has suffered so long in the hand of these warlords.
Finally, after 16 years, the Somali people have decided to liberate themselves with the leadership of the Islamic court. The present changes were brought by the appraisal and refusal of the Somali people the anarchic situation installed by the warlords and said enough is enough!
We would also like to address some of the misinformation and accusations fabricated by the warlords and wish to provide the international communities with accurate information that will assist them to support the desires and the will of our people who wish to be free form violence and anarchy,
International Terrorism:
1) Somalia is a homogenous society, and any outsiders can be spot immediately. We are Muslim 100%, speak the same language and have cultural heritage that is very hard to understand for outsiders. We have a complex clan based system that is not easy for non-Somali to understand, let alone hide in the country. We categorically deny and reject any accusation that we are harboring any terrorists or supporters of terrorism in the areas where the courts operate.
2) We also confirm that our goals and objectives are to establishment law and order in our country and free our people from oppression.
3) We share no objectives, goals or methods with groups that sponsor or support terrorism. We have no foreign elements in our courts, and we are simply here because of the need of the community we serve.
4) We invite the International Community to visit the area where the court operates and see for themselves if there are any terrorists elements being harbored or living in this area. We commit ourselves and our clan elders to this position: to be open and honest in order to spare the Somali people the violence and the suffering being perpetrated by the warlords. We have nothing to hide from the international community and we strongly believe that, once they realize what we do and what we have achieved, they will support our initiative and efforts to bring peace and stability to Somalia.
5) There is also the accusation that we intend to establish an anti-US and Western government in Somalia. This is not true. Such an agenda is against our objectives and goals since this would contradict our wish for there to be a peaceful Somalia. This falsehood is being fabricated to get support from US Government by groups who have terrorized the people of this country for the last 16 years.
6) We want create an environment that could enable our people to decide their future. We want the Somali people to decide which form of governance they want and choose their leaders for the first time in decades.
We would like to summarize our goals and objectives as follows:
1) To establish a system of governance in Mogadishu, and remove all the checkpoints and terror points that the warlords have set up and disarm all criminal elements that endanger the peace in the city;
2) We want to contribute to the rebuilding of our country and create a peaceful environment and a country that is at peace with itself, and with its neighbors and with the international community.
3) To rehabilitate and rebuild all the city infrastructures specially those that belong to the city governments, including its sea ports, airports, road, bridges, schools, hospitals, universities and have committees of the intellectuals running and operating of these facilities;
4) We would like to establish a friendly relationship with the international community that is based on mutual respect and interest and seek their support for the Somali peace process and respect their desire for peace.
5) We seek support for our communities who have been denied all the basic human needs such as security, liberty and development as accepted universally and in accordance to the human rights laws;
We thank you in advance for your kind patience, understanding and support.
Sheikh Sherif Sheikh Ahmed
Chairman, Islamic Courts Union
Source: The Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, June 6, 2006
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I am trying to minimise stereotypes. Black people are very much talented when it comes to sports and music. But academic wise? They are rating poorly. Majority are involved in criminal activities. Coming from a lower income family is no excuse for adapting to the surrounding environment.
How are yu minimising steroetypes....Just reread wat you wrote
Blacks in America have 500 yrs of slavery to deal with it....That's leaves anybdoy empty and deprived!!!! N as for the present,how do you expect a kid in ghetto with single parent (mom) and no role models rise above, and make something out themselves.
Mideeda kale, Somalidu waxii dhahdaa nintiisa ka adag baa tukale ku dara....Maybe you should worry more the mental capacities of Somalis,and find reasons into why we fail as society.
N for your own good walaal, yasitaanka iska daa. As qof muslim ah, one should know Allah didn't make any human being any less inferior or superior to the rest humanity. It is good to like yourself walaal, but dat shouldn't translate into looking down on others!!!!!!
Dislike somebody for their actions but not for physical attributes, and presumed inadequacies.
P.S who knows you might fall in love with black guy....then what.Hayeeeeye....loool
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MMA....Amiin to dat horta...Not big fan Gardheerayaal..huh..loool
Runtaa waaye laakin...Gardheer won't have any credibility if they don't disarm Caato, Qeybdiid, Aidid Jr, basically the lot from Mudug and Galgaduud. Lets hope for our sake, they disarm all militias, and peacefully engage with all parties mostly importantly "the muda-lood" lot who are already feeling cheated and robbed.
Xarago.....Fidno Meesha Kama Maqna...This is Somalia afterall, but one thing that came out of this is the vaporization of warlord invincibility.
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I think Ethoipian troops have to literally march to Mogadisho for warlords to ever come back there.
In my view only two things will undo the success of the courts. The first being the obvious division within the courts, they must aviod the pitfalls faced by USC in 1991. Unified leadership with vision for all Somalia is needed here to aviod a repeat of 1991.
The success in Xamar may tempt the courts to subjugate all Somalia by force. This might lead to more militaristic endeavors by courts. Hopefully, the leadership would be wise to know it is better to engage rest of Somalia peacefully rather than militarily.
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^^^^^^Bro, The massacres in Xamar can't be justified but you gotta admit elitist D mentality didn't help the Somali situation.
Our people's sheer arrogance in believing that they had divine right to rule Somalia killed the spirit and promise of the Somali nation!!
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Maalinku aad sheegaysi ima soo marin. Iyadoon dhacin baa Muqdisho ka qaxnay. Waxaan u malaynayaa inaan Nairobi joogay markay dhacday dhacdoonkaas aad tilmaantay. Lakiin dad badan baa lakulmay siiba rer abtiyaashay oo wali magaalada joogay wagaas oo iiga sheekayay.
LooooooooooooooL......Waan Naga Hor Qaxdeen haye...yu could give people heads up my man... :mad:
I guess only those who thought da fall of Barre would bring peace and stability stayed behind. Who knew this gonna turn into war of extermination.
Where we lived (near Buntland N hotel Guled), they were searching houses and not even sparing young boys. "Ciidanka Xooga" were no better. Anyone not deemed to belong to Barre's larger tribe was executed on da spot.
The nature of current war in Xamar might be diffirent, but the results are sadly da same..Unimaginable of Somali lives.....Somali Waa is dhamayse.Alla Ha kala Qaboojiyo!!!!
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Things must be going bad for him if he is trying to revive the 90's Somali tragedies. I doubt anybody would buy "the Ds are coming crap". Besides, what are the chances of these tribes coming to together for anything. Like all Somalis, they dislike and mistrust each other!!
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This is getting more interesting everyday. How much of Xamar do the warlords actually control as of now.
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The stalemate is mainly due to our political apathy. I don't think as individuals we see Somalia's predicament as our predicament.
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Name one famous Somali author/poet & where I can get his works from?
Nurudin Farah.....n Go to amazon.com/books
I like his novel "secrets"...Touches on taboo subjects while reflecting on impending collapse of Somalia.
N He is some sort of feminist too...a "rational" feminist I might add
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Just thought share dis article..glimse in the lives of Somalis living in war zones, and how are they adapting in grief-ridden Xamar. Could the human condition ever get used to perpetual violence and brutality beyond belief?.
Remembering my own experience in 1991, It was horrifying for me to see death everywhere, and knowing that I could die a violent death at any given time, but as time passed, my fears subsided. As the Barre regime fled, the USC in-fighting commenced, I could remember people watching clan militias exchanging gun fire. We were drawn to the violence like captivated audience in horror flick. It wasn't that we had total disregard for our lives. Far from it, everybody wanted to make out alive,but I guess we have resigned ourselves to our fate, and learned to live with the danger.
Share your war stories and the effects it had on you!!!
here is a day of in life of Axmed!!!!
Student Ahmed Hasan, 21, spoke to the BBC News website from his home in southern Mogadishu about the heavy fighting that is intensifying in Somalia's capital.
Women are fleeing the city with their small children
We woke up to the sound of gunfire. It was early, about 0530 local time. The fighting was very close and it frightened us.
I got up and went quickly to a nearby area, the scene of the fighting, to see if some of my relatives were all right. They were but their neighbour's home was hit by a mortar shell.
A young girl, their daughter, was killed.
Then as I walked in the street on my way home I saw a stray bullet hit a girl in the head. All of us that were there helped as much as we could and I have heard since that she is still alive, although severely injured.
If she does live, she will definitely suffer permanent damage as the bullet must have touched some of the nerves in her head.
Confusing
It was unfortunate that she was hit.
It was because the fighting was so close, confusing, and was taking place in different directions.
This civil war has become almost normal to us. It is sad
There were battles raging close to the K4 area and then clashes were also taking place in Damile, close to the military barracks named after former President Siad Barre, the Academy of Kale Siad.
It took me 15 minutes to walk from where my relatives live to where I live with my parents and my newly-wed wife, in the area known as Black Sea.
When I returned my wife was delighted. She was so happy that I was safe.
Adapting
The thing is though that us Somalis that live in our capital, Mogadishu, we seem to be adjusting to the bad situation in our city. Now when fighting resumes, people do not stay at home.
Before that was the way. But now, even in areas where fighting is nearby, most shops are open - people are going about their business.
A lot of people go close to the scenes of the fighting to find out what is actually happening. We want to know the facts. Yes it is dangerous, yet Somalis accept it.
We are adapting to the situation. We are accustomed to it and do not feel scared.
Well, not that frightened.
The women and the girls do. But the men do not and nor do some of the young children.
This civil war has become almost normal to us.
It is sad.
Somalis are suffering. Yesterday when this fighting resumed people were not shocked.
People are coming to realise that this sort of fighting is not going to terminate. It is endless.
We have a saying in Somali: "Markii ay timaado waqtigayga dhimashada, waan ogahay waan dhiman doonaa, marka waa inaan shaqadayda iska wataa." It means that when my death time cometh, I know that I will die and so I must keep on with my work until then.
When we see each other and greet one another, this is what we say.
Resists
The heavy fighting around K4 on Thursday morning has now subsided because the Islamic courts have control. They gained the Sahafi Hotel, the K4 junction and the CID centre from the alliance of warlords.
The Islamic courts are known for their persistence however the alliance may launch a counter-attack. I have been told people have seen them re-grouping.
We will see what happens but until then, the shops are open, we have food, our tap has running water - we are all right.
Repeatedly, I ask my wife to leave the city. I beg her to go with the other women and small children that are fleeing the fighting but she also seems to have become adjusted. She resists.
She tells me that she wants to stay with me.
source: bbc.com
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Duke.....Monetary support for these men is not problem and it is unlikely to be problem for them in the near future. Reer Hebel is always eager to help their #1 tuug.
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Cast---ouch....be nice now awoowe
Scarlet....Thankz for da link.Very Informative
Apparently abstaining from sex can even lead to insanity and shrinkage....lol
N who among us remembers to say Bismillah before sex...lol
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I was with you with till you said
common that would not be natural
Why?.....It is an exchange of info between two people.
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^^^^^chicken
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Togo is one up.Hopefuly it will win and put an end to the African misery. Atleast one of them gotta make to the second round.