^There's another cannibal if Dahmer dies (I thought he was already dead). Wasn't there a German that posted ad online for willingly victims that he can? You are very strange but I guess it was matter time before we have cannibals but then you could dhagdheer decedent.

I don't like it-and how does one post pictures and am I not saying some of the tools?

^It's ego trip that needs gratification:-)

^LoooooL@Ban women mosques, there ,might be something to that. Our local mosque is hook-up place. It bothers somehow, not people that getting hooked but that they actually go there to find a mate. Makes wonder who's there for worship or who's not. It doesn't help the mosque is to be 'cultural center'.

I guess we all have close relatives and friends married to foreigners. I found out two things, things are difficult for those whose immediate don't accept their partners. It can get lonely and one could become too dependent on their partners which is not healthy. And things change once kids come into the picture. Folks become little gentler. I can't imagine anyone in my family not being accepting of my niece whose mom is non-Somali. That said, Lily, I hope we are not losing you to non-Farah :-)

^LoooL...One thing is sure it's becoming hard to defend their actions. I hate ideologues and people who lack pragmatism. AS seems to be both.

Val-Yes in shillings and couldn't pass it through the Homeland Security of the load of dirty moneys. It's refreshing he settle back to his old life instead of joining the legions of Somali 'politicians'.

You mean he did get away with millions?

^looool..nagadaa qofyahey xabiibi kusii jirii umaleeynaa. Imagine a Farah in that mode, madaxa weynaaya. p.s. being domesticated is not that bad as long as it's in moderation and both contribute:-)

^LooooooooooooL...you have been domesticated qofhayey by farahness. Nina....You have an infatuation with cannibal. Forget therapy, we need lock you up in asylum and not modern day asylum, those 30s and 40s where people's frontal lopes are surgically removed. Of course, this is in the interest of society:-)

Interesting point-do they have mosque in the higher floors I wonder,

I'm having bariis cad that has a touch of salid and eating with butter milk and little sokor.

LooooooooooooooL

^He went back to Upstate and assume his old job.

^too giddy...lool

Nina Fox...Maxaa nooceeyn? Hadaano Soomaali nahey people should leave us alone.

^You are sick

Val-Islamic history is very expansive. We can't prove or disapprove the black flag being used in wars. Besides, white flag will get dirty easily. Norf...We see two different visions for Somalia-we will have to agree to disagree.

Val...What's with you and sareen. The people I know that do is hooyo and ayeeyo. Aniga I eat whatever available really-not too picky, admittedly that comes with price.

^LoooooooL...why, you don't like the color black? Norf...I'm sure being run by Nairobi NGOs and getting humiliated in Kampala is viable option.

I had sambuus and bur leftover for suxur...bad idea.

GoldCoast;739102 wrote: How do you see their hold dimishing in rest of Southern Somalia? AMISOM mandate is limited to Mogadishu, and TFG and its allies don't seem capable of such an operation. Rifts are relevant but I think it is premature to predict where this goes in the time being. They lost legitimacy in the minds of many Somalis. The young men doing the fighting for them are faced with two choices, continue fighting this unending war or help your starving families...we need to be mindful the foot-soldiers are from the regions facing the famine. But the most important decider is the lack of ability to build proper government. Somalis need institutions that can serve them. The problem with not building institutions is what brought down the previous transitional governments and Islamic Courts. The same problem faces TFG. They need to establish proper working government in Benadir before they go pursuing AS who are better position in the countryside.

^If you invest your stock in the 'government', good luck. I guess the past ten years is not enough of example.

^It absolutely does!

Iman: Children are dying before our eyes, and we can stop it THE INDEPENDENT Sunday, August 07, 2011 Until last week, I had not let my 11-year-old daughter Alexandria see the pictures of the food crisis in my home country of Somalia. I didn't think she was ready. Finally, I showed them to her, and she cried. No wonder: thousands of children arrive at feeding centres having not eaten or drunk for days. My daughter cries, but I am angry. We know how to save those children's lives – and there's a huge aid effort under way. Yet it is incomprehensible to me is that while children are dying, there is a huge shortfall in funding for the emergency response. I was born poor in Mogadishu but I never knew poverty and never went to bed hungry. If there was no money, someone in the community would bring home food. But the Somalia I remember from growing up is no longer there: conflict and drought mean that families can no longer look after each other. Now we need to rely on others for support. I find it incredibly disappointing, therefore, that the African Union has announced that it is postponing its fundraising conference for East Africa, an opportunity that would have brought countries together to give money for the millions of children currently suffering there. Perhaps even more shocking is the failure of some of the world's richest countries to come through on their promises of cash for the crisis. The public has responded amazingly and donations have flooded into aid agencies. Yet the UN appeal for money from governments is currently less than half funded, leaving a shortfall of £793m of readily available cash. In Somalia, this failure to fund the aid effort can be measured in children's lives. This makes me fear the international community started to give up on Somalia even before the drought came. Do people not understand that these hungry Somali children are no different from their own – that their lives are just as important? And that even if malnourished children are given food, that is not the end of the story? Physically and psychologically some may be beyond repair. Aid agencies such as Save the Children, which has been working in Somalia for 20 years, know what's at stake. Its teams are saving the lives of children as they arrive at feeding centres in a desperate condition. The charity has already helped one million people across East Africa, but there are thousands more hungry children in urgent need. Yet aid agencies can't further ramp up their work without the money to do so. If the international community continues to delay, the UN says more than a million children across East Africa are at risk of dying within weeks. We need a fundraising summit now, and we need African, Western and Arab countries to get involved. Somalis are a very proud people – too proud in some ways, perhaps. We do not like to cry in public for what has happened to our country. But this humanitarian crisis could wipe out a generation of children and it is time the world listened. I left Somalia 30 years ago with only the clothes on my back. Without the help of aid agencies I would have had nothing. So when you see those pictures of Somali children suffering, you see my face. It is only by the grace of God that I am not in a camp today and that my daughter is not going desperately hungry. Governments have to act now so we can stop these children from dying and give them the chance of a future. Iman is ambassador for Save the Children http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/Aug/iman_children_are_dying_before_our_eyes_and_we_can_stop_it.aspx