^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

^You seriously think TFG defeated AS?

What's point mocking this poor girl? You could make your argument without dragging her name through the mud.

^Where I have disowned-predicting what might happen to them is not disowning my actions and by the way, if there are defeated it is not because TFG but the simple fact divisions within them, their reaction of famine and their lack of building Government and institutions that can help people.

Goldcoast-There's deep rift among their factions. This was initially caused by breakdown of relationship between Roobow and Godane factions. Roobow tribesmen paid the highest in terms of executing the war in Mogadishu. Awey's inclusion in AS ranks also raised tensions. The general treatment of the public by AS foot-soldiers was concern as the draconian rules imposed on the people became unbearable and finally, their response to the droughts was amazingly inhumane. Bay, Bakool and Gedo factions were absolutely opposed to the idea of chasing international NGOs since it is residents from these regions that were dying the most. Zack-I don't run away from anything.

^My bad dear-Congrats to you and Korean hubby. No, I won't stare! My duas in this blessed month to you all.

looooooooool

Taliban keeps its word.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday killing 31 U.S. special-forces troops, including more than 20 Navy SEALS from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, and 7 Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single combat incident for American troops in 10 years of war, according to an American official. The operators from SEAL Team Six were flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regimen, according to U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified of the loss of their loved ones. One source said the team was thought to include 22 SEALs, three Air Force air controllers, seven Afghan Army troops, a dog and his handler, and a civilian interpreter, plus the helicopter crew. The sources thought this was the largest single loss of life ever for SEAL Team Six, known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. A brief statement from the presidential palace said the helicopter had crashed in central Wardak province, an area west of Kabul. The volatile region is known for its strong Taliban presence. Afghan President Hamid Karzai "shared his deep sorrow and sadness" with U.S. counterpart Barack Obama and the families of the U.S. and Afghan victims, the statement said. Obama, who learned of the deaths while at Camp David, mourned the deaths of the 7 Afghan soldiers killed, and issued a written statement saying Americans' thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who perished. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44043847/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/?gt1=43001#.Tj1_UGGYPhc