I thought it is 250 Million. web page

^I have two people in mind, but they should remain nameless

^ He's alot closer to the SOL family than we think

Just where in the article they do admit that pirates and local security are the same? Stop distorting the article!

The forgotten tribes of Oromo in Somalia by Abas Eenow Saturday, April 18, 2009 A long time ago, most of the current Somali territories in the horn of Africa belonged to the larger Cushitic nationality of Oromo known by the Somalis as Galla and others. For hundreds of years, until the end of the 19th century, the nomadic Somali tribes have invaded and forcefully occupied parts of the present state of Somalia which was populated by non-ethnic Somali ethnic groups. During their expansion, the Somali pastoral warriors have evicted the majority of the Oromo and other non Somali tribes from their land and forced those who remained to be assimilated. In the course of these campaigns, Oromo tribes such as Boran, Rendiile and others have been dislodged from their territories of origin inside Somalia and these communities are found in Kenya & Ethiopia. In fact large number of them such as Wa Boni and Gaalbore have been partially integrated and have taken nominal Somali tribal names although still considered inferior to noble Somali tribes. Most of them live among the Di.gil & Mir.ifle tribe of the South.But Oromos who declined to convert and refused to become clients to the Somalis tribesman were subjected to aggression and discrimination like Ribo (raybo), Wardey (Waradaya) in the South and Lo'jir in the North. If you go back to the oral history of the Somali people, you will understand that Hargeeysa (North) and Garbohareey (South) are actually Oromo names and literally Galkacyo means, " Where the Oromo has been kicked out " Overall, the Somali war of " Force occupation " has been stopped by the British colonial administration in the late of the 19th century after the British has realized that the wandering warlike tribes would cross over the Tana river in Kenya and into great lake region. After the Somali civil war, the Somali tribes of Oromo origin who were unarmed were robbed, raped and killed in wanton. In regards to the minority groups in the failed state of Somalia a lot of reports have been written over the plight and the suffering of ethnic clans but, unfortunately, the Somali tribes of Oromo origin such as Ribo , Wardeey and others have not been mentioned . Therefore, as there is no hope that a democratic state will come out of Somalia in the foreseeable future, we demand from human rights organizations to correct their mistakes so that, at least, the rights of these communities are recognised by international organizations. Abas Eenow E-mail: abas.freedomfighter. eenow28@gmail.com

^Hope those better informed should share their thoughts. I'm more concerned about the health aspect of it and effect this has on those kids growing up in North America. And how this will effect us in our old day. Europeans fought the US over GMOs and it filed a complaint with WTO, so atleast there is resistance in somewhere world. Good to see Sxb!

Documentary about Genetically Modified Seeds-from the Green Revolution to Gene Revolution where greed and technology converge. Should Genes be patented?

^Weclome back Habo Looks like you had good time.

Originally posted by Xaaji_xundjuf: Che, why is it so hard for you konfuurians to understand, idina wixiina haysta anaguna waxayaga we are happy with our 3 tuulos with no water. and no wabiiyaal u can have it all. war ileen dadkan oo kalle. Wayraxa jooji ninyahow. Yaaku heysta anagaa isku mushquul ah waqtiba yaa kuuhaya.

Somalia became bogeyman for little disgruntled kid-did Siilaanyo get b*tch slapped again, now how's that our fault I will give you a bit of advice which is more than you will get from anyone in these corners-spend your energy on actually improving precious little land instead fermenting conflict against people and country that's on its death bed.

^You gotta love our people..so far they have close to 18 ships and upto 300 people. Norf-I don't support piracy outside Somali waters , but there is nothing criminal about what these boys did. It is just that they are outgunned and outsmarted-the stronger (west) sets terms and tells everyone what's right and wrong.

Xaaji-Your b*tching about Puntland and the south is getting old duqa. You don't care for them so much, spare the diatribe and take it somewhere. Somali-Pirate..I'm not denying things that are going on in Puntland-I just have an issue with the gibberish this kid wrote. It doesn't serve any purpose.

^You are begining to sound like broken record. Who are you trying to convince?

Somali-Pirate-It's pretty clear Saaxib whoever wrote this gibberish ain't interested in addressing any issue-he is mored interested in disparaging an entire region and its people.

Originally posted by Paragon: Sounds like an ignored little kid crying 'me, me, me...I am here, look at me'. As ever, nonesense. And it does actually seem like a kid wrote the article-very rudimentary writing skills.

This man has axe to grind.

Norf2-No..I never said, but I just suprised at your indifference towards loss of life-agreeing with the view that Somali life is expandable.

Originally posted by Norf 2: Bloody simpleton. Pay attention now. You guys = YOU, Che and anyone who supports the Pirates. Ma fahantay hada? Not surprised you chose to interpret it as such though. Who said I supported pirates or you like to lump people to make sense of your 'made for TV' argument straight out from the Pentagon.

^What's difference between clan federalism and autonomy for provinces?

Originally posted by Norf 2: Che, little to offer and as frivolous as ever You reduced the whole issue of piracy to no more than law enforcement problem on the high seas and justified the murder of three men.

^ Leave Norf alone.He didn't get the memo from Roobow and Turki praising the pirates yet

^I was being sarcastic, but this is indicative of Somalia's sad existence, whether they are hijacking or protecting our waters beside the point.

^They had it coming

^The world is not black and white!

Originally posted by Mintid Farayar: I'm still waiting for the Puntland "Amiin" corner to propose some solutions on this thread instead of the reflexive my clan is better than your clan response. At this stage, does it really matter?