"Ethiopian advisors" shop in Baidoa, Somalia, in a Friday Dec. 15, 2006 photo. Both the transitional government and Ethiopia insist the troops, in camouflaged uniforms but without insignia, are military advisers, not a fighting force. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) [The quotation marks is mine.] Soomaalida do not take sawirada Xabashada ku sugan dhulkeeda for obvious security reasons. The sawir above nin caddaan [Jerome Delay] ayaa qaaday oo wax isku haleyn karo dalkiisa. What do Sanaawi uu iskugu been sheegaa laakiin marka uu lee yahay "only advisers" ayaa ka joogo Soomaaliya, meel walba caalamka laga ogyahay in uu ciidamadiisa Xabashada ku sugan dalkeena. Look at them, don't they look like classic Xabasho? One already has hoosgundi on his shoulder, thinking he is at home.

Speaking of fat, Soomaalida ereyo badan ayee u leedahay "fat" and its opposite counterpart. Fat = shuluq, butac, futac, cayil Skinny = xayeesi, qaliir, xiitoxiito [xiito], caato Waxa ugu wacan ayaan la'ahay.

Originally posted by Duufaan: It really sucks! It is not good day for Somalia. Both sides are losers, the real winner is Sanaawi. Odey Abdilaahi will never recover politically. Thanks Sanaawi he may complete his five years term. In otherhand The court leading by Indhacade made big mistake. they did not need to attack Baydhabo. This war is bad for somalia, much worst than the clan wars we had before. Politically somalis will get far each other not closer. economically and humantrian disaster. let us hope this war should stop for three days, which is more likely for at least now. U sheeg yaryaruuracaan meesha ka buuxo, oo dhareerkooda keyboardka ku da'aayo xiiso ay dagaal sokeeye u qabaan, dadkooda dhamaanaayo inay ka naxaan iska dhaafee, xataa ku qoslaayo, afleerisna ku haayo meeshaan. U sheeg dadkaan jirkooda waa weyn, laakiin maskaxdooda aan hubin inay kortay, maadaama ee saan u dhaqmaayaan. Waa gartooda dibadjoog ee yihiin, oo barwaaqo iyo nabad ku heystaan dhulka shisheeye ee ku sugan yihiin, waana dhul ay ugu wacaan dhul "gaalo," intee naxariis iyo u duceyn lahayeen in uu dagaalladaan istaago, xataa naxariisdarada iyo naceyba ay isku hayaan u sacabtumaayo labada qaabka daran ee isku heyso meeshaas, laba aan wax isdhaamin. U sheeg hadee xasuusta ka dhuntay iyo hadii kaleba, waa inay ku leyli qaataan wixii lasoo maray 16 sano u dambeysay, in koox xoog ku qabsan karto koox kale aysan jirin, si walba ha ahaatee. Dagaal kan lamid ah ayaa ka dhacay deeggaanka uu ka socdo '91, '92, isjiidjiid ahaa, midna guuleysan ilaa hada. U sheeg hadee koox xataa ka "reyso" koox kale, inay Soomaali isku imaaneynin, laakiin sii kala foggaaneyso, sii kala tageyso. U sheeg dalkeena in uu u baahan yahay a real reconciliation, not xoog ku qabsi iyo xoog ku maamul. Taas dowladii hore ayaa ku dhacday, oo awoodee lahayd ku burburtay. Sabab? Waxee dadka rabin laguma qasbi karo, siiba wax qori caaradiis lagu keenay. U sheeg dadka ba'aayo, barakacaayo, qaxaayo inay ahayn ciidamo; dadkaas waa dadka beeraleyda falan lahaa beerahooda, waxooda xalaalka ah soo saaran lahaa, unlike quudatokunoolka meeshaan isku huuhaa leh labada koox aanba isdhaamin, waa anshaxdooda quudka macmacaanaa ayee ka dhargeen Galbeedka ee ku suganyihiin ka helaan. Car -- car ayaan ku celiye -- hal kamid ah, iskaba dhaaf iyaga dhanee, haduu rag yahay haka dhabeeyo taageernimadiisa oo ha aado aaga hore ee ka socdo dagaallada. Hal maalin ama laba ayee ku qaadanee inay ku gaaraan meeshaas maanta. Car, car, car, wir, wir ha aadaan, hadee geesi isku sheeg yihiin, oo hadee "jihaad" ama halgame u yihiin labada koox ee u dabasocdaan. Car ayaan ku celiye haka rumeyaan. Bullshuudka ee inta ku haayaan haka dhabeyaan, wir ayaan ku dhaartay; hadee saas fuleynimo iyo nafjacel ugu tahayna [waana ka tahay], dhareerkooda xiisaha la leh ee u gurbaantunka ah ha naga duwaan foolkeena hortiisa. U sheeg dhiiga daadanaayo waa dhiig Muslim aan habayaraatee waxba galabsan; waa dhiig hooyo, ayeeyo, awoowe, eedo, habaryar, abti, aabo iyo adeer waayeel eh, barbaar iyo caruur aan habayaratee waxba galabsan. Meeshaan ku daacsigeeda, xunqaaceeda lablabada ah, isku sacabtumkeeda, maalin aakhira la dhaho ayaa la isweydiin doonaa, dadka waxba galabsan markee soo eed sheegtaan. Dadka dagaalamaayo kaliya ma'aha dambiiliyaasha, dadka u fooneeyo qaato iyo kuwa lacagta ku bixiyo hurinaayo waa lamid, mise shabako ku dirir ahoow, af ku dirir ahoow mise dabamiinshaar ku dirir, waa isku mid. Maalintee ahaato waala isweydiin doonaa. Eebbe ayaa jiro, asagaana ummadiis u maqan. Eebboow ummadaada kala qabo, kuwii wax garasho la'aan u geysayna naga qabo -- aamiin, Eebboow, aamiin.

There is no direct democracy in Mareykanka. If your name can't pass publically an indiscernible vetted process by some invisible, but powerful and influencial behind the scenes men, then you can forget about ever going to sleep a king's bed in Aqalkacas -- and regardless whether your name is Xuseen or Bush. Those lobbyists with their huge lobbying organizations which comes with plenty of $$ through fundraising and their other arm of think tanks spinning through the media, if you can't have those people behind your campaign, it is deadset to begin your campaign with. In ideal society, Al Gore could have been president today, instead of the former almost president of Mareykanka. Also Americans do not have a direct means to vote and put their man in the Aqalkacas, another set against a true functioning democracy due to electoral college.

Though the information is publically available, you can link it, but you won't be allowed to paste it. It is against the rules listing anyone's phone number or address or name, without a personal authorization. Bringing dad magacyadooda, their private phone numbers and home addresses wax la ogalaan karo ma'aha, and on the top of that accussing that person to be a member of this site, won't be tolerated.

Soori, I came here via falayt 14. About dresses, I have a light yellow shirt. I bought it because I liked what it was made from, very comfortable and its unique style. I kinda like it, though I never or hardly wear it. It is just there, in the closet on a hanger. So after years of hanging there, one night a couple years ago, I deliberately decided to test it, going to a ruwaayad on it. And you know the result. At dawn, I and my pal were leaving from this Soomaali maqaayad after a take-out quraac, as it happens many hangry patrons from the same ruwaadaya as well were there waiting to have a bite. So markaa soo baxnay mid ayaa dariishada baabuur ku jirtay madaxa kasoo dhiibatay, saying, "Aboowe, shaati fiican isku dhacaayo ayaa qabtaa." Dacaayada hoosta la isku giliye aaba ka helay. I looked back at her and gave a wink, congratulating whatever dirac she was wearing, too. At least she was brave enough. Geesi geesi dhalay, maba oga shaatiga qaaliga was bought from Holt Renfrew costing how $$ Eebbe og.

Adiga yaa aqri ku dhahay oo kugu qasbaayo. Skip them nooh. Runtii, a lot of folks relay what others copy-paste from Soomaali sites. Not me, but dad badan ayaa inta ku jiro that don't read or go to Soomaali sites, but do while it is on here. So, those people that is copy-pasting may want those still who don't have an opinion or care not that much, can easily be influenced on their "side." It doesn't work, but they are trying. It doesn't also change the situation on the ground, but know one fact: You may not believe, but the webmasters and "reporters" of those Soomaali sites some of us copy-pasting from, themselves are some of the lurkers that read SOL and get few clues and hints from here. They may even try to embellish those opinions into a junk news and the cycle continues, those same unsubstantiated recycled junk, tabloid "news" are reposted on here as a copy-paste. Once a while, one of those embellished tabloid stories make into Beenbeensii [bBC], and once it makes that, it is the dream of those who fabricated it. Many of current "journalists" of Beenbeensii used to be self-styled "independent journalists" on the web. A name that comes to mind is Idaawaqaca, a current Beenbeensii reporter from Baydhabo/Kismaayo. Another one is Fahad Yaasiin, the Aljasiira [Carabi one] correspondent from Soomaaliya.

"Capitalization" waxaa la dhahaa xarafweyne mise ereyweyne. Anigaa iska aliftay hadaba. Ereyada badankooda Soomaalida waa ka buuxaan si loo alifo ereyo cusubna waa sahlan yihiin. Sida loo dhiso "sentenceyada" [sentence kuma aqaani naftirkeey Afsoomaaliga] waxaa kasoo deensanay haddaa Soomaali nahnay afka Ingiriiska, saa aniga filaayo. Marka badanaa nidaamka Afingiriiska u degsan ayaa u qornaa, oo wixii magac ah waala ereyweyneyaa, wixii "title" ah sidaaso oo kale, wixii meel degsan lagu magacaabo [sida magaalo, gobol, iwm] iyagana waala xarafweyneyaa. Afafka Jarmalka iyo Faransiiska waaka duwan yihiin Ingiriiska hadaa fiirisid wax la xarafweyneeyo, oo siiba luuqadda Jarmalka "capitalizes all known nouns," Faransiiskana ereyweyneynta ayaa ku yar. Laakiin adiga soo sharax waxaa ka wadid su'aashaada maadaama ee su'aal guud ahayd.

Dadka Soomaaliyeed ayaa xilligan waxay u muuqanayaan inay soo fahmayaan diinta, waxaana sii badanayay maalmahan in ubadka dhalanaya loola baxo magacyadii saxaabada Allaha ka raalli noqdee. Now, calling yourself 'abuu' iyo 'ibnu' iyo 'umm' iyo wixii lamid ah "diinta la bartay" ayee kamid tahay miyaa, mise ignorance dhaqankaaga ka carar oo mid kale u carar. Diinteena suubban kunsano ayee nagu dhexjirtay, dhaqankeenana kama cararin, thank Eebbe for awoowyaasheen for retaining ina instead of 'abuu.' I will ask again, what exactly is wrong with "ina shirmooge" instead of "abuujacburis." Or why don't we at least use the word "aabo/abaa," which is an old original Soomaali [Cushitic] word for father, which we share with Oromos, Canfaris, Xaraares, Amxaars, Tigreys, etc. Do not confuse with the other Semetic "abbuu/abba" names they use, ours is as origin as theirs. [Ever heard ab iyo isir uma lihi when Soomaalida swear or try to make a strong point. Also abti word derives from ab, so is the word Eebbe.] And if all "abuus" were fine outstanding asxaabi, perhaps Abuujahalka aa maqalnay is another asxaabi Islaamka usoo halgamay. Ignorance aan sheegaaye inta ee ka bilaabataa. Or perhaps Abuudabeey [Abudhabi] is a historical Islamic city. It is also very interesting that Carabtii dhaqankaan u dhashay ayaa iska dhaafay. You would be hard pressed to see a Masaari or Tunisiyaan or Aljeeriyaan or Yemeni or Cumaani or Lubnaans or even kuwa khaliijka u dhashay, the so-called "guardians" of Carab culture, named "abuu." The only Carab group that retains are reer Falastiin iyo reer Urdu or some Ciraaqis. All those "abuujacburis" iyo "ummjinooleey" is a fad. They will soon gone with the wind, along with wadaada ku sheega.

Of all the pictures of Mogadishu, you only managed to find one with the Catholic church and cross? What could be beautiful about a church that used to take advantage of Somalis (especially children) by evangelizing them through questionable methods? Intaadan waranka iyo seeflaboodnimada la idinku yaqaanay soo tuurin, baliis hubso sababta aan u keenay sawirka. I brought in the old sawir because it is relevant to this picture. Believe or not, this picture above corresponds the old one. The same exact location. Believe again or not, the destroyed kaniisad is at the background, the only remaining of it is wax yar taagan. Now again compare the old picture to this new. I do not shed a tear about the destroyed kaniisad, but the overall look of the picture is what made me so murugo iyo caloolxumo.

Salaan... Dad badan ayaa aad ugu wareero magacyada, naaneysyada, meelaha iyo wixii lamid ah marka magac ahaan loo qoro. Qaarkood waa isku dhajiyaan, qaarkood xariijin yar oo "dash" ah u dhaxeysiyo, qaarkood laba erey ka kala dhigo, qofba si la saxsan ayuu u qaataa. Inkastoo Afsoomaaliga qoraal ahaan uuna lahayn qaanuun lagu raaco oo degsan, hadana hab ayaa jirto la isku raacay. Intaas sano aan aqrinaaye qoraallo Soomaaliyeed, mid qoray aqoonyahay iyo mid iska jacburis qoro, wax badan ayee iska raacsanyihiin. Inkastoo isku raacaan "consensus" ahayn, hadana hal dhan ayee u badan yihiin dadka qoraallada qoro. Sidaas daraadeed waan isku dayaa, habka ugu saxsan ama ugu macquulsan markee ku saabsan tahay magacyada, naaneysyada, meelaha mise waxee afka shisheeye lagu yiraahdo "nouns" oo aanan afkeena hodanka ah ku jirin. "Nouns" ama magacyada, naaneysyada iyo meelaha dhowr ayee u kala baxaan markii qoraal ahaan loo qoraayo. Waa mida koowaad aan ku bilaabo kuwa israaco, ama la isku qabadsiiyo: Magaca markuu naaneys yahay oo laba erey Soomaali yihiin ka kooban tahay, laba erey waala is raacsiyaa, sida "abtidoon, caydiid, wiilwaal, dhagdheer, barwaaqo iyo wixii lamid ah. Haduu ka badan yahay xataa laba erey la isku dhajiyo waala isku dhajiyaa. Mar ayaan ka maqlay Beenbeensii [bBC] wariyahooda u fadhiyo Jubbooyinka oo magac yaab leh lahaa, hadaan xasuusto aan u maleeyo Bashka Jugsoodhacay oo ka kooban sadex erey magaciisa dambe jug/soo/dhacay. Maalin dhawayd Shabeelle ayaan ka aqriye nin la yiraahdo Kabakutukade. [Kaba/ku/tukade]. Sida qaanuunka laba erey, iyagana waala isku qabtaa hadee sadex iyo afar yihiin xataa. Laakiin markuu magac rasmi yahay ama uu "title" rasmi yahay oo qofka lee yahay oo uu raaco naaneys hal erey, markaas qaanuunka ayaa is badalo oo la iskuma qabto. Tusaale hadduu magaca yahay Xasan Dheere, Ugaas Raage, Axmed Geedi, Cabdi Yare iyo iwm [iyo wixii lamid ah]. Midaas koowaad oo naaneysyada ah waxaa la wadaago meelaha, oo kamid ah gobollada, magaalooyinka, tuullooyinka, buullooyinka, sida buuleburde, ceelbarde, dhagaxbuur, buurhakabo xamarweyne, warsheekh, gelinsoor diinsoor, maansoor, togdheer iyo meelahii lamid ah. Marka kaliya aan la isku qaban waa markee meesha soo gisho bartilmaameed oo afar kala ah: Waqooyi, Koonfur, Bari iyo Galbeed. La iskuma qabto markaas ereyada oo waala kala bixiyaa, tusaale ahaan Koonfur Afrika, Bariga Dhexe, Waqooyiga Sare iyo Galbeedka Hoose. [shabeellada iyo Jubbooyinka oo aan ku jirin bartilmaameed meel direction sheegaayo inkastoo la kala bixiyo in la isku dhajiyo ayaa ka wanaagsan hadii qaanuunka la raacaayo, tusaale ahaan Jubbada Hoose waa inay noqotaa Jubbadahoose, Shabeellada Dhexe waa in iyadana laga dhigaa Shabeelladadhexe.] Mid sadexdaas ee Soomaalida ku wareersanyahiin markee qoraalka imaato ayaa ah goorta la isku qabto ereyada aan magac weyn ahayn, laakiin walina ah "noun." Yacni waa "minor nouns" oo xarafka ka bilowdo "capital" laga dhigeynin. Tusaale qof gaal dilo, qofkaas waxaa loogu wici karaa gaaldile, inkastoo uu magac rasmi ah u ahayn. Laakiin hadii qoraal ahaan tahay, oo "minor noun" ahayn ereyga laba erey uu u kala baxaa, iyagoo kala sidooda gaal dile maadaama qoraal ahaan loo isticmaalaayo hada. [Tusaale: "Adiga iyo gaaldilnimo goormaa kala hareysiin." Iyo tusaalaha labaad: Ninbaa gaal dili jiray.] Midaan lagu wareersanyahay waxaa wehliyo ereyo kale oo yaryar oo ah "prefix/suffix," sida yahay/yihiin/tahay/tihiin ama ba ama nimo ama ta[a] ama kaa ama san ama sa-de ama waa ama ka ama ku iyo baando kale aad u badan. Ereyadaan dhamaantood ereyga kale ee raacaan ayaa lagu qabtaa, kumo xirno hadee yihiin magac, naaneys, meel, "minor" iyo "major" midee ahaato. Tusaale ahaan aan ka bilaawa qeybta "yahay/yihiin/tahay/tihiin." Waayahay, weeyihiin, yaatihiin, waatahay. Ereyga "wareersanyahay" oo aan soo isticmaalay naftirkiisa laba erey "minor suffix" ah oo siyaado ayaa ku jirto, kuwaas oo kala ah "san" iyo "yahay." Kuwa kalena liiskaas ku jiro, sida "nimo, san, ba, ta..." waa sidaas oo camal, lagu wada kabaa. Sida "midnimo/qaranimo/dalnimo..." ama "ilsan, dalsan, warsan..." ama "hadaba, intaba, xagaasba..." ama "xarfaanta, gabarta, yariista..." [ba [ama ka mar mar soo gisho] badanaa wuxuu raacaa ereyada "musculine meaning" leh, halka ta ay tahay kasoo horjeedkiis taas oo ah "feminine connotation." Mid afaraad ayaa jirto, waana tan ku saabsan ereyga af. Af markuu yahay "noun" ama magacyo waa lagu dhajiyaa ereyga soo raaco, sida Afmadoow, Afmaxaatiri, Afsoomaali, Afgooye, Afmaay iyo wixii lamid ah. Laakiin markuu qoraal ahaan oo caadi yahay, laguma dhajiyo, sida "af waakoow meey liki aamee." Dad badan ayaa isticmaalo xariijinta afka shisheeye lagu yiraahdo "dash" [-] markee ku wareeraan laba erey isku dhajintooda. "Dash" Afsoomaali maku jiro, oo aabaayaansheena qorida soo dajiyeyna ka reebay, maadaama xariijinta kamidtahay wax lagu wareeraayo. [Dadka soo dajiye qoraal qoriska Afsoomaaliga ayaa ka reebay wax alaale wixii lagu jahwareeraayo, haka mid ahaadee xariijinta dash.] Waa ogahay in uu magaca aan inta ku joogo "dash" ku jiro, waa inaa qaataa waananeyda oo waa inaa badalaa markaas. Qofkii talo, su'aal, soo jeedin iyo wixii lamid ah qabo haku darsado. Meesha waa furantahay.

Tan biijada leh yaa haweysan doono taloow? Mini la yaabo alamtara iga dheh.

So you are mocking dhiig aan waxba galabsan daadan lahaa because of this evasion? Ma saasaa dagaal iyo dhiig ugu oomantihiin? If so, maxaa idin dajiye Yurub? One way tikid iyo couple hours flight ayaa idinka xigo safkaas horeeye aad dagaal ula rabtiin. Awalba geeljire mentality waxaan camal ayaa laga sugaaye, dhiig daado ma'ahee wax kale inay meesha keenin.

This is the old Xamarweyne, if I am not mistaken. Unbelievable. Tuulo ayee u ekaatay. Compare it the picture taken in '80s in the same area below. Markaan camal ayaan murugoodaa. Xamareey, indeed, waa ku xumeynay. Oh, Xamar Cadeey, baliis forgive your ignorant dwellers that you nourished saas kuu galay.

Awright. Fair enough. Wonderful lists, supported by ideal wishes. I hope my reasonable objections against wadaada ku sheega's won't be a disappointment and chorus party killer. Here we go. They are an intolerant bunch of group, unfit to govern in a modern society. Theirs is only "ama isoo raac ama seefta raac," nothing in between. No dulqaad, no tanaasul, no nothing but "my true belief" they think is the correct one They believe women have no leadership quality, their sole earthly existence to be at home [an alien concept to Soomaalis, whose other half gender was and is historically known to be independents, from Caraweelo to Xaawo Taako. There wouldn't have been a Xaawo Taako had they been in power in 1950s]. Case in point, the top leadership has no single women. No problem, that shared with other institutions we had seen. But its so-called government -- Golaha Shuurada -- has no single woman of all 93 and growing list, all men. No basic liberty. Harassing daily ciyaalka u jarto timaha see ayna jecleen or u labisto sida ay ka helin; closing shaneemooyinka; karbaashing anyone they see not doing what they "wish" they should do or is "vice" against their preset morals Banning heesaha and other cultural intertaintment Banning public mixing Banning booramaha la iska tumo, banning saarka Banning xuska [honouring deceased family members] Banning mowliidka Banning mixed aroosyada xafladaha lagu dhigo No occasional public celebration, be it graduation ceremony Banning women from the beach Desecrating xabaalaha, including those of cullumada Forcibly taking over women's hospital [isbitaal Banaadir] to rehabilitate their injured fighters at the isbitaalka Forcibly shutting down masaajidada they consider that don't follow their mabda' Forcibly enforcing salaadda Bringing what Soomaalis had never knew -- isbiimeys [suicide bombing] and other public explosions that happened in Xamar, two against Geedi and one against UN team Brazen contract killings, including the murder of Cabdiqaadir Yaxye [before they became midowga maxkamadaha] Fake cimaamad wearing qabqable iyo dagaalooge: Indhamadoowe Occupation of Shabeelladahoose [why Balcad or Dayniile loogu dhiibay dadka deeggaanka u dhashay, but not Baraawe, Afgooye, Marka, Daafeed...hmmm] Lies and the lying liars in their midst: "We will not attack Jowhar, Balcad, Dayniile, Kismaayo, Buurhakaba..." Warmongering. Well, some of you may suffer from short term memory, not me. They are as warmongering as the warlords they defeated. The list above, which isn't sadly complete, is what they have done already, albeit having a limited power. The list below is what they will do, realistically speaking. Indhashareer will be mandatory Jilbaab a must at school and society-wide Women will be discouraged at attending higher education Won't be no more Biyooleey There won't be TV Those idaacado that won't kowtow to their version of events or those that play music will be banned permanently The promotion of Soomaalinimo will be abandoned, including the language, dhaqan, hidaha, and distinct cultural heritage, instead filled by more Carabnimo and more, more Carabnimo [we already see this] There won't be elections that allow people to elect whoever they wish, including those who wish to elect wadaada ku sheega themselves [dimuqraadiyada diinta kuma jirto, as they try to remind us, whereas Iiraan, Xammaas, Islamic parties in Malaysia and other Islamic-learning groups practice] ----------------- What most of you listed, especially "bringing back security, booming business" etc, any group can do that if they had a chance. Not to mention the old regime had an absolute security in the country and yet people revolted. Why? Because if there is no basic liberty and accountability, no employment opportunities and stiffing nepotism [read: whoever maamulo dekedda and garoonka diyaaradaha has no auditor and accountibility] and exploitation, there won't be any freedom, regardless how the security improves or not. If the sole responsiblity is security and a little booming business, some even questionable because where they acquired their wealth during the long civil war, then bring back the old regime, at least the old regime stood strongly for Soomaalinimo.

The reason aan inta u keenay Berbera? Adiga ayaa leh "jihaad" ha lagu qaado Baydhabo because ciidamo Amxaar/Tigreey ayaa ku sugan. Berbera xafiisyo ayaa ugu furan Amxaarada/Tigreeyga oo hubkooda kan Soomaalida lagu leeynaayo kasoo dego. Shouldn't "jihaad" lagu qaado meeshaas marka? And shouldn't you have supported it, no? Waligaa Soomaali dhexdeeda dagaal ha iskugu wicin, walaaltinimo ee iga tahay. [Especially since anaga nahnay dibadjoog, we would be the last advocates that call another senseless dagaal sokeeye.] Waxa daadandoono dhiig Soomaaliyeed waaye, si walba hala isku qilaafo, dagaal should never be the option, we've had enough of it for almost a generation.

Ee ani qabiilkeey gaandhari baroon saaran ma u noqon nooh. Yaala is caarifin yaah.

Adiga, it seems, waxba ma dhaantid kii shaleey ama maanta with all eagerness enthusiasm combined with fanatism that used to follow his tol iyo jufadiisa hoose hoggaamiyo by qabqablaha kasoo jeedo laftaas. There's nothing difference, ogoow, that aforementioned group and the blind loyalty aad u heysid reer surwaalgaab iyo gardheere because you share with them same radical ideology. I will give you a little advice: Never, never ever follow something/someone blindly, lest they disappoint you. Only Eebbe alone should have that distinction of faithfulness.

Salaan... Few aspects in life I've realized since I arrived Galbeedka: Increasingly likelihood of depression [walbahaar iyo walwal] in our community and the ever shrinking of young Soomaali men without bidaar, salaxyo and others. Perhaps the two are related. Back home waxaan xasuustaa xataa haddii dhiibatada weyntahay xataa saan desperate depresson uma jirin, however now we have unwittingly acquired West's jirooyinkooda baas. And about bidaarta. If you ever looked old pictures from home, most young men spotted afros, even those in colonial pictures. Compare that kuwa qurbaha ku koray. Very few ayaa afro-like timo qabo, even haddee deystaan timahooda. I'm personally coming across a lot of young men, some just barely coming out of their teens, with salaxyo [the first sign of bidaar] and some already with bidaar. Is it biyaha? Environment? Weather? Laqabsasho la'aanta dhaqanka cusub, thus jahwareerka which results depression, the old belief bidaarta keento? Hadda usoo noqdo mawduucaan, nothing wrong having time with yourself. It is something new to all-the-time socially-prone Soomaalis, but nothing wrong, as far as I am concerned. I do have my quite moments to read the papers with koob shaah. In fact, it is one of my best moments. I also like when Soomaalis gather, be it martiqaad consisting a small group or a large social gathering -- they never get tired of talking and storytelling. I sometimes do not even listen the stories per se, but follow the interesting ways of how stories flow and change. Try doing that, you'll see yourself how quite interesting it is when a story starts with reer miyi and ends in Bush's Aqalkacas' last issued public policy and back to why Islii, the xaafad in Neyroobi, is unworthy of living in just two minutes without no discernible interruption. Very, very interesting, ay tel yuu.

Moorgan shimee uu "sheekh" noqday? Some people completely missed the irony of this thread. Well, I don't blame them since some believe Indhamadoowe can be "sheekh," too. Darn it, dad aaba u duceynooyo. Mise qofkii cimaamad saarto automatically becomes "sheekh?" Iyaah. Illeen Soomaalida gullible ee iska yihiin. Wuxuu galabsaday ama galabsan, asaga iyo Eebbihiis ee jirtaa, just as any other human being. I will, however, applaud and can commend so far being true to his final word to stay away from dagaalooyinka sokeeye ee soo noqnoqdo aan micnaha lahayn, and his final realization and dawning of Amxaar/Tigreey tireless conspiracies against his own people, Soomaali, regardless who they are as long as they kill one another and fratricide to death.

You assert to be Muslim yet want to eradicate Muslims... Kan goormuu Muslim noqday? Dadkiina la doodo aaba la yaabay. Ninkaan ha iska cidlaada quuqdiisa maa iska dhaaftiin, asagaa iska tagi doono markaas. Baddacase, afxumeynta ma fiicno, widaayoow. And odeygaan wareersan dagaal ummada ula rabo, awalba odey wareersan uu iska ahaa. A paranoid "president" that can't leave outside his "presidential" campound, can't trust his neighbours, hadana dadkiisa uu sheegaayo in uu hoggaamiyo aan la tukan karin fear of... NB.: Lixda qof la tukaneyso, afar aan kasay waaba ilmoadeeradiis hoose ee qaraabada yihiin ama wax uu adeer u yahay. Probably the iimaamka too is as well. I don't think odeyga in uu aaminaayo qof aan jufadiis ahayn in uu xataa salaada horseedo.

Jimcaale,I know that very well,but how long will we be under the amounting pressure of Xabashis,we have to fight our way to getting rid of these S.O.B.once and for all and their supporting puppets whoever they are,whether it's Oday or Buubaa. Amxaar/Tigreey controls the Berbera port, where in fact laga soo dajiyo hubka la iskugu dhiibo Soomaalida iyo kan maanta lagu tirtiraayo. Shouldn't then wadaada ku sheega liberate and cleanse that town from Amxaar/Tigreey as well? "Odeyga" kaligiis Baydhabo ma degno. Hundred of thousands aan waxba galabsan ayaa la degan that city and its vicinity and millions more around the region, laakiin waa gartaada, when it is about your own tuulo, it is reconciliation, hadana u gurbaan tun dagaal iyo wax aan loo joogin. Reer Arlaadi had seen dagaal iyo dhibaatadiis, isburbursigii Caydiid iyo Siyaad Barre. They wouldn't tolerate another isburburis in their midst. Iyaga ayaa ku martiqaaday C/llaahi Yuusuf magaaladooda, iyaga alone can kick him out if he overstayed his guestnimo. As worse as one should despise Amxaar/Tigreey, dagaal laguma ordo, especially anaga dibadaha afka kasoo leerineyna. Marka haddee Soomaalinimo dhab kaa tahay, ha u gurbaan tumin dagaal; anybody who can't wait or sugi karina ha aado safka hore ee dagaallada ula rabaan oo yaa kaa haayo. Minankeey oo aan ku nabadqabaa aan fadhinaa, hadana si fiican aan ugu gurbaantumaa dagaal lagu hoobto ma soconeyso igaarkiis. Lix iyo toban sano bilaash dhiig Soomaaliyeed ma u daadan haddaanan ku baran dagaal micnihiis. Maxaa laga dheefay 16 years of dagaallada sokeeye ee isku soo dabanoqnoqaayo ka ahayn qax, qaxar, iskufshasho, dhiig aan waxba galabsan daado iyo maato la laayo.

After almost a year of intuu ka baxay iyo intuu ka dhacay, finally the "sheekha" reappeared today on typical a luncheon hosted by a Muqdisho hotel. Garkii is still untrimmed, though. I thought by now reer surwaalgaab inay shaarbaha waa weynaa manqas qabadsiyeen.

A few days ago we brought to your attention the fact that an American citizen is the Foreign Minister for the Taliban-like Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. We asked readers to find out anything they could about Professo Ibrahim Hassan Addow. We wondered if it could possibly be true that an American would be a high ranking official in a government that has ties to al Qaeda, which is exporting jihad, and which calls for death to America? Thanks to Vonski we've learned some more about the American traitor, Ibrahim Addow. It seems that the problem with finding information was in the spelling of his name. The more common spelling of his name is Ibrahim Hassan Addou. It seems that Professor Addou used to work at The American University in Washington, D.C. Newsvine: Addou...worked as an administrator at American University in Washington, D.C., before returning to Somalia in 1999. Why does it not surprise me one bit that an institution of higher learning in the US would hire someone as an administrator who is an Islamist in the mold of the Taliban? Vonski also digs up this bio page from Benadir University in Mogadishu, where it appears Addou/Addow was named President of the University after returning to Somalia. Funny enough, here is a screenshot of an image from the welcome page at the University, which lists our American traitor as Prof. Ibrahim Hassan Addou, MA, M.Ed., Ph.D. [snip] What is mystifying is that I have seen no major reports about Dr. Addou. Is he not a traitor? Not simply because he is a member of an oppressive government, not simply because that government has declared jihad against Ethiopia, not simply becasue that government is hostile to the West and our values, but because he is a member of a government which receives aid from al Qaeda and which is protecting terrorists involved in bombing the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania! We are at war with al Qaeda. If that isn't the very definition of treason, I don't know what is Sii aqriso ---------------- The redneck reer Mareykan and their ignorance never, ever surprises me. The blogger also intentionally misleads by using this outdated picture above, which wasn't taken recently -- it dates back to 2001. Also others who hold high position within this movement that also have Western baasabooro can be labelled as traitors, I guess. Men such as Aasbaro [Canadian] and Fu'aad [swede]. There are also lower members that have British citizens. What about, though, those in dowlada kumeelgaarka that carry foreign baasabooro. Can they as well be treasonous, using per that blogger's opinion? Men like Cashare, Jangali, Xareed [Canadians], Ibbi [Australian], Aadan Madoowe [Dutch] and a bunch that carries Italian, British and other European passports.

Many of you just discovered Amiin Caamir's visual artist creativity, but as a boy, I used to look forward Amiin Caamir's daily fascinating editorial cartoons in early '90s. It was because of Amiin Caamir that I used to rush each morning or beg whoever was going to Bakaaraha to buy me a Shabeelle Press paper in '91-92. His political cartoons then were as stirring, mocking, caricaturing and rebuking as they are now. Someone scanned some old Shabeelle Press editorial sawirgacmeedyo by Amiin, and memories immediately flooded back. The following three, however, were not as savoury, though. [it reflects the slant Shabeelle Press, Amiin Caamir's then employer, had, which routinely used to call USC fighters and their leaders "mujaahidiin" on their editorial opinions]: The drawing represents a confused "president" Cali Mahdi Max'ed, where the "mujaahidiin" USC members were shouting from one side to get jaggooyin, and the other the regular opportunity-seeking so-called siyaasi men. A propagandic image of Max'ed Faarax Caydiid, newly recrowned as Guddoomiyaha ururka USC [soomaali National Congress]. [Don't miss the name Allah on the flag, above USC letters.] Madaxweyne Cali Mahdi Max'ed oo la dhaarinaayo. -------------- To read other interesting stories and times that happened daily in Xamar in the interesting days and immediate fall the regime in early 1991, riix inta.