In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that facilitate illegal file-sharing were seized this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. By Friday morning, visiting the addresses of a handful of sites that either hosted unauthorized copies of films and music or allowed users to search for them elsewhere on the Internet produced a notice that said, in part: “This domain name has been seized by ICE — Homeland Security Investigations, pursuant to a seizure warrant issued by a United States District Court.” In taking over the sites’ domain names, or Web addresses, the government effectively redirected any visitors to its own takedown notice. “ICE office of Homeland Security Investigations executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names,” said Cori W. Bassett, a spokeswoman for ICE, in a statement. “As this is an ongoing investigation, there are no additional details available at this time.” Among the domains seized were torrent-finder.com and those of three sites that specialized in music: onsmash.com, rapgodfathers.com and dajaz1.com. TorrentFreak, a news blog about BitTorrent — a file-sharing system that has tended to elude the authorities because it is decentralized — said that at least 70 other addresses had been seized, most belonging to sites related to counterfeit clothing, DVDs and other goods. On Friday, torrent users were already discussing new sites that had popped up to serve them. The takedown notices are similar to those that went up on nine sites in June as part of an initiative against Internet counterfeiting and piracy that the agency called Operation in Our Sites. In announcing that operation, John T. Morton, the assistant secretary of ICE, and representatives of the Motion Picture Association of America called it a long-term effort against online piracy, and said that suspected criminals would be pursued anywhere in the world. “American business is under assault from counterfeiters and pirates every day, seven days a week,” Mr. Morton said. “Criminals are stealing American ideas and products and distributing them over the Internet.” Ms. Bassett would not comment on whether the latest raids were part of Operation in Our Sites, and a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major recording labels, declined to answer questions. The new seizures also come as a new bill, the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act, is making its way through Congress. The bill, which was approved by a Senate committee last week, would allow the government to shut down sites that are “dedicated to infringing activities.” Critics have said the law is too broad, and could affect sites that have nothing to do with file-sharing; the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group, has called it “an Internet censorship bill.” Waleed A. GadElKareem, who operated Torrent Finder from Egypt, said his site was shut down on Thursday without any notice. “My Web site does not even host any torrents or direct-link to them,” Mr. GadElKareem wrote in an e-mail, adding that he only links to other sites. “I am sure something is wrong!” He added that his server was up and running at a different address.

ohh ,, I guess I'll take this for now:

Aar qaar aan ogahay baa ka naxaya warkaase ,,,

Lemme see your suggestions ,,, I had a dream bed and i realized they removed it before i posted ,,, damn people

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting, federal prosecutors said. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested at 5:40 p.m. just after he dialed a cell phone that he thought would blow up a van laden with explosives but instead brought federal agents and Portland police swooping in to take him into custody. Mohamud yelled "Allahu Akhkbar" and tried to kick agents and police as the arrest came, according to prosecutors. He was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton released federal court documents Friday that show the sting operation began in June after an undercover agent learned that Mohamud had been in contact with an "unindicted associate" in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier region. Mohamud is a naturalized U.S. citizen who has been living in Corvallis. According to a federal complaint, Mohamud was in regular email contact with the "unindicted associate' in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier starting in August 2009. The complaint states that in December 2009 Mohamud and the "unindicted associate" used coded language in an email in which the FBI believes Mohamud discussed traveling to Pakistan to prepare for "violent jihad." The document says in the months that followed Mohamud made 'multiple efforts" to contact another "undicted associate" to arrange travel to Pakistan but had a faulty email address for that person. Last June an FBI agent contacted Mohamud "under the guise of being affiliated with the first associate." Mohamud and the undercover agent agreed to meet in Portland on July 30. At that meeting, the undercover agent and Mohamud "discussed violent jihad," according to the court document. Mohamud told the agent he wanted to set off explosives at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, an event that occurred on Friday. On Friday, an undercover agent and Mohamud drove to downtown Portland in a white van that carried six 55-gallon drums with detonation cords and plastic caps, but all of them were inert, the complaint states. They got out of the van and walked to meet another undercover agent, who drove to Union Station, the Portland train station, where Mohamud was given a cell phone that he thought would blow up the van, according to the complaint. Mohamud dialed the phone agents had given him, and was told the bomb did not detonate. The undercover agents suggested he get out of the car and try again to improve the signal, when he did, he was arrested, the complaint said.

Man can never have Iimaan even if he has all the women in da world dee ,,,,, kids are no threat to it anyway ,,,

I understand even Chinese as log as involves women ,,,, I even once spoke in Russian

Ohhh ,, That is great then. Gebiley is 40 min drive so i can head there anytime u know ,,

Wax lee isku dardarsanhaynaa see waaye ..

Xiin iska daa ,,, waa nin fiican oo wuxuu jecel yahay buu ka sheekeeyaa ..

It is for A&T dee ,, imikuu odhan ONLF baa la mustaafuriyay .. So he should know even the Waraabe waa la mustaafurinayaa haduu edeb darro ku kaco

Any news about the guy ??

Nina, let me know when u get that house ..... U know hat i mean right ??

He can even contribute nothing to Somalia ...... duqa hadal lee hayaa nooh

..... malaa waad faraxday ,, hahaha

Good move by AMISOM only if it is not a show ...

VOA

Somaliland has been fighting for its independence for three decades. Its newly elected president, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, is in London to strengthen economic ties and lobby for support to have his country recognized as a sovereign nation. Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo launched a new economic cooperation center here in London, the Anglo-Somaliland Chamber of Commerce. The president is in Britain looking for economic as well as political support. "We would like recognition for our country of course, but we would also want to see the international community and Britain our friends engage with us to mobilize development to give us development, recognition and cooperating with us in many areas," said the president. He says the June elections that brought him to power were widely regarded as free and fair, and the peaceful transition of leadership marked another step in Somaliland's development. "We have made tremendous progress, Somaliland has been operating on its own, Somaliland has been relatively peaceful in a region which is not stable enough, known for instability activities of al-Shabab and other extremist groups," he said. "Somaliland has been fighting against these people and Somaliland has been working on stability, not only that but on its democracy and development of its people." Silanyo says his government has worked hard to crack down on piracy and Islamic militancy, and is concerned about the instability of Somalia. "We would like to see peace restored to Somalia itself because lack of stability in the region is bound to affect us, it's affecting the whole world, it's affecting our region more than anyone else," he said. Somaliland's new president says international recognition of Somaliland would help with stability, its banks and other institutions would be able to interact freely with the rest of the world. "Not being recognized by the international community is a huge setback, naturally that goes without saying and that's why we are moving around and asking the international community and sending an appeal to them to recognize Somaliland," he said. Silanyo says Kosovo's recent recognition as an independent country and the January referendum on independence for Southern Sudan are both positive developments for Somaliland. "We are heartened by Kosovo and what's happened to Southern Sudan that means it opens the door for us. The principle that countries should remain as they were at the time of independence has changed so why should it not work for us as well," Silanyo said The United States says it will "engage" with Silanyo's government. Britain, Denmark and Sweden are all increasing their bi-lateral ties with Somaliland. The president said Ethiopia is also deepening its relationship with Somaliland, and, he hopes a new railway will link the two countries.

Very nice ,,,, the old man has always been good at interviews

Anarchists what a chaos in every town in the world except where they live ,,,,

Booliiska Soamliland Cilmi Kabaal ayaa maanta Hargeysa ka Mastaafuriyay Waraabe weyn oo Saaka Suabxnimadii Saylada Hargeysa badhtankeeda ku soo weeraray Xoolihii lagu Iibinayay Taliyaha ayaa Waraabahaasi markii la qabtay ku soo qaaday mid ka mid ah gawaadhida Booliiska isagoo dhaawac yar oo fududi soo gaadheen waxaanu geeyay Buurta Caabudla halkaas oo uu ku sii daayay Taliyaha Booliska oo aanu wax ka weydiinay sheekada Waraabahaasi oo maanta hadal hayntiisu magaaladda Hargeysa ku badnayd ayaa yidhi “ ma ogoli in xayawaanka la laayo, waad ogtahay in Libaaxyadii Warancade magic u soo hooyeen Dalka iyo Khudabdihii laga jeediyay xafladii Jabuuti loogu wareejinayay, waa Run waa Xayawaan inoo Cadow ah, magaaladda Badhtankeedii ayuu soo weeraray Caruur baa inoo joogta, Xoola Jooga markaa waxaanu doorbidnay inaanu isagoo Xor ah Magaaladda ka saarno.”ayuu yidhi Hadana waxa uu intaa raaciyay “ Ciidamada Booliiska oo kaashanaya Dadweynaha ayaa ku guulaystay inay qabtaan Waraabahaas, Waianae arrintaasi Tusaale u tahay sida ay Cadowgana wadajir ugaga hortagi lahaayeen taasaan jecelahay inaad dad u bandhigtaan, inaan Dilno waanu heli karaynay laakiin umaanaan haysan wax fasax ah Xyawaanka markaad Dilaysana waa inaad Fasax uga haysataa wasaaradda ku shaqada leh” ayuu ku soo xidhay hadalkiisa