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YAA YAQAAN DHULBAHANTE XAGUUSE KA GALAA TAARIIKHDA SOOMAALIYA?

SomaliNet Forum (Archive): RA'YIGA DADWEYNAHA - Your Opinion: Somalia: Archive (Before Sept. 29, 2000): YAA YAQAAN DHULBAHANTE XAGUUSE KA GALAA TAARIIKHDA SOOMAALIYA?
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Soomalibarasho

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 02:41 am
Salaan,
yaa yaqaan qabiil dhulbahante la dhoho oo dega Kismanyo iyo aga gaarkaas, waan kaloo maqley in ey degaan Waqooyi magaalkoo Lascanod La dhaho,
su'aashey waxaa waaye xageey tariiq deena ka soo galaan?

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Mahad

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 05:49 am
hadaadan aqoon dhulbahante den somaali ma tihid....doqon yahow

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Xoogsade

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 03:39 pm
Waa raggii hooyadaa iyo walaashaa ku qayili jiray oo lacagtooda lagugu soo koriyay. Markaan ku soo agmarno aabbe nagu dheh.

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baydari

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 05:04 pm
Mr somalibarasho, waxaan ka xumahay inaad magacowdo xita,cuz they'll get attention...dad jiro ma ah...low minded ppl...
waaye...big zero 000000000000000000Do u understand
hope so.....

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Xoogsade

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 05:15 pm
i used to do the same thing to your mother and she used to like it. I had to to stop cause she started seeing a christian missionary who is your father, hence your name.

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Q.

Tuesday, September 05, 2000 - 09:02 pm
So it turned out to be this way uh?. Xoogsade, they must have pushed you over the limit. These guys are gasbags I don't think you should bother at all. They are creating fitnah so don't continue with them.

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somaalibarasho

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 02:51 am
salaan somalis
aniga su aashaydii lagama jawaabin
mexaa dhecay loo jawaabin wixiin aflagaado waaye
ani reer xamar walaasheey ey soo dooneen
ani war leee ka rabi dhib ma rabi

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laascaanoodi

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 03:07 am
war reer xamar haday dhul bahante walashaa waseen
iska aamus adaa barane waa ayo walaashaa dib u arki maysid oo laascaanood ayay gayn
waa ayo dhulbahante sidaads ayaa dhaqan u ah
anigu waxaan aqiin naago ingiriis ah oo adhiga ku raaca badiyaha laascaanood.

haday dhulbahante barashadiis kaa tahay
dhulbahante waxay degaan ***laascaanood, kismaanyo, burco, garoowe, ceeri gaabo, buuhoodle,
taleex, xudun, kalabaydh, saaxdheer, guumays, adhi cadeeye, yagoori, dharkayn geenyo, xidh xidh,caynabo, xadhadhanka, sarmaanyo, uurboogays,qoriley, dabataag, dhumay,god aalo, marqaan, widh widh, tuka raq, gambadhe, iyo kuwa kale oon la soo koobi karin
markaa hadaad dooni dhulbahante waa qabiilka soomali ugu taariikhda dheer uguna dagaal yahayn san
bal hawiyye tay ku sameeyeen ka warayso
hawiyye waxay yidhaahdeen dhulbahantaha xabadiisu dhaawac malaha oo qofkay ku dhacdaa waa dhintaa.
bal isaqq tay ku sameeyeen ka warayso

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Anonymous

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 09:17 am
laascaanoodi cararkaad carar tay, qodaxyadii aya cagahiina kabuuxa CABDIBILAYAAL..HUURO....

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hebel

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 09:47 am
War maa sida layska daayo?

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Lascanoodi

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 09:49 am
waar ma iidoor afmadoobaa meesha soo galay
waar huuro soo cadayo qadhmuunyohow iddor qurjiile
walee inaan ta kula dhalatay wasi hadaadan hadalka dayn qadhmuunyohow xaarka weyni

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qadra

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 12:19 pm
dulbahante:

afaare qabiiliste maihi but am so sorry to say this "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuf aaaaaaaaaaaaaaq to most dulbahante and take this as a tip since some of u want to know about them they are the most low poeple i have ever exprienced in the somali community betrayters most self center selfish u name it u don't need to look further they are any ways what they need to do is get over your selfs first, waxaa tihiin ilbax shaare yaal go to scool and face the real world u all look like inaad ari racdaan even in the us and every where. wake up

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BUHODLE

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 08:09 pm
Hi Qadra Idoor.

I feel so sorry for you because you don't know what you are saying or who you talking to. You better regconize first, this is Dulbahante we are talking about oky.It is the greatest clan in somalian history they are well respected, and highstandar poeple and every body knows them except the most ignorent,stupid dumb illiterate,ungreatfull basterd like you Isaq.


Nakhudayale iyo kufri beey nabiyo moden, nacalahu kuwu fuley bad daba nashleysane nagaad utihin galadi nalash kadhereyde nasab hadaad tihiin galada nicilahaye deene.

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IDOOR DHABE

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 08:29 pm
Waxaan jeclaan lahaa aniga oo donaya inaan tarikhda somalida dib ugu noqdo,waxaan wax ka tabanayaa,tarikhda ay leyihiin qabilka DHULBAHANTE//
*waa inaad wayso qabtaan wixii raga ee ka hadlaya tarikhda Dhulbahante wixii nagihina waa inay daahir tahay marka hore khadra waa inanay gurigooda ka bixin.

Waa inaad tarikhda dib ugu noqotaan oo aad xustaan 1908 malintii ay ingirisku muda haraaden ee aan qof ka shaqa tegin magalada london,waxaay ahayeen kuwii layey galada,waxaad kaloo waydisaa ••••• iyo gurigaag oo aan dab la dhacay. waxaad ahaydeen ragii u adegayey galada waxaa kuliyada abandulka ee dalka ingiriska lagu dhigtaa abandule ISMACIL MIRE OO AHAA ninkii corvel ka goyay luqunta, hadaba waxaan ka yabanahay,dadka donaya tarikhda dhulbahante waxay yihiin konfura waxaa ku nool yey waqoyina anaa la igu degenyahay .

Calaa kuli xaal ila soo xidhiidh hadaad u bahan tahay tarikh dheer waxanay degaan darawish land

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jini wal insi

Wednesday, September 06, 2000 - 08:35 pm
qadra;

Believe me you cracked me up. "they are any ways what they need to do is get over your selfs first,". These words of yours tell us that one guy tried so hard to get you and then betrayed you. Sorry to hear that you are badly hurted.

but how can you think all of them are that bad?. For sure there are some good ones. right?.

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NET

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 02:06 am
DHULBAHANTE,the puppy of all somali clans,whoever
give u something will own u....so we know enough
of u guys....so please don't make me talk about your BIO...for sure some ppl will throw up.

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LAASCAANOODI

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 03:01 am
Dhulbahante?
***WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS DHULBAHANTE!
HOW NOBLE IN REASON! HOW INFINITE IN FUCULTIES! IN FORM AND MOVING HOW EXPRESS AND ADMIRABLE! IN ACTION HOW LIKE AN ANGEL! IN APPREHENSION HOW LIKE A MAN! THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD! THE PARAGON OF ALL ANIMALS!***


aan is weydiino magaca dhulbahante waxa uu yahay iyo meeshuu ka yimi?

Dhulbahanye wuxuu ka soo arooraa sedex xaraf oo la isku daray waa (DHUL+BA+HANTE) micneheeduna waa dhulka kii hantay ama lahaa dhulka** in another words DHULBAHANTE means THE LAND LORD**

Dhulbahante waa qabiil taariikh dheer oo taaariikhdiisa dib loo celinkaro ilaa wakhtigii faraaciinta waxayna waligood degi jireen laga soo bilaabo Ceerigaabo ilaa gaalkacayo agteeda ilaa iilaa iimey markaa hadaad dhulbahante taariikhdiisa u baahantahay akhri buuga la magac baxay **The ancient history of Somalis by (Lonne Chesterfield)1895 hadii aad u baahato taariikh kale ama ka duwan orodoo tag ama booqo masar oo akhri qoraalkii faraaciinta ama qoraalka ku qoran wadada jid banaan ee gobolka sool waxay JIDBANAAN U JIRTAA LAASCAANOOD 50MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GREAT CITY OF LASCANOOD.
waxaad kaloo akhridaa buuga lamagac baxay TAARIIKHDII DARAAWIISHTA AMA DIIWAANKII GABAYADA DARAAWIISHTA HALKAAS AYAAD KA OGAAN WAXA DHULBAHANTE YAHAY AMA WAXA UU GALO AMA GUDO.
Dhulbahante?
***WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS DHULBAHANTE!
HOW NOBLE IN REASON! HOW INFINITE IN FUCULTIES! IN FORM AND MOVING HOW EXPRESS AND ADMIRABLE! IN ACTION HOW LIKE AN ANGEL! IN APPREHENSION HOW LIKE A MAN! THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD! THE PARAGON OF ALL ANIMALS!***ROGAAL CELIS


NABAD GELYO. WAA LAASCAANOODI

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hayemasaasaa?

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 03:01 am
This has to be some kind of conspiracy. dhulbahante waa dad diinta taariiq wanaagsan ku leh. Una soo dagaallamey marka qabiillada kalee soomaaliyeed qaarna boqortooyo difaacan jireen qaarna ingiriiska gaardisiin jirey.

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laascaanoodi

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 03:16 am
DHULBAHANTE?

***WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS DHULBAHANTE!
HOW NOBLE IN REASON! HOW INFINITE IN FACULTIES! IN FORM AND MOVING HOW EXPRESS AND ADMIRABLE! IN ACTION HOW LIKE AN ANGEL! IN APPREHENSION HOW LIKE A MAN! THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD! THE PARAGON OF ALL ANIMALS!***

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DHULBAHANTE!

THE FISH IN THE WATER IS SILENT, THE ANIMAL ON THE EARTH IS NOISY, THE BIRD IN THE AIR IS SINGING/////// BUT DHULBAHANTE HAS IN HIM THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, THE NOISE OF THE EARTH AND THE MUSIC OF THE AIR//////

I AM DHULBAHANTE; I CONSIDER EVERY CITY IN SOMALIA MY OWN MY CITY AND WE SHALL EXPEL THOSE DO NOT OBEY OUR LAWS.

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jama-aar

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 03:20 am
shut up sucker.. af waako may liki aamee?

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laascaanoodi

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 05:00 am
jama aar
ama af-muslim ama afgaalo mid uun aan kuugu imaado
hadii kale madaxaa lagaa goyn

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burcaawi

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 05:41 am
dhulbanhante
waa qabiil caana laa kiin in la ixtiraamo ma aha waa ayo maysan shaqaysan 30sano ee u danbeeyay
marna afweynaa wasayey iminkana hawiyye ayay isudhiibeen faqqash weeye dhul bahante
hadaanu issaaq nahayna habarjeclo ayuun baa nagula meeray sanayse bari hore ayay ahayd in la laayo.
faqqash faqqash weeye dhulbahante

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soomalibarasho

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 05:43 am
Waad mahadsan tihiin somali
ani wax weyn aan bartaey maalinkan
waxeen bartay in dhuloos la yiraah qabiilkan oo qabiil wanaagsin yihiin oo dega waqooyi magaalka laascaano oo burco agteeda ah

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TAAD KU WAALATEY!

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 07:24 am
HADAAN PAGE KAN LA XIDHIN BALAN BAAN IDIINKA QAADEY INAY MEESHANI URTO!

QADRA: FUTO WAYNEY MA KU WASI WAAYEEN RAGII DHULBAHANTE? UF IYO AKHASBA ADAA AH BULAACAD YAHAY SANKA LAGA WADA QABSADEY. FUUUUUUTOOOOOO WEYYYYNNN CARUURTAADA KA ADKOW DHULBAHANTE WAA LAGUU DHAMAAYE.

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hawdman

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 07:33 am
TAAD KU WAALATAY
LO lol lol lol

that was good choice of words I like the way you put it together it really fits her
I don't know if it fits her pussy but it really fits her attitude toward dhulbahante

they must have fucked her in the ass with out Vaseline.

its truly pain full

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wagad

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 08:50 am
dhulbahantuhu soomaalida waxay ugu qeybsan yahiin in ay idooorka dhabaan waana arin ay ku caanbaxeen........warku waa xiran yahay

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laascaanoodi

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 08:55 am
wagad
salaan ma ilma wagad kii odala miyaad ahayd?
niman kii reer xadhadhan.

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sureeya

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 03:45 pm
jama-aar

man u cracked us up me and my friend that was realy funny the way u shut lascanoodi's mouth up cuzz he kept running his mouth with somekind of knowlege nobody knows where he got it from since he claimed a dulbahnte. geljiri maxaas kakasaa afkookale lama goodle maxaas kakasaa warkeena that was so funny. bye

TO lascanoodi
dude this is not a history class, historiga aad halkaan nooga soo sheegtay haday jirto somalidan suaal ? kama qabteen qabiilka dulbahnte "only if u noticed"

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Xoogsade

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 04:18 pm
Laas Caanoodi nin dadoo dhan kala yaqaanaad tahaye Odala ardaaya xunna ma taqaanaa. Tuulada yaree Xadhadhana maxaa ku baray Reer Oodeedkayaguun baan moodi jiray inay yaqaanaane.

Sorry inaan shalay kugu xanaaqay oo weligay Dhulbahante kufriga soo dhaweeya umaan baran oo waatuu odagii Jaamac Siyaad yidhi:

Allow naarta jixiima
Loo sii naaxiyo gaalo
Nacdashay eedday yuhuudu
Iyo nasaaro meeshii la geeyey
Nasriga yaa kaga caynta oo
Waa nijaase dunuubtuye
Nadiif yaa ka ahaada

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laascaanoodi

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 06:18 pm
XOOGSADE
ilmaadeeri waa in istaqaan
xadhadhanka ma nin reerka ah oo aan aqoonbaa jira
takale anigu armaan reer oodeed ahayba.
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SUREEYA
orodoo siilka soo maydho
qabxad yahay faaheerka weyni
ma wax ku wasaad weyday?
dhilayahy kintirka balaadhani.

laascaanoodi

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hebel

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 07:42 pm
War yaa wararkii ugu danbeeyey maqlay oo BBC (Beeb-sida) maanta dhegeystay?

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Faaiza

Thursday, September 07, 2000 - 11:42 pm
waar bal seey xoolahaa dhulooska u hadlayaan eega
awal baa sayidku sheegay ineey dugaag yihiin

taariiqdoodu waa sidan

1. dhuloosku waa xoolo marba qolo iska foofsata
waagii hore sayidka ayaa dagaal ku geli jiray marna majeerteen buu ku dirijiray oo waa xoolahaase
marka sayidka uu qoloba wax ku sheegayey marki la weeydiyey bal dhulbahante wax ku sheeg waa tuu yiri kuwaas markaan dugaaga xagooda u dhaqaaqo baan tilmaami


2. afweeyne ruufiyoono beey u ahaayeen

dagaaladii 90th majeerteen baa watay oo dagaal ku galay oo harti beena ku sasabtay markii uu dantiisi gaadhayna iyagiibaa lagu soo jeestay

3. haatan somaliland bey dabo dhilif u yihiin

waa wax aan damiir laheyn oo dantooda iyo dadkoodaba u nixin

soo uma jeedaan ineey xoogsade iyo laascaanoodi
labada isku sheegtay eey ka hadlayaan wasmo iyo qurun eyna hooyo aan wax u dhimin caaynayaan
waxaa layiri dhulbahantuhu islaamuhuu kufsadaa
waana qiso ayaga dhaxdooda ah
islaan weyn baa la soo kufsan saa wiilkeedi bey u iman oo wuxuu leeyhay hooyo iska daa anaa kuu soo ariye kaa hooyadibaan soo wasi
walaahi waa wax ey yaqaanaan weydiiya dadka degaankooda dega

tana ila eega qofbaa hore wuxuu u yiri

GEEL DARUUD= OGAADEEN
GAAL DARUUD= DHULBAHANTE
GABAR DARUUD= MAJEERTEEN
GEESI DARUUD= LEELKASE
GOB DARUUD= MAREEXAAN

:: Mareexaanku iyo leelkasu waa umad ilaahooda taqaan
marna waa ku dilaan marna waa ku nooleeyaan
waa ha idaarin kuma daaraayo
waxna wey gudaan waxna way galaan
waa umad wax lala qeybsan karo

Ogaadeenku ayagu waxbaa si ka ah meelna waxbaaba ka heeysta oo qaxootinimo buuba ka bixi la yahay dadkiisu

DHaqleeye Majeerteen waa furuqa soomalida ku jirta
waa kan ugu fuleysan waxna iskama dhiciyo amaana lagama helo waa wada habro faan badan iyo gabdh sharmuuto


Xoolahan dhulooska lagu sheegana horaanba uga soo faalooday waa ruufiyaan iyo waxaan jirin
xooluhu soow hadba qofkii daajinayo ma foofiyo? ayaguna waa saas oo hadba qolaa foofsata

taariiqda runtaa waa saas yaan waxba la faanin
soomiliyi wey is wada taqaan
nin aad taqaanidna yaa tahay lama yiraahdo

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jaamac aar

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 01:09 am
habar kasta meeshaney iska imaani markasey daldali unakaa saana iyo unakaa saana ah. waar soomaliyeey mareexan waa la gartee leelkase may la eree?

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Xoogsade

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 02:22 am
War tan yaa soo kiraystay calyadu ka daadanayso? Naa orod gurigaaga nadiifi yaanan combiyuutarka kaaga soo dusinoo wax xille kugu samayne..

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LAASCAANOODI

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 02:28 am
faiza faiza faiza

naa leelkase waa gob waana hadli karaan laakiin mareexaan meesha ha keenin
shirka ha la iman xaarka hawiYye=mareexaan
naa maantaad mareexaan daarrood ku sheegtay nacas yahay uraysaa
naa mareexaan haduu daarRood yahay dhaqan iyo diin mid uun baa kaa celin lahayd
laakiin malaha midna

WAA HORAA GARAAD CALI YIDHI
MAREEXAAN, MAJEERTEEN,HAWIYYE, MIDGAHA IYO MASAAYDU WAA ISKU QOLO
1960 AYUU HADALKAAS BIXIYAY MARKUU ISSAAQA KULA HAA WAR YAY NAAN RAACIN KOONFUR
HADALKUU YIDHI WAA SIDAN ISAGOO LA HADLAYA INA CIGAAL AYUU YIDHI*** WAR ISSAAQOW MA TAQAANAAN
REER KOON FUREED ANAGAA NAQAANA OO RAG IYO RABI MIDNA MA YAQAANAAN EE HA INA RAACININA
ISSAAQ ILEEN WAA NIN FALANE WUXUU UGU JAWAABAY GARAADKA SOOMAALIYI HA ISKU DUUB NAATO.

DEE NAF KA QAAD ILEEN GARAADKAAGII WAAD DHEGAYSAN WAYDAYE.

INTA KALENA WAA OGNAHAY
HADAY CABAADA YAAN OO LEEYIHIIN WAR INOO GOOYA WAQOOYI.

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Anonymous

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 07:23 am
waar aaweye farax-garad,maxamud-garad,axmed-garad.dumarka lamay tirsan jirine.
Malaha kuwan gabarta isugu tegey waa CABDI-garad M/Teenku gumaysan jiray oo ay bareen sida dumarka loola tirsado.


solong.

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dameerfuule

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 08:55 am
waar faarax garaad iyo axmed garaad gartaye maxamuud garaad ayaanan aqoon ma ii sharaxi kartaa
ma kuwa ina dafle kadhashaa la yiraahdaa maxamuud garaad?

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laascaanoodi

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 09:51 am
waar dhulbahante ila qoslaaaaaaaaaay
HOW TO IDENTIFY WHERE A DRIVER IS FROM

One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: New York

One hand on wheel, one finger out window: Chicago

One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on
accelerator: Boston

One hand on wheel, one hand cradling cell phone, brick on
accelerator: California; with gun in lap: L.A.

Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake,
quivering in terror: Ohio, but driving in California.

Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head
turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy

One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, one hand cradling cell
phone, foot on brake, mind on game: Seattle

One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating
between both feet being on the accelerator and both
on the brake, throwing a McDonalds bag out the window: Texas
city male

One hand on wheel, one hand hanging out the window, keeping
speed steadily at 70mph, driving down the
center of the road unless coming around a blind curve, in
which case they are on the left side of the road:
Texas country male

One hand constantly refocusing the rear-view mirror to show
different angles of the BIG hair, one hand going
between mousse, brush, and rat-tail to keep the helmet hair
going, both feet on the accelerator, poodle
steering the car, chrome .38 revolver with mother of pearl
inlaid handle in the glove compartment: Texas
female

Both hands on steering wheel in a relaxed posture, eyes
constantly checking the rear-view mirror to watch for
visible emissions from their own or another's car: Colorado

One hand on steering wheel, yelling obscenities, the other
hand waving gun out the window and firing
repeatedly, keeping a careful eye out for landmarks along
the way so as to be able to come back and pick up
any bullets that didn't hit other motorists so as not to
litter: Colorado resident on spotting a car with Texas
plate.

Four wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear
window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to
antenna: West Virginia male.

Junker, driven by someone who previously had a nice car and
who is not wearing a barrel: Las Vegas

Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above
window level, driving 35 on the interstate in the left
lane with the left blinker on: Florida.

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qadra

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 10:41 am
qadra.

TO all

what a come back some of you are realy funny and temting realy count ten or hit a bilow or something. cuzz none of you cant tell me there is no qabiil that you feel this way about so dont be mad if am only expressing my feelings about dhulbahante however am just gonna go ahead and pass the personal insult cuzz am not in this page to get personal with any of you if so i think that would be waisting my time cuzz my time is realy limited so let me get down to the topic

FYI i have never been out with dhulbahate guy and never will i have sy nice research lascanoodi but it looks like that history is only on dulbahante's history book otherwise shoulnt it be a history that all somalis should be proud of if they killed all the ingriis ppls i think not cuzz dugsiga dhexe somaliya ayaan kusoo dhameyay historigaasna laiima dhigin unlike sayid maxamed cabdle i think sureeya is right when she said "only if you noticed"

here is news for you am not idoor and thank god am not dhulbahante only am unfortunatly related to them somehow and that's why i said most of them and i have respect for my loved one's that happened to be dhulbahante like my causins and my nephews. but you go figure why i feel this way about dhuloos. that's my time

qadra

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KORDHIYE

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 10:46 am
to faiza:

aqyaarey anigu waxii meeshan ku murmayey midna ma soo dhex galeen sababtoo ah dhulbahante waa la og yahay in ay yihiin niman sharaf leh waxay taariiikhda soomaaliyeed kaga jiraana qof moogi aanu jirin.....
balse arintan waxaan rabaa in aan ka hadlo naagtan ay leedahay sayid baa sidaas yiri iyo hidhi dhii naa xagguuu sayidku ku yiri hadalkaas mise waa wax aan samaystey nagu dheh... awliyada magacooda da, inagu hadaan nahay reer sayid weligeen waxaas ma maqlin wax sheegeyna dardaaran kuma qorin ,,, marka taaas meeel la fariiiso.

teeda kale leelkase add ku sheegtey ma ogid miyaa in odagii ••••••• kolkuu wiilashiisii 5 ta ahaa u ducaynayey yiri LEELKASOW TALADIINA TAFO NAAG ALLAHA GESHO,,,,,,


OGAADEENA qaxooti ma ahee soomaali maxamed oo idil baa maanta qaxooti ah saa isagu dhulkiisii buuba degen yahay e adigu maxaad gaalada u hoos fadhidaa??????


dhulbahantana ceyda ka daa ,,,majeerteena dhilo ma lahee reerkiinii yaa dhilo nimo ka badiya sawkan ay garacyada wada dhaleeen dhilooy..


qofkan page kan furoow meeshan ma in qabiiladu ku caytamaan baad u furtey??????

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Wadaad

Friday, September 08, 2000 - 01:45 pm
To dadka oodhan

Weger ay ka waa wayn.

Horta dhamaantiin waxaan idiin sheegayaa in aad
khaldan tihiin. dad kiinan halkan kahad lay, Horta dhulbahante waa qabiil taariikhleh. Macanaheedu se ma aha qabiilo kale ayay wax dheer
yihiin ama qabiilo kale ayay kaliitan. Lakiin

Aniga oo aan cidna dhinaca saarahayn
Balfahma oo qabiil wada xumina majiro qabiil wada wanaag sanina majiro. waxaasina waa waxa soomaali aduunka kareebay.

Hadii aan hal hal idin idhaahdo
waxaan nimanka odhanayaa in aad gabdhahaa soomaliyeed caydaan ha aha iyaga aqoontoodu hadii ay siisay in ay qabiil dhan caayaan, iyaga oo sadaas ku sheeganaya ilbax nimo hadan waaba ka waa wayn. waxaanan leeyahay gabdhaha lamacaayo
waayo waa caar. dhubahantaw dhulbahantihii hore
ii aad taariikh diisa ku faanaysaan dumarka
may caayijirin

Nin kii page kan bilaabay ayaan eedaynayaa anigu

Gabdha hana waxaan leeyay Qadro adiga oo raaliiga ah waxaad u aflagaadoonaysaa sidii qof qabiil kaas wax ka soomareen, waana khalad aan ku taliyo in aad gabadh yartahayna waaba laga yaabaaye. raalina iga ahaw oo hadii aqoontaadu kugufilantahay waxyaaba qaar kuma aadan khada sheen. gabdhaha kalana sidoo kale.

Waxaanan idin waydiiyay dhamaantiin meeshan sidan
loogu danbeeyo ee sidan dadku qabiil ka ku yihiin
ma maraykankaa. ma aha eurpe wax laga gudbayba qabiil baa jira

majiro qabiil wada xun iyo wada wanaagsani toona

"ILLAHAY WUXUU YIDHI QABIILOOYING IYO MIDABO KALA
DUWAN AYAAN IDINKA YEELAY SI AAD ISU GARATAAN"

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SAGAL

Saturday, September 09, 2000 - 12:30 am
SALAAN DHAMAAN:

TO SOMALIBARASHO:

QOFBA QOF A KAYAABSIYA ANA ADAA IGA FAJACIYAY ABOOW WALAASHA MADHULBAHANTOO DHAN BA RABA INUU GURSADO?IF NOT QOFKA LARABO WAX INAAD KA OGAATID WAA NINKA WALAASHA GURSANAAYE EEMAHA MEESHU KASOO JEDO INAAD FARO GALISID MASA KULATAHAY DADDHAN INEEY INEEYSAN LAHEEYN DAD XUN & DAD TAAS QOFWALBA AA OGAAN KARA ANI WAXAAN AMINSANAHAY TOPIC KAAN INAAD UFARTAY DAD INAAD MADAXA ISU GALISID OGOOWNAH AKHIRO ADI INLAGUU HAYSTO WAXA MEESHAN DANBI LAGALAAYO.
TO FAAIZA:

YOU MUST BE TRIPPING ABOOTO, ABAA HORTA HORE WAXAA SHEGTAY WAX MEEL LALA YIMAADO MA AHA DADKAA CAYSAYNA ISKU DHIIG BAATAHIIN SOOMALINIMO KASII KOW WAA WALAALAHAA WAXAA WALAALAHA KASHEEGTAYNA WA WAX DADKA KALE AYNOOGA SHACTIREEYSTAAN OO CAQLIGEENA INTUU DHANYAHAY TUSINEEYSA. ABAA BAL INTAAN ISWAYDII ABAA MAANTA OGADEEN MA AHA WAXA QAXOTI KALIYA AH WAA SOOMALI ODHAN HADANSE ANAKU DHAANO MAXAAN GAALO UTUGEEYNAH EE MANWADANKII KULAABANO? ABAA MAJEERTEN GABDHOODA & HOOYINKOO ADHILO KUCAYSAY ABAA MAKU WAYDIIN KARAA WAXAY (M) BADANKIIS AYOYINKOOD MAJEERTEN UYAHIIN OO AWOOWAYINKEEN DUMARKOO DHAN UGA KADOORTEEN? THEY MUST SEEN SOMETHING.
DAD AAD GAALANIMO KUCAYEEYE ADNAH ISLAAMIHI A DHILOOYIN LEEDAHAY DHULBAHANTE DIIN MALEH AALEDAHAY ABAA MADHULBAHANTE OODHAN BAAD ARAGTAY MASA TAQAAN IF NOT DAD MUSLIN AH BAAD GAALO KUSHEEGATAY TAASNA ADEEY AKHIRO MEELKU TAAL.
TO LAASCANOODI:
ADEER WAAKAXUMAHAY INAAD IS RAACSISID SA UDHAQMEEYSID & MAGACA AAD WADATID ANI KUCAAYNMAAYO CAUSE WAX AA IGA GALABSATAY MALEH KUMANA AQAAN. AND WITH ALL RESPECT SIR QABIIL WALBA DAD XUN & DAD FIICAN WAALEYAHAY MAANTA YEAR 2000 ALAJOOGA MA AHA XARAFKAA TIRAAHDIDBA HEBEL HEBEL WAXUU YIRI SIDAAS & SIDAAS WAX WALBA INDHAHAAGA LAGU ARKAA QOF YUUSAN KAAGA FAALEYN CID DHAN WAXEEY YAHIIN CAUSE MA OGAAN KARTID HADAA GARATAYSE INAAD GALNIMO NAGU SHEEGTAY WAXAN KUDHIHI LAHAA ANAKOO DHAN ILAAHEY HANASOO HANUUNSHO ADEER.

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dhuloos

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 03:38 am
QADRA

i can see the dhulbahante dick prints on your pussy

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caynaba

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 10:06 am
waar salaan dhalinyaro
dhulbahante ninkaan aqooni isgaa dhibaato ku qaba
waa ayo waa dadka soomali ugu dhaqanka wanaagsan.

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shuffleman

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 10:43 am
faisa

stuff it

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faradheere

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 10:56 am
FAAIZA

naa orodoo far isgeli

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Faaiza

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 03:12 pm
ahhahaha wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuw

runta maa idinka xanaajisay

car waa kee mardambe dhuuloos faaniya

waxaad tihiin ku faana laakiin somaali dadka ugu fiican aan nahay ha isku dhihina
you all know that you are below humans iska daa somaliye


xaaywaanadaas oo kale inuu daarrod ila sheegto waan ka xanaaqaa

caarkiina wasa caawandiyahay la foofsado

haye somaliland maa jaajuus u noqoneeysaan tookadaan mise somalia

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Xoogsade

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 03:30 pm
Faiza Guda-Qudhmuunley:

Inaadeer Dhulbahante waa dowladda Daarrrood taana waa laguu hubaaye intaad shiddada iska deyso orod af-Soomaaliga soo baro:

Ninka CAWAANDIGI waa geesi laga anfariiro oo markuu soo istaago fuloo dhami(Ragga adiga kula dhashay) ay marada qudhmiyaan.

Kelmadaad doonaysaa waa cawaan bay ila tahay taasuna mid munaasaba nagu ah maaha oo waatuu Ustaadkii yidhi:

Ragga diinta hoyga u noqdiyo hanad Shirshooraa le

Marka walaalay magaalada ka seexo Reerkana adyada ka daa baar saray ka dhasheene.

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Anonymous

Monday, September 11, 2000 - 04:35 pm
markaan wadda akhristay waxaad meesha ku soo wadda qorteen, waxay u eeg tahay in Sagal iyo wadaad mooyee intiina kale aad moodid inuu xamaasad qabiil idin wadda qaatay. Illaahay ka baqda oo dambiga iska daaya.

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dhabayaca dhabe

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 04:22 am
anonymous

adoogaa iyo asuurkaa ala xir
arekani waa xuuryar oo dhabayaca ah
cidiyaha guduudan eega waa xabad cumar maxamuuda oo hadeer ciidka soo gashay

orodoo xaarka iska soo tir

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$$$$$$

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 07:26 am
Dhab markaan u fiirshay hadaladan
dhadhasadayna sheekada
dhakafaar iyo yaabaa
dhegahayga buuxsamay.
isma dhaanto soomaalidu
dhulbahantuhuse waa gob
dhaladka daaroodna weeyaan.
hadaad dabadhilif kusheegteen
ama uu wax dhaawacay
beenbaad dhab ugu hagaagteen
xoriyada aad kudhaarataana
haduusan ingiriis kasoo dhicin
dhiigiisa uusan kudaadidin
alaylahee calan kuma dhegnaateen.

war miyaad iloowdeen taariikhda soomaliya
dhulbahante hadey sayidka dabadhilif u ahaayeen mucaaridkana yuu ahaa war CALIDHUUX mailoowdeen
siyaad bare hadaan daba dhilif uahayn danteenaan
kuwadanay oo ••••• hubka aan kulaynaynay ayaan kaheli jirnay iyo xabashi hawiyana ilaa 100.000 oo
cayr ah (faqashini) ayaa maanta dhulbahante kudhexnool.
markaa please QADRA IYO FAIZA IYO SOMALIBARASHO
PLEASE GO AND READ TAARIIKHDA DHULOOS
IYO CALI DHUUX WAAGUU XUKUMI JIRAY WAQOOYIGA SOOMALIYA IYO SIDII LOOGA DANBEEYEY
ESPECIALY MJ,OGADEN,ISAQ
...
IAM OUT

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Widhwidh

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 08:53 am
Doqomiin miidhan ka waran. Maxaad isu caayaysaan? Soomaali sow ma wada tihin? Wax meesha fikrad fiican ku hayaa ma jiro aan Sagal ahayn.

Laascaanood,

Afkaaga xidh oo hanoo wada hadlin! Kana hadal mowduuca meesha lagu hayo adoon caytamin. Maxaana meesha keenay sida gaadhiyada loogu wado Maraykanka?

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Widhwidh

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 08:56 am
Somalibarasho,

Dhulbahanta waa qabiil Darood ah oo dega Sool, Sanaag, Togdheer, Nugaal, Kismaayo iyo waliba Muqdisho markii ay dowladu dhisnayd. Laakiin, sababtaad rabtid inaad baratid waa maxay?

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Simba

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 09:10 am
Somalibarasho = Qabiilbarasho

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laascanood

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 09:56 am
widh widh walal
anigu marna kama hadlin baabuur wadis
miyaad riyoon?
maxaad ka hadli?
orodoo soo caga maydho oo seexo
waa wakhti danbe'e

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Gaalkacayo

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 10:09 am
salaan dhalinyaro

meesha ha is caayina
anigana IIDOOR IYO DHULWAS WAA ISUGU KAYMID

BAL WAXA IDIIN DHEXEEYA IISHEEGA

IIDOOR QADHMUUNE//// DHULBANTE URAAYE.

ORDOO ISWASA WISIKHYAHAY SHAARUBAHA DHEERI

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dhulka

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 10:31 am
dhulbahnte waa dhalad ee iidhaafa
ilaahow dhulbahnte noo taliyaa
nasiib badanaa nin ka dhashay dhulbahnte
nasiib badanaa naag u dhaxday dhulbahte

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Wadaad

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 12:11 pm
caawa arinku uu qadhaadh yahaybe
waayo My team Charlton just lose to Arsonal
2-0 Kanu score at 34m then honry at 75m

War aan idinsiiyo dhalinyaray
Qabyaayada iyo qudhunkan aad wadaan
iskaga baxa oo danihiina Karaacda

Dugsi ma leh qabyaaladi waxay dumiso mooyaane.

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L.A.GIRL

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 12:54 pm
Dhulka
Sow waxay naagana noo xagxaganyaan maaha.
bal eeg inta naag markey maqashey dhulbahante soo oroday. waa runtaa raga dhulbahente waa rag goba. wax loo dhaxo iyo wax lala dhashanaiyagaa ugu fiican . Koley anigu maan siisteen walaalkeey all the money in the world and he just so happens to be a dhuloos lol.


Jaama Aar:
Kuris geel, kowla aada ay isku aantee?
naargale alanshiis

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SAGAL

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 - 10:30 pm
TO DADKIINAN QABIILKA DHUUXA KAGALAY:

WALAAHI DAD IDINKA CAQLI & IDINKA LIITA ABIDKEEY MA ARAG MID QABIILKIISU FAANAYA OO INUU WAXAY YAHAY ISU MALEEYA & INUU DADKA UGU SAREEYO AA KULIGIIN MID WALBA ISU MALEEYA, RUN MARABTIIN SOOMALI QABIIL QABIIL DHAAMO MAJIRO KULIGOOD WAA WADA HANDICAP & WAX BUUFIS QABA AAWADA NAHAY QABIILAN DAGAALKA WAXKA KA SOO GALIN OON DHIIG MUSLIN DAADIN MAJIRO MARKA MAXAA ISKU DHAANTIN BAL IISHEGA? WAR DADYAHOOW ORDA SHAQO RAADSADA. FAAN & ISLA WAYNI WAXYAALAHA CADAABTA LAGU GALO OO UGU WAAWEYN AY KAMID YAHIIN. DADKIINAN HISTORY GA BAXINAYA WAXAA UWADA EGTAHIIN DAD WAAWEYN EE INTAA ADINKA WAX IDINKA FAA IDEYSAN LAHEEYN AA ADINKI ISKU JESATEEN WALAALAYALOW WE ARE ALL THE SAME KII WAX GARANAYOW WALAAHI STATE AAN JOOGO SHALAY CUNUG SOOMALIYA O 11 JIRA AA NIBAN MEXCIAN NIBAN AH XOOGEEN TAAS DHIBAATADAAS NAHAYSATA & TAN QABIIL TE IDINLA QUMAN?

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Ceergaabaawi

Wednesday, September 13, 2000 - 02:21 am
~Salamu Alaikum Waraxmatulaahi wabarakaatuhu.

Ku: SOmalibrother, ninka su'aasha keeney!

Anigu anoon sheegeynin Qabiilka aan kadhashey, aana aheyn nin qabiilku kuweyn yahay, laakiin kala bartey umad soomaaliyeed ee degta geeska afrika oo idil.

Kadib markii aan Akhriyey taariikhda Dhulbahante, waxaan iisoo baxdey sidan:

¬Taariikhiyan:

Dad aad udagaal badnaa oo xitaa Soomaalida kale markey kadaaleen iyagu isu diley si kibir iyo faan kujiro. Waxeyna ahaan jireen dad aad ukibir badan, taas waxaa daliil u ah Gabyaagi caanka ahaa, isla markaana ahaa Hogaamiyii darawiishta Muj: Ismaaciil mire, gabeygiisa towxiidka ah ee looyaqaano "Ragow kibirk waa lagu kufaa kaa hala ogaado". Raga kibrey oo uu kuxusaayo kabaygaas 60% kamid ah waxey ahaayeen rag Dhulbahante ah, oo iyagu kukibrey soomaali oo idil kadibna iagii laftoodii isku kibrey: ragaas waxaa ka mid ah, Afqabaal, Afxakame, Aadan Galeyr, Cartan BOSS, Cali jibriil, iyo rag kale oo aan hada magayadooda aan xusuusanin.

Arinkaasi kibirka ah wuxuu socdey ilaa iyo intuu Sayid Maxamed Cabdallah Xasan oo hoyadiis aheyd reer Ciideed uuna imaanin Carro Dhulbahante.

Sayidku markuu uyimi inuu Gaalo iyo wixii lahalmaala uu kasaaro wadanka Soomaaliya loo yaqaan, min Raas caseyr ilaa raas kaanbooni, Waxey ahaayeen reerkii kalida ahaa oo taageerey JIHAADKIISA kudhisnaa "Xoreynta Wadan Islaam".

Waxey ahaayeen Gacantiisa midig, oo waxey u noqdeen reer QAWS iyo ASraj ey nabiga unoqdeen SCW markuu yimi Madina Almunawarah.

Waxey uhalgameen Xoreynta umada soomaaliyed, iyo u shaqeynta Diinta Alaah.

Taasi waa taariikhda Reerka.

Juquraafi ahaana>

Shulbahante wuxuu degaa Jiidali "Cergabo" ilaa Laandheer "bartamaha ogaadeeniya, ama W Galbeed hadba kaad utaqaanid".

Kuwooda kismaayo dega, waxa weeye labo jilib oo kala ah Qayaad "Cabdi Garaad" iyo Reer ugaas "ama looyaqaano ugaasyo". Waxeyna uqaxeen kobtaas Sayidku markuu yimi carro dhulbahante. Kuwooda kalena Markii Daraawiishtii ey jabtey eyey Firxad kutageen Kobtaas WAAMO looyaqaano.

Intaas ayaan kaga baxayaa warkeyga.

I hope this did helped you.

Jiidalaawi

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Ceerigaabo

Wednesday, September 13, 2000 - 02:34 am
Jidali.,

Ma Bahriighaye ayaad atahay Adeer>?

Mise wey kudhaleen oo warsangeli yaad tahay?

Masagan

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garoowe

Wednesday, September 13, 2000 - 09:03 am
waar meesha dhulqadhmuunaa yimi
waan yaabanaa qadhmuunbaa ii soo uray.

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laaska

Wednesday, September 13, 2000 - 10:34 am
----------------- Too Smart To Be A Cop -------------------

NEW LONDON - Police candidate Robert Jordan has been dis-
qualified from becoming a policeman. The reason? He scored
too high on the IQ-like test called the Wonderlic Personnel
Test. His results pegged him to have the equivalent IQ of
125 and this would place him too high above his fellow
officers. The national average IQ for policemen happens
to be 104. Police officials stated that they do not want
officers on the force who would get bored.
[Is it me or does the thought of dumbing down the police
force scare you?]

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ABGAL

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 02:45 am
Aree dhulbahante ha igu soo qaadin
markii hore dameer lee isaareen gadaal gadaal lee iga layeen aree colaan la hai nimankaas

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laff it up

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 03:05 am
"My wife gave me a nose hair clipper for my birthday. I guess
she finally realized that wasn't a moustache." -Lee Entrekin

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laascaanoodi

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 03:08 am
A guy had been feeling down for so long that he finally decided to seek the aid of a psychiatrist.

He went there, laid on the couch, spilled his guts then waited for the profound wisdom of the psychiatrist to make him feel better.

The psychiatrist asked me a few questions, took some notes then sat thinking in silence for a few minutes with a puzzled look on his face.

Suddenly, he looked up with an expression of delight and said, "Um, I think your problem is low self-esteem.
It's very common among losers."

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laascaanodi

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 08:51 am
A magician shows his agent a new act in which he makes 50
cigars appear out of thin air, takes a puff on each, and then
swallows them one at a time until they're all gone.

"That's amazing," says the agent. "How do you do that with so
many cigars?"

"Very simple," says the magician. "I get the cigars wholesale
from a cousin in Tampa."

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BURCAWI

Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 10:54 am
"Don't invest all your money in just one or two stocks.
That's the danger. I know a man who put all his money in
just two stocks, a paper-towel company and a revolving-door
outfit. He was wiped out before he could turn around."

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dhulwas#1

Friday, September 15, 2000 - 03:06 am
Q: What is the difference between "ooooooh" and "aaaaaaah"?

A: About three inches.

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dhulwas#1

Friday, September 15, 2000 - 03:07 am
Q: What does a Christmas tree and priest have in common?

A: Their balls are just for decoration

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dhuloooooos

Friday, September 15, 2000 - 03:39 am
During a portion of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in which there
are no bass violin parts, one of the bassists passes a bottle
of scotch around. The bass section becomes totally tanked. The
conductor is unaware of what is going on so his assistant hands
him this note: "Top of the Ninth, basses loaded."

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laascaanoodi

Sunday, September 17, 2000 - 04:10 pm
Greetings From Sydney:

I have to tell you, I can't get used to the time. I do not
know if it is yesterday or is it tomorrow now? Everything
here is ass backwards. Even the water twirls the wrong way
in the drain! I really wanted to tell you how the opening
ceremony went, but I could not get a ticket. I even tried
to bribe the "gatekeeper" and he looked at me as if I was
asking to sleep with his wife. I guess bribery is not as
prevalent here as it is in Newyork.

I didn't want to watch it on television so I dialed up the
Olympics site to see where the "cultural" events were. On
the front page of the website, the third item on the list
was a tour of "famous Bars and Clubs of Sydney." You have
to love a people whose main contribution to culture are bars.

So I went on the town to "get some culture." The people over
here seem to really like my American accent. I only sounded
like an Australian when I got drunk. Liquor is the great
equalizer amongst all nationalities. I sat next to some
pissed off lady who juuuust missed being on the Australian
Kayak team, so she said. She had shoulders that made me feel
like a wimp. I really expected the people to be a brutish
sort, but so far I have been well treated.

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Xoogsade

Sunday, September 17, 2000 - 05:13 pm
Laascaanoodi brother get off the sauce. Waad ku aakhira waayaysaa yaa akhii. Weligaa ha illaawin diintaada iyo dadnimadaada...

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laascaanoodi

Monday, September 18, 2000 - 02:35 am
Author and motivational speaker Leo F. Buscaglia, on the moment he'd most like to forget:

When speaking in public I perspire profusely, and thus always carry a few neatly pressed white handkerchiefs. Once, before a large audience, I had already used two handkerchiefs. I reached for number three and proceeded to wipe my forehead
only to find to my horror that I was using a pair of pressed white underwear that had inadvertently been piled among the handkerchiefs. With as much poise as I could muster, I completed the dabbing and quickly returned the underwear to my pocket. I often wonder how many viewers in the national
audience shared the "brief" embarrassment.

xoogsade iminka ma waxaad ileedahay faraha ka qaad biyaha kulul?

haday saa kaa tahay waad ku mahadsan tahay
waana kaa aqbalay, mar kaan akhriyey oon u fiir saday hadal kaaga waxaan arkay inuu yahay hadal nin weyn waad na ku mahad santahay ilaa hayna ha kaa xaal mariyo waana daada.

**SS** salaan sharaf. ayaan u soo gaabiyaa **SS**

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lasano

Monday, September 18, 2000 - 04:22 am
Q: What goes clop, clop, clop, bang, bang, clop, clop, clop?

A: An Amish drive-by shooting.

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Halane

Monday, September 18, 2000 - 05:23 am
Halane, Salaan
War yaa yaqaan Qabiiladaan Somaliyeed!
1. Gaaljecel Saransoor
2. Dagoodi Saransoor
3. Ciise Saransoor
4. Masare Saransoor

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dhulwaswase

Monday, September 18, 2000 - 08:42 am
dhulwas waa la wasaa

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bbcdhulbahante

Tuesday, September 19, 2000 - 07:10 pm
war yaara xagee ka ka galaa dhilooyinkii ii doorka
oo habeen walba mijin qaada igu haystaa ka fakan la ahaye war aaway waxii dhalay ii maan koodii
mijin qaadaa ilaahay galiyay
dick dhulbahante and pussy •••••
look the todobaadka iyo africa

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ogaden2

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 04:25 am
waaw qolooyinkiinan meesha isku haysta taariikhda dhuloos waatani u dhego wadanaada.

waa niman habar jeclo shaabuug say ugu waday gabdhahoodiina ula geerashayn jirtay garco kawada dhalay.
60% of dhulos are bastards.
inta kalena waa xaabo isu soo ururtay.

hablo dhaadheer
oo dhuloos ah
oo dhillooyin ah
yaa dhulkii soo galay.
ee qofwalawba ka dhaanso.

waaryaada habarjeclo dee nimanka waayadan waad u seeto dheerayseene nimanka laba jaro oo darandoorriya ku dhufta hadal dambana yaana ka maqlin.

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Anonymous

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 04:45 am
MAGACEGU WAA SAID::QABIILKA AMA BEESHA OGAADEEN WAA QABIIL JIRA SIDEEY TAAQIDU NAGU SOO GAARTAY QABIIL KAAS WAXAA LASOOCADEE YAY IN EEY YIHIIN ((((WACALO ISGUUR GUURSADAY)))) SO WAN KAXUMA HAY RUNTII MAANTA IN MEESHAAN LOOGAHADLO KABAXAY....

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Dhuloos

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 04:57 am
Waa yaabka yaabkiisa, Mahadaad dhulbahante ciduu galo isweydiiseen!, Dhulbahant kor kor idoor adaa ka koreeya.

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gadabiirsi

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 04:27 pm
war yaara iidoor waxaa dhalay oday la dhihi jiray sheekh isxaaq gabar uu dhalay.
kadib gabadhii sheekha ayaa waxaa wasay nin
nin ah qabiilka jareerta oo ahaa shiiqa caawiyahiisa kadibna ninkii markii gabadhii uurka yeelatay buu afgooye usoo cararay.
hadaba wiilkii markii magac loo waayay baa awoowgii magaciisii loo bixiyay
sow maydaan arag in ay isaaqa jareer qaarkood u egyahiin.
sidoo kale dadka qaar waxay leeyahiin
waxaa idoor iska dhalay
(baqal iyo dameer)
by gadabiirsi

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TAARIIKH DHULBAHANTE

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:10 am
THE NEW NATIONS OF AFRICA feel the need for execiting heroes, men whom the young can admire. Hence the general absence of written historical records presents a grave psychological problem to many African states.


Some are, of course, more fortunate, and the new Somalia is among them; for it possesses a dramatic personality in sayed Mohamed Abdullah Hassan al Mahdi, better known to the world as the "Mad Mullah of Somaliland."


Today, we drop the epithet "mad, " a miinterpretation of the Arabic concept for elated, fervent and saintly. It was applied to the Mullah because of his extraordinary daring, from 1899 until his death in 1920, in fighting against Britain, Ethiopia, Italy and those Somali tribes that opposed him.


But what seemed madness to his enemies was divide inspiration to his Derwish following. In historical perspective, this quality appears as an inevitable accompaniment to the assertion of leadership over a hitherto anarchic clannish community, suddenly conscious of its role and personality.


Tall, strictly handsomein his early days, but later running to fat, hirsute, which was unusual in the black, lean Somalis, Mohamed Abdullah made an impressive figure . His vituperative poetry, and his dogged persistence in action, permanently engraved his momery upon his people.


Here comes a figure--------------


A Somali elder. "The Mullah's alliterative speech spoke of what the Somalis understood: the drought, the rinderpest" and their grievances against the British Military


Often defeated, he never surrendered to the blandishments of governments, however dazzling the pension offered, and however hopeless his cause might seem. Unlike the "Mad " Mullahs in Asia, he carried on, convinced that his way was


only the true way of life. He led remnants of his Derwishes across the Ethiopian frontier in 1920, when, for the Somali boys and girls, who were sent to work in Berbera, preferred being clothed and fed in the Lazarist school to the casual labour of the docks, and an extension of this schooling would threaten the authority of the traditional Koranic teachers in the desert.


The Mullah's injunctions against the long lazy sessions of the townsmen, in which the intoxicant weed "qat" was chewed, against the gluttonous munching of sheeps' tails, the taking of snuff and the expenditure of scant incomes on sweetened tea, appealed to the past, had prevented a permanent sattlement of Berbera, and now feared the rise of a powerful Government that would menace their independent life and their power to exact fees from merchants wishing to trade in the interior.


To their delight , the Mullah in his sermons generally used Somali, unlike the Arab holy men who spoke the virtually unknown Arabic. In an era agog with foreign religious messages--- Mahdist, Senussi, Wahabi, Mallawi---it came as an inspiration to hear the beloved traditional poetical metres, otherwise used for war epics, or love, employed in the cause of Islam.


The Mullah's alliterative speech spoke of what the Somalis understood: the drought, the rinderpest, the British military, who were exporting animals for the war against the Mahdi ?the holy man of the Sudan to whom God had given victory. Grievances being part of life, however, all this was still something that could be dismissed as talk. At the beginning of 1899, when the Mullah had grievance over camels raided by the Habr Yunis, his complaints to the British were still couched in correct terms.


Only when the British demanded the return of a government rifle did his tone change abruptly. On March 23rd , 1899, a reply written on the back of the government's letter, which in his rage he had painted red, put the Government in its place: "There is no God but Allah, nought have I stolen from you or any other. Seek what you want from him who robbed you. Serve him whom you have chosen to serve. This and Salaams."


Arms were no joking matter. Remingtons, which were denied to the Somalis, had been introduced by the Emperor Menelik into Ethiopia through British, French and Italian ports. Moreover, the Ethiopians had defeated the Italians at Adowa and captured masses of war material. Hitherto, the Somalis had been able to hold their own in the hot low lands against the Christian Ethiopians and the tribes that had gone over to them. When it was spear against spear, Bagheri could attack Bertiri, and Dolbahanta cavalry was a match for the Galla, but now it was a loosing game.


The Ogaden would soon be overrun; the pagan Galla Christianised not Islamised, and the Mullah villages, sacrosanct until now, would suffer as centres of muslim teaching. Fields had to be abandoned, taxes paid in precious stock, and, all the while, the bigger ports, Jibuti, BerBera, Mogadishu, were menacing and squeezing out Zeila, the Warsangeli ports, and the Majerteini and Dolbahanta ports at the tip of the Horn.


The Sultan of the Dolbahanta gave the Mullah his daughter in wedlock, and three thousand men rallied to his leadership; Arab slavers on the coast provided sixty guns. The Mullah knew that the British army was committed to South Africa in the struggle against the Boers.Even so, he first challenged the Ethiopians by withdrawing to Wal Wal. The Ethiopian Commanders, Banti and Bero, lost one thousand two hundred men in the first encounters, the Derwishes displaying reckless courage. Neutral tribes were punished by Mullah, and the Habr Gerhajis lost two thousand camels to him. Galla enlisted under him, as well as two holy men from Zeila, and in no time he was the head of all who were chafing under the new ways.


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Ethiopia and the Somalilands; tribal names are shown in italic capitals


Mohamed Mullah was only one, although by far the most outstanding, of crusading holy men of the period. In the South, invading Kenya, were the men of Mohamed Zubeir, who slew Jenner, the British sub-commissioner. The Mullah could count on their co-operation, and even among pro-British tribes he could use internal disputes to further his cause. Among the Habr Yunis he first supported a pretender to sultanship, and then dropped him as the Sultan himself swung to the Derwish cause. The success of the Eithopian hierarchical system was implanting new ideas in the sultans, who now sought to establish themselves as executive authorities, backed possibly by a foreign protecting power. The Mullah, when it served his purpose, supported them; but, when he was opposed in his wishes, he furthered a tribal split or invoked Somali egalitarianism against them. Important to him, for instance, was the Sultan of Obbia.


Having expelled the Hawiya from that port, this chief had made himself independent of the Sultan of the Mijertein. First he raised the Egyptian flag, and then, in a bewildering succession of international affiliations, sought Zanzibaari, then British and then Italian protection. In reaction, the Mejerteini treated with the British, the Germans, whose ships plied the Benadir coast towards Dar-el-Salaam, and lastly with the Italians also.


Co-operation among the imperial enemies of the Derwishes was imperfect and, in the vast semi-desert expanses, their troops could seldom make contact with the Derwish forces. A new Ethiopian army of ten thousand, raised in janaury 1901,


Never encountered the Mullah. Another got as far as Faf; but it was a pro-British chief who suffered most from its attentions.


In March the Mullah was expelled from Ethiopia, and it was now up to the British to take the initiative, lest he entrench dangerously at Burao, a parmenant well-centre in their Protectorate. Colonel Swayne, at great sacrifice, repulsed the Mullah was given asylum by the Mijerteini, contrary to their undertakings. As the British victory was inconclusive, a third expedition had to be mounted in 1902; once more it was triumphant in open battle, this time at Erigavo, but fruitless in its consequences because the Mullah remained at large.


It was therefore decided to send a much larger expedition, under a higher ranking officer, and with Ethiopian and Italian co-operation. General Manning advanced from Italian Obbia, while another colum started out from Berbera. An Ethiopian force, accompanied by British officers, made a third column. Manning's force was ambushed by the Mullah and defeated at Gumburi on April 17th, 1903. The second column suffered many casualities in a fierce fight at Daratola on April 22nd, 1903. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian force conducted some hit and run fights in the Webi Shebelli Valley. In short despite its size, its international character, its careful preparation and its senior command, the campaign was a failure.


Its lessons were studied in two volumes of war history, but the next immediate step was to try again. Under General Egerton on January 9th, 1904, a fourth British expedition, with fewer Somali and more British and Indian troops, did very well at Jibali; but again the Mullah escaped.


Could yet another campaign take advantage of the Mullah's weakness and guarantee his capture? Mr Ritchie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, thought not. Humouring the House of Commons he ingenuosly.


" confessed that for his part he did not clearly see the end of the job. (laughter) He was afraid that we should not locate this Mullah. (laughter) That if we did not locate this Mullah we should not catch him (laughter), and that if we did catch him, probably another Mullah would arise in his place." (laughter).


The larger the force, the more supplies it had to carry; and whereas small units could be ambushed , large ones lacked mobility. Riding camels, introduced from India , demanded more water than was available, once away from the large wells, and they were slower than the ponies. Encounters with such expert camel thieves as Dolbahanta cavalry were especially costly. The press spoke of the need for a railway on the Sudan model-at £3000 per mile. But where was the water to be found for the locomative? Motor traction was still too much in its infancy. And how was the Derwishes excelled in "military intelligence."


The Mullah was a veritable jack-in-the-box, who at one stage, when harassed, went right through the British lines and attacked from the rear. In the meantime, public opinion in England was wearying of imperialist adventures, and the Liberal victory at the polls in 1906 brought this feeling into the open.


Colonial war expenditure had stood at £23 million in 1899, and at £73 million in 1904. The third and fourth campaigns in Somaliland, which by any reckoning was a marginal territory, had cost £2.5 million. Many Liberals saw in the Mullah deftly exploited the current mood:


"I have no cultivated fields, no silver or gold for you to take. My country is no good to you. If the country was cultivated or contained huoses or property, it would be worth yur while to fight. The country is all thorn jungle, and that is no use to you. If you want wood and stone, you can get them in plenty. There are also many ant-heaps. The sun is very hot. All you can get from me is war, nothing else. I have met your men in battle and have killed them. We are heartily pleased at this. Our men have fallenin battle have won paradise. God fights for us. We kill and you kill."


Thus we enter a new phase. "Discredited fugitive" though the Mullah was said to be in 1904, the imperial powers decided on a pacific policy and negotiated the peace of Ilig. The Italian Consul, Pestalozza, and the Mullah on March 5th, 1905, "agreed, in case of future disputes, that there will be convened a mixed Anglo-Italian tribunal." The president would be Italian, for by the treaty the Mullah would become an Italian protected person, established as a kind of Sultan at Ilig.


Commerce with the Hinterland was to be free; and the Derwisheswere allowed to graze their stock in the Nogal. The Mullah knew, sandwiched as he now was between the Mejerteini and the Sultan of Obbia, that he could play one off against the other. In a wider sphere, he foresaw that the Italians would try to derive some imperial gain---additional wells by which to control him, When this was refused by the British, Because the cession might disaffect the British Dolbahanta, they shifted the responsibility for maintaining the peace on to Britian, For the Italian people were then even less inclined than the British to spend money on fruitless colonial wars.


A supplementary agreement between Britain and Italy became necessary, but it was not signed until after two yearsof negotiation. Its secret puspose was to push the Mullah into the Ogaden and let the Ethiopians deal with him. The Mullah, meanwhile, contented himself with recovering his strength, playing off Mijerteini and Warsangeli, by supplying different sections alternately with arms, and siding with or against a particular raiding party. He personally kept in the background, and the British did not dare to open fire. They had to stand by as the Habr Yunis killed forty-tree Habar Awal at Mandera, only a day's ride from Berbera. The Mullah, ostensibly a reformed citizen, sent a peaceful caravan of one hundred and fifty camels into Berbera; at the same time, from his home base at Wal Wal, and to the concern of the Italians, he was intriguing in the Webi shebelli valley, which he saw as a good area for future expansion, and in the Mijerteini lands that might provide another.


To the embrassement of the British authorities, a mass migrationof Mijerteini into British territory took place in December 1906. They asked for protection, which the Italians had failed to provide for them. They were not repatriated, and this annoyed both the Mullah and the Italians, who also suspected British connivance at Ethiopian incursions into the Italian areas. At the same time, Ethiopian attacks on the Bagheri were bound to arouse the Mullah, and the uneasy tension increased.


The Pestalozza treaty had contained a significant phrase of the Mullah's, "You knowmy condition," which meant that he was by no means obliged to execute arrangements that he might have concluded with infidels on account of temporary political circumstances. He was, as a slave of God, beyond good and evil, and a master of men. There were no illusions on this score;


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LIJ YASU (center), Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1917: "congenitally friendly to the Moslems." On his right, his successor RAS TAFARI, now the Emperor HAILE SELASSIE


Yet, when British ship was fired upon in january 1908, he was told by letter that the retaliatory action by Britain was not designed against him. The Mullah, in a relatively friendly reply, pushed a little harder, and demanded that the government should further prove its benevolence by interceding on his behalf among his apponents.


"You made an intrigue with the Abyssinians. You spoiled our relations with the Italians, by advising them to fight the Derwishes for the sake of their subjects. You intrigued between us and the Mijerteini. Do not now play a double game and spoil our relations with others. You should rather reconcile us with the Ogaden and make peace between us. Their property is kept by me, and you requested to arrange and give them back their property and give us back ours which they have. Also arrange to reconcile us with the Mijerteini and give back to each his rights from the other."


In short, the Mullah hoped that the British would help him by antagonizing Obbia. If Menelik could play play on international rivalries, so could he. He knew that Italy was in no fighting mood, for the most senior Italian officer in Italian Somalia was no more than a major. Misunderstandings accumulated between the British, the Italians and the Mullah. On one occasion, the British Commissioner was infuriated that the Italian Consul should have sent an abusive letter to the Mullah through him, leaving him ignorant of its content. Meanwhile, the Italian consulate as Aden was the centre of an espionage network, for which the Mullah blamed the British, since Aden was a British dependency. Understandably the British, as the senior power in the area, seemed responsible in his eyes for all that happened. He wtote:


"We do not the Italians but we only know you, and the good or evil that they do towards or against us we attribute to you. This is the case with the Abyssinians also. We have only one ear, and if you want to have peace and to become friendly we ask it from you and not from anybody else."


But the Mullah did not have it all his own way. Italy was not unsuccessful in her efforts. Eager to keep her administration inexpensive, the conculate gave preference to those officers who spoke Somali. Some of them married Somali wome. "Women are the curse of everything" said the Mullah. The Italians were often recruited in Egypt and so spoke Arabic; they were able to dispense with the Indian clerks and interpreters used at Berbera, with their unpopular Hindutani forms. Moreover, they were known for their pro-Moslem and anti-Turkish policies. From Massawa they maintained close trading contacts with the Emir of Mecca, who was moved to send out seven holy men to preach against the Mullah in the mosques of Mogadishu and elsewhere.


The head of the Mullah's order, Saleh himself, was also induced to denounce the Mullah. He declared:


"'Henceforth I wish to have nothing to do with you and your belongings. I will not write to you and I do not want you to write to me. You call yourself a Sayed. Where you get that title from I know not, nor that of Mahdi or any such thing."


This seemed a psychological moment for the British to strengthen their military position at Berbera. After some heart-searching, one thousand four hundred Nyasaland soldiers were depatched, reinforcing the seven hundred Indian troops in the country. But the mounting costs dismayed the treasury:


Year Grant (in £'s)


78,000

76,000

37,000

89,000

1908-9 190,000


These sums, spent on a fundanmentally defensive line, seemed prohibitive. Yet Berbera asked for more. Its resources were "Not large enough to take advantage of the setback received by Saleh's denunciation, nor of the gradual demoralization of the Dervish followers." The Commissioner wrote on January 4th, 1909,:


"The Mullah's organization depends for its very existence on movement and activity. It cannot stand still, it must either go forward or go finality can only be reached by the despatch of a special expeditionary force."


The magic of the term "finality" ?at any rate against this particular Mullah?received a special urgency because of Menelik's illness. After his death the Ethiopian Empire might dissolve, and the Mullah get possession of the entire Ogaden and Harar. But when all was considered, the British Gogovernmenthied away from an offesive, nor did the Opposition cry out when the Supply Vote in 1909 was cut to £52,000.


Actually, the defensive position cost almost double the alloted sum, and in 1911, to the horror of the Berbera had said the defensive was useless. The government agreed by ordering a retirement to the cost! The Berbera authorities now wrote home that "anarchy is steadily spreading over the country and becoming permanent "; they met with a glassy response. The friendly tribes would have to reply upon themselves, and the traders come to secret understandings with the Mullah. He even made a surprise attack to Berbera itself, Which was promptly ascribed to the Berbera authroties as a Machiavellian move to solicit Treasury support. In 1913 a British reconnoitring party, acting beyond its instructions, was attacked and its commander, Sir Richard Corfield, killed. It was August, a poor month for news, and the headlines in the press proclaimed the "Horrible disaster to Our Troops in Somaliland." But no expedition was sent to avenge them. By 1914 any renewed offensive action was out of the question.


As the next year's Arab dhows from Basra arrived on the Somali coast, they unloaded with traditional freight the news of British reverses in Mesopotamia. Turkey had occupied Lahej outside Aden, adnd the Turkish commander immediately recognised the Mullah as " Emir of the Somalis." Sudanese fugitives joined the Mullah. The German Minister in Addis Ababa, the Austrian Consul-General, and the Turkish Consul-General in harar, now gained an enormous prize.


The Ethiopian Emperor Lij Yasu, successor to Menelik, was pro-German, pro-Turkish and in love with a moslem girl. Italy had joined the British said in the Great War on the understanding that she would be rewarded with territorial gains in Africa. To Lij Yasu, this meant the resumption, with Anglo-French assistance, of the Italian ambition to link their Somali and Eritrean posssessions-that is, the dismemberment of his Ethiopian Empire. He naturally lent his ear to the Germans and the Turks. As a son of Ras Mikael of the Wollo Galla, the Emperor was "congenitally friendly to the Moslems," for his father had been converted to Christianity only by force.


Now Lij Yasu moved his headquarters from Addis to Dire Dawa and Harar, into a mainly moslem milieu. He unfurled a new flag, with a Star and Cresent and the device "there is no God but Allah." He declared himself a descendant of the House of the Prophet, not of Solomon. He negotiated with the Mullah, the Mullah with him, and both with the Danakil sultans. Fifty thousand rifles were promised them by the Germans.


In this story of sudden changes, this was the most unexpected turn of fortunes. Admittedly, the Mullah could remind his following that the first Salehiya Khalif in the Horn was a karanle, depedent on the Ethiopians. Always ready with a convenient genealogy, the Mullah now suggested and proposed a marriage of his daughter to Lij Yasu. The Mullah often used in correspondence "al Hashimi" as an affix to his name, referring to the legend that traced the Somalis to the Prophet's cousin. He now featured as "the Governor-General of all the Somalis " for the moment , at least, under under Ethiopian sovereignty. The Mullah and the Ethiopians operated together in Arussi country and again in Beleth Uen, where pro-Italian tribes were raided. The two men were to meet in the Jigjiga area in 1916.


With the help of Turkish and Yemenite artistans, the Mullah had built a formidable fortress at Taleh and was glad to have a German sent to make ammunition for him.


Emil Kersch was accordingly despatched from Harar to the Mullah. Kersch had been a merchant in the French Somali port of Jibuti when the 1914 war broke out , and escaped internment by going to Harar. He little foresaw that he would be held at Taleh as a prisoner, despite the imperial guarantee for his safety, and tortured when he proved unable, for want of the necessary raw materials, to compound more gunpowder. The Mullah had wanted to keep him as a hostage until peace came, but the German escaped with his Swahili servants?only to die on the road through the waterless Somali country. In extenuation, the Mullah said that Lij Yasu had secretly told him to keep Kersch in custody. His actions showed that he felt less secure than was commonly thought.


Unity among Somalis was further removed than it had ever been. "Have I not put prayer mat on this flood to join together the Moslems who were not brothers?", the Mullah had once demanded in a poem; and , to detribalize them, he gave the Habr Gidir a military name, calling them "the scratchers" or pioneers. Likewise, the Mikahil became "the shooters." Openly the Mullah now played the part of dynastic head of the Ogaden. A peace mission to him was taken to task for containing men of "slave origin." Although Saleh had disowned hismovement, the Mullah's men still went into battle with the mournful song "Mohamed Saleh"; and, although the Derwishes' system was a denial of tribalism, they had, in effect, become a new tribe with a territorial seat. Taleh was its capital. There were other contradictions.


The Mullah had modelled himself upon the Mahdi, but he was now an ally of Turky. He was a sworn enemy of all Christian foreigners; yet he co-operated with Ethiopians, Germans and Austrians , gradually broadening in his diplomacy and abandoning his guerilla tactics. As a personality, he showed the change both physically and in his habits; his homely and often-repeated: " I am but the humblest son of Allah teaching the word," were not uttered with a sultanic grandeur of manner. He began to condone, with quotations from the Koran, first-cousin marriages, and other practices alien in Somali eyes.


Nevertheless, the trade of the country languished, and the Somali people could not take advantage of the country languished, and the Somali people could not take advantage of the favourable opportunities created by the Great War.


Figure goes here


The mountainous regions of the country provide a remarkable contrast to the flat and sweltering lowland areas: Mait Pass, Erigavo District


It only required a change in the international scene for the Mullah's regime to be displaced. In 1917, he lost his most valuable international support, when Ethiopian Emperor's schemes collapsed and he became a fugitive in the Danakil country. The Christian clergy, above all Archbishop Mathios and the chiefs in Addis, rose against Lij Yasu, putting in his place Menelik's daughter, Zauditu, and, as her chief adviser in all matters of international relations, Ras Tafari, the present Emperor Haile Selassie, who had begun his career in the Ogaden Fighting the Mullah. Tafari's first act was to cashier Dejazmatch Balshia, the commander of Harar, who had, in fact, been playing safe in his relations with the Somalis. Tafari carried off all animals he could lay hands on and forced the Shebelli to affiliate with pro-Ethiopian tribes.


Some preferred to abandon the Ogaden. Among them were the Rer Isa, who left for Italian Somalia, making common cause with tribes hostile both to Ethiopia and to the Mullah, who was now suddenly isolated. British fortunes had meanwhile taken a decisive turn and, after the victory over Germany and Turkey in 1918, the Mullah's days were numbered. The war had taught the possibilities of a new Europian weapon: the use of aeroplane, which could bomb towns and encampments. At last, the necessary mobility was in the hands of the Europeans. The Colonial Office persuaded Lloyd George to send the Ark Royal to Somaliland with a load of planes on deck. The main air-raid on Taleh took place on February 4th,1920. The heavy walls of Taleh withstood the bombardment; but the novelty of the attack sent its defenders fleeing into the open country. A new era in the Middle East had opened, which was to last into our own day. Yet it was not to be inaugurated without difficulty; for the Mullah escaped once more across the Ethiopian border.


Already a sick man, the Mullah was unused to the colder climate of the upland plateau where he took shelter; yet he still carried on from his perilous hide-out. His was incontact with his ally in misfortune, Lis Yasu; but he did not hesitate to send a friendly message to Ras Tafari and to the Empress Zauditu-an act of sheer bravado, for his messenger was put in chains. He scoured his clansmen for reinforcements and, in a remarkable offensive in the Ogaden, seized sixty thousand head of cattle. The King's African Rifles lost twenty-five askaris, who deserted with a machine-gun to him. A new military promenade seemed necessary. The old dilemma was once again with the British. But, fortunately for them, the Mullah died on November 23rd , 1920.


The death of sayed Mohamed Abdullah Hassan al Mahdi was caused, not by one of his many enemies' grape shot, spear or bomb, but by influenza. The long, struggling war came to an end, scarcely noticed by the British public. No great economic or educational schemes were launched to mark the coming of a new constructive period for Somaliland. Instead, there was a sense of futility. "We live in stirring times, "wrote Punch, when the news of the Mullah's end came back. "Willesden has won the London draughts championship and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland has been beaten again."

Was the mighty be-turbaned figure, with his indomitable thirst for authority, once more to elude each and all from his grave? Governor Archer cultivated his son and intended him for Gordon College, where he would learn Arabic and English; but he left protectorate for Kenya instead of the Sudan. Another son is now in Ethiopia as a Senator. A third is on the frontier. They are of of count politically, unlike the Mahdi family in the Sudan, or the Senussi who is king of Libya. Somalis may credit the Mullah's amazing survival after so many attacks to miraculous powers, they may recite his poetry, name streets and squares after him; but ever seeking for new forms, they prefer new types of leaders.


They come, not from the backward interior, but the advanced, internationally minded port towns. This does not mean that the new Somali politicians will be any less formidable, or restlessly implacable than the Mullah. On the contrary, hemmed in as they feel themselves to be, and alarmed at the prospect of Ethiopia's receiving help both from America and the Soviet Union, they are likely to engage in global diplomacy, rouse opinion at the United Nations, where Somalis are already well known, in Peking where fugitive former premier of Jibuti now lives, and send to Egypt for teachers and instruction.


For one lesson they want to teach the world: African peoples are far less isolated and prochial than the world thinks. They will not be taken for granted. Somalis are among others in their eager desire to play a part in twentieth-century world-history?intensely proud that it was one of their own people who gave the world a forcetaste of the fierce and wily spirit that will henceforth bestride the Horn of Africa.

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Somaali

Monday, October 16, 2000 - 01:42 pm
DHUQBAHANTE =JAAHILIIN,DABODHILIFYO,MAANGAABYO

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