Opinion

Force Won't Bring Peace to Somalia

FEB 01, 2007

The sudden defeat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) by the Ethiopian army and their U.S. backers proved easier then expected. A reported 15,000 Ethiop...

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THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE CRISES IN SOMALIA

FEB 01, 2007

The international community and the non profit organizations working inside Somalia seem usually reluctant about the positive changes in the country....

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Burning of the Somali blue Flag In Hargeysa

JAN 29, 2007

It is mind boggling to see a reputable web site like Hiiraan Online to always post anti Somaliland articles on its web site and censor pro Somaliland ...

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Somalia is important to America

JAN 28, 2007

The parallels to Iraq and Afghanistan are so obvious, it's as if history has quickly repeated itself. There's the presence of American military in a M...

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The Nonsense Demands of the Somali Cabbies in Minneapolis

JAN 28, 2007

The Somali cabbies in Minneapolis are demanding the "right to refuse service" to anyone carrying alcohol. As a Muslim, I'm amazed that many of those ...

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The New Breed of Pen-warlords

JAN 25, 2007

The typical Somali warlord is an ambitious man who uses his clan connections as a stepping stone to curve up a fiefdom, supposedly, to protect or adva...

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UNITED STATES NEOCONSERVATIVES -Versus- ISLAM

JAN 25, 2007

Some time in 1991, the then U.S. Secretary of Defence, Dick Cheney, was asked (sic), while he was visiting the Polish capital, Warsaw in a BBC intervi...

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TIME TO END THE FAMILY FEUD IN SOMALILAND

JAN 24, 2007

The feud between Somaliland’s Rayale administration and Haatuf News has produced two victims: (1) the editors of Haatuf News who have been unlawfull...

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Ethiopia - It is all about access to the sea!

JAN 24, 2007

It is natural for individuals to entertain differing views on matters of national importance, but the opinions put forth by some Ethiopian pundits, bl...

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Things are as they should be

JAN 22, 2007

It hasn’t been easy watching the news lately, Ethiopian tanks in the streets of Mogadishu evoked a zombie like condition where the only defense for ...

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