http://www.startribune.com/local/50588512.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUHDYaGEP7eyckcUr http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/10/22/man-charged-murder-somali-mall-shooting.html I thought these links above might interest you and readers. These Somalis needs to restore c'sense in their heads. later, yj On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jan Carlos, > I was just sitting here looking at the far side of this clan/bani issue. It > occured to me that without the clan/bani distinctions, foreign occupation > of Somalia is not readily discernible. Or secession from Ethipia. So maybe > that's what keeps the conflicts raging. Like the Tuaregs and Salafists. > Tribalism yields similar mirages. Think about it deeper. Haruna. BTW this > is not justifying clan/bani-ism. On the contrary, it supports your anxieties > and frustrations with Somalia. Wait till you finish thinking about it. Love > ya. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sat, Jul 18, 2009 6:14 pm > Subject: Re: Violence in Mogadishu forces SOS children's village to close > for the second time in 18 months. > > Bro Haruna, > > The case for these Somalis is a sympathetic one. Close to half a million of > them live in my neighborhood. I have had good friends among them I must tell > you, but their case is pitiful, because they all speak the same language and > share the same religion (estimate 100%) but their problem is only "clan" > issue, the kind they call "Bani"/ the decendants of so and so. While I > disagree with foreign occupation of any sort on their land, they should do > away with their clan issue. They are not fighting a just war, and they will > pay the prices of those getting victimized, mainly children and women. > > On a note, I dislike what some of them recently started in Minnesota, that > is taking some youths to go and fight in Somalia. It is shame on their > heads. very soon, the US authorities will embark on a crack-down on their > establishments...just lend an ear to it, and we will get back to this topic > again. > > They are well established with their own malls, schools and masgids here. I > thank them for it because I use their halal stores, etc... > > Thanks for sharing...and I went over it with a Somali friend, and he just > kept his mouth open.... > > Kind regards, > yj > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Families in Mogadishu move out of the SOS Children's Village >> 16/07/2009 - The worsening security situation in Somalia's capital >> town Mogadishu has caused the evacuation of the SOS Children's Village for >> the second time in 18 months. >> [image: Photo: SOS Archives]<http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/News-and-Media/News/GalleryImages/somalia-children.jpg> Mogadishu: >> The children can not live normal lives - Photo: SOS ArchivesDue to the >> deteriorating situation in Mogadishu the SOS families have once again moved >> out of the SOS Children's Village into temporary homes for their own safety. >> The families are now living on the outskirts of the city in makeshift >> accommodation which, while not very comfortable, is at least safe for the >> moment. >> >> The SOS Children's Village Mogadishu had only been reoccupied six months >> ago when the families moved back, after leaving in December 2007 when >> mortars hit the village, killing one SOS aunt and injuring an SOS mother. At >> the time the families were relocated into houses in different parts of the >> city, considered to be out of the danger zone. Once the Ethiopian army left >> Mogadishu in January 2009 it was deemed safe for the families to return to >> the village and for the school to relocate back to its own premises. >> However, the security situation in Mogadishu has since worsened as the >> Al-Shabaab group fights for control of the city. >> >> *Children return to take exams* >> >> Village director, Osman Shukri Sheikh, is currently in Nairobi to disc uss >> the situation. He said that although the SOS families are not as comfortable >> as they were, they at least feel that they are far away from the fighting >> because they are not hearing the boom of shells any more. "But life is not >> as usual", he added. For example, the children are no longer attending >> school which is located on the village premises. However, those who had to >> take exams this week have been transported to the school, so that they can >> at least finish off their studies. Once the exams are over the school will >> close for the scheduled summer break. Reopening will depend on the security >> situation in Mogadishu in September. >> >> *Worried about the future* >> >> "It has been a big challenge", continued Osman Shukri Sheikh, "to see the >> children first living in dangerous conditions, and now living in poor >> conditions. You cannot do what you are supposed to do for those children >> because moving around is very dangerous. You feel helpless". >> >> Ahmed Ibrahim, the national director for SOS Children's Villages Somalia, >> said that it is the future of the children that is his main worry. >> "Mogadishu has been a battle ground for many years and our children cannot >> live normal lives if they have to continually move around to safer areas. 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