By Barry Malone

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who resisted.

Centuries on, memories of Imam Ahmad Gragn still haunt both countries, and echoes of that long and bloody history still ripple across the Horn of Africa region which considers Somalia the greatest threat to its stability.

Back then, the Ethiopians were beleaguered as the invaders occupied some two-thirds of the country. Help eventually came in the form of 400 Portuguese musketeers, who sailed into Massawa port and embarked on a six-day march to the front.

Gragn had his backers too. Reinforcements from Arabia soon rolled in alongside a gift from the Ottoman Empire: 900 of its famously hardened musket experts. The war lasted over a decade.

Fast forward to the present day, and with Ethiopian troops deploying over the border again last month to fight Islamist rebels linked to al Qaeda, the latest chapter of a book with few uplifting passages was written.

Though present-day incursions and clashes are driven by strategic motivations and regional politicking against the backdrop of the global war on terror, those centuries-old grudges, raids and musket-battles still shape events.

"In Ethiopia, the damage which Gragn did has never been forgotten," Ethiopia expert, Paul Henze, wrote in a book on the country's history, Layers of Time.

"Every Christian highlander still hears tales of Gragn in his childhood. I have often had villagers in northern Ethiopia point out sites of towns, forts, churches and monasteries destroyed by Gragn as if these catastrophes had occurred only yesterday."

Though Gragn's ethnicity is disputed by historians, Ethiopians know his army was overwhelmingly manned by ethnic Somalis, and that stings.

Why you negroids are sending african union soldiers who have aids to help ethiopia tame somalia. i will never understand.

but let the guriella warfare begin i say.

In the late 1970s, Ethiopia and Somalia fought over Ethiopia's barren Ogaden region. Why, who the f*ck knows or cares. In any case, both nations were Commie-ruled at that time, but the Soviet Bloc put their money on Ethiopia. This was probably one of the saddest wars in history. To really understand what a war between Ethiopia and Somalia was like, picture two homeless niggers engaging in a drunken fistfight over a two-day-old piece of fried chicken. In the end, the Somalis got pwned by the Ethiopians. Or rather, by the Ethiopians' Soviet and Cuban-supplied weapons. Funny how the Ethiopians and Somalis both had money for guns and tanks, but no money for food. Hmmmm.


culled from chimpout.com

the important thing is we were never slaves and we dont look like monkies

somalia5: the important thing is we were never slaves and we dont look like monkies

oh rly? okay from this picture, lets pay an arab game of spot the abeed

www.nairaland.com/attachments/840954_image_jpg0d5b1c4c7f720f698946c7f6ab08f687

^^^^ she is the hottest


why are u upset. somalia is part of the arab league. we play in the arab games

, i never asked for the hottest but good thing u could spot the abeed.

ezotik: , i never asked for the hottest but good thing u could spot the abeed.

u think non arab means slave


slave has connatation and history.




that word doesnt apply to me, as i was never enslaved

somalia5:


u think non arab means slave


slave has connatation and history.




that word doesnt apply to me, as i was never enslaved

ur history has slavery written all over, thats why the arabs who enslaved u call u abeed.

go tell them to stopping calling u abeed before u tell me u are not a slave.

lol u fool. somalis were never slaves but it was us who owned bantu slaves.


arabs sold us black slaves. i speak arabic that word has a connation.

somalis are not considered black by anyone. we are refered to as somali and not black


learn ur history ur slayin urself


arabs ran to somalia to fleee persecution. thats how islam came to somalia

somalia5: lol u fool. somalis were never slaves but it was us who owned bantu slaves.


arabs sold us black slaves. i speak arabic that word has a connation.

somalis are not considered black by anyone. we are refered to as somali and not black


learn ur history ur slayin urself


arabs ran to somalia to fleee persecution. thats how islam came to somalia

abeed go tell that to them arabs while milking their camels.

ezotik:

abeed go tell that to them arabs while milking their camels.

ezotik:

abeed go tell that to them arabs while milking their camels.

ezotik:

abeed go tell that to them arabs while milking their camels.

what a sad comeback


words have history and meanin behind them.

its like me callin u a pirate. that would have no meanin

but if u called me a pirate that would have some weight


the word abeee means slave. Look at history and u will see it was u negroids who were slaves to whites,arabs, somalis etc


now abeeed go learn history

somalia5:

arabs ran to somalia to fleee persecution. thats how islam came to somalia

oh, so they ran to somalia and u started worshipping their prophet mohammed? what were u camel milking abeeds worshipping before the arabs overran ur country?

somalia5:



what a sad comeback


words have history and meanin behind them.

its like me callin u a pirate. that would have no meanin

but if u called me a pirate that would have some weight


the word abeee means slave. Look at history and u will see it was u negroids who were slaves to whites,arabs, somalis etc


now abeeed go learn history

the word abeed has no meaning in my vocab. so u learn ur history coz u were the abeed to the arabs.

somalia5:

somalis are not considered black by anyone. we are refered to as somali and not black

this one was funny.

didn't u read what i culled from chimpout.com? hey, a dumbed down, diluted arab-caucasian wannabe like u should visit that site and mingle with the real caucasians so that u will learn what they consider u. but here is a hint... niggers.

do u thing i care. My people refer to non horn africans in africa as black

we refer to the horn africa as cushitics which are an intermediarry between whites and blacks.


You must kno that niggggers is what whites called u when they owned u. again this has no point of refrence for me.

But as a slave i can see u call urself whatever ur white masters called u. and thus i kno why niggggger has some meanin to u since ur part of the world was the slave force for whites

somalia5: do u thing i care. My people refer to non horn africans in africa as black

we refer to the horn africa as cushitics which are an intermediarry between whites and blacks.


You must kno that niggggers is what whites called u when they owned u. again this has no point of refrence for me.

But as a slave i can see u call urself whatever ur white masters called u. and thus i kno why niggggger has some meanin to u since ur part of the world was the slave force for whites

and thats the same reason abeed has meaning to u, because u were the slaves of the arabs who overran ur country. years later u became slaves of the europeans who overran both u and the arabs who overran u, thats why nigger also has meaning to u. f*ck, even the ethiopians overran u. damn, ur pucci must be so sour by now because u have been overran by so many people who gave u cute pet names, u hopeless wh0re.

the arabs call u abeed
the europeans call u niggers
what do the ethiopians call u?
btw, i call u ovien ...fyi

ezotik:

oh, so they ran to somalia and u started worshipping their prophet mohammed? what were u camel milking abeeds worshipping before the arabs overran ur country?

btw, why did u dodge the bold?

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u should learn history. u must be one of those afri centrics whose obsessed with somalis and discovered that we hate u negroids.

If u knew history u would kno that 95 percent of somalia is somali. we have one religion, one language, one culture. u would also kno we are the only african country named after an ethnicity. we along with ethiopia are the only country in africa to have our native language as the national language.

u should also know that their are less than 30,000 arabs in somalia.

and that no one overan our country, its the opposite no one has ever defeated us on battle. we kicked ethiopia, usa, u.n out of our country. we were also the first to use canoons in africa, also we controlled half of ethiopia, and still our people live in half the land that is ethiopia.


we are also homogenous and older than any other ethnic group.


everythiny u said is true about u negroids, self projection at its height

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOjqL_Vkggk

They children live in wealth.....

While your children are Starving...

Stop putting yourself in the same sentence with the Al Mighty Arabs who owned you Till This Very Day.

What God do you Pray to Fool?!...

How did he get in your Mind? lol ..Who put him There?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOdaCpkEqWE


Arabs Living Like This..While ya People.. Living Like....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_H0XSXVYw

somalia5: u should learn history. u must be one of those afri centrics whose obsessed with somalis and discovered that we hate u negroids.

If u knew history u would kno that 95 percent of somalia is somali. we have one religion, one language, one culture. u would also kno we are the only african country named after an ethnicity. we along with ethiopia are the only country in africa to have our native language as the national language.

u should also know that their are less than 30,000 arabs in somalia.

and that no one overan our country, its the opposite no one has ever defeated us on battle. we kicked ethiopia, usa, u.n out of our country. we were also the first to use canoons in africa, also we controlled half of ethiopia, and still our people live in half the land that is ethiopia.


we are also homogenous and older than any other ethnic group.


everythiny u said is true about u negroids, self projection at its height

blah blah blah nigggord, answer the simple question and promote true somali culture and tradition for once instead promoting the one given to u by the arabs who overran u. what were u camel milking abeeds worshipping before u started bowing down to ur arab masters at least three times a day?

and while at it, lets play another game and this is a european one. from this picture, spot the negro.

well obviously u guys are losers who have nothing better to do.

You do realize that yemen is poor, and only several arab countries have oil


as for somalis it doesnt matter what we worshipped. Islam was not forced on us. And as long as ur disrespecting my religion this convo is over

peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8aL-3kjirE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBCOF0ZiNFg&feature=relmfu


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABGUHYJgQig


Arabs>Somalis all Day....

How can the world respect you when you have been Mentally enslaved suffering from cerebral castration every moment you take your forehead and plant it to the dusty filthy floor you walk on and Pray to Allah!

Lmfao Confused Fool.

Save your "Arabs are our brothers" garbage for someone less Knowledgeable...Arabs Used you. and Left your Nation in a Pot of Pisss

While they have Immortal Wealth solely from building trade relations while using "YOUR" land...Mwuahahahahaahh

You want to see pictures of Slaves?....Ight here you Go. Look Below.

somalia5: well obviously u guys are losers who have nothing better to do.

You do realize that yemen is poor, and only several arab countries have oil


as for somalis it doesnt matter what we worshipped. Islam was not forced on us. And as long as ur disrespecting my religion this convo is over

peace

Hhahahahhahahahahahahaah ROYAL GOT AYANLE MAD!!!!!!!! LET ME SCREEN CAP THIS!!!!!

ONLY ROYAL CAN DO THIS TO NAIRALAND'S NUMBER ONE TROLL AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I hit a soft spot!!


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somalia5: as for somalis it doesnt matter what we worshipped. Islam was not forced on us. And as long as ur disrespecting my religion this convo is over

peace

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somalia5:

as for somalis it doesnt matter what we worshipped. Islam was not forced on us

groid, that is the reason u will forever remain an abeed to the arabs and in the words of good ol' harriet tubman, lord bless her soul:

i freed a thousand abeed. i could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were abeed.

Back to the Yankee Game...Im Out