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ArtanK: It won't end them that's for sure but it will certainly weaken them.

I find it very odd that as soon as the big oil companies return to Somalia, everything seems to go the right way. Just a thought.

That's true though about the oil,but you'll have to ask the chinese about that,they have everything to gain as they are the ones on ground ready to do some oil exploration.

EnlightenedSoul: @guyfawkes To be completely frank, the fact that you even suggested Ethiopia and Kenya be given funds to "nurse the country back to health" tells me all I need to know about what little you know (about the history, country, conflict, and region politics & ETC). Your hydra-headed monster observation of fundamentalism is spot on. I'd like to think of this as a center-head take out, he was pretty important.

You are right,maybe I don't know a thing about the history,politics,and conflicts of that region but my suggestions where written with a a bit of sarcasm in my mind,og course I know Ethiopia and Kenya have further escalated the conflicts at different times in the past and present.
This whole business of killing the leaders may be highly overrated. The Israeli's have been doing it since 1948, and they still have a terrorism problem.
The big risk, as we have seen with IS leader leader al-Baghdadi, is that the new boss may be more capable than the old boss. Just as in an American corporation, the guy at the top may be pretty old and stale, and some new guy who has been fighting his way up the ladder may be, not only far more capable, but more vicious as well.
He was very important but do you think it'll diminish al shabbab?

ArtanK: In 2010, Alshabab controlled all of south and central Somalia including the 16 districts of the capital. Today they control less than 10% of the country and they are losing land every day. They've now turned to cowardly attacks and suicide bombings, so clearly we are getting something right here.

Mainstream Islam does address and condemn extremism on a daily basis but news like that don't make popular headlines as the ones where Muslims are the culprits of gruesome terrorist attacks.

We thank the AU soldiers for their help but tbf, they have decided to put down the gun, collect the hefty paychecks and enjoy the breezy beaches in Mogadishu as if they are on a holiday. I'd like to think that I speak for the SomalI people when I say that I can't wait till they leave in 2016.

What we need is unity and reconciliation. Entrusting them to improve the Somali nation when 90% of the Somali population harbour deep distrust and enmity towards these two countries is a stupid idea.
Somalia has the potential to become an African superpower, sadly it's neighbours see their downfall in that and they've been undermining it ever since it came to existence in 1960.

Even ignoring the question whether the US - whose meddling in Somalia led to the replacement of the more moderate Islamic Courts movements by Al Shahab in the first place - has any right at all to kill people there, we should be clear that doing so is purely a symbolic act. In the US, it symbolizes the fake toughness of the imperial warrior, designed by the government to signify that it deals with the terror threat it simultaneously creates, exaggerates, and uses to instill fear and hence malleability in the domestic population. In Somalia and beyond, it symbolizes the arrogance of US power and control - and will thus encourage more people to support even the worst organizations if only they fight that power.

fulanigirl: I studied art in high school and luckily my teacher had an obsession with him so I got so much exposure to his work

Monet was simply a genius but there were other Impressionists of that era also and their works were also great. Berthe Morisot is another one I loved her works

"Lady at her Toilet" 1880

Well this is nice, but it's hardly going to save Somalia or put an end to fundamentalist terrorism, even locally. Some psycho will step into Godane's smoking shoes, and shabab will get right back to slaughtering and maiming innocents, raping children, and all the other horrors they think their god commands.

So what really needs to be done is step up the attacks against shabab and all such groups. When they stop to cook dinner, crater the campsite, whether top leaders are there or not. It'd be nice if mainstream Islam could take care of this problem itself, but clearly it's not up for it, and it's not having its vital rational reformation quite yet. So in the meantime, all that can be done is bury every fundamentalist terrorist we see.

For Somalia as a whole, it'll probably take a combined international effort to get control of it, and then fund Ethiopia or Kenya so they can absorb the country and try to nurse it back to health. Unfortunately that probably won't happen, as Somalia is roughly completely worthless.

fulanigirl: No art period is better than Impressionism for me personally

I agree,and Monet personified Impressionism
I could get lost staring at his paintings,more and more keep turning up especially the ones looted by the nazis.
His works are priceless

DARIO DE REGOYOS "La Concha at Night" 1906

I love impressionist art

Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" 1916

Claude Monet's "The Pond at Montgeron" (1876)

An artistic masterpiece

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Fulaman198: I don't know man some Shua/Shuwa Arabs can be as light as Tuaregs.

I've met the very light shuwa arabs as well as dark ones in Nigeria

Jakpon: Thats true.

Do you know this guy - Ahmad Salkida ? He has got a lot of info about Boko Haram right from the days of Mohammed Yusuf its initial leader. There was a time he fled to the UAE on exile but i think president Jonathan called him back to help negotiate with Boko Haram after the Chibok Abduction.

And there is Shehu Sanni, he also has a lot of info about Boko Haram. The SSS and NA should work with this guys. Nigeria is in a state of war !

Ahmad Salkida witnessed the formative years of BH,they weren't as extremist as this when the NPF cracked down on them circa 2009 on the orders of Ali modu Sheriff.But let's not kid ourselves this is a whole new insurgent group just operating under the name of BH as you know they are basically 4 groups that make it up.
God forbid if they gain a foothold in the north east we might start to see the intentions of Al-Barnawi and Al-Ansoris groups.

Jakpon: Exactly

whats your take about Fulan Nasrullah? Do you think that guy is neutral?

The guy has so much info,but it doesn't mean he isn't neutra,l his sources must be very realible and have his trust.

zlatansomto: Lmao, we are getting close.. I can only repeat what I have said before,. Pray to God I don't get you.. You know I don't do things online like you.. That's spends more than 80% of your day on nairaland.. You know how that Unilag chief yoruba security officer was killed like a lab rat a few days ago?? Your own case will definitely be different!! We will find you in school, work,. Anywhere you are.. Your not safe.. Infact your life span is in extra time..

And why are you making threats on someones life on a faceless forum

Jakpon: Expectedly so, the NA is trying to cover up. The casualty figure is very very alarming

Very unfortunate,learnt the alpha jet totally missed the smoke marker and dropped his payload on the soldiers.

Jakpon: Airforce jets that were called in yesterday during the Bama Battle came under flak attack from the insurgents. A friendly fire was even dropped in the column of the NA at the Bama Barrack. Very tragic

The 21 armoured brigades column was bombed mistakenly by the NAF,many soldiers died but seems no one is reporting the casualties.

Missy89: Good Job! But why are they repelling instead of being on the offensive?

Looks like BH is now a full blown army.

Can't remember the last time the NA was on the offensive,they've been repelling attacks since the turn of the year anyway.
BH must be a full army since they've been attacking military barracks and other formations,a ragtag militia won't venture that far surely.

Happily Ever After

Perhaps one of the most disturbing life lessons that is taught in almost all Disney movies is that once you find your man you get to life "Happily Ever After" with no effort at all. Unfortunately this may lead to many children growing up and being completely unprepared for the reality that this is when the real work actually starts!

Evil is Obvious

The villains in Disney movies are always so obvious, at least to the viewer, that kids who grow up watching these movies might not realize that evil in real life is not always so easy to spot. Disney movies also teach us that the bad guys never win and good always triumphs but the sad reality is that this is not always the case in the real world.

Men are Princes

According to Disney, it seems like the only men worth marrying are Princes. And anyone not a prince is a servant or a brute. Are there no regular men? You could say that it is giving young boys good role models, but ultimately it's something they can never live up to. The same goes for women. Practically any woman worth being in a Disney movie is a Princess and that makes little girls think they have to be a princess too.

Women are Maids

Though they are doing a better job in recent years, most Disney movies seem to stick to the clearly defined gender roles and like to show women cleaning and cooking. Even if they are princesses, they still seem to get stuck with these chores!

Lying is Okay

Aladdin taught us that even if a guy completely lies about his background, that has absolutely no bearing on his character. You can totally trust him to tell the truth from then on because there is no such thing as a compuslive liar.

Different is Bad

I guess the moral of The Fox and the Hound was supposed to be that even though we are different we can get along. But that isn't really what they accomplished. In the end, the only reason the hound let the fox live was because the fox saved his life. After that, they aren't really friends again, they simply decide not to keep trying to kill each other and go their separate ways. So in the end, this is more a bad lesson about race relations. Let's not try to actually fix anything together; lets just agree live our own lives, separately.

Win the Girl

The story of Sleeping Beauty is really disturbing if you think about it. Yes, the Prince saved her, but that didn't mean Aurora had to automatically marry him without even getting to know him first! And this isn't even considering the completely unrealstic reaction to being awoke by a kiss by a complete stranger. She awakens peacefully when a more likely scenario would have included a punch or at least a scream!

You Can Change Him

Another thing Beauty and the Beast taught us is that if your Prince isn't exactly a good guy, don't worry because you can change him into the perfect man! I mean, sure the guy was cursed, but that doesn't exactly excuse the fact that he locked her up, was abusive to her and nearly beat the crap out of her a few times. Why did she like him again?

Sell Your Soul

Another horrible lesson taught by The Little Mermaid is that it is okay to sell your soul to the devil because everything will work out in the end! Okay, so that is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's basically what happened. Ariel sold her voice (which you could call her soul because she loved singing so much) to Ursula, who was clearly evil to get legs so she could get her man. Though things almost went badly, in the end things did work out, so did she really learn not to make these kinds of shady deals?

Stalking is Okay

The Little Mermaid also taught us that if you like a guy, it is perfectly acceptable to sneak into his house and rifle through his things. And if he catches you, that's okay, he'll be flattered, think it's cute and like you.

People Die

Sure, people die and maybe that is a lesson that kids should be taught, but in some Disney movies, such as The Lion King, that lesson is conveyed in a pretty harsh way. I mean, first of all, did the kid need to see his father get trampled by a herd of wild beasts? A secondary lesson about death taught by The Lion King is that sometimes people have to die (Scar) in order to get out of your way so that you can prosper, i.e. become king in this case. Life is harsh somtimes, sure, but do we really want kids thinking it's as cutthroat as this?

Brains Don't Matter

Even though Belle was arguably one of the smartest of the Disney princesses, or at least the most well read, no one really seemed to care about that. In fact, it was more of an annoyance, like is Belle reading again? All the guys in town only liked her because of her looks and even the Beast only really started to look at her in that way when she put on the stunning yellow dress.

Looks Matter

Disney movies are full of beautiful people and there is always a running theme of the prettier you are the better things work out for you, but there is nowhere this disturbing lesson is laid down more harshly than in the Hunchback of Notre Dame. In this movie, despite the fact that Quasimodo and Esmeralda have a lot in common and really like each other and he saves her, she still ends up marrying another, more handsome, guy. What kind of lesson is that, Disney?

Rewritten History

Most of the Disney movies are complete fictions or at least based on old retold fairy tales. But a few of them are supposed to be based on actually historical events. Only they are so far from the truth, they might as well be fiction. The two movies that are the worst offenders are Mulan and Pocahontas. In fact, in China, Mulan is considered one of the dumbest movies ever made and a horrible parody of their culture. As for Pocahontas, almost none of the actual story happened that way. Just to start with, she was actually only 10 years old and was definitely not in love with John Smith.

Changes Everything

Though there are many good lessons to be learned from Disney movies, there are many that are quite disturbing as well. Check out this list and you'll never look at Disney movies the same way again!

One of the biggest recurring themes in Disney movies, especially the princess movies is that if you want to get a guy all you have to do first is change everything about yourself. This is especially evident in the movies Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. In fact, in Cinderella, Prince Charming didn't even recognize her unless she was all dolled up