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June 7, 2006
This civil war is normal to us
Somalis are suffering. Yesterday when this fighting resumed people were not shocked.
People are coming to realise that this sort of fighting is not going to terminate. It is endless.
We have a saying in Somali: "Markii ay timaado waqtigayga dhimashada, waan ogahay waan dhiman doonaa, marka waa inaan shaqadayda iska wataa." It means that when my death time cometh, I know that I will die and so I must keep on with my work until then.
When we see each other and greet one another, this is what we say.
BBC NEWS | Africa | 'This civil war is normal to us'
Posted by thdyck on June 7, 2006
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