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Saakay 9: 00 aroornimo ayay ciidamada AMISOM joojiyeen howlihii dekeda waxaana isla markaas kusoo xirtay dekeda markab weyn oo qalab ciidan wada, iyadoo dadka iyo gaadiidka loo diiday inay maraan wadooyinka ku dhow dekeda.
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In ka badan 10-madfac oo hoobiyeyaal ayaa maanta [April 11] lagu weeraray dekeda weyn ee Muqdisho, kadib markii saakay uu kusoo xirtay dekeda Muqdisho markab saanad ciidan u wada AMISOM.
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"Ma jirto jawaab ay ciidamada AMISOM ka bixiyeen madaafiicdii lagu garaacay dekeda, waxaana dekeda ka socda dajinta markab qalab ciidan u wada nabad ilaaliyeyaasha Afirka" ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah shaqaalaha dekeda Muqdisho oo magaciisa ka gaabsaday.
chained_bear commented on the word markab
"in astronomy, a bright fixed star, of the second magnitude, in the bead of the wing of the constellation Pegasus. It is in the Britannic catalogue the fifty-fourth in order of that constellation, and marked by this character (a)...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 261
October 12, 2008