Al-Shabaab operates in certain regions of Somalia in terms of military, but Al-Shabaab has a huge presence in the south as a whole, so which one is it?
Watching a Youtube video where Somalis were demonized for having a civil war last 30 years. People need to understand the civil war ended in 2006 when a 100% Somali force - the Islamic Courts - took over the South of Somalia. The Islamic Courts were a moderate Islamist group similar to Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood etc. All Southern tribes united under Sheikh Sharif and the civil war ended. No more tribal clashes.
But what happened is that Ethiopia - backed by the UAE/US invaded Somalia and destroying the moderate Islamic Courts which caused the rise of Shabab which is still carrying out attacks until today.
I don't like people that blame foreigners for everything but at the same time we should not demonize our own people when its not their fault.
My parents fled xamar in 1992 whenever i ask questions they refuse to talk about it. My uncles were murdered by the siad regime and my parents still say AUN general barre. But then again all i see on twitter is snm this or usc this from diaspora kids. Why do you guys think the older generation tried to bury what happened instead of acknowledging it and reconciliation?
I know the massacres that took place in Burco and Hargeisa but Iβm talking about other northern cities like Garowe, Boosaaso, Laascaanood etc..
Looking forward to this
Full Trailer With English Subtitles (Thanks EonTalks)
The part that gets me mad is he lives in Melbourne, Australia, a secular, liberal city which protects his rights. Funny how he hates secularism yet isnt prepared to live under his utopian fundamentalist ideas and god doesnt punish the safe country he decides to live in.
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>Dr Lidwien Kapteijns is Professor of African and Middle Eastern History at Wellesley College. Having started as a historian of the Sudan, where she lived and worked for five years, she turned to Somali history in 1986. Her work has focused on gender and popular culture, and on the role of clan as a political technology and popular mindset in Somali history, especially the Somali civil war. Arabic and Somali were part of her university education.
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>The complete impunity for the leaders of the clan cleansing campaign that caused state collapse and the break-up of the country in 1991 is the key legacy that undermines political reconstruction and moral repair in Somalia today. It finds concrete expression in the territorial and political divisions on the ground, constitutes the major break-line underlying national/federal politics, and is etched in the minds and bodies of its victims, who have been denied even proper public acknowledgement.
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>At the heart of the mistrust and mutual rejection in Somalia today lie the actions of former leaders of the United Somali Congress (USC) and Somali National Movement (SNM), who resorted to clan-based killings and expulsions in order to cover up their past complicity with the military regime; spun false clan histories to rebrand themselves as heroic leaders of their clans; and then tried to establish authority over parts of the state and country in the name of clan. Peace and reconciliation require holding these perpetrators accountable and acknowledging the crimes they committed.
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>The centrifugal forces that keep pulling Somalia apart gained most strength from the processes that caused state collapse in 1991. Post-collapse narratives fail to highlight the role played in this divisive process by a particular group of political-military leaders. They first served in Siad Barreβs military regime (1969β1991). From 1978, as a result of this regimeβs dictatorial, divisive, and violent policies, they split into two camps with some joining the regime and others joining armed opposition fronts. Finally, from the second half of the 1980s, when the regime began to totter and then fell, they adopted a policy of mobilizing Somali civilians for violence against other civilians by manipulating clan sentiment.
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For Brief context : In this timeline, President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke is never assassinated so Somalia continues on the path of democracy thus preventing the military specifically Siad Barre from taking power and the preventing a civil war from occurring out of Siad Barre's downfall.
How could this affect Somalia' history, geopolitical position/international relations, development, etc...
I've seen bits of footage from Somalia more recently, like from the 2010s onwards, but there doesn't seem to be much out there from the period leading up to when Barre was overthrown, or the following few years. Is there much footage of that period in the late 80s and early 90s? Would there have even been many video cameras about in Somalia during that period?
I remember finding some news archive footage a few years ago that included a brief firefight in the very late 80s but that's about it, and I can't find it again. There's quite a few news photos from that time but not seeing much video. Was wondering if much video even existed at all.
Specifically, where there many in Mogadishu 20 years ago, or did many come after being forced off their land. When you go to Xamar, today, it seems like theyβre at least 30-35% of the population.
Also, I was wondering, how did the war effect them? It seems like famine and fighting would not be as big to them as it was to the traditionally nomadic Somalis, seeing they were isolated and lived on the green and fertile land of the Jubba river. Was the civil war drastically more damaging for us than it was for them? Do they feel more equal now or before the dagaal? Also, do they have media platforms where they share their experiences?
Thanks for any information you have. Oh, and please follow the tag, serious answers only.
While competing during NSA topic a team ran a case that said that NSA metadata helps drone strikes then they listed off how drone strikes helped push back al-Shabaab and prevented 4 million deaths from a Somali civil war if anyone has any cards on this pls lmk!
I'm a youtuber who makes alternate history youtube videos. My next one will be ''what if the United states fell into isolationism after the cold war''
The warlord Muse Bihi is a prime example of the old timers still holding on. This guy killed many civilians in the Northern region a few years ago. He used to instruct his fighters to kill all the captured prisoners and ensure to rape the opposing clans women. This is the type of person that was trusted with the prized seat of Somaliland. How is it possible to elect an uneducated former warlord/jaahiil as the Governor of Somaliland?
Why wasn't Engineer Faysal Waraabe given the post instead of this current fool?
i can't seem to find any resources on this. i would also like to know how us/un intervention affected my country
A strange situation is emerged where the xagjir group that started in Somalia are metastasized and now fighting fully in Kenya, Tanzania, and all the way south even to Mozambique.
But one things is for sure, they will very quickly play a major role in the upcoming war in Abyssinia between the Oromo and Xabasha. As we've seen these evil groups come out of the woodwork like ghosts as soon as there is any conflict.
Evil Carab counties (the Saudi and UAE Wahabi dogs) that use these groups as tools could also be planning to use them to get an advantage for Egypt in the disagreement about the dam of the Nile river.
What a sad situation that as Somali has been becoming more peaceful that other neighbors are becoming destabilized.
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Edit Thank you for all of your questions. I have to head out for now, but keep asking! I will try to answer some more questions when I can this evening and tomorrow. I had no idea what to expect when I arrived this morning, but the experience has been profound and moving and I am grateful to have heard your stories and be able to share mine.
