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Allgedo News, October 3, 2008 |
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| On October, 2006, Sheikh Sharif Sh. Ahmed said "we are chasing the Kacaan remnants out of Kismayo!." Read the full Arabic interview by Al-jasira here. |
Reer Sade and
their forgetfulness
Since the downfall of the Somali Government in 1991, the Somali clan system transformed itself in to the only feasible and palpable political entity of Somalia. That is to say, political allegiance was utterly assigned to the
respective clan faction.
Some of the faction leaders employed this allegiance to enhance their general motivations of personal aggrandizement by subjugating the community they were serving. This led them to embark on quests of land-grab and campaign of suppression under the pretence of chasing, what they referred to as, '* "Kacaan remnants!"* Others utilized this type of support in defending the territorial integrity and political status of their respective clan [1]*
A notable example of the latter is Barre Aadan Shire (Hiiraale). During the
early years of the civil war, the clan-faction, known as the USC, headed by
the late Gen. Caydiid captured Gedo and the two Jubbas, a systematic effort was put in effect to marginalize the local populace of Gedo, in particularly the Sade clan whom the late president of Somalia Maxamed Siyaad Barre, was descended from.
Barre Hiiraale, upon hearing this, commenced a lengthy trip on foot from
Wanlaweyn (Lower Shabelle) to Gedo with the main purpose of dislodging the region from the USC grip and free his people from the terrible ordeal
inflicted upon them.
After concluding the task, he transferred the rule and control of the region
and his army back to its inhabitants and the political faction known as SNF.
During the late 90's, a similar event unfolded wherein a spree of
persecution was initiated against the Sade clan residing in the two Jubbas,
in particularly Kismaayo in an attempt to forcefully evict them from these
regions.
Barre Hiiraale, with a mere 40 men, arrived in Goobweyn with the aim to show Gen. Morgan and his allies the exact same path that the late Caydiid went through when he occupied Gedo and the two Jubbas.
This was at a time when many short-sighted individuals vehemently opposed Barre's initiative to liberate Kismaayo in 1998 by falsely using the pretext that Sade, as a clan, cannot enter in to a state of war, ignoring the fact that a well-planned persecution was occurring in Kismaayo.
Whilst the short-sighted group have failed in fulfil their objective of
preventing Barre from liberating Kismaayo, they have found alternate ways to try to undermine Barre's leadership and plunge the Sade clan under the
authority of different clans.
This is evident presently, whereby Sade delegates of the clan-based alliance
that currently occupies Kismaayo have started a propaganda campaign aimed at Sade and in particular, the people of Gedo.
The intention behind the campaign is to obstruct the people of Gedo from
providing both moral and tangible support to their political leaders who
have struggled to ward off foreign and clan incursions in Gedo and the two
Jubbas since 1991.
Instead, they want to forcefully subdue the people of Gedo and Sade in
general under a clan-based alliance headed by Col. Dahir Aweys the same
individual behind the terrible turmoil in Gedo he ignited in the middle 90's
and Col. Hasan Turki, the one responsible for the massacre of the wounded
soldiers in Bu'aale, 2006.
As the famous proverb goes, '*by ignorance we* *mistake**, and by
mistakeswe learn'. **It was 2006 that we mistakenly supported the clan-based ICU until they invaded Kismaayo under the false pretext of Islaam, What made it possible that the same mistake is iterated again in August 2008 whereby we once again blindly threw our unconditional support to the same faction that unlawfully invaded Kismaayo in 2006?*
*Is it not apparent enough that 9 roadblocks were erected for our political
leaders out of spite that they hail from Sade clan? Is not it evident enough
that the statement by a certain clan in the two Jubbas labelled Barre
Hiiraale's 10-year Jubbaland rule as tyranny thereby deliberately ignoring
the years prior as an implicit verbal assault directed at Sade? [2]*
*I will conclude this article with a general advice to people of Gedo,
resist the online propagandic drive where some short-sighted individuals
greatly wish to develop hostility between the people of Gedo and their
political leaders stationed in Doolow.*
Warsame101
warsame101@gmail.com
* Reference*
[1] http://www.allgedo.com/wararka/wdj news.htm
[2] http://www.gedoweb.com/index/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=771
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Since the downfall of the Somali Government in 1991, the Somali clan system transformed itself in to the only feasible and palpable political entity of Somalia. That is to say, political allegiance was utterly assigned to the
respective clan faction.
Some of the faction leaders employed this allegiance to enhance their general motivations of personal aggrandizement by subjugating the community they were serving. This led them to embark on quests of land-grab and campaign of suppression under the pretence of chasing, what they referred to as, '* "Kacaan remnants!"* Others utilized this type of support in defending the territorial integrity and political status of their respective clan [1]*
A notable example of the latter is Barre Aadan Shire (Hiiraale). During the
early years of the civil war, the clan-faction, known as the USC, headed by
the late Gen. Caydiid captured Gedo and the two Jubbas, a systematic effort was put in effect to marginalize the local populace of Gedo, in particularly the Sade clan whom the late president of Somalia Maxamed Siyaad Barre, was descended from.
Barre Hiiraale, upon hearing this, commenced a lengthy trip on foot from
Wanlaweyn (Lower Shabelle) to Gedo with the main purpose of dislodging the region from the USC grip and free his people from the terrible ordeal
inflicted upon them.
After concluding the task, he transferred the rule and control of the region
and his army back to its inhabitants and the political faction known as SNF.
During the late 90's, a similar event unfolded wherein a spree of
persecution was initiated against the Sade clan residing in the two Jubbas,
in particularly Kismaayo in an attempt to forcefully evict them from these
regions.
Barre Hiiraale, with a mere 40 men, arrived in Goobweyn with the aim to show Gen. Morgan and his allies the exact same path that the late Caydiid went through when he occupied Gedo and the two Jubbas.
This was at a time when many short-sighted individuals vehemently opposed Barre's initiative to liberate Kismaayo in 1998 by falsely using the pretext that Sade, as a clan, cannot enter in to a state of war, ignoring the fact that a well-planned persecution was occurring in Kismaayo.
Whilst the short-sighted group have failed in fulfil their objective of
preventing Barre from liberating Kismaayo, they have found alternate ways to try to undermine Barre's leadership and plunge the Sade clan under the
authority of different clans.
This is evident presently, whereby Sade delegates of the clan-based alliance
that currently occupies Kismaayo have started a propaganda campaign aimed at Sade and in particular, the people of Gedo.
The intention behind the campaign is to obstruct the people of Gedo from
providing both moral and tangible support to their political leaders who
have struggled to ward off foreign and clan incursions in Gedo and the two
Jubbas since 1991.
Instead, they want to forcefully subdue the people of Gedo and Sade in
general under a clan-based alliance headed by Col. Dahir Aweys the same
individual behind the terrible turmoil in Gedo he ignited in the middle 90's
and Col. Hasan Turki, the one responsible for the massacre of the wounded
soldiers in Bu'aale, 2006.
As the famous proverb goes, '*by ignorance we* *mistake**, and by
mistakeswe learn'. **It was 2006 that we mistakenly supported the clan-based ICU until they invaded Kismaayo under the false pretext of Islaam, What made it possible that the same mistake is iterated again in August 2008 whereby we once again blindly threw our unconditional support to the same faction that unlawfully invaded Kismaayo in 2006?*
*Is it not apparent enough that 9 roadblocks were erected for our political
leaders out of spite that they hail from Sade clan? Is not it evident enough
that the statement by a certain clan in the two Jubbas labelled Barre
Hiiraale's 10-year Jubbaland rule as tyranny thereby deliberately ignoring
the years prior as an implicit verbal assault directed at Sade? [2]*
*I will conclude this article with a general advice to people of Gedo,
resist the online propagandic drive where some short-sighted individuals
greatly wish to develop hostility between the people of Gedo and their
political leaders stationed in Doolow.*
Warsame101
warsame101@gmail.com
* Reference*
[1] http://www.allgedo.com/wararka/wdj news.htm
[2] http://www.gedoweb.com/index/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=771
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