AL SHABAAB HAS SPLIT!

[DrippinglyWet]

TL';DR Robow has split from al shabaab and defected to the FG, shabaab then decided to attack them.
their where some under cover negotiations which involved his removal of the most wanted terrorist list.

''Somalia's insurgency suffered a significant split after government officials confirmed on Friday that they had sent troops to repel Islamist fighters seeking to capture one of their own commanders.''

His roles

• Deputy leader
• Former spokes person
• Commander of Bakool region, currently hold up in Hudur

He is currently under attack as we speak.
Probably the biggest defections and most significant defections in years.

 

[Lord Flacko]

Let them kill eachother

 

[MadNomad]

Source?

 

[TSP]

Source?

BBC somali was talking about it yesterday

 

[MadNomad]

BBC somali was talking about it yesterday

Is it true?

 

[DrippinglyWet]

Is it true?

according to the first paragraph he got attacked confirming his defection
https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2017/...plits_as_loyalty_of_key_commander_wavers.aspx

 

[MadNomad]

according to the first paragraph he got attacked confirming his defection
https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2017/...plits_as_loyalty_of_key_commander_wavers.aspx

This could be good. The beginning of the end for Al shabab maybe?

 

[Mohamedali]

It's absolutely true we will make sure we know who is behind Al sha-baby my suspicion is certain people then we will eradicate then off the face of the earth with the help of a prosperous nation

 

[Arman]

Yet AS is still going strong.

 

[AbdiJew]

Al Shabab isn't going away or more divided.

They said the same thing about these divisions when Al Amirki was hiding in the bush before he was killed, when Dahir Aweys fled by boat, when Godane was killed by the airstrike, when Al Afghani was given the Shabab firing squad... the list is endless.

 

[DrippinglyWet]

Al Shabab isn't going away or more divided.

They said the same thing about these divisions when Al Amirki was hiding in the bush before he was killed, when Dahir Aweys fled by boat, when Godane was killed by the airstrike, when Al Afghani was given the Shabab firing squad... the list is endless.

it all adds up

 

[Ras]

How is a negotiation with the SFG going to remove him from the world most wanted list?

Doubt US will bother listen to or support Farmaajo in any way.

Most likely they had their own deal with him.


Al Shabaab will go away once Somalia stops being relevant in regional geopolitics or loses all it's value to these foreign interested parties.

 

[Abdalla]

That would be a great move, had AS been a Somali led group. Unfortunately, AS is now too internationally connected to be worrying about some eelay defecting.

 

[Warsheekh]

It will not make a difference. Abu mansuur has been quiet for years. He left Al shabab in 2012. He has been living in his hometown all these years with heavily armed clan militia protecting him. This will have zero impact on Al shabab.

 

[Steamdevolopment]

This will continue another decade or two. It has parrallels to the FARC fight and it took it more than 50 years to resolve.