Say what you will. Barre had some fatal flaws himself and he's partly to blame for the formation of the rebel group, SNM. Since it was he that settled Ogaden refugees on the land of Issaq people, where the government encouraged them to dispossess them of their land. And it's well established that the regime targeted their clan, just like they did to the MJ. The only difference is he gave them the port of Bossaso. He did nothing to placate other groups. Better yet he agitated them. You still can't deny that innocent people were tortured because of their tribe as a consequence which was a form of collective punishment, even for noncombant civilians, which only fueled hatred for the regime and increased support for rebel groups. Although I don't think SNM were saints. I still can't justify the killing of all Issaq. I also think they are at fault for targeting innocent Gadabursi. In any case, who's fault was it for Ethiopia bombing Borama, and getting into debt to begin with - the regime.They made many and missteps. That really caused some wounds which probably won't heal. Hence, a deep reluctance for reconciliation and one of the drivers for self-determination. You also can't lie that Barre was a nepotist, like your typical Somali but he went overboard with it. Bandit did you're family gain any perks because they were a favored sub-clan? I'm trying to account for confirmation bias (interpreting information based on your own perception). You claim to be on the side of reason but judging by your comments I can tell there is some resentment there. Had it been your clan this happened to I doubt you'd write them off as civilian casualties.
What proof do you have of these claims were you in his office when he was making these diabolical plan?
here you are stupid assumptions lets get few things straight there was never an evil darod plan to take other people land
We already own close to 60% of somalia and lets be honest if we really wanted to take regions the shabelle and jubbas were there for the taken and we already owned most of it farms anyways
So that leaves the question why would a clan that owned mostly all the important regions already target the desert up north?
Now let me tell you why the reason we picked Beledweyne and hargaise
The reason we picked it was because one it was close to the Ethiopian borders and the second it was one of the few places that could carry large numbers of refugees plus it had the big highway that connects hamar
They stayed there for close to a decade not because the government had an agenda to steal isaaq land but because the government was getting free money to house them there I personally don't know if ogaden and there militia had different agenda in mine
See if take of your baised glasses for second and use logic for a second everything can be explained
Here is another false statement during the siyaad barre regime he build 3 places xamar, babera and hargaisa while ignoring the whole country even where his people live he basically build these shit heads cities yet we have dumb people like you saying otherwise
Know something before you open your mouth when the British left north Somalia they didn't leave alot of infrastructures behind unlike the Italians who left some
Blaming the Ethiopian bombing on him now
Do you also blame him for the drought that occurred in north somalia around that time
The bombing Ethiopia did is also considered civilian casualties
But it's hard to blame it on him I rarely hear people do it two the country was gonna go to war with or without siyaad barre it just happened to be him leading the country when it happened he basically did what people wanted which was to get the somali regions back do I have to remind you there was a little fighting going between somalia and Ethiopia before he came into power
There is 2 sides to every story and then there is the truth what you people run around with is called the isaaq story we have no one on this site who was in siyaad barre office making plans with him if those people told there own story it would be alot different the truth is always in the middle. yes some innocent isaaq might have been killed or tortured but majority of them the government forces single them out for a reason if the government really went around killing any isaaq they see there be none left today.
Yes there was favoritism in the government mainly merahan and sometimes my sub clan and ogaden
As for me personally my family didn't really directly get any property from the government or anything but like all darod families in hamar before the war yes some of my relatives worked for him
They weren't big shots thoe they were bottom of the food chain
So can you genius come up with a cost effective way of getting the job done without depleting the small resources we have
Siad Barre is definitely the one who is the major factor that made Somalia into what it's known today. If he didn't kill elected PM Samatar in Laascaanood, we wouldn't be in this predicament. 
