For those who don't know the Hawiye Era. It started in 91 when they took over Mogadishu, it lead to clan warfare first with Darod to remove them and send them back to they're deserts or utanga. The one's who went to Utanga are the ones who are in the Diaspora today well a bulk majority anyways. Then when Darod fled, the hawiye fought each over control in the 4 months war.
This was when Ali Mahdi and Aideed didn't agree who should rule the govt. Another huge wave of refugees fled this time period which includes heaps of my 'abtiyaal' and they were mainly 'banadiri' hawiyes people who lived there since time immemorial.
The Galgaduud Hawiyes(HG, Murusade, Wacaysle) packed into the city to defend they're 'turfs' in Mogadishu. Dayniile-Sigaale being strong-hold of my murusade abtis, Northern Mogadishu being Abgaal strong hold, and the HG proceeded towards the southern mogadishu where darod vacated and started occupying the looted properties.
I wasn't around for this period, I came in 99 from Australia just visiting my Issa Mahmoud ayeeyo who never 'fled' looking after our properties thru a 'HG damiin' because my dad was 'good friends with abdiqaybdiid'. I came to learn Somali, dhaqan moryan, and quran. I was 14, it was actually a good experience for me to go there or else today I could be fooled by Somalis who actually think Mogadishu inu khayr lee yahay. I am suprised when people view mogadishu as good people. I saw bahalo, not good people waryaa. Infact when I was there the 'war' lessesned, they agreed the warlords to stop fighting over somali govt and just to do isbaaro on checkpoints and airports and collect the loot and build up wealth in nairobi investment. I was in Somalia when the warlords agreed dawlad kuma heeshin karno, lets cut green lines between warlord factions and just focus on wealth development for abdiqaybdiid, muse sudi, qanyare, these were the lot I was under the control of in mogadishu. It wasn't a government waryaa, they weren't providing basic services to the people, they were LOOTING and doing ISBAARO. This is the HAWIYE ERA I am warning u of, becareful of hawiye hadu ku yirahdo somali baan jecel ahay and all that, I saw what they were sxb, experience trumps WORDS.
I will stand up and say your fuckin INSANE. I was living in my ayeeyo house we had to live with 'faynus' you know wat that is waryaa? it's called kerosene lamp for lighting the house because the govt electricity plant was looted by HG. The toilets didn't even flush either, cause all the sewage system pipes were looted by HG.
No joke, even running water in the house didn't exist, they used to bring water thru 'donkey carts' in something called 'boyads'. I will never forget that hawiye era Somalia, there was no life in the city. Even telephone didn't exist, no joke, u wud share a phone with all your 'xafaad', Can u imagine that, the priveledge u have today in Somalia, I didn't damn see waryaa, u guys all have phones and internet and tv and shit, your quite lucky. Hawiye ha ii xasusin anigu, wax aan soo arkay weeye. I know hawiye wuxu keeni kara keliya 'taasi' niyahow, weligay ma arag meel hawiye joggo oo barwaaqo ah hadi aysan Somali uu imaan sida hamar loo yimi 2004 thru QASAB IYO XOOG