@Thegoodshepherd your omar mahmoud n reer mudug no point asking other reer omar mahmud who live in southern nugaal/warder, let's settle this marehan involvement in the Mudug wars.
I was told they're was a 'battalion' of marehans who intercepted the arms supply n usc contigents marching into galkacyo, especially USC re-supply of soldiers n and arms which was located at beletwayn.
Apparently marehan soldiers laid await to ambush the USC contigent outside cadaado in a famous place now called 'habaalo hawiye'. From this crushing blow to USC resupplies, the remaining HAGS ran for their lives as puntites marched in.
Was Marehan participation as crucial as the 'issa mahmoud wing'? as they're glorified as crucial sector. I am not sure if marehan contribution was as significant as ppl play it out to be. I cud be wrong, but every clan tends to claim they had a role in Galkacyo war. The only one I know that has confirmed role is issa mahmoud and there is an area in galkacyo called 'issa ku carow' meaning it was where heaps of USC died in that quarter, they're rumours of leelkase involvement and called 'darbi daarood' as they were also a hard unit to break as HAGS died in large numbers.
Reer Bari from what I read didn't play a role in the galkacyo war or it wasn't really significant. I know for a fact that issa mahmoud played a crucial wing sent by islam mahamed to free the town after the killing of elders, that's where the line was drawn when USC buried elders n killed prominent civilians. The town was unarmed, no ssdf, no nothing, talk about how weak they are, till today they still fight civilians, haday arkan ciidaan they all of sudden drop a eight on the ground n run.
Sometimes I wonder what is fiction n fact in the Galkacyo war, please clear it up your a reer mudug. As u know all Somalis over-estimate themselves when the facts are analysed in any topic pls contribute your views without any emotions or clan pride interjected in between. Everyone wants to act like they were the HERO or the crucial sector in the war.
What is fact n fiction is what I want to separate. What I do know is the beginning 'narrative' as confirmed FACT. No SSDF existed in PL at the time and the town was unarmed completely. HAGS invaded n killed civilians n elders this is also confirmed fact. What happens after that narrative is where u need to really present the facts and eliminate the clan bravado fiction or how every clan tries to present themselves as the HERO of the day.