HSM’s changes Al-Shabaab operation plans, no longer relying on SNA and instead NISA will be conscripting a local milita force

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Jacfar's militia were in Maxaas for over a year participating in a number of operations there and there are some Habar Idinle and more Abakars on their way to Maxaas now.

The people who actually represent and stand on the views of their qabil never get the full backing of FGS. Jacfar waa masuul sare qeyb weyn ka qaatay dagaalki shabab looga saaray Xamar. Kuwa ogeen Dayniile ma ahan sxbyaal waa suuqa bakaraha iyo Howlwadaag

 

[The Midlands]

Hussein Caydiid said on Twitter space Waceysle cant fight they r reer xeebeed HG and Hawaade should be sent to free them

He should say all Abgaal

 

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VOA Somali report on these plans. Former NISA chief Tuuryare talks about the new plans for NISA to effectively take over the SNA’s job with this new militia. He’s been recruited to help with these plans


I think Mahad’s plan is to recruit supportive clans. He’s a good political strategist, it was him that got a depressed HSM out of Turkey and for HG to back him. And then also advised Rooble. Let’s see whether he can magic up something special now. He was against the SNA ops as they were and was proved right so HSM seems to be taking his advise now.

 

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VOA confirm Mahad Salad told HSM not to go to Galcad and that he was at risk. HSM was going to go there to boost SNA morale after Cowsweyne.

Mahad and Shuute were to then go and last minute decision not to land there was made as SNA had pulled out by the time they were going to land. Interesting. Shows how disastrous the SNA military advise HSM was getting.

 

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VOA Somali report on these plans. Former NISA chief Tuuryare talks about the new plans for NISA to effectively take over the SNA’s job with this new militia. He’s been recruited to help with these plans


I think Mahad’s plan is to recruit supportive clans. He’s a good political strategist, it was him that got a depressed HSM out of Turkey and for HG to back him. And then also advised Rooble. Let’s see whether he can magic up something special now. He was against the SNA ops as they were and was proved right so HSM seems to be taking his advise now.

We need UAE funding for this to be a success. It can be a stronger version of RSF as it would have larger clans rather than the Dafuur they conscripted from in Sudan.

If that can happen it can be used successfully against Shabaab and strengthen HSM’s authority within the FMS’s and improve relationship with tribes he needs to stay in power

 

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Also this is a good way of HSM getting direct clan support.

For example he can go to clan A to conscript 1,000 macawiisley. Clan A asks for political favours and monetary. This can solve that problem in the monetary sense and if Clan A help him in the fight against Shabaab he can reward them politically

Let me know I will send this muse sultan boys to free you from hutu alshabab free of charge… muse sultan is natural rich people

 

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Let me know I will send this muse sultan boys to free you from hutu alshabab free of charge… muse sultan is natural rich people
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When’s the last time this guy fought? I think he’s out of practice. No need sxb

 

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When’s the last time this guy fought? I think he’s out of practice. No need sxb

This guys are battle hardened wallahi they just came from oog,sool chasing qaranka barida weyn 🫡 muse sultan wa awooda puntland @DR OSMAN knows that

 

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This guys are battle hardened wallahi they just came from oog,sool chasing qaranka barida weyn 🫡 muse sultan wa awooda puntland @DR OSMAN knows that

you’ve never heard of suicide bomber, VBIED, IEDs sxb. your guys would be useless in this fight. keep them for Isaaq they are coming for garowe

 

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you’ve never heard of suicide bomber, VBIED, IEDs sxb. your guys would be useless in this fight. keep them for Isaaq they are coming for garowe

Boowe issaq wan qawiye demilitaryzition desnmfiction ban ku sameeye hutu alshabab is my biggest threat now i will fight them anywhere anytime terriost hassan dahir awes should be hanging for heinous crime he did against humanity

I demilitarized snm they are no longer threat to me

 

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you’ve never heard of suicide bomber, VBIED, IEDs sxb. your guys would be useless in this fight. keep them for Isaaq they are coming for garowe

all your fights have been urban warfare; hide behind an elder women and fire mortars. When you actually fight a clan in an open combat, that's when I will admit you can fight. BTW , Harti in general control 70% of heavy weapons inside the seven .

 

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VOA: Dawladda Soomaaliya oo beddeshay xeeladdii dagaalka ka dhanka ah Al-shabaab

Dawladda Soomaaliya ayaa beddeshay xeeladdii dagaalka ka dhanka ah ururka al-Shabaab, sidaasi waxaa idaacadda VOA u sheegay saraakiil sare oo ka mid ah dawladda oo codsaday inaan magacooda la sheegin sababtoo ah looma oggola inay warbaahinta la hadlaan.

Beddelka xeeladda dagaal ayaa ka dambaysay weerarkii 26-kii bishii hore al-Shabaab ay ku qaadeen saldhiggii ciidamada dawladda ee tuulada Cawsweyne.

Dawladda Soomaaliya ayaan weli ka hadlin khasaaraha ka dhashay weerarka Cawsweyne, hase yeeshee saraakiisha amniga ee la hadashay VOA waxay aamin yihiin in lagu dilay tobannaan, lagu dhaawacay in ka badan 160, halka qaarna la la’yahay.

Xeeladda cusub ee hadda dawladdu qaadatay ayaa ah mid hawlgallada ay hoggaaminayaan dadka iyo ciidamada deegaanka, halka ciidamada dawladda federaalkuna ay kaalmayn doonaan, sida ay sheegeen saraakiishu.

Dawladda ayaa horey ciidamada deegaanka usiin jirtay hub iyo in dhaawacooda la qaado. Qorshaha cusub ayaa taas ku kordhinaya in gunno ay qoysaskooda ku biishaan la siiyo ciidamada deegaanka inta ay hawlgallada ku jiraan.

Hay’adda Sirdoonka iyo Nabaddsugida Qaranka ee NISA ayaa loo xilsaaray diiwaangelinta iyo shaandhaynta ciidamada deegaanka, iyadoo qorshaha muddada fog uu yahay in la qarameeyo, sida ay sheegeen saraakiisha la hadashay VOA.

Taliyihii hore ee hay’dda NISA Sarreeye Guuto Cabdiraxmaan Tuuryare oo ka mid ah saraakiisha dawladda ka caawinaysa abaabulka dadka degaanka ayaa VOA u xaqiijiyey isbeddelka xeesha.

Waxa uu sheegay in qorsha cusub yahay in dadka degaanku ay hoggaamiyaan dagaalka, taasi oo la mid ah dibna ugu noqonaysa qorshihii al-Shabaab looga saaray inta badan gobolka Hiiraan iyo Shabellada Dhexe - laga soo billaabo bishii Ogosto ee sannadkii hore.

Dib u gurasho

Weerarka Cawsweyne ayaa ku qasbay ciidamada dawladda inay dib uga soo gurtaan degaanno ka mid ah jiidaha hore ee dagaalka. Ilaa haatan waxay ciidamadu dib uga gurteen Ceel Dheer, Masagaway, Budbud, Ceelbuur iyo Galcad.

Dib u gurashada laga sameeyey Galcad ayaa ahayd mid lagu sigtay inay halis geliso amniga saraakiil sare oo ka mid ah kuwa dawladda.

Galabnimadii 28-ka Ogosto madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo fadhi ku meelgaar ah ka samaystay Dhuusamareeb waxa uu isku diyaariyey inuu booqdo Galcad si uu ula hadlo ciidamada, kadib walaacii ka dhashay weerarkii Cawsweyne.

Laba ka mid ah saraakiisha sarsare ee dawladda oo kala ah Agaasimaha NISA Mahad Salaad iyo Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda milatariga Gaashanle Sare Xasan Cali Nuur Shuute ayaa ku qanciyey madaxweynaha inuu safarkaasi ka baaqdo maadaama xaaladdu ay is-bedbedalaysay, halisna ay uga iman kartay madaxweynaha, sidaasi waxaa VOA u sheegay saraakiil kala duwan oo dawladda ka tirsan.

Saraakiishu waxay intaas ku dareen in labada sarkaal ay soo jeediyeen inay iyagu u safraan Galcad, soo jeedintaasi oo uu madaxweynuhu aqbalay.

Labada saraal, laba suxufi oo ka tirsan warbaahinta dawladda iyo ciidan ilaalo ah ayaa diyaarad helikobtar ah oo ay leedahay Qaramad Midoobay kasoo raacay magaalada Dhuusamareeb qiyaas ahaan 2:20pm ee maalintaas.

Hase yeeshee isla markii ay diyaaraddu soo kacday waxaa saraakiisha Soomaalidu ogaadeen in ciidamada dawladda ay ka baxeen magaalada Galcad.

Saraakiil kala duwan oo ay ka mid yihiin shaqaale ka tirsan madaxtooyada ayaa telefoonno ku wacay saraakiisha iyo rakaabka kale ee saaran diyaaradda, sidoo kalena u diray farriimo qoraal ah si ay ugu wargeliyana bixitaanka ciidanka.

“Hadagina” ayay oranaysay mid ka mid ah fariimaha qoraalka

“Soonoqda. Magaalada waa laga baxay,” ayaa sidoo kale ku qornayd farriinta.

Hase yeeshee sarakiishu waxay farriimahaas heleen oo keliya markii ay diyaaraddu gaartay hawada Galcad isla markaana dhulka usoo dhowaatay, anteenada telefoonkuna ay soo laabatay.

Markiiba waxaa loo gudbiyey farriinta duuliyayaasha, kuwaasi oo kor u qaaday diyaaradda, kadibna usoo safray Muqdishu oo ay si nabad ah kusoo gaareen gelinkii dambe ee maalintaas. Al-Shabaab waxay sheegteen fiidnimadii malaintaas 6:55 daqiiqo inay dib u qasadeen Galcad, taaso oo ku beegnayd qiyaas ahaan ku dhowaad saddex saacadood iyo bar kadib markii diyaaraddu ka baxday hawada Galcad.

Madaweynaha Soomaaliya ayaa shalay sheegay inay dawladdu xirtay saraakiil furimaha hore kasoo baxay. Inkastoo madaxweynuhu uusan sheegin tirada saraakiisha la xiray haddana waxa uu intaasi ku daray in sharciga lala tiigsan doono saraakiishaas.

 

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Osman Farah talking about the new plans

 

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The Somali government says it plans to shift military tactics against al-Shabab amid increased resistance and threats coming from the militants, senior officials confirmed to VOA Somali.

The tactic gives local community fighters the lead role in the fight against al-Shabab with federal government forces playing a supportive role, said two senior government officials who did not want to be identified.

The officials also confirmed that the federal government will register the local fighters and pay monthly stipends as an incentive for their participation, with a view to integrating them into the army in the longer term.

The national intelligence agency is tasked with leading the registration and vetting fighters to prevent infiltration of militants, officials said.

This is a return to the strategy that helped the government and local fighters seize vast areas from al-Shabab between August 2022 and January 2023.

Former national intelligence chief Brigadier General Abdirahman Turyare, who is now helping mobilize the local fighters, confirmed the tactical changes to VOA Somali in an interview.

“The current mobilization is different from the mobilization that was taking place in the past few months, which only focused on the national armed forces,” Turyare said.

“The plan is to remobilize the armed forces, rest some of those soldiers who have been in the front line for a year and a half, replace them with the newly trained forces, and remobilize the Ma’awisley [local militias] and to let the local community lead the fight,” he said.

The change came after a federal army-led military operation suffered a setback following a deadly al-Shabab attack on two military brigades. They had been sent deep into al-Shabab territory in the Cowsweyne village last month with the goal of capturing it.

The government has yet to confirm the number of casualties from the attack, but it is believed dozens were killed, with more than 160 injured and an unspecified number missing. A purported al-Shabab video shows a captured soldier.

Somalia Military Offensive Suffers Setback as Troops Retreat

The government acknowledged “mistakes” in the plan for Cowsweyne by not securing supply routes to the troops. Officials now believe al-Shabab surrounded the troops immediately after the soldiers entered the village on August 22.

Separately, troops seized the town of Elbur from al-Shabab on August 25. But following the attack on Cowsweyne, both areas returned to al-Shabab control because government troops retreated for fear of ambush.

 

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The retreat

The Cowsweyne attack resulted in the retreat of soldiers from other towns on the front lines as well and forced government officials to launch frantic efforts to prevent troops from abandoning all the areas taken from the militants since August 2022.

In addition to Cowsweyne and Elbur, the government troops retreated from El Dheer, Masagaway, Budbud and Gal’ad.

The retreat from Gal’ad, in particular, nearly compromised the safety of senior government officials.

On the afternoon of August 28, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud donned military fatigues and was preparing to visit Gal’ad, not knowing his soldiers were already in the process of vacating the town.

But two senior officials advised him against the trip, as the situation was fluid. The two were Mahad Salad, the director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, and Colonel Hassan Ali Nur Shute, the chief of the military court. Salad and Shute — sworn enemies of al-Shabab — told the president they would travel to Gal’ad in his place to address government soldiers and encourage them to stay put, officials familiar with the matter told VOA Somali.

Around 2:20 p.m., a United Nations helicopter carrying 17 people, including the two officials, two state media journalists and armed bodyguards, flew from Dhusamareb, where the president had set up a temporary base to monitor operations, to Gal’ad.

As soon as the helicopter took off, officials in Dhusamareb learned that all government troops had left Gal’ad.

Officials sent frantic phone calls and text messages warning those on board the helicopter to turn around immediately. Those on board received the warning as the helicopter was making its descent.

“Don’t land,” said one text message sent by a staffer at the presidential palace. “The town has been abandoned. Come back.”

Officials relayed the messages to the crew, who told the pilot to abort landing immediately.

Dust covered the site as the helicopter ascended and headed for Mogadishu, where it arrived safely later that day.

“We were close to the ground at a distance where small arms fire could bring down the helicopter,” said one passenger.

At 6:55 p.m., al-Shabab posted on Telegram that its fighters had recaptured Gal’ad.

Mohamud on Tuesday announced that his government arrested some of the officers who left the front lines, without specifying the number of officers in detention. But he said they will be tried in the government’s military tribunal.

“People like you who did not desert the front lines and those who left the front line in the face of the enemy and went to Xamar [Mogadishu] or sold their weapons on the way, you will not be treated the same,” he told soldiers outside the front-line town of Mahaas.

“They were arrested for a crime they committed,” he said, “and they will be tried by the military tribunal according to the military code and discipline.”

As the government shifts tactics, officials said they are not taking al-Shabab lightly.

“No, you don’t underestimate the strength of your enemy,” said Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Abdirizak Omar Mohamed, a former internal security minister who is accompanying the president in Mahaas to mobilize his constituency.

“Al-Shabab is not the underdog here,” he said. “We consider they are very much a resilient organization, very much adaptable organization, but we believe that with the public support, and with the mobilization of local communities … the Somali government will prevail in this war against al-Shabab.”

 

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