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While I was reading Harun Maruf’s new book, I began to wonder why when my town of Garacad was attacked by Al Shabab in 2016 they were completely destroyed and rejected unlike other parts of the former Somalia, it was also the first and only time Al Shabab admitted defeat.
Out of 700 militants less than 30 managed to escape alive.
Source: Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally by Harun Maruf
To make things more interesting these were the same fighters who massacred 200 Kenyan soldiers a few months earlier.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2016/03/31/africa/al-shabaab-child-soldiers/index.html?r=https://www.google.ca/
So the questions are why do some communities tolerate Al Shabab on their territory while others don’t? Currently Shabab is stuck in the mountains in PL due to the fact they can’t hold any territory... will the rest of the former Somalia manage to do the same or will Shabab control the south until the end of times?
@Abdalla @Reiko @Karim @Armadillo @Ugaaso @Cabdi @PuntiteQueen @GBTarmy @Reer-Bari @Poets @Boqor Quark Boqor Cisman @Crow @Manzana @Tukraq @DR OSMAN @Tjioux
On March 14, 2016, the group attempted an audacious seaborne attack on the coast of Puntland, using six repurposed fishing boats and about seven hundred men.
The force left the seaside town of Hobley in two convoys, with two boats carrying 250 fighters, and four boats carrying the other 450. They sailed north for a spot on the Puntland coast
From that point on, the mission was a disaster. The men in the lead convoy landed and trekked into the strategic Suuj Valley but were attacked by Puntland government forces. The militants who landed in Gara’ad tried to slip into the jungle and make their way north to rejoin their comrades but were also ambushed by Puntland forces. The following week, officials declared victory over both groups of fighters. Casualties in the Suuj group were said to be 167 militants killed, 100 captured; in the Gara’ad group, 115 dead, 110 taken captive.
Out of 700 militants less than 30 managed to escape alive.
A senior Puntland military commander said that less than thirty militants escaped,
Source: Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally by Harun Maruf
To make things more interesting these were the same fighters who massacred 200 Kenyan soldiers a few months earlier.
Most of the young fighters are also dressed in combat fatigues, some with small-sized T-shirts underneath. Investigators believe, CNN is told, that these combat fatigues were stolen, along with weapons, artillery and ammunition from African Union troops.
The young fighters have admitted to being part of previous Al-Shabaab attacks, such as a recent deadly attack on a Kenyan African Union base in southern Somalia. Some of the boys say many more like them are in the Al-Shabaab ranks.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2016/03/31/africa/al-shabaab-child-soldiers/index.html?r=https://www.google.ca/
So the questions are why do some communities tolerate Al Shabab on their territory while others don’t? Currently Shabab is stuck in the mountains in PL due to the fact they can’t hold any territory... will the rest of the former Somalia manage to do the same or will Shabab control the south until the end of times?
@Abdalla @Reiko @Karim @Armadillo @Ugaaso @Cabdi @PuntiteQueen @GBTarmy @Reer-Bari @Poets @Boqor Quark Boqor Cisman @Crow @Manzana @Tukraq @DR OSMAN @Tjioux
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