the Backbone of al-Shabaab is Habargidir

[Gaandheri]

Walle habarta wa jinni it’s either FGS HG dominated or AS HG dominated.

Hawiye Militants, the Backbone of al-Shabaab

THE HAWIYE ARE AN INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AND AS SOMALIA’S LARGEST AND MOST PROMINENT CLAN, THE HAWIYE AND ITS POWERFUL SUB-CLANS HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING THE COUNTRY’S IDENTITY. Present throughout southern and central Somalia, the Hawiye dominate vast regions of territory, including the capital

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[JamalFarah]

There are more scholary articles painting a far more nuanced picture, compared to a LinkedIn post done by a mercenary.

Nowadays, their backbone is found between the riverine valleys, among foreign volunteers, marginalized groups, and general young people.

I think the problem is that the current Al-Shabaab is not a product of a specific clan but an actor, just like the FGS and FMS that utilize clan affiliations to further their own goals.

Almost half of Al-Shabaab's forces are made up of people younger than 19. Not only that, they disproportionately come from motherless or fatherless homes. Interestingly, no specific tribe is mentioned when joining, but factors such as economic crisis, hatred of foreign forces, and a perception that Islam is under threat in Somalia and the wider world.

To get back to your main point, with the exit of Aweys in 2013 and the consolidation of Al-Shabaab from a Taliban-style Islamic-law-within-our-country to international jihad, tribal political forces waned, replaced by young extremists with globalist views. Tribe, like everywhere in Somalia still plays a role, seizing on tribal infighting to recruit auxillary forces to take over towns.

 

[Ximan iyo Xadeed]

There are more scholary articles painting a far more nuanced picture, compared to a LinkedIn post done by a mercenary.

Nowadays, their backbone is found between the riverine valleys, among foreign volunteers, marginalized groups, and general young people.

I think the problem is that the current Al-Shabaab is not a product of a specific clan but an actor, just like the FGS and FMS that utilize clan affiliations to further their own goals.

Almost half of Al-Shabaab's forces are made up of people younger than 19. Not only that, they disproportionately come from motherless or fatherless homes. Interestingly, no specific tribe is mentioned when joining, but factors such as economic crisis, hatred of foreign forces, and a perception that Islam is under threat in Somalia and the wider world.

To get back to your main point, with the exit of Aweys in 2013 and the consolidation of Al-Shabaab from a Taliban-style Islamic-law-within-our-country to international jihad, tribal political forces waned, replaced by young extremists with globalist views. Tribe, like everywhere in Somalia still plays a role, seizing on tribal infighting to recruit auxillary forces to take over towns.

This is why A.S will never gain support within wider clans in Somalia, they are globalist khawarij when they should have been like the Taliban who are mostly Pashtun Islamo-nationalists. No Somali wants shiishiye like Amxaar, Oromo, Carab and others in their lands.


I feel disgusted knowing that foreign Kebabs have probably integrated in the South each having married and producing the next generation of khawarij

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Habar Gidir have been the ideological/financial core of Alshabab from the beginning. I would estimate that 25-33% of HG is pro kabab.

 

[Zob]

It's a way for them to hold the nation hostage they don't want government even tho they are the government they just use it to looot and steal.

 

[wonyluvr]

It's a way for them to hold the nation hostage they don't want government even tho they are the government they just use it to looot and steal.

have you spoken to every habar gidir in Somalia

 

[Burqad]

Habar Gidir have been the ideological/financial core of Alshabab from the beginning. I would estimate that 25-33% of HG is pro kabab.

Aver-Gidir is not easy