Why is the Shabaab only in the South of Somalia?

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the only part of Puntland under terrorist organisations is a place where the terrain suits them. If Puntland was like middle jubba or lower shabelle, no doubt they would AS presence too
Now what is that terrain exactly? Flat plains? Because the entire Mudug and half of Nugaal is flat as well.
 
Facts. Look at GalGala mountains. Due to the terrain and easy hideout there it has been hard for Puntland to get rid of Dash. That is Equivalent to Koonfur and how the environment makes it harder to defeat Al Shabaab.
Eastern Galgadud and South-Eastern Mudug, parts of Gedo/Lower Jubba South of the River, Eastern Hiiraan and some non-riverine areas of Middle Shabelle have been AS strongholds for more than a decade. Even Bay and Bakool areas where the terrain isn't necessarily suitable for guerilla warfare are AS friendly.

It ain't about Geography but the simple fact that the populace of the South became ripe for Kebab indoctrination due to the Civil War chaos, Mooryanimo, lack of strong Xeer traditions, clan injustices, interest groups that benefit from a lack of governance etc. A child born after 2005 in areas AS have controlled since 2010 is gone with the Irhabi Wind. Many clans will have to have their young culled like how Genghis killed all males of a certain age to prevent future Fitna within the Mongol ethnic group.
 
Now what is that terrain exactly? Flat plains? Because the entire Mudug and half of Nugaal is flat as well.
There are no mountains in South Somalia, there are mountains in Bari and Sanaag.
They will say anything on here.

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I’m pretty sure bay is the only region in south Somalia that has mountains. Check places like buurhakaba on Google earth. No other region in south Somalia has it though
 
Eastern Galgadud and South-Eastern Mudug, parts of Gedo/Lower Jubba South of the River, Western Hiiraan and some non-riverine areas of Middle Shabelle have been AS strongholds for more than a decade. Even Bay and Bakool areas where the terrain isn't necessarily suitable for guerilla warfare are AS friendly.

It ain't about Geography but the simple fact that the populace of the South became ripe for Kebab indoctrination due to the Civil War chaos, Mooryanimo, lack of strong Xeer traditions, clan injustices, interest groups that benefit from a lack of governance etc. A child born after 2005 in areas AS have controlled since 2010 is gone with the Irhabi Wind. Many clans will have to have their young culled like how Genghis killed all males of a certain age to prevent future Fitna within the Mongol ethnic group.
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I’m pretty sure bay is the only region in south Somalia that has mountains. Check places like buurhakaba on Google earth. No other region in south Somalia has it though
those are hills at best Sanaag and Bari have way higher elevation, it gets foggy up there.



You niggas are talking about Galgala as if its some isolated deegaan. It's been Alkabaab free since 2016.
 

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Reer Galgala built a road by themselves and they shipping dates to the middle east FOH with your Alshabaab nonsense
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those are called hills. Look at the topography map I gave you, I don’t see any large mountain ranges, do you?
Reer Galgala built a road by themselves and its shipping dates to the middle east FOH with your Alshabaab nonsenseView attachment 244731
It doesn't show on the map for some reason but I'm pretty sure their Mountains in Baay and Bakool regions. Mukhtar Roobow was hiding in a mountainous town in Bakool after defecting from Shabaab in 2013.

This is Buurhakaba in Baay.
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It doesn't show on the map for some reason but I'm pretty sure their Mountains in Baay and Bakool regions. Mukhtar Roobow was hiding in a mountainous town in Bakool after defecting from Shabaab in 2013.

This is Buurhakaba in Baay. View attachment 244733
Plenty of deegaans in Calmadow are like this on cloudy days.
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the only part of Puntland under terrorist organisations is a place where the terrain suits them. If Puntland was like middle jubba or lower shabelle, no doubt they would AS presence too
There is no settlement north of Gaalkacyo that terrorists control. As soon as they come out of hiding, they get exterminated. Galmudug is not different to Puntland or Somaliland. @anonimo makes a good point that after the civil war, there weren’t any moryaans around or isbaaros being established in Puntland and Somaliland. It has always been relatively stable.
 

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I do agree that the north has bigger mountains. Just tryna point out that the south also has mountains big or small.
That area isn't that big you could search it whole if given the manpower, northern mountains cover 100s of miles.


Its comparable to the hills in Hadaaftimo I went up there and it wasn't that hard.

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Burco is full of Al Shabab supporters, some openly. It was the biggest hub for Al Itihad in the 90s and 2000s outside of Marehan and Ogaden areas. There was a training camp there. Burco is where Al Itihad top brass hid when they were under attack in Puntland and Isaaq K5 areas. They had a presence all over Somaliland in fact, as west as Awdal with a training camp there. The so called government at the time didnt care.

Al Shabab and their sympathizers are crawling all over K5 and Somaliland. They are sleeper agents. They are planning to take over when they capture the south.
 
Al-Shabaab is a mercenary, death squad group that does the bidding of whomever that paid them the most. It is very decentralized group, so different commanders do as they see fit without their leadership not aware of what the lower rank commanders are doing.

Foreign powers such as UAE, UK, and others have their hands deep in this group. When the TPLF was in power in Ethiopia, they also had their hands deep in Al-Shabaab.

Now, to blame it on any group or region in Somalia/Somaliland is disingenuous in my view. Most of the assassinations in Galkacayo, Bosaso, and Lasanod are carried out by UGUS. And that should tell you this monster is all over the country.
 
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Many reasons. Al Shabaab leaders are mainly from from north Somalia. Second of all the north of Somalia is Arid making it harder to survive their, there is also more diversity in the south in terms of clans. Their is food supply with fertile lands in the south making it an easy hide out location.
If that was the case calmadow mountains, sheikh mountain and gabiley to wajaale would have been perfect place for alsheydaan.
These places are mountainous, lush green & extremely fertile land, percent for insurgent group like alsheydaan.
These areas of the north are also next to the red sea perfect for piracy and arms smuggling.
Adan Sune was literally in jail and was released by his Arab sub clan under 2 conditions to abandon his radicalism or just go to South and do his stuff there.
 
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