Puntland War on Terror

Illyria · May 15

PL air force guarding the coast and the mountains from the air.

Illyria · May 15

Illyria · May 15

On 4/28/2025 at 3:50 PM, Tallaabo said:

If Puntland can fight and defeat Alshabaab and Daesh, why can't the FG?

A number of factors to consider:
    - Xasan is not serious about fighting al shabab, for his core support base is al shabab-related greatly benefiting from its presence,
    - Al shabab is well assimilated in and deeply embedded in Banadir (Xamar, Sh Dhexe, and Sh Hose),
    - There are no Sr army Commanders in charge of the fight, Xasan wants to manage it from the back of a notebook, drafted by his kids, and has no military training nor experience,

- Maturity of State institutions and agencies plays a major role in that in PL institutions and agencies are operating independent of the Office of the President whilst coordination flows. Good examples are:

a) Ministries of Health, where Qoorsheel is in charge of logistics and supplies incl. medical care, attendance to troops needs on the ground, and looking after the wounded even those cared for abroad.

b) Juxa at the Interior is in charge of mobilising the public, coordinating contributions to the Central Command.

c) Defence under a team of former Sr Generals led by Gen. Indhayare are in charge of war strategy, troops rotation, which I hear is on a rota with no unit at the front more than a few days.
Without divulging much, communication between Deni and army Commanders flows symmetrically at the strategic level, where Commanders and Jr Officers leading at the front are in sync at the technical level.

This is not the case under Xasan's army. Have you ever heard of the relevant institutions or agencies engaged in the al shabab war? Have you ever witnessed public awareness or support being raised even in Xamar, let alone the rest of the country?

    - As people, reer PL are more organised, better structured, and culturally more cohesive, the opposite is true in the South,
    - The opposition filed behind Deni & army Commanders, did not question or second-guess their intent or Command, so is not true in the South, where many are closely collaborating with al shabab,
    - General public support in PL is much different from the South, the entire State moved at once in one direction during the campaign, so did the Diaspora.

A few factors to consider as to the why.