THREAD ๐งต : SNM vs The Somali Democratic Republic ๐ธ๐ด
Horn African Military insurgencies: 1/28
Ethiopian backed rebel group named the SNM waged an insurgency to overthrow the Somali government, By 1984 the SNM began attacking northern Somali cities with Ethiopian soldiers
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โข Proto SNM and prelude 2-4
โขSNM is born and declares war on the government 5 - 6
โข SNM approach Ethiopia 6 - 7
โขNorthern protesters throw rocks at police 9/28
โขGovernor General Hashi Gani & Colonel Askar 10 - 11
โขBattle of Ina Guuxa 12/28
โข300 SNM soldiers are killed in one battle 13/28
โข Silaanyo assassination attempt 14/28
โข Silaanyoโs private meeting with Mengistu
โขBattle of Balidhig 16 - 17
โขBattle of Mustahil 18/28
โขBattle of Burco & the account of Mr Tom the Rhodesian mercenary jet fighter 20 -21
โขThe battle of Hargeisa 24/28
โขThe international community's reaction to the 1988 bombings 25/28
โขNorthern rehabilitation & humanitarian program post 1988 bombings 26/28
โขBattle of Erigavo 1989 - 27/28
Jun 20 โข 13 tweets โข 9 min read
THREAD ๐งต: On Muammar Gaddafiโs foreign policy in the Middle East-Africa and blasphemous remarks about Islam
In 1981, a pact was signed between Libya, South Yemen, and Ethiopia. This pact aimed to assassinate Siad Barre and Gafaar Numeiry, and to destabilize Arab nation-states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Iraq, Chad, Oman and Sudan.
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Muammar Gaddafi came into power via a military coup in 1969 September, a month earlier than Siad Barre ( 21st October 1969)
Gaddafi became the first Arab leader to support Iran over Iraq, one of Gaddafiโs main goals in Iraq was the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
In December 1982 a memorandum of understanding on โ cooperation in political, cultural and economic fieldsโ was signed between Libya and Iran, Libya also supplied financial aid to Iran.
During the Iraq-Iran war, Gaddafi also supported Kurdish rebels fighting on behalf of Khomeini
Apr 7 โข 18 tweets โข 12 min read
THREAD ๐งต: In the 16th century a collective of multiple Somali clans waged a holy war against Abyssinia, this was documented by a Arab writer. 1/17
Somaliland Separatists like @thebhlub are now trying discredit Somalis from Adal history. In this thread Iโll completely disassociate Adal from โSomaliland heritageโ & Isaaqs being apart of the conquest of Abyssinia.
THREAD ๐งต: Debunking Habar Magaadle & proving thatโs itโs a mispelling of Habar Maqdi
2/17 Introduction: A Yemeni writer & chronicler documented Adalโs conquest of Abyssinia, the book is called Futuh Al Habesh translating to as โConquest of Abyssiniaโ
By the 20th century, European travelerโs discovered the Futuh Al Habesh manuscript, by the 21st century over 11 manuscripts were discovered. Below is chart of Futuh Al Habesh manuscripts stored in the their respective institutes like the British library & French National Libraries.
Approximately 33,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli apartheid state since October, while our Muslim brothers & sisters are being genocided , Muse Bihi is directly buying arms from Israel.
The weapons in question, is a Galil ACE 31 7.62X39mm Assault Rifle with a Meprolight-made Mepro M21 Reflex Sight with a flash guard on it.
2/11 Somaliland and Israeli relations began in the mid 1960s, leaked papers show a student from Hargeisa begging to study in Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
In 1965 the Israeli apartheid state constructed a mosque in Hargeisa, this shocked the Arab Muslim world as it became front pages in Arab media.
Mar 27 โข 7 tweets โข 5 min read
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๐ฅ๐: HIV and AIDS prevalence in the Somali peninsula
Despite having a buffer zone with Ethiopia, the regional state of Somaliland has the highest prevalence of HIV & AIDS in the Greater Somalia.
Letโs quickly go through the HIV & AIDS prevalence in by regions
1) Somaliland: 1.3%
2) Somali Galbeed: 0.8%
3) NFD Somalia: 0.8%
4 Puntland & the rest of Somalia 0.5% 2/6 Most of the HIV & Aid cases in Somaliland were attributed to female sex workers, over 6% of females sex workers were teenagers aged from 15 to 19.
What's also alarming is that government workers in Somaliland account for 9% of female sex worker clients.
Females sex workers from mainland Ethiopia accounted for 57% of Female sex workers while 29% of female sex workers were locals from Somaliland.
Feb 8 โข 19 tweets โข 15 min read
THREAD ๐งต: Analysing the military operations of the SNM and the human rights violations committed by the SNM
In the early 1980s shortly after the Ogaden war, an insurgency was waged by an Ethiopian backed rebel group named the SNM ๐ช๐น
This thread will be one of the most detailed threads on the war between the government and the SNM that occurred during the early 1980s up to the fall of government.
Prelude: The SNM was founded by a Prominent Isaaq Christian named Abdi Dihoud he founded the SNM 1981 in London.
Abdi Dihoud was the cousin of Edna Adan, (former wife of the former prime minister Egal ) and a close associate of Michael Mariano, who was also a another prominent Isaaq Christian.
The motives of the SNM according to US ๐บ๐ธ remained unclear and unknown, some speculated that it was lack of political representation.
Jan 14 โข 13 tweets โข 6 min read
In 1945 during World War 2 the United States dropped 2 nuclear weapons in Japan, the death toll is estimated to be 90k to 146k
Isaaqs claim that In 2 years, Siad Barre Genocided 50k to 250k Isaaqs during the Civil war
THREAD ๐งต: Debunking the Isaaq Genocide & the lies of SNM
Foundings: The SNM was founded and created by Ethiopia, one of the instrumental leaders of the SNM was a Christian named Abdi Dihood, he was Edna Adenโs cousin, who her mother was also Christian
Nov 10, 2023 โข 22 tweets โข 15 min read
Addressing the false existence of Habar Magadle in Futuh Al Habesh
In this thread Iโll completely debunk @thebhlub ๐งต
Iโll also prove that Habar Magadle is simply a misspelling of Habar Maqdi
Bhlub cites a French contemporary book in his thread trying to prove that Habar Magadle was real. The French contemporary book gives a commentary on Futuh Al Habesh
The same French researchers mention 13 somali clans that participated in the imams conquest. However