Tuur was the snm chairman that was snm presidency not sl. His three years term was aborted when hj and hawal sabotaged his government and initiated the isaaq civil war.
He still ruled none the less
He was the SNM chairman and was elected as such .He never has been president of Somaliland which is different from a paramilitary group . He had good contacts with the south and was in favor of keeping the Issaq within Somalia . He however has been outflanked by the sentiment of the day that still prevails today in Somaliland which is one of secession . Like all good somali story he engaged his whole tribe in the political discourse and lost . Show me one Habar Yoonis that will argue for "unity with Somalia "
here . None !
They will all display excessive pride and self satisfaction in Tuur 's ability but
none will support what he stood for.
He lost because he's got weirdos for kinsmen