The whole purpose of Somaliweyn's thread was to proclaim a Hawiye victory after the retreat of the Ethiopians in a suddle manner, let's not kid ourselves here. Only a year ago, many forumers were claiming Al-shabaab was a Hawiye movement and were the only legitimate resistance group. As soon as Al-shabaab spreads across Hawiye regions, they are dubbed as an "expansionist" non-hawiye movement. I even caught glimpses of some individuals who pride themselves as being hardcore anti-Ethiopians supporting Abdi Waal's militia that has always been on Ethiopian payroll, claiming these militia were the true natives of these regions & it was nothing more than the local population rejecting the "occupation" of Al-shabaab. My question is, how can you claim to be anti-Ethiopian and at the same time support Ethiopian funded mooryaan? How can you claim to be a nationalist and on the other hand try to take apart the resistance movement according to qabyaalad?
Who fought at Guriceel? 90% of the Al-shabaab who went to Guriceel were Hawiye. Who is Timajilic? He is a native of Ceel Buur and was the first man to stand up against Qanyare when the "Anti-terror" organization was made in 2006. Timajilic (aun) stood up & fought for his values, he died fighting a heathen group of mercerenies and died as a martyr, let's get that straight. How come no one talks about the fact that he was the leading commander in this attack? And that his men were mostly Hawiye? You would rather support Abdi Waal the lackey warlord and his militia because they represent the type of Hawiye you want?
No one can claim that Al-shabaab is perfect, we all see their faults, but to paint them as a band of nimwits out to get Hawiye is paranoia at its best. The events leading up to the ousting of the Ethiopians was a collective effort & was determined by many factors, just because you don't see senior Al-shabaab members posing for the camera does not mean they were asleep the past 2 years. When you try to turn this in to a Hawiye victory, you destroy the credibility of the ICU & having former TFG & warlord supporters in your midst celebrating with slogans like "Guul to Hawiye" is disrespectful to the many men who died fighting so that Xamar can be free again. Men like Abu Cuteyba, Abu Zeynab, Ceyrow, Asbaro; who never made qabiil an issue in this struggle.
