http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?opti ... 2&Itemid=1
"by mid-1989 the SNM felt strong enough to commence a large offensive in the north of Somalia. This was launched in December 1989 and resulted in the capture of 95% of the region two months later. During this time the insurgents were well-equipped, downing two F-6s in December 1989 and an An-26 transport in January, 1990"
"The SNM was meanwhile increasingly successful in fighting the Somali Army: the rebel claim for capture of Hargheisa AirBridge, in early 1988, was premature, but it illustrated how powerful this organization meanwhile became"
" the SAC conducted a series of raids against the SNM-controlled cities, villages, and countryside, with chemical weapons imported from Libya allegedly being used. Operations by the Army and SAC left approximately 60,000 deaths and 850,000 fleeing from the north. These actions not only polarized the country, but left Somalia with few international friends."
"On 13 January 1988, for example, they are known to have shot down one of ex-Libyan Mil Mi-8 Hips over northern Somalia. The difficult situation in which the SAC found itself was also illustrated by the defection of a pilot with his MiG-17 to Djibouti, on 11 July 1988"
"the Somali regime prepared one final counteroffensive in the north, attempting to stall the rebel advance. For this purpose the locally based 26th Infantry Division was reinforced by three additional brigades.The offensive was launched on 26 March 1990, and initially the 26th Division succeeded in retaking the towns of Loyada and Zeila, which were in rebel hands since May 1989. Nevertheless, this success was short-lived at best: most of the government forces were defeated in a series of battles and either left scattered in remote encircled outposts, or besieged in the cities of Berbera and Hargheisa. The SAC and some civilian companies immediately launched an air bridge to the later city, but by the time the SNM rebels were already equipped with few SA-7 MANPADS: after a Somali Airlines Fokker F.27 was shot down – killing at least 30"
"The fall of Berbera sent shock-waves through the SAC, when a number of officers realized that the times of Barre’s regime were over"
for those certain corners in somalia entertaining wetdreams about somaliland,you couldnt defeat us then, your attempts now are futile. SNM shooting down planes left and right, damm we got some warrior ass niggas.
