Jasmine6 wrote:I am glad I didn't, doesn't sound very pleasant.eliteSomali wrote:Hawiyes were also killed by daroods but not as much as the reverse. You haven't seen the civil war at all.
That said, I feel like Darood hold on to it. The same way 9 out of 10 SLand kids will talk to you about the Hargeysa bombings like they were there even if they were born in 2000. I could use AY as my excuse to hate all MJs, wouldn't serve any purpose. I think that just shows the mess that is qabiil and qabyaalad, you go round and round in circles and you find that everyone has a bone to pick.
I did not intend to comment this thread but I had to set you straight.
The bombardments of Hargeisa and other cities inhabited primarily by Isaaq was state terrorism and it had no connection to the civil war whatsoever since the civil war started in 1991. In 1960 it was the SNL party (Isaaq) with 80% of the parliamentary seats in SL that propogated for a union with Somalia Italiana. We could've had a republic dominated by Isaaq just like Djibouti is dominated by our neighbors and compatriots the Ciise but for us the greater good of all Somalis meant more. Grievances existed after the illegal union which culminated in the failed coup in 1961 orchestrated by young military officers from Somaliland and the people supported them but there was no real desire to break free, specially among the civilians, humans are more comfortable by nature, but the events of 1988 turn the tide forever.
The reason why people talk about it is not because they lost relatives because we all did as Somalis but the atrocities mark the highest form of betrayal, did you know that the regime was transporting non Isaaq people from the cities mainly southerners in order to maximize the casualties?
The events that took place in the late 80's mark a significant change in our history as Somalilanders.