Abgaal subclans were one of the first Somali subclans to fight against the Italians when landing on the Somali coast.
History is recorded for everyone to see...Northeastern fairytales cannot change the past
Read Italian Colonialism in Somalia by Robert L. Hess.
There he says:
''The Italians might well have become discouraged in their search for colonies in East Africa had not a sudden impetus come from a most unexpected quarter- northeastern Somalia.
On December 12, 1888, a delegation from Yusuf Ali, sultan of Obbia, arrived in Zanzibar and requested the protection of Italy.''
He goes on,
''Filonardi recognized the opportunity for Italy to extend its trade and to obtain a foothold in the supposedly promising Somali area at the spontaneous invitation of one of the local rulers''
''On February 8, Yusuf Ali placed his sultanate under Italian protection in return for an annual subsidy of 1,200 Maria thalers''
''On April 7 an agreement was reached (With Osman Mahmud) that was similar and simplicity to that signed by Yusuf Ali''
Page 24-25
Now contrast this shameless selling of Somali lands to Italians with the brave actions of Abgal subclans.
''At Warsheik, the center of the numerous Abgal tribe, his visit was the first ever made by an Italian ship. Briefly putting ashore at that small town, crew members of the Volta were given hostile reception. Two men lost their lives-the first Italians to suffer death at the hands of the Somali''
Page 31
Again in Lafole,
''With government approval, Cecchi prepared for an expedition into the interior.
His caravan consisted of seventy askaris, Commander Ferdinando Maffei of the Staffetta, Commander Franscesco Mongiardini of the Volturno, and fourteen other Italians, for the most part members of the crews of the two ships. That very night their encampment ar Lafolé, some twelve miles inland, was attacked. In the early morning hours, as the caravan once more got under way, it was attacked again. By eight-thirty in the morning of November 26, all but three sailors were dead or dying.''
''First Adowa, then Lafolé; the future of Italian colonialism in the Horn of Africa looked very umpromising at the end of 1896''
Page: 63
Lafolé at a great impact on Italians, shocking as the embarrising defeat incurred in Adowa at the hands of the Ethiopians
Now tell me, who are more patriotic and courageous:
Mudulood subclans who fought these Italian colonizers on every ocassion, or the Northeastern subclans who sold Somali lands to Italians and paved the way for Italian colonization of Somalia?
It is no coincidence that Northeastern of 2007 are still the same as those of 1888, willing to sell the land for silly selfish clannish reasons.
