Also what is your fear/obsession with Cayr? My father was born during Lafo Hawiye and our last serious clash was Feero Qumumux.
Lafo Hawiye was a major clash between bah-Xawaadle of reer Diini (my reer Siyaad and reer Warsame especially) and Cayr.
It's barbaric, but bah-Xawaadle literally put Cayr skulls on top of each other like a pyramid as an example. That's why the year my dad was born is called Lafo Hawiye. Abdiqasim Salaad Hassan's father Salaad Boy was killed by Marehan that same year as part of hostilities.
Feero Qumumah was the one time Caydiid mostly with Cayr footsoldiers tried to take over Balanbale (mostly settled by the same bah-Xawaadle of reer Diini).
Col Abdirisaaq Isaaq Biixi (my reer Siyaad Diini uncle) mostly with bah-Xawaadle fighters (reer Siyaad and reer Warsame again) not only halted Caydiid and USC advance but actually chased them back and even took over Guriceel.
Why do you think Caydiid was able to capture Beled-Weyne and Galkaacyo, but never Balanbale or Caabudwaaq?
They call the one time he tried "Feero Qumumuh" because after Col Abdirisaaq Isaaq Biixi defeated his attempt to capture Balanbale, the bah-Xawaadle of reer Diini used trucks and pick ups to run over the USC dead literally pulverizing their lungs.
That's the history behind Cayr and Marehan/reer Diini/bah-Xawaadle.
Yet Marehan and Cayr were able to put that aside and ally for a common aim.
Marehan would help Cayr in the Banana Wars in Lower Shabelle (ask Abdiwahab254 who always blames Marehan for Sacad losing to Cayr in the Banana Wars for control of Lower Shabelle).
In return, Cayr would help Marehan overcome Morgan's SRRC support that had Ethiopia using its puppets to help keep Morgan in Kismaayo.
No one talks about how Marehan helped Cayr dislodge Cismaan Caato from Marka first so Cayr could be in control of the road from Mogadishu to Kismaayo before Marehan moved towards Kismaayo. A number of the warlords in Mog were SRRC and Ethiopia could have easily requested SRRC clients like Qanyare or Muuse Suudi to aid Morgan.
You know why no one talks about what Marehan did for Cayr in the ALLIANCE but just what Cayr did for Marehan? I honestly think its because Somalis have decided Marehan is the main storyline in the alliance and everything outside of that is irrelevant including what Cayr got out of it
Anyways after Abdiqasim Salaad Hassan became President, the relationship got stronger since Abdiqasim was not only Cayr (by blood) but also Marehan (dhaqan, step father, history, and long experience in Siad Barre government).
It was purely a civil war strategy and it achieved its aim. Marehan got Kismaayo and Cayr (who were nothing before the alliance) became strong among Hawiye.
Even at the height of the JVA when Cayr were the strongest they have ever been, this is how the Irirism minded Ismail Cumar Geele described them privately to the US Ambassador according to Wikileaks;
DAS Yamamoto sought and
obtained President Guelleh's agreement to approach the Ayr
clan in Somalia with a view toward tamping down the
violence there and facilitating the reconciliation
process. Guelleh cautioned, however, that the Ayr had very
little real influence in Somalia, and derived much of its
authority from its affiliation with the Marehan. Guelleh
described Somalia as both complicated and simple, and the
warlords as "dangerous." He also said the warlords will
never accept a central government.
Guelleh responded that in his view, the Ayr do not
have much influence. They originate
from the poorest and most desolate region of Somalia and derive much of their authority from their affiliation with the Marehan. When Said Barre's regime collapsed, he
continued, the Ayr were targeted by the Hawiye and kept a
low profile. After Abdiqasim came to power, the Ayr
re-emerged and many became businessmen. Guelleh stated
that some Ayr are Islamists, such as Dahir Aweys, the head
of Al-Ittihad. Yet without the Marehan, the Ayr are
nothing and remain close to them. Still, Guelleh said, he
would be willing "to send some messages to them."
The message couldn't have been more accurate.
Cayr put their cards in the ICU and broke the alliance with Marehan that made them relevant.
What was the result?
Cayr went back to being a nobody and hold nothing.
Yet Marehan today is not only holding the Presidency of Somalia, the Vice Presidency of 2/4 of Somalia's federal states, but is clamoring for more power and would be in complete control of Jubbaland if the Kenyan forces were not present.
Your fear/obsession with Cayr makes me laugh like a parent who introduces a scary bed time story to a child and every night the child asks me to look under the bed to make sure the boogeyman isn't there.
