The Gadabursi clan was subjected to major violence and intimidation when, in 1991, its major town of Borama was attacked and ransacked by armed militias of the Isaq. These same militias burned down several other Gadabursi-inhabited towns and committed horrible atrocities against the civilian population there. Large tracts of farmland belonging to Gadabursi farmers were grabbed, and continue to be occupied, by members of the neighboring Jibril Abokor Isaq.
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The current situation of the Gadabursi merits some examination. In a characteristically cunning move calculated to deceive public opinion and to bestow credibility on the Isaqi administration's bid for international recognition, Mr. Dahir Riyale Kahin (former colonel in Siad Barre's notorious National Security Service organization), a Gadabursi clansman, was appointed to the position of president following the death of the late Mohame Ibrahim Igal in 2002. This decision was also intended to woo the support of the Gadabursi clan by making its members believe that they have a big stake in the realization of Somaliland's ambitions for sovereign statehood. This, however, has succeeded little in winning the whole-hearted backing of the Gadabursi mainstream who are known for their Somali patriotism and who entertain bitter memories of the atrocities committed against them in 1991.They are also suspicious of the sudden display of reverence and goodwill toward them by their their traditional adversaries and detractors, particularly the Habar Awal Isaq. Many question the wisdom and long-term ramifications of committing to the Isaqi camp and turning on the Darod, their traditional allies in the North and neighbors in the Somali territories under Ethiopia's rule. Given the fickle nature of Somali politics and the impermanence of their alliances, the Gadabursi could not trust that the Isaq's current amicable attitude will last for long. It could be a mere tactic designed to isolate them from their natural allies as a prelude to subjecting them later to complete Isaqi domination and control.
Gadabursi were working against SNM in the siad bares times so when SNM liberated somaliland gadabursi got a taste of their own medicine but still its even its all forgotten gadabursi are our brothers they are closer to us then the harti
lool that was just a political alliance dee dont get fooled kid isaaq are not Dir or whatsoever Dir are Irir Samaale its the same with the hawiye we used the Irir Alliance to karbash the daroods but its all political not blood rated isaaqs ancestor was Sheikh Al radhawi originally from iraq