Scary stuff. I told way before the group took over that the afministration should the fight to them and act serious. Now the group has around 200 fighters and it is feared IS fighters could make Puntland their preference and theatre if choice.
Islamic State fighters led by Muumin increase their number to 200
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Islamic State's Footprint Spreading in Northern Somalia: U.N.
By REUTERSNOV. 8, 2017, 10:54 A.M. E.S.T.
Friday's air strikes failed to kill Mumin, the security source said. But Abdirizak Ise Hussein, director of semi-autonomous Puntland's spy service, said the strikes killed about 20 militants, including a Sudanese fighter and two Arabs.
Almost all Mumin's fighters are Somali, the U.N. report said, though the group is believed to include a Sudanese man sanctioned by the United States. The group also has contacts in Yemen. It was unclear if the Sudanese man under U.S. sanctions was the same one reported killed in the air strike.
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"The number of IS fighters in Puntland has increased. Mostly they come from southern Somalia and a few, including foreigners, come from Yemen," Colonel Abdirahman Saiid, a military officer in Puntland, told Reuters.
The U.N. report said defectors from Mumin's faction reported the group had received money and orders from Iraq and Syria, and one member said he had seen Mumin and another leader using TrueCrypt software to communicate with them. The United Nations could not independently verify those claims.
Mumin's group has been slowing increasing its activity over the past year. In late 2016, it occupied the port of Qandala in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region, for a month.
Earlier this year, it carried out its first attacks. Its fighters killed four guards at a hotel in Bosasso, the economic capital of Puntland, in February. The same month, the group beheaded three men it had kidnapped.
Somalia's main Islamist insurgent group, al Shabaab, is aligned with al Qaeda and is most active in the Horn of Africa country's south. It has repeatedly clashed with the Islamic State-aligned faction in the north.
MIDDLE EAST
Islamic State's Footprint Spreading in Northern Somalia: U.N.
By REUTERSNOV. 8, 2017, 10:54 A.M. E.S.T.
Friday's air strikes failed to kill Mumin, the security source said. But Abdirizak Ise Hussein, director of semi-autonomous Puntland's spy service, said the strikes killed about 20 militants, including a Sudanese fighter and two Arabs.
Almost all Mumin's fighters are Somali, the U.N. report said, though the group is believed to include a Sudanese man sanctioned by the United States. The group also has contacts in Yemen. It was unclear if the Sudanese man under U.S. sanctions was the same one reported killed in the air strike.
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"The number of IS fighters in Puntland has increased. Mostly they come from southern Somalia and a few, including foreigners, come from Yemen," Colonel Abdirahman Saiid, a military officer in Puntland, told Reuters.
The U.N. report said defectors from Mumin's faction reported the group had received money and orders from Iraq and Syria, and one member said he had seen Mumin and another leader using TrueCrypt software to communicate with them. The United Nations could not independently verify those claims.
Mumin's group has been slowing increasing its activity over the past year. In late 2016, it occupied the port of Qandala in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region, for a month.
Earlier this year, it carried out its first attacks. Its fighters killed four guards at a hotel in Bosasso, the economic capital of Puntland, in February. The same month, the group beheaded three men it had kidnapped.
Somalia's main Islamist insurgent group, al Shabaab, is aligned with al Qaeda and is most active in the Horn of Africa country's south. It has repeatedly clashed with the Islamic State-aligned faction in the north.
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I talked about the dangers of this group in September 2016 that drastic action is required only when the group took Qandala did the administration woke up and since then they went back to their usual helpless self.
Ferrari this current administration is good for nothing it is a one man show who has little regard for the land and people of Puntland.
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why are they even allowed to exist in that number? They shouldn't be allowed to congregate anywhere, even if they are 4 people.
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someone has to get hold of them before they start blowing up people to make themselves relevant.
It's gonna get worse cause al shabaab adminstration is out here blowing civilians into bits so more al shabaab fighters will join isis, especially as al shabaab are about to be on the defensive soon with ethiopian troops and the SNA on the offensive. We need to secure both south and west borders from migrating fighters and deal with the ones we have already
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alshabab has had a link with al Qaida, and ISIS are like al Qaida on steroids. They are much much worse. Knowing how somalis shake their futo for arabs, the isis niggas in somalia will do anything told to do by their arab masters. so even 100 of them is too many. We already have alshabab to deal with let's keep it that way instead of having to deal with another terrorist organization in couple years time.
Ferrari it has been ignored. Already Al Shabab is mounting deadly attacks where they killed soldiers in their hundreds through explosions, booby traps, assassinations and Guerilla tactics.
Bosaso is in a lock down. Moral is low and IS is gaining a foothold to the east where potentially more could come from Iraq and Syria.
Bosaso is in a lock down. Moral is low and IS is gaining a foothold to the east where potentially more could come from Iraq and Syria.
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If they’re Arab then they can’t hide in the community due to their appearance.
More weapons and intel support for Puntland.
Puntlanders will have the Pentagon on Speed dail.
We might get a dedicated drone for Bari and invoice the bill to American Tax Payers.
Let’s light them up the kawaraj
Some shady operations are taking place on the Island if Socotra by the UAE since they got a 99 year lease and plan on using it as military training jungle gym.
Saalax Bidaar
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness
Punt land can’t defeat 200 guys. Is it weakness or cowardice or both?
SomaliWadaniSoldier
Weeping for the Nation of 68
Marginalized clans in Puntland will seek blessing from Dowladda Islaamiga Ciiraq wa Shaam under Amir al mumineen Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Al Hussaini Al Hashimi
Saalax Bidaar
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness
Only if it is fictional and no one got hurt. But in reality, I wouldn’t, because I love Puntland girls and hate to see them being harmed.Wouldn't you love to see Puntland Burn.
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