Your own words, quote for quote:BS and you know it. The invasion of Somalia brought together the majority moderate and minority extremists element within ICU. When ICU was destroyed the extremists elements represented by AL Shabaab survived and retreated to the south adopting guerrilla warfare and prolonging the Somali civil war.
After the ICU defeated a group of CIA-funded warlords and took control of Mogadishu on June 5, 2006, there were immediate divisions and disagreements among the three primary factions composing the ICU leadership 22. The pragmatists were reluctant to endorse Shari`a based on strict Salafist interpretations as demanded by al-Shabab, and tried their best to distance themselves from the extremists’ idea of justice 23. The pragmatists were also concerned about the growing ranks of Ayro’s al-Shabab militia and its eagerness to shelter foreign al-Qa`ida operatives 24.
Pragmatists and Salafist ideologues also disagreed on various other issues, including the status of women and what the ICU’s official stance should be toward the secular TFG and its Western supporters. For obvious religious and political reasons, al-Shabab flatly rejected the pragmatists’ conciliatory approach to the TFG, which was isolated in Baidoa at the time.
The widening agendas between the Islamist factions in the ICU became irrelevant after Ethiopia invaded Somalia in December 2006. With that development, all Islamists faced a common enemy, and “alliances of convenience” were once again formed to fight the Ethiopian occupation."
"Yusuf, a former warlord who claims to be around 74 years old though he is widely believed to be several years older, has constantly rejected efforts to bring moderate Islamist opposition leaders into the government. Now that he is leaving, many Somalis hope there may be a way to rebuild the government and give the Islamists a meaningful role."
"Yusuf had become increasingly unpopular at home and abroad and was blamed by Washington, Europe and African neighbors for stalling a U.N.-hosted peace process. Yusuf returned to his homeland in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland region."
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A Diagnosis of Somalia’s Failing Transitional Government – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
This article will highlight the three main political trends that composed Somalia's Islamic Courts Union (ICU), outline how the divisions within the ICU created governance problems when it took power in June 2006, explain how these same divisions have led to the current failure of Shaykh...ctc.usma.edu
"After the ICU defeated a group of CIA-funded warlords"
There it is, you're almost there. Who were these warlords? Which clan factions were the CIA backing? Who was engaging in senseless isbhaaro wars?
What I'm saying is this, how did the CIA gain collaboratos in the first place?
We're not falling for your bullsh!t sxb, you chose the gun, you even bragged about it "Xamar unakaah leh", own up to it, it's the least you can do.