I imagine they are very emboldened.

Wow! Did they just panic and run away? Even I didn't expect this. Rumor has it Biixi is mobilizing the last units of the "regular army".

It seemed they just panicked. They are already blaming cadowga gudaha and reer Awdal.

Yes. Per his interview, he has been in touch with the Garaads and elders from his community. He was essentially saying it was time for his clan to settle things with SSC and break with Muse.

Suldaan Buurmadow,

More sensible man

Faysal Warabe. Let's hope Cirro has more sense.

I will be very surprised if he chooses a political path. So much political pressure was already put on him yet he chose to march on. Men like him don't see themselves as making mistakes or losing battle. I guarantee he will probably blame today's loss on the military leadership or the eastern clans. Nothing is his fault.

The North has in the past negotiated uncomfortable peace even though one group had the upper hand. I do believe they can reach a peaceful settlement now as well. The Garaads and SSC leadership have said today and had said in the past, they want peaceful coexistence. I do believe that can be reached if there is new and sincere leadership in Hargeisa. Garaads also expressed clearly they will not violate the clan borders. Unlike the South where the role of traditional leadership had diminished, the North and Northeast still have strong traditional leadership that still commands the respect of the people. It will fall on these men to make the right decisions. But the fate of Muse Biixi must decided first by the elites in Hargeisa.

It is better to know when to stop. No one wants clan war. Pushing into Oog and into further areas is unnecessary and takes away from the simple goal of freeing SSC. It is arrogance that destroyed the secessionists. There's a lesson in there.

I think HJ can make all the difference if they disentangle themselves from the two colonels. Suldaan Buurmood has been a reasonable man, and I am sure there are many others. They can reach out to the Garaads. No one wants more war!

Kaahin and Saleebaan should follow. To avoid a power vacuum, H@bra should convene and appoint temporary government.

The boys in the video have enough sense not to get emotional and kill Gen. Bootaan in anger. I am glad they made the right decision.

I can only speak to the South where I grew up. The population is decent size. Somalis confuse land mass and political/military influence with population size. Elevating the rights of Somali Bantus and other minorities is in the interest of all Somalis.

You can't make this up!

LOL. Agreed! reeraha ood wadaaga ah ee HJ, Dhulos, HY and Wsangeli need lasting peace. Their regions were deprived of development and social progress. Let's work for peace, a lasting peace. And let's remember, the solution lies in Burco, Las Caanood, and Ceerigaabo, not in Hargeysa, Garowe and Xamar. Local solutions for local problems.