Division 21 (Somalia)
Division 21,
Mohamud Muse Hersi was listed by somaliaonline.com as commander of Division 21 from 1970 to 1972;[1] it later took part in the Ogaden War in 1977-78. Following the 1977–78 Ogaden campaign, Abudwak became the division's base.[2] In the late 1980s the division had grown in size to a corps-sized sector responsible for several weak divisions.[3]
On 30 August 2013 it was placed under the command of Colonel Sulub Ahmed Dirie.[4] The division’s primary task was to reintegrate the Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) Sufi militia in Galgaduud into the army, but Brigade 11 also came under its control. In early January 2014, Colonel Dirie addressed the graduation of 600 personnel from training there.[5] In early 2014, ASWJ refused further integration, and the division lost most of its importance.[6] The division was chased out of Dhuusamareb in June 2015 when ASWJ took the town.
Notes
- ^ "Profile of new leaders. Garad Abdiqani voices his support:Rep of Sool, Sanag & Cayn". Somalia online. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ IRIN Special Report on Central Somalia Archived 4 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 13 May 1999.
- ^ Defense Intelligence Agency, Military Intelligence Summary, Volume IV, Part III, Africa South of the Sahara, November 1987, 12, cited in Robinson 2019.
- ^ Somalia Revives Army Division, September 12, 2013, and http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/features/2013/09/12/feature-01.
- ^ http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2014/Jan/52775/hundreds_of_newly_trained_forces_join_somali_army.aspx, Hiiraan Online, 4 January 2014.
- ^ Robinson 2019, p. 7.
References
- Robinson, Colin D. (2019). "The Somali National Army: an assessment". Defense & Security Analysis. 35 (2). .
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