Juba Valley Alliance
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The Juba Valley Alliance (JVA; Somali: Isbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba) is a political
Following the breakdown of central authority in the
Opponents to General "Morgan" came from the Somali
The ASF administration renamed itself the Juba Valley Alliance in June 2001, and threw its support behind the
On June 18, 2001, an 11-member interclan council decided to ally the JVA with the newly establishing
On August 6, 2001, after 10 days of heavy fighting in a battle involving 40
In 2002, the JVA battled with the
War in Somalia
The JVA suffered the loss of Kismayo in September 2006 to an array of ICU forces with 130
On September 23, ICU forces under Sheik Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki approached Jilib, en route to Kismayo. Juba Valley Alliance forces withdrew without a fight.[12] After the city fell, on September 24, he promised peace to the city after Islamic militiamen broke up an anti-Islamist demonstration with gunfire, killing three teenagers.[13] On October 3, they took Afmadow.[14] Sakow fell to the ICU on October 25–28 after they militarily defeated the Juba Valley Alliance.[15] By December 13, Salagle also fell to them.[16] The city of Baardhere in Gedo region, was the last sought after prize by the ICU but the population there refused them to achieve that goal. Barderians being part of the larger Juba region, the population in Gedo and Bardera in particular, disliked the ICU and its attack on Kismayo. ICU's total control of southern Somalia became impossible at this point. All sides, JVA, ICU and the powerless TGF regrouped and established new alliances and new fronts.
After the
ICU forces in
Considering the integral part the JVA plays in the TFG's military, it could be said[by whom?] that the JVA has been succeeded by, or incorporated into, the army of the nascent TFG.
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- ^ Somalia’s Islamic Courts attain Afmadow in Lower Jubba region[usurped] Shabelle Media Network
- ^ Somali Islamists seize strategic post Archived 2006-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Al Jezeera
- ^ Islamists seize a new settlement in southern Somalia[usurped] Shabelle Media Networks
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