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Africa Horn

Islamic State Foreign Fighters Surrender in Somalia's Puntland Amid Offensive

2025-01-12

[Garowe] Information Minister Mahmoud Aided Dirir of Somalia's Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
State disclosed that imported muscle associated with the Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group have turned themselves and surrendered to local forces amid a major counterterrorism operation in the Bari region.

Dirir announced that plans are in motion to send these imported muscle back to their countries of origin, with assistance from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Red Islamic Thingy. Details regarding the number of fighters, their origins, and the timeline for their repatriation were not specified.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
specifics such as the count of fighters, their nationalities, or the schedule for their return have not been revealed. Last month, at least 8 ISIS foreign ~~bandidos~~ Lions of Islam from Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, Tunisia, Tanzania, Algeria, and other countries were killed in a foiled attack on a military base in the Dharjaale area within Puntland's Bari region.

"The ISIS foreigners have surrendered to Puntland forces, and we are coordinating their return home with the assistance of the IOM and the Red Islamic Thingy," Dirir added.

He underscored that legal proceedings would treat all individuals equally, irrespective of their nationality, should they be involved in any criminal acts. ISIS branch was established in Puntland by ex-Al-Shabaab
... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
leader, Abdulkadir Mumin in late 2015. The group competes against al-Shabaab over dominance in the region and for extortion from Bosaso businesses.

On the other hand, Puntland's information minister quashed speculation that these imported muscle would be barred from President Said Abdullahi Deni's amnesty initiative, affirming that the amnesty extends to them as well.

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