...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...
Armed Forces Court on Wednesday morning executed 19 convicts, including 13 members of al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...and 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
groups.
The execution was carried out in the cities of Galkayo, Garowe and Bossaso with the presence of top commanders from Puntland army and court officials.
Risk of recidivism? Zero
In the city of Galkayo, 5 men belonging to al-Shabaab were rubbed out in the Wadajir area, which is under the control of ​​Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
state.
Also in Garowe, Shubeyb who was captured in 2016 during a fighting between Puntland forces and al-Shabaab in Suuj, Garmaal areas, where the forces of Evil attempted to storm.
On the other hand, in Bossaso, there was a group of 6 men said to be ISIS and al-Shabaab were rubbed out for role in killings in the port city.
There were six soldiers included the executed men after being found guilty of civilian killing, according to the military court which announced the execution.
The men were convicted in separate trials in the towns of Galkayo, Garowe and Bossaso last year.
On 27th June, 2021, as many as 21 men have been executed in Puntland after they were convicted of being members of the Death Eater group al-Shabaab.
The state military court said 18 of the men had carried out liquidations and bombings over more than a decade. The execution was largest number of executions of al-Shabaab members ever in Puntland.
Al-Shabaab has a small footprint in Puntland in the northeast, where it trains new members in Galgala mountains after facing military pressure in south and central parts of Somalia.