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	Somaliland: the myth of clan based statehood... Dr Ali Ismail Barud
		The SNL drew its support from the Isaq, while USP was an alliance of Darod clans of Dhulbahante and Warsengeli and Dir clans of Issa and Gadabursi.
		The other Dir clan families in the north are the Gadabursi and Issa, who belong to Madaxweyne and Madobe Dir, respectively.
		In fact, it is in the records that the Hawiye and southern Dir sub-clans had greatly contributed to the formation and financing of the SNM in its very early stages.
	www.somaliawatch.org /archivedec02/021207202.htm (1459 words)

	Dir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dir (clan), one the four major Somali clans.
		In recent years, it has been split into two districts, Upper Dir, with its headquarters in Dir city, and Lower Dir, with its headquarters in Timargara.
		DIR ("Doing it right"), a holistic approach to scuba diving emphasising teamwork and simple, streamlined equipment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dir (134 words)

	Somali clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is an important social unit and clan membership continues to play an important part in their culture and in the politics of Somalia.
		In traditional Somali society, marriage was often to someone from another clan, ie exogamy, but during the recent conflict in Somalia this seems to have become the exception rather than the rule.
		Four clans are classed as Samaale.These clans believe to be descendants of mythical patriarch Samaale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somali_clan (392 words)

	Dir (clan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Madahweyn in Ethiopia The Dir in Ethiopia are represented by the Madahweyn Dir.
		Most of the Dir clans in Ethiopia live in the Dira Dhabe area, Jijiga region, and by the Awash River.
		The rest of the Ethiopian Dir clans live in southern parts near the Somali border near Dollo Ado and as far as Guure Dhamoole and Negele Boran.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dir_(clan) (1154 words)

	Welcome to Clan Island!
		Clan elves average 4'6" in height, although there are those who are taller and shorter.
		Clan Island supplied Great Water with provisions of food and other goods, taking in many refugees as they helped to rebuild that which was destroyed.
		Clan Island is an offshoot of Great Water Holt, a club consisting of amateur writers and artists with original characters inspired by and set within the ElfQuest universe, with the blessings of WaRP Graphics.
	members.tripod.com /clan_island (788 words)

	German Bloodthirsty Eagles - An Armed Assault Clan
		Nachträglich Alles Gute zum Geburtstag lieber Baddy wünscht dir der GBE-Clan :) Hau rein wir wünschen dir ein hoffentlich sehr erfolgreiches Jahr :)
		Ich und der gesamte Clan wünschen dir alles Gute mit der 28.
		Der gesamte Clan wünscht euch ein angenemes Jahr!
	www.gbe-clan.com (310 words)

	Clan MacRune
		Clan MacRune is not a clan in the sense of challenging other clans in battle.
		Clan MacRune members in the traditional sense of a clan should continue to place the :{MR}: tag in front of your game-name.
		Clan MacRune members that are already in a clan but would still like to be on the mailing list and socialize with other macintosh Rune players may add the :{MR}: tag to the end of their game-name.
	dragonskiz.tripod.com /Rune/id9.html (226 words)

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		Society-SOMALI The Somali people consist of two major divisions: the Somali proper (Samaale) made up of the Dir, Isaaq (Esa), Hawiye (Hawiya), and Daarood (Darod); and the outcast Sab groups consisting of the Digil and Rahanwin, who are markedly different in their occupations and dialects from the rest of the population.
		The clan-families are divided into clans (synonymous in much of the literature with tribes), and these are further segmented into lineages and sublineages.
		Merely being a member of a specific clan or lineage does not automatically confer certain rights and obligations, for these have to be obtained as the direct result of treaties or contracts between the groups or individuals involved.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7870 (1591 words)

	Somalia - Opposition Movements
		The Majeerteen clan, along with certain clans of the Hawiye and Isaaq clan-families, had played a significant role in national politics before the 1969 military coup, and individual Majeerteen held important positions in the bureaucracy and the military.
		Siad Barre apparently resented the clan's prominence, and as early as 1970 was singling out the Majeerteen lineages for alleged opposition to his reform efforts.
		Also, the Gadabursi and Iise clans of the Dir clan-family in northwestern Somalia and the Dulbahante and Warsangali clans of the Daarood clan-family in the Sanaag and Bari regions grew increasingly resentful of Isaaq domination of districts "liberated" from government control.
	countrystudies.us /somalia/73.htm (776 words)

	Somalia
		Clan and factional militias, in some cases supplemented by local police forces continued to function with varying degrees of effectiveness in the country.
		In Puntland clan elders resolved the majority of cases using traditional methods; however, those with no clan representation in Puntland were subject to the Administration's judicial system.
		In most areas, members of groups other than the predominant clan were excluded from effective participation in governing institutions and were subject to discrimination in employment, judicial proceedings, and access to public services.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27751.htm (7351 words)

	Somalia - History and Politics
		Traditional rivalries among various Somali clans, including the Isaaq of the north, Ogadeni of the south and Hawiye of central Somalia, were exacerbated by the divide and rule policies of Mohammed Siad Barre, whose regime (1969-’91) had one of the world’s worst human rights records.
		While the various clans and proliferation of political parties had temporarily been unified in their fight against the repressive Barre regime, there was no cohesion in terms of political ideology or vision for Somalia.
		The fighting between the Daarood and Hawiye clan families essentially turned the area between Mogadishu and the Kenyan border into a complete shatter zone; there were mass killings, accusations of ethnic cleansing, rape, and the destruction of livestock and agricultural lands which led to numerous humanitarian emergencies in Mogadishu and the interriverrine areas.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Somalia/Politics.html (10720 words)

	About our Clan
		Angus McSporran of McSporran and his family shunned the traditional fare of porridge, haggis, neeps and tatties, and began to experiment with sheep.
		Although this was no crime in the hielands at this time (nor is so today), the rest of the McSporran clan became so incensed at the strange smells - and sounds - emanating from Angus' croft, that they banished him from the glen.
		Undeterred, Angus continued to try different combinations of herbs and spices with his sheep offal, while his family wandered the wintry glens of northwest Scotland.
	clanbravefart.tripod.com /chilli2000/id1.html (318 words)

	Somaliland Net:Somaliland protests being called "Northern Dir clan" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As Somaliland authorities refuse to partake in the Kenya talks, this new clan is to represent the people of the unrecognised state.
		This 14th Somalia Peace Conference groups leaders from all of Somalia's clans - also referred to as war lords - thus claiming to be representative for all of Somalia.
		Even more controversial, however, is the participation in Arta and in Mbagathi of the so-called "Northern Dir clan", a term said to have been invented by Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh.
	www.somalilandnet.com /news/wnews/headline/12821.shtml (632 words)

	AllRefer.com - Somalia - Introduction \| Somalian Information Resource
		Clan consciousness has been described as centering around the struggle for recognition in all its forms--social, political, economic, and cultural rights and status.
		For example, the Iise clan of the Dir clan-family had devised a system by which the smallest clan was given a special role: that of providing the overall clan leader and also of being responsible for settling disputes.
		Despite the SRC's denunciation of clannishness, the clans connected with Siad Barre and his family became sufficiently prominent to be dubbed the MOD (Mareehaan-Ogaden-Dulbahante--the name of Siad Barre's clan, his mother's clan, and his son-in- law's clan, respectively).
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/somalia/somalia11.html (4980 words)

	madhibaan.org
		In genealogical terms the Digil and Rahanweyn clan families belong to the Sab, while the Darod, Hawiye, Isaq, and Dir clan families belong to the Samale.
		Although the clan families are not strictly territorially delimited, they do tend to occupy distinct geographical locations, i.e., the Isaq and the Dir in the north; the Digil and Rahanweyn in the agricultural areas in the south; the Hawiye in and around Mogadishu and the Darod in the south and in the north.
		Clan networks provide a means of identification and support that are vital under insecure environmental, social, and political conditions.
	www.madhibaan.org /faq/faq-culture-society.htm (1268 words)

	Counter-Strike Clan [ATF]
		Some of the guys in clan [u238], the Atomic Punks have messaged me on ICQ from our contact with them at the Frag 4 and are eager for some scrims so we may just schedule a scrim during the week against them to "tune us up" for our match vs. [ASNL] on Sat.
		Others in the clan are also having other issues and real life things that have cut down on their active time as well.
		As Counter-Terrorists the second round, they forfeited basically because everyone of their clan members dropped out but 1, which is why in the pic of the final of round 1 there is only me, 10-10-220, and one of their guys.
	atf-counterstrike.tripod.com /index2.htm (10308 words)

	Somaliuk Your Portal For News, Chat Rooms, Culture, Music, and Forums
		The consequences of springing clan states in todayand#146;s dangerous world also carry the danger of these poor clan states becoming safe havens to drug barons, international smugglers or even terrorists.
		Dir is one of the nobelest clans in somalia and their history is superb.
		The clan of isaaq grew up among the dir and dir were their patrons.
	www.somaliuk.com /Forums/index.php?topic=965.132 (3103 words)

	Clan politics dictate the future of Somalia - International Herald Tribune
		The elders of the Ayr clan had called a political meeting, and very quickly it was clear that their attitudes toward the nation's newly empowered transitional government were unanimous — and bitter.
		It was clan animosities that tore down Somalia's last government in 1991, clan militias that humiliated American troops in 1993, bringing a troubled aid mission to a hasty end, and clan warfare that has consumed countless lives and reduced Mogadishu, Somalia's once- beautiful capital by the sea, to a pile of bullet-pocked bricks.
		The main Somali clans are divided into a dizzying number of subclans, sub-subclans and even sub-sub-subclans, and the term clan is loosely used for large family networks, like the Hawiye, and smaller ones, like the Ayr.
	www.iht.com /articles/2007/01/22/news/somalia.php (1063 words)

	afrol News - Somaliland protests being called "Northern Dir clan"
		The "Northern Dir clan" officially represents the people of north-western Somalia; the same territory that has been administered as the Republic of Somaliland since 1991.
		These clans - or sub-clans, depending on definitions - are part of or related to - again a question of definition - Somalia's large Dir clan.
		Consequently, the Djiboutian scheme to invite the "Northern Dir clan" on behalf of Somaliland was endorsed by IGAD.
	www.afrol.com /articles/13854 (644 words)

	The History of the Dir People.
		Ali madaxweyn dir of the Gurgure according to the southren dir of mudug region was the leading head of the Axmed Gurey soldiers and Axmed Ibraahim ghazi was a Gurgure him self.
		Bah Geri clan of the Ogaden and associated Hawiya and Rer Bare form the dominant groups in Kallafo, while Iimey district is jointly controlled by the Duba of the Dir family and Rer Ammadin of the Ogaden.
		Also, the Gadabursi and Iise clans of the Dir clan-family in northwestern Somalia and the Dulbahante and Warsangali clans of the Daarood clan-family in the Sanaag and Bari regions grew increasingly resentful of Isaaq domination of districts "liberated" from government control.
	globalcoordinate.com /items/26799.aspx (13458 words)

	The Somali Peace Process: The Final Push
		Somalia and its collection of clans is well studied; and the Somali clan affiliations and territories are unmistakable, and so are the northern Somali Dir clans.
		From a historical clan perspective, the Dir clan (north and south) had almost always their fair share allotted to them by other Somali clans; and of course from a clan perspective, they expected a fair share from others.
		However, for the first time in Somali clan history, without the presence of the northern Dir clans (mainly the Isaaq) and authorities, other Somali clans are plotting the future of Somalia.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2003/10/10-10-03/Somali.htm (1253 words)

	Clan Donald USA
		Clan Donald USA is a nationwide organization of nearly 4,000 families who trace their ancestry to any of the branches of Clann Domhnaill.
		We embrace all the MacDonalds and other surnames that are recognized as branches or adherents of the greatest of the Highland clans.
		Questions about Clan Donald USA should be directed to the appropriate officer or staff member.
	www.clan-donald-usa.org (286 words)

	A Return to Clan-Politics (or Worse) in Southern Somalia?
		Clan rivalry—even if it is a result of a false consciousness—is part of ‘tradition’ in Somalia, particularly oral tradition.
		The clan alliances underpinning the TNG were opposed and replaced by a rival set of alliances—aided and abetted by Ethiopia—that became the TFG.
		The present and previous speakers are from the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle), a large confederation of mixed ‘agro-pastoral’ clans, that inhabit the inter-riverine regions of southern Somalia and speak a distinct dialect (Af Maay-Maay).
	hornofafrica.ssrc.org /Hassan_Barnes (1637 words)

	Clan [yW]Young WARRIORS PROMOTION Page
		The "[yW-G] TAG lets everybody in the yW Clan know that the person wearing it has taken the first steps to becoming a Member of their Clan and has been APPROVED for a for a TRY OUT by a Drill Sergeant.
		This will allow current Clan members an opportunity to have some input as to who becomes one of their Clan's members.
		They are responsible for generally how the Clan is run and the general conduct of the Clan.
	youngwarriors.tripod.com /structure.html (695 words)

	Join Clan Orb
		ORB is a clan who believes that making good SP and Co-op levels is like an art.
		Joining the clan is, sadly, a bit more complicated than it used to be, but it's still no big thing.
		Multiclanning (or being in more than one clan) is silly and serves no purpose, and is frowned upon by most of DC.
	clanorb2003.tripod.com /join.html (472 words)

	US Department of the Army: Analysis of Somalia, December 1993
		The exclusion of other clans from important government posts was a gradual process, but by the late 1970s there was a growing perception, at least among the political elite, that Siad Barre was unduly partial toward the three Daarood clans to which he had family ties.
		The SDA, supported primarily by the Gadabursi clan, and the relatively new United Somali Front (USF), formed by members of the Iise clan, felt apprehension at the prospect of SNM control of their areas.
		The SNM administration persuaded the leaders of all the north's major clans to attend a conference at Burao in April 1991, at which the region's political future was debated.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/horn_sml.html (2827 words)

	The Guardians Of Darkness -- Clan {GoD}
		There are some rules that you MUST follow to be part of the clan.
		Bots- Bots are permitted in the clan channel, as long as they follow a few regulationos.
		Strangers are allowed to be in the clan channel, and you may NOT boot or ban them without provocation.
	theclangod.tripod.com /rules.htm (286 words)

	Dir En Grey Clan - Asia Finest Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This clan's dedicated to all that was, is, and will be Dir en grey.
		Well, i know there's already a J-Rock Clan, and i've joined it too, but to be honest, the only one's i've listened to are Dir En Grey and Malice Mizer.
		but Dir En Grey is my favorite out of the two(at least for now) and so i thought that maybe i should make a clan for it.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=12732 (498 words)

	Dir Era
		The Akisho are a subclan of the Ali Madaxweyn Dir, and they are reputed to be descendants of the eldest sons of the Madaxweyn Dir.Akisho is one of the oldest clans in the Horn of Africa.
		Now, this is why the Dir elders of Mudug used to say, "Suure" meant the wise one and it is the nick name given to the last born of Mahe Dir.
		The Gurgure Dir inhabit the ancient city of Dira Dhawe, which is also inhabited by the Madoobe Dir Issas.[citation needed] The first to arrive were the Gurguras who named the city Dira Dhawe, or "the place that Dir conquered or hit with his spear".
	dirrera.blogspot.com (4897 words)

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