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The Kom were split into hostile and well-armed groups whose current divisions stemmed from the war against the Soviets in the 1980s, when some of the Kom backed the radical forces of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, known as the HIG, or Hezb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin, and other Kom sub-clans were loyal to the moderate National Islamic Front of Afghanistan.
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The hope for Somalia lies in conflict resolution between clans and sub-clans.
Somalia Ruined: Intervention Fails Again « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The Kom were split into hostile and well-armed groups whose current divisions stemmed from the war against the Soviets in the 1980s, when some of the Kom backed the radical forces of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, known as the HIG, or Hezb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin, and other Kom sub-clans were loyal to the moderate National Islamic Front of Afghanistan.
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Some 42m of them are divided into about 60 tribes and 400 sub-clans and they are intensely proud of their culture which has survived three millenniums of almost constant invasion and occupation.
Should British soldiers be dying for the rights of Afghan women? No. James Fergusson 2010
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These tribes are giant lineages, traced from male ancestors, which sub-divide into tribal segments, which in turn divide into clans, sub-clans, and so on, down to families, in which cousins may be pitted against cousins, or brother against brother.
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But doing so will be exceedingly difficult as the notoriously fractious, warlike Somalis are split into bitterly feuding tribes, clans, and sub-clans with little sense of national unity.
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Yusuf has invited Hawiye leaders from all the sub-clans to attend the reconciliation conference, even the men representing the political arm of the Islamic militants he managed to push out of Mogadishu late last year with help from troops from neighboring Ethiopia.
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The Hawiye clan, a mosaic of 19 often competing sub-clans, is key to peace and stability in Somalia.
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However, it proved to be a curse for the premier, whose clan has been reluctant to engage in reconciliation, with some sub-clans even actively supporting the Islamist-led insurgency.
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The Hawiye clan, a mosaic of 19 often competing sub-clans, is key to peace and stability in Somalia.
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