Allied Somali Forces

Infobox Somali faction
faction_name=Allied Somali Forces (ASF)


clan_tribe=Marehan, Ogadeni and Habr Gedir [cite web
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title = Somalia: Main Political Organizations
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leaders=Col. Ali Hashi Buraleh [cite web
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title = Somalia Assessment, Version 4, September 1999, Country Information and Policy Unit
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publisher = Country Information & Policy Unit, Immigration & Nationality Directorate, Home Office, UK
date= September 1999
url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ERO/records/ho415/1/ind/som4.htm
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active_years= June 1999 - June 2001
headquarters=Kismayo
areaofoperations=southern Somalia
predecessor=Marehan Somali National Front, other clans
successor=Juba Valley Alliance (JVA)
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opponents=Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM-Harti)

The Allied Somali Forces (ASF) was a political faction of the Somali Civil War. It was the primary opponent of the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) vying for the control of Kismayo and the Juba River valley, the area known as Jubaland.

Following the breakdown of central authority in the Somali Civil War, General Hersi "Morgan" declared Jubaland independent on September 3, 1998. [http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/natgj.htm Footnotes to History: G to J] Footnotes to History]

Opponents to General "Morgan" came from the Somali Marehan, Ogadeni and Habr Gedir ethnic groups. The Marehan Somali National Front (SNF) and other tribal allies grouped together as the Allied Somali Forces (ASF). They ousted General "Morgan" from Kismayu in June 1999. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ERO/records/ho415/1/ind/som4.htm Somalia Assessment, September 1999] Country Information and Policy Unit, Immigration & Nationality Directorate, Home Office, UK]

The ASF renamed itself the Juba Valley Alliance in June 2001, and threw its support behind the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). [cite web | title=Somalia | work=World Statesmen | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html#Jubaland | accessdate=March 9 | accessyear=2006 - also shows Italian colonial flag & links to [http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/eastafrica/somalia1925.gifmap] ] The leader of the JVA is Colonel Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, who later became Defense Minister for the TFG. The militia commander of the JVA is Col. Abdulahi Sheik Ismael Fara-Tag.

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