Xasuuqii_Isaaq
Xasuuq
Sanadkii 1987, Siyaad Barre, madaxweynihii Soomaaliya, isagoo ka niyad jabsan guul darrada ciidanka ee ka dhanka ah kacdoon wadayaasha Dhaqdhaqaaqa Qaranka Soomaaliyeed ee woqooyiga dalka, wuxuu u fidiyay dowladda Itoobiya heshiis ay ku joojinayaan hoyga iyo taageerada ay siinayaan SNM soo laabto Soomaaliya kor u siinaya in ay dalab dhul badan Itoobiya ee Deegaanka Soomaalida. Itoobiya heshiis bay ahayd heshiisna waa la saxeexay 3dii Abriil 1988 kaas oo ka koobnaa qodob xaqiijinaya heshiis ah in aan la caawin ururada macaaradka ee saldhigoodu yahay midba midka kale. Jabhada Dhaqdhaqaaqa Wadaniga Soomaliyeed ee SNM ayaa dareentay culeyska saaran inay joojiso howlahooda ku aadan xuduuda Itoobiya iyo Soomaaliya, waxayna go’aansadeen inay weeraraan dhulalka waqooyiga Soomaaliya si ay ula wareegaan magaalooyinka waaweyn ee waqooyiga. Dabeecadda arxan darrada ah ee jawaabcelintii dowladdii Siyaad Barre waxay ahayd mid aan horay loo arag, waxayna horseedday waxa uu Robin Cohen ku tilmaamay mid ka mid ah "dagaalladii sokeeye ee ugu xumaa Afrika". Jawaabtii Siyaad Barre ee weeraradii Ururka Dhaqdhaqaaqa Wadaniga Soomaliyeed ee SNM waxay ahayd mid naxariis daro ah oo aan lala bar bar dhigi karin, iyadoo ujeedooyin cad laga lahaa sidii wax looga qaban lahaa "dhibaatada Isaaq", wuxuu amar ku bixiyay "duqeynta iyo duqeynta cirka ah ee lagu qaado magaalooyinka waaweyn ee waqooyi galbeed imikana kala ah Maroodi jeex iyo Saaxil iyo in si habsami leh loo burburiyo guryaha Isaaq, degsiimadiisa iyo meelaha biyaha laga dhaansado . Taliskii Siyaad Barre wuxuu si gaar ah u bartilmaameedsaday xubnaha rayidka ah ee kooxda Isaaqa gaar ahaan,  gaar ahaan magaalooyinka Hargeysa iyo Burco iyada oo taa loo adeegsanayo adeegsiga madaafiic aan loo meel dayin iyo duqeyn cirka ah oo lala beegsanayo dadka shacabka ah ee ka tirsan qabiilka Isaaqa. Bruce Jentleson, agaasimihii hore ee Sanford School of Public Policy wuxuu ku sifeynayaa xasuuqii shacabka Isaaq sida soo socota:"Ciidamada dowladdu waxay uga jawaabeen "waxashnimo arxan-darro ah", iyagoo beegsanaya dhammaan dadka shacabka ah ee Isaaqa ah xarig, kufsi, dil wadareed, iyo toogasho aan loo meel dayin iyo duqeyn, Boqollaal kun oo qaxooti Isaaq ah ayaa naftooda uga qaxay xadka Itoobiya; diyaaradaha dagaalka ee dowladda ayaa ku xayiray markii ay cararayeen. Ilaa konton kun oo qof oo Soomaali ah ayaa dhintey iyadoo magaalada Hargeysa si siman looga simeeyey waxa falanqeeyayaasha dibaddu ay ku tilmaameen olole "xasuuq" ah oo maamulkii Barre ku qaaday Isaaq." The use of large-scale aerial bombardment was unprecedented in the history of African civil unrest. The brutal response of the Siad Barre government did not stop there, in discussing the systematic way in which the government targeted Isaaq people with aim to inflict as much loss in property and life, Waldron and Hasci published the following account:"General Mohammed Said 'Morgan', one of Siad Barre's sons-in-law, [was given] the opportunity to put into operation further elements of a pacification plan he had drawn up earlier. Government forces reacted with appalling savagery to the SNM seizure of Burao and near capture of Hargeisa. The response culminated in the bombing and artillery bombardment of Hargeisa to a point of virtual destruction. Civilian refugees fleeing towards the border were bombed and gunned indiscriminately. It was seen, probably rightly, as an attack on the whole Isaaq people..."