Original sentence: In 2009, the The Dhulbahante tribal chief Garad Jama Garad Ali gave an interview to a local Somali site saying “As the tribal chief of the Dhulbahante Clan I want to announce that we (the Sool, Sanaag and, Cayn people) will no longer be part of Puntland administration.In October, 2007 a war broke-out between the PL forces and highly trained local militia which contained 400 heavily armed men.It now looks like that this region is not a disputed area by any means, and that whatever the local Dhulbahante tribe chooses to join will stay here in the region and for now the majority have chosen to be part of the Somaliland Republic.It was back in 2007, when Dhulbahante clan which was fed up with the unfair politics of Puntland which was favoring some tribes over another.Puntland forces and few of their followers ignored the warnings and chose to stay.The 2009 Somaliland Elections will take place in the region, and theirs no more claim or even a fight coming from the Puntland side for almost 2 years.The fact is that Las Anod and about 95% of the State of Sool, is now administred by fellow tribesmen who are affiliated with The Republic of Somaliland.Then politician who were unhappy with Puntland decided to expel all non Dhulbahante forces out of the region, then the politicians and tribal chiefs of the clan started to call on Puntland forces to leave the region.Within several hours Puntland forces retreated to Garowe with heavy loses of lives and equipment.” it was a long interview which he also explained how the administration have misled his people with empty promises and corrupt politics
Edited sentence: After the conflict of 2007, Somaliland security forces occupied the region.During 2006, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) also incorporated the sharia courts of Sool into their loose alliance, though their military forces never occupied the region.It was separated from Nugaal in the 1980s.Since 2003 and until October 2007, Sool has been under control of Puntland.Sool is a region claimed by the two northern Somaliland and Puntland autonomous macro-regions of Somalia.There is strong opposition against the presence of the Somaliland militia in the region.Under the government of Siad Barre, Sool was not a separate region, but part of the larger Nugaal province, with the capital city of Garowe