page_title: Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
section_title: August 1, 2006
hierarchical_section_title: Advance of the Islamic Courts Union / Consolidation of the Islamic Courts Union, Ethiopian intervention / August 1, 2006
caption_attribution_description: Somali political situation as of August 10, 2006.
context_page_description: The Advance of the Islamic Courts Union is the period in the Somali Civil War that began in May 2006 with the Islamic Courts Union's conquest of Mogadishu from the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism and continued with further ICU expansion in the country. Following the outbreak of the war on December 21, 2006; by December 24, direct Ethiopian intervention in the conflict in support of the Transitional Federal Government was no longer denied by the Ethiopian government. The Eritrean government denied any involvement despite Ethiopian claims to the contrary.
context_section_description: The ICU moved into the Mudug region in the beginning of August, capturing Adado on 1 August following negotiations with the local clan Sultan.
  This draws the ICU into the sphere of influence of Puntland, as Adado borders the important southern city of Galcayo.  Conflict ensues almost immediately after an Islamic Court is founded in south Galkayo (Puntland disputes ownership of South Galcayo with the local Sacad clan) and escalates rapidly up to the 9th of August.
  The Sacad clan was largely divided between those Sacad who supported the ICU (the Sacad have their own Islamic Court in the capital) and those who oppose the ICU (led by Mohamed Warsame Ali "Kiimiko" and Abdi Qeybdiid).  The Anti-ICU Sacad unite and prepare to form their own state in South Galcayo, in order to resist both Puntland and the ICU.
caption: Map depicting the political situation in Somalia on August 10, 2006
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