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Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Fartag
Minister of Internal Security (Somalia)
PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byMohamed Ahmed Sheikh Ali
First Vice President of Jubaland
In office
2013 – May 2016
PresidentAhmed Mohamed Islam
Succeeded byMohamud Sayid Aden
Former Head of Juba Valley Alliance
Senator
Personal details
NationalitySomali
Occupationpolitician

Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail is a Somali politician and current Minister of internal Security of Somalia and a Member of Somali senate. He also served as the first vice president of Jubaland state of Somalia from 2013 to May 2016. He was former commander in the army of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of the Republic of Somalia.

He was Head of the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA) before it folded under the command of the TFG, serving under Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale before and after the merger of forces.

On October 6, 2006, vowed to retake Kismayo after its abandonment to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), but their counterattacks at the time failed. JVA officials in Jilib were also reported arrested by the ICU.

On October 22, SomaliNet reported Gen. Ismael Fartaag was claimed to have been captured and knifed to death after the fall of the town of Bu'aale to the ICU. However, on November 4, these reports proved false when Gen. Fartaag was reported alive and well in Bardhere.

On November 5, there were reports of the "unlocking" (presumably, the beginning) of training of 1,300 Ahlu Suna Wal Jama'a clerics in Bardhere to fight on behalf of the JVA/TFG. These recruits were to replace the losses suffered by the JVA in October. The number began as 700, but rapidly increased to 1,300. Gen. Fartaag was reported to explain, "They are volunteers attending to defend their territory from the invasion of foreigners alongside the Islamic courts."

On December 19, Gen. Fartaag was named as the commander of the TFG forces defending Bardhere from attack. However, the ICU collapsed after that in the course of the Battle of Baidoa, and Bardhere never fell to them.

References

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  7. Somalia: Islamists claim victory over JVA SomaliNet
  8. Somalia: JVA militia commander may have been killed by Islamists Archived August 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet
  9. Somalia: Curfew imposed on Bardere Archived August 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet
  10. Army training in Southern Somalia for war preparation Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Somaliweyn/SMC
  11. ICU to capture Bardhere town Archived 2007-01-10 at the Wayback Machine SomaliNet
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