ABSTRACT To engage properly with the Somali National Army, to understand it in the hope of improving stability and the lives of over 12 million Somalis, good basic information on its composition and characteristics is necessary. Authoritative accounts on the subject have been scarce for over 25 years. This account seeks to detail the army’s dispositions across southern Somalia, and, more importantly, the brigades’ clan compositions and linkages. Clan ties supersede loyalties to the central government. The army as it stands is a collection of former militias which suffer from ill-discipline and commit crime along with greater atrocities. Estimates of numbers are unreliable, but there might be 13,000 or more fighters in six brigades in the Mogadishu area and five beyond.

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索马里国民军：评估

摘要 为了与索马里国民军适当接触，了解它以期改善稳定和超过 1200 万索马里人的生活，需要对其组成和特征的良好基本信息。25 年来，有关该主题的权威帐户一直很少。这个描述试图详细描述军队在索马里南部的部署，更重要的是，这些旅的部族组成和联系。宗族关系取代了对中央政府的忠诚。现在的军队是一群前民兵，他们纪律严明，犯罪和暴行更大。对人数的估计并不可靠，但摩加迪沙地区的六个旅和其他五个旅中可能有 13,000 名或更多的战斗人员。