▁political , ▁administrative , ▁and ▁commercial ▁el ites ▁were ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁recognize ▁that ▁they ▁now ▁had ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁M og ad ish u . ▁ ▁At ▁independence , ▁the ▁northern ▁region ▁had ▁two ▁function ing ▁political ▁parties : ▁the ▁SN L , ▁representing ▁the ▁Is aa q ▁cl an - family ▁that ▁constit uted ▁a ▁numerical ▁majority ▁there ; ▁and ▁the ▁US P , ▁supported ▁largely ▁by ▁the ▁Dir ▁and ▁the ▁Daar ood . ▁In ▁a ▁un ified ▁Som alia , ▁however , ▁the ▁Is aa q ▁were ▁a ▁small ▁minor ity , ▁whereas ▁the ▁northern ▁Daar ood ▁joined ▁members ▁of ▁their ▁cl an - family ▁from ▁the ▁south ▁in ▁the ▁SY L . ▁The ▁Dir , ▁having ▁few ▁k ins men ▁in ▁the ▁south , ▁were ▁pulled ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁by ▁traditional ▁t ies ▁to ▁the ▁Haw i ye ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁by ▁common ▁regional ▁sympath ies ▁to ▁the ▁Is aa q . ▁The ▁southern ▁opposition ▁party , ▁the ▁Gre ater ▁Som alia ▁League ▁( GS L ), ▁pro - A rab ▁and ▁milit antly ▁pan - S om al ist , ▁attract ed ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁SN L ▁and ▁the ▁US P ▁against ▁the ▁SY L , ▁which ▁had ▁adopted ▁a ▁moder ate ▁stand ▁before ▁independence . ▁ ▁Northern ▁mis giv ings ▁about ▁being ▁too ▁tight ly ▁har ness ed ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁were ▁demonstrated ▁by ▁the ▁voting ▁pattern ▁in ▁the ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁refer endum ▁on ▁the ▁constitution , ▁which