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Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Somali: Xuseen Maxamed Faarax Caydiid, Arabic: حسين محمد فارح عيديد) (born August 16, 1962) is the son of General Mohamed Farrah Aidid. His father was leader of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), the faction that fought UNOSOM II and US forces during 1993.
Nov 10, 2021 · Hussein Farrah Aidid is a Desert Storm veteran who landed in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. His dad was leading the other side. How a US Marine Went to Somalia and Became a Warlord ...
May 13, 2021 · Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid is a US Marine veteran who served from 1987 through 1995, notably during Desert Storm as well as in Somalia. After leaving the military he succeeded his late father Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid as president in August 1996 but stepped down a year later.
Jan 4, 2023 · 3 minute read. Hussein Farrah Aidid left the United States Marine Corps and attempted to be a warlord like his father, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who is a central figure in the story of Black Hawk Down. Mohamed Aidid was the leader of the Habr Gidr clan, who vied for power in the wake of the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre’s Somali regime.
Aug 12, 1996 · One of the many oddities in this battered capital is that a son of Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid, the Somali faction leader who humiliated the United States in 1993, is a naturalized American...
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Almost right away, militias led by the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid began attacking and killing U.N. peacekeepers. On October 3 and 4, 1993, U.S. forces set out on a snatch-and-grab...
Jan 22, 2007 · The night before, on Oct. 3, 1993, Hussein Mohammed Aidid had watched in horror as television conveyed images of a disastrous U.S. military mission against a Mogadishu warlord. After two Black...
