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Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid (Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Caydiid; Arabic: محمد فرح حسن عيديد; 15 December 1934 – 1 August 1996) was a Somali general and diplomat. Educated in both Rome and Moscow, he served as a chief in the Italian colonial police force and later as a brigadier general in the Somali National Army. He would eventually became chairman of the United Somali ...
Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid was a Somali general and diplomat. Educated in both Rome and Moscow, he served as a chief in the Italian colonial police force and later as a brigadier general in the Somali National Army. He would eventually become chairman of the United Somali Congress , and soon after the Somali National Alliance . Along with other armed opposition groups, he succeeded in ...
Oct 3, 2023 · The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command deployed personnel under Task Force Ranger to Somalia to kill or capture warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who was wanted for planning attacks on and killing ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's most infamous warlord, General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack, after being injured by a bullet last week. Aidid and his armed cadre resisted attempts by the United Nations and United States to restore civil government in the anarchic nation, forcing the U.S. to retreat ingloriously ...
Oct 2, 2023 · After United Nations peacekeepers withdrew in 1993, 19 American soldiers were killed by Aidid's forces. After the U.S. withdrew from Somalia, he declared himself president of Somalia in 1995. He ...
Feb 14, 2022 · The operation’s goal was to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia’s population, yet warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his troops used this opportunity to divert food and relief supplies, kill peace-keepers, incite violence, and commit crimes against humanity (Stillwell, 2020).
Aug 2, 1996 · Print. Share. Reprints. Follow @TIME. MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's most infamous warlord, General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack, after being injured by a bullet last week. Aidid and his armed cadre resisted attempts by the United Nations and United States to restore civil government in the anarchic nation ...
