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Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad, popularly known as General Aidid (Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Garaad, 'Caydiid Garaad'; Arabic: محمد فرح حسن عيديد; 15 December 1934 – 1 August 1996), was a Somali military officer and diplomat.
Nov 10, 2021 · When the United Nations tried to intervene, rival factions prevented adequate distribution of food and Mohamed Farrah Aidid's USC faction began to attack UN peacekeeping forces.
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...
Somalia intervention. Muhammad Farah Aydid (born c. 1930, Beledweyne, Italian Somaliland—died Aug. 1, 1996, Mogadishu, Somalia) was a Somali faction leader. He received military training in Italy and the U.S.S.R. and served in posts under Mohamed Siad Barre (1978–89) before overthrowing him in 1991. He became the dominant clan leader at the ...
Oct 2, 2023 · The “momentum and boldness” of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the leader of the city’s most powerful clan and the U.N. mission’s chief antagonist, General Meade wrote, were his prime concern.
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named Task Force Ranger during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of the Somali National Alliance who was wanted by the UNOSOM II in response to his attacks ...
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. He was the chairman of the United Somali Congress (USC). Aidid later led the Somali National Alliance (SNA).
Feb 3, 2023 · On October 3, 1993, US forces planned to arrest two of General Aidid’s senior lieutenants during a meeting in the Aidid-controlled section of Mogadishu. The raid, originally scheduled to last...
Aug 12, 1996 · His clan elders, meeting behind closed doors, selected the same 33-year-old son, Hussein Mohammed Farah, to become the new president of Mr. Aidid's self-proclaimed republic. It was a strange ...
Jan 22, 2007 · Just one year later, Mohammed Aidid was fatally shot in battle. The clan elected the younger Aidid to take over as head of a coalition of clans and warlords known as the Somali National...
