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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mohamed_Farrah_AididMohamed Farrah Aidid - Wikipedia

    Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad, known as General Aidid or Aideed ( Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Garaad, 'Caydiid Garaad'; 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 ...

  2. www.military.com › history › how-us-marine-wentHow a US Marine Went to Somalia and Became a Warlord

    Nov 10, 2021 · Hussein Farrah Aidid is the son of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, one of Somalia's most notorious warlords. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Desert Storm and later became a leader of his father's faction in Somalia, where he cooperated and clashed with the U.N. and the U.S.

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Muhammad-Farah-AydidMuhammad Farah Aydid | Somalian Warlord, War of ... - Britannica

    May 1, 2024 · Role In: 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 ...

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  5. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › legacy-black-hawkThe Legacy of Black Hawk Down | Smithsonian

    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...

  6. www.nytimes.com › 1996/08/12 › worldHow a U.S. Marine Became Leader of Somalia - The New York Times

    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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  8. allthatsinteresting.com › battle-of-mogadishuHow A Peacekeeping Mission Turned Into The Battle of Mogadishu

    Sep 27, 2023 · In 1993, U.S. troops clashed with Somali militants loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Mogadishu, resulting in two helicopter crashes and 18 American deaths. The incident, known as Black Hawk Down, ended America's peacekeeping campaign in Somalia.

  9. www.nytimes.com › 2023/10/02 › opinionThe Secret Memo From the General Who Foresaw Black Hawk Down

    Oct 2, 2023 · Somalia is full of danger.”. 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 ...

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