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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 ...
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.
Oct 3, 2023 · Thirty years ago, on 3 October 1993, a US-led military operation in the capital city Somalia turned into a deadly firefight that shocked the world. It involved US special forces, supported by UN peacekeepers, who attempted to capture two top lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who was leading a violent resistance against the ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Mohamed Farrah 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.. Aidid not only diverted food aid and relief ...
Sep 16, 2005 · A son of the powerful Somali faction leader who died last week was named Sunday to succeed his father, promising to carry on Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid's policies in embattled Somalia.
Oct 10, 2022 · Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934-, Ambassadors -- Somalia -- Biography, Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1960-1991, Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1991-Publisher New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Aidid enjoyed a comfortable upbringing as son of a military guard until his father was jailed in 1969 on suspicion of plotting a coup against then-dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. In 1975, Aidid’s father was released from prison and rejoined the resistance. He sent Aidid to the U.S. His mother and other siblings would soon join.
