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Nov 10, 2021 · Mohamed Farrah Aidid was wounded in the battle but not killed immediately. He died from a heart attack a month later, in August 1996, while undergoing surgery for the wound. Two days later,...
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 ...
- 1960–1996
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Aug 12, 1996 · On Aug. 2, it was announced that General Aidid had died after being hit by three bullets during a battle for a neighborhood in southern Mogadishu.
Aug 2, 1996 · The United Nations blamed Aidid for the June 5, 1993, ambushes that killed 24 Pakistani peacekeepers and wounded 59, and issued a warrant for his arrest. While Aidid repeatedly denied responsibility, he accused the U.N. forces of favoring his rivals.
Sep 27, 2023 · In October 1993, United States forces became embroiled in an armed conflict against troops loyal to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Known as the Battle of Mogadishu, the incident is perhaps best remembered for the debacle that later became immortalized in the film Black Hawk Down .
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Aug 2, 1996 · 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...
Aug 3, 1996 · Mohammed Farah Aidid, the Somali clan leader whose fighters humiliated United States forces trying to arrest him in 1993, has died, his colleagues reported yesterday, apparently from wounds...