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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 ...
Nov 10, 2021 · Aidid's faction became known as the United Somali Congress (USC) in 1991. Meanwhile, his son, Hussein Farrah Aidid, was busy serving in the United States Marine Corps during Desert Storm.
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Aug 12, 1996 · Mr. Farah was born Aug. 16, 1962, in the Somali town of Belet Uen. He was the second son of Asli Dhubad, the first of General Aidid's four wives. At age 14, he immigrated to Southern California ...
May 1, 2024 · 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 centre of the ...
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Jan 22, 2007 · Aidid assumed control of his father’s militia, inherited a vast swath of territory and became one of Somalia’s most powerful warlords himself. Today Aidid, 44, is trying to change mantles again.
Feb 19, 2017 · Continue to article content. On the morning of February 8, a civil servant from Buffalo, New York—a Somali by birth but an American by choice—walked into a heavily guarded airplane hangar in ...
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 ...
