Search results
Hace 22 horas · Barre's son, Maslah Mohammed Siad Barre was commanding the 77th Sector in Mogadishu in November 1987, and later became Chief of Staff (also reported as Commander-in-Chief) of the Army. Maslah may have become Commander-in-Chief in early March 1989.
Hace 22 horas · In the 1980s Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre broke up the Somali National Army into clan groupings in order to help maintain his control. A civil war was underway by 1987–88. Fighting reached the edges of Mogadishu by late 1990 at the latest. Barre fled Mogadishu in late January 1991 for his home region.
Hace 4 días · In the 1980s, war erupted, and President Mohamed Siad Barre’s government in the south launched a genocidal campaign against the Isaaq clan, Somaliland’s majority ethnic group. Somalis often...
Hace 4 días · Friday, November 02, 2012. A picture from May 29, 1990 shows Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre at an Arab Summit. Barre ruled Somalia from October 1969, when he led a military coup against the democratically elected government, until January 1991, when the central government collapsed. [Mike Nelson/AFP] advertisements.
Hace 3 días · Upon acquiring power, Mohamed Siad Barre soon established a fearful draconian court called National Security Court headed by Mohamud Gelle Yusuf, a heartless navy general who had never read law at school – he now lives in Switzerland as a refugee. Anyone who was taken to this court was almost assured that its verdict was public ...
Hace 1 día · Two weeks later, on 25 January The Washington Post reported that the government of Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre "is stockpiling chemical weapons in warehouses near its capital, Mogadishu". These reports state that canisters of the nerve gases Soman and Sarin were unloaded from a Libyan Airlines civilian flight to Mogadishu on 7 October.
Hace 4 días · When Castro learned of Somalia's plans, he flew to Mogadishu and met his counterpart, dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. After the meeting, Castro reportedly said that Barre showed him the territories that he considered part of "Greater Somalia," including northeastern Kenya, Ogaden and Djibouti, which was still under French control.
