Everything about Hussein Mohamed Farrah totally explained
Hussein Mohamed Farrah (; born
August 16,
1962 in
Beledweyne,
Somalia) is the son of
Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Also known as
Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid,
Hussein Aidid or
Aidid Junior.
Biography
Farrah went to the
United States when he was 16 years old and attended
Covina High School,
Covina, California, graduating in
1981.
He was selected by the
Habar Gidir clan to succeed his father when he died. He relinquished the disputed title of President by signing the
Cairo Declaration, on
December 22,
1997, in
Cairo,
Egypt following a peace process between Salbalar administration and Soodare Group. Farrah is seen by the
West as a chance of improvement for the relationships between them and Somalia.
US Marine Corps
In April
1987, he volunteered to join the
United States Marine Corps. At one time he was stationed at the Marine Corps reserve base in
Pico Rivera,
California as an artilleryman with Battery B of the
14th Marine Regiment. He served in Somalia during
Operation Restore Hope as a translator. He was chosen because he was the only Marine who spoke Somali. He later became a
naturalized citizen, and remained in the United States until age 30.
Somali National Alliance (SNA)
Upon his father's death on
August 2,
1996, Hussein was sworn in as "interim President", and became leader of the
Somali National Alliance (SNA), the same alliance his father led against the US forces.
On
September 1,
1996, Mr. Aidid met with UN representatives for the first time, to deal with issues left over as legacies of his father's administration. Issues addressed at the meeting which needed to be resolved before the return of UN workers and the resumption of UN assistance included the following concerns:
- Resolution of threats and incidents of kidnapping UNICEF and WHO international and national staff (ironically, on September 2, a local WHO staff member was kidnapped and held until September 6, after a $2,000 ransom was paid).
- Looting of WHO supplies.
- Looting of UN supplies and assets in Baidoa in 1995.
On
December 17,
1996, rival warlord
Ali Mahdi Mohamed attacked his headquarters after five days of fighting that left 135 dead in Mogadishu.
On
December 22,
1997, he relinquished the disputed title of President by signing the
Cairo Declaration, in
Cairo,
Egypt following a peace process between
Salbalar administration and Soodare Group.
On
March 30,
1998, Ali Mahdi Mohamed and Hussein Aidid put together a peace plan which shared power over Mogadishu, ending a period of seven years of fighting since the ouster of
Siad Barre.
On
February 23,
1999, militias loyal to Aidid killed 60 civilians in
Baidoa and
Daynunay.
Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC)
Transitional Federal Government (TFG), accusing it of "harboring militant Islamist sympathizers." Instead he formed the rival
Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) in early
2001.
At some time during late
2001, he advised US President
George W. Bush that a money transfer and telecommunications company,
Al Barakaat, "had ties to terrorists and that there were terrorists in Somalia sympathetic to
Osama bin Laden." He also "warned that militant Islamist Pakistani proselytizers were active in Mogadishu and other Somali cities and that they've strong links to
Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya."
Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
Offices held:
Deputy Prime Minister (2005 – May 13, 2007)
Minister of the Interior (2005 – February 7, 2007)
Minister of Public Works and Housing (February 7, 2007 – present)
In July 2003, at the Somali National Reconciliation Conference, the SRRC and TNG leadership reached key compromises: "The TNG accepted the number of parliamentarians proposed by the SRRC while the latter approved the inclusion of politicians as requested by the TNG."
On October 25, 2005, Aidid handed over the USC/SNA's combined 3,500 landmines to non-profit Geneva Call. He and other faction leaders had agreed to stop burying land mines as a further sign of the ending of years of civil war.
On December 28, 2006, after the defeat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), Aidid was present when government forces entered Mogadishu. On January 2, 2007, Mr. Aidid was quoted as suggesting Somalis within Ethiopia and Somalia should share a common passport, raising concerns of whether Ethiopia had plans to annex Somalia.
On February 7, 2007, as part of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi's cabinet reshuffling, he was moved from Minister of the Interior to Minister of Public Works and Housing.
On 13 May 2007, he was sacked from the position of deputy prime minister, with the reason being given that he was inactive in his duties. This followed Aidid's defection to Asmara, Eritrea, and his accusation that Ethiopia was guilty of ‘genocide’ and calling for its withdrawal. (External Link
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Quote
"Once a Marine, always a Marine."
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