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| ⚫ | Fadil, Samantar and others were targeted for clan reasons. Following the outbreak of the [[Somali Civil War|civil war]] in 1991 and the collapse of the Barre regime, Samatar moved to the [[United States]] in order to escape persecution as a member of the former government. According to Mario Sica, then Italian ambassador to Mogadishu, although the [[United Somali Congress]] (USC) professed that it was fighting against the Barre regime as a whole and not engaged in a clan-based struggle, public officials who belonged to the same clan as the USC's core constituents were not targeted. Instead, they were embraced as heroes and welcomed into the rebel group's senior leadership positions.<ref name="Kapteijns">{{cite book|last=Kapteijns|first=Lidwien|title=Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991|year=2012|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0812244672|page=133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PBvfTmzsZ-0C}}</ref>. |
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Fadil is allegedly killed by the owner of midnight restaurant in Mogadishu a Haber Gedir clan member solely for clan reasons |
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| ⚫ | Fadil, Samantar and others were targeted for clan reasons. Following the outbreak of the [[Somali Civil War|civil war]] in 1991 and the collapse of the Barre regime, Samatar moved to the [[United States]] in order to escape persecution as a member of the former government. According to Mario Sica, then Italian ambassador to Mogadishu, although the [[United Somali Congress]] (USC) professed that it was fighting against the Barre regime as a whole and not engaged in a clan-based struggle, public officials who belonged to the same clan as the USC's core constituents were not targeted. Instead, they were embraced as heroes and welcomed into the rebel group's senior leadership positions.<ref name="Kapteijns">{{cite book|last=Kapteijns|first=Lidwien|title=Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991|year=2012|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0812244672|page=133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PBvfTmzsZ-0C}}</ref>. Fadil is allegedly killed by the owner of midnight restaurant in Mogadishu a Haber Gedir clan member solely for clan reasons |
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Revision as of 08:14, 19 May 2014
Abdullah Mohamed Fadil | |
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| Native name | Cabdallah Maxamed Fadhil عبد الله محمد فاضل |
| Allegiance | Somalia |
| Service/ | Somali National Army |
| Years of service | 1950s-1990s |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | Ogaden War |
Abdullah Mohamed Fadil ([Cabdallah Maxamed Fadhil] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: عبد الله محمد فاضل), also known as Abdalla Mohamed Fadil,[1] was a prominent Somali military figure.
Biography
Abdalla was a son of Yemeni Father Hadhrami musketeers and a memeber of devoted lieutenants, and a Somali Majertein mother, of the Nuh Jabrail Family of the Kingdom of Obbia of Sultan Ali Yussuf, Both parents served under the Sultan Yussuf "Abu Ali" the father of Yusuf Ali in Obbia, [2]
Fadil served as the first Joint Chiefs of Staff and Commander of the Somali Armed Forces (SAF), and was a senior member of the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC). A Major General in the military,[3] he would also hold the Minister of Industry portfolio during the Siad Barre administration.[4]
In the 1970s Abdullah Mohamed Fadil and Muhammad Ali Samatar advised President Barre to select top Frunze graduates to lead the campaign in Oganden against Ethiopia to liberate Somali territories and restore the greater Somalia. This was part of a broader effort to unite all of the Somali-inhabited territories in the Horn region into a Greater Somalia (Soomaaliweyn).[5]
Ogaden War
General Fadil and General Samantar selected the top military scholars from Frunze know as "Frunzites" preferring the Frunzites over the the Italian trained Modena graduates . Fadil and Samnatar trusted their college mates , the top graduates of Frunze Military Academy in Moscow (Военнаяакадемия им М. В. Фрунзе), an elite Soviet institution reserved for the most qualified officers of the Warsaw Pact armies and their allies to lead The Ogaden Campaign, they selected the following [6]
Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed commanded SNA in Negellie Front.
Col. Abdullahi Ahmed Irro commanded SNA in the Godey Front.
Col. Ali Hussein commanded SNA in Qabri Dahare Front.
Col. Farah Handulle commanded SNA in the Warder Front.
General Yussuf Salhan Jigjiga Front
General Mohamed Nur Galaal
Col. Ali Isamil and Col. Abdulrahman Aare Degeh-Bur Front.
See also
- Abdullahi Ahmed Irro
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
- Ali Matan Hashi
- Muhammad Ali Samatar
- Salaad Gabeyre Kediye
Assassination in January 1991
Fadil, Samantar and others were targeted for clan reasons. Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991 and the collapse of the Barre regime, Samatar moved to the United States in order to escape persecution as a member of the former government. According to Mario Sica, then Italian ambassador to Mogadishu, although the United Somali Congress (USC) professed that it was fighting against the Barre regime as a whole and not engaged in a clan-based struggle, public officials who belonged to the same clan as the USC's core constituents were not targeted. Instead, they were embraced as heroes and welcomed into the rebel group's senior leadership positions.[7]. Fadil is allegedly killed by the owner of midnight restaurant in Mogadishu a Haber Gedir clan member solely for clan reasons
References
- ^ United Nations Development Programme. Office of the Resident Representative (Somalia) (1986). Somalia Annual Development Report. The Programme. p. 51.
- ^ Ahmed III, Abdul. "History of Somali Military Personnel". The Horn of Africa Policy Institute.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ The Weekly Review. Stellascope Limited. 1993. p. 35.
- ^ Copley, Gregory R. Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook. 1989: Perth Corporation. p. 840.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Lewis, I.M.; The Royal African Society (October 1989). "The Ogaden and the Fragility of Somali Segmentary Nationalism". African Affairs. 88 (353). Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Ahmed III, Abdul. "Brothers in Arms Part II" (PDF). WardheerNews. Retrieved 13 March.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Kapteijns, Lidwien (2012). Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 133. ISBN 0812244672.