Talk:Mohamed Farrah Aidid
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There were actually 19 soldiers who died during the battle
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[edit] The Battle of Mogadishu
In the history of the Somali Civil War, the Battle of Mogadishu does NOT refer to the battle between Mr. Aidid and the US/UN, but the battle between Mr. Aidid and Mr. Ali Mahdi. The reason is because the Aidid vs. Ali Mahdi battle was the largest of all the battle in Mogadishu and it resulted in the creation of the "green line" which still divides Mogadishu today.
The battle between the US/UN and Mr. Aidids forces did not have any lasting political effect on Mogadishu besides leading to the withdrawal of US forces from Somali.
The battle between the Mr. Aidid and Mr. Ali Mahdi on the other had lasted for many months and resulted in the death of many 10's of thousands of people. It remains the greatest battle fought in Mogadishu during the whole of the Somali civil conflict It also marked a great political rift in the rebel movement that Overthrew the Siad Barre regime, and a rift between Mr. Aidid and the Menifesto Group. As a result of the Mr. Aidid vs. Mr. Ali Mahdi battle (the real Battle of Mogadishu) the Somali civil conflict took on a distinctly clan based character. It also resulted in the accent of the Habr Gidr as the most powerful clan in Mogadishu.
I suggest that the term "Battle of Mogadishu" be reserved to refer only to the Aidid vs. Ali Mahdi battle.
- It's appropriate for the US/UN battle for the English language Wikipedia, just as it would be appropriate for the Somali civil conflict to be referred to as such in the Somali language Wikipedia, if there is one. Equinox137 04:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clan affiliation
Regarding recent edits: So, was Aidid a Hawiye or Habr Gidr? Why would this be disputed? Is there a source for either assertion? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:51, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- It turns out the Mark Bowden reference (specifically, this page mentions that Aidid was a Habr Gidr member (the leader, in fact). The text could probably use an in-line citation for this particular fact, so as to avoid this confusion in the future. However, I don't think the introductory paragraph (much less the first sentence), from a stylistic point-of-view, should have citations, so I'm thinking this would need to be re-written (otherwise I would have added the citation myself; right now I don't have the time nor energy for such a rewrite, sorry). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 04:44, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- P.S. I've removed the "Attention" tag from the top of the article. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 04:51, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Comments in article
I have removed the following comments from the article. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- "Most of the biographical data is ture, however, Aideed is unjustly portraied what his enimies said about him. He did not hindered the humanitarian mission, but rather, it was a pretext made by the Americans to intervine Somalia in persue of geopolitical interest." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.202.19.93 (talk • contribs) 10:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Attention Marker
This article should be both expanded and checked for facts. I have never seen any video or reference to a video of Somalis eating the dead body of Cliff Walton (although I don't have extensive knowledge of the situation), perhaps there should be a citation. There is also a significant amount of information about the Somali Civil War that could be added here. An expert should expand this article and fact check it.
[edit] Date of death
The intro says he died 1 august - then lower down it says 2 august - can't both be right.
