Aidid

The Serbs mutter "Aidid" like a mantra, trusting it will protect their general.

A Monster On The Loose 2008

In 1993, Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into Somalia to kidnap lead terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who had been killing U.N. workers delivering food to starving Somalis.

WFP Outraged Food May Have Been Stolen from Starving Somalis 2011

Administration officials told UPI today that as many as 5 of the missing are "believed to be held" by Somalis with no real connection to Aidid.

Statistics on the Prisoner of War issue 2010

In 1993, Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into Somalia to kidnap lead terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who had been killing U.N. workers delivering food to starving Somalis.

WFP Outraged Food May Have Been Stolen from Starving Somalis 2011

Much criticism can be put on the senior tactical commander, MG William F. Garrison, who resigned in 1996, the day after the elder Aidid died.

Bill Clinton Breaks Silence On 9/11 Docudrama 2009

Marines and ensured the peaceful delivery of food by winning the confidence of heavily armed warlords like Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed.

At Least Someone Was Doing Something Right 2008

At a Tuesday conference arranged with the help of Eritrean and Ethiopian ambassadors, he told Aidid surrogates there would be no further negotiations without the release of Durant and a Nigerian captive.

At Least Someone Was Doing Something Right 2008

But Aidid had slipped away minutes before the raid started.

The Pitfalls Of Peacekeeping 2008

"I believe they have learned something from Aidid in Somalia," he said, referring to the unsuccessful U.S. manhunt for Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid in 1993, which ended ingloriously when 18 Americans were killed in an ambush.

A Monster On The Loose 2008

Now Aidid described the U.S. plan as "constructive."

Troops To Somalia? 2008