<SANITIZED> MOVEMENT OF ARMS AND MATERIEL THROUGH ETHIOPIA FOR SOMALI WARLORDS, PARTICULARLY MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED"

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• Document Release Date: June 29, 2020
• Case Number: F-2019-00938
• Publication Date: August 6, 1993

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SUBJ: MOVEMENT OF ARMS ANI(b)(1) (b)(3)
MATERIEL THROUGH ETHIOPIA FOR SOMALI WARLORDS, PARTICULARLY (b)(3)
MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED"
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06-Aug-1993 17:25:00
06-Aug-1993 17:27:42
SOM
AFRICA, COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA
Publisher:
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: CIA
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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38775818.orig
Warnings:
(S/ WARNING: INFORMA ION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
TELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS S E E T--WNINTEL--NOFORN-
UST 1993 COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA SUBJ:
MOVEMENT OF ARMS-AND-MATEL TT-1-AOUGH-E-TRICIPIA FOR
SOMALI WARLORDS, PARTICULARLY MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN�TWD-E-ED" DOI:
SOURCE:
SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA DOES NOT
CONDONE OR FACILITATE ARMS FLOWS TO SOMALI WARLORI:55711 IS LITTLE
DOUBT THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ARMS FLOW THROUGHOUT THE 1,000-MILE
ETHIOPIAN-SOMALIAN BORDER AREA. THIS MOVEMENT IS PROBABLY NOT
SIGNIFICANT. THE RADICAL WINGS OF THE OLF, 1FLO AND ONLF COULD HAVE
SOME AFFINITY FOR THE ISLAMIC FUNDMENTALIST CAUSE; HOWEVER, THEY DO
NOT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ARMS TO AIDEED.
IT IS PROBABLE THAT SOME OF AIDEED'S ARMS CACHES ARE LOCATED NEAR THE
ETHIOPIAN BORDER GIVEN THAT AIDEED'S HOME TRIBAL REGION IS IN CENTRAL
SOMALIA
SERIAL:
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PASS:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT CLASS SECRE T--WNINTEL--NOFORN-
DIST: 06 AUGUST 1993
COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA
SUBJ: MOVEMENT OF ARMS AND
MATERIEL THROUGH ETHIOPIA FOR SOMALI WARLORDS,
PARTICULARLY MOHATV1E-D�FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED"
DOI:
SOURCE:
SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA DOES NOT
CONDONE OR FACILITATE ARMS FLOWS TO SOMALI WARLORD-STTHER'E' IS LITTLE
DOUBT THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ARMS FLOW THROUGHOUT THE 1,000-MILE
ETHIOPIAN-SOMALIAN BORDER AREA. THIS MOVEMENT IS PROBABLY NOT
SIGNIFICANT. THE RADICAL WINGS OF THE OLF, IFLO AND ONLF COULD HAVE
SOME AFFINITY FOR THE ISLAMIC FUNDMENTALIST CAUSE; HOWEVER, THEY DO
NOT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ARMS TO AIDEED.
IT IS PROBABLE THAT SOME OF AIDEED'S ARMS CACHES ARE LOCATED NEAR THE
ETHIOPIA1 RORDFR G1VFN THAT AinFFn's HOMF TRIRAI RFC4I0N IS IN CFNTRAI
SOMALIA.
TEXT: 1. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTIONS OF WEAPONS POSSIBLY
BEING PROVIDED BY ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION GROUPS TO SOMALI WARLORD
GROUPS, PARTICULARLY ((MOHAMMED)) FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED," THERE IS
LITTLE DOUBT, AS OF EARLY AUGUST 1993, THAT SOME ARMS FLOW IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS ACROSS THE LARGELY UNPOLICED 1,000 MILE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA
BORDFR
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENTS
OF THE NOMADIC SOMALIS IN THIS REGION, WHO DO NOT RECOGNIZE BORDERS
AND HAVE ALWAYS MOVED ACROSS THEM RELATIVELY FREELY. THE
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA (TGE) DOES NOT CONDONE OR IN ANY
WAY FACILITATE ANY ARMS FLOWS-TO�S�OVALI WARLORDS, PARTICULARLY
RENEGADE FACTION LEADER MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED," AND WILL
ATTEMPT TO INTERDICT ANY ARMS FLOWS THAT COME TO ITS ATTENTION.
2. BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION, IT APPEARS THAT THE CROSS-
BORDER INFLUX OF ARMS IS PROBABLY NOT SIGNIFICANT. AIDEED AND HIS
FELLOW WARLORDS HAVE HAD YEARS TO STOCKPILE ARMS INSIDE SOMALIA, AND
ARMS MAY MOVE JUST AS FREQUENTLY WESTWARD INTO ETHIOPIA'A-S-TFIEY DO
EASTWARD INTO SOMALIA. THE TGE DOES NOT EXERCISE-WFIATAINESTERN
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