UPDATE ON AIDEED'S WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION PURCHASES AND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WEAPONS IN MOGADISHU <SANITIZED>

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• Publication Date: November 23, 1993

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PRO-AIDEED BUYERS WERE PURCHASING UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF
AMMUNITION. AIDEED'S MEN WOR-E-B-MING SUCH LARGE NUMBERS OF 80 MM (SIC) AND 120 MM MORTAR ROUNDS
THAT NO MORE-MMUS WERE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET. SINCE EARLY NOVEMBER, THE BUYERS HAD FOCUSED
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ON THE MORTAR BOMBS, AS WELL AS ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG-7) ROUNDS, WHICH HAD CAUSED A
SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE PRICES FOR THIS AMMUNITION IN THE MARKET. IN ADDITION, (b)(1)
PRO-AIDEED FIGHTERS WITH NEW RPG-7'S IN MID-NOVEMBER. AIDEED'S FIGHTERS WERE SEEN SHOWING OFF (b)(3)
FOUR-NEW-WEAPONS IN THE BAR UBAX (6-DMA 359275) AND THE-146TECAL-BAKARA AREAS, AS WELL AS NEAR THE
"ITCO" BUILDING NEAR THE BAKARA MARKET.
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(S//NF) 4. SOMALI NATIONAL ALLIANCE (SNA) MILITIAMEN WHO (b)(1)
SERVE AS BODYGUARDS FOR SNA INTERIOR MINISTER ((ABDI)) HASSAN AWALE "QEYBDID" WERE OBSERVED W11(b)(3)
FOUR NEW RUSSIAN-MANUFACTURED SNIPER RIFLES, ONE SHORT M-16 AND ONE SHORT AK-47. RIFLE SCOPES
WERE NOT VISIBLE ON THE WEAPONS, AND THE SNIPER RIFLES APPEARED TO BE THE TYPE THAT DO NOT HAVE AN
EXTERNAL MAGAZINE.
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(S//NF) 6. STOCKS 0(b)(1 )
RPG-7'S, RPG-2'S. AK-47'S AND "FAL GRENADE LAUNCHERS" WERE SELLING IN HIGHER VOLUME THAN OTHER (b)(3)
WEAPONS. THE HIGHFST DFNSITY qF WEAPONS WAS IN THE AREA BETWEEN KILOMETER(0)(1)
(K-5) AND THE ANIMAL MARKET. IN GENERAL, WEAPONS ARE STORED IN PRIVATE HON(b)(3)
MORTARS ARE SIMILARLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE K-5 TO ANIMAL MARKET AREA. (b)(3)
...4S4/14FT7. NEAPONS FROM ETHIOPIA REACH MOGADISHU VIA THE ODDUR- (b)(1)
BAYDHABO-AFGOI ROAD THROUGH BAY AND BAKOOL PROVINCES. THE WEAPONS ARE HIDDEN ON TRUCKS (b)(3)
CARRYING FOOD, SALT, AND OTHER GOODS TO MOGADISHU. WEAPONS ALSO WERE ARRIVING FROM SUDAN AND
ERITREA. WEAPONS FROM SUDAN, INCLUDING UNSPECIFIED MORTARS AND ANTITANK WEAPONS, TRANSIT THE
SOMALI PORT OF HOBYO ENROUTE TO THE HABR GEDIR HOMELAND IN CENTRAL SOMALIA. LUKE ((ADAMS)), THE
MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF DJIBOUTI, IS A KEY FIGURE IN FINANCING TRE-S-EINTERNATIONAL ARMS
SHIPMENTS. ADAMS IS A DJIBOUTI CITIZEN BORN IN THE FORMER BRITISH SOMALILAND WHO SUPPORTS1Tr
SECESSION OF NORTHERN SOMALIA COMMENT: ADAMS, LIKE MANY SOMALILAND RESIDENTS, (b)(1)
WELCOMED AIDEED'S SUPP-O-RT-FOrK SOMALILAND'S SECESSION FROM SOMALIA, IN CONTRAST TO PROVISIONA(b)(3)
SOMALI PREn5r117ALI MAHDI)) MOHAMED'S OPPOSITION TO THE SECt-SSION-1:5RIVE. CONSEQUENTLY, MANY
SOMALILAND RESIDENTS SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FROM SOMALIA ARE WILLING TO ASSIST AIDEED AGAINST
ALI MAHDI.)
CF) 8. PRICES FOR THE WEAPONS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET IN EARLY (b)(1)
lEMBER. [COMMENT: ALL PRICES ARE IN SOMALI SHILLINGS (SOSH). PRICES ARE APPROXIMATE BECAl(b)(3)
THEY FLUCTUATE ACCORDING TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND THE BARGAINING ABILITIES OF BUYER AND SELLEF(ID.)(
ONE U.S. DOLLAR EQUALS APPROXIMATELY 4,000 SOSH.) ITEM PRICE A. PKM (RUSSIAN) 6,000,000 B. AK-47 TYPE
ASSAULT RIFLE (LIBYAN) 1,000,000 C. AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE WITH FOLDING 900,000 STOCK (RUSSIAN) D. G-3 ASSAULT
RIFLE (GERMAN) 800,000 E. AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE (RUSSIAN) 700,000 F. RPG-7 LAUNCHER (RUSSIAN/KOREAN) 700,000
G. RPG-7 GRENADE 250,000 H. RPG-2 LAUNCHER (RUSSIAN/KOREAN) 600,000 I. RPG-2 GRENADE 60,000 J. BROWNING
30-CAL MACH INEGUN (U.S.) 500,000 K. SAR-80 H&K SNIPER RIFLE 500 000- 600 000 L. M-16 ASSAULT RIFLE (U.S.)
500,000- 600,000 M. FAL ASSAULT RIFLE (ITALIAN) 400,000 (b)(1)
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(sX1F) 10. THE FOLLOWING WEAPONS WERE FOR SALE AT THE PRICES LISTED BELOW IN OM )
MOGADISHU ARMS MARKETS. ITEM PRICE A. M-16 ASSAULT RIFLE: 1,400,000 B. G-3 ASSAULT RIFLE: 1,500,000 C. A(b)(3)
47 ASSAULT RIFLE (RUSSIAN MADE): NEW: 1,000,000 USED: 450,000- 600,000 D. AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE (NORTH
KOREAN MADE): NEW: 1,300,000 USED: 350,000- 500,0000 E. AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE (LIBYAN MADE): NEW: 1,000,000
USED: 300,000- 400,000 F. DRAGONOV RUSSIAN SNIPER RIFLE: NEW: 8,000,000 USED: 3,500,000 G. RPD MACHINE GUN:
NEW: 1,500,000 USED: 700,000
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