SHORTAGE OF SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AMONG AIDEED MILITIA FORCES

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2019-00938
• Publication Date: October 27, 1993

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(S ) SUBJ: SHORTAGE OF SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AMONG AIDEED MILITIA
FORCES
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(b)(3)
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27-Oct-1993 16:26:00
27-Oct-1993 17:27:45
IRN, SDN, SOM, ZAF
MIDDLEEAST, AFRICA, IRAN, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SUDAN
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AS OF LATE OCTOBER 1993 THE MILITIA FORCES OF SNA LEADER GENERAL ((MOHAMED)) FARAH (b)(3)
HASSAN "AIDEED" ARE CRITICALLY SHORT OF SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION. AS A RESULT OF THIS SHORTAGE MILITIA
FORCES I--TAVE-13-EEN ORDERED TO CONSERVE AMMUKITTON AND TO AVOID PROLONGED FIRE FIGHTS. (b)(1)
COMMENT: IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE SNA IS EXPERIENCING AN AMMUNITION SHORTAGE ACROSS THE BOARD OR IF (b)(3)
THE SHORTAGE IS SPECIFIC TO THE SNA MILITIA IN MOGADISHU.)
(14� 2. THE SNA HAS BEEN RECEIVING AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS FROM A VARIETY OF FOREIGN SUPPLIER'S,
THE PRINCIPAL ONES BEING SUDAN, SOUTH AFRICA, IRAN, AND THE SUDANESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY -
MAINSTREAM FACTION VIA UGANDA. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION SUPPORT FROM IRAN ARE
HANDLED VIA THE SOMALI EMBASSY IN TEHRAN WHICH IS STAFF-Et-18-Y SNA SUPPORTERS.
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