FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR SOMALI NATIONAL ALLIANCE LEADER MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED"

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• Document Release Date: June 29, 2020
• Case Number: F-2019-00938
• Publication Date: November 19, 1993

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(se,F,SUBJ: FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR SOMALI NATIONAL
A LIANCE LEADER MOHAMED FARAH HASSAN "AIDEED"
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19-Nov-1993 18:04:00
19-Nov-1993 18:08:25
IRQ, SDN, SOM, GZ, WE
MIDDLEEAST, AFRICA, ARAB STATES, IRAQ, SOMALIA, SUDAN
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(S F) 1. SOMALI NATIONAL ALLIANCE (SNA) LEADER ((MOHAMED)) FARAH HASSAN
IDEED" SAID THAT HE WAS RECEIVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM HABR GEDIR AND FROM OTHER SOMALIS
S'.YIVIDATHETIC TO THE SNA CAUSE AROUND THE WORLD. HE SAID THAT HE ALSO RECEIVED FINANCIAL AND
MATERIAL SUPPORT FROM PRIVATE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS AND CERTAIN FRIENDLY GOVERNMENTS WHICH
OPPOSE THE UNITED STATES AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTALISM. AIDEED SAID THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MUCH OF THE
EXPLOSIVES USED BY THE SNA ARE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT o'F IRAQ. THESE EXPLOSIVES ARE WITHOUT
MARKINGS AND CANNOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO IRAQ. AIDEED SAID THE EXPLOSIVES ARE SHIPPED TO SOMALIA VIA
YEMEN AND SUDAN WITH THE FINAL SHIPMENT GEN-El:WV MADE BY SMALL DHOWS WHICH OFFLO,ATTA`T-S4'1ALL
VILLAGE PORTS IN SOMALIA.
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( F) 2. WHEN ASKED HOW DEEP THIS SUPPORT FROM FUNDAMENTALIST STATES RAN, AIDEED SAID THAT IF HE
OES NOT DECLARE SOMALIA AN ISLAMIC STATE AND DECLARE SHARIA LAW THE DAY HEfr-TARrg CONTROL OF
SOMALIA, HE WILL BEZVERTF1ROWN BY SOMALI FUNDAMENTALISTS WITH SERIOUS TIES TO ISLAMIC STATES.
AibrEb�ADDED THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD FACE A SERIOUS CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALISTS EVEN IF HE DID
bECLARE AN ISLAMIC STATE BASED ON SHARIA LAW. COMMENT: IT SEEMED THAT AIDEED DISTRUSTED (b)(1)
THE FUNDAMENTALISTS AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE AND AMONG THOSE OUTSIDERS CLAIMIN-G-TZIFSIJPPORT THE (b)(3)
HOLY WAR. AIDEED DID NOT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS SUBJECT.)
(SARK 3 (b)(1)
THE PLO SUPPORT AIDEED IN HIS HOLY WAR AGAINST THE (b)(3)
tfNn�EtrSTATES AND THE U.N.?%IDEED IS ALSO VERrPOPTILAR WITH PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS IN (b)(1)
YEMEN, EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA AND SUDAN WHO ScERD-CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AIDEED. IN ADDITION(b)(3)
THE GOVERNMENTS OF SUDAN AND YEMEN PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORfrO-VAIDEED
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
(pe) 4. THE SUDANESE AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA, ((ABDEL)) BARKI MOHAMED (b)(1)
HASSAN, SAID THAT BOTH HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AIDEED. ABDEL SAID THAT HE AND HIS FIRST (b)(3)
SECRETARY, (('UTHMAN)) ABDALLAH BARBARKAR, WERE UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY IN MOGADISHU BY THE UNITED
STATES AND THE U.N.; THEREFORE, THEY COULD DO LITTLE MORE THAN PROVIDE FUNDS TO AIDEED.
OMMENT: UTHMAN WAS PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO THE SUDANESE EMBAS'SY IN ADDIS ABAB4(b)(1)
AND WAS REPORTED TO MAKE FREQUENT TRIPS TO MOGADISHU CARRYING CASH TO AIDEED.) (b)(3)
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