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So what happened to him after '91? Went into exile IIRC. Ellsworth 15:18, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
You may wish to edit this entry in List of Dictators. Wizzy…☎ 21:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
How is his name pronounced?
Cool, thanks. :) Josh 22:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/somalia5.htm
QUOTES from NY Times, January 3, 1995, Tuesday "In its final years, his Government steadily lost control of much of the countryside to the chiefs of warring clans, plunging the country into racking social and economic problems. Human rights groups issued reports citing a consistent pattern of political imprisonment, torture, political killings and discrimination against the Isaaks clan." NY Times, January 3, 1995, Tuesday
"In May 1988, fierce fighting broke out in the north between the Government and rebels who contended they had been discriminated against by the Siad Barre Government and were fighting for a more democratic Government. A report commissioned by the State Department and made public in September 1989 said the Somali Army "purposely murdered" at least 5,000 unarmed civilians over a 10-month period in the early phases. The Government denied the allegation. More than 10,000 people were reported killed in the months that followed, with allegations that the Somali military had bombed towns and strafed fleeing residents. Amnesty International said in August 1988 that since 1981 the Government had used torture and "widespread arbitrary arrests, ill treatment and summary executions" of civilians suspected of collaborating with the rebels." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.207.134 (talk) 07:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Not that all very positive articles should be rubbed out. But this one deals with a ruthless dictator whose policies preceded a complete breakdown of his country.
/Janwiklund —Preceding unsigned comment added by Janwiklund (talk • contribs) 11:06, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
the dictator died from natural causes and not as a result of assasination
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