Word: siad
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...Last year there weren't so many bands," siad Eric J. Pitt '93, drummer for Hot Spanky Porpoise. "This year it's crazy...
...civil war that has killed tens of thousands and left Mogadishu in ruins. Because Aidid is a military officer, Ali Mahdi argues, he should be disqualified as a possible future leader of the country. "We do not want another general in charge of Somalia," he says, referring to Mohammed Siad Barre, whose corrupt, quasi- Marxist regime was overthrown in January 1991 after Ali Mahdi, Aidid and others joined forces...
...could even attempt the job of disarmament. The French and Italian troops would never have the trust of the Somalis, given their colonial histories in the region. The U.N. is even more despised. In the eyes of most Somalis, U.N. aid programs helped sustain the dictatorial government of Mohammed Siad Barre, who was deposed in January 1991. Then, as the country slid into civil war, the U.N. declined to act. As anarchy and starvation accelerated, the U.N. agencies were conspicuously absent...
...pronounced Somali resistance to turning the mission over to U.N. peacekeepers. Somalis feel that the U.N. team already in the country has been neither impartial nor adequate. They also nurse ill feelings toward U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, who once had dealings with the ousted dictator Mohammed Siad Barre. "They practiced deceit, secrecy, deception and outright bribery," charges Mohammed Awale, an adviser to Aidid, "adding to the fragmentation of Somali society." Restoring the U.N.'s credibility may be a surprisingly tough part of the mission...
...discontent exploded in October 1969. The President was assassinated and Major General Mohammed Siad Barre imposed one-man rule. He moved swiftly to install a Marxist doctrine called scientific socialism, but also gave the country a written language and women the right to vote...