Civil+War+in+Somalia+(1988-2004)

=Civil War in Somalia(1988-2004)= []
 * Somalia has conflict and instability since the central government collapsed in 1991. Beginning in 2007 Somalias Transitional Federal Government has fought a number of insurgent groups, including the Al-Shabaab and Hisbul Islam, for control over the country.**
 * It is estimated that 1.55 million people are internally displaced within Somalia, a number that continues to grow due to daily fighting between armed militant groups and the transitional government. At least 675,000 Somalis are refugees in neighboring countries. As the conflict continues, those displaced by violence are increasingly dependent on humanitarian aid, the delivery of which is affected by continued targeting of aid workers.**
 * Siad Barra was a long time Somalian leader that was forced to leave his position in the year 1991. which was a big reason why the Somalia genocide happenend. The party people of Siad Barre took some steps out of anger that resulted into mass killing. As a reaction the other groups and the common mass revolted and the riot turned into a genocide.**

Civil War (estimates arranged chronologically)

 * ===//Encarta//: 50,000 killed in fighting and 300,000 dead of starvation (in 23 months following Jan. 1991)===
 * ===//Washington Post//: 350,000 (12 Feb. 1993)===
 * ===CDI: 350,000 (1978-97)===
 * ===War Annual 8 (1997): 500,000===
 * ===14 Dec. 1998 //Vancouver Sun//: 400,000 deaths from war, famine and disease since 1991. 300,000 in 1991-92.===
 * ===23 May 1999 //Denver Rocky Mtn News//: 350,000 by end of 1992; 1M total to 1999===
 * ===//Ploughshares 2000//: 350,000===
 * ===IRIN, a UN humanitarian information unit: 300,000 killed during 14 years of war ===
 * ===Bradley S. Klapper, “Internally Displaced Somalis Face Widespread Abuses: Campaigners”, November 24, 2004, Associated Press: 500,000===
 * ===“Failed state: 15 years of horror in Somalia”, June 5, 2006, Agence France Presse: 500,000===
 * ===The Nation, “No Running Away From Somalia”, June 29, 2007, Africa News: 500,000===
 * 7,000,000 IDP's (internally displaced persons**

**Total Death count killed in action= 500,000 people**
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October 2004:ethiopian-backed regional commander, abdullahi yusuf, is elected somali president and head of a new transitional parliament.
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U.S involment...
At least five US soldiers have been killed and two Blackhawk helicopters shot down in a heavy firefight in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. Pentagon sources say the helicopters were carrying elite US Army Ranger units on a mission to capture a local warlord in the east African state. One US soldier is believed to have been taken hostage. In an earlier incident three marines were wounded and a Somali killed when a remote-controlled mine exploded under their vehicle. The deaths bring to 16 the number of Americans killed in combat in Somalia since the United States intervened in December last year. President Clinton released a statement expressing his sympathy over the deaths of "brave Americans engaged in a vital humanitarian mission". The helicopters were shot down at around 1545 local time yesterday (1245 GMT) at the start of an operation to take into UN custody members of a faction led by General Muhammad Aideed. The United States has been operating in Somalia as part of the UN humanitarian mission in place there since 1992. An estimated 90-minute lightning assault turned into a 17-hour desperate battle to escape a hostile city. The final toll was 18 Americans and a UN Malaysian soldier dead, and around 90 wounded. Between 350 and 1,000 Somali gunmen and civilians were believed killed. Two hostages, including a US pilot, were released on 14 October. The US withdrew from Somalia in March 1994, followed by full UN withdrawal in 1995 at a total cost of 147 fatalities. Today much of Somalia remains in a state of feud, famine and economic collapse. ||
 * || **1993: US forces killed in Somali gun battle**
 * 'Vital humanitarian mission'**



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