But Mr Ali Mahdi and Mr Aideed are both from the same Hawiye clan.

ECONOMIST: Somalia

Another problem is that the Cairo agreement is essentially between Mr Ali Mahdi and Mr Aideed.

ECONOMIST: Somalia

The Eritreans back Mr Aideed and he helps them supply Ethiopian rebels living in Somalia.

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Miss Starlin out-played General Aideed and about 150 of his fighters were demobilised, she says.

ECONOMIST: Somalia��s first war lady

She feared that Aideed would have her murdered, but he was killed by a sniper's bullet in Mogadishu.

ECONOMIST: Somalia��s first war lady

On Oct. 3-4, 1993, the Blackhawk Down incident took place, during a raid against the forces of warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed.

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But it is an open secret that Mr Ali Mahdi and Mr Aideed have agreed that the first should be president and the second prime minister.

ECONOMIST: Somalia

Instead, their hapless mission against a compound suspected of housing the fugitive Somali warlord, Mohammed Aideed, netted nothing more than eight U.N. employees who had been sleeping there.

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For example, a just-completed investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned General Powell's judgment in agreeing to deny AC-130 gunships to the units sent to Somalia in a vain effort to capture Mohammed Aideed.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The Center for Security Policy believes that, with the release this morning of the U.S. serviceman taken prisoner by General Aideed's forces, the time has come for a prompt withdrawal of American forces from Somalia.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy