how is Somali National Alliance and Battle of Mogadishu related?
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Somali National Alliance The Somali National Alliance (abbreviated SNA) was a political alliance formed in June 1992 in Mogadishu, Somalia, with Mohamed Farrah Aidid as its head. Its constituents included Aidid's breakaway United Somali Congress faction, the Somali Patriotic Movement, and other southern groups. They were one faction in the Somali Civil War. Between 2,000-4,000 militants from the Somali National Alliance participated in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
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Battle of Mogadishu (1993) The Battle of Mogadishu or Day of the Rangers (Somali: "Maalintii Rangers" ), was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—and Somali militiamen loyal to the self-proclaimed president-to-be Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who had support from armed fighters. The battle is also referred to as the First Battle of Mogadishu, to distinguish it amongst the nine major Battles of Mogadishu during the decades-long Somali Civil War.
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Military alliance A military alliance is an international agreement concerning national security, when the contracting parties promise to support each other in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance. Military alliances differ from coalitions, as coalitions are formed for a crisis that are already known.
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Waddani Waddani (Somali: "Waddani", "Wadani", "Wadaani" , Arabic: واداني‎ ‎ ) is a political party in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.
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Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War (Somali: "Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya" , Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية‎ ‎ ) is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the Siad Barre government during the 1980s. By 1988–90, the Somali Armed Forces began engaging various armed rebel groups, including the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the northwest, and the United Somali Congress in the south. The clan-based armed opposition groups eventually managed to overthrow the Barre government in 1991.
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Mogadishu Stadium Mogadishu Stadium is a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Battle of Takusa The Battle of Takusa was fought on April 12, 1853, between the forces of Kassa Hailu, future Emperor of Ethiopia, and an alliance of several rival warlords. The forces of Hailu's enemies were led by Dejazmach Birru Aligaz, who was reinforced by troops sent to him by Wube Haile Maryam under the command of his son, Gwangul Wube.
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Lower Shebelle Lower Shebelle (Somali: "Shabeellaha Hoose" , Arabic: شبيلي السفلى‎ ‎ ) is an administrative region ("gobol") in southern Somalia.
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Somalia–Turkey relations Somalia–Turkey relations are bilateral relations between Somalia and Turkey. The two nations are longstanding partners, engaging in close development cooperation. Somalia also has an embassy in Ankara, and Turkey maintains an embassy in Mogadishu.
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2010 Ayn clashes The 2010 Ayn clashes saw Ethiopian and Somaliland forces engage Dulbahante clan militia in Puntland's Ayn region in a bid to reconquer the region ahead of the Somaliland presidential election, 2010. The battle was prompted by Ethiopian troops seizing a truck belonging to the Dulbahante, sparking a Dulbahante response and Ethiopian retaliatory attack on Buuhoodle and a Somaliland attack upon Widhwidh. More clashes were reported to have occurred near Widhwidh on 19 July 2010.
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Aden Saran-Sor Aden Mohamed Nur Saran-Sor (Somali: "Aaden Maxamed Nuur" ), commonly known as Aaden Saransoor, is a Somali warlord. He is a commander in the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), and his militia is in control of Baidoa, seat of the Transitional Federal Parliament.
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Battle of Aden The Battle of Aden was a battle for the control of Aden, Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units and militias loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and local residents, Southern Movement militias, and Yemen Army units and militias loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side.
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Battle of Adré The Battle of Adré took place in Adré, Chad on December 18, 2005. The battle began when the Chadian rebel groups Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) and Platform for Change, Unity, and Democracy (SCUD), allegedly backed by the government of Sudan, attacked the garrison in this city. However, Chadian loyalists, who had been forewarned by military intelligence of the attack, easily repulsed the attackers. Either seventy, one hundred, or three hundred rebels were killed, depending on reports. Governmental losses are unknown, but they lost at least one Russian-made helicopter in a collision with electric wires during the fighting, while another Mil Mi-17 helicopter was heavily damaged by rebel fire which killed at least one crew member.
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Libyan National Army The Libyan National Army is the national armed force of Libya, comprising the ground forces, the air force and the navy. It was established by the Libyan government after the first Libyan civil war (2011), as Libya's previous national army was defeated by the uprising and NATO and was disbanded.
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Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre The Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre occurred on April 20, 2008, when Ethiopian soldiers reportedly killed 21 people in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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The National Alliance The National Alliance (TNA) was a political party in Kenya. It attained its current identity when it was taken over by Uhuru Kenyatta and rebranded as the vehicle for his 2012 presidential campaign.
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Marehan The Marehan (Somali: "Mareexaan" , Arabic: مريحان‎ ‎ , "Marehan bin Ahmed bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti") are a Somali clan. They are one of the major Darod sub-clans, forming a part of the Sade confederation of clans. The majority of the Marehan live in the Gedo region ("gobolka") in southwestern Somalia, as well as the Galguduud and Mudug regions in central Somalia, the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, and the North Eastern Province of Kenya.
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2011 Mogadishu bombing The 2011 Mogadishu bombing occurred on 4 October 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the gate of the Transitional Federal Government's ministerial complex in Mogadishu, Somalia. The resulting explosion killed 100 people and injured over 110 others. Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group, claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack is reported to be the largest since Al-Shabaab launched an insurgency in Somalia in early 2007. It also follows the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab's forces from the area in August after an AMISOM intervention to bring aid to the country during a season of drought.
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United Somali Parliamentarians The United Somali Parliamentarians (USP) was a group of parliamentarians in the transitional federal parliament of Somalia founded on 25 October 2007 to support embattled Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi. It consists of 126 MPs, led by former powerful faction leader and minister of Internal Security Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, membership included the then minister of Constitution Affairs and Federalism Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle, Reconciliation Minister Mohamed Abdi Mareye as well as former minister of commerce and faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow.
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Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad Ibrahim al-Afghani also known as Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad was a prominent member of Somalia's Al-Shabaab, an insurgent group fighting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He hailed from the Sacad Muse sub-clan of Isaaq. Like former emir Moktar Ali Zubeyr (Abdi "Godane"), Al-Afghani hailed from Somalia's North-Western separatist region of Somaliland and belonged to Somaliland's Northern Isaaq clan.
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Benadiri people The Benadiri people (Somali: "Reer Benaadir" , Arabic: بناديري‎ ‎ ), also known as Reer Xamar (pronounced "Hamar") or "people of Mogadishu", are an ethnic group in Somalia.
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Ali Shire Warsame Ali Shire Warsame (Somali: "Cali Shire Warsame" ), (? in Galgaduud, Somalia – 1999 in Somalia), was a Somali politician, General Surgeon and a famed businessman. He was the MP of SYL in the 1960s representing DhuusaMareeb. After the birth of the Revolutionary Government, he returned to his business pursuits until the collapse of the central government. He was the mastermind of Marehan's future capture of Kismayo in 1991, finding his nephew Col Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale and long time friend Gen Ahmed Warsame in a café in Bardera, it was this one hour meeting that produced Barre's never ending pursuit of the port city of Kismayo.