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Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys

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Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
Type: Person
Name: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
Title: Former Leader
Organization: Islamic Courts Union
Date of Birth: 1935
Nationality: Somalia
Fact Sheet: Biography for Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 2 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)
Kidnappers may now seem like friends to British yacht hostagesTristan McConnell: AnalysisAs if being hijacked weren’t bad enough, anyone finding themselves the guests of Somali pirates now has to deal with interest from an even more dangerous quarter ... [Times Online - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents
Somali's Hizbul Islam rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has on Thursday held talks with businessmen in the capital Mogadishu to push for the support of the war against the Somali government and the foreign peacekeeping forces.Aweys said his group ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents
Islamist leader, Shaykh Hasan Dahir Aweys, has reportedly held secret meeting with Mogadishu traders especially the traders of Bakaaraha market and discussed with them ways to support his group in fresh fighting against the African peacekeepers and the ... [Individual.com - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 1 Documents
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Hizbul Islam
Mogadishu Masked gunmen robbed a Somali money-wiring company near the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, independent sources tell Garowe Online.The incident took place at the office of Hodan Global money-wiring company, located at Elasha Biyaha area south ... [AllAfrica.com - 10/27/2009]
First Reported 10/07/2009 - Updated 10/08/2009 - 2 Documents
MOGADISHU (AFP) Somalia's police warned on Thursday that radical Islamist militia were planning more suicide attacks on the African Union force using explosive-laden vehicles similar to ambulances and police cars. 'We got concrete intelligence ... that ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/08/2009]
First Reported 09/20/2009 - Updated 09/20/2009 - 2 Documents
MOGADISHU- A TOP radical Islamist leader in Somalia, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, called on Sunday for more suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers in the country, after a deadly strike last week.'I... call upon the people to carry out more attacks ... [Straits Times - 09/20/2009]
First Reported 09/21/2009 - Updated 09/21/2009 - 1 Documents
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African Union
MOGADISHU, Sept. 20, (Xinhua) -- The radical Somali Islamist rebel leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, on Sunday called for more suicide attacks against forces of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), days after deadly twin suicide ... [Xinhua News Agency - 09/21/2009]
First Reported 10/01/2009 - Updated 10/01/2009 - 1 Documents
MOGADISHU (AFP) Heavy fighting broke out Thursday between rival Islamist factions in the Somali port of Kismayo, shattering a key alliance in the insurgency against the Western-backed government.Hundreds of families fled the key southern port as the Al ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/01/2009]
First Reported 05/25/2009 - Updated 05/25/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
MOGADISHU (AFP) Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed condemned on Monday what he termed as an invasion by foreign fighters as rebels battle to oust him in weeks of clashes that have killed more than 200 people.The latest round of violence erupted on ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 05/25/2009]
First Reported 05/26/2009 - Updated 05/27/2009 - 2 Documents
MOGADISHU, (AFP) At least seven people died when rebel mortar shells aimed at the presidential palace in Somalia's war-riven capital Mogadishu landed on homes, an army spokesman and witnesses said. 'There were rounds of mortar shells that killed seven ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 05/27/2009]
First Reported 05/30/2009 - Updated 05/30/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Hassan Abdikadir Qatatow was gunned down in Mogadishu 30 MAY 09 HE was a military officer for the Somali government since 2006. Last week, he publicly announced that he has joined Hizbul Islam, an Islamist rebel outfit led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys.Sheikh ... [Infosphere AB - 05/30/2009]
First Reported 06/08/2009 - Updated 06/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
MOGADISHU: Somali Islamist rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys is dead or seriously injured, a family member said yesterday.His death would be a major blow to the rebels and a boost for President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government, which had failed to ... [The Star South Africa - 06/08/2009]

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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS ... [United Nations - 11/16/2009]
Somalia: Hizbul Islam Eclipsed By Al-Shabab [American Chronicle - 11/10/2009]
Islamist leader urges Mogadishu traders to take... [Individual.com - 11/06/2009]
Somalia: Rebel Leader Meets With Businessmen in... [AllAfrica.com - 11/06/2009]
Pirates may now seem like friends [Times Online - 11/03/2009]
Pirate kidnappers may now seem like friends [Times Online - 11/02/2009]
Islamists 'aim to snatch UK pirate hostages' [Times Online - 11/02/2009]
Militias and Insurgency in Somalia [Washington Institute for Near East Policy - 10/30/2009]
Islamist Gunmen Rob Money-Wiring Office [AllAfrica.com - 10/27/2009]
Somalia: The Struggle for Kismayo and Clan-Base... [AllAfrica.com - 10/27/2009]
12 Killed in New Clashes Near Kismayo [AllAfrica.com - 10/22/2009]
Eritrea: Spoiler Exacerbates Crisis in the Horn... [Asmarino Independent - 10/20/2009]
Eritrea: Spoiler Exacerbates Crisis in the Horn... [Asmarino Independent - 10/16/2009]
Somali rebels planning more suicide attacks on AU [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/08/2009]
Somalia's two main rebel groups agree truce [thestar.com.my - 10/07/2009]
Islamist factions clash in key Somali port [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/01/2009]
Somali rebel leader calls for more suicide atta... [Xinhua News Agency - 09/21/2009]
Somalian radical Islamist calls [Straits Times - 09/20/2009]
Islamist calls for more suicide attacks in Somalia [AFP via Yahoo! - 09/20/2009]
Daniel Howden: If we brand this country the nex... [The Independent - 09/13/2009]
Somali Islamists warn of possible another "... [Xinhua News Agency - 08/30/2009]
One of two French agents in Somalia free [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/26/2009]
One of two French agents in Somalia freed [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/26/2009]
One of two French agents in Somalia freed: mini... [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/26/2009]
Kidnapped French agents separated in Mogadishu [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/16/2009]
Somalia: between violence and hope, Harun Hassa... [open Democracy News Analysis - - 07/15/2009]
Insurgents hold French agents in Mogadishu [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/15/2009]
Somalia seek foreign military aid as clashes es... [AFP via Yahoo! - 06/20/2009]
Somalia seeks urgent foreign military aid [AFP via Yahoo! - 06/20/2009]
Thousands flee Somali capital to escape fresh f... [AFP via Yahoo! - 06/20/2009]
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Peacebuilding amid Terrorism: Fragile Gains in ... [Counterterrorism Blog - 10/27/2009]
The Washington Institute published Part 2 of Professor Andre Le Sage's analyis of jihadism in Somalia today. The first part focused on the country's growing insurgency, ...
NEFA Foundation: Reports of Squabbling Over Fre... [Counterterrorism Blog - 08/12/2009]
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new post from online jihadi discussion forums that describes a dispute over two French security consultants in ...
The latest from Somalia [FP Passport - 06/23/2009]
When Somalia drops out of the news, it doesn't usually mean that it's all quiet on the East African front. It just means there's no pirates involved. That's exactly ...
Nicole Stremlau: War in Somalia: Protecting Som... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 05/15/2009]
The war in Somalia has entered a new phase. Even by Mogadishu's standards, in recent days the fighting has been intense. More than 100 people have been ...
Just when Somalia can't get any worse... [FP Passport - 05/15/2009]
...it does. Just months after the country's new Transitional Federal Government (TGF) was inagurated, the Islamist opposition (including the now-infamous al-Shabaab) ...
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