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Abdirashed Mahamoud

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Abdirashed "Sigaray" Mahamoud (Somali: Cabdirasiid "Sigaaray" Maxamuud) January 1, 1956) was the assassin of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke of Somalia, who was killed on October 15, 1969. Prior to his killing, Abdirashed and Abdirashid were in a feud over who would lead the country's agriculture industry and who would be commander of the army. During the feud, Abdirashed himself named it the Abdi Ya Abdi Dagaal ("fight between the two named-likes").

1 Early life
2 Killing
3 Controversy
4 Quotes
5 External links
6 Notes

[edit] Early life

Before he joined the police force, Abdirashed Mahamoud had been an orphaned shepherd. He had no formal education, but attended some military courses in Italy. He became the Vice Commander of the subdomain Italian Army when the country was in desperate need to over throw President Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini. Mahamoud became an advocate of Soviet style Marxist government after spending time with Soviet officers in joint training exercises in the early 1960s.

[edit] Killing

In 1969, while Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was waiting for a businessman Ali Mahdi Mohamed, Abdirashed came out of the Fakr ad-Din mosque with 3 other unidentified soldiers shot him with 3 Spencer repeating rifle guns. Abdirashed then escaped from the scene of the crime.

[edit] Controversy

Abdirashed temporarily remained on the Missing Criminal Act (MCI) of the country which is the power base of the governments most wanted list. He twice attempted to re-enter Mogadishu but escaped both times without the government knowing, but in May 15, 1991, the Somali government was overthrown after the Aideed Era by General Muhammed Farrah Aidid's army, which gave Abdirashed the freedom to come in and out of the country without hesitation. It is said^[who?] he initially moved to the United States, but nomadic group leaders say he is in Greenland or Canada. After the 1990s there were no traces of Abdirashed.

[edit] Quotes

"If you want to be part of the ones who win, forget about the worst and focus into the good"
- Mahamoud proclaims Somalia a socialist state, October 20, 1970^[1]

"When I came to the Italian Army...[t]here was no possible reason why i choose to work for a coward who said he was president. If you try to force me to stand into that again, I will leave the country and come back to it like i own it. These standards are only used with a gun; only the gun can make me go."^[2]