Talk:Somalian Revolution (1986-1992)

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There are a lot of different groups involved in this phase of the Somali Civil War. One definitely needs a score card to understand what happened! This will take some time to make it complete. Feel free to chip in and add to the information base. --Petercorless 06:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Why don't we rename this article the "Somalian Revolution (1986-1993) and extend the timeframe to cover both the UN interventions, and the start of attacks by the Red Berets on various groups in the country? It wasn't really a civil war per se, as the primary goal was overthrowing the established order. The lack of the neccisary element of a civil war (desire to replace the existing order) is really what is responsible for the breakdown following the overthrow. --Ingoman 08:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
The beginning I am ambivalent about, but my own vote would be to have this section run through to the declaration of Ali Mahdi Muhammad as President and the final split of the USC into the USC/SSA under Ali Mahdi and the USC/SNA under Aidid in November 1991.
  • I would definitely want to put the UN interventions into an article for 1992–1995, since even after the US left in 1993, the UN as an organization remained around until 1995.
  • The period 1995–1998 should span the "Aidid Presidencies" (Mohammed Aidid 1995-1996 and Hussein Aidid 1996-1997) to the stepping down of Hussein Aidid (1997) and the reconciliation between Hussein Aidid and Ali Mahdi March 30, 1998. --Petercorless 12:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
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