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Barre Adan Shire (Somali: Barre Aadan Shire), also known as Barre Hiiraale, Barre "Hirale" Aden Shire, or Abdikadir Adan Shire^[1], is the Minister of Defense of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which was formed in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2004. He was previously the TFG Minister for National Reconstruction and Resettlement. Hiiraale is also the Chairman of the Juba Valley Alliance, which controls Southern and Southwestern Somalia, including the third-largest city of Somalia, the strategic port town of Kismayo. He presides over the largest autonomous area in that country, as well as commanding an extensive Somali militia. Image File history File links Barre_Adan_Shire. ... Main article: Military of Somalia The armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia report to the Ministry of Defense. ... The Transitional Federal Parliament is an interim parliament of Somalia formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004. ... Nairobi (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jubaland (Somali: Jubbaland) or Juba Valley (Somali: Dooxada Jubba), formerly Trans-Juba (Italian: ), is the southwesternmost part of Somalia, on the far side of the Juba River (thus Trans-Juba), bordering on Kenya. ... Map of Somalia. ...

Biography

Barre Hiiraale was born in Gelaadi, which today is part of the Ogaden-controlled area of Ethiopia. He moved to neighbouring Abudwak in the Galgadud region of Somalia, and from there on to Mogadishu for secondary school. Hiiraale went to the prestigious United States military school at West Point. That scholarship and patronage was part of cold-war treaties signed by Mogadishu and Washington in exchange for Washington's use of naval facilities in the coastal Somali cities of Kismayo, Mogadishu, and Berbera. Barre Hiiraale came back with a degree in Military Science, as well as Political Relations in Military Warfare. Barre Hiiraale was an army Colonel when the Somali civil war began. Recently, the supreme leader of the newly-formed Islamic Courts Union (ICU) has sent praises to Barre Hiiraale, calling him a honorable and a patriotic leader.^{[citation needed]} Hiiraale offered to mediate between the two feuding factions of the government based in Jowhar and Mogadishu, led by President Abdullahi Yusuf and the Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan, respectively.^{[citation needed]} Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled OgadÄ“n) is a part of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. ... Galguduud (Somali: Galguduud; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. ... Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The government of the United States of America, established by the U.S. Constitution, is... Berbera (Somali Berbera) (coordinates:) is a city in the newly established Saaxil region of Somalia, and is currently part of the internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ... Motto: none Anthem: none Capital formerly Mogadishu and Kismayu Largest city n/a Official languages Somali and Arabic Government Sharia Krytocracy  - Executive Chairman Sharif Sheikh Ahmed  - Shura Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys Civil War Faction Has not declared autonomy or independence   - Established June 6th 2006 in Mogadishu  Area  - Total not finalized... Jauhar (sometimes written jowhar) was originally the voluntary death on a funeral pyre of the queen or the royal women of defeated Rajput cities or forts in order to avoid capture. ... Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its capital. ... Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somali: Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed) (born December 15, 1934 in Galkayo, Puntland, Somalia) is the transitional Kenya on October 10, 2004, and sworn in on October 14, 2004. ... Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan (Somali: ) is the speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia. ...

Somali Civil War

In the years of the Somali Civil War, he became a commander in the Marehan Somali National Front (SNF). Under Col. Hirale's command, the SNF defeated the forces of Mohamed Farah Aideed and his USC in Gedo region. The SNF then took control of Kismayo and Lower Jubba region with the defeat and ousting of Mohammed Said Hersi "Morgan" and his SRRC Allied militias composed of the Ogaden SPM, the Harti SSDF, and Rahanweyn RRA. The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started in 1988. ... The Somali National Front (SNF) was a political revolutionary movement and armed militia, initially comprised of loyalists to Siad Barre, the remnants of the Somali National Army forces after his ouster from office. ... Mohammed Farrah Aidid Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Somali: Maxamed Faarax Caydiid) (1934 - August 1, 1996) was a Somali politician and the leader of the Habr Gidr clan, who hindered international famine relief efforts in the early 1990s and challenged the presence of United Nations and United States troops in the country. ... Location of Gedo in Somalia Gedo is also the stage name of Japanese professional wrestler Keiji Takayama, and the name of a fictional high school in the film Battlefield Baseball Gedo (Somali: Gedo; Arabic: ‎ ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southwestern Somalia. ... General Mohammed Said (or Siad) Hersi Morgan was the son-in-law of Siad Barre and minister of defense of Somalia, responsible for the 1988 bombing of Hargeisa and Burao, two cities now in the self-declared state of Somaliland. ...

Juba Valley Alliance

He was chairman of the Juba Valley Alliance (Isbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba), which declared autonomy from the rest of Somalia in 1998, and controlled Kismayo and the Juba Valley until the defeat of his forces by the ICU in 2006. Jubaland (Somali: Jubbaland) or Juba Valley (Somali: Dooxada Jubba), formerly Trans-Juba (Italian: ), is the southwesternmost part of Somalia, on the far side of the Juba River (thus Trans-Juba), bordering on Kenya. ...

On August 6, 2001, after 10 days of heavy fighting in a battle involving 40 technicals and 1,000 militiamen, the JVA took the town of Jilib from the SRRC.^[2] August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A technical in Liberia. ... Jilib (other names: Gilib, Gelib, Jillib, Jillio) is a town in Somalia, with an estimated population of approximately 45,000. ... The Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (abbreviated SRRC) was a political movement, as well as an armed militia, founded by Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid, son of the late warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. ...

With hopes to end the violence, Col. Hirale participated in the Somali Reconcilliation Conference, held in Eldoret, Kenya, in 2002.^[3]

Transitional Federal Government

Main articles: Rise of the Islamic Courts Union (2006) and War in Somalia (2006–present)

Col. Hirale serves as Defense Minister in Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. In November 2005, he was instrumental in making a compromise proposal to help establish the TFG.^[4] Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Alleged: Eritrea Foreign Jihadists ARPCT, comprising Various Warlords Transitional Federal Government Puntland Autonomous Region Rahanweyn Resistance Army Ethiopia[1] Alleged:  Uganda[2] Commanders Muhammad Ibraheem Bilal Hasan Hersi Turki Yusuf Siad Inda-Addeh Mukhtar Robow Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale (Jubaland), Abdi... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Alleged:  Eritrea Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda South:  Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia  United States North:  Ethiopia Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Abdi Qeybdid (Galmudug) Adde Musa (Puntland) Meles Zenawi... Main article: Military of Somalia The armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia report to the Ministry of Defense. ... The Transitional Federal Parliament is an interim parliament of Somalia formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone...

He suffered the loss of Kismayo in September 2006^[5], and further defeat during ICU's takeover of the Juba Valley in October 2006.^[6] On October 14, his wife was arrested in Kismayo, along with a number of other women.^[7] September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ... October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

He regrouped his forces in Gedo region, and successfully lead the counterattacking TFG forces, who, alongside Ethiopian troops, won successive battles during December 2006, eventually forcing the ICU back to Mogadishu, where, on December 29, the TFG and Ethiopian forces took Mogadishu. The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) has approximately 100,000 personnel, which makes it one of the largest military forces in Africa. ... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Alleged:  Eritrea Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda South:  Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia  United States North:  Ethiopia Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Abdi Qeybdid (Galmudug) Adde Musa (Puntland) Meles Zenawi... December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Foreign fighters Transitional Federal Government Ethiopia[1][2] The Fall of Mogadishu began on December 27, 2006, when the militaries of Somalias United Nations-approved Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopia surrounded the Somalian capital of Mogadishu after a swift string of TFG...

Retaking the Juba Valley

Fall of Mogadishu and advance on Kismayo, December 27-29, 2006

On December 29, TFG forces under Defense Minister (and former head of the Juba Valley Alliance) Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale entered Bu'aale, approximately 150 km north of Kismayo.^[8] Ethiopian jets continued to patrol over Jilib,^[9] and a column of 15 tanks was reported heading towards Bu'aale and Jilib. The Islamic militia reportedly mined the road to Jilib.^[10] Image File history File links Lower-juba-12292006-1627. ... Image File history File links Lower-juba-12292006-1627. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... Main article: Military of Somalia The armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia report to the Ministry of Defense. ... Jubaland (Somali: Jubbaland) or Juba Valley (Somali: Dooxada Jubba), formerly Trans-Juba (Italian: ), is the southwesternmost part of Somalia, on the far side of the Juba River (thus Trans-Juba), bordering on Kenya. ... Buaale is a capital town of Jubbada Dhexe, Somalia. ...

Battle of Jilib

Main articles: Battle of Jilib and Fall of Kismayo

On December 31, the Battle of Jilib determined the control of the approaches to Kismayo. The result of the battle was the retaking of Kismayo on January 1, 2007, which was abandoned by ICU forces. Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Foreign fighters Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ethiopia Commanders Sharif Sheik Ahmed Yusuf Hassan TFG: Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale Strength 3,000 Islamic militia and foreign mujahideen 60 technicals Ethiopian tanks, artillery, MiG fighter-bombers The Battle of Jilib was a battle in the... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Foreign fighters Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ethiopia Commanders Sharif Sheik Ahmed Yusuf Hassan TFG: Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale The Fall of Kismayo occurred on January 1, 2007, when the militaries of Somalias Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops entered the Somali... Image File history File links Battle-of-jilib-12312006-1404. ... Image File history File links Battle-of-jilib-12312006-1404. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Foreign fighters Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ethiopia Commanders Sharif Sheik Ahmed Yusuf Hassan TFG: Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale Strength 3,000 Islamic militia and foreign mujahideen 60 technicals Ethiopian tanks, artillery, MiG fighter-bombers The Battle of Jilib was a battle in the... Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist Militias Foreign fighters Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ethiopia Commanders Sharif Sheik Ahmed Yusuf Hassan TFG: Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale The Fall of Kismayo occurred on January 1, 2007, when the militaries of Somalias Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops entered the Somali... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

Accusations of Reprisals

On December 31, 2006, the Assistant Trade Minister for the TFG, Abdifitah Ibrahim Rashid, accused men loyal to Defense Minister Col. Barre Hiiraale of killing ten civilians and kidnapping ten others near Dinsor, Bay region. The incident came after a man was caught driving a pickup truck loaded with ammunition and explosives. The truck had belonged to the Juba Valley Alliance before it was seized in fighting at Bu'aale by the ICU earlier in the year.^[11][12] Gedonet.com, on the other hand, reports that the Defense minister and his army confronted two opposing militias who were disputing the control of a vehicle left behind. Apparently, upon the Defense minister approaching them, they both united their guns towards the Defense minister and his army, forcing them to defend themselves. The casualties reported numbered 10 for the combined militia and 2 for the Defense minister.^[13] December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Main article: Military of Somalia The armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia report to the Ministry of Defense. ... Diinsoor is the correct name, but in English mostly they write Dinsor. ... Jubaland (Somali: Jubbaland) or Juba Valley (Somali: Dooxada Jubba), formerly Trans-Juba (Italian: ), is the southwesternmost part of Somalia, on the far side of the Juba River (thus Trans-Juba), bordering on Kenya. ... Buaale is a capital town of Jubbada Dhexe, Somalia. ...

Pardon Offered to Islamists

On January 2, 2007, in Kismayo, Col. Hiiraale offered an amnesty to former members of the ICU forces. He also spoke about the strength of the new government: "You have heard a lot of times that the transitional government is weak... But I will confirm [to] you that the national army are in control of all regions in the country - east, centre and south."^[14] January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

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