![]() ![]() Sheikh Aweys was part of the al-Itihaad al-Islamiya leadership which took over large parts of Somalia immediately following the collapse of the Somali Central Government. ![]() Sheikh Aweys later became a leader of Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, which was destroyed in the late 1990s by a force led by Abdullahi Yusuf and funded by Ethiopia. At an early stage in the fighting, Sheikh Aweys captured Abdullahi Yusuf and put him in jail. He was decorated for bravery for his part in 1977 the war. During the regime of Siad Barre, Aweys was a colonel in the Somali National Army (SNA) during the 1977 Ogaden War against Ethiopia. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (English: Hassan Dahir Aweys ( Somali: Xasan Daahir Aweys, ( Arabic: حسن طاهر أويس born 1935) is a Somali political figure from the Habargidir/ Ayr subclan within the Hawiye clan. ![]()
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