UN recruitment inadvertently financed the clan militias it was fighting

Evidence

Thus, failure though it was, U.N.O.S.O.M. inadvertently played a major role in shaping the future political economy of Mogadishu and southern Somalia. U.N. headquarters was located in southern Mogadishu which was now dominated by militias based on segments of ‘Aideed’s Habar Gidir clansmen, who, for the most part, had invaded the city during and after the guerrilla operations which overthrew Siyad Barre in 1991. Without considering the implications, the U.N. had recruited large numbers of Somali ancillary staff from this clan, which also derived an important income from backhanders it imposed when renting property and supplying transport to aid organizations. These funds paradoxically, helped to finance ‘Aideed’s fight against U.N.O.S.O.M., as well as supplying him with intelligence while disseminating misinformation. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 645

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader pattern in this book of external interventions unwittingly arming/funding Somali factions, echoing the earlier Ethiopian and Barre-era dynamics. — connects to: UN aid staffing inadvertently financed Aideed’s fight against the UN itself; The UN mission unintentionally armed the very militia it fought.; UN mission left a legacy of aid-funded warlordism and soldier abuses. (+2 more)

Related

• UN aid staffing inadvertently financed Aideed’s fight against the UN itself (similarity 0.95)
• The UN mission unintentionally armed the very militia it fought. (similarity 0.94)
• UN mission left a legacy of aid-funded warlordism and soldier abuses. (similarity 0.92)
• The UN abandoned clan elder empowerment in favor of warlord dealings. (similarity 0.88)
• UN infrastructure collapse funded the rise of a new warlord generation (similarity 0.85)
• Foreign aid itself fueled conflict in southern Somalia (similarity 0.79)
• UNOSOM’s hiring of Habar Gidir locals fatally compromised its intelligence. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• UN infrastructure collapse funded the rise of a new warlord generation #expands (0.75) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 644