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Prior to the fall of the Siad Barre regime, for which he had worked, Ali went to the U.S. on a diplomatic visa where he received American military training...
Before the war, Ali was a graduate of the Pentagon's program for foreign officers. At the time of the armed uprising against Siad Barre in the late 1980s, America was braced by the Cold War and, in an effort to keep a country like Somalia away from Soviet influence, it was willing to support and arm Somalia's military dictatorship, despite its blatant disregard for human rights.
The U.S. military selected and trained the best and brightest of its allies — Ali being one of them.
Comment: The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been committing horrific war crimes in Yemen, conducting airstrikes on schools, hospitals, markets and residential neighborhoods. And due to the actions of the U.S. and Saudis, Yemen is experiencing mass starvation. The fact Saudi Arabia leads the UN Human Rights Council is a cruel psychopathic joke.