representatives of the USC. The battle between the militia and the ICU for the control of the capital would start February 2006. Members of this same USC have been the victims of atrocities by Morgan's troops in 1992. In that year the SNF retook, with assistance of the Kenyan military (in violation of a United Nations Security Council arms embargo), the Gedo region. In October 1992, the SNF captured the town of Bardera, committing atrocities against civilians who were thought to have supported the USC (solely on the basis of their clan identity) and greatly disrupting relief efforts. In 1991, when Morgan was minister of defense in the Barre government, there still were 54,000 soldiers under his command. Fourteen years later only 1,000 of them remained. Morgan's family lives in the United States. See also Somali Civil War Military of Somalia Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale References External links BBC News Information about Hersi Morgan (2002) BBC News Information about Hersi Morgan (2004) The Butchers of Majertenia, Hargeisa Politically isolated O. M. Nur {OJ}, Toronto, Canada Justice for the Atrocities of the 1980s: The Responsibility of Politicians and Political Parties, Rakiya A. Omaar Waltzing With Warlords; Will the West Make Martyrs of Thugs in Somalia? Washington Post Jennifer Parmelee, 1993 IRIN WebSpecial: A Decent Burial - Somalis yearn for justice UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2001 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Government ministers of Somalia Heads of state in Africa Somali National Front politicians Somalian faction leaders Genocide perpetrators