During Farah 's first month in office , which was a few months after the September 11 attacks in 2001 , he said the United States would be welcome to deploy troops to Somalia for the first time since the withdrawal of US forces from the UN missions of the 1990s , and to help monitor terrorist activities in the country . He was referring to Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya ( AIAI ) , which the US did name as a terrorist organization . On December 15 , 2001 , he stated there were no members of Al-Qaeda in Somalia , though a rival warlord claimed there were 50 armed fighters of the terrorist organization who had entered the country . In any regard , the United States did not deploy any troops to Somalia at the time
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Hassan Abshir Farah