Aden Saran-Sor

Aden Mohamed Nur Saran-Sor ( _so. "Aaden Maxamed Nuur [Aaden Saransoor] "), commonly known as Aaden Saransoor, is a Somali warlord.cite web| url = http://somalinet.com/news/world/English/4684 | title = Minister dismisses opposition claims | accessdate = 2006-12-12| author = Mohamed Abdi Farah | date = 2006-11-04| publisher = Somalinet| language = Rough translation into English, from Somali] He is a commander in the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA),cite web| url = http://www.benadir-watch.com/2006%20News/0224_MPs_not_to_carry_weapons.pdf | title = Regional Somali authority bans lawmakers from carrying weapons | accessdate = 2006-12-12| accessmonthday = | accessyear = | author = Agence France-Presse authors | date = 2006-02-24| publisher = AFP; article hosted by Benadir-Watch] and his militia is in control of Baidoa, seat of the Transitional Federal Parliament.cite news |first= Vincenzo|last= Palmieri|title= Somalia: a nation in turmoil, no more?|url= http://www.globeresearch.it/dettmedia.php?id=15 |work= www.globeresearch.it |publisher= Globe Research and Publishing|date= 2005|accessdate= 2007-01-06]

On October 6, 2006, his militia surrounded the house of general Ali Hussein Loyan,cite web |url= http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=286832&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/|title=Armed stand-off in Somali govt seat |accessdate=2007-01-06|author=South African Press Association and Agence France-Presse authors|date=2006-10-06 |work= Mail & Guardian] (also know as Ali Mohamed Hassan Loyan), the national police commander.cite web |url= http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/205690/|title= Mogadishu residents reluctant to give up guns|accessdate= 2006-01-06|last= Kennedy|first= Elizabeth A.|date= 2007-01-04|work= Associated Press|publisher=Daily Herald and Lee Enterprises ] On the thiry-first of the same month, Saran-Sor was accused of backing rebellion against the Transitional Federal Parliament by Aden Mohamed Nor, Minister of Justice in the Baidoa-based government. When the RRA split into two rival factions,cite web| url = http://www-math.mit.edu/~dhu/Press/Press03/newa.htm| title = Six killed in factional violence in Somalia (in middle of page)| accessdate = 2006-12-12| author =Agence France-Presse authors| year = 2003| publisher =AFP; article hosted by MIT] Saran-Sor supported Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade.

ee also

*Rahanweyn Resistance Army

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