Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade

Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade ( _so. "Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad (Indhacadde)") was an Islamist member of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia, and serves as the ICU's head of security affairs. [http://www.omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=2025&MenuID=603&ThreadID=1014010 The Ethiopian 'Six Day War' – Notes and Insights] Omedia.org, January 9, 2007] . He is from the Ayr sub-clancite news
title=Islamic Courts Union's victory over U.S.-backed warlords in Somalia only brings it closer scrutiny
url=http://www.somalilandtimes.net/sl/2005/231/24.shtml
publisher=Associated Press
date=2006-06-20
accessdate=2007-01-15 ] , part of the Habar Gidir, which is a branch of the Hawiye clan. He has served as deputy and financier for Hassan Dahir Aweys, and served as the security chief.cite news
url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1978424,00.html
date=2006-12-24
publisher=The Guardian
title=Somali hardliner calls for foreign jihadists
accessdate=2007-01-08 ]

Nick-named "white-eyed" (or Indhacadde), he was a former warlord who occupied Lower Shabelle in 2002. He later allied himself with the Islamic Courts. The Islamic Courts advanced to central and south Somalia regions, including the Kismayo area, before Inda'ade pledged his support, giving them control of Lower Shabelle region in September 2006. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L30863894&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-2 Islamists extend authority in Somalia] , "Reuters ", 30 Sept 2006] In December 2006, he appealed to foreign Muslim fighters to join his movement's Holy War against Ethiopia. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23102224.htm Somali Islamists urge Muslim fighters to join jihad] Reuters, December 23, 2006] He had been friends with Barre Aden Shirre Hiiraale, who was leader of the Juba Valley Alliance which controlled Kismayo, and later became Defense Minister for the Transitional Federal Government, but the two parted ways over which side to support in the Somali Civil War.cite news
title=Somalia: Defense Minister eyeing more than his old turf
url=http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/6206
publisher=SomaliNet
date=2006-12-27
accessdate=2007-01-08 ]

War in Somalia

On December 12, 2006, he issued the ultimatum that Ethiopian forces should withdraw within seven days.cite news
title=Somalia’s Islamists give Ethiopia seven days to pull its troops out
url=http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne1847.htm
publisher=Shabelle Media Networks
date=2006-12-12
accessdate=2007-01-08] On December 15, 2006, referring to the proposed IGASOM peacekeeping force, he warned African nations to not send forces to Somalia.cite news
title= Somalia’s Islamic Courts deny al-Qaeda operatives inside Somalia
url=http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne1863.htm
publisher=Shabelle Media Networks
date=2006-12-15
accessdate=2007-01-08] On December 19, the deadline for Ethiopia came and went. Analysts considered Inda'ade's hardline stance had caused a split with moderates within the ICU.cite news
title=Guns silent as Somali Islamists' deadline for Ethiopia passes
url=http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/international-news/horn-of-africa-guns-silent-as-somali-islamists-deadline-for-ethio?itemId=B24_26195&cl=%2Feitb24%2Finternacional&idioma=en
publisher=EITB24
date=2006-12-19
accessdate=2007-01-08] On December 20, after the Ethiopians refused to withdraw, he admitted fighting had begun between the two sides, marking the beginning of the war at the Battle of Baidoa.cite news
title=Somalia: Skirmishes on for the second day as EU commission lands at Baidoa
url=http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne1900.htm
publisher=Shabelle Media Networks
date=2006-12-20
accessdate=2007-01-08]

On December 21, 2006, as the fighting intensified with Ethiopia, he took a flight to an undisclosed location with Hassan Dahir Aweys, and was said to be on the "hajj", the pilgrimage in Mecca.cite news
title=Somalia: Top Islamist officials leave for unknown destination
url=http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/6032
publisher=SomaliNet
date=2006-12-21
accessdate=2007-01-08 ]

On December 23, 2006, as the battle continued, he made a world-wide appeal for jihadists to come to Somalia, and claimed the ICU had taken Tiyoglow, Bakol province. [http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne1930.htm Islamists call world Muslim fighters to wage their jihad war in Somalia] Shabelle Media Networks] However, in the days that followed, the army of the ICU collapsed, leading to the Fall of Mogadishu and the retreat of the ICU to their stronghold at Ras Kamboni.

ee also

* Islamic Courts Union
* Rise of the Islamic Courts Union (2006)
* War in Somalia (2006–present)

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