Mohamed Osman Irro

Mohamud Osman Irro (Somali: Maxamed Ismaan Cirro, Arabic: محمد عثمان إرو‎) (died 1978), also known as Mohamud Sheikh Osman Irro (Moxamud Shiikh Cismaan Cirro)[1][2] or Mohamoud Sheikh Osman Irro (Maxamuud Sheekh Cismaan Cirro),[3] was a prominent Somali military figure.

Mohamoud Sheikh Osman Irro
Arabic: محمد عثمان عرو‎
Nickname(s)"Cirro"
Born1941
Galkaio, Somalia
Died26 October 1978
Mogadishu, Somalia
Buried
Xero Dhiig
Allegiance  Somalia
Service/branchSomali National Army
Rank Colonel
Battles/warsOgaden War

He was head of a group of soldiers that led the failed coup in 1978. Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre announced that Irro betrayed the nation, military and the council and soon after his trial, he ordered his execution.

Biography

A Colonel in the Somali National Army (SNA), Mohamud Sheikh Osman Irro was among the military officials that were executed by the government on suspicion of involvement in the abortive 1978 coup d'état. He was held to have been the group leader, along with alleged Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and alleged co-conspirator Abdullahi Ahmed Irro.[1]

Most of the officers who had helped plot the coup, including the coup leader Colonel Mohamed Osman Irro were tried by court marshal, found guilty and executed. Others, including fellow Frunze Military Academy graduate Colonel Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed, managed to escape abroad. [4] Yet others including Colonel Abdullahi Ahmed Irro and the Chief of the National Police General Abdullahi Matukade court martialled and found not guilty after the military court could not find evidence of collaboration with Mohamed Osman Irro [5][6]

See also

Notes
  1. Mohamed Osman Omar, The road to zero: Somalia's self-destruction, (HAAN Associates: 1992), p.125.
  2. Dagaalkii Ogaadeenya - Casgarkii XXX-aad Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. New People Media Centre, New people, Issues 94-105, (New People Media Centre: Comboni Missionaries, 2005).
  5. ARR: Arab report and record, (Economic Features, ltd.: 1978), p.602.
  6. Ahmed III, Abdul. "Brothers in Arms Part I" (PDF). WardheerNews. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.


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