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An original business card of General Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid, one of Mogadishus most notorious warlords and former Chairman of the Somali National Alliance. A failed attempt by US Army Rangers in 1993 to capture General Aidid resulted in the now famous Black Hawk Down incident. He declared himself president of Somalia briefly, and died during a battle in 1996.

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Jonathan Kalan
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The Letterpress of Mogadishu: Somalia, 2012
An original business card of General Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid, one of Mogadishus most notorious warlords and former Chairman of the Somali National Alliance. A failed attempt by US Army Rangers in 1993 to capture General Aidid resulted in the now famous Black Hawk Down incident. He declared himself president of Somalia briefly, and died during a battle in 1996.