# Yusuf Mohamed Siad 'Indha Adde' (Indhacadde)

> Yusuf Mohamed Siad 'Indha Adde': Lower Shabelle, defence chief of the Islamic Courts in 2006, Hizbul Islam, and state minister for defence in 2009–2010.

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## In short

[Yusuf Mohamed](/en/people/yusuf-mahamud-ibrahim/) Siad, widely known as Indha Adde, has served on both sides of Somalia's wars since 2006: with the Islamic Courts and Hizbul Islam, and then with the federal government. This page records his public role from the sources, without taking sides.

## Lower Shabelle

Wikipedia records that he was born in [Lower Shabelle](/en/infrastructure/k50-airstrip/) and belongs to the Ayr lineage of the Habar Gidir, Hawiye, citing the Associated Press. It lists him as governor of Lower Shabelle in 2002 ([Wikipedia, Yusuf Indhacade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Indhacade)).

## The Islamic Courts, 2006

In September 2006 he declared support for the [Islamic Courts Union](/en/history/islamic-courts-union-2006/), bringing Lower Shabelle under its control, and he became its defence chief (Wikipedia, citing Reuters). On 12 December 2006 he gave Ethiopian forces seven days to leave Somalia; on 20 December he confirmed that fighting had begun near Baidoa, and on 23 December he called for foreign fighters to join the courts (Wikipedia, citing [Shabelle](/en/economy/farming-and-harvests/) Media and Reuters). The courts' forces then broke up and withdrew south.

## Hizbul Islam

He later joined [Hizbul Islam](/en/institutions/hizbul-islam/). In March 2009 [Hassan Dahir Aweys](/en/people/hassan-dahir-aweys/) criticised him, saying he "has made it normal to destroy every group he is part of" (Wikipedia, citing [Garowe Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/), 24 March 2009).

## In the federal government, 2009–2010

He joined the [Transitional Federal Government](/en/history/transitional-governments-2000-2012/) in May 2009 and became state minister for defence. On 15 February 2010 a suicide car bomb struck his convoy between an African Union base and the presidential palace in Mogadishu. The Long War Journal reported that the bomber hit a bus and killed four people, and quoted him: "The suicide car bomb hit the boot of one of my cars, I was in the car ahead" ([Long War Journal, February 2010](https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/02/suicide_bomber_targe_5.php)). A day earlier he had called Aweys "an Al [Shabaab](/en/history/al-shabaab/) hostage" (same source).

He resigned in June 2010, saying the government had not kept its agreements, and in 2011 was listed as a general in the [Somali National Army](/en/institutions/somali-national-army/) (Wikipedia, citing BBC News and SomaliaReport).

## Sources differ

- **His title in 2009–2010.** Minister of defence (Wikipedia's summary box) or state minister for defence (news reports at the time).
- **Date he left office.** 9 or 17 June 2010.
- **Intelligence claim.** The Long War Journal reported a claim that he had given information to the bombers of a September 2009 attack on an African Union base; no other source read for this page repeats it.

## Read the primary sources yourself

- Long War Journal, "Suicide bomber targets Somali state minister for defense" (2010): [article](https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/02/suicide_bomber_targe_5.php).

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