Yusuf Mohamed Siad 'Indha Adde' (Indhacadde)

In short

Yusuf Mohamed 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 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).

The Islamic Courts, 2006

In September 2006 he declared support for the Islamic Courts Union, 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 Media and Reuters). The courts' forces then broke up and withdrew south.

Hizbul Islam

He later joined Hizbul Islam. In March 2009 Hassan Dahir Aweys criticised him, saying he "has made it normal to destroy every group he is part of" (Wikipedia, citing Garowe Online, 24 March 2009).

In the federal government, 2009–2010

He joined the Transitional Federal Government 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). A day earlier he had called Aweys "an 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 (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.