[dennisw]

Could you be thinking of Somalia...not in the Middle East but a pit (surprised?) none the less. Aideed had at least one son and maybe two who were in the US military.

 

 

Online NewsHour: DEATH OF A WARLORD -- August 2, 1996
... When Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed died on Thursday, hopes of a peace in the
fractured country rose again. Steve Scott of ITN reports on the leader and ...
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[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

That's it! thanks.