A revolution against this leader began after his Red Beret special forces attacked clans who attempted to overthrow him in 1978. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this military dictator and Hitler mustache enthusiast who targeted the Isaaq and Majeerteen clans. This leader’s single-party Marxist-Leninist state maintained ties with the USSR until a failed 1977 invasion of the Ogaden region.
ANSWER: Siad Barre [or Mohamed Siad Barre]
[10e] The rebellion against Barre began after the failure of his invasion of this country’s mostly Somali Ogaden region. This country was led at the time by the Derg under Mengistu Haile Mariam.
ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]
[10h] Barre carried out a genocide against the Isaaq people mostly in this city, the largest city in the separatist region of Somaliland.
ANSWER: Hargeisa
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