Abdi Warsame Isaq


Abdi Warsame Isaq, or more famously known as Colonel Abdi Warsame Isaq, was the chairman of the Southern Somali National Movement, a military faction during the Somalia war. It consisted mainly of Biimaal, Surre and other southern Mahad Dir clans.

History

Abdi Warsame Isaq hailed from the Biimaal clan of the Dir clan family, more importantly from the Gaadsen branch of Biimaal. Formally allied with Aideed, the chairman of the SSNM, Colonel Abdi Warsame in 1993 broke with General Aideed and took part of the SSNM with him when he aligned himself with Ali Mahdi.