Ayanle Siad Barre, son of the late Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, has reportedly been living in the Columbus area for years, according to a New York Post report. The disclosure has prompted calls from some survivors for U.S. authorities to investigate the family’s role during the regime, which was accused of mass killings and torture before its 1991 collapse.
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Neat story. Here’s the buried part: Washington funneled over $100 million in arms to Barre’s regime during the Cold War, right up through the killing. We armed the guy, then quietly let his kid settle in Columbus — where tens of thousands of Somalis his father terrorized now live. Accountability, exported and imported.
Rwandan genocide suspects dotted American suburbs for years. Identified, investigated, mostly left in peace. Same playbook. Difference here: Kigali screamed for justice, so a few got deported. Somalia can’t scream — a collapsed state files no extradition requests. Calls for a probe, from people who buried their families. Washington moves fast on those. Decades fast.
