The mystery of the assassination on October 15, 1969 of President Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the second civilian Somali leader in the postcolonial period, has been misunderstood. Soon after, on the October 21, 1969, at 3 o?clock in the morning, Radio Mogadishu announced that the military seized the power and overthrew the civilian government. It was also announced t...