Thousands Mourn Loss of Aidid

Thousands of weeping mourners lined the streets of south Mogadishu as the body of Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid, who defied U.N. peacekeeping forces three years ago and ultimately frustrated efforts to quell Somalia’s civil war, was moved from a mosque and buried at his home. The powerful faction leader died late Thursday of battle wounds suffered last week. He died at his home in Mogadishu, the war-battered capital of the East African country. Mogadishu was reported to be calm, and leaders of one of the factions that was combating Aidid called for an immediate cease-fire in the country’s five-year civil war.