Nation Relocates Kids Of Dictator Who Massacred 200,000 To Ohio, Then Routes $1.8 Million In Medicare Their Way

COLUMBUS, OH - In another triumph of compassion, screening, and paperwork, the children of Somali dictator Siad Barre have been living quietly in Ohio for decades after their father was overthrown in 1991. 

Barre's regime is alleged to be responsible for killing as many as 200,000 people. A family-linked home health company later collected more than $1.8 million in Medicare funding. 

Ayanle Mohamed Siad and his sister, Deka Mohamed Siad, settled in Columbus after the family dictatorship collapsed. Deka and her late husband, former Somali ambassador Abdikarim Ali Omar, ran Vanguard Home Health Care, a company that received more than $1.8 million in Medicare funding, according to the New York Post. The company closed after Omar's death in 2021. 

Officials have not explained which box on the immigration form covers "child of the man who ran a 21-year slaughterhouse." They have explained that the billing looked fine.

Barre seized power in Somalia for roughly 21 years before being overthrown. Ayanle has been accused of serving as head of Barre's administration in the final years of the dictatorship. He currently lives in a $350,000 house with his wife and son, and his presence has left many in the Somali community outraged.

Survivors of the old regime now live in the same metro area as the old regime's children, which immigration planners apparently filed under "diversity."

“Siad Barre and his men committed so many war crimes so I was shocked to see his son [Ayanle] in the mosque enjoying his freedom,” one Somali, Ali-Guban Mohamed, told the New York Post. “My family were rounded up in a small township called Agabur and executed. Their bodies were put into a well, and that was happening across the board.”

“It was a 21-year military dictatorship, one man rule and a bunch of his men. Siad Barre dictated where you could go, where you could live, where you can travel,” he continued. 

Mohammad, who came to the US after Barre ordered the massacre of civilians in the Isaaq clan, said that “not a single person had been held accountable for the genocide that took place,” under Barre’s rule. “It feels very bad to know Ayanle is here. Others are scared to speak out but I don’t care. People need to know the truth. He was supposed to be the one who took over from his father, like Saddam Hussein’s son.”

American taxpayers, meanwhile, were held accountable right on schedule. Medicare sent the money. The house got bought. The mosque visits continued. The genocide file stayed in the "not our department" cabinet. 

Despite his atrocities, Barre is celebrated by the Somali Museum of Ohio, which has referred to him as its “honorable grandfather.” 

And let's also remember, AOC and Zohran Mamdani laughed out freaking loud at the 911 Memorial event. Of course, this has nothing to do with this story, but I had to mention it.

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