 After he was killed in clan fighting in 1996, his body was carried to his funeral on a Toyota pickup.Proving their susceptibility to heavy weapons and their value as a military prize, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) was able to capture 30 "battlewagons" during the defeat of warlord Abdi Qeybdid's militia at the Second Battle of Mogadishu in 2006.That September, an impressive array of 130 technicals was used to take Kismayo from the forces of the Juba Valley Alliance.