What is Mohamed Abshir Muse?
'''Mohamed Abshir Muse''' ({{lang-so|Maxamed Abshir Muuse|italic=yes}}, {{lang-ar|محاميد أبشير موسى}}), (1 July 1926 – 25 October 2017) also known as '''Mahamed Abshir Musa''', was a well known [[Somalia|Somali]] military person. He was active from 1940s to 1950s. He served General and the first Commander of the [[Somali Police Force]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jama|first=Hassan Ali|title=Who cares about Somalia : Hassan's ordeal reflections on a nation's future|year=2005|publisher=Schiler|location=Berlin|isbn=3-89930-075-0|edition=1.}}</ref> He was trained at the [[Carabinieri]], Italy's national military training base.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mohamed|first=Hassan|title=The Puntland Experience|url=http://www.radiodaljir.com/audio/docs/ipThePuntlandExperience.pdf|publisher=RadioDaljir|access-date=3 March 2012|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316123444/http://www.radiodaljir.com/audio/docs/ipThePuntlandExperience.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Muse resigned in 1969 from his job at the police force. He was later jailed by the military dictator [[Siad Barre]] for speaking out against the [[regime]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Yahya|first=Mahamud M|title=In Siyaad Barre's Prison: A Brief Recollection|url=http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=bildhaan&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2Fsearch%3Fix%3Dseb%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3DGeneral%2BMohamed%2BAbshir%2BMuse#search=%22General%20Mohamed%20Abshir%20Muse%22|publisher=Macalester College}}</ref> Muse died on 25 October 2017 in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] aged 91.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalias-1st-police-chief-dies-in-the-usa-at-91 | title=Somalia's 1st Police chief dies in U.S. At 91 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web|last=Mohamed|first=Hassan|title=The Puntland Experience|url=http://www.radiodaljir.com/audio/docs/ipThePuntlandExperience.pdf|publisher=RadioDaljir|access-date=3 March 2012|archive-d