An ex-air force pilot explains how he carried out an undercover mission to fly Siad Barre's body home for burial.

For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Siad Barre died in exile in Nigeria four years after fleeing Somalia [Corbis/Getty Images] Exactly 31 years ago to the day, two ...

According to a 1990 Human Rights Watch report, Siad Barre, who had led Somalia since 1969 and was also backed by the Soviet Union, saw an opportunity. A militant group in eastern Ethiopia known as the ...