Clan Cleansing in SomaliaIn 1991, certain political and military leaders in Somalia, wishing to gain exclusive control over the state, mobilized their followers to use terrorwounding, raping, and killingto expel a vast number of Somalis from the capital city of Mogadishu and south central and southern Somalia. Manipulating clan sentiment, they succeeded in turning ordinary civilians against neighbors, friends, and coworkers. Although this episode of organized communal