1.   After ousting Siad Barre, the factions turned against each other and the country disintegrated into fiefdoms controlled by clan militias.

2.   After ousting Siad Bare, the factions turned against one another and the country disintegrated into fiefs controlled by clan militias.

3.   After toppling Siad Barre, the factions turned against each other and the country disintegrated into fiefs defended by clan militias.

4.   After ousting Siad Barre, the rebels turned against each other, and the country split into fiefs protected by clan militias.

5.   But along the way, money and food extorted and seized from the aid groups supported the clan militias in their war.

6.   But the leaders then turned on each other, and the country disintegrated into fiefdoms protected by clan militia.

7.   Rival clan militias attacked forces loyal to Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid on Wednesday in the south-central city of Baidoa and at an airport near Mogadishu.

8.   Since then Somalia has split into fiefs protected by clan militias.

9.   The country has disintegrated into fiefdoms guarded by armed clan militias.

10.   The country has broken into fiefdoms protected by clan militia and only elders and Muslim clergymen have been successful in peacefully settling disputes.