| clgo:notes | - *Casualty figures do not include those killed by criminal related violence, accidents or infighting among their factions.
- (2) Abdulkadir Hamsa \"Qatatow\" was first a government commander but he defected to Hizbul Islam. Soon after, he was assassinated. Ahmed \"Lashin\" Sheikh Muhiyadin was also an ICU commander but defected on 10 June.
- (3) Casualty figures of 1,739 killed were reported for the whole of 2009, at least 242 of which were combatants. The 1,497 remaining civilian dead includes both people killed before 7 May and people killed after 1 October.
- (1) Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad \"Indho Ade\" (a warlord who is notorious for switching sides), and his militia were part of Hizbul Islam until 17 May, when he defected to the government.
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