Career
He was a political figure in the War in Somalia (2006–2009) fought between the TFG and its ally Ethiopia against the Islamic Courts Union (Intensive Care Unit). On January 5, 2007, after the victory over the Intensive Care Unit and the Fall of Mogadishu, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by Salad Ali Jelle, held a review of the former troops of the government who took part in the campaign to retake the capital. Their speeches relayed the urgency for a program of Disarmament in Somalia (see Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration).