Information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, the attached document provides information on the Hintire clan affiliations and background information on the Hintire.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of other sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Cassanelli, Lee V. 1982. The Shaping of Somali Society. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 20, 184, 218-22.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. Monthly.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.

On-line searches of news articles.

Somalia: A Country Study. 1993. Edited by Helen Chapin Metz. Washington, DC: Department of the Army.

Somalia: A Country Study. 1982. Edited by Harold D. Nelson. Washington, DC: Department of the Army.