It was founded in Ethiopia by a loose coalition of warlords opposing the newly formed Transitional National Government (TNG).
The SRRC publicly called on the international community to intervene in Somalia and set up a transitional government akin to Afghanistan.
"[6] He also "warned that militant Islamist Pakistani proselytizers were active in Mogadishu and other Somali cities and that they have strong links to Al-Itihad Al-Islami.
"[5] The SRRC was backed by the United States and Ethiopia (see Ethiopian involvement in Somalia) against other factions in the Somali Civil War.
During the raid, the commander of the rival militia, Colonel Abdirizak Issak Bihi, was captured by the Ethiopian forces and taken across the border to Ethiopia.