What was the Barre regime? And what was Ilhan Omar’s father’s role as a colonel in the Somali military during that era? As questions surrounding her family’s immigration history grow, a new DOJ court filing identifies the congresswoman as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.” A history lesson about dictatorship, genocide, and the collapse of Somalia. And the questions that remain about her father’s role in the military that served that regime.