Is Geldof just naive?

First, this appeared last week.  I was not surprised as it was obvious how unstable the region was in 1985.  However I also recall that the Warlords captured the capital of Mogadishu some time afterward the Xmas concert.

LONDON March 3, 2010 -- Millions of dollars of international aid for victims of the mid-1980s famine in Ethiopia was diverted to rebels to buy weapons in the African country, a BBC investigation reported Wednesday.

Citing former rebels and CIA documents, it said militant leaders posed as merchants in meetings with aid groups who flooded into Ethiopia to help during the famine, highlighted by the global Live Aid charity concert in 1985.

And now:

Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof on Sunday lashed out at a BBC report that claimed millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia by Band Aid in 1985 were used by rebels to pay for weapons.

"About Band Aid, not a single penny went to the armaments, not a pound, not a penny," the Irish rock star told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show. He is considering filing a complaint.