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Mogadishu, [a] locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483.
It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States —supported by UNOSOM II —against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu. The battle was part of the two-year-old Somali Civil War.
Sep 11, 2024 · Mogadishu, capital, largest city, and a major port of Somalia, located just north of the Equator on the Indian Ocean. One of the earliest Arab settlements on the East African coast, its origins date to the 10th century.
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Oct 3, 2023 · Thirty years ago today, the U.S. military was involved in a brief but brutal battle in Somalia. In a series of firefights over two bloody days, 18 members of America’s most elite Special Forces...
- Background: The Somali Civil War
- Us Involvement in Somalia Begins and Grows
- Battle of Mogadishu: A Mission Gone Bad
- Blackhawk Down
- Somalia Since The Battle of Mogadishu
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In 1960, Somalia — now an impoverished Arab state of about 10.6 million people located on the eastern horn of Africa — gained its independence from France. In 1969, after nine years of democratic rule, the freely-elected Somali government was overthrown in a military coup mounted by a tribal warlord named Muhammad Siad Barre. In a failed attempt to...
U.S. military involvement in Somalia began in August 1992, when President George H. W. Bushsent 400 troops and ten C-130 transport planes to the region to support the multinational U.N. relief effort. Flying out of nearby Mombasa, Kenya, the C-130s delivered over 48,000 tons of food and medical supplies in the mission officially called Operation Pr...
On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger, composed of elite U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy special operations troops, launched a mission intended to capture warlord Mohamed Far Aidid and two top leaders of his Habr Gidr clan. Task Force Ranger consisted of 160 men, 19 aircraft, and 12 vehicles. In a mission planned to take no longer than one hour, Tas...
Minutes after Task Force Ranger began to leave the scene, they were attacked by Somali militia and armed civilians. Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by rocket-propelled-grenades (RPGs) and three others were badly damaged. Among the crew of the first Blackhawk shot down, the pilot and co-pilot were killed, and five soldiers on board we...
Days after the fighting ended, President Bill Clintonordered the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Somalia within six months. By 1995, the UN’s humanitarian relief mission in Somalia ended in failure. While Somali warlord Aidid survived the battle and enjoyed local fame for “defeating” the Americans, he reportedly died of a heart attack after surg...
Learn about the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, a failed attempt by U.S. special forces to capture Somali rebel leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Find out how the mission turned into a deadly rescue operation and the aftermath of the conflict.
- Robert Longley
Aug 22, 2024 · Learn about the 1993 clash between U.S. forces and Somali militia in Mogadishu, Somalia, that marked the end of a U.S.-led military intervention. Find out the facts, casualties, and aftermath of the battle that inspired a book and a film.
Twenty-five years after the infamous battle in Mogadishu, the author argues that the U.S. has learned the wrong lessons about fighting terrorism in Somalia. He explores the consequences of the 1993 debacle for Somalia, the U.S. and the world.
