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'Black Hawk Down' Anniversary: Al Qaeda's Hidden Hand - ABC News - 6 views

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  • "You left [Somalia] carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you,"
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      Soldiers Quote James Gordon Meek October 4, 2013
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    As U.S. veterans of the October 1993 "Black Hawk Down" battle in Somalia honor their fallen this week, others also remember it as the 20th anniversary of America's first blow from al Qaeda -- even though the U.S. didn't know it at the time. The street battles that ensued on Oct.
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What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America : NPR - 5 views

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  • "They estimated it would take 30 minutes to 45 minutes to conduct the raid, but things did not go well,"
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      War Mark Bowden October 5, 2013 May 8, 2014
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    It's been 20 years since the Battle of Mogadishu, a mission gone wrong that cost 18 American lives. The operation and its aftermath left an opening for extremists, says journalist Mark Bowden, and made the U.S. more cautious about sending troops into foreign conflicts. Would the operation go differently today?
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Black Hawk Up: The Forgotten American Success Story in Somalia - Dominic Tierney - The ... - 5 views

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  • In 1993, without sufficient planning, the operation became fixated on tracking down one particular warlord--General Aideed--who was blamed for attacks on international forces.
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      War Paraphrase Dominic Tierney Dec 2, 2010 May 6, 2014
  • "Somalia provides ample warning against plunging open-endedly into a 'humanitarian' mission."
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    Time "Anatomy of the disaster in Somalia," screamed the Time headline in October 1993. "Trapped in Somalia," read the Newsweek front page. Eighteen Americans had just died in the infamous Black Hawk Down battle in Mogadishu. Images of a captured U.S. pilot and American bodies being dragged through the streets were all over the networks.
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History News Network | Black Hawk Down: The Real Story - 5 views

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  • the infamous Black Hawk Down incident where Somali militia fighters loyal to Mohammed Farah Aidid shot down two American helicopters using rocket-propelled grenades.
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      Assault Paraphrase Jeremy Kuzmarov October 10, 2014 May 6, 2014
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    tags: Mogadishu, Somalia Jeremy Kuzmarov is J.P. Walker assistant professor of history at the University of Tulsa and author of Modernizing Repression: Police Training and Nation Building in the American Century (Massachusetts, 2012). A U.S. Marine helicopter (a Huey, not a Black Hawk) over Mogadishu in 1992. Photo credit: Wiki Commons.
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CNN - 'Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War' - March 24, 1999 - 6 views

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  • In March 1994, U.S. troops on an ill-fated humanitarian mission pulled out of Mogadishu, Somalia. But what few Americans realize is that during this mission, U.S. troops were faced with the most sustained and bloody battle fought by American soldiers since the Vietnam War. Late in the afternoon of October 3, 1993, the soldiers of Task Force Ranger were sent on a mission to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade
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      Assault Paraphrase Mark Bowden March 24, 1999 May 6, 2014
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    CNN WEB SITES: Kill or be killed 'Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War' By Mark Bowden March 24, 1999 Web posted at: 12:01 p.m. EST (1701 GMT) (CNN) -- In March 1994, U.S. troops on an ill-fated humanitarian mission pulled out of Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Operation Restore Hope, Battle of Mogadishu,1993 - 7 views

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    What were some of the factors that explain how what began as a peacekeeping mission in Somalia ended in a firefight? Over the last quarter of a century, Somalia has struggled with internal fighting and poor economic and social conditions for its people.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 4 | 1993: US forces killed in Somali gun battle - 3 views

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    1993: US forces killed in Somali gun battle At least five US soldiers have been killed and two Blackhawk helicopters shot down in a heavy firefight in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. Pentagon sources say the helicopters were carrying elite US Army Ranger units on a mission to capture a local warlord in the east African state.
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