U.S. involvement in Mogadishu before the Battle of Mogadishu

[The Patriot]

U.S. involvement in Mogadishu before the Battle of Mogadishu

10-02-2018 09:00 PM

"Black Hawk Down," for many Americans, brings to mind the intense 17-hour battle that took place October 1993, in the dusty streets of Mogadishu between U.S. Special Operations Forces and Somali militiamen, loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a rogue paramilitary clan leader of the United Somalia Congress.What few Americans realize is the massive humanitarian aid effort U.S. service members were engaged in within the war-torn and starving nation prior to that fateful event.

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