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

FORT BRAGG, N.C., (USASOC NEWS SERVICE, Oct. 3, 2018) -- "Black Hawk Down," for many Americans, brings to mind the intense 17-hour battle that took place October 1993, in the dusty streets of ...
The National Interest

“Black Hawk Down” Was an Unheeded Warning from Al-Qaeda

Though unknown to the Clinton administration at the time, at least 10 members of Al-Qaeda were apparently aiding Somali fighters at the “Battle of Mogadishu” in October 1993. In 1993, the United ...
Stars and Stripes

Food convoy in Mogadishu, 1993

Mogadishu, Somalia, Jan. 3, 1993: A U.S. Marine guarding the gate to the port in Mogadishu loses his temper with a Somali trucker hauling grain donated by relief organizations. The Marine was upset ...