FRONTLINE explores the most violent U.S. combat firefight since Vietnam, in which elite units of the U.S. Army's Rangers and Delta Force were ambushed in Modadishu, Somalia. What started out as an operation to capture warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid turned into a tragic firefight that left eighteen Americans dead and eighty four wounded.

NOTE: To save time, the banner buttons have not been reprogrammed. Use your browser's forward and backward arrow keys to move through the document. On July 2, 1997, the Honourable Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence, released the Somalia Inquiry Report. Since the Government is committed to making the Report available to the public as quickly as possible, the Department of National Defence ...

It takes a remarkable person not just to say a Creed and memorize a Creed, but to live by a Creed. S. Shughart Black Hawk Down Memorial Wall Quotes Memorial Poems Guest Book Speeches Ranger Memorial Hall of Honor Where are they Now Articles Book Reviews Timeline Movie Updates Movie Review When the roll was called that morning, We listened for their names; We paused in solemn silence, For each ...

HOME ABOUT SEARCH COMMENTS The Civil War In Somalia The African country of Somalia is a place of great suffering. There is famine, war, and all the crimes that go along with them. Anyone looking for a simple-minded good-guy/bad-guy viewpoint should stop reading now, because this story, like all stories, is more complicated than that. This article focuses on the period 1991-1995, when Somalia's ...

Somalia: the Collapse of State My analysis on Somali Conflict 1988 1991 1992 Video & pictures of Air Rid Made by the US Blackhawk against Aided Why the US went to Somalia On July 1, 1960, by agreement with the UN Trusteeship Council, Somalia was granted independence. It merged thereupon with the former British protectorate, to which the United Kingdom, by prearrangement, had given independence ...

Somalia - UNOSOM I Prepared by the Department of Public Information, United Nations It may be used and reproduced freely by giving acknowledgement to DPI This text was last updated effective 21 March 1997 Not an official document of the United Nations UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN SOMALIA I MISSION BACKGROUNDER: LOCATION: Somalia HEADQUARTERS: Mogadishu DURATION: April 1992 - March 1993 STRENGTH: ...

On December 4, 1992 President George Bush announced he was sending up to 28, 000 US troops to Somalia to help provide humanitarian relief in a strife-torn country where hundreds of thousands of people had died of starvation. Not quite a year later, shortly after a failed raid that took the lives of 18 American servicemen, President Bill Clinton announced an exit strategy for the United States. ...

MEDALS OF HONOR AWARDED FOR ACTION IN SOMALIA *GORDON, GARY I. Rank and organization: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army. Place and date: 3 October 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia. Entered service at: ----- Born: Lincoln, Maine. Citation: Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as Sniper Team Leader, United ...

Somalia - UNOSOM II Prepared by the Department of Public Information, United Nations. This text was last updated effective 31 August 1996. Not an official document of the United Nations. UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN SOMALIA II PROFILE LOCATION: Somalia HEADQUARTERS: Mogadishu DURATION: March 1993 - March 1995 STRENGTH: Approximately 28, 000 military and police personnel; there was also a provision ...

These video and pictures are first hand documents, this is why they are on this site Two unique Video of US air rid against M. Aided Video of Air Rid Made by the US Blackhawk helicopter against Aided in Olympic Hotel. Video of the Crashed US helicopter. These are the US Rangers and the members of the Helicopter. These photographs were given to The Pillynews.com's Inquirer for use in the ...

Policy Analysis No. 205 March 28, 1994 THE SOMALI CRISIS: TIME FOR AN AFRICAN SOLUTION by George B. N. Ayittey George B. N. Ayittey is an associate professor of economics at the American University and president of the Free Africa Foundation. His most recent book, Africa Betrayed (Cato and St. Martins, 1992), won the Mencken Award for best book of 1992. Executive Summary Somalia's societal ...