Friday, August 30, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 30, 1993: The Raid on Lig Ligato House

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At three AM, August 30, 1993, a dozen blacked-out helicopters rose from the tarmac at Mogadishu Airport, formed up, and then clattered over ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 29, 1993: Aideed Draws First Blood

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Just as Phase Two of Task Force Ranger's "Operation Gothic Serpent" was set to begin, at 10PM on August 29 the ground at the M...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Kill Bashar!

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With U.S. military action (of some sort) against Syria imminent , Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal offers a simple suggestion : Sh...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 27, 1993: Task Force Ranger Arrives

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On August 27, six massive C-5B Galaxy jet transports arrived at Mogadishu airport. The men that stepped off these planes comprised the “be...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 23, 1993: Major General Garrison Arrives

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August 23, 1993, was an overcast day when the plane touched down at Mogadishu Airport. Yet when the U.S. Army officers stepped off the cha...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 22, 1993: The Deployment of Task Force Ranger

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On August 19 and 22, IEDs implanted by Muhammed Farah Aideed's Somali National Alliance wounded 10 more soldiers.   This time Jonathan ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- August 20, 1998: Operation Infinite Reach

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Within days of the attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the CIA received a report that senior leaders of terrorist groups ...