Showing posts with label Aideed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aideed. Show all posts
Friday, August 30, 2013

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

›
At three AM, August 30, 1993, a dozen blacked-out helicopters rose from the tarmac at Mogadishu Airport, formed up, and then clattered over ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Today in Manhunting History -- July 9, 1993: The SNA Strikes Back

›
Over the month following  the unsuccessful June 17 attack on Aideed's compound  in Mogadishu, the 1-22nd Infantry conducted several raid...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- December 2, 1993: Aideed Flies, Escobar Dies

›
Following the Battle of the Black Sea   made famous by the book and movie Black Hawk Down , President Bill Clinton convened an emergency pol...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- October 4, 1993: The Battle of the Black Sea, Part II

›
At 1:55AM, October 4, the relief convoy finally reached Task Force Ranger’s perimeter. The combined force waited almost three hours while Wo...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- October 3, 1993: The Battle of the Black Sea

›
On Sunday, October 3, 1993, Mohammed Farah Aideed’s top political advisor, Omar Salad, was the featured speaker at the weekly Habr Gidr rall...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

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

›
On August 27, six massive C-5B Galaxy jet transports arrived at Mogadishu airport. The men that stepped off these planes comprised the “best...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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

›
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 chart...
Monday, August 22, 2011

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

›
On August 19 and 22, IEDs implanted by Muhammed Farah Aideed's Somali National Alliance wounded 10 more soldiers.   This time Jonathan ...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- August 8, 1993: Enter the IEDs

›
In response to the UNOSOM II attacks on Mohammed Farah Aideed, his Somali National Alliance escalated the violence against the international...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- July 9, 1993: The SNA Retaliates

›
Over the month following  the unsuccessful June 17 attack on Aideed's compound  in Mogadishu, the 1-22nd Infantry conducted several raid...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 17, 1993: The Raid on Aideed's Compound

›
After the AC-130 attacks from June 12-14,  Mogadishu was quiet on June 15 and 16. But at 1:30AM on June 17, AC-130s began striking weapons s...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 12, 1993: Attack on Radio Mogadishu

›
For a month prior to the June 5 ambush of Pakistani peacekeepers, Radio Mogadishu – also known as “Radio Aideed” – had launch a no-holds bar...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 9, 1993: Howe Requests Delta Force

›
After the June 5 massacre of the Pakistanis the head of UNOSOM II, retired U.S. Admiral Jonathan Howe, declared Muhammad Farah Aideed “a men...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 5, 1993: Welcome to Hell

›
When UNOSOM II began on May 4, it adopted an expanded mission of “peace enforcement” in which warlords could be compelled to disarm. Mohamed...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- May 4, 1993: UNOSOM II Takes Command

›
Operation RESTORE HOPE, launched in December 1992 by President George H.W. Bush to deliver humanitarian supplies in Somalia, was a resoundin...