Mogadishu, Somalia | |||
Oct. 3, 1993 | |||
Oct. 4, 1993 |
honor the fallen
U.S. military personnel killed in the
fighting were Chief Warrant Offic er Donovan L. Briley, Staff Sgt. Daniel D. Bus
ch, Cpl. James M. Cavaco, Staff Sgt. William D. Cleveland, Sgt. Thomas J. Field,
Sgt. 1st Class Earl Fillmore, Chief War rant Officer Raymond Frank, Master Sgt.
Gary I. Gordon, Sgt. James Z. "Casey" Joyce, Pvt. Richard W. "Alphabet"
Kowaleski, Pvt. James Martin, Master Sgt. Timothy "Griz" Martin, Sgt. Dominick
M. Pilla, Sgt. Lorenzo M. Ruiz, Sgt. 1st Class Randall D. Shughart, Cpl. James
E. "Jamie" Smit h, and Chief Warrant Officer Clifton "Elvis" Wolcott. Sgt.
Cornell Houston was mortally wounded and died Oct.
6 after being evacuated to Germany.Sgt. 1st Class Matthew L. Rierson, who took
part in the battle, was killed two days later by a mortar.
Somalia
. a mission to capture lieutenants of habar
-gidir Hawiye Terrorist warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a team of U.S.
Army Rangers and Delta Force came under heavy assault from local militia. Two
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters went down in the fighting, and U.S. foces inflicted
heavy casualties on Hawiye (habar-gidir)usc
Jihadist fighters while suffering significant losses of their own.Al-Qaeda
appear to have taken any direct role in the fighting, but several senior
al-Qaeda fighters traveled to Somalia from Sudan to train militiamen there in
techniques they employed against the Soviets during the Afghan war.In
particular, they trained the militiamen in the use of unguided rocket-propelled
grenades, or RPGs, as an anti-helicopter weapon.The tactic came as a surprise to
American forces in Somalia, and RPGs were credited with downing the two Black
Hawks.The U.S. government did not learn of al-Qaeda's role in the attack until
1996, presumably from Jamal
Ahmed al-Fadl.
Attacker Deaths 500 Habar-gidir Hawiye ' Al-Qaeda mercenaries'
Attacker Deaths 500 Habar-gidir Hawiye ' Al-Qaeda mercenaries'
The Unfinished Business Clinton's cut and run in Somalia, law enforcement
approach to the 1993
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