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Black Hawk Down: The Battle of Mogadishu

Simon Whistler · June 17, 2023 · 19 min video · Africa

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It's the afternoon on the 3rd of October, 1993. Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, is torn by a relentless civil war. Its citizens are ravaged by famine, harassed by warring factions, or actively involved in acts of violence.

In the words of Arthur Mark Bowden, Mogadishu has become the world capital of things going completely to hell. And things are about to go way more south. The wearing of Rotablades, tearing through the sky, announces another American mission heading into town.

This could be an operation like many others before, a risky one, sure, but fairly routine nonetheless. But soon, a rocket-repelled grenade will blast through one of those choppers. A Black Hawk will go down, and the Battle of Mogadishu will be on.

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