U.S. must not forget Somalia's Black Hawks
(02/01/02 6:00am)
On Oct. 3, 1993, U.S. forces entered the Somali capital of Mogadishu to capture officials of one of the main warring clans in the country and specifically its leader, Mohamed Farah Aideed. The mission was a complete fiasco. Of the 160 Americans involved in the operation, 18 were killed, 75 wounded and one captured. The bodies of American soldiers were dragged through the streets. Anywhere from 500 to 1,000 Somalis were killed that night.