Fear of a repeat drove American reluctance to increase its involvement in Somalia and other regions. The battle led to the pullout of the U.N.
Īfter the battle, dead American soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by enraged Somalis, an act that was broadcast on American television to public outcry. Somali casualties were far higher most estimates are between 133 and 700 dead. Casualties included 18 dead American soldiers and 73 wounded, with Malaysian forces suffering one death and seven wounded, and Pakistani forces two injuries. No battle since the Vietnam War had killed so many U.S. In the morning, a UNOSOM II armored convoy fought their way to the besieged soldiers and withdrew, incurring further casualties but rescuing the survivors. A desperate defense of the two downed helicopters began and fighting lasted through the night to defend the survivors of the crashes. As the operation was ongoing, Somali forces shot down three American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters using RPG-7s, with two crashing deep in hostile territory.
While the goal of the operation was achieved, it was a pyrrhic victory and spiraled into the deadly Battle of Mogadishu. The raid was only intended to last an hour, but morphed into an overnight standoff and rescue operation extending into the daylight hours of the next day. forces planned to seize two of Aidid's top lieutenants during a meeting deep in the city. This, in turn, led President Clinton to dispatch Task Force Ranger to capture Aidid.
The raid led many Mogadishu residents to join the fight against UNOSOM II, and the following month, Aidid and the SNA deliberately attacked American personnel for the first time. forces in Mogadishu raided the Abdi House in search of Aidid, killing many elders and prominent members of Aidid's clan, the Habr Gidr. UNOSOM II blamed SNA leader Mohammed Farah Aidid and launched a manhunt. peacekeepers suffered their deadliest day in decades when the Pakistani contingent was attacked while inspecting a Somali National Alliance weapons-storage site. The United Nations had initially sent troops to alleviate starvation in the south of the country, but then began trying to establish democracy and restore a central government. The battle was part of the two-year-old Somali Civil War. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States-supported by UNOSOM II-against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregular citizens of south Mogadishu.
The Battle of Mogadishu ( Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit.'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.
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