OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA

Somalian desert, 1993: Army Rangers wait for helicopters to return them
to base after training.
INTRODUCTION
 SCOPE
• AIM
• BACKGROUND
• SOMALI LEADER
• UNOSOM II
• US RANGERS IN SOMALIA
• DOOM TO FAIL
• MALAYSIAN TROOPS IN THE DEBACLE
• LESSON LEARNT
• CONCLUSION
AIM
BACKGROUND
 MAP OF AFRICA
 
 

SOMALIA
 MAP OF SOMALIA
 
 
 
FLAG OF SOMALIA
At the Voluntary Hospital in Mogadishu, a nurse holds a child who is being treated
for malnutrition.
Only rubbles remains of downtown Mogadishu along "the Green Line." This area is the boundary that separates the

warring clan factions of Hussein Mohammed Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed .
Mohamed Hassan Farah, 48, prays on the roof of the Sahafi Hotel, where
 a television satellite dish dominates the background. 
A teenager with an automatic weapon resting on his shoulders stands behind
 younger children who react to visitors with wariness. 
Women and children with water bottles line up to get water from a public water supply. There
is no running water, plumbing or electricity in many parts of Mogadishu. 
With his finger on the trigger
of an Ak-47, Liban Abdi Siyad,
20, is one of many armed
gunmen roving the streets
of Mogadishu. The payment
for the security he provides is
a bag of rice and some
khat, a weed that when
chewed acts as a stimulant
One of Somalia's notorious "technicals": a light truck with a mounted machine gun,
filled with guns for hire. Fighting is still common along clan boundaries in Mogadishu
 Carts drawn by donkeys hauling wood share the roads with automobiles in Mogadishu.
The roads are in need of major repair. Drainage systems for water overflow are non-existent.
A Somali street near the target on Oct. 3, 1993.
MOHD FARRAH AIDID
UNOSOM II
US RANGERS IN SOMALIA
US ARMY RANGERS
Dave Diemer (in the foreground) and the other members of Chalk Four
on the tarmac in Somalia.
Michael Durant's helicopter heading out over Mogadishu on Oct. 3, 1993.
 Mike Goodale rode on this one. 
HMMWV, the military acronym for high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle.
By Mark Bowden
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

December 10, 1997

DOOM TO FAIL
MALAYSIAN TROOPS
IN THE DEBACLE
19 RMR MECHANISED
LESSON LEARNT
CONCLUSION