Remains Of 'Black Hawk Down' US Helicoter Still Remains In Mogadishu

Remains of Crashed US Helicopter Still Lie in Mogadishu -- Voice of America

Somalia, now in the grip of famine, is also remembered as the scene of the "Black Hawk Down" incident, in which two U.S. helicopters were destroyed and 18 American soldiers killed in 1993. One of the crash sites is in a part of Mogadishu that until recently was controlled by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab.



The remains of one of the Black Hawks lies in a rundown and overgrown lane near Mogadishu’s now deserted Bakara Market.



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My Comment: And there are some who are now calling for countries like the U.S. to conduct the same mission that resulted in Black Hawk Down 18 years ago. Sighhhh ..... it seems we are incapable of learning.

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