military tactics and, most controversially, the Somali conviction that U.S.
The articles also detail the Somali perspective: the strategic preparations by Aideed's militia leaders the countermoves to U.S. intelligence in Mogadishu and the fateful decisions on which so many lives hinged.
#William f garrison series#
This two-part series attempts to answer many of the lingering questions surrounding the star-crossed American expedition in Somalia, including the role of Delta Force and its military parent, the Joint Special Operations Command the successes and failures of U.S. President Clinton soon abandoned the manhunt for Aideed and his followers, and announced the withdrawal of all U.S. The American public, hardly aware the country was at war, clamored for an explanation. soldiers would be dead and more than 80 wounded in a ferocious firefight with Aideed's forces. Another 15 hours would elapse before the Americans would reach safety. Yet, as the world soon learned, it was far from over. The mission, intended to strike a decisive blow in the four-month-old military campaign against Aideed by the U.S.-led United Nations force in Somalia, was nearly over.
#William f garrison code#
Prodded down the stairs, Warsame was herded with 23 other captives into a courtyard next to a scraggly papaya tree.Ī Delta soldier spoke into his radio, giving the code word that indicated all prisoners were secured: "Laurie." The Americans were ready to leave. A soldier grabbed Warsame, forced him face-down onto the green tile floor and lashed his hands behind his back with plastic cuffs. Twenty Delta Force commandos in black body armor swept through the rooms, bellowing orders and shoving the Somalis together with their rifle butts. Within 15 minutes, the assault was finished. The other Somalis in the room - all loyal followers of fugitive Somali militia leader Mohamed Farah Aideed - darted in panic toward the window and then down the stairs before being driven back by the approaching soldiers. The 44-year-old, Italian- educated economist scrambled to his feet and peered out the second-story window. American soldiers, perched on little sleds atop their helicopter skids, leaped to the ground and ran toward the side gate of the compound.Īhmed Warsame had just finished his afternoon prayers when he heard the helicopters. The beating blades swept in from the north, churning great dust clouds that soon obscured the whitewashed gleam of the Olympic Hotel, 50 yards down Hiwadag Street from the target building. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - First of two articles
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