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In the fall of 1993, images and video clips shown on the news of American soldiers’ bodies being torn apart and drug through the streets of Mogadishu influenced our future policy. In this battle, disorder and confusion played a big role in it. ... troops first landed in Mogadishu on December 9, 1992. ... He was backed by thousands of soldiers, antitank rocket launchers, antiaircraft guns, mortars, light artillery, and tanks, thus making him the most powerful warlord in Mogadishu. ... This would prove to be the most costly American battle since the Vietnam War.
On October 3, 1993 it was learned that “key members of the SNA were planning to meet in a building near the Olympic Hotel in the Bakara Market district of Mogadishu” (Day 7). ... , the first group of the convoy arrived at the Olympic Stadium (Day 10-11)
The day after the battle, General William F. Garrison would take full responsibility for the outcome of this battle through a letter written to President Bill Clinton (Bowden 337). ...
As for being the bloodiest, single day battle since Vietnam, many factors could have yielded in fewer casualties.
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Approximate Pages = 5.8
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