Mohamed Farah Aidid person

“Weapon caches, because there's always going to be some of them. The UN captured 30 technicals, but no warlord. And a Moroccan battalion was ambushed next. Howe then issued a warrant for Adid's arrest. The raids and the warrant made the UN a…”

“who had gotten along with Adid, and the UN command made a truce with the warlords. When the UN pulled out the dish in 1995, their information unit left behind several boxes of US intelligence documents, causing more headaches later. In a wa…”

“Shanklin arrived at the airfield north of the city with the CIA team to reactivate his old network. Among his assets had been a top aide to Mohammad Farhad Hadin, one of the most powerful warlords who controlled much of Mogadishu and was re…”

“had to get out. Choppers picked up his team one night at a nearby soccer field. See ya, you can get out. Leave all of the other people as sitting ducks. General Garrison began new raids, demonstrating the poor intelligence and making his un…”

“from the helicopters and captured the occupants. It just so happened to be UN relief workers. Then came an operation targeting the compound used by the Russians during the days of Syed Bari. The Rangers got into a firefight, but there was n…”

“To basically a pre-electronic age, despite all of the technology, they're blind. Because they're dealing with people who don't communicate that way. It doesn't take a rocket science to figure that out. The warlord certainly minimized his us…”

“and putting up the hood. The agent complied. Garrison ordered a raid. Jones, standing next to him, cabled this to Langley, but the initial reports were all good. In the space of minutes, success turned to disaster as a chopper, damaged, wen…”

“Whether you like it or not, just like Qaddafi, when they leave, the entire thing falls apart. That man had been on the payroll of Shacklin. The CIA had apprised Hadin of the impending U.S. intervention. In other words, setting them up. On D…”