[knighthawk]

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[Hugin]

Yet it was the first known covert operation in volatile Somalia since a ragtag army of militiamen chopped up a unit of elite US Army Rangers in 1993 when the troops tried to captured the late warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed.

Not true. They were after Adid's top lieutenant, who they did succeed in capturing.

[Coop]

Very good article. Thanks for posting.

[Cobra Scott]

The article fails to mention the new reality; Soviet and Cuban "advisors" are no longer dictating our policy of "who's who".

With the correct applications of force, whole regimes will topple like dominos without massive soviet support.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Excellent article with only a couple of gratuitous comments. Thanks.

[xkaydet65]

I think that rotating a Marine MEU and naval support in and out of the area provides the best possible force structure to deal with terrorists there. Couple them with Spec Ops groups and you have quite a bang for the buck. Remember that MEUs bring their own air, fixed and rotary.
I've also read that Eritrea is willing to provide basing rights so we don't have to depend on Djibouti. Some sources say Asia is the new HQ for AlQueda, but I'll bet it's in the wastes of Somalia and we do have some unfinished business there.