In 1993, elite American forces abseiled from helicopters in Mogadishu, Somalia, on a mission to abduct two warlords and return to base. The plan went wrong: in the ensuing battle, 18 Americans died and dozens were wounded. The fiasco still haunts the US military ...
The film
Black Hawk Down
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Black Hawk Down
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Views and information about the film
Scott Ridley
The director of Black Hawk Down made four of the biggest box-office hits of all time and a masterpiece of modern cinema. Lynn Barber interview him. (The Observer, 6 January, 2002)
Reviews
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Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
USA Today by Mike Clark
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Reel.Com by Tor Thorsen
Background
Country briefing: Somalia
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Operation Restore Hope [military.com]
When clan violence in 1992 threatened international relief efforts in Somalia, a US-led coalition was sent in to provide relief for thousands of Somalis who were caught up in the civil war.
Ambush in Mogadishu
Account of the battle in 1993 which left 18 dead, 84 injured - and still haunts the US military. [PBS Frontline]
Blackhawk Down
Mark Bowden's story of the battle on which the book and film are based [Philadelphia Online].
