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10th Mountain Division
Order of Battle for Operation Restore Hope.
America's Defense Monitor: The U.S. and U.N.
Video available for purchase featuring David Evans (Military Correspondent for the Chicago Tribune), Sen John McCain, and Randall Robinson (Exec. Dr. Transafrica). A transcript of the show is also available.
Comprehensive Report n Lessons Learned from the Un
PDF file of the official U.N. analysis of UNOSOM, April 1992 - March 1995.
Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu
An exploration of why the Somalia peacekeeping mission failed and the mistakes made in Somalia by U.S. military, UN peacekeeping mission and US foreign policy makers involved in Somalia.
Medals of Honor Awarded for Action in Somalia
Detailed citations for the US servicemen awarded Medals of Honor for their actions in Somalia.
Night Stalker Operations: Task Force Ranger
A comprehensive site honoring the men who lost their lives during the firefight in Mogadishu.
Operation Restore Hope - Somalia
A brief history of the conflict and critical assessment of military action provided by the US Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL).
Operations Provide Relief and Restore Hope
Detailed mission profiles, articles, and photographs of the failed US intervention in Somalia.
Somalia Inquiry Report
The final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia.
Somalia: Collapse of State
Personal research and opinion concerning the Somalian civil war of 1988, 1991, 1992, and on the U.S.-sponsored Operation Restore Hope.
Somalia: UNITAF raid against Aideed
Provides pictures and video of the US Rangers who participated in the unsuccessful operation to capture General Aideed.
The Somalia War, 1993
Infantry solider Eddie Roberts' personal assessment of Clinton's foreign policy in Somalia.
The Somalian Civil War
Libertarian Ken Gaillot's analysis of the civil war in Somlia from his Web site Revolution.
United Nations Operation in Somalia I
Information on the first United Nations mission in Somalia prepared by the Department of Public Information.
United Nations Operation in Somalia II
Information on the second United Nations mission in Somalia prepared by the Department of Public Information.