

The main rebel group in the capital Mogadishu was the United Somali Congress (USC), which later divided into two armed factions: one led by Ali Mahdi Muhammad, who became president and the other by Mohamed Farrah Aidid. , On 25 September 1993, a week before the Battle, Aidid supporters used an RPG to shoot down a Black Hawk near the New Port in Mogadishu. The Somali National Army concurrently disbanded, and some former soldiers reconstituted as irregular regional forces or joined the clan militias. With Skarkmark Abokar, Gwen Ballantyne, Keith Bauer, Matt Botsford. On the beach near the base, a memorial was held for those who were killed in combat. A ceasefire was agreed to in June 1991, but failed to hold. Somali citizens and local militia formed barricades along Mogadishu's streets with rocks, wreckage, rubbish and burning tires, blocking the convoy from reaching the Rangers and their captives. (General Loy said Italian troops had picked up 30 of the wounded Pakistani soldiers. Busch later died of his injuries, having been shot four times while defending the crash site. Chalk Four being carried by Black Hawk Super 67, piloted by CW3 Jeff Niklaus, was accidentally put a block north of their intended point. The code word "Irene" was the word that began the mission and sent the helicopters into the air. Find all 17 songs in Black Hawk Down Soundtrack, with scene descriptions.
