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Why did the Americans lose in Battle of Mogadishu?

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There were 9 confrontations considered a "Battle of Mogadishu" during the American participation in Somalia. read more

If you are referring to the First Battle of Mogadishu (of Blackhawk Down notoriety), a loss of 18 Americans as opposed to up to a thousand Somali warlord fighters during that day and night hardly sounds like a defeat to me. read more

Four and a half years after the Battle of Mogadishu, in an interview in May 1998, bin Laden disparaged the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Somalia. While he had previously claimed responsibility for the ambush, bin Laden denied having orchestrated the attack on the U.S. soldiers in Mogadishu but expressed delight at their deaths in battle against Somali fighters. read more

There was never even supposed to be a Battle of Mogadishu. In one of his final acts after losing the 1992 election to Bill Clinton, President George H.W. Bush sent American forces into Somalia on a humanitarian mission to bring food to the victims of a raging civil war and man-made famine. read more

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