Exactly what did the United Nations do to help our Soldiers during the
battle of Mogadishu?

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 26 Sep 2003 01:14 PDT

Whose soldiers? US? Canada?

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Clarification of Question by johnleic-ga on 26 Sep 2003 10:53 PDT

When U. S. Soldiers were trapped in downtown Mogadishu, my
recollection is that they requested aid from a U.N. military
contingent.  I think it was from India.  There was a significant delay
in their response.  I wanted to know why?

Read Mark Bowden's excellent book, "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern
Warfare",
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0871137380/qid=1064599362/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6873909-4060952?v=glance&s=books