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The Unified Task Force (UNITAF), also known as Operation Restore Hope, was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational military force deployed to Somalia from 5 December 1992 to 4 May 1993.
In August 1992, President George H. Bush sent, 25,000 US troops (mostly US Marines from I MEF) to the Republic of Somalia and the mission was renamed Operation Restore Hope, also known as UNOSOM II. Its main objectives were to provide humanitarian relief, initiate 'nation building', disarm the various factions, restore law and order, help the ...
During July 1992 the first UN troops landed in Somalia, seven Pakistani military troops under the command of Brigadier-General Imtiaz Shaheen. [27] In August 1992, UNOSOM I head Mohammed Sahnoun secured an agreement with Mohamed Farah Aidid of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) to allow 500 UN peacekeepers, with the condition that any further ...
The bombings targeted two popular Aden hotels hosting more than 100 U.S. Marines en route to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope; the Aden Mövenpick Hotel and the Gold Mohur Hotel. [5] [6] Jamal al-Nahdi, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad in Yemen who served as the main operative in the bombings, intended the explosions to occur ...
In March 1992, the Red Cross declared Somalia the worlds "most urgent tragedy" and warned that thousands would begin dying within weeks. At the start of April 1992, General Aidids Somali Liberation Army coalition began its final major offensive to push the Somali National Front out of the southern regions. [ 2 ]
12 December 1992, 2-87th Infantry, with Co A, 1-87th infantry, deployed to Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope as the first Army units on the ground. Co A, 1-87 was attached to 2-87 Infantry to comprise TF 2-87.
On 15 October 1992, the battalion was re-designated as the 68th Corps Support Battalion. From May to August 1993, the 68th once again was on the move. The battalion deployed to Mogadishu , Somalia to provide maintenance, supply, transportation and field services in support of Operation Continue Hope .
In 1992, the U.S. Central Command established Unified Task Force Somalia (UNITAF) in light of the worsening situation in Somalia and 13th COSCOM was called to duty. 13th COSCOM Commander Brig. Gen. Billy K. Solomon deployed along with a portion of the 13th COSCOM headquarters to Mogadishu to serve as the nucleus of Joint Task Force Support ...