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The June 5th 1993 attack on the Pakistani military was a major confrontation that occurred concurrently in different parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, between Somali citizens & militias against the Pakistani peacekeeping contingent of UNOSOM II. The incident was provoked by an inspection or shut-down attempt of the Somali National ...
The United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) was the second phase of the United Nations intervention in Somalia and took place from March 1993 until March 1995, following the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991. UNOSOM II carried on from the transitory United States -controlled (UN-sanctioned) Unified Task Force (UNITAF), which ...
The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu.
On 5 June 1993, the Pakistani contingent of UNOSOM II suffered the loss of 25 of its peacekeepers in a battle with Somali militia and citizens, marking the single deadliest killing UN forces since the Congo in 1961. [7] Following the killing a number of U.N. and Western diplomats expressed fears that some Pakistanis, enraged over the slaying of ...
A Pakistani UNOSOM armed convoy making rounds in Somalia. Contribution: 7200 troops. Casualties: 39. United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I), during the Somali Civil War, Pakistan was the first country to respond to the call of the United Nations. On 14 September 1992 five hundred Pakistani troops arrived in Mogadishu to launch the ...
The Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993. A United States initiative (code-named Operation Restore Hope), UNITAF was charged with carrying out United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 to create a protected environment for conducting humanitarian operations in the ...
Operation United Shield was the codename of a military operation, conducted 9 January to 3 March 1995, bringing a conclusion to the United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II). Commanded by the United States, two ships of the Pakistan Navy, five ships of the Italian Navy and six ships of the United States Navy formed a Combined Task ...
15:47 – Large crowds of Somalis begin converging on the target area. 15:58 – One of the vehicles, a five-ton truck, is hit and disabled by a rocket propelled grenade. 16:00 – Groups of armed Somalis from the city of Mogadishu begin converging on the target area. 16:02 – Raid targets captured: Assault force reports both clan leaders and ...