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    The Battle of Mogadishu (2009) started in May with an Islamist offensive, when rebels from al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam attacked and captured government...
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  • Battle of Mogadishu may refer to: Battle of Mogadishu (1993), also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, a battle in which United States, Pakistani, and...
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    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...
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    Second Battle of Mogadishu was fought for control of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu. The opposing forces were the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace...
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    The Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11) began on 23 August 2010 when al-Shabaab insurgents began attacking government and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM)...
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  • The Battle of Mogadishu began on 21 March 2007 in the Shirkole area of Mogadishu between Somali Transitional Federal Government forces and allied Ethiopian...
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    The Third Battle of Mogadishu, in November 2007, was a series of confrontations in Mogadishu, Somalia in which 91 people died, mostly civilians killed...
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    The Battle of South Mogadishu occurred in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on February 24, 2009. The battle's name includes South, when referenced, in order...
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  • The 2008 Battle of Mogadishu began when soldiers from Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) entered parts of the capital held by the insurgency on 19...
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  • The Mogadishu Line is the point at which foreign involvement in a conflict shifts from peacekeeping or diplomacy to combat operations. The term often...
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    South Mogadishu 7 May – 1 October 2009 Battle of Mogadishu (2009) 11 May – 1 October 2009 Battle for Central Somalia (2009) 5 June 2009 Battle of Wabho...
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    control of key towns and ports in both central and southern Somalia. At the end of 2008, the group had captured Baidoa but not Mogadishu. By January 2009, al-Shabaab...
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    Randy Shughart (category Battle of Mogadishu (1993) recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    operator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu, during Operation Gothic Serpent in October 1993...
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    Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders...
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    Mogadishu Stadium (Somali: Garoonka Muqdisho) is a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the Somali Civil War, the stadium was heavily damaged by foreign...
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    Operation Gothic Serpent (category Battle of Mogadishu (1993))
    to capture two of Aidid's lieutenants. The mission ultimately culminated in what became known as the Battle of Mogadishu. The battle was extremely bloody...
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    Gary Gordon (category Battle of Mogadishu (1993) recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Shughart, Gordon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. Gary Gordon was born August 30...
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    Jeff Struecker (category Battle of Mogadishu (1993))
    States Army Ranger who was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. He also participated in the 1989 invasion of Panama (Operation Just Cause) and in Kuwait...
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  • Juvenal Niyoyunguruza (category 2009 deaths)
    in Mogadishu. Minutes later a twin suicide attack rocket struck the headquarters of AMISOM, killing Juvenal Niyoyunguruza, the deputy commander of AMISOM...
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    Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir...
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  • affiliated with al-Shabaab detonated a device outside the SYL hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Three guards and two security forces were reported killed. Five...
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    Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1992 to 1994, including service in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu. Jonathan P. Braga: Lieutenant...
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  • 2008 Mogadishu bombing Somali Civil War (2009–present) May 2010 Mogadishu bombings 2011 Mogadishu bombing Sahafi Hotel attacks November 2016 Mogadishu car...
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  • ENDF/TFG forces entered Mogadishu in the last days of December. In early 2007 an insurgency began, centered on a loose coalition of Islamic Courts loyalists...
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    The fall of Mogadishu occurred on 28 December 2006, when the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) advanced into the capital to install the Transitional...
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  • push in the Battle of Baidoa, the ICU had gone into what it called a "tactical retreat", pulling from the front lines towards Mogadishu. Jowhar, a major...
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    The Sultanate of Mogadishu (Somali: Saldanadda Muqdisho, Arabic: سلطنة مقديشو), also known as Kingdom of Magadazo, was a medieval Muslim sultanate centered...
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    on June 8 to dispel claims of being injured or wounded. He held a press-conference in Mogadishu where he called the claims of being killed/injured: "enemy...
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  • Ali Said (category People from Mogadishu)
    by "Islamist forces" in Mogadishu's Hadan district during the Battle of Mogadishu (2009). The BBC reported that the police chief's death would be "a significant...
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    one of its first proprietors.[citation needed] On 3 October 1993, the market was one of the areas where the Battle of Mogadishu was fought. Two of the...
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