Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden

Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden: Incoming!!!! (1984 words)
by MurphEE - written on 28.03.02 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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Like many people, I had been enthralled by the recent movie Black Hawk Down. I wrote a review for Dooyoo, which prompted a number of comments. Several people pointed me in the direction of the book on which the film was based and after tracking it down in my local bookshop, I managed to get Ann to buy it for me as a birthday present. I had been told that it would fill in the gaps that the film had left and was really looking forward to reading it. The book is also titled Black Hawk Down and is written by Mark Bowden. I have not read anything by Bowden before but from the notes on the cover, he is also the author of “Doctor Dealer” and ...

Super Six Four is down - my men can't hold out much long ... (1180 words)
by Pamsy - written on 17.11.00 (Very useful, 174 readings)
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140 elite US soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile African city, their wounded are dying, they are severely outnumbered, and several MH-60/UH-60 extremely high tech BlackHawk helicopters have been downed. This true story by Mark Bowden is a very graphic account of a special operation gone comepltely wrong in the heart of the city of Mogadishu, Somalia, eastern Africa. Late in the afternoon of Sunday 3 October, 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into the dangerous territory of Mogadishu, the battleground of major clans. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Somali warlord, it was ...

Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden: Black Hawk Down (514 words)
by - written on 04.03.02
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In early 1993 there are over 20,000 marines in Somalia as peacekeepers. When they are removed and recycled back to the U.S. as scheduled (but not replaced), the predominant Somali warlord named Aidid begins to confiscate all U.N. relief supplies and eliminate thousands of civilians in a horrific act of genocide (estimated at upwards of 300,000 in only a few months). In September of the same year, the President of the United States orders in the Army?s Delta Force and Ranger units to capture and extract General Aidid within 3 weeks. As this film opens the military is attempting to locate Aidid, plan for his capture and execute a quick strike, daylight plan of ...