Mogadishu
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Because time is only the relationship between the way different things change, like the earth going round the sun and atoms vibrating and clocks ticking and day and night and waking up and going to sleep, and it is like west or nor-nor-east, which won't exist when the earth stops existing and falls into the sun because it is only a relationship between the North Pole and the South Pole and everywhere else, like Mogadishu and Sunderland and Canberra.† (source)

But she dreamed of starting a hospital in her homeland--the hospital my dad would have wanted to work in--and in the early 1980s she began building her own private hospital in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.† (source) Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky, 2009

Shughart was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Mogadishu.† (source) Mark Owen, No Easy Day, 2012

We told a Delta captain, "We'd like to do night sniper flights with the QRF: eyes over Mogadishu."† (source)

The CIA gave us an excellent briefing about Mogadishu, including some culture and history.† (source)

With us on the scene, the spies could penetrate into downtown Mogadishu.† (source)

Finding one man in the maze of Mogadishu was like finding a mole inside an elephant's butt.† (source)

In Mogadishu, Captain Olson left headquarters to participate in rescuing men still pinned down.† (source)

At 0500 the next day, Aidid's militia fired more artillery at the Port of Mogadishu checkpoint.† (source)

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During the Battle of Mogadishu, eighteen Americans were killed and eighty-four wounded.† (source)

Our former Somali guards at Pasha joined in the Battle of Mogadishu, loyal to the end.† (source)

Howard Wasdin checks out in Mogadishu, Somalia, on the afternoon of October 3, 1993.† (source)

Even after getting shot that first time in the Battle of Mogadishu, I clung to my arrogance.† (source)

DEVGRU operators were part of the U.S.—led mission to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in October 1993, which turned into the Battle of Mogadishu.† (source) Mark Owen, No Easy Day, 2012

While the contact with the cane rode in a car to northern Mogadishu, a helicopter in the air followed the beacon.† (source)

In the morning darkness of September 18, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, another SEAL and I crept over a wall and up to the top of a six-story tower.† (source)

At the base, I was reunited with the men from the other parts of the service I'd fought alongside in Mogadishu.† (source)

Mogadishu smelled like urine and human excrement mixed with that tangible smell of starvation, disease, and hopelessness.† (source)

Even though we and the QRF pilots liked our Eyes over Mogadishu Mission, the upper echelon canceled our evening QRF flights, again.† (source)

Delta flew over Mogadishu as a show of force with the entire package: ten to twelve Little Birds and twenty to thirty Black Hawks.† (source)

I could see lights and fires in Mogadishu and taste the salt in the air from the ocean behind our hangar.† (source)

We thought we'd found the location of Aidid's Radio Mogadishu, where he transmitted operation orders, how to fire mortars, and propaganda.† (source)

Aidid's militia also launched mortars on the Nigerian checkpoint at the Port of Mogadishu—turned over by the Italians.† (source)

Marocchino also cultivated a close relationship with news correspondents by wining and dining them during their stay in Mogadishu.† (source)

President Clinton also helped Aidid, halting combat operations in Mogadishu until an investigation could be completed.† (source)

After eighteen hours in the air, we landed at Mogadishu Airfield within the UN compound south of Mogadishu.† (source)

When I woke up, the CIA told me they wanted to set up a couple of radio repeaters in the Lido district of Mogadishu.† (source)

Mogadishu seemed like the end of the world in I Am Legend—our mission was to stop the mobs of evil Darkseekers and save the good Somali humans.† (source)

Before the Battle of Mogadishu, the Clinton administration's support for our troops had sagged like a sack of turds.† (source)

For the most part, the Clinton administration seemed to hope the Battle of Mogadishu would just conveniently disappear and America would forget.† (source)

Even when Aidid's militia got its butt kicked, Radio Mogadishu broadcasted cries of victory, keeping his own people motivated and encouraging other Somalis to join his winning team.† (source)

On the same day, near the pasta factory, two kilometers away from the Pakistani Stadium, the Army's 362nd Engineers worked to clear a Mogadishu roadway.† (source)

We would conduct Operation Gothic Serpent in three phases: First, deploy to Mogadishu and set up a base; Second, go after Aidid; and Third, if we didn't succeed in apprehending Aidid, go after his lieutenants.† (source)

My citation read: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star medal to Hull Maintenance Technician First Class Howard E. Wasdin, United States Navy, for service set forth in the following citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against a hostile force during operation UNOSOM II in Mogadishu, Somalia on 3 & 4 October 1993.† (source)

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