Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...under authority of an arrest warrant issued by Howe, the U.N. forces had not caught Aidid despite house-to- house searches, but were satisfied they had him on the run. Five U.N. troops, four Moroccans and one Pakistani, were killed, and more than 100 Somali militia died during the raid...
Clinton's confident morning-after quarterbacking masked the fact that the raid was an effort to bolster a seriously flagging U.N. effort. The U.S., when it dominated the Somalia operation, had done little to squelch the warlords permanently, and the U.N.'s subsequent buildup had proceeded slowly. A promised contingent of 7,000 troops, including 4,000 from India, never arrived. As the weeks gave way to months, says Robert Oakley, the U.S. special envoy during the opening phases of Operation Restore Hope, "we kept telling Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali we were leaving, but he wouldn't take it seriously...
...around Mogadishu when gunmen struck at the Pakistani peacekeepers. They were angered by the viciousness of the assault on the peacekeepers. Gunmen had used women and children as human shields, and mutilated the corpses of the fallen Pakistanis. Aidid hardly showed remorse. A few days prior to the U.S. raid he blamed the U.N. for provoking the lethal firefight. "Unfortunately," he boasted, "I have no power or authority to arrest them...
...update the President on the mission, the evening proceeded as planned. Only after his guests had moved to the screening room and watched Sleepless in Seattle did Clinton return to the Oval Office to meet with his National Security staff. Like many other Americans, they had watched the raid unfold live...
Clinton answers a warlord's attack with a predawn raid...