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====Mogadishu operations==== | ====Mogadishu operations==== | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 16 September 2009
- See also changes related to Somalia, or pages that link to Somalia or to this page or whose text contains "Somalia".
Parent topics
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savannah as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- Horn of Africa [r]: A peninsula in East Africa, bordered by the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. [e]
- Failed state [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Geography
Neighbor countries
- Djibouti [r]: Republic located along the north-east coast of Africa, adjacent to the Horn of Africa. [e]
- Kenya [r]: A country of 38 million in East Africa. [e]
- Ethiopia [r]: Among the oldest countries of the world, from which Muslim-majority Eritrea split after a civil war; Coptic Christian-majority state in East Africa [e]
Current issues
Governance
- Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed [r]: President of Somalia, 2006, 2009-present [e]
- Al-Shabab [r]: Add brief definition or description
- African Union [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burundi [r]: A country of Central Africa, having borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania, as well as coast on Lake Tanganikya. [e]
- Uganda [r]: Landlocked republic in East Africa, located on the equator, bordering the northern and western shores of Lake Victoria. [e]
Piracy
- Piracy [r]: Violence against, or detention of, by private individuals, against aircraft or ships under national registry [e]
- Task Force 151 [r]: A multinational naval task force, created around Expeditionary Strike Group TWO from United States Central Command, which is conducting counter-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia; now under Turkish Navy command [e]
1990s
- Mohammed Farrah Aideed [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Oakley [r]: Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, National Defense University; retired career diplomat who was U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Zaire, and Somalia; State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Director for Middle East and South Asia on National Security Council staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Affairs; Special Envoy to Somalia for George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton [e]
- United Nations Operations Somalia I (UNISOM I) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Unified Task Force (UNITAF) [r]: Add brief definition or description
{{r|Operation Restore Hope}
- John Kline [r]: U.S. House of Representatives (R-Minnesota); Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; U.S. House Armed Services Committee: Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee ; retired colonel, United States Marine Corps, duty as presidential helicopter pilot and military aide to Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan; commanded Marine aviation forces in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Republican Study Committee [e]
Mogadishu operations
- William Garrison [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 10th Mountain Division [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 75th Ranger Regiment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Delta Force [r]: Add brief definition or description