OPERATION RESTORE HOPE.

Somalia achieved its independence from the Italian administered territory of Somaliland in 1960, and like most African countries after Independence Somalia got embroiled in what could be Africa’s most senseless conflict. Senseless because of the homogeneity of the Somali people. This was not a clash between rival ethnicity or religious war. These are people from the same clan. Somalia is the most homogenous country on Earth.

Not satisfied with butchering each other, the Somalian dictator Mohamed Siad Barre waged another senseless war, this time against Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most powerful militaries, in hopes of claiming their territory.

Tired of living under the tyranical steel claws of Barre’s dictatorship, opposition forces unified against him. After joining forces the rebels sucessfully drove Barre from Mogadisshu in January 1991. With no central government to fill in the power vacuum the country once again descended into chaos, forcing the United States to close its embassy that same year. The violence did not abate however, it escalated, creating a humanitarian crises of apocalyptic proportions.

With millions facing starvation the United States and Nigeria began sending food aid via Operation Provide Comfort in August 1992. Continuous fighting between warlords impeded the delivery of critically needed aid to the irritation of the Nigerian government.

Things got a head when in September 1993 seven Nigerian U.N peacekeepers were killed and seven others wounded in a pre-dawn ambush carried out by forces of fugitive Somalian warlord Mohammed Fatah Aidid. Hearing of the ambush an American soldier was shot in the chest as his car approached the site of the attack on Nigerian troops.

Later Somali forces fired rocket propelled grenades on a UN airfield, prompting U.S troops in helicopters to respondby attacking Somali mortar positions with cannons and rockets. In a separate incident Nigerian troops once again walked right into an ambush at “Checkpoint Pasta”. Receiving the distress and coordinates of the area American troops once again came to the rescue of the Nigerians with U.S attack helicopters raking militant positions with rockets and heavy machine gun fire, suppressing the militants and giving the soldiers time to escape the target area.

The attack on the lightly armed (peacekeepers not allowed heavy duty weapons) Nigerian Soldiers brought to 9 the number Nigerian peacekeepers killed since the United Nations assumed control of Somalia’s intervention operation. Furious, Nigeria’s Military Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida called for an urgent need to disarm all of Somalia’s opposition factions. In his words, he said the attacks illustrated again that Aidid must be captured if social order is ever to be restored.

REQUEST DENIED.

A week later Nigerian peacekeepers came under heavy fire from multiple points in full view of Italian peacekeepers half a kilometer away who did nothing but watched the attack unfold. The Nigerians were arriving at Checkpoint Pasta to replace 800 Italian soldiers who were being reassigned to the Somali countryside over disagreements between Italy and the UN commanders over the conduct of the campaign against Aidid.

COWARDICE.

Enraged by the loss of soldiers under his command, Nigerian commander, Lieutenant Ola Oyinlola stormed the Italian sector of the Peacekeeping Operations and accused the Italians of cowardice for failing to fire a “single shot” when a company of his men went to relieve them at Checkpoint Pasta.

United Nations however tried to play down the accusations by the Commander of Nigeria’s 550 member contingent that Italian troops at the checkpoint half a kilometre away had failed to come to the rescue of the Nigerian peacekeepers. He said Italians stationed near the ambush site refused to open fire to assist the Nigerian troops, and at one point in the fire fight even asked the beleaguered Nigerians to move away from an Italian armoured vehicle so as not to draw fire to it.

There was no immediate reaction from Italian Commanders.

The Americans were pissed and said the Italians delibrately left the Nigerians alone, there was no doubt about it. They accused the U.N of using African forces as cannon fodder and called for an investigation. The lack of apology and the decision of the UN to keep mute in the incident greatly angered the Americans.

The American contingent in Somalia met with the Nigerian commander List Gen Ola Oyinlola with propositions for a joint combat team of Nigerian and American elite troops into all the buildings and areas controlled by Somali militiamen. A week later, bypassing the United Nations, 400 U.S Army Rangers and a thousand Nigerian Special Forces Commandoes deployed to militia controlled areas to capture Aidid and capture buildings with elevated positions good for Somali snipers.

GLOVES OFF.

The message was clear : the United Nations was irrelevant. The peacekeepers had become peace enforcers, and for the first time Nigerian and American troops would jointly carry out combat operations to take all militia held areas and if possible capture or kill their commanders.

…….to be continued (part two).

https://defensenigeria.blog/2017/10/06/forgotten-facts-the-day-u-s-and-nigerian-soldiers-jointly-kicked-ass-in-somalia/

SSBN:
OPERATION RESTORE HOPE.

Somalia achieved its independence from the Italian administered territory of Somaliland in 1960, and like most African countries after Independence Somalia got embroiled in what could be Africa’s most senseless conflict. Senseless because of the homogeneity of the Somali people. This was not a clash between rival ethnicity or religious war. These are people from the same clan. Somalia is the most homogenous country on Earth.

Not satisfied with butchering each other, the Somalian dictator Mohamed Siad Barre waged another senseless war, this time against Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most powerful militaries, in hopes of claiming their territory.

Tired of living under the tyranical steel claws of Barre’s dictatorship, opposition forces unified against him. After joining forces the rebels sucessfully drove Barre from Mogadisshu in January 1991. With no central government to fill in the power vacuum the country once again descended into chaos, forcing the United States to close its embassy that same year. The violence did not abate however, it escalated, creating a humanitarian crises of apocalyptic proportions.

With millions facing starvation the United States and Nigeria began sending food aid via Operation Provide Comfort in August 1992. Continuous fighting between warlords impeded the delivery of critically needed aid to the irritation of the Nigerian government.

Things got a head when in September 1993 seven Nigerian U.N peacekeepers were killed and seven others wounded in a pre-dawn ambush carried out by forces of fugitive Somalian warlord Mohammed Fatah Aidid. Hearing of the ambush an American soldier was shot in the chest as his car approached the site of the attack on Nigerian troops.

Later Somali forces fired rocket propelled grenades on a UN airfield, prompting U.S troops in helicopters to respondby attacking Somali mortar positions with cannons and rockets. In a separate incident Nigerian troops once again walked right into an ambush at “Checkpoint Pasta”. Receiving the distress and coordinates of the area American troops once again came to the rescue of the Nigerians with U.S attack helicopters raking militant positions with rockets and heavy machine gun fire, suppressing the militants and giving the soldiers time to escape the target area.

The attack on the lightly armed (peacekeepers not allowed heavy duty weapons) Nigerian Soldiers brought to 9 the number Nigerian peacekeepers killed since the United Nations assumed control of Somalia’s intervention operation. Furious, Nigeria’s Military Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida called for an urgent need to disarm all of Somalia’s opposition factions. In his words, he said the attacks illustrated again that Aidid must be captured if social order is ever to be restored.

REQUEST DENIED.

A week later Nigerian peacekeepers came under heavy fire from multiple points in full view of Italian peacekeepers half a kilometer away who did nothing but watched the attack unfold. The Nigerians were arriving at Checkpoint Pasta to replace 800 Italian soldiers who were being reassigned to the Somali countryside over disagreements between Italy and the UN commanders over the conduct of the campaign against Aidid.

COWARDICE.

Enraged by the loss of soldiers under his command, Nigerian commander, Lieutenant Ola Oyinlola stormed the Italian sector of the Peacekeeping Operations and accused the Italians of cowardice for failing to fire a “single shot” when a company of his men went to relieve them at Checkpoint Pasta.

United Nations however tried to play down the accusations by the Commander of Nigeria’s 550 member contingent that Italian troops at the checkpoint half a kilometre away had failed to come to the rescue of the Nigerian peacekeepers. He said Italians stationed near the ambush site refused to open fire to assist the Nigerian troops, and at one point in the fire fight even asked the beleaguered Nigerians to move away from an Italian armoured vehicle so as not to draw fire to it.

There was no immediate reaction from Italian Commanders.

The Americans were pissed and said the Italians delibrately left the Nigerians alone, there was no doubt about it. They accused the U.N of using African forces as cannon fodder and called for an investigation. The lack of apology and the decision of the UN to keep mute in the incident greatly angered the Americans.

The American contingent in Somalia met with the Nigerian commander List Gen Ola Oyinlola with propositions for a joint combat team of Nigerian and American elite troops into all the buildings and areas controlled by Somali militiamen. A week later, bypassing the United Nations, 400 U.S Army Rangers and a thousand Nigerian Special Forces Commandoes deployed to militia controlled areas to capture Aidid and capture buildings with elevated positions good for Somali snipers.

GLOVES OFF.

The message was clear : the United Nations was irrelevant. The peacekeepers had become peace enforcers, and for the first time Nigerian and American troops would jointly carry out combat operations to take all militia held areas and if possible capture or kill their commanders.

…….to be continued (part two).

https://defensenigeria.blog/2017/10/06/forgotten-facts-the-day-u-s-and-nigerian-soldiers-jointly-kicked-ass-in-somalia/

Nice one. I'm waiting for pt. 2

NICE 1..WAITING FOR PART 2

PEACE BE UNTO THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY.

That was then nt knw. They ve been spoilt with petrol dollars

Jointly? or the US leading a coalition. Your use of ''jointly'' is a bit overstated.
American soldiers never submit to any foreign military command, not even in NATO.
They do the leading ALWAYS

Black Hawk Down- the book that contains live happenings from that war. The italians no try. But that began common sense usage for our troops. Still in usage today.

cstr1000:
Jointly? or the US leading a coalition. Your use of ''jointly'' is a bit overstated.
American soldiers never submit to any foreign military command, not even in NATO.
They do the leading ALWAYS

He said "jointly" it doesn't matter if the U.S. Led.

I swear Nigeria is the cause of all Africa and black race problems especially when we cannot lead by example, if Nigeria had a good leader the issue of racism would be unheard-of... Nigeria giant of Africa reduced to a toothless bull dog

cstr1000:
Jointly? or the US leading a coalition. Your use of ''jointly'' is a bit overstated.
American soldiers never submit to any foreign military command, not even in NATO.
They do the leading ALWAYS

how do you guys reason? They came together, defied UN and went on their own to enforce peace . IBB spoke out, the Nigerian commander confronted the Italians- are you saying there was no correspondence between the American president and his Nigerian counterpart? Why didn't they go alone? Why did they allow NA to penetrate Liberia before they(US) could move in?


They had 400 men and we had a thousand and you still think they led us.

ChineseBuggati3:
I swear Nigeria is the cause of all Africa and black race problems especially when we cannot lead by example, if Nigeria had a good leader the issue of racism would be unheard-of... Nigeria giant of Africa reduced to a toothless bull dog

when I saw where Mandela said Nigeria let down the entire black race it looked up to her , I felt like crying.

AlwaysUltraPad:
when I saw where Mandela said Nigeria let down the entire black race it looked up to her , I felt like crying.

I weep for my country Nigeria.

princy80:

I weep for my country Nigeria.

I tire , bros

*grabs pop c*
Ama sleep till Jesus comes

Forgotten Facts – The Day U.S and Nigerian Soldiers Jointly Kicked ASS in Somalia. PART TWO.

February 25,1993 a company of UN peacekeepers came under a burst of sniper fire opposite the Sahafi Hotel, where foreign journalists are staying. This prompted a sustained barrage of wavy fire from Nigerian troops.

In the early hours of February 27, 1993, two companies of Nigerian soldiers and United States Marines stormed and occupied dozens of buildings in southern Mogadishu from whuch numerous sniper attacks had been staged. While U.S Marines began a weapons sweep of houses in an adjacent building, Nigerian Soldiers searched the buildings where shooting had occurred for snipers and weapons They brought out eight men and three women. They were questioned by a marine and a Somali interpreteron the rooftop, then they were les away to The Nigerian military headquarters for interrogation.

In just over a week Nigerian Soldiers, “peace enforcers”- disarmed dozens of Somali militias. Unfortunately Nigerian troops were lacking in fire discipline, resulting in the accidental killing of nearly a hundred civilians. Taking advantage of the public outrage, General Aidid blamed Nigeria and the United States for unevenly disarming the various warlords, leaving his own partisans vulnerable to attack and called on his supporters to “demonstrate” against foreign presence.

Operation Gothic Serpent.

In August 1993 U.S and Nigerian Special Forces flew to Mogadishu and began a manhunt for Aidid.

In October U.S Marines en route to secure the U.S Embassy came walked right into an ambush. They found themselves sorrounded by Somali Habr Gidr militias but held their ground. Several attempts by the militias to overrun U.S positions were beaten back. Unable to break the resistance the militias decided to bombard the besieged Marines with 60mm mortars.

Requests for rescue by the besieged Marines to the UN was not forth coming. Once again the U.N proved itself to be a toothless paper tiger, ceremonial peacekeepers who are either unwilling or unable to keep the peace. Even when shit hits the fan, the blue helmets are not allowed to use deadly force to defend themselves. Any interventions be it combat or rescue has to go up the chain of command.

The absurdly of this is mindblowing. Luckily for the besieged Marines, they were able to establish communication with a company of Nigerian troops who were guarding a major traffic circle known as K-4 a mile from the encircled marines. Wasting no time the Nigerian troops on foot covered nearly a mile on foot in less than 30 minutes to rescue the trapped soldiers.

On getting to the site Nigerian troops could see Somali militias approaching the marines in several directions. Nigerian Soldiers broke through the encirclement and let lose an immense array of rockets propelled grenades and machine gun fire, allowing the beseiged marines to escape.

The mission objective of capturing Aidid and his associates was accomplished. A week before “Black Hawk Down” Head of State Ibrahim Babangida withdrew Nigeria troops from Somalia.

SSBN:


Forgotten Facts – The Day U.S and Nigerian Soldiers Jointly Kicked ASS in Somalia. PART TWO.

February 25,1993 a company of UN peacekeepers came under a burst of sniper fire opposite the Sahafi Hotel, where foreign journalists are staying. This prompted a sustained barrage of wavy fire from Nigerian troops.

In the early hours of February 27, 1993, two companies of Nigerian soldiers and United States Marines stormed and occupied dozens of buildings in southern Mogadishu from whuch numerous sniper attacks had been staged. While U.S Marines began a weapons sweep of houses in an adjacent building, Nigerian Soldiers searched the buildings where shooting had occurred for snipers and weapons They brought out eight men and three women. They were questioned by a marine and a Somali interpreteron the rooftop, then they were les away to The Nigerian military headquarters for interrogation.

In just over a week Nigerian Soldiers, “peace enforcers”- disarmed dozens of Somali militias. Unfortunately Nigerian troops were lacking in fire discipline, resulting in the accidental killing of nearly a hundred civilians. Taking advantage of the public outrage, General Aidid blamed Nigeria and the United States for unevenly disarming the various warlords, leaving his own partisans vulnerable to attack and called on his supporters to “demonstrate” against foreign presence.

Operation Gothic Serpent.

In August 1993 U.S and Nigerian Special Forces flew to Mogadishu and began a manhunt for Aidid.

In October U.S Marines en route to secure the U.S Embassy came walked right into an ambush. They found themselves sorrounded by Somali Habr Gidr militias but held their ground. Several attempts by the militias to overrun U.S positions were beaten back. Unable to break the resistance the militias decided to bombard the besieged Marines with 60mm mortars.

Requests for rescue by the besieged Marines to the UN was not forth coming. Once again the U.N proved itself to be a toothless paper tiger, ceremonial peacekeepers who are either unwilling or unable to keep the peace. Even when shit hits the fan, the blue helmets are not allowed to use deadly force to defend themselves. Any interventions be it combat or rescue has to go up the chain of command.

The absurdly of this is mindblowing. Luckily for the besieged Marines, they were able to establish communication with a company of Nigerian troops who were guarding a major traffic circle known as K-4 a mile from the encircled marines. Wasting no time the Nigerian troops on foot covered nearly a mile on foot in less than 30 minutes to rescue the trapped soldiers.

On getting to the site Nigerian troops could see Somali militias approaching the marines in several directions. Nigerian Soldiers broke through the encirclement and let lose an immense array of rockets propelled grenades and machine gun fire, allowing the beseiged marines to escape

The mission objective of capturing Aidid and his associates was accomplished. A week before “Black Hawk Down” Head of State Ibrahim Babangida withdrew Nigeria troops from Somalia.

@Bolded, was waiting for that part.

SSBN, good work bro.

Nigeria really messed up

Beautiful, I never knew Nigeria had a campaign in Somalia. I bet if Nigerian troops were still on ground the "black hawk down" saga wouldn't have been that bloody for the Americans.

Beautiful, I never knew Nigeria had a campaign in Somalia. I bet if Nigerian troops were still on ground the "black hawk down" saga wouldn't have been that bloody for the Americans.

Nigeria will rise

spawnx:
Beautiful, I never knew Nigeria had a campaign in Somalia. I bet if Nigerian troops were still on ground the "black hawk down" saga wouldn't have been that bloody for the Americans.

Nigeria will rise

rise to where? rising in tribalism abi? keep deceiving your self....if you haven't noticed, we have been going down not up....

ChineseBuggati3:
I swear Nigeria is the cause of all Africa and black race problems especially when we cannot lead by example, if Nigeria had a good leader the issue of racism would be unheard-of... Nigeria giant of Africa reduced to a toothless bull dog

you are talking nonsense, Nigeria did no fold her arms and watched Somali ravaged by war, unlike coward nations like Egypt, South Africa and Ghana.

Nigeria really messed up

how, pls explain?

spawnx:
Beautiful, I never knew Nigeria had a campaign in Somalia. I bet if Nigerian troops were still on ground the "black hawk down" saga wouldn't have been that bloody for the Americans.

well said.