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Parent topics
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savanna 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]: A nation or quasi-nation unable to deliver minimal governance services to its citizens; there may not even be a functioning government [e]
- Peace operations [r]: Operations other than all-out war, conducted by neutral parties, to ensure the continuance of a peace, or, in the face of resistance, to enforce it. [e]
Subtopics
Geography
- Berbera [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bossasso [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mogadishu [r]: Largest city and port, as well as official capital, of Somalia [e]
- Kismayo [r]: Add brief definition or description
Neighbor countries
- Djibouti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ethiopia [r]: Add brief definition or description
Current issues
Governance
- Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed [r]: President of Somalia, 2006, 2009-present [e]
- al-Shabab [r]: An Islamist group in Somalia, accused of having generic terrorism and specific al-Qaeda affiliations [e]
- African Union [r]: Continental organization, which succeeded the Organisation of African Unity on September 9, 1999. [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, centered around a unit from United States Central Command, which is conducting counter-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia [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]
- Operation Provide Relief [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United Nations Operations Somalia I (UNISOM I) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Unified Task Force (UNITAF) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chapter VII peace operations [r]: peace operations authorized under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, which allows the UN units to use full military firepower, not only in self-defense, to enforce the UN goals [e]
- Operation Restore Hope [r]: United States military operations in Somalia, under UN Chapter VII peace operations authority, first involving humanitarian relief but eventually increasing to political operations culminating in the Battle of Mogadishu [e]
- John Kline [r]: U.S. House of Representatives (R-Minnesota); ranking minority member 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]: A division headquarters of the United States Army, made up of light brigade combat teams that can be deployed with a minimum of long-range transport resources [e]
- 75th Ranger Regiment [r]: Assigned to the Army Special Operations Command of the United States Special Operations Command, a highly skilled, parachute-qualified light infantry unit that conducts raids in uniform (e.g., seizing airfields or destroying strategic targets), and provides perimeter security during direct action by other special operators [e]
- Delta Force [r]: A generally covert U.S. Army unit in Joint Special Operations Command, specializing in hostage rescue and combat search and rescue, direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism. [e]
- Operation GOTHIC SERPENT [r]: During United Nations operations in Somalia, a U.S. raid to capture members of Mohammed Aideed's faction; helicopters were shot down leading to the incident described in Black Hawk Down [e]
Other related topics
- Anthony Zinni [r]: A retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general, whose assignments included heading United States Central Command and serving as a special envoy for the Israel-Palestinian process. He is strongly critical of the George W. Bush Administration and resigned, in protest, from his diplomatic role. [e]
