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Black
Hawk Down
Official website
On-line
trailers
Black
Hawk Down
Facts about the film [Internet Movie Database]
upcomingmovies.com
Preview; film facts
cinemayhem.com
Views and information about the film
Scott
Ridley
The director of Black Hawk Down made four of the biggest box-office hits of all time and
a masterpiece of modern cinema. Lynn Barber interview him. (The Observer, 6 January, 2002)
Reviews of the film [cinemayham.com]
Ain't It Cool News
by Harry Knowles
Rotten Tomatoes by Harry Karten
Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
USA Today by Mike Clark
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
E Online
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Reel.Com by Tor Thorsen
Country profile: Somalia
Arab Gateway
Operation
Restore Hope [military.com]
When clan violence in 1992 threatened international relief efforts in Somalia, a
US-led coalition was sent in to provide relief for thousands of Somalis
who were caught up in the civil war.
Operation Restore Hope [fas.org]
An assessment of the military aspects. Includes links to a number of research papers on the conflict. [Federation of American Scientists]
Ambush
in Mogadishu
Account of the battle in 1993 which left 18 dead, 84 injured - and still haunts
the US military. [PBS Frontline]
Blackhawk Down
Mark Bowden's story of the battle on which the book and film are based [Philadelphia Online].
Alternative site
Envoy to Somalia
Peter Bridges, US ambassador at the time, describes his
experiences.
My
Time in Somalia
An American soldier's personal account
Reporter's
Private Notebook
An account of the Somali conflict in notes and pictures by journalist
Peter Rimar
General
Mohammad
Farrah Aidid
Biographical notes on a key figure in the story [arab.net]
Hussein
Aidid
Biographical notes on the son of General Mohammad Aidid [Medea]
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