As the president lashes out wilfully during his last days in office, it seems likely that he at least gave the nod to this killing Dangerous military adventurism in the dying days of a US presidency is not without recent precedent. In December 1992, George HW Bush sent 25,000 US troops to Somalia, weeks before handing over to Bill Clinton. The US intervention ended badly with the 1993 battle of Mogadishu, scene of the infamous "Black Hawk Down" incident. In 2009, Israeli officials are said to ha...
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The Guardian - 29 Nov 2020 08:15
As the president lashes out wilfully during his last days in office, it seems likely that he at least gave the nod to this killing Dangerous military adventurism in the dying days of a US presidency is not without recent precedent. In December 1992, George HW Bush sent 25,000 US troops to Somalia, weeks before handing over to Bill Clinton. The US intervention ended badly with the 1993 battle of Mogadishu, scene of the infamous "Black Hawk Down" incident. In 2009, Israeli officials are said to ha...
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