In June, Aidid's militia ambush and slaughter 24 Pakistani soldiers, and begin targeting...

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BASED ON AN ACTUAL EVENT [second title card] Title Card:
Only the dead have seen the end of war. Title Card:
Plato [third title card] Title Card:
SOMALIA - EAST AFRICA Title Card:
1992 [fourth title card] Title Card:
Years of warfare among rival clans causes famine on a biblical scale. [fifth title card] Title Card:
300,000 civilians die of starvation. [sixth title card] Title Card:
Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the most powerful of the warlords, rules the capital Mogadishu. [seventh title card] Title Card:
He seizes international food shipments at the ports. Hunger is his weapon. [eighth title card] Title Card:
The world responds. Behind a force of 20,000 U.S. Marines, food is delivered and order is restored. [ninth title card] Title Card:
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Aidid waits until the Marines withdraw, and then declares war on the remaining U.N. peacekeepers. [tenth title card] Title Card:
In June, Aidid's militia ambush and slaughter 24 Pakistani soldiers, and begin targeting American personnel