Turning Point

When General Mohammad Farah Aidid authorized an ambush on UN Pakistani soldiers that killed 24 and wounded 44, United Nations Security Council became more serious about the capture on the general. The security council requested for more soldiers and more heavy duty equipment were to be brought in to help out with the operation. After struggles of finding the general from false leading information of his wheres about and mission ending up empty handed on July 12th 1993 a mission was carried out to bomb where UN believed the generals hide out was. This information was false, 60 people were killed counting civilian women and children.

People believe this was the turning point with Somalians trusting and helping Americans in there operation to capture the general. To make things worse on September 23rd a American helicopter was shot down killing 3. With all failed attempts with the capture of Aidid, 400 American Special Forces were brought in to help with the capture of the general.