Ajit Pai

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

Among the challenges: their open-air trucks came under heavy fire and they had to turn back. They had to negotiate with Malaysian UN troops for alternative transport, and language was a barrier. The trucks they ended up in were white, making them a target at night. And more... https://t.co/63ryIsrAMg — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 10, 2021

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

When two Black Hawks were shot down in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, Alpha and Charlie Companies were deployed as part of the Quick Reaction Force a rescue mission to the crash sites. @Meyerowich's Alpha Company faced an unbelievable series of challenges to get to Crash Site 1. https://t.co/8fL7DzFTA9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 10, 2021

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They took fire from the start from small arms fire, RPGs, and artillery. The Pakistani UN troops accompanying them had tanks but refused to use them to clear street blockades by Somali militia, so the company had to clear it themselves and then go by foot to Crash Site 1. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 10, 2021