Just two weeks before the start of Operation Desert Storm a U.S. Military Task Force was diverted from Operation Desert Shield and sent on a daring and drastic rescue mission into war-torn Mogadishu Somalia to rescue 281 citizens from the United States and over 30 different nations who were trapped in the middle of a bloody civil war where there is no regards for diplomatic missions.General Mohamed Farah Aidid rebel forces were closing in on the capitol of somali.He would successfully drive Somali President Siad Barre from power.These were the beginning of events that would trigger a U.S. Military response a year and a half later where U.S Military forces would once again return to the horn of Africa in Operation Restore Hope and the true story of the movie Black Hawk Down.
