Posted on 01/23/2002 4:31:18 PM PST by Braak
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Somalis watching a bootleg video of "Black Hawk Down" on Monday cheered as helicopters crashed and U.S. servicemen were killed in the new movie.
Just days after the film's widespread release in the United States, hundreds of Somalis crowded into an outdoor playground Monday to watch one of the first bootleg copies to reach Somalia.
(Excerpt) Read more at 7.cnn.com ...
I noted and commented on the erroneous
"The United States was in Somalia to try to capture powerful Somali warlord Mohammed Aidid..."saying that this statement was in gross error and trivialized the situation. I said I hope that the 'skinnies' would cheer our return.
The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
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