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概述： 美军精锐部队一直以强大的武器装备和训练有素而闻名，但却也常遭质疑和非议。1993年的摩加迪沙之战后暴怒景象出现在电视上，美国公众曾受到极大震动：出了什么事，我们不是去那里给饥民送饭的吗？
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Somalia, Somali
Mogadishu
Black Hawk Down
Mike Durant
Alex Last
Habr Gidr
BBC Radio
General Mohamed Farrah Aidid
James Schofield
主持：haifaforever
校对：早安Miki
翻译&注释：haifaforever   
答疑：tvxqshell
口语点评：Redrum2407
口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/2120/item/665875/In 1993, US forces were part of a United Nations mission to end the civil war and humanitarian crisis in Somalia. But in October, an operation by elite American troops in Mogadishu met fierce resistance. It was made famous by the film Black Hawk Down, and would have a lasting impact on US foreign policy. Alex Last reports.
"It's Sunday afternoon on October 3rd, 1993. Skirting the edge of the Indian Ocean, a fleet of helicopters flies elite American troops over the battle-scarred Somali capital. Mike Durant is one of the pilots. His is a Black Hawk helicopter."
"On October 3rd, 1993, we were launching an assault into downtown Mogadishu, which is the capital of Somalia, to capture some key leadership within the Habr Gidr clan. And on that day we encountered heavy resistance and turned into a pitched battle."
Mike Durant speaking to BBC Radio. The clan he mentioned was the power base of the Somali militia leader General Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Blamed for the deaths of 24 UN peacekeepers, he'd become a wanted man. In the hunt for Aidid, the American-led UN force had already killed at least 200 Somalis. Aidid was looking to hit back. That afternoon, James Schofield, one of the few journalists left in Mogadishu, watched from a hotel roof.1993年，美军参加了一项联合国行动，旨在结束索马里的内战和人道主义危机。但是在十月，一项由美军精英部队在摩加迪沙执行的行动遭遇了激烈抵抗，基于该事件改编的电影《黑鹰坠落》使之更加出名，它在美国外交政策上产生的影响也颇为深远。请听艾利克斯·拉斯特的报道。
“那是1993年10月3日，星期日的中午。一队直升机载着美军精英部队沿着印度洋的边缘飞行，飞过饱经战火伤痕累累的索马里首都上空。麦克·杜兰特就是飞行员之一，他的座驾正是一架黑鹰直升机。”
“1993年10月3日，我们正在对索马里首都摩加迪沙市中心展开袭击，想要抓捕哈卜格达部族内部的一些重要领导人。那一天我们遭遇了强烈抵抗，袭击演变成一场激烈的苦战。”
这是麦克·杜兰特在接受BBC之声访谈时的话。他所提到的部族是索马里民兵领袖穆罕默德麦·法拉·艾迪德的权力后盾。他夺去了24名联合国维和部队成员的生命，因此早已被通缉。为了抓捕艾迪德，以美军为首的联合国部队已经杀害了至少200名索马里人。艾迪德正在伺机反攻。那天下午，留在摩加迪沙的极少数记者之一詹姆斯·司考菲尔德从一座酒店的天台上目睹了这场事件。