Not the guys that went to the holy land, the United Nations, the United States and the rest of the aid organizations that try to do something meaningful. It goes something like this. Aideed Sr. (who was elected by the Somali Congress with 66 percent of the vote) had just about whupped the other factions when the United Nations stepped in and decided that it was going to run Somalia. Naturally, Aideed declared war on the United Nations and the United States. Millions were spent on aid infrastructure in Somalia and most of it was destroyed or pillaged. As one Somali UN employee said to DP in Somalia, looting is "a more efficient form of aid distribution."
United States and United Nations troops killed between 8,000 and 10,000 Somalis while in-country.
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