143. Black Hawk Down: Chaos in Mogadishu (Ep 2)

The Rest Is Classified

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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One Black Hawk is down. Americans are taking fire left, right and centre. And it feels like there’s no way out. This is the true story of Black Hawk Down. Listen as David and Gordon continue the story of the Battle of Mogadishu as it escalates beyond the plans of the generals back at the US base. ------------------- THE REST IS CLASSIFIED LIVE 2026 at The Rest Is Fest: Buy your tickets ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ to see David and Gordon live on stage at London’s Southbank Centre on 4 September. ------------------- Sign-up for our free newsletter where producer Becki takes you behind the scenes of the show: https://mailchi.mp/goalhanger.com/tric-free-newsletter-sign-up ------------------- Join the Declassified Club to go deeper into the world of espionage with exclusive Q&As, interviews with top intelligence insiders, regular livestreams, ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, and weekly deep dives into original spy stories. Members also get curated reading lists, special book discounts, prize draws, and access to our private chat community. Just go to ⁠⁠therestisclassified.com⁠ or join on Apple Podcasts. ------------------- Get a 10% discount on business PCs, printers and accessories using the code TRIC10. Visit https://HP.com/CLASSIFIED for more information. T&C's apply. ------------------- EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/restisclassified⁠⁠ Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee ------------------- Email: ⁠⁠therestisclassified@goalhanger.com ⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@restisclassified⁠ Video Editor: Joe Pettit Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producer: Alfie Rowe Producer: Becki Hills Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series,
0:09.0	first look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books,
0:13.1	join the Declassified Club at the rest is classified.com.
0:32.7	Music Mission Creep has turned a US force sent to Somalia to help with famine into one hunting a warlord. And now the task force is going after his top men in a mission which will go disastrously wrong.
0:39.9	Well, welcome to the rest is classified.
0:41.6	I'm Gordon Carrera.
0:42.7	And I'm David McCloskey.
0:44.1	And David, last time we set the scene, Somalia, 1993, a country where the states collapsed, famines killed hundreds of thousands, clan politics, mission creep with these US forces starting from
0:57.0	feeding, starving people into hunting the warlord Mohammed Farah Aideh, who's in command of the
1:03.8	Somali National Alliance. Now, we left it on October the 3rd as Task Force Ranger TRF was departing from its base after
1:14.7	this tip-off that some of ID's top lieutenants were going to be meeting in the middle
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