BLACK HAWK DOWN HOLLYWOOD’S LIES

Hollywood never lets the facts get in the way of a good war movie. And 22 years after Black Hawk Down was released, we’ve decided to set the record straight about the Battle of Mogadishu.

You see, it wasn’t just US personnel from a helicopter that perished as they steamed into the East African country during a civil war in 1993. As we often see in conflict, scores of civilians were killed in the crossfire in densely populated areas. A point dodged by the Oscar-winning film, which also dehumanised Somalis.