Abdi House raid (original) (raw)

The Abdi House raid or Operation Michigan, better known to Somalis as Bloody Monday (Somali: Isniinta Dhiigii), was a United Nations military operation that took place in Mogadishu on 12 July, 1993, during the UNOSOM II phase of the UN intervention in the Somali Civil War. The raid, carried out by American QRF troops on behalf of UNOSOM II, was at the time the single deadliest incident in Mogadishu since the start of the war and marked a decisive turning point in the UN operation, as it inflamed anti-UN and anti-American sentiments among Somalis, which contributed immensely to the scale of resistance that the US military faced during the Battle of Mogadishu three months later.