The battle 's name usually includes Cause_to_be_included the year , when referenced Adducing , in order to distinguish Check it amongst the nine major Battles of Mogadishu during the decades long Somali Civil War .

The story of the incident was reported Reporting in the 2010 book `` A Captain 's Duty : Somali Pirates , Navy SEALs , and Dangerous Days at Sea '' by Stephan Talty and Captain Richard Phillips , who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident .

It was fought Hostile_encounter on 3–4 October 1993 , in Mogadishu , Somalia , between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—and Somali militiamen loyal to the self-proclaimed president-to-be Mohamed Farrah Aidid .

The Somali Civil War ( , ) is an ongoing civil war Hostile_encounter taking place Process_start in Somalia .

The ICU then splintered Destroying into more radical groups , notably Al-Shabaab , which have since been fighting Hostile_encounter the Somali government and the AU-mandated AMISOM peacekeeping force for control Control of the country .

The conflict Violence began Process_start in mid-February 2006 , when Somali warlords formed Coming_to_be the ARPCT to challenge the ICU 's emerging influence .

The battle Hostile_encounter is referred to as the Second Battle Hostile_encounter to distinguish Check it amongst the nine major Battles Hostile_encounter of Mogadishu during the decades-long Somali Civil War Hostile_encounter .

The Somali Rebellion was the beginning Process_start of the civil war in Somalia that occurred Coming_to_be in the late 1970s and early 1990s .

Siad Barre 's `` collective punishment '' refers to clan-based violent actions by former Somalia president Siad Barre against what he viewed as rival clan members during the anti-Barre Somali Rebellion .

On 4 November 2013 , a Kenyan court charged Legality four Somali nationals with harbouring the gunmen in their homes , with each pleading Request not guilty .

The Kenyan government named Name_conferral the conflict `` shifta '' , after the Somali word for `` bandit '' , as part of a propaganda effort .