The real-life Delta Force Force operator who went by “Hoot,” and who was portrayed by Eric Bana in the movie, today fights an enemy that continues to plague troops and veterans.
The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, because of “specific threat information” against them.
The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured, the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation.