Black Hawk Down Page #3

All right.

-Rangers lead the way, sir.

-All the way.

Good luck.

A meeting of Aidid's senior cabinet

may take place today at 1500 hours.

I say "may" because we all know by now...

...with the intel we get on the street,

nothing is certain.

This is actual intel

confirmed by three sources.

Two tier-one personalities may be present:

Omar Salad, Aidid's top political advisor...

...and Abdi Hassan Awale, interior minister.

These are the guys we're after.

Today we go.

Same mission template as before.

will infiltrate the target building...

...and seize all suspects within.

Security Force Rangers: 4 Ranger chalks,

under command of Capt. Steele...

...will rope in at 1546...

...and hold a four-corner perimeter

around the target building.

No one gets in or out.

Extraction Force:

Lt. Colonel McKnight's humvee column

will drive in at 1547...

...on Hawlwadig Road

and hold just short of the Olympic Hotel.

Wait for the green light.

Now once Delta gives the word...

...McKnight's column will go to the target

and load the prisoners onto trucks.

Immediately after

the prisoners are loaded...

...the four Ranger chalks

will collapse back to the target building...

...Ioad up on humvees...

...and the entire ground force

will exfil the 3 miles back to base.

Mission time, no longer than 30 minutes.

Now, I had requested light armour

and AC-130 Spectre gunships...

...but Washington, in all its wisdom,

decided against this.

Too high-profile.

So Black Hawks and Little Birds

will provide the air cover...

...with miniguns and 2.75 rockets.

Colonel Harrell.

In the C-2 bird, Colonel Matthews

will coordinate the air mission...

...and I will coordinate ground forces.

Colonel Matthews.

Mission launch code word is Irene.

Questions?

Which building is it, sir?

We're confirming that now.

Somewhere near the Bakara market.

I don't choose the time or place

of their meetings.

I didn't say a word, sir.

Make no mistake,

once you're in the Bakara market...

...you're in an entirely hostile district.

Don't underestimate their capabilities.

We'll be in friendly neighbourhoods

before we hit the market...

...so remember the rules of engagement:

No one fires unless fired upon.

Now, let's go get this thing done.

Good luck, gentlemen.

What's the matter, Danny?

Something you don't like?

No Spectre gunships,

daylight instead of night...

...afternoon when they're all f***ed up

on khat...

...only part of the city Aidid can mount

a counter-attack on short notice...

-What's not to like?

-Life's imperfect.

For you two, circling above it at 500 feet,

it's imperfect.

Down in the street, it's unforgiving.

What the f***, Smith?

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