Operation Eastern Exit
| Operation Eastern Exit |
|
| Operational scope |
Operation |
| Planned |
1 January 1991 |
| Objective |
Evacuate US embassy in Mogadishu Somalia |
| Outcome |
Successfully evacuated 281 diplomats and other evacuees |
Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. On 1 January 1991, after increasing violence in Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War, James Keough Bishop, the then US ambassador to Somalia, requested military assistance to evacuate the embassy.[1] Over the course of the subsequent nine days, the United States military including the USS Guam, the USS Trenton, the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Air Force AC-130s and Navy SEALs successfully evacuated 281 diplomats.[1]
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- Bishop, James K. (9 April 1991), U.S.S. Guam Certificate of Appreciation, United States of America Department of State (published 1991-04-09), http://www.history.navy.mil/library/manuscript/guam.htm, retrieved 27 January 2008
- GlobalSecurity.org, Operation Eastern Exit, GlobalSecurity.org, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/eastern_exit.htm, retrieved 27 January 2008
- Perlez, Jane (6 January 1991), "U.S. and Italy Evacuating Foreigners in Somalia", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DB1539F935A35752C0A967958260
- Perlez, Jane (3 January 1991), "Pilot Evacuates 14 U.N. Aides From Somalia", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7D7133AF930A35752C0A967958260&scp=6&sq=somalia+evacuation+embassy&st=nyt
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