Forces were pressed into combat with Somali warlord General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose operations were believed to have been planned by a chief military strategist of Al-Qaeda. With Al-Qaeda links...

Forces were pressed into combat with Somali warlord General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose operations were believed to have been planned by a chief military strategist of Al-Qaeda. With Al-Qaeda links also rumored in the Chechnyan fight against Russia, plus the 2004 Islamic terrorist attack on civilian railroad commuters in Madrid, Spain (192 dead).