Canadian forces achieve military objectives, but certain members behave criminally, and the forces suffer severe political repercussions.
Somalia Affair
Disbanding of the Canadian Airborne Regiment
Belligerents
Canada
United Somali Congress
Commanders and leaders
Brian Mulroney
John de Chastelain
Mohamed 'Tiger' I. Barre
Units involved
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Strength
1,400 troops
1 helicopter squadron
1 HMCS Preserver naval ship
Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed (friendly fire)
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United Nations Intervention in Somalia (1992–1995)
UNOSOM I
Provide Relief
UNITAF / Restore Hope
Deliverance
Somalia affair
UNOSOM II
Pakistani Peacekeepers
UN killings of protestors
Abdi House raid
Checkpoint Pasta
Gothic Serpent
Black Hawk Down
United Shield
Operation Deliverance was a Canadian military operation in Somalia that formed part of the United Nations peace-making deployment to that country during the early part of the Somali Civil War. The mission began on December 3, 1992, and involved about 1,400 Canadian troops, a helicopter unit and the supply ship HMCS Preserver.[1][2]
While Canada's mission objectives were largely completed, including the freeing of a captured Canadian journalist and the defeat of the Somali warlord Mohamed 'Tiger' I. Barre,[1][2] Operation Deliverance turned into a political disaster for the Canadian Forces after several Somali civilians were brutally killed or injured in what became known as the Somalia Affair. The Somalia Affair was largely responsible for the disbandment of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in 1995 and additionally resulted in numerous dismissals and resignations along the chain of command up to, but not including, the Minister of Defence
One Canadian soldier died during the mission, Corporal Michael David Abel of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. He was killed when a rifle being cleaned by a fellow soldier discharged accidentally.[3]
^ ab[1] Archived February 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ab"CBC Digital Archives". Archives.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
^Petti Fong (November 7, 2011). "Flag a reminder of son's sacrifices in Somalia". Toronto Star.
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