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Col. Oliver North tours scene of 'Black Hawk Down'

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    One of the world's most dangerous cities may be on the mend

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Well there's an atmosphere of change in what may be the world's most dangerous city right now Mogadishu Somalia.

A lawless hotbed of Islamic extremism for decades now.

The scene of that tragic US military missions it was portrayed in the movie Blackhawk down.

Today small signs of progress and even rebuilding in a place riddled with poverty bloodshed.

And -- of corruption.

Colonel Oliver North streaming live from Mogadishu Somalia -- -- Judd I stand next to a regular American hero this is first surgeon Barney Torres united states army retired.

Today we went on an operation to support.

The combat brigade from of all places you've -- that it's driven I'll show Bob out of this city.

Take a look at what we saw on that mission.

In 199318.

American special operators were killed on an operation to capture a Somali warlord.

Very few people about the opportunity to fly over that same terrain sense.

Today we're gonna do just that and in a movie Blackhawk down the stadium above Mogadishu's featured as a prominent landmark.

This is the real stadium there's been very few Americans back here since those days it's now the headquarters of Amazon's new -- and battle group eight.

Here to help the Somali he's rebuild their capital.

In October 1993.

When a Blackhawk helicopter went down back there.

The US army Rangers and their friends from special operations -- the fight their way up here and down the hill back to the airport.

This is the place where they had that big gun battle.

You can still see some of the results of it and -- city is being slowly rebuilt.

-- that mission today would not have been possible for what for sergeant Barney.

-- is that he's the man who built -- fuel farm that delivers the fuel to make those kinds of reconnaissance missions possible.

From that very same airport were all this began.

But it appears to -- the smoky everybody back home this or else to tell us where smoking is -- it look -- just everybody a look at this.

This is a Somali version.

Of a Jack Russell Terrier and -- -- Adopted but I Barney and his crew out here that make all of those missions possible.

-- at Barneys liberated only wanna set to.

How -- -- -- orphaned kids alone -- normal parent my parents and all my family members.

And the family members -- -- was -- -- love yell hello the United States of America.

That's this is a war being fought by others that will help very quietly -- great Americans.

Like for sergeant Barney friends US army retired John doing some great work there lieutenant colonel Oliver North Barney and smokey.

Thanks to each of you.

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