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Ilhan Omar falsely claims “thousands” of Somalis killed during 1993 Black Hawk Down mission, adds “NotTodaySatan”

Apr 23, 2019 3:45 pm By Robert Spencer

It’s hard to tell if she meant the American troops were Satan or the person with whom she was conversing. Journalists should ask her, but of course, we have no journalists.

In his selective memory, he forgets to also mention the thousands of Somalis killed by the American forces that day! #NotTodaySatan https://t.co/wrFocrZymQ

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 16, 2017

“Ilhan Omar claims US forces killed ‘thousands’ of Somalis during ‘Black Hawk Down’ mission, resurfaced tweet shows,” by Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Fox News, April 22, 2019:

A resurfaced tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar saw the Minnesota Democrat claim U.S. forces killed “thousands” of Somalis during the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” mission — despite multiple analysts concluding the number was much smaller.

In the October 2017 tweet discovered by journalist John Rossomando, Omar was responding to a Twitter user who’d highlighted that more than a dozen U.S. soldiers were killed and another 73 were wounded in the Battle of Mogadishu, saying it was the “worst terrorist attack in Somalia history.”

Omar, a Somali refugee who was then a Minnesota state representative, refuted the tweet, insisting that “thousands” of Somalis were killed by American forces.

“In his selective memory, he forgets to also mention the thousands of Somalis killed by the American forces that day,” Omar tweeted.

She also included the hashtag, “NotTodaySatan.”

The number of Somali casualties in the Battle of Mogadishu is widely disputed. A representative of the Somali National Alliance estimated that only 133 militiamen were killed during a 2001 interview while “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War” author Mark Bowden estimated roughly 500 Somalis were killed. As the Investigative Project on Terrorism also noted, the Rand Corporation reported that about 300 civilians were killed while others estimated nearly 1,000….

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  1. Elizabeth Baklaich says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    If she meant Al Franken, I dont think I have a viable arguement.
    On second thought, I really just dont want to come up with one for a hack who jokes about rape and has to have ballots “found” in a trunk to win an election.

    Boy! Minnesota really has some screwed up elections… and results…

    • libertyORdeath says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 4:10 pm

      The poor state of Minnesota is on its way to hell in a Somali handbasket. If you can barely read and have no appreciation for what America has done for you you shouldn’t be able to vote. Minnesota deserves better.

      • Marilyn Griffin says

        Apr 23, 2019 at 6:19 pm

        In my opinion, giving refuge to Somalis was, and is, a bad mistake nade by our country. Why does the USA insist on bringing foreigners into our country that: 1. Because of their religion, way of life, will NEVER assimilate here, will never contribute ANYTHING to our country but chaos. 2. Are poor, uneducated, unskilled foreigners that have lived in cesspit corrupt nations for generations, that just want to be given everything for free, that neither can, nor will, contribute ANYTHING to our country but an ungrateful overwhelming of our resources and a negative impact on the future of Americans and the USA???

      • Elizabeth Baklaich says

        Apr 23, 2019 at 11:37 pm

        Agreed, as do Minnesota & the whole rest of the U.S.; as do our men and women who risked/gave everything…

        This interview clip needs to be placed in this comment section, he knows as he was there: https://youtu.be/WmVEHct6r_g

  2. libertyORdeath says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    The U.S. soldiers should have killed more for what they did. It was in essence a humanitarian mission. Just look at what a backwards shithole Somalia is to this day and you will know why we tried to help in vain.

    • Marilyn Griffin says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 6:29 pm

      You simply cannot help a person who is unwilling to help themsrlves. Same is even more true of nations. The USA taking in 2-3 million needy greedy scamming foreigners every year may improve THEIR lives, but it is destroying the future of American citizens and their descendants and our country. The reason — because none of these foreigners care ANYTHING about the USA, have NO stake in our country. These people come here to get, actually steal, all they can of our material wealth. They are simply users, scammers, exploiting America and its citizens. Their being here costs us hundreds of billions of dollars annually, not to nention the great harm to all aspects of our nation and society. But they care NOTHING about the cost to us. They have no gratitude, just an attitude of self-entitlement to everything we have and that we SHOUKD give it all to them.

      • Rarely says

        Apr 23, 2019 at 9:29 pm

        Marilyn.
        Where did your ancestors come from?
        Didn’t THEY come to improve their lives?

        • Heidi says

          Apr 24, 2019 at 2:44 am

          Yes, Rarely, they came to improve their lives but they worked hard for the better of the US. Those coming into our countries now don’t want to work and think we owe them all we do for them. All they do is cry, demand, and kill. Headline on a German website this morning “Islam against Christianity? The clash of cultures is nonexistent”. That only shows their blindness, the clash of cutures happens on a daily basis. In Europe as well as in the US. Read Samuel P. Huntington’s book “The Clash of Cultures”, it explain it all.

        • Jimdandi says

          Apr 24, 2019 at 11:25 am

          Hey Rarely, your comment is rather stupid. Yes, we all came from immigrants. Immigrants that came a worked for the improvement of their lives. They did not come to sponge off of American taxpayers because we didn’t have a screwed up system of taxation and redistribution back in the early days. It would help if you learned a little history and used some common sense.

      • elee says

        Apr 24, 2019 at 1:14 am

        I agree entirely with Marilyn Griffin. I cannot convey how sick & tired I am of whole tribes and clans of “victims” who aren’t happy with the greatest civilisation ever built & think those who built it should give them everything they don’t have & then act ashamed.

      • balafama says

        Apr 24, 2019 at 11:05 am

        a third of usa physicians are foreign born . they are not scammers and pay more taxes than most americans .i’m not a fan of the islamic ideology nor the current border system ,but educate yourself first b4 ranting.

        • petrol head says

          Apr 24, 2019 at 12:11 pm

          But a third of USA physicians were not born in Somalia (some are white people born in, and with medical degrees from, countries such as the U.K., Australia, New Zealand).
          Also, a third of USA physicians don’t walk around wards donning hijabs or sporting certain distinctive beards and high-watermark shaved heads which indicate that any moment soon they will disappear for compulsory ass-in-the air prayers.

        • somehistory says

          Apr 24, 2019 at 3:26 pm

          balafama

          From what source did you obtain your stats? Post a link to prove your statements about how many are from other countries and how many “taxes” they pay so they can be compared to taxes paid by “most Americans.”
          While you are at it, post the data on how many from each of which countries are involved in sending “doctors” to the U.S. Surely you must recall which site provided your “education.”

        • Elizabeth Baklaich says

          Apr 24, 2019 at 3:45 pm

          +1 somehistory- I too would like to see the documentation.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 7:43 pm

      No one could help Somalia–it is almost 100% Muslim.

  3. somehistory says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    This moslim creature is a lying creature. The word “moslim” has to be equated with the word “liar.” It’s like saying the sun is hot and the sun is bright. moslims lie. As in, not all liars are moslim, but all moslims are liars.

  4. Halal Bacon says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    clearly she gets her talking points from hamas/cair

  5. somehistory says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    Her master was calling on her for something and she was saying “not today.” Wonder what else…beside lying…he wanted her to do.

  6. Rich Cole says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    More reason for her to be censured and expelled from the house now.

  7. Havoc says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:28 pm

    Nobody really cares about Somalis – certainly, not I.

  8. elee says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 4:47 pm

    Does this demonstrate loyalty to the American servicemen who came under lethal fire in our humanitarian mission to Somalia? And when she met alone with Turkish Islamist Premier Erdogan in 2017 and admittedly discussed Somalia…….remember Turkey has a big military base there……..what did they say? Did the House know about this when they accepted her credentials and seated her as a member? (No, “nobody” knew till the last couple of weeks)……it might have behooved her not to question anybody’s loyalty to this country. Urge your House delegate to remove her, if not for divided loyalties and failure of candor, then for clear and self-admitted violation of the Logan Act.

  9. Ren says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    The ones that perpetuate the traditions of Muhamad are the true satan.

  10. Niemoller says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    Nowhere in Omar’s or Franken’s tweets is it stated that Somali Islamists started and committed all the terrorism in Somalia then and now. The Americans were on a peace mission and were attacked by disgusting jihadists so they defended themselves as necessary.

  11. Niemoller says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    The disgusting congressjihadist Omar forgot to mention why American troops were there:

    “In December 1992, U.S. President George H. W. Bush ordered the U.S. military to join the U.N. in a joint operation known as Operation Restore Hope, with the primary mission of restoring order in Somalia. The country was wracked by civil war and a severe famine as it was ruled by a number of faction leaders. Over the next several months, the situation deteriorated.”

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 8:13 pm

      So true–our main goal was to stabilize things enough so that aid groups could bring in food, especially for children.

  12. CRUSADER says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:37 pm

    ‘Close Your Eyes and
    Pretend to Be Dead’

    What really happened in the bloody attack by Somali militants on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall.

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/20/nairobi-kenya-westgate-mall-attack-al-shabab/

  13. gravenimage says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    Ilhan Omar falsely claims “thousands” of Somalis killed during 1993 Black Hawk Down mission, adds “NotTodaySatan”
    ……………………

    Just repulsive falsehood.

    And no mention that this was a rescue mission, after Jihadists attacked.

    Does Ilhan Omar know that “Not Today Satan”, far from being a Jihadist cry, comes from Ru Paul’s Drag Race?

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Not%20today%20Satan%2C%20not%20today.

    I’ve seen it adopted by some evangelical Christians, but not Jihadists before this.

    Of course Omar considers Americans defending against Jihadists to be “Satan”. *Ugh*.

    • Wellington says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 7:48 pm

      I’ll second that “Ugh,” gravenimage.

    • elee says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 8:20 pm

      LOL GI I had no idea you were a source of knowledge concerning Ru Paul! Thanks for the laugh & the info too.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 25, 2019 at 12:16 am

        🙂

  14. Wellington says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    The best thing you can say about this woman, who disgustingly is now a member of a legislative body which the Islamic world would have never, could have never, created is that she is a massive ignoramus.

    The worst you can say about her (and I personally unreservedly assert such) is that she is a fifth columnist in a free polity, the greatest and most powerful free polity on earth (as least till now), who seeks the destruction of that free polity by stealth and other means because she adheres to an ideology, i.e., Islam, which from its inception has been a mortal enemy of liberty and thus in profound and deep contrast, said ideology, to what the Founding Fathers of America created in the late 18th century.

    One last matter which I have mentioned many times before and will mention again. It is this: Islam is NOT the main menace to America in our time. The main menace to America in our time is the Democratic Party which has pretty much gone into loony-tune mode and is now essentially composed of three groups: 1) the semi-crazies, examples being Pelosi and Schumer; 2) the full crazies, examples being Schiff and AOC; and 3) the purely evil, examples being Omar and Tlaib. I have provided many reasons for this contention of mine in previous posts which I am not going to go over again because I am getting quite tired of stating the obvious over and over again (though my tiredness is just JV stuff compared to how Robert Spencer must feel so many times, to wit, enervated by stating the obvious about Mo’s decrepit creed to a much larger platform again and again, i.e., the world, respecting all the “problems” with Islam—and with infinitely greater threat to his very life for doing so).

    • Eric Jones says

      Apr 23, 2019 at 11:00 pm

      Wellington you are right about the Democratic Party of today. They are not a loyal opposition but are in fact trying to disrupt this nation from within. Few recall that the Democratic Party was the political party of the Confederacy. They are playing that role again trying to destroy his country from within.

      Eric

  15. Hari Singh says

    Apr 23, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    First who told the Somalis to rush elite soldiers with automatic weapons. Second the UN Troops Pakistani Muslims included were there in part to stop warlords from confiscating all international food relief

  16. Ina leyen says

    Apr 24, 2019 at 3:36 am

    Why were so many Somalis settled in Minnesota? Death Valley would have been more suitable.

  17. Gamaliel says

    Apr 24, 2019 at 7:16 am

    America saved hundreds of thousands of Somalis from starvation. That starvation was the result of destruction of agriculture due to a civil war instigated by Mohammed Aidid and others. A multinational effort was started to send food to Somalia. Mohammed Aidid’s forces and others stole the food and sold it for weapons. The U.S. sent military support to protect the food distribution. The The U.S. sent in special forces to capture two of Aidid’s high-echelon lieutenants during a meeting in Mogadishu. According to Wikipedia “Shortly after the assault began, Somali militia and armed civilian fighters shot down two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The subsequent operation to secure and recover the crews of both helicopters extended the initial operation into an overnight standoff and daylight rescue operation on 4 October. The battle resulted in 18 deaths, 73 wounded and one helicopter pilot captured among the U.S. raid party and rescue forces. At least one Pakistani soldier and one Malaysian soldier were killed as part of the rescue forces on day two of the battle. American sources estimate between 1,500 and 3,000 Somali casualties,” The International Committee of the Red Cross estimated that 200 Somali civilians were killed and several hundred wounded in the fighting,[15] with reports that some civilians attacked the Americans.[16] The book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War estimates more than 700 Somali militiamen dead and more than 1,000 wounded, but the Somali National Alliance in a Frontline documentary on American television acknowledged only 133 killed in the whole battle.[17]

    There would have been no casualties if the Americans had succeeded in capturing Aidid’s lieutenants. There might have been no civilian casualties if civilians hadn’t attacked the American soldiers. If Somali Muslims hadn’t starved their people the U.S. wouldn’t have sent in anyone.

    • balafama says

      Apr 24, 2019 at 11:14 am

      lessen learnt never ever interfere in islamic squirmishes .let them sort themselves out .they will always turn on the helper ,besides their warring never ends.
      every non islamic country america intervened in eventually got peaceful.japan,south korea,germany, serbia but the result is almost always dismal in islamic countries

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 25, 2019 at 12:17 am

      +1

  18. alex reid says

    Apr 24, 2019 at 8:26 am

    There are lies, damned lies, statistics & then what Muslims say as they play the “victim card”. Their ideology is no way to live & shouldn’t be inflicted on any human being.

  19. Elizabeth Baklaich says

    Apr 25, 2019 at 9:21 am

    An email is going around, and if true (I am waiting for return calls to verify it) should alarm EVERY parent. If parents cannot attend, why not? What is the administration afraid of?

    “Ilhan Omar will be speaking at St. Anthony Village Middle School on Friday, April 26th at 1:00 pm. These are 6th and 8th graders, ages 11-13.

    The school is asking for permission for their children to attend this event, but the parents are not allowed to attend themselves, this is a problem. Police presence and no press or parents allowed in this event.”

    Interim Principal at St. Anthony’s Middle School is:
    akujawski@stanthony.k12.mn.us

    This is Saint Anthony, MN.
    I will update when my calls are returned, not holding my breath, but in the inbetween time sending an email is a big help, thank you!

  20. KWJ says

    Apr 28, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Not today Satan? She was a MN rep talking like a teenager. How unprofessional. No less our soldiers were dragged through the streets until bare. Somalia is a sh*thole and other African countries don’t like them either and don’t want them as refugees. Now those in Europe form gangs and enclaves that are unsafe. See videos on this in France. It’s like tribal-they think they own public streets in France and with nothing better to do they gather around a stranger and they don’t like cameras. (Men) I doubt it would take much to set them on a rampage. Look at the films of Calais, France and them jumping on trucks and setting trees On the road so cars will stop and then they would try to hijack the car in Oder to get onto England. Threw rocks at the trucks too…truck driver filmed his own ride.

    Ilhan Omar has connections with Somalia government. See PJ Media about those connections. Somalia is deemed the most corrupt country on some index…really really corrupt. She’s a disturbing, toxic ingrate. Women are also treated like crap in Somalia. Sure, hijabs are empowering…

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