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In case you don't know the math, in Tall Afar you had two battalions of US infantry fighting the insurgents. In Mogadishu, you had a Ranger company plus a significant number of spec ops attachments, a battalion task force from the 10th MTN, plus a large UN contingent that ended up leading the relief column that extracted the Rangers on the morning of the second day. There were more friendly forces in the AO in Mogadishu than there were in Tall Afar. What you had was better communications and therefore a better employment of forces in Tall Afar.
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