1. Flight from Mogadishu

    · Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia

    Flight from Mogadishu
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    As insurgents overthrew his government, Barre left Mogadishu by tank from the presidential palace toward the Kenyan border. Coordinates represent central Mogadishu rather than the palace's precise departure point.

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