UN counter-attacks killed the very Habar Gidir elders the peace process courted.

Evidence

The ensuing U.N. counter-attacks were profoundly counter-productive. While they failed to locate the elusive ‘Aideed they produced hundreds if not thousands of Somali casualties, including important Habar Gidir clan elders, with whom U.N.O.S.O.M. was supposed to be trying to negotiate peace, as well as other clansmen up till then hostile to the wily Somali brigand. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 636

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: U.N. counter-attacks backfired by killing clan elders and turning Aideed into a hero; UNOSOM’s hiring of Habar Gidir locals fatally compromised its intelligence. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 637; The UN’s 1993 massacre of Habar Gidir elders sealed its own mission’s fate — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 679

Related

• UNOSOM’s hiring of Habar Gidir locals fatally compromised its intelligence. (similarity 0.92)
• U.N. counter-attacks backfired by killing clan elders and turning Aideed into a hero (similarity 0.91)
• The UN’s 1993 massacre of Habar Gidir elders sealed its own mission’s fate (similarity 0.90)
• The UN abandoned clan elder empowerment in favor of warlord dealings. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• The UN’s 1993 massacre of Habar Gidir elders sealed its own mission’s fate #corroborates (0.85) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 679