The correct answer here is A, Mogadishu. Mogadishu is the
capital of Somalia. Even though Somalia is not particularly close to Rwanda, the events
in Mogadishu did influence Clinton Administration policy in
Rwanda.
The deaths of the Americans in Mogadishu helped to
illustrate the dangers of having American troops try to intervene in the affairs of
other countries. The Americans were there to try to suppress the Somali warlords and
thereby help the population of Somalia when they were killed by forces loyal to some
warlords. Because of this, the US became very leery of intervening in Rwanda. As the
link below tells us,
As events unfolded in Rwanda, American policy
makers were strongly influenced by the specter of the Somalia "disaster" of less than a
year earlier as they deliberated possible
options.
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