Navy SEALs raid on Somalia came on the 20th anniversary on the Black Hawk Down 
Somalia, not so easy. The SEALs came under heavy fire there
In a pre-dawn operation, U.S. Navy SEALs landed on the coast of Somalia. In their hunt for an Al-Shabaab leader, the SEALS came under serious fire so bad they withdraw.
In both of these cases, even in Somalia, they wanted to capture the target. They wanted to capture the person alive for interrogation.
They were able to do that in Libya. In Somalia, the SEALs ran into a firefight. They realized they were not going to be able to capture the person, and so that's when they made the decision to retreat.
But we're just learning this morning that in Somalia the mission was to capture him, and that's why they went to the extraordinary risk of sending SEAL Team Six into Somalia, the very same guys that went on the bin Laden mission.
And as Barbara just mentioned, the Navy SEALs raid on Somalia -- in Somalia came on the 20th anniversary on the "Black Hawk Down" battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Look, it's fair to say that ended in complete and total failure. Eighteen American troops were killed. Five hundred locals were also killed in that operation.
This latest operation was very different. It lasted only hours instead of two days, like what happened in '93.
And joining us now is CNN's military analyst, General James "Spider" Marks.
"Spider," I'm just curious as to your take. This was just so remarkable to hear about this, considering that, no matter how long ago "Black Hawk Down" was, it is still very fresh and painful in the minds of Americans and certainly American military members.
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