 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1990, gurukota rezvamatongerwe enyika rine ruzivo James K. Bishop akagadzwa kuva Mumiriri weU.S. muSomalia. Muna 1967, Bishop akanga ari kuUS Embassy muBeirut, Lebanon apo Hondo Yemazuva matanhatu yakaputika, iyo yakakurudzira kubviswa kwevanhu vanenge 3,600 veAmerica mumaawa makumi matatu nematatu; Bishop aive mumwe wevamiriri ve26 uye Marines akasara muguta panguva yekunetsana. Ambassador Bishop vakawanawo ruzivo rwakakosha rwekuronga kubviswa kwevamwe vamiriri mumakore ekuma1980 vachishumira seMutevedzeri Wemubatsiri weGurukota reHurumende reAfrica. Munzvimbo yake yapfuura, somumiriri weU.S. kuLiberia, Bishop akanga achitarisira kubviswa kwevashandi veumishinari uye vanhuwo zvavo sehondo yevagari vemomuLiberia, apo akabva muna March 1990. Mumiriri Bishop akadzokera kuWashington kunogadzirira kugadzwa kwake kutsva kuSomalia, asi akakurumidza kugadzwa kuboka rebasa kuti abate nenhamo muLiberia, iyo yaibatanidza kubviswa zvishoma nezvishoma kwevagari vemo veAmerica uye kuvharwa nokukurumidza kweumishinari muna August. 