Djibouti has a population of about 473,000, divided mainly between the Issa tribe, which is ethnically Somali, and the Afar tribe, a nomadic group linked to Ethiopia. The only cinema in the capital was the recent showing of “Black Hawk Down” on an outdoor screen, a film depicting a battle that claimed 18 American lives in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in 1993, and may have involved Al-Ittihad, according to intelligence assessments. The Somali immigrants gathered to watch the outdoor movie, with mixed reactions. U.S. intelligence agents said that they are monitoring Djibouti’s large Somali immigrant population closely.
Djibouti: Somali Groups Watch "Black Hawk Down" on an Outdoor Movie Screen
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