Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achiziva nezvemhirizhonga iri kuitika mumaruwa eSomalia, Ambassador Bishop akafunga kuti "mukana wakanga uri nani kunyange kuti taizofanira kusiya Mogadishu mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kunaka". Musi waAugust 1, Ambassador Bishop akashanyira United States Central Command - mauto ekuMiddle East neNorth East Africa - kwaakashanda nenyanzvi dzemauto kuti aongorore hurongwa hweEmbassy Emergencies and Evacuation (E&amp;E) kusvika "agutsikana... kuti [Central Command] yakaona kuti ingangofanira kutora vanhu kubva kuMogadishu uye yakagadzirira kuzviita". Maawa mashomanene pashure peshanyo yake,
Iraq yakapinda muKuwait. US yakanga ichiunganidza zvinhu zvayo kuti ipindure apo Mumiriri Bishop akasvika muMogadishu musi wa 6 September. Fariro huru yaAmbassador yakanga iri kuchengeta mvumo yeuto reU.S. uye kupinda kunhandare dzendege nezvikepe muMogadishu neBerbera, izvo US yakanga yataurirana muna 1979. Ikoku kwakanga kuchikosha zvikurukuru nemhaka yokuunganidzwa nokuda kwokupindira muKuwait, nzvimbo yeSomalia inokosha pedyo neArabia Peninsula uye muromo weGungwa Dzvuku, uye nemhaka yokuti Saudi Arabia yaisazobvumira mauto eU.S. muvhu rayo. Embassy yaivawo musha wevashandi vakawanda veUSAID, kunyange zvazvo kupararira kwenyonganyonga kumaruwa kwakanga kuchiita kuti basa ravo rive rakaoma zvikuru.