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Flight attendant Gabriele von Lutzau is called the "Angel of" this city for supporting hijacking victims. West German counterterrorism organizations rescued passengers in this city after the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181. (0[1])During a 1992 famine, UNITAF dropped leaflets over this city. (0[1])Operation Gothic Serpent aimed to capture Mohamed (20[1])Farrah Aidid in this city. (20[1])A Mark Bowden book describes a battle in this city during a civil war (20[1])initiated by rebels against (*) Siad Barre. (10[1]0[1])Three American Sikorskys were shot down during (10[1])a battle in this city, as detailed in Black Hawk Down. Though active in the Gulf of Aden, piracy spiked off the coast of this capital in the 1990s. For 10 points, name this capital of Somalia. ■END■ (10[2])

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