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Abdul Latif Ahmad

Abdul Latif Ahmad (born March 8, 1942) is a retired soldier from Malaysia. He was the commander of the Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt 1 ), which served under the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Somalia in 1993. He led Malaysian troops at the Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident. The operation on Oct 3 and 4, 1993, involved a rescue mission carried out by 113 Malbatt members to save United States Rangers pinned down by Somali militants in Bakaara, Mogadishu.

Aside from this, he saw action in the Confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia (1964–1966); the May 13, 1969 racial rioting and its aftermath; the 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods and the fight against the Communist Party of Malaya in the 1970s.

In 2015, he authored ''Aku Masih Ingat… Memoir Seorang Komander'' (I still remember... Memoirs of a Commander) detailing the critical engagements he took part in. Provided by Wikipedia