Americans were horrified to see pictures of a dead soldier dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

Americans were shocked by the image of the body of one American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

Television images of American soldiers being dragged through the streets by Somalis were too graphic for the American public to endure.

"Last year, I heard about a young boy denouncing the Somalis after having seen on TV the body of an American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu," he said.

So now we must add to the nightmarish images of our century the corpse of an American soldier being dragged through dusty streets by an exulting band.

Last time around, those heart-wrenching photos of malnourished children led to dead American soldiers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

And the pictures of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu seem to have made it all but impossible for Mr. Clinton to change many minds.

Eighteen American soldiers were killed, and a US television crew filmed graphic images of the body of one soldier being dragged through the streets by an angry mob.

Then he walked upstairs to his hotel suite and watched the brutal footage of dead American soldiers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

The casualties, and the images of a dead American soldier being dragged through Mogadishu after the raid, prompted President Clinton to order a withdrawal from Somalia within six months.