When president clinton sent us peacekeeping troops to somalia in 1993, us troops
brought peace to the country.
were killed during a conflict.
killed thousands of somali people.
remained in somalia for many years.

  When President Clinton sent US peacekeeping troops to Somalia in 1993, US troops were killed during a conflict.

  The Somalia intervention was part of a international humanitarian and peacekeeping effort lead by United States between 1992-1993 by some military operations and ended with the battle of Mogadishu in which 18 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Somali militia and civilians were killed.

  During 1993 the President Clinton have decided to reduce the ammount of troops send there by the former administration of President Bush, they passed of having 25.000 troops to only maintain 1.200 American combat soldiers.

  Along with the United Nations the U.S. was trying to capture Mohammed Farah Aydid, one of the most powerfull warlords of the region. They final attempt was on October of 1993 when they tried to capture him and his lieutenants after a meeting beeing carried in an hotel in the region of Mogadishu but the mission did not goes as planned and the troops faced heavy resistance. Althought the mission was a succes because they captured several high rankin Aydid´s lieutenants, it was perceived as a failure because of the cost of human lives.

  Soon after that mission Clinton ordered the retreat of all the troops from Somalia.

  Hope this answer and the little resume I made of the conflict help.

The correct answer is B) were killed during a conflict.

What happened when President Clinton sent peacekeeping troops to Somalia in 1993 was that they were killed during a conflict.

In October 1993, United States President Bill Clinton sent troops to Somalia, Africa. The results were disastrous and changed the U.S. African foreign policy. Somali General Mohamed Farah and his troops resisted the U.S. military intervention. Two Black Hawk Helicopters from the United States Army were shot down. So it is true that peacekeeping troops sent by President Clinton to Somalia in 1993 were killed during a conflict.

d. it adversely affected american productivity