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               S O M A L I A  N E W S  U P D A T E

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No 17               September 17, 1992.               ISSN 1103-1999

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/* Written  4:34 pm  Sep 16, 1992 by worldpnews in cdp:worldp.news */
/* ---------- "Somalia: US sends intervention for" ---------- */
>From WORLD PERSPECTIVES. Box 3074, Madison, WI 53704


SOMALIA
 The Pentagon has confirmed that an intervention force, made up of
2,400 marines, is headed towards Somalia. The US intervention force
appears to have a three-fold mission:

The first is to coordinate US planes flying 500 UN peace keeping
forces from Pakistan into the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The second
is to oversee and protect the US planes flying humanitarian aid
from Mombasa in Kenya to Somalia. The third is to evacuate
foreigners from Mogadishu if need be.

There are reportedly no more than a few dozen foreigners left in
the capital.

US diplomatic sources say the troops' transport ships will remain
10-15 kms off the Somali coast.

On Sept 15, the head of the French doctors' group Medicine Sans
Frontiers said that sending UN troops to Somalia would only
aggravate the bitter clan fighting there. (R. France 9/15)

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