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MacArthur said that the media also failed to cover adequately the U.S. intervention in Somalia. Only foreign photographers took pictures of the mutilation of American corpses after the failed kidnapping attempt of faction leader General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, MacArthur said...
...case, the U.S. has not been tinkering with situations in Bosnia and Somalia in order to stem a Marxist tide. If anything, despots Milosevic and Aidid stray toward the other, fascist end of the political spectrum. But the other facet of the war in Vietnam--the U.S.'s long, intractable involvement--does merit some fear of repetition...
Warring Somali factions met in neighboring Ethiopia to discuss the fate of Somalia. Chances for success in the negotiations were improved by the late arrival of powerful clan leader Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who boycotted a U.N.-sponsored humanitarian-aid meeting earlier in the week. Aidid, only recently the target of a manhunt by U.S. forces, flew to the conference aboard an American military plane...
...story in Somalia is even sadder. Behind intervention there was the notion that the world community should not allow a society to self-destruct and a people to be decimated. Yet after conflicts with General Aidid, the U.N. operation that saved thousands from starvation and was restoring stability to the country seems about ready to collapse. With the imminent failure of the mission, the factional fighting that led to chaos is reappearing. Starvation isn't far behind...
Shortly after the U.N. called a halt to its unsuccessful search for Mohammed Farrah Aidid, the Somali warlord emerged from hiding to celebrate with thousands of shouting and dancing supporters. In addition to dropping its $25,000 reward for Aidid's capture, the U.N. announced the release of eight of his aides. The gestures are intended to encourage Aidid to join in negotiations that Washington now hopes will end the country's clan warfare. U.S. special envoy to Somalia Robert Oakley met with Aidid after he came out of hiding. Said Oakley: "The U.S. realized we made a mistake getting...