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...foreign policy faces considerable challenges. Which ruthless leaders are actually sorry about mistaking Christopher's courtly bearing for lack of resolve? Not Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whose forces are bombarding Sarajevo; not Haitian strongman Raoul Cedras, whose thugs are thumbing their nose at the U.S.; not General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, the clan boss ravaging Mogadishu...
...Aspin decided not to grant his military commander's request for more tanks in Somalia. His decision was not publicized then, but imagine the uproar had he announced that he would send in additional tanks. Ironically, those tanks could have saved the lives of the American soldiers killed by Aidid's men on October...
Clinton now uses the credibility argument to justify the continued presence of troops in Somalia--at least until March 31, his self-imposed deadline for withdrawal. But U.S. credibility is undermined by the ambivalence of the American public. Self-imposed deadlines, while reassuring to the electorate, also tell Aidid how much longer he must wait until he is free of American harassment and can resume the brutal status quo ante...
Washington -- U.N. forces are debating what to do about the huge arms caches maintained by all the major clan leaders in Gaalkacyo, a city more than 300 miles north of Mogadishu. In the wake of General Mohammed Farrah Aidid's facing down the U.N. and the U.S., other clan heads are feeling more courageous about holding onto their weaponry, and the U.N. is considering seizing the supplies by force. Included in the caches are armed personnel carriers, artillery pieces, mortars and the type of antitank weapons that have been effective in shooting down U.S. Blackhawk helicopters...
Seeking to create momentum in negotiations in Mogadishu, U.S. special envoy Robert Oakley declared himself "moderately encouraged" after meeting with various Somali clans and factions, despite one outstanding stumbling block: the U.N. warrant for General Mohammed Farrah Aidid's arrest, which the warlord says must be rescinded before he sits down at the table...