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...also wounding a bystander. He claimed self-defense, arguing that the constant threat of attack from brazen youths in the lawless Somali capital had unnerved him. A court-martial found Conde guilty of aggravated assault, stripped him of his rank and imposed a $1,706 fine. Twelve thousand U.S. servicemen remain in Somalia, though Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell, who visited them last week, says most should depart in the "not too distant future." For many, even the meanest streets of L.A. and Miami will seem a welcome change...
Clan fighting in the southern port town of Kismayu continued, as residents stripped of their rifles by U.S. and Belgian servicemen pelted one another with rocks and lobbed grenades. At least five Somalis were killed and more than two dozen injured...
...three days last week, rampaging mobs of gunmen, free-lance bandits and youths rioted in the streets, burning tires, looting and attacking units of U.S. and other United Task Force troops sent there to keep the peace. Five American Marines and at least two Nigerian servicemen were wounded, and an estimated dozen Somalis were killed...
JUST AS AMERICANS WERE LAYING PLANS TO PART company on the best of terms, the scene in Somalia turned nasty. On Wednesday demonstrators set up burning roadblocks along the main thoroughfares in Mogadishu and pelted passing U.S. servicemen with chunks of concrete. Banners paraded past the Marine base at the old American embassy read THIS IS SOMALI SAND NOT AMERICAN SAND. Later in the week, fierce fire fights erupted in several parts of the city between UNITAF (Unified Task Force) troops and Somalis thought to be loyal to General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, leaving five American servicemen and two Nigerians injured...
...changed." John, a Navy petty officer in San Diego, sounds a common refrain. To come out of the closet, he says, "would be professional suicide because your superiors will find ways not to promote you." A change in policy does not guarantee that harassment will immediately stop: some gay servicemen reported last week that insults and physical attacks have increased since President Clinton began speaking out against...