Word: somali
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forces are supposed to complete the disarming of Somalia's warlord gangs and free-lance bandits and create a police force capable of maintaining law and order, two tasks the U.S.-led contingent barely began. The warlords who have spilled so much Somali blood have in fact gained undeserved authority because the Americans felt compelled to negotiate with them to head off clashes between their fighters and U.S. troops...
After nearly five months in Somalia, U.S. troops, in preparation for the United Nations' assumption of full control of the country, handed over supervision of Mogadishu to more than 4,000 Pakistani soldiers. The U.S. will transfer the Somali peacekeeping mission this week to a 28,000-member U.N. force composed of troops from more than 20 nations. About 4,000 American Army troops will stay behind. At their base in Merca, 56 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Pakistani troops raise their flag while Americans salute in the background...
...Mogadishu street and snatched the prescription sunglasses from his face last February, the 33-year-old native of Puerto Rico wheeled and shot the boy in the stomach, 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...
AFTER THREE MONTHS ON SOMALI SOIL, THE U.S.-led forces are heading into the homestretch. U.S. special envoy Robert Oakley took his leave, pronouncing the success of Operation Restore Hope in saving thousands of Somali lives and in bringing an end to the clan warfare that has plagued the country for more than two years. He may have overstated the case. Though the famine has abated, peace remains elusive, and the new U.N. force in Somalia, UNOSOM II, will face continued trouble when it takes command...
American troops, shaken by the death of another one of their own when a vehicle hit a land mine, are more than ready to leave. Fallout continues from an incident five weeks ago: Gunnery Sergeant Harry Conde, infuriated when his prescription sunglasses were stripped off by a Somali youth, shot the boy in the abdomen. A military court is now considering whether he used "excessive force...