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...Desert Storm's armored romp through Iraq might be perplexed by last week's action in Mogadishu. Under the command of a Turkish general who was advised by a retired U.S. admiral, U.N. Special Envoy Jonathan Howe, troops from five countries set about destroying the power base of Somalia's most notorious warlord, General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, beneath a hail of missile fire and cannon bursts from helicopter gunships overhead. Troops from the U.S., Pakistan, Morocco, France and Italy searched for Aidid. Prodded by Washington, the U.N. wanted to punish him for ordering an attack June 5 that killed...
Even if the operation badly crippled Aidid's forces, it thrust the U.N. back into Somalia's chaos. It also underscored the immense difficulty of the U.N.'s new role -- not only in Somalia but in Yugoslavia and Cambodia -- in trying to make peace before the warring parties are ready...
...many of the U.N.'s recent undertakings can be called unalloyed successes: Cambodia is still locked in political rivalry; Somalia remains a violent, lawless land; Bosnia is shattered for good. Asked by the world to take over as Globo-cop, the U.N. has gone further than ever before, breaking its precedents and stretching its mandate to repair the ravages of war and internal breakdown. The role hasn't worked very well, in part because the U.N. lacks the money and men to do the job. But the main difficulty is with the job itself. The U.N. has been asked...
Such sentiments were widespread in Aidid's Mogadishu neighborhoods, which meant the U.N. was winning the battle against the warlord but losing the war to coax a workable society out of Somalia's anarchy. At the White House, the . motive for intervention was simple: to restore respect for the blue helmets...
...SOMALIA: Might Meets Spite...