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...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...
...Desert Storm. But only after America's prestige and hundreds of thousands of troops had been committed and the President had made clear he would go ahead with or without that approval. And since then there has been no talk of asking Congress's approval for further adventures in Somalia and Bosnia. As legal scholar John Hart Ely explains in a forthcoming book on this subject, restoring the war power is no special favor to the Legislative Branch. "The legislative surrender was a self-interested one: accountability is pretty frightening stuff." It's been too easy for members of Congress...
...bloodshed illustrated just how fragile peace can be. Somalia's warlords, though supposedly disarmed, are still capable of turning bloody at a moment's notice. "Somali people do not care if there is a war or not," said a gray-eyed Aidid loyalist. "If you are a gunman, you can't leave off fighting. That is your...
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...
...SOMALIA: Warlords on the Rampage...