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...police force, jailed and expelled him in 1963. After his deportation, Bernie continued to follow the country's plight from the Dominican Republic, Mexico and later Florida, where he is now based. The co-author of Papa Doc, the definitive history of the Duvalier regime, Diederich sees the current unrest as even more harrowing. "The key to the present terror is that no one is safe," he says. "Papa Doc usually picked his targets, but now repression is blind. It could happen anywhere, anytime...
...acquitted of attempted murder and a dozen other felony counts. The defendants were convicted on five misdemeanor charges, and Williams was convicted of felony mayhem. The victim said he approved of the verdicts, but many wondered whether the jury was lenient out of fear of causing another round of unrest...
...Unrest Six Layer Cake...
When the going gets tough, pundits and politicians seem to head for the hills. As unrest and strife continue in southern Mogadishu, calls for an end to the United States commitment to the United Nations operation in Somalia mount. From Capitol Hill, Senators Robert Dole and Robert Byrd question why we're there. In an editorial, The New York Times ponders whether it's time to come home. Former President Jimmy Carter lambastes the violence of the United Nations forces...
...effective: He uses women and children as screens for his gunmen, forcing peacekeepers either to sit and be shot or to fire into the crowd. He knows that both dead foreign troops and dead Somalis damage the credibility of the U.N. operation. His presence in Mogadishu ensures continued unrest and violence; he retains significant support in Mogadishu and he knows...