Word: warlords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown?" Socialist, yes, decrying British mercantilism that turns everyone "from a citizen into a consumer. And politics is a commodity." Apocalyptic disgust? Plenty, even at the end. He told Bragg he had named his cancer Rupert, for Murdoch, the media warlord...
SOMALIA. When the U.N. branded warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid a criminal it intended to arrest, American troops spearheaded the effort to seize him. But then his forces killed 18 U.S. service members last October, prompting Clinton to announce that all American troops would go home within six months. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. provided a jet to fly Aidid to a meeting of clan chiefs trying to cobble together a new regime. The flip-flops angered Italy, which also had troops in Somalia. "The U.S. didn't know how to calibrate the use of force," says Italian Defense Minister Fabio Fabbri...
...behind may not be so lucky. The scaled-down force will limit itself to securing a few strategic ports and airports and, where possible, to guarding relief supplies. Even those diminished goals may prove overly ambitious, say some military observers. They argue that with a few well-timed attacks, warlords like Mohammed Farrah Aidid could drive the U.N. forces out. Though the warlord continued to meet last week with other militia leaders to search for a political solution, most observers believe that he will never settle for anything less than supreme power...
...Mogadishu street where Cliff Wolcott died on Oct. 3 last year doesn't even have a name. For Wolcott, one of 15 helicopter pilots who took part in the ill-fated operation aimed at capturing warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid, luck ran out when he spotted several armed Somalis firing rocket-propelled grenades at his Black Hawk attack helicopter. Turning the craft broadside to give his gunners a bet- ter shot, Wolcott became a perfect target. A grenade exploded into the side of the chopper. "Super six-one is going down," he yelled into his headset, "Six-one is going...
...finance these schemes usually came from local branches of the state bank; many of the banks used all their money for such investments and ended up having to pay farmers for their harvest in promissory notes of doubtful value. The leaders in Beijing called these unregulated investment programs "warlord economies" and set out to control them...