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U.N. to send forces to Somalia
President Bush tells troops to prepare for duty
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched the world's biggest armed humanitarian rescue last night, sending a force led by 28,000 U.S. soldiers to silence the guns of Somali bandits and help feed hundreds of thousands of starving people.
President Bush ordered U.S. forces to prepare to depart for Somalia. An announcement is expected after he consults with Congress today.
Once Bush gives the order, 1,800 troops aboard a three-ship strike force floating in the Indian Ocean could land on Somali beaches within hours, and the full force of 28,000 could arrive within weeks.
The U.N. Security Council, outraged by the plundering of relief aid destined for refuge camps, voted unanimously for the operation and asked other member states to contribute troops and money.
France is to send about 2,000 soldiers. Belgium and the African nations of Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya also offered troops. Italy also promised to help with the relief effort.
The operation has begun more than a year after severe food shortages and civil unrest were first reported in Somalia. The Security Council mandate calls for the use of "all necessary means" to create "a secure environment" for relief operations.
The resolution did not say if that possibly meant creating a U.N.-controlled civil government in chaotic Somalia, or whether the troops would try to disarm bandits and militiamen. It did not indicate who would pay for the operation, or how long it would last.
Somalia, a country with no functioning government, was represented at the meeting by Fatun Hassan, the charge d'affaires of the Somali U.N. mission. It was not clear which clan leader she represented.
much strength there to fight the international community."
"We are very grateful," Hassan said after the vote. "I don't think there is
The clans have been battling in Somalia since the collapse of President Mohamed Siad Barre's rule in January 1992, and have hampered relief efforts during a famine that has killed 300,000 people and endangered 2 million others.
Well-armed militias, mostly untrained young men and boys, have stolen at least half of the food and medicine shipped to Somalia and paralyzed a 500-member U.N. peacekeeping force in place since September.
With hundreds of people dying daily, the United States and its allies were anxious to act.
The seaport and airport of Mogadishu — the country's two main delivery points — have been virtually shut down by the threat of banditry.
The U.S. military plans to strike quickly: Amphibious craft, attack helicopters and Marines are ready to clear a path for the big air transports and ships that will ferry hundreds of tractors, trucks and forklifts taking food to the refuge camps.
The White House said President
Bush hoped the relief operation could be secured by the time he leaves office Jan. 20. Aides to President-elect Clinton were doubtful, however, saying they expected Clinton to inherit Bush's Somalia policy.
Clinton praised Bush and called the resolution "an historic and welcome step."
In the interest of expediency, diplomats avoided defining what constitutes a "secure environment."
"I think it's like the elephant coming out of the jungle: You know it when you see it," said Sir David Hannay, Britain's ambassador.
After negotiations with Third World countries and China, which abstained on previous resolutions for force in Iraq and the Balkans, the United States agreed to more U.N. oversight than was present in the multinational force that drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait last year.
But the resolution explicitly empowers the U.S. commander to make tactical decisions about safety guarding the relief shipments. It calls for a U.N. hiaison staff to be attached to the new force's field headquarters.
Colombian police battle with drug lord
The Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb planted by drug traffickers exploded yesterday in Medellin near a police patrol, killing 10 officers and four others in an apparent attack for revenge, police said.
Earlier, army troops in eastern Colombia captured the 3.0 man in the leftist National Liberation Army, which was blamed for bombing an important oil pipeline Wednesday.
Francisco Galan was caught in Bucaramanga, about 185 miles north of Bogota, after a citizen caller authorities for a $145,000 reward offered for his kidnapping rebel leaders, said Cdr. Hernan Jose Guzmán.
Galan served as negotiator for the rebel group in peace talks with the government in 1991 and 1992.
Talks broke off in March when rebels rejected peace terms.
An army communique said explosives and a map of the nation's petroleum infrastructure were found in Galan's possession.
In the bombing, 17 people, including three police officers, were injured. The police patrol was providing security for a soccer game.
"There is no doubt about who is the author," the Metropolitan Police commander, Gen. Jairo Antonio Rodriguez, said. "This was a barbaric act with the same characteristics as other terrorism perpetrated by drug traffickers."
Officials said they had received anonymous phone calls Wednesday threatening a terrorist attack in retaliation for the death of a leading Medellin cartel hit man, who was killed in a
shootout with police last week.
The hit man, Johnny Rivera, was one of eight men to escape from jail with cartel leader Pablo Escobar in July. Police blamed Rivera for committing numerous terrorist attacks and murders.
Police have killed 20 cartel hit men in recent weeks and arrested about 70 other members. Police say that all the deaths have occurred during shoot outs with authorities.
The animeman cartel has reportedly ordered 30 police officers killed for every one of their members killed by authorities, RCN reported yesterday, citing military intelligence reports.
Since Escobar's jailbreak, 73 Medellin police officers have been assassinated. Authorities blame the drug lord for ordering the killings to try and divert police from searching for him.
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