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Troops head to Somalia to ensure soldiers' safety
President warns of retaliation if hostages harmed
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — American reinforcements headed to Somalia yesterday as President Clinton warned of swift retaliation if captured U.S. servicemen are harmed and Congress debated whether it was time for the White House to end the mission.
weekend battles with forces loyal to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Six crewman of a downed Army Blackhawk helicopter were missing, including one shown on a videotape being interrogated by his captors.
Infantrymen and heavy Army armor left a Georgia base to begin the trip to Africa, sent to bolster U.S. forces that suffered 12 deaths and 78 injuries in
With the heavy armor en route, Army Maj. David Stockwell, the United Nations military representative, said that U.S. forces would be better equipped to "evacuate soldiers who are in need" during skirmishes with Aidid's supporters.
Clinton planned to meet yesterday in the White House with his top national security advisers to discuss the crises in Somalia and Russia.
Clinton's decision to send in reinforcements won an influential
endorsement yesterday in Congress, but many other lawmakers joined the chorus urging the president to order American forces home.
Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a leading member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, echoed Clinton in saying additional troops were "imperative for the safety of those that are there now."
The United Nations said yesterday that it was seeking the release of the captured Americans. Yesterday, Clinton warned of "appropriate" retaliation if the captured Americans are mistreated, and said it was no time to end the deployment he inherited from the Bush administration.
The current U.N. force is 28,000, including 4,700 Americans.
Russian snipers still at large
Yeltsin tightens grip on government; hopes to continue reforms
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Elite soldiers hunted yesterday for dozens of snipers and other hard-liners still resisting despite the defeat of President Boris Yeltsin's opponents in a bloody battle. Yeltsin moved to consolidate power as prosecutors considered charging top opposition leaders with treason.
Snipers in buildings around the
shattered parliament building — its top floors burned — fired at soldiers and firefighters hours after most hard-liners surrendered. A soldier was killed and another was wounded in a clash with gunmen early yesterday in central Moscow, officials said.
the vanquished hard-liners.
Yeltsin, clearly inspired by his forces' victory, moved to tighten his grip on the shaken government. Russia's regions were reported quiet today with little sign of support for
About 200 gunmen escaped from the parliament before it was taken by government forces, Russian news reports said. Smoke was still rising early yesterday from the charred building known as the White House.
Army commandors led by tanks and armored personnel carriers raked the white marble parliament building for 10 hours Monday before the hundreds of lawmakers and their armed supporters surrendered. Central Moscow was rocked by the crack of tank guns and volley after volley of heavy machine-gun fire.
At least 300 people were killed in two days of fighting, Russian news reports said. Officials would only confirm 36 people had been killed and 467 wounded since fighting began Sunday when hard-line supporters overwhelmed riot police and reinforced the parliament.
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