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<text id=93TT0897>
<title>
Jan. 11, 1993: Curious George
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Jan. 11, 1993 Megacities
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
WORLD, Page 13
Curious George
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<body>
<p>No quiet on the Somalian front even as Bush touches down
</p>
<p> Talk about a security nightmare. In the final sprint of a
peripatetic presidency, George Bush arrived in Mogadishu just
as armed thugs were returning to the streets. "I doubt if any
American President has ever visited a nation in such turmoil and
such a state of anarchy," said Colonel Fred Peck, spokesman for
the U.S.-led coalition. Bush waved off the threat with
characteristic thumbs-up bravado, stating improbably, "It's
perfectly safe."
</p>
<p> All the same, U.S. Marines stepped up security checks and
erected razor-wire barriers around the sites Bush toured during
his sweep through the capital, Baidoa and Bale Dogle. Troops
also accelerated their search for concealed weapons.
</p>
<p> Bush landed just four days after Somalia's two top
warlords staged a splashy joint appearance to announce the
opening of the "green line" dividing Mogadishu's northern and
southern sectors. But only a few hours later, warring clans
exchanged unusually heavy mortar and artillery fire.
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