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- <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.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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