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<text id=93TT1199>
<title>
Mar. 15, 1993: Itching to Leave Those Troubles Behind
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 15, 1993 In the Name of God
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 17
WORLD
Itching to Leave Those Troubles Behind
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<body>
<p>American troops will gladly turn Somalia over to the U.N. in
May
</p>
<p> After three months on Somali soil, the U.S.-led forces are
heading into the homestretch. U.S. special envoy Robert Oakley
took his leave, pronouncing the success of Operation Restore
Hope in saving thousands of Somali lives and in bringing an end
to the clan warfare that has plagued the country for more than
two years. He may have overstated the case. Though the famine
has abated, peace remains elusive, and the new U.N. force in
Somalia, UNOSOM II, will face continued trouble when it takes
command on May 1.
</p>
<p> Clan fighting in the southern port town of Kismayu
continued, as residents stripped of their rifles by U.S. and
Belgian servicemen pelted one another with rocks and lobbed
grenades. At least five Somalis were killed and more than two
dozen injured.
</p>
<p> American troops, shaken by the death of another one of
their own when a vehicle hit a land mine, are more than ready to
leave. Fallout continues from an incident five weeks ago:
Gunnery Sergeant Harry Conde, infuriated when his prescription
sunglasses were stripped off by a Somali youth, shot the boy in
the abdomen. A military court is now considering whether he
used "excessive force."
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