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<text id=92TT2928>
<title>
Dec. 28, 1992: Into Somalia's Zone of Death
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 14
WORLD
Into Somalia's Zone of Death
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<p>Troops reach famine-struck Baidoa, but the looters still lurk
nearby
</p>
<p> Mogadishu was a preliminary; Baidoa was the real thing. Some
70 trucks, jeeps and armored vehicles carried U.S. Marines and
French Foreign Legionnaires into that town, in the heart of
Somalia's famine zone, last Wednesday, as helicopter gunships
buzzed overhead. The show of force was meant to tell armed
looters: You can't match our firepower, so get lost. So far,
Somalia's gangs have shied away from any shoot-outs with the
foreign troops. But armed bandits did steal some food that had
been delivered under Marine guard to villages near Baidoa, after
the Marines left. Gunmen have reappeared on the streets of
Mogadishu too, indicating that the U.S.-led forces may have to
get more aggressive about disarming the gangs.
</p>
<p> Help is on the way. About 30 nations have now pledged
contributions to the Somalia mission, possibly bringing the
total force to 50,000. Even the German government says it can
constitutionally send 1,500 troops--though to hand out food,
not shoot. Even so, there are guarded hints that some U.S.
forces will still be in Somalia a year from now.
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