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	SOMALIA
		Somalia's de facto authorities, their armed agents (militias, police and others), and the characteristic ways in which they abuse or protect the human rights of Somalis are the principal subjects of this report.
		Somalia's de facto authorities should be held publicly accountable for killings by those under their authority, including agents of warleaders acting on behalf of the subclan they represent.
		In 1991 Somalia was a nation without a government or central security force, where a collection of armed clan militia fought over spoils and, in a combination of political and ethnic conflict, ravaged the land and systematically killed and displaced the civilian population.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/somalia (18968 words)

	Battle of Mogadishu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In January 1991, the leader of Somalia, Mohammed Siad Barre, was overthrown by a coalition of opposing clans, called the United Somalia Congress.
		These wars led to the destruction of the agriculture of Somalia, which in turn led to starvation in large parts of Somalia.
		At the Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia, held on March 15, 1993 in Addis Ababa, all fifteen Somali parties agreed to the terms set out to restore peace and democracy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu (3560 words)

	Somalia
		The clan violence had escalated after Somalia’s Government had collapsed in 1991.
		Tensions intensified as different rival factions proclaimed both Mohammed Ali Mahda and Mohammed Farah Aidid as the president of Somalia.
		Combined with the ongoing civil war and the worst African drought of the century, Somalia alone lost over 300,000 lives.
	www.campbell.edu /faculty/Slattery/somalia.htm (552 words)

	SOMALIA
		One of the questions asked the surviving patient to state how many people were injured or killed as a result of the same incident that caused the injury that brought him or her to the hospital.
		Somalia has historically been subject to famines, especially in the pastoral areas of the center and north.
		Somalia has also traditionally imported food from neighboring countries and from Italy, and in recent years international food aid supplied to the former government, in part to feed the population of refugees from Ethiopia, has also made a large contribution to food markets.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1992/somalia (9810 words)

	Canadian Airborne Regiment in Somalia
		While in-excusable, what happened in Somalia must be understood in the context of the situation and not attributed to the easy scapegoats of racism or poor leadership.
		To understand what happened in Somalia, what we perceived at the time as true and how we reacted to those perceptions is just as important, if not more so, than was actually true.
		The events that transpired that dark night in the bunker in Beled Weyne were not the result of sending Airborne troops to Somalia, but of the horrors and culture shock that young Canadians were forced to endure totally unprepared.
	www.commando.org /somalia.php (716 words)

	CNN.com - Ranger recalls 'insane,' deadly Somalia mission - October 27, 2001
		All that fire training we did when we were in Somalia got really intensive to the mission.
		They should expect that when you're going in there, that there's going to be the same kind of screwed-up situation we had in Somalia.
		The biggest difference between Somalia and Afghanistan is that the terrain is different, and they're going to be fighting an experienced fighting force.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/US/10/27/ret.thomas.somalia.cnna (1477 words)

	Somalia
		Peyton was reporting from the hotel, where the Somali delegates operate from; she was shot at and died later in a hospital despite various security measures in place.
		In light of the continuing tensions concerning the situation in Iraq and the possibility of Islamic militants using Somalia as a ‘safe haven’, personnel are advised to be cautious and wary of anti-western sentiment.
		Communications in Somalia are not nearly as bad as is sometimes suggested in the western press.
	www.newssafety.com /hotspots/documents/AKESomalia11.02.2005.htm (2236 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Somalia 1993
		A decade later, as the Bush administration contemplates taking military action against alleged terrorist groups in Somalia, that incident is not only the stuff of Hollywood entertainment (“Black Hawk Down”) but also a very real factor in the thinking of senior U.S. officials.
		As the United States expands the war on terrorism, Somalia's radical Islamists are a likely target.
		Somalia: A Tough Challenge for the U.N. The U.N. peace-keeping operation charged with continuing American efforts to disarm militiamen to allow famine aid to flow unimpeded was hampered by a lack of funds and by delays in developing plans.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/world/issues/somalia1993 (345 words)

	Somalia
		There were no investigations into any of these incidents, and no action was taken against members of the militia groups for abuses; however, local mediation efforts resolved some cases.
		The Transitional Charter, adopted in 2000, provides for freedom of speech and the press; however, the charter was not implemented by year's end, and there were incidents of harassment, arrest, and detention of journalists in all areas of the country, including Puntland and Somaliland.
		There were reported incidents of harassment against NGO's, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries (see Sections 1.a.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8403.htm (9734 words)

	Black Hawk Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But by the next morning, after fifteen long and violent hours in a hostile city, two helicopters had been shot down, 18 American soldiers were dead, 73 more were wounded, and one had been carried off by an angry mob.
		The incident was the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War.
		Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (originally a serialization in the Philadelphia Inquirer) and strips off most of the politics (admittedly complex and sordid) and the military strategy (in hindsight, ill-formed and hobbled by political higher-ups).
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies3/BlackHawkDown.htm (716 words)

	Somalia Vets
		after the 9 mo's in somalia life was changed for me in so many ways, ways i can't put in words but i am sure some of you know what i mean.
		And finally, in Somalia, while we were taking fire constantly, fully rating our $150.00 (or whatever it was) monthly combat pay, the admin Marines (back on ship) where put on the helicopters during resupply flights.
		If any good came of that incident, I and others decided more resalutely that Somalia was no place to leave your ghost, we would make it out and home no matter what the cost.
	members.aol.com /vetcenter1/somalia.htm (6285 words)

	Somali militias turn to culture wars - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
		MOGADISHU, Somalia: Flush from a military victory earlier this month that caught Washington and the rest of the world by surprise, Islamic militiamen have begun waging smaller battles - cultural, not military - in and around Somalia's capital.
		A week ago, when Mexico was still in the first half of its match against Iran, gunmen allied to the courts burst into a tiny theater in the Hiliwaa neighborhood of north Mogadishu, condemned the place as ungodly and angrily switched off the set.
		There, it was one ugly incident that prompted neighbors to band together and form a court.
	feeds.theafricanews.net /?rid=6206d74cb44d408d&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec&f=1 (1523 words)

	Nine Indonesian hostages moved to safer area in Somalia
		The nine Indonesian citizens taken hostage by armed groups in Somalia were already moved to a safer area in Mudug province of the country, foreign ministry spokesman said.
		This was not the first such incident in Somalia.
		On August 15, 2005, around 14 Indonesian citizens employed by a Taiwanese ship owner were taken hostage in Somalia.
	www.hiiraan.com /news/2006/apr/somali_news17_1.aspx (221 words)

	New Page 1
		Somalia Incident/Deaths - (absent military backup, sense of personal responsibility) - The father of a Ranger awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor refused to accept President Clinton's hand and said among other things "You are not fit to command."
		The debacles in Somalia and Haiti, the never-ending missions in Bosnia, the irresponsible handling of Saddam Hussein, and - most recently - the purely political decision to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan without even consulting military personnel have all led to widespread dissent and a loss of confidence.
		There was an incident in the White House not long ago where two military guys, they were EOD specialists, who were in civilian clothes because the White House hates it when anyone wears a uniform in there, but they are there because the Secret Service needs them.
	www.gunsoftexas.com /roguesgallery.htm (12702 words)

	Significant Incident : Canada's Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia - PowerBookSearch!
		The dreadful torture and murder of a teenager in Somalia was significant precisely because it showed how badly morale and discipline have deteriorated in Canada’s army.
		Significant Incident will be welcomed by soldiers, but will send shockwaves through the media, the military high command, and political circles.
		In Significant Incident, Bercuson exposes the profound problems affecting mission, leadership, and structure in Canada's army that made Arone's agonizing death possible.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch077101113X.html (388 words)

	Somalia
		The intervention into Somalia in 1992 was an attempt to do good and may have been justified, but the decision by President Clinton to continue the mission in the Spring of 1993 was with out a doubt a mistake.
		In one incident, an Engineer Company was brought under attack in Sept 1993 while on a road clearing mission on 21st Oct Road.
		This book covers the failure of aid programs from Peace Corps to Save the Children and is written by someone who worked in the field for about 15 years.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/8514/somalia.htm (1097 words)

	MSF-USA: Somalia Information Page
		The conflict in Somalia has severely limited people's access to health structures in the capital city of Mogadishu.
		MSF first began work in the town of Dinsor in southwestern Somalia in 2002.
		MSF Aid Workers and UN Officials Involved in Security Incident in Somalia Moved to Safety in Mogadishu North
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/somalia.cfm (675 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| US navy captures Somali 'pirates'
		The US navy's Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain and patrols the Indian Ocean, received reports of "an attempted act of piracy" approximately 50 miles (80km) off the Somali coast on Friday, it said in a statement.
		Later an unspecified number of sailors were taken off the vessel and a quantity of small arms was recovered, the navy said.
		Shipping companies say there have been 35 incidents of piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia in the past nine months.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4636588.stm (310 words)

	Humanitarian Practice Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The high costs resulting from such incidents mean that aid agencies have to ensure that they plan for such eventualities, if they are to provide the best for their personnel whilst simultaneously protecting their finances.
		In the Somalia incident mentioned above, the NGO concerned had war risk insurance but, due to a loophole in the cover, the insurance company refused to pay.
		They argued that, as the individual was working at the time of the incident, the claim should have been dealt with by US Worker’s Compensation Insurance, which covers injuries sustained while working.
	www.odihpn.org /report.asp?ID=1128 (1347 words)

	UCTV--University of California Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quang X. Phang came to the United States after the Vietnam War and became the first Vietnamese-American combat helicopter pilot in the United States Marines.
		He served in both the Gulf War and the Somalia Incident.
		His talk deals with a Vietnamese-American perspective on the war and its impacts on Vietnamese both in Vietnam and America.
	www.uctv.tv /library-test.asp?showID=5240 (66 words)

	Amazon.com: Somalia - Good Intentions, Deadly Results (Black Hawk Down Official Companion) (1998) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the waning days of the first Bush Administration, in 1992, American troops were sent to Somalia to assist in distributing food during a famine.
		Film clips from early in the operation, including scenes of President Bush in fatigues visiting the troops, show the altruistic enthusiasm of that period.
		This video, which was produced in association with the Philadelphia Inquirer, was not elaborately produced, but it does a fine job of telling the story of the fierce fight the Rangers found themselves in and the increasingly muddled policy that placed them in a hellish predicament.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0970636601?v=glance (921 words)

	Humanitarian Organization Security Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Incidents: IDP Camp Crime (Fatality), Darfur - (7/05/06)
		Incident: Ambush (fatalities), Central African Republic - (4/11/06)
		Incident: Suspension, Iraq - (3/3/06) - SC Incident: Abduction, Somalia - (3/1/06) - UNICEF
	www.eskimo.com /~joelm/ngo_security.html (274 words)

	Black Hawk Down. [Archive] - Soccer Fans Network Forums
		PS: Komik - the movie is about the 'incident' in Somalia when the US troops got ambushed and their chopper "Black Hawk" was shot down.
		Of course in the movie, the Americans come out looking like the hero's, all Somali's are portrayed as terrorists and fanatics, and the historical aspect is totally twisted.
		ironically, illegal tapes of this movie made their way to somalia and it was a big hit.
	forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /archive/index.php/t-8691.html (2661 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Belgian UN soldier jailed over incident in Somalia
		Belgian UN soldier jailed over incident in Somalia
		A military court in Belgium has jailed a soldier for six months after finding him guilty of racist behaviour while serving with UN troops in Somalia in 1993.
		The soldier, Sergeant Dirk Nassel, had been given a suspended prison sentence in March for sexually abusing a Somali girl, tying a child to a vehicle, and forcing another, a Somali Muslim, to eat pork.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/89321.stm (108 words)

	Special Forces
		The Mogadisciu Incident and Hollywood vs Real Life
		A rather heart warming incident, similar in fact to the spectacle (also in Somlia) of Canadian paratroopers being forced to rely on food parcels from their families for supplies and UN (mostly Pakistani) troops shooting Somali civilians in a firefight and then using their bodies as cover.
		but hey, all SOF units have these kind of little incidents in their histories.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/leiber/50/dgspecfr.htm (3018 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - books
		I do not know of any others about Somalia.
		War as I Knew it by General Patton.
		I can't think of any other books about the Somalia incident of the top of my head.
	boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=6945901 (362 words)

	US + UN? - America's Debate
		Given the rising opposition of the Iraqi people to the presence of US troops in Iraq, and given the problems of replacing its ground forces that the US army appears to be facing, should the USA not now reconsider allowing the UN to move peace keeper troops into Iraq?
		I seem to recall that in the famous US Somalia incident, it was a Pakistani UN force which came to rescue the beleaguered US forces demonstrating that the UN is not the enemy, and here in Denmark, we have a long tradition of success both with UN peace keeping roles and NATO roles.
		I see no reason why the US cannot work along side the UN.
	www.americasdebate.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2634 (1950 words)

	The News
		Ever wondered what it would be like to go into a disaster area and help?
		For the second time this year, the Canadian military is getting some much needed good PR, after the Somalia incident, as there rush to Eastern Ontario and Quebec where thousands have been without power for days.
		An estimated 100,000 hydro poles are down, including those monster sized large metal towers were brought down by the weight of the ice too.
	www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca /Issues/mn7601/news.html (807 words)

	Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA): CHRETIEN FIRES DEFENSE CHIEF OVER SOMALIA INCIDENT.(News)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA): CHRETIEN FIRES DEFENSE CHIEF OVER SOMALIA INCIDENT.(News)@ HighBeam Research
		Boyle and Collenette, who had chosen Boyle, were engulfed in a scandal over the alleged cover-up of an incident involving Canadian peacekeepers in Somalia in 1992 and 1993 in which Canadian soldiers tortured and...
		Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:64673380&... (168 words)

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