Briefs On U S Troops Aid Efforts To Somalia
High emotional toll may rival physical danger as small groups of U S troops head to Somalia and other posts for famine relief. Marine Staff Sergeant and John Harry describe the brutal heat smell and death. Units shipping out include air traffic controllers from Robins AFB McChord air crew Seabees from Gulfport and the USNS Comfort hospital ship loaded in Baltimore Harbor for Operation Restore Hope.
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New York Air National Guard crew to Somalia relief mission
An eight member New York Air National Guard crew departed Sunday from Stewart International Airport Newburgh to join UN famine relief efforts in Somalia. The crew includes three pilots two flight engineers and three load masters. Governor Mario Cuomo praised the volunteers for their service amid prior hurricane relief work by the guard units.
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Gun-toting teens and looting surge in war-torn Mogadishu
Civil war and famine have reshaped Mogadishu with about a million Somalis displaced since 1991. The city hosts shanty towns feeding hundreds of thousands at Red Cross kitchens while looting surges, cars vanish, and aid goods flood markets as traders turn to khat and ransom-like commerce. airstrips near Mogadishu and Nairobi funnel about 400 thousand dollars daily in khat trade and related profits.
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