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THE WEEK, Page 11WORLDOn the Road to Bardera and Points East
International forces move into southern Somalia's supply centers
Running two weeks ahead of schedule by their own reckoning,
U.S.-led forces in Somalia began moving into the final four of
the eight towns where distribution of food and supplies will be
centered. From secure bases in those towns, military patrols and
relief workers will fan out to feed the starving in the southern
Somalian countryside. On the road to one of the centers,
Bardera, a land mine caused the first American casualties: a
civilian Army employee was killed, and three State Department
security personnel were wounded.
U.S. commanders said their troops were moving faster than
expected because there had been no opposition from Somali clan
militias and armed gangs. Under an agreement with clan leaders,
their heavy weapons -- trucks and jeeps mounted with cannon and
machine guns -- are withdrawing from towns the multinational
force controls.
George Bush, who will visit the troops in Somalia over the
New Year holiday, still hopes to begin pulling U.S. soldiers
out soon, but U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is
resisting. In a report to the Security Council last week, he
said he was not convinced the force had created the necessary
"secure environment" for aid operations.