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THE WEEK, Page 21WORLDForce Feeding
U.N. troops arrive in Somalia to make sure food aid reaches
the starving
Moving cautiously into territory controlled by clan militias
and trigger-happy bandits, the first armed U.N. forces arrived in
Somalia to guard relief shipments. U.S. planes flew in 60
troops, the advance team from a 500-man Pakistani battalion
expected to arrive this week. Their initial assignment will be
to secure the airport and harbor of Mogadishu, the capital, so
food supplies can flow safely.
To back them up, the U.S. stationed four warships carrying
helicopters and 2,100 Marines off the coast of Somalia. A
Pentagon spokesman said the force was there only to support the
airlift of the Pakistani troops. Assistant Secretary of State
Herman Cohen insisted the U.S. "has no intention of landing a
Marine expedition."
In the Somalian hinterland, U.S. cargo planes continued an
airlift that has delivered more than 3,000 tons of food to
remote villages since Aug. 28. But last week flights to one
town, Belet Huen, were suspended after a plane was hit by a
bullet.