From: dmorse@igc.apc.org (Dorothy Morse)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: URGENT! Somalia News Update, No 37
Date: 20 Nov 92 12:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!dmorse    Nov 20 04:08:00 1992


From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse>
Subject: URGENT! Somalia News Update, No 37

Bernhard Helander has again set up a way to fax the White House free
of charge on the Somalian crisis.  Details below.  Pardon repeat of my
earlier urgent action message that begins this post--I left it i *just in case*
someone might have missed the earlier post and not know what the faxing
was for.

/* Written  1:47 am  Nov 20, 1992 by AFRICA-L@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU in igc:bitl.africa */
/* ---------- "URGENT! Somalia News Update, No 37" ---------- */
From: Bernhard Helander <antbh@STRIX.UDAC.UU.SE>

     U R G E N T !  U R G E N T !  U R G E N T !  U R G E N T !

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               S O M A L I A  N E W S  U P D A T E
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No 37                 November 20, 1992.              ISSN 1103-1999
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Somalia News Update is published irregularly via electronic mail and
fax. Questions can be directed to antbh@strix.udac.uu.se or to fax
number +46-18-151160. All material is free too quote as long as the
source is stated.
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 In this issue:  URGENT PRESSURE NEEDED
                 FREE FAX
                 SNA/USC LEADER AYDIID: THE SAVIMBI OF SOMALIA?


                 URGENT PRESSURE NEEDED
                 By Dorothy Morse <dmorse@IGC.APC.ORG>

   (November 19) MacNeil/Lehrer said tonight the White House will
discuss serious action for Somalia tomorrow.

   Please call the White House Comment Line--202-456-1111, between 9am
   and 5pm Eastern time, tomorrow.
   Or fax any time (starting tonight) at 202-456-2461.

   Please urge massive increases in food aid and medical supplies.
Remember, even Mohamed Sahnoun said things were getting better since
the aid increased, despite the looting.  And, he said the amount now
being delivered is 30,000 tons a month.  60,000 tons a month are
needed, so there is plenty of room for improvement there.
   The main topic of discussion will be military intervention.  I plan
to urge increased UN troops, deployed swiftly.  I think that insofar
as outside military force can cause some problems, UN troops are less
provocative than US marines.
   On the M/L News Hour, the former US Ambassador to Somalia, Crigler,
said "the American people have shown that they favor helping Somalia."
It's important that we continue to show this support.
   Hope everybody will take the time to make the quick phone call or
send a one-paragraph fax.
   Thanks so much.  Events seem to have shown that the online
community has made a big difference for Somalia--I hope we can act in
great numbers tomorrow and perhaps get some really helpful action out
of the White House.
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                 FREE FAX

SNU NOTE: Electronic mail recipients can send FREE FAX via the Swedish
University Net (SUNET) addressing their mail as follows:

               White_House@f0091202-456-2461.fax.sunet.se

This will be treated by your server as ordinary mail and peacenet
users therefore need not prefix their mail by the ordinary fax
command. The fax server uatomatically places long messages in waiting
line and deals with shorter messages first. Upon delivery senders get
a receipt from the gateway.

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                 SNA/USC LEADER AYDIID: THE SAVIMBI OF SOMALIA?

   (SNU, Uppsala, November 19). In a statment issued by the SNA/USC
chairman Mohamed Farah Aydiid in Mogadishu November 14, Aydiid spells
out his position regarding the recent shooting at the airport and
attack on the aid workers at Gesira beach.
   He explains that the "occupation of the airport by UN troops" has
not been "authorized by the USC or SNA authorities". He claims that
the deal struck between UNOSOM office and a USC secrutity officer is
invalid as it has not respected USC/SNA chain of command. He goes on
to claim that "the unilateral decision by Ambassador Kittani [to take
control of the airport] was unnecessary". He adds that the UN presence
in the airport "jeopardizes the humanitarian assistance in Somalia and
is a threat to the peace and stability in Somalia".
   In an appended but unsigned 12-point declaration, UN and NGO staff
are accused of acting more as tourist in the country than as
professional relief workers. It is also said that the world should
send food directly to Aydiid rather than through the UN. The
declaration claims that UN have instigated the recent clashes between
the constituent members of the SNA alliance. This apparently refers to
the recent fighting between the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) based
in the Ogden clan and Aydiid's United Somali congress.
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Posted by Bernhard Helander in Uppsala, Sweden.