From: antbh@strix.udac.uu.se (Bernhard Helander)
Subject: URGENT! Somalia News Update, No 37
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Uppsala University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:47:03 GMT

     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
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                 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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                 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. 


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