From: chowning@ACUVAX.ACU.EDU (Richard Chowning)
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Subject: Re: I've been trying to keep up on it.
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:33:39 GMT
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In Message Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:18:00 EST, DMCN <DMCN@TRINCC.BITNET> writes:

>Hi everyone,
>        These are some of the suggestions that Mr. Randall Robinson gave
>with respect to the situation in Somalia:
>        We (the outsiders) should aim at sending great quantities of food
>to Somalia.  The country should be 'rained' with food so that the value
>of food right now in Somalia can go down.  People are stealing the food
>that is currently being sent because it now holds the status of currency.
The idea that there is not enough food is the main point to get across.  If
we center on giving some much that prices go down and theives are full and
do not need to steal, I am not sure many will give.  Bottom line, people are
dying because there is not enough food.

We are organizing a TASTE OF AFRICA dinner in the student eating facility
here (it is call THE BEAN) at ACU.  We will charge $5, all of which will go to
 food
for Somalia.  We will serve "ugali na mboga"  (how do you translate "ugali"?
Well we will serve it with greens).  All of that will be donated.  We will
have Afrika Mashariki, a dance and drum troupe of African students, perform.
We have also asked all the social clubs (frats and sororities), via the
Interclub Counsil to push this gathering.

>        He believes that a U.N peace keeping force should be sent but it
>should be composed of soldiers from the 'third world' nations.
>        He also believes that the rich arab nations should be much more
>involved in aiding Somalia.
I really am puzzled why the UN troups so far are not primarily from Third
World nations, more particularly, African nations.  Anyone know why?
It would be great if you could get the Arab nations involved.  They sure are
closer and have money (at least some of them).

>        He raised many interesting points that I was not aware of.  He said
>that the weapons that the Somalis are using right now in their civil war are
>weapons that came from the United States, the former Soviet Union, Germany and
>if I remember correctly, also from Italy.  While Somalia was an strategic
>place for both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, it was important to keep the
>nation armed to its teeth but with the dissipation of the Cold War each has
>pretty much giving their backs to Somalia.
Great, we gave them the weapons that we now complain about.  Hmmm, anyone
ever heard that before.  We, then, must feel some of the guilt for what is
going on.

>                                        Dora
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