European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Somalia thursday december 10,1992 somalian gunmen even before they landed . Marines had pretty much destroyed Mogadishu s thriving gun Market. The Price of an ak-47 assault Rifle dropped from Between $200 and $300 monday to about $30 tuesday. Many armed soaks feel they areal going to use them and Are getting rid of them. But gum Aren t expected to disappear from the streets. Ili Isk kit Traeland , i silly recoilless Rifle the 106mm m40 recoilless Rifle is a lightweight weapon designed Tor both anti tank and anti personnel roles. It is air cooled Breech loaded and fires fixed ammunition. .30-caliber, Browning machine gun the m1919a4 is a Belt led air cooled recoil operated machine gun. It can have a muzzle mounted bipod or be mounted on the m2 tripod. A removable handle has been added to make it easier to carry when the gun is hot. This weapon was used by marines and army soldiers during Wii. 31 pounds length overan 3 feet s 3/4 inches 1 250-round Belt Cartridge .30 my or m2 Range 1,000 Yards source Jane s infantry weapons rate of fire 400-500 rounds minute a Kart Gude cart Fox warriors weapons vanish when troops pull into Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia a the a a technical vehicle the Symbol of Mogadishu a madness virtually disappeared from the streets wednesday As . Troops came to town. The Lack of the trucks overloaded with guns and the disappearance of guns in general arose from expectations and rumours that the american troops would move to disarm the country a thousands of militiamen. A technic also were used to loot convoys delivering Relief food to guard the same sorts of convoys and to drive around town sometimes with sirens screaming to generally terrorize the population. Typically the vehicle is a pickup truck or Van fitted with a machine gun or anti aircraft gun. Aboard would be men and boys a also called a technic also a armed with ak-47 assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades. By tuesday with assurances that the first thousand . Marines would come soon the vehicles were fewer in number. On wednesday not a single technical was seen in the streets during a 1�?T/2-hour drive around Mogadishu. The Only full fledged technical spotted was in a garage at the . Children a fund Unicof. Mark Sterling uni Cefi a director in Somalia said it was too Early to give up armed guards. . Forces will have to establish More Security in Mogadishu. Sterling noted that the 1,000 marines who came ashore wednesday have so far Only taken up posts at the City sport and Airport. A More hard work needs to be done a he said. But he noted that some of the men who had worked As technical for Unicof already were coming around without their guns looking for other work. A a it a interesting what happened Between yesterday and today he said. A the technical were in the Halls today trying to ingratiate themselves and get jobs As office messengers and on the streets too far fewer guns were seen. Conversely there were Many More women out with babies a the sort who had been avoiding Mogadishu a mean streets for fear that their children could be harmed. Still the marines deployment does not mean weapons Are gone from Somalia. Some militiamen were reported to be burying weapons for later use or to be driving a a technical vehicles out of town. In Bermuda a one of the More dangerous areas along the Green line that divides the City into sectors controlled by different warlords a a sort of sem technical was seen. The mounted gun was missing from the top but the usual crowd carrying sub machine guns and grenade launchers was stuffed into the truck. First French soldiers on the Way Paris apr the first contingent of French foreign legionnaires left the Eastern african country of Djibouti for Somalia on wednesday to join the .-led operation to Rescue starving somalis. A French c-130 Hercules transport left the tiny Horn of Africa nation on the 650-mile flight to Mogadishu the somalian capital with 65 French soldiers aboard witnesses said. Two More planes were to follow immediately with the rest of the 150-Man company and their equipment. France will eventually Send 2,200 to 2,300 soldiers to Somalia the commander of the French operation Brig. Gen. Rene Delhome told radio television Luxembourg in an interview from Djibouti a former French Colony. Military authorities in Paris said the troops would be fully deployed by Christmas. . Military commanders have not spelled out the French Mission Delhome said but he expected his men would operate around Bai doa a feeding Center South of the capital. In France support was not total. Jean Pierre Cheve nement who was forced to resign As defense minister in 1990 for opposing the persian Gulf War called operation restore Hope a Media circus. A when we see television Crews from can land Well before the american troops we can see that in reality this is maybe above All a show a Cheve nement told radio Monte Carlo. Pierre Lellouche foreign policy adviser to Frances leading conservative politician Paris mayor Jacques Chirac likened the operation to a a it a John Wayne Landing at the Alamo with the cavalry a Lellouche told radio Monte Carlo. A a everything a going Fine. But the indians Musnit shoot too much. Because if they Start shooting there a going to be Public opinion troops must fight disease bearing bugs too san Diego apr disease filth and insects will be enemies of . Troops sent to Somalia a country where sanitation and medical care have been abandoned military officials say. A this is one of the worst places to go a said Navy it. Rafael Del Vecchio a persian Gulf War Veteran and medical entomology specialist who works to prevent disease. Del Vecchio stationed at Camp Pendleton Marine base in California was Busy tuesday packing Mosquito traps water purifiers and truck mounted pesticide sprayers to help guard . Troops against disease in Somalia. A a it a far More challenging than desert storm a Del Vecchio said referring to last years military operation to oust iraqi troops from Kuwait. A in desert storm at least we did no to have a significant Mosquito problem Over there. Here we officials at Camp Pendleton about 40 Miles North of san Diego issued a list of nine immunizations required for marines going to Somalia. A i. Got five shots in addition to the ones we re already required to have a air Force maj. Joe Stephenson said at the base. A a in a still going to be careful about what 1 t is one of the worst places to Navy it. Rafael Del Vecchio medical entomology specialist Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said that while disease is rampant in Somalia the threat to the 28,000 troops expected to go there is diminished because they Are immunized and receive proper medical care. Somalia on the Horn of Africa is hot and humid with highs this week forecast around 100 a perfect for mosquitoes flies fleas and other disease carrying insects. And starvation has weakened the somalis making them More susceptible to disease and hastening its spread Williams said in Washington. A and you add to that the fact that Somalia is a country largely in rums a Williams said. A it does no to have any kind of medical care system. It does no to have proper Sanita the somalis health problems include malaria which is spread by mosquitoes and hepatitis a which is Aggra Atea by poor sanitation. They Are also plagued by Beningo Coucal meningitis yellow fever typhoid encephalitis cholera and tuberculosis. Troops also can expect More bouts of leishmaniasis a of a a fwd a has cropped a up duri"8 a a a a �?or.tere4s 1� Way t0 prevent its spread a Williams said. A e effective treatment that we be been g n these people that have come Back from the , ex0jc disease in Somalia is schistosomiasis Thor. Or spread by Contact with standing water where smikrk11 a. Ams sad a parasite found in the the Asa a through a persons skin and infest the liver. I he disease is treatable he said. Sat s Aiso possible that his team May Enn senses not known to Western doctors. Tronik sad most disease prevention advice to the frequent la of Active use Bug Spray Wash hands Mih tary avoid food and drink not provided by the
