European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes amp is 1942-1992 50 years of service ?.v7or�? re or it vol. 51, no. 238 350 Friday december 11,1992 b 7352e55se555s8�#��a d 8693 a2 die crashing Roadblock troops fire on speeding truck in Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia apr in the first bloodshed of operation restore Hope two somalis died and seven were injured when troops fired on a truck that sped through a foreign legion Roadblock thursday night a French spokesman said. The shooting came nearly two hours after an american French Force began taking control of Somalia a capital to prepare to protect food shipments for starving somalis. Photographers said some of the dead and injured had clearly been struck by bullets. Some of the casualties May have occurred when the Driver lost control and the truck slammed into a Concrete Wall. A at 6 45 . A civilian truck loaded with people and baggage crashed at High Speed through one of the control Points maintained by the French a said col. Michel Touron commander of the French Force. A according to the rules established by the . Command the order to fire was  initial reports said the French troops fired but Touron did not say so specifically and there were some reports . Troops in the area might have been involved. About 150 foreign legionnaires in Mogadishu Are the Vanguard of an expected 2,000 French soldiers. Other troops have been promised by a dozen nations including Canada Italy Egypt and Turkey. A global air Bridge meanwhile fun cled hundreds More marines toward Somalia. In a possible first step toward political reconciliation in this violence wracked land warlord Mohamed far Rah aided announced he would meet today with his chief rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed. Ismat Kitani special . Envoy was mediating Between the two. On saturday the marines face what could be their toughest Job taking control of the strife torn City of Bairoa in the famine Belt of Southern Somalia. They plan to escort a Convoy of food trucks from Mogadishu see Roadblock on Page 2 a . Marine gives the thumbs up sign As troops arrive at the reopened . Embassy in Mogadishu on  s Friday shoot and Loof Day in Somalia by Bob Klose staff writer Mombasa Kenya while . Marines were taking control of Mogadishu Somalia with a show of overwhelming firepower a Small unarmed Force of american troops and fliers delivered emergency food to starving somalis in the face of gun barrel terror. Its particularly Dicey at the end of the week according to Marine chief warrant officer 3 Hartman slate. A we Call fridays shoot and loot Day a said slate who runs the joint information Bureau for the operation provide Relief task Force. The task Force has been running food from the coast of Kenya into Somalia since August a flying up to 14 missions a Day slate said. But on fridays the task Force tries to quit Early before the somalian gunslingers a who virtually run the country a Start a Long weekend. A they Start chewing their khat a said slate referring to the Weed that grows wild in parts of Africa and the Middle East and produces a drug reaction similar to the effects of meth amphetamines. A they Start Early and by mid morning see Somalia on Page 2clinton picks Bentsen for Treasury rep. Panetta As director of budget Little Rock Ark. Apr president elect Clinton named Texas sen. Lloyd Bentsen to be his Treasury Secretary thursday the first major appointment of his incoming administration and a reassuring nomination for the financial Community. Clinton promised to a work my heart out with his new economic team to construct a Strong Long term economic plan and to reduce the nations huge budget deficit. Clinton also turned to Capitol Hill for his budget director picking California rep. Leon e. Panetta to head the office of management and budget. From Wall Street Clinton tapped Robert e. Rubin co chairman of Goldman Sachs amp co., to head a new economic coordinating Agency the National economic Council and investment banker Roger Altman to serve As Bentsen Stop Deputy. Filling out the team he also named former congressional budget office director Alice m. Rivlin As Panetta a Deputy. Clinton declined to quash speculation he was considering Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to be his Secretary of state. A i certainly think he a qualified to be Secretary of state a Clinton said at a news conference. However he said he would Reserve further comment until he was ready to announce a nominee. The appointments of Bentsen chairman of the Senate finance committee and a skilled Deal maker and Panetta a deficit Hawk who Heads the House budget committee give Clinton steam in Stant credibility and a lot of clout to push his proposals through Congress. The nominations Are the first in what expected to be a rapid series of appoint ments to the Cabinet and other key agencies. Wall Street and the business Community cheered the appointments in Advance. A these people Are seasoned skilled incredibly Able and ready to work for the american people a Clinton said. A a in a going to work my heart out with these people to construct a Long term economic plan a he said. Clinton said that he would be his own chief economic adviser but that he could not do the entire Job by himself. When a questioner pointed out that see Clinton on Page 2 inside today. M my