European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 31, 1992 a Somalia the stars and stripes b Page 9mission accomplished for some by Joseph Owen staff writer Mogadishu Somalia a even As soldiers in a v corps task Force prepared to Fly to Somalia on wednesday to take part in operation restore Hope other military units already were beginning the first wave of departures from the impoverished country. About 40 troops waited Early wednesday in the Bleak passenger terminal at Mogadishu a main Airport for a flight that would take them to Germany then to other destinations. Most of the soldiers had seen two weeks of duty in Mogadishu the devastated somalian capital. A from the Way i saw the operation taking place i thought everybody did it very professionally a said Navy it. Cmdr. John j. Marshall an aviator who worked in operations at the joint task Force Headquarters at the . Embassy in Mogadishu. The embassy compound like almost everything else in the City has suffered heavy damage during the 2-year-old civil War. A i think our time has come to go Home said army sgt. Curtis Moore an intelligence specialist from fort Meade my. A now its time for the . To step in and let the . Send its troops  like some of the other army personnel Moore was in route to Camp Pendleton calif., to out pro Cess from the operation along with some marines. Afterwards he will return to fort Meade. . Personnel Are beginning to take Over the reins from . Forces sooner than expected said Navy Petty officer 1st class Joe Gawlowicz a . Forces spokesman at the Airport. Although american troops probably numbered More than the 23,085 reported to from the Way i saw the operation taking place i thought everybody did to very professionally a Navy it cmdr. John j. Marshall be on the ground and on ships saturday they Are getting plenty of company. Belgium Botswana Canada Egypt France Italy Jordan Kuwait Morocco Pakistan saudi Arabia and Turkey All have troops in Somalia now Gawlowicz said. The outbound troops said the operation to safeguard food supplies to starving somalis had run its course without major problems but everybody sitting in the dust caked litter strewn waiting area seemed eager to leave. For some Somalia offered a number of surprises. For example Marshall said he had not expected the Sand to be constantly blowing through Mogadishu a port City. He also was unaware there would be hordes of flies. A expect the worst a he said when asked what advice he would give to military engineers and other incoming personnel. A just do what you can do. You have to come Here with a lot of  Marine Cpl. Phillip v. Davis who normally serves As an administrative clerk at Camp Kinser on the japanese Island of Okinawa found himself working As an armed escort on vehicles travelling the 2l/> dreary dangerous Miles Between the Airport and the . Embassy. A a that a the reason for a lot of these people leaving a Davis said referring to the few dozen other passengers waiting at the terminal into the Early hours wednesday. There Isnit a need for them anymore in Somalia. Davis said the United states is too Quick to help countries such As Somalia while ignoring problems at Home. But he acknowledged that the . Presence has prompted Many somalis to Start helping themselves. Experts devising plan to sow seeds of recovery do a a n in Ifor. _. By Mark Fritz the associated press Mogadishu Somalia a while the world tries to keep this country alive teams of specialists Are sizing up the social wreckage and drafting a blueprint for a functioning society. . Experts private consultants Relief agencies and newly formed regional committees of somalis Are to Complete their proposal next month. Needed Are adequately equipped hospitals drinkable water Safe sanitation systems and local police forces to keep order in a country terrorized by thieves extortionists and gunslingers. Children have been without schools for two years and the country has been without operating commercial seaports Trade links an agriculture Industry and a simple system for getting goods to Market. In Short the .-sponsored study seeks to rebuild and in some cases improve what has been destroyed by three years of civil War and feuding. It Calls for the Texas sized country of 6 million people to have the Skeleton of a social infrastructure by dec. 31,1993. The plan a will be massaged and altered and reworked and there will be somali fingerprints All Over it a said Philip Johnston . Assistance coordinator for Somalia. Johnston said the assessment will be finished by Jan. 31 and offered to the world Community in raid february when nations will be asked to finance it. He said the expected Price tag is hundreds of millions of dollars. For instance Bob Harrari a London marketing consultant who used to run an Export import business in Somalia flew in last week to look at How to revive Commerce a repairing a freight and cargo system that can move goods. A what sort of commercial links still exist nobody really knows a he said. More than 350,000 somalis have died of starvation in Somalia which is the focus of a Mammoth global feeding Effort. But experts said the Tricky part of Somalia a recovery will involve continuing to ship in needed food while reviving its farm Economy. At some Point donated food becomes Competition for local goods driving prices too Low to make farming worthwhile. A we done to want to depress local production a said Holbrook Arthur director of the world food program in Mogadishu. A if there is a Good Maize crop for example we done to want to bring in  a big key to revival is returning the tens of thousands of Farmers driven away by clan Battles to their land. Farmers made up 70 percent of the work Force before civil War ousted president Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991. Livestock bananas Corn sugar Cane and other products provided 90 percent of the Gross National product the rest came from a tiny Industrial sector based largely on agricultural product processing. Arthur said he believes the collapse of education has contributed to the number of Idle and armed Young men roaming the streets. A most of the people from age 5 to 20 have not been in school for two years a he said. A we need to put these children Back in the  water distribution has been devastated because rival clans often destroy each others Wells contributing mightily to deaths by starvation. But the answer is not simply to Drill Wells. In the famine devastated town of  example the water is too brackish so workers in Mogadishu sport warehouse pile bags of wheat from a Relief ship tuesday. A shortage of trucks has slowed transport of goods and the warehouse has filled to capacity. Hydrologists Are devising filtration and chlorination systems to provide clean water. Potable water also is tied to rebuilding health care a Core component of the . Reconstruction plan. The goal is to have at least one functioning Hospital with clean water and working electricity in each of 17 regions. In Gail Alassi 90 Miles North of Mogadishu bandits looted the Hospital. The elementary and Junior High schools were bombed. A the Hospital still functions a said Abdi Yusef 26, a worker for save the children a humanitarian organization. A but bandits took All the instruments and Medicine and the Generator and Light  bomb kills tourist at hotel used by gis san a Yemen apr an austrian tourist was killed and four other people were wounded when a bomb exploded at a hotel frequented by . Military personnel in the yemenite port of Aden officials said wednesday. Another bomb went off tuesday night in the parking area of Adens second major hotel injuring two terrorists who were rigging it and a passer by said Interior ministry officials speaking on condition they not be identified. The terrorists were believed to be Muslim Funda mentalists protesting the festive decorations and liquor that the Gold Mohur and the Aden hotel provide for guests. In Washington a Pentagon spokesman army maj. Bryan Whitman said that a no . Military personnel were involved in the bombings. About 100 . Military personnel have been in Aden Over recent weeks after Yemen a government agreed to provide support for humanitarian Relief to Somalia. The . Personnel supervise air and sea support operations from Aden which lies across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia. An austrian tourist group was staying at the Gold Mohur where the bomb exploded about 7 15 . Central european time on tuesday in or near the restaurant. One of the floors was severely damaged by the blast said the officials. They did not identify the dead tourist nor could they confirm whether the injured were from the same party