European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Somalia a somali working for a Relief group watch a for bandits As a Cloud of dust hides a . C-130 Landing at abundant in starving land by Bob Klose staff writer Oddur Somalia. A visitors to a French clinic in the Remote town of Oddur in Central Somalia climbed aboard the vehicle to begin a tour of the organizations feeding centers. The Drivers passengers included a nurse doctor reporter and photographer. The last person to Saucede into the crowded Small four door Sedan was an armed guard. The Young somali went through a series of contortions to get inside but made sure the barrel of Nis ak-47 As Sault Rifle was printed out the Passen Ger window before he slammed the door shut. Another armed guard was among a croup of somalis watching As the vehicle pulled away. Everywhere you turn in this african country Are weapons. Aboard famine Relief trucks. Inside the compounds of the red Cross and Irish concern and a dec i Nsnan front Idres doctors without Borders. On the Street in the towns and the paths in villages. In cafes and the marketplaces. Most of the guns represent the spoils of the cold War soviet weapons when the .s.r.4vas in favor and american when the tide turned. Occasionally you will see old rifles from the Long gone italian colonialists. . Marines and other foreign troops who arrived in december to try to bring order to this country chased most of the big guns out of sight and underground. But Many somalis worried their disappearance was Only temporary. That the guns and the gunmen Are coming of hiding is evident by the recent slaying of Relief workers one in Kismay and one in Barbera and a Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony Botello shot dead by a sniper while on night patrol last week in Mogadishu. Botello was the second Marine to die under operation restore Hope
