European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March i 1993 world.1 the stars and strikes a Page 9african specialist Marine who shot somali gets Somalia Post tried in ramshackle court Mogadishu Somalia a Robert t. Gosende a career Diplomat and Africa specialist who has served twice in Mogadishu will succeed Robert d. Oakley As the . Special envoy in Somalia. Gosende who will be Washington Stop Diplomat in Somalia when the United nations takes command of  forces protecting Relief shipments is expected to arrive next week the state department said Friday. Oakley a Deputy John Hirsch is to be in charge until Gosende arrives the department said. Oakley came out of retirement to help Engineer of cration restore Hope and bring warring clans to the negotiating table. He left Somalia on wednesday. Gosende 57. A career foreign service officer with the United states information Agency was Diplomat in residence at Georgetown University in Washington. He was temporarily assigned to the . Liaison office in Mogadishu a Washington a diplomatic presence in Somalia a from december 1992 to january Quot 1993, the statement said. / Gosende who was Deputy headmaster of a school in Uganda for three years joined the Usia and was assigned to Libya in 1967. From 1968 to 1970, he served in Mogadishu before being transferred to South Africa where he served until 1973. Gosende also served in Poland and in Washington where he was director of the Usiak a office of african affairs from 1989 to 1992. Mogadishu Somalia apr no one disputes that on feb. 2, gunnery sgt. Harry Condo fired a round of 40 my Buckshot and wounded one of the somalian teens who have harassed the troops of operation restore Hope. The question is whether Conde used excessive Force and that will be determined at the first court martial hearing to arise from the .-led Mission in the african nation. The hearing began thursday in a Dusty room at Mogadishu a Airport and resumed Friday. Conde 33, a radar technician based at Camp Pendleton calif., could be charged with the military equivalent of aggravated assault for wounding the 13-Ycar-old and a bystander. If the court martial proceeds the 13-year Veteran who was born and raised in san Juan puerto Rico could face up to 10 years in prison. A Power Generator provided a droning background to thursdays testimony from nervous marines their words frequently were blotted out by the Roar of planes taking off and Landing. Capt. Chris Wesely the investigating officer sat behind a battered table. Only a few folding Metal chairs were available so some spectators sat on wooden drawers turned on their sides. The marines wore battered camouflage fatigues with sleeves rolled up and Sand coloured boots Standard Issue of the Somalia Relief Mission that began dec. 9. They and other troops Riding in convoys in Mogadishu often Are harassed by somalian youths who hurl stones and steal food and other goods from the backs of their trucks. According , the victim identified Only As Omar had grabbed Condo s prescription sunglasses through the window of a moving he Macc that was returning to the Airport. At Issue is whether Condo fired on the Spur of the moment fearing for his safety or if the shot came As Omar was fleeing and was fired in revenge. Omar hit in the Abdomen by several pellets was treated at a swedish Field Hospital but later vanished. No one is sure he a still alive. Condo s weapon an m79 grenade launcher loaded with a 40 my Buckshot Shell had been confiscated by the marines during a raid of somalian arsenals the month before. Under the . Military a rules of engagement confiscated weapons arc not to be used in the Field. Glenn Tryx scr a chief warrant officer could face charges for checking out the weapon. He would not testify at thursdays six hour hearing. Among the 14 witnesses who did take the stand was the bystander Hasan Mohamed 17, who was hit in the right Arm As he ate a Grapefruit. Black brings piece of country to Somalia troops Mogadishu Somalia a country music Star Clint Black toured checkpoints base Camps and the City sport thursday playing to whooping crowds of american troops and urging Washington to bring the gis Home. A a in a going to get on my Soapbox on National television and see if 1 can reach someone with brass a he said then caught himself As troops started cheering As their commanders looked on. A the brass pen set Quot he added. Without a microphone or backup band improvising stages out of bombed out buildings Black played his guitar in four performances to groups of 150-200 soldiers and marines and signed autographs at each  Soldier sought an autograph on a combat ration package known As an  not cat a Black scribbled on it along with his name. Black 30, climbed out of a humvee near the so called Green line dividing the City Between two warlords and played to troops at a checkpoint. He also dropped in on soldiers based in a bombed out stadium. Dressed in camouflage khakis and a desert hat Black Sang in a leavin Here a better Man you a got a Friend i m proud to be an american and killing time. Some troops joined in. A this killing time is killing me a Black Sang to cheering men and women guns Slung behind their backs and instant cameras in their hands. A a we really needed something for the morale Quot said pfc. Ste Ven Scullion 20, based at fort Hood Texas. A this things getting  More than 14,000 . Services cab ers remain in Somalia As part of operation restore Hope which began dec. 9 to guard Relief shipments to a starving nation battered by clan warfare. A the troops have come Here and done their Job and its time for our government Back Home to get off the dime and give this to the ., because its stable As its Ever going to be Quot Black said in an interview. The country Star flew into Mogadishu on thursday the third of a four Day visit to troops in Mombasa Kenya and the somali towns of Kismay and Barbera. Black was invited by the Uso and performed free of charge. Clint Black mashup in Austria tip a people were injured three seriously Friday vehicles on the icy autobahn Between Al Langbach and morning in a mass collision involving approximately 50 press Baum Austria West  americans to stay in Somalia under . Washington apr most . Troops in Somalia will remain there until late May or Early june and several thousand will stay behind even after command of the operation is turned Over to the United nations a Pentagon spokesman says. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali proposed wednesday that a formal Transfer of command from the .-led Force to a new . Force would begin May 1. Pentagon spokesman Bob Hall said thursday that the formal Transfer is expected however to take place sector by sector and will take weeks. Parts of Somalia already Are under control of International troops who will remain in place under the . Command. Areas under . Control will be handed Over at various times Hall explained. A some sectors will be turned Over before May 1&Quot because they Are already under International control while a others under . Control. May not be turned Over until after May i Quot Hall said. The . Commander on the scene a will stay until the last. Sector is turned Over. That should be in late May or june a he added. Washington has complained of . Foot dragging in taking Over operation restore Lloyc. The .-led task Force that arrived in Somalia on dec. 9 to secure Relief shipments comprises about 15,000 . Troops and 14,000 soldiers from 22 other nations. In his report Boutros Ghali said that a 28,000-member . Contingent would replace the .-led Force and that a . A Quick reaction Quot Force will remain