European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday Marche 1993 or world the stars and stripes Pago 9 african specialist Marine who shot somali gets Somalia Post tried in ramshackle court Mogadishu Somalia a Robert t. Go san do a career Diplomat and Africa specialist who has served twice in Mogadishu will succeed Robert b. Oakley amps the . Special envoy in Somalia. Gosende who will be Washington s top 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 Aid. Oakley came out of retirement to help Engineer operation 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 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  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 , 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  and Landing. Capt. Chris Escly 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 arc harassed by somalian youths who hurl stones and steal food and other goods from the backs of their trucks. According to testimony the victim identified Only As Omar had grabbed Conde s prescription sunglasses through the window of a moving he Macc that was returning to the Airport. At Issue is whether Conde 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. Condes 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 s rules of engagement confiscated weapons Are 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  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 a he said then caught himself As troops started cheering As their commanders looked on. A a the brass pen set a he added. Four performances to groups of 150-200 soldiers and marines and signed Auto pcs at each Stop. Be Soldier sought an autograph on a Grant combat ration package known As an Are. A do not eat a Black scribbled on it along with his name. Black 30, climbed out of a he Macc 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 i m Leavitt Here a better Man you be cot a Friend i m proud to be an american and killing time. Some troops joined in. A a this killing time is killing me Quot Black Sang to cheering men and women guns Slung behind their backs and instant cameras in their hands. A we really needed something for the morale a said pfc. Ste Ven Scullion 20, based at fort Hood Texas Quot this things getting  More than 14,000 . Service Momb 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. Quot the troops have come Here and done their Iob and its time for our government Back Home to get off the dime and give this to the ., because its stable As it s Ever going to be Quot Black said in an  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 Bard Cra. Black was invited by the Uso and performed free of charge. Clint Black mashup in Austria up to 13 people were injured three seriously Friday vehicles on the icy autobahn Between at Langbach and morning in a mass collision involving approximately 50 Fres Baum Austria West of Vienna. Some americans to stay in Somalia under . Washington Al most . Troops in Soma. Ita 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  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. Quot some sectors will be turned Over before May 1�?� because they Are already under International control while Quot others under . Control. May not be turned Over until after May 1,�?� Hall said. The . Commander on the scene Quot will stay until the last. Sector is Luried Over. That should be in late May or june a he added. Washington has complained of . Foot dragging in taking Over operation restore Hope. The  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-Mern-Ber . Contingent would replace the  Force and that a . A Quick reaction Force will remain