European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 23, 1993 Somalia the stars and stripes Page 11 deadly Side of duty triggers review by Donald m. Rothbe Gap diplomatic writer Washington Only 10 weeks ago american were heroes in Somalia. Today they Are targets of mobs. The abrupt shift Back toward anarchy in the african country is forcing officials to re examine the potential and limits of multinational peacekeeping in the Post cold War world. We re going to Analyse and review the Somalia mis Sion knowing that the kinds of issues being raised Here Are ones that Are going to arise As we approach future peacekeeping efforts said state department spokes Man Michael d. Mccurry. When the United states turned control of the Soma Lian Mission Over to the United nations last May i looked like an unqualified Success. Armed bands no longer roamed Mogadishu the capital. Gone was the Specter of starvation. Relief agencies were shifting their emphasis from food to health care. President Clinton welcomed . Troops Back from Somalia saying you have proved again that our involvement in multilateral operations need not be open ended or  but suddenly the clan gunmen Are Back and there Force sometimes is necessary peacekeeper says United nations a the . S top peace keeping official has responded to increasing criticism of its Mission in Somalia by saying the operation s primary aim remains humanitarian. But undersecretary general Kofi Annan stressed wednesday that . Troops will use Force when Nec Essary to disarm violent factions. We will pursue through cooperation with All factions the program of disarmament but if necessary coercive measures will be used. To achieve the primary humanitarian and political objectives Annan told representatives of countries contributing to the Mission. About 20,000 . Troops Are in Somalia. Italy which has troops in Somalia has criticized . Command for allegedly turning the operation into a partisan combat Mission at the expense of its Mission of aiding the food deliveries. The criticism comes in the Wake of . Attacks on the facilities of warlord Mohamed Farrah aided who is accused of ordering a fatal ambush of pakistani peace keeping troops in june. One faction and one Leader will not be allowed to wipe out the gains of the somalian people and the International Community Annan declared. He said the United nations continues to carry out Relief and economic reconstruction in the Countryside and in Mogadishu the capital when Security permits. He said for example that 190 tons of food have Bee distributed at 19 Sites in Mogadishu in recent Days and that medical supplies educational materials and recreational equipment Are delivered three times a week to somalian orphanages. Annan also said . Officials have nearly stemmed the flow of refugees into neighbouring countries. Pakistan adding 100 troops to peacekeeping contingent Islamabad Pakistan up a group of 100 troops from Pakistan s elite 29th lancers army regt prepared wednesday to leave for Mogadishu to join the . Intervention Force in Somalia official sources said. The first group was expected to leave Early thursday and the remainder of the regiment of 500 to 600 men would follow the sources said. Somalis killed 24 pakistani members of the  Force in Mogadishu last month leading to a . Crackdown on warlord Mohamed Farrah aided aided s fighters have killed four More pakistani sol Diers since the ambush. Officials in Islamabad said pakistanis were operating in the most volatile Section of the somalian capital where aided s fighters were reported Well armed and appeared determined to defy the . Mandate. Things began to go wrong when the authority was transferred to the United nations Mohamed Dahnoun former . Envoy to Somalia is bickering within the . Force. What happened and was a lapse into chaos inevitable things began to go wrong when the authority was transferred to the United nations in May said Mohamed Dahnoun an algerian Diplomat who is a . Envoy to Somalia. Like Many observers Dahnoun advocates using negotiations rather than Force to get rival clans to surrender their arms. We re not at War there he said. We have to con Vince people to  sooner or later something like this was bound to happen said Eliot Cohen a military historian at Johns Hopkins University s school of advanced inter National studies. A German Soldier holds his country s Flag As he awaits his com rads on the Tarmac at Mogadishu s Airport wednesday. More German soldiers arrive in Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia a an additional 200 German soldiers arrived in Mogadishu on thursday As part of Ger Many s first overseas deployment since world War ii. The contingent part of a 1,700-Strong Force scheduled to . Peacekeepers in Somalia by mid August arrived at Mogadishu s Airport aboard a German air Force jumbo Jet. The troops were to receive equipment scheduled to arrive by ship later thursday and Are to travel by the weekend to the relatively peaceful town of Belet Huen about 180 Miles to the Northwest of Mogadishu the somalian capital German soldiers began arriving in Somalia in May. Unlike other members of the 27-nation coalition the Ger mans Are not permitted to take offensive action although they May return fire if attacked. A Mission that started out As humanitarian has turned into Low level warfare where we be decided to get one of the local leaders Cohen said. The local Leader is warlord Mohamed Farrah aided whose forces were blamed for the ambush and killing of 24 pakistani peacekeepers june 5. The question of How to Deal with aided has split . Forces with the italians one time colonial rulers of Somalia opposing military action against him. Gen. Mario Buscemi Italy s Deputy army chief recently flew to Mogadishu and said he supported talks with somalian gunmen whom the United nations has branded As terrorists. The Only Way to carry on the peace Mission is with negotiations said Buscemi Italy s second ranking Mil itary officer. The dispute has . Officials conceding that the . Peacekeeping mechanism needs refining. I think that we All  these peacekeeping operations Are breaking new territory in terms of How the International Community does business and it s not without its bumps in the Road said Madeleine Al Bright the . Ambassador to the United nations. We re going to have to make it work  2 pakistanis Are wounded in ambush Mogadishu Somalia a gun men kept the heat on . Forces wednesday in four More attacks in the area surrounding . Headquarters. In the last attack just before dusk two zimbabwean soldiers were wounded in a barrage of shooting near the perimeter Wall where american troops conducted weapons searches earlier in the  attacks underscored the increased violence that has returned to Mogadishu since 24 pakistani peacekeepers were slain in gun Battles june 5. Aid official said wednesday their Aid deliveries have been halved since  the attack before dusk zimbabwean peacekeepers were escorting official from the . Judicial affairs office through the Medina suburb adjacent tothe . Headquarters Complex when they were ambushed from both sides of the Road. Reporters on their Way to . Head quarters and crowds at a nearby Market raced for cover As Small arms and machine gun fire flew Over their Heads. The lives of the two zimbabwean were not in danger from their wounds. The zimbabweans got us out of there they saved us said Doug Lerley an american Law officer attached to . Provost marshal s department. He said he was travelling with american colleagues and a German Liaison officer. Overnight nine gunmen some Riding jeep mounted with a heavy machine gun exchanged fire for nearly three hour with american and tunisian peacekeepers posted in former University building inside . Headquarters. A . Military spokeswoman lean Swieczkowski said there were no casual ties in the attack one of the longest nighttime assaults on . Positions. Later on wednesday the same Are came under Small arms fire and after Dawn pakistani peacekeepers nearby Shotat a Small group of attackers wounding one she  said american troops backed by pakistani units and helicopter seized four sub machine guns and at least As Many rifles wednesday in a sweep through the Medina  operation followed actions a Day earlier to demolish derelict buildings an Clear Street vendors from the Vicinity of the  peacekeepers have died and More than 110 have been wounded i Mogadishu since Early june