European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Report cites flaws in peacekeeping United nations apr inadequate equipment training and coordination with the United states contributed to casualties among . Peacekeepers in Somalia last year a . Report concludes. The report by a . Judicial military commission offers new reminders of the perils of . Peacekeeping As the world prepares a new Force to protect civilians in another african conflict Rwanda. The highly critical report indicts the notion of a peace enforcement Quot a sending in . Troops to impose a peace where cease fires do not hold a and urges improvements in the management of . Peacekeeping operations which now number 18 worldwide and involve about 70,000 troops. It also criticizes the United states for pulling out of Somalia and a leaving the United nations in the the problems with the somalian operation led the a United states to pull out of that country in March As Well As to re evaluate its role in All . Peacekeeping missions and to limit the scope of future operations in countries such As Rwanda which is in the midst of bloody civil War. Embarrassed by the report the Security Council and . Management have tried to keep it secret but copies have leaked recently to reporters. The report was written by a zambian judge and ghanaian and finnish military officers. The Security Council set up the panel in november to look into attacks in Somalia against . Peacekeepers especially clashes on june s in which 24 pakistani soldiers were killed and on oct. 3 in which 18 americans and one malaysian Soldier were killed. It was after that attack that president Clinton decided to withdraw All . Troops. The 43-Page document confirms the finding of another . Probe last year that the faction of clan Leader Mohamed Farrah aided orchestrated the june 5 attacks. A. A a a a a a a a a a a the world body launched a manhunt for aided after the attacks but dropped it in november because s. Os1 a Mogadishu Somalia a clan Leader Mohamed Farrah aided returned in Triumph to Somalia a capital thursday thanking thousands of cheering supporters for defending the City against foreign aggressors. A aided once hunted by . Troops for his militias attacks on peacekeepers came Back to Somalia for the first time since november when the world body lifted the arrest warrant against him. He spent most of the past six months in kenyans capital Nairobi seeking International support and trying to Patch together alliances with other somalian warlords. The United nations fought a four month War last year with aided a a militiamen in Southern Mogadishu the base of his support. The fighting. In climaxed with a Street Battle in october that killed 18 american soldiers and an estimated 300 somalis afterwards president Clinton quickly decided to withdraw All . Troops from the . Peacekeeping Force by March 31, and the United nations resumed efforts to include aided in a political solution to Somalia a clan War. Aided told supporters at a rally at 21 october Square site of Many anti-. And anti-. Rallies that a Broad based interim government would be formed soon. The United nations has been trying for several months to get the leaders of Somalia a major clans together to discuss the formation of a new government. V1clashes with his forces had escalated and the United nations wanted to include him in political re Concilia Tio efforts. A a a a a. A the report blasts the United states for pulling out of Somalia prematurely a leaving the United nations in the lurch to face the consequences of an unfinished operation.1�?T a quot.7 by a. A a nations Are not prepared to accept substantial casualties for causes unrelated to their National interests a the report said. A this fact puts severe limitations on peace enforcement among the reports other findings a the Mission did not have enough armoured personnel carriers to protect peacekeepers or proper Comorau a cations equipment so troops could Call in reinforcements quickly during ambushes by somalian fighters. A . Commanders were a a handicapped because . Army rangers and the . Quick reaction Force weren t under their command a even though the repercussions impacted crucially on the Mission and the Al a a �42 of a a a. V. A. Quot. J training together again Mark Gammon of Britain s Devonshire and Dorset regt holds a Kalashnikov for the first time in his life As he talks with polish capt. Mariusz Lewicki at a training area in by Kowtko Poland on thursday. Gammon is one. Of 100 British troops who arrived sunday for the first joint polish British military training since world War ii. The training is part of natos partnership for peace program. Safety of its the United states has a policy of not placing its troops under foreign command. A some troops such As those from Italy sought clearance from Home authorities before obeying . Commanders.. Commanders failed to give the United nations enough notice before raiding a compound of aided supporters oct. 3, so . Commanders could not ready reinforcements a the . Force a went beyond assisting and was imposing a political solution on Somalia a factions and the United nations a civil authorities were often kept in the dark about military some . Political advisers a lacked experience and knowledge of United nations peacekeeping practices and were insensitive to the local culture s require a cols a and troops were not prepared for clashes. The report also says the United nations under Sti mated the somalis military capability and should consider compensating innocent somalian victims of clashes with . Peacekeepers get right License or lose a hand warns Cairo Egypt apr col Bammar Qadhafi says anybody caught doing business in Libya without a ii Cense will have his hand Cut off. The libyan Leader said in a radio broadcast that the threat is in line with islamic shariah the religions 1,400-year-old ethical and Legal code which he invoked a year ago. Strict interpretations of the shariah include the Hubaud Laws that punish thievery by severing the criminals hand. A anyone who is engaged in. Any economic activity Small or big without a License will be considered As thieves in accordance with the Law Qadhafi said. A this hand will be Cut the same will happen to people convicted of corruption he said the unpredictable colonel has embarked on a a purification Campaign. To consolidate and entrench popular Rule a the official news Agency Jana said. He outlined his amputation plan to leaders of a purification committees appointed to carry out the Campaign. He spoke wednesday and a tape of the speech was played thursday night on official libyan radio Jana a report of the meeting said merely that Qadhafi had spoken but it did t print his text As it usually does. A the Leader of the revolution discussed and Analysed the philosophy and basis for the purification Law a the Agency said in a report monitored in oks special nato Moscow apr russian president Boris Yeltsin has approved a new partnership Deal with nato that would take into account russians special status As a nuclear Power defense minister Pavel Grachev said Friday. Russia would join the partnership for peace that nato has offered former soviet bloc nations Only if the Alliance approves russians proposals Grachev was quoted As saying by the itar Tass news Agency. A this approach. Will exclude surprises and unilateral measures especially of military character in the Fields where we should cooperate most closely a he said. Russian officials have maintained that the partnership program a .-pro posed form of limited cooperation Short of full Alliance membership does not give Russia the status it deserves As a great military Power. A Russia is interested in a More serious and substantive form of relations with nato than envisaged by the partnership for peace program a Grachev said. Yeltsin speaking to reporters in the Kremlin said nato May acknowledge russians special status in a protocol with in the framework of the partnership program or in a separate bilateral document. A High ranking foreign ministry official told the inter fax news Agency that the a Russia Natow program a by far exceeds the framework which other partners Are prepared to discuss with
