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US trooos could be in Somalia well into next year
WASHINGTON. Dec 5: US troops heading for Somalia may begin handing control to UN teams in early January, but most of the 28,000-strong American force will be there until March or beyond, senior military officers say, reports AP.
Thousands of US-based Marines and Army soldiers were packing their gear Saturday and getting ready for a holiday season deployment, which officials said would not start before Monday. Supply ships were loading at US ports this weekend.
Some 1.800 Marines,
meanwhile, remained aboard ships offshore from the East African nation.
President Bush on Friday ordered the launching of "Operation Restore Hope." a sea. land and air operation to pacify marauding gangs of ban dits that have paralyzed international humanitarian efforts to feed hundreds of thousands of starving Somalis.
"America must act.' Bush said in a nationally broadcast address from the Oval office. He said as many as 1.5 million Somalis are In Imminent dan ger of starvation.
Bush ordered the deploy-
ment Just 47 days before he will leave office and hand the problem over to Presidentelect Clinton.
Clinton endorsed Bush's action, saying in a statement In Little Rock, Ark. "I share his determination to ensure the success of this Important mission."
Aides to Bush had said earlier they hoped the US troops could withdraw from Somalia by Inauguration Day, Jan 20. But Pentagon officials made It clear Friday It would be longer-term project.
■1 am feeling more and more comfortable that there
will be adequate forces available to pick up this peacekeeping mission, and we can see our way clear of this operation in a few months,' said Gen Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Powell said US troops, working with smaller contingents from other countries, would be the "peacemakers' and that UN forces then would become the "peacekeepers"
Belgium said it would commit 550 paratroopers for a year, France reportedly was sending 2,000 soldiers and Canada 900. Britain said It did
not plan to send troops but offered four transport planes.
Nigeria, Egypt and Turkey were considering deployments and Italy said It would send troops by the end of the month.
Powell said that even after the bulk of the force had returned to the United States, a group of Marines would remain off Somalia's shores in case the UN peacekeeping force needs protection. He dldn t say how many Marines that would en tail or how tong they would stay
Powell said it was possible
some US troops could start leaving Somalia In early January.
'1 would not be surprised to see that in early January as we are reaching our peak strength, the peacekeeping forces already starling to arrive (are) ready to take over certain sections from us and we can start to withdraw." Powell said at a news conference with Defence Secretary Dick Cheney
"But It is very important not to tie us to a specific calendar date." for withdrawing, he added