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On ____date____President _______ announced he was sending up to _ _,000 US troops to Somalia to help provide humanitarian relief in a strife-torn country where hundreds of thousands of people had died of starvation.
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December 4 1992.
George Bush 28 000 |
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Who announced the exit? When?
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Bill Clinton
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Siad Barre came to power when?
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1970
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The US delivered $? worth of weapons to Somalia when?
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~$154 million
1981 to 1991 |
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Siad Barre was driven from power
-when -by whom ---of what clan, predominately |
Jan 1991
USC ---Hawieyah clan |
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How is General Aidid seen in Somalia?
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-patriot
-scholar -military genius -crucial the movement to oust Barre |
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By the end of 1992 ____Somalis had died with close to 1/? of the population in danger of starvation without massive food aid.
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350,000
close to 1/4 of the population |
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Who called for an embargo on weapons and military equipment being sent to Somalia? When?
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The UN Security Council adopted resolution 733, January 1992
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Who was the UN Secretary General at the time?
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
His previous r'ship hampered his effectiveness in negotiating with Somalian clans. |
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In April 1992 what resolution did the Security council unanimously adopt?
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751, to "facilitate an immediate cessation of hostilities and the maintenance of a cease-fire tohroughout the country, and the promote the process of reconciliation and political settlement."
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What action did resolution 751 call for/approve?
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*called for immediate deployment of 50 UN observers to monitor the cease-fire in Mogadishu
*approved "in prinicipal" Boutros-Ghali's plan to deploy 500 security troops to assist the with humanitarian relief efforts *UNOSOM was born. |
