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Africa: Horn |
Somali Parliament OKs Troop Rejection |
2005-03-19 |
![]() Nevertheless, the vote was legal and binding, and only troops from countries that do not share borders with Somalia can participate in the force planned to secure its transitional government, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, parliament's speaker, told The Associated Press on Friday. As he spoke, two dozen Somalis marched in Nairobi to protest the parliamentary decision. Somali ministers, Islamic clerics, and the U.S. State Department have all said sending troops from neighboring countries would derail fragile efforts to end a 14-year civil war in the Horn of Africa nation. |
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