Somalia - UN Withdrawal Gathers Space

(16 Jan 1995) UN troops and civilians on Sunday (15/1) retreated from their sprawling compound in Mogadishu to the airport as warring sub-clans fought with heavy weapons in the streets of the Somali capital. Pakistani tanks accompanied the convoys setting out from the compound, the former US embassy, leaving behind a 950-strong Pakistani security battalion to deter looters while contractors remove equipment, a process expected to continue for another month. SHOWS: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (15/1) sandbags at un compound un trucks in compound soldiers in truck with bags more un vehicles un soldiers and personel standing more loading vehicles more un personel un convoy starts off along road soldiers wave vehicles past un soldiers with heavy guns on truck more convoy along road another soldier with gun on rear of truck wide view street sot UN force commander Malaysian General Detuk Aboo Samaax speaking about moving personel and hoping it will be done by the end of february litter bins and rubbish left behind ends: 2.35 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...