Show utrmifcnyr P A12 US Ready to Abandon Somalia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI Kenya With clans still fighting looting extorting and unable or unwilling to form a government Washington is preparing to seek a United Nations pullout from Somalia The Security Council will begin a review of the U N Operation in Somalia UNOSOM today and the United States will ask that the mission be shut down or greatly reduced A UN withdrawal would raise the possibility of clan war for political supremacy in Somalia the sort of struggle that led to a 1992 famine that killed more than 350000 people It also would reduce the aid Somalia receives already diminished by the withdrawal of most private relief agencies Many found the costs and dangers too high coupled with falling donations once Somalia faded from the worlds television screens The Security Council review comes two days after a new outbreak of fighting in Mogadishu between s loyal to the countrys two main warlords It may have been the kiss of death for UNOSOM James Victor Gbeho a Ghanain who serves as UN special envoy to Somalia acknowledged Wednesday that the international community is losing patience with Somalia all-o- sub-clan- But Gbeho said it would be a mistake for the Security Council to pull the plug on the costly UN mission in Somalia Adopting the US approach to Somalia would have consequences too ghastly to contenq late he said But Gbeho told a news conference in Nairobi Kenya that while the Security Council may not shut down the Somali operation altogether it probably will reduce it The Security Council will make less resources available to UNOSOM largely because those contributors who are fed up with Somalia will make less resources available he predicted The contributor most fed up with Somalia is the United States which bears about one third of the cost of UN peacekeeping missions The cost of the Somalia mission to date is about $15 billion Somalia also has cost more than 30 American lives including 18 soldiers killed in a vicious with Gen Mohamed Farrah Aidids militia in Mogadishu last October Those deaths led to the US withdrawal and a continuing reluctance by Washington to commit troops to other UN peacekeeping missions fire-fig- ht THE ASSOCIATED However many demonstrators participated only after leaflets handed out in three markets told people to close and attend the rally Other participants were trucked in The demonstration was boisterous but peaceful The UN Security Council on Thursday was considering a US request to authorize force to oust Haitis military rulers But the US effort suffered a setback when a group of 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations expressed their opposition saying diplomacy and sanctions needed more time to work Haiti needs peace said columnist Aubelin Jolicoeur an arHaiti wants to dent nationalist be left alone to perform its duty PRESS Haiti It was the 79th anniversary of the American invasion of Haiti and the army wanted to show Washington it would be unwise to try again But Thursdays show of defiance was largely a bust What was supposed to be a crowded outdoor Mass in the cenceltral square of ebrated before a throng of defiant Haitians turned out to be a desultory affair with as many soldiers and police as worshipers You know the Haitian people they are struggling to find food for their children thats why there are not many people here today said Claudette Gourdet a former minister of planning explaining the poor turnout Demonstration organizers had more success in the afternoon when about 2000 chanting drumbeating Haitians marched to the US Embassy shouting Down with the embargo! and Down with the occupation! Port-au-Prin- Nobody can achieve it for us Even the poorest most uneducated Haitian knows about the American occupation that began July 28 1915 and lasted 19 years That intervention resulted in thousands of deaths widespread resentment against Americans and ultimately ended in failure The date is important because it was a period of humiliation and one doesnt live easily with such a d said Roger humiliation a historian Gail-lar- After Being Freed THE ASSOCIATED s499 2rU040Mfn50OfF (Reg t Blaze Threatens Hundreds of Washington Homes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENTIAT Two Mormon missionaries rescued by Guatemalan police from a lone kidnapper this week plan to stay in the country to finish their work a church official said Thursday Robin Laura Reed of Lodi California and Pea Cobilla of Panama City both 22 were rescued when Guatemalan police posing as missionaries surprised the kidnapper at the ransom drop Reed and Cobilla are recovering from the ordeal church spokesman Julio Alvarado said Ro-sal- Although they were treated well they did suffer some negative psychological effects but have decided to stay for another six months to finish their mission period he said The two were seized Monday while walking in a poor area in the citys outskirts The kidnapper later phoned their mission to demand a $53000 ransom for their release Police quickly arrested Estuardo Salvador Giron Orellan 23 after the ransom drop was made Giron Orellan has confessed police said wind-whippe- It looks like Mount St Helens PRESS Wash A huge fire threatened d hundreds of homes some of them expensive vacation retreats as it moved toward the lakeside town of Chelan on Thursday The 54000-acr- e fire was within five miles of the forested campgrounds summer homes and condominiums by Thursday afternoon said Barry Marsh a district engineer for the Wenatchee National Forest Service Those could go like Roman candles he said Earlier in the week the fire destroyed 13 homes near the Entiat River Residents in Chelan located about 105 miles east of Seattle had not been ordered to leave by midday with weather forecasters predicting a wind shift that would drive the fire toward town We are preparing our community for the worst possible contingency without frightening them to death Mayor Joyce Stewart said That fire and dozens of smaller ones across the state were sparked by lightning storms Sunday night About 90 miles away fires in Colville National Forest burned almost 600 acres If ME went off and spread ash over the area said Colville forest spokeswoman Diana Baxter Its eerie out there Gov Mike Lowry has declared a state of emergency in Chelan to County freeing state resources Federal The the in fight help Emergency Management Agency approved the use of federal disaster funds Almost 10000 acres buraed in smaller fires in cena eastern Washington tral and Most were ignited by lightning The largest of these was a 3000-acr- e blaze on the Yakima Indian Reservation No serious injuries had been reported among the 1500 people battling the Chelan blaze One man identified as Paul Hodges 58 of Plain Wash died from a heart attack while in a fire camp Fires continued to plague the western United States and Canada where summer heat lightning strikes and dry weather made for troublesome conditions In central Idaho helicopters and almost 500 e firefighters battled a blaze along the Salmon River near half-doze- n water-droppin- 500-acr- Riggins South Towne Center on SATURDAY See our ad in todays Entertainment Section for lb M E RV $799) MAftKETTSTRECTBROlLER 60:Sa1300 y yy y MS Fine Jewelry Summer Clearance 0 Plus take an extra 30 Orig $2250 sale $1125 now $787 34 ct TVV diamond off Orig $1050 sale $525 now $367 our entire Si million clearance collection 12 ct TW diamond 14k gold cluster ring 14k gold twist cluster ring Choose from hundreds of styles many one of a kind and discontinued! 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