US army rangers hunt General Aideed in Somalia
SOMALIA: Mogadishu:
US Army Rangers (not in blue helmets) searching streets
and buildings (hunting for warlord General Aideed);
Lt Col Bill Martinez (US Army Quick Reaction Force)
interviewed - will detain Aideed if found; Jeremy
Thompson (reporter) piece to camera; Admiral Jonathan Howe
(UN envoy) speaking to press - don't want patrols to
search exclusively for Aideed - we have other good work to
do too; Pakistani UN soldiers (in blue helmets) patrolling
through streets on apc; Abdi Osman Farrar (former deputy
to Aideed) along with Thompson and interviewed (translated)
- Aideed lacks political back up;
Black Hawk helicopter hovering and banks and drops leaflets
(urging locals to disarm and cooperate); Locals reading
leaflets - one tears one up.
