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Article: Writethru: Former Somali senior military officials to meet in U.S.
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- June 3, 2009
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Writethru: Former Somali senior military officials to meet in
U.S.
NAIROBI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Former Somali senior military
officials will convene in United States later this week for a
meeting organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS)
under the auspices of the Somali Ministry of Defence.
A statement from the Nairobi-based UNPOS said the June 4 to 5
meeting in Washington will serve as a preparatory forum that will
solicit support and participation from prominent Somali military
leaders with follow-up meetings expected to be held in late July.
"We are expecting this to be the first of several fruitful
meetings," UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-
Abdallah ...