US 'out of Somalia in 6 months'
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''We are negotiating now with the (US-led) unified command,' Mr Boutros-Ghali said. 'First of all we will have to agree on the transition because the withdrawal of the unified command will happen on a step-by-step approach. And we will have to work together in a period of transition for four, five or six months.' But his officials said the UN could assume command from US troops by March; the six months would allow the withdrawal from Somalia of all US forces.
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