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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to protect Somalia's weak government and threaten Security Council action against those who block peace efforts and attempt to overthrow it.
The draft, obtained by The Associated Press, would lift a 1992 arms embargo against Somalia so that troops in the "protection and training mission" could be militarily equipped.
It would ban Somalia's neighbors from sending soldiers — a demand by a seven-nation East African group expected to contribute soldiers to the force, as well as European members of the Security Council who want to ensure the force's aim is to promote peace.
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