ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, April 17, 1996 TAG: 9604170051
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-7 EDITION: METRO
Last troops depart Haiti for Va. posts
NORFOLK, Va. - The last American combat soldiers to leave Haiti, most from Fort Story in Virginia Beach and Fort Eustis in Newport News, were scheduled to depart today, ending an 18-month United Nations campaign to help restore democracy in the tiny Caribbean nation.
About 150 soldiers, five Army vessels and their equipment from Task Force 7 of the 7th Transportation Group, with headquarters at Fort Eustis, were returning.
Of those, 69 soldiers were scheduled to arrive by air at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton at 11 a.m. The others, traveling aboard the Army vessels, are due to return during the next week.
The soldiers most recently were responsible for processing the return of the 20,000 American military personnel President Clinton sent to Haiti on Sept. 19, 1994. The troops were part of a multinational force.
- Landmark News Service
Britain to sue over beef ban
LONDON - Britain will sue the European Union for banning British beef exports because of fears of mad cow disease, Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday.
Major said the export ban on British beef ``is more motivated by the interests of other countries' own beef markets than it is about public health.''
- Associated Press
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