Ethiopia in Somalia, possible last stand
 

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Witnesses reported seeing a large number of foreign fighters in the convoys heading south. Islamic movement leaders had called on foreign Muslims to join their "holy war" against Ethiopia, which has a large Christian population. Hundreds were believed to have answered the call.

Islamic fighters have gone door-to-door in Kismayo, recruiting children as young as 12 to make a last stand on behalf of the Islamic courts, according to a confidential U.N. situation report citing the families of boys taken to the front-line town of Jilib, 110 kilometers north of Kismayo.

Residents told the AP Islamic leader Hassan Dahir Aweys had arrived in Jilib with hundreds of fighters in 45 pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.

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http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article19493

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Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

Just another of the world's ugly messes taking it's turn in the headlines. Tune in next week for the latest installment.

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

How thoughtful of previous warlords to take control of certain areas on the "government's behalf".

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

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Just another of the world's ugly messes taking it's turn in the headlines. Tune in next week for the latest installment.

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And what is the likelihood that next weeks installment will involve radical Islam?

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

Ethiopia has invaded Sudan, in addition to Somalia???

I think the newspaper source (Sudan Tribune) is being confused with the site.

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

Ethiopia is acting as America's client state to topple an emerging muslim government.

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

Yeah, Ethiopia invaded Somalia instead of Sudan. They joined forces with the UN backed government and they just captured Mogadishu yesterday.

This is actually good news for us. There was a very good chance that the Islamic government was going to turn into the Taliban, complete with terrorist harboring.

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oops, I apologize for that mixup. they invaded Somalia

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Yeah, Ethiopia invaded Somalia

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WARNING: AC TROLL MAFIA HIJACK ALERT!

I wonder why they sat on their hands for years while Somalia had no government, then invaded right after a government formed.

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

This is an excellent point. I suspect its possible that Washington used the Ethiopians the same way we did the Northern Alliance to drive out the islamists.

Down With All Governments
 

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Ethiopia invaded Somalia

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I wonder why [the Ethiopians] sat on their hands for years while Somalia had no government, then invaded right after a government formed.

[/ QUOTE ]GASP. Omygod. The Ethiopians are ...ACers??

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Ethiopia invaded Somalia

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I wonder why [the Ethiopians] sat on their hands for years while Somalia had no government, then invaded right after a government formed.

[/ QUOTE ]GASP. Omygod. The Ethiopians are ...ACers??

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Brilliant. Did you hear the "woosh" as it sailed right over your head?

Re: Down With All Governments
 

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I wonder why [the Ethiopians] sat on their hands for years while Somalia had no government, then invaded right after a government formed.

[/ QUOTE ]GASP. Omygod. The Ethiopians are ...ACers??

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Brilliant. Did you hear the "woosh" as it sailed right over your head?

[/ QUOTE ]Ojeezus. SHUDDER. It's true! He's trying to cover it up!

Re: Down With All Governments
 

Hows AC working in Somolia, Iraq and Ethiopia anyway?

ACists are AWESOME marathon runners.

Re: Down With All Governments
 

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Hows AC working in Somolia, Iraq and Ethiopia anyway?

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Why would Somalia, Iraq, and Euthopia be examples of AC anyway? Oh it's because you're a troll I forgot, time to try again.

Re: Down With All Governments
 

pot meet kettle, happy holidays and thanks for another clutch post [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Down With All Governments
 

So, why are you calling me a troll?

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

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This is an excellent point. I suspect its possible that Washington used the Ethiopians the same way we did the Northern Alliance to drive out the islamists.

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The Northern Alliance were Islamists.

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This is actually good news for us. There was a very good chance that the Islamic government was going to turn into the Taliban, complete with terrorist harboring.

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That is a rather short-term view. The Islamic Courts brought order to a previously perfect example of a failed state, to the extent that refugees were returning in large numbers (a recent British programme interviewed children brought up in the UK back in school in Mogadishu). The Ethiopians are hated in Somalia and their Somali allies aren;t much more popular amongst the people and are relying on the Ethiopians (under a brutal dictator) and warlords to enforce their rule. They show little sign of leaving and peace is not exactly on teh horizon, now there's a fioreign occupation army and the Somailis have the warlords and likely more chaos and violence back.

The Islamic Courts were a broad movement with extemists amongst them, but the majority were interested in Somalia and Somalia alone and comparatively moderate (especially considering the oppositon consists essentially of warlords involved in the killing sof US troops there in teh 1990s). A better move would have been to court and boost those moderate elements. Instead Somalia may well return to failed-statedom, boosting extremism and chaos and with likely long term consequences that will not be favourable to anyone, including the US (although the effects on it will be dwarfed by the on-going suffering of the Somalis - but hey, worrying about fallout for the US empire has always done Africa so many favours - eg Mobutu).

Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
 

effing hell