Ethiopia in Somalia, possible last stand

[MelchyBeau]

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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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[Howard Beale]

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

[Poofler]

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

[Copernicus]

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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?

[Bill Haywood]

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

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

[canis582]

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

[iron81]

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.

[MelchyBeau]

oops, I apologize for that mixup. they invaded Somalia

[pvn]

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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.

[iron81]

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.