Ethiopian Troops Pour Into Central Somalia
Ethiopian Troops Pour Into Central Somalia | Hundreds of Ethiopian forces cross border
US Threatens to Invade Eritrea
US Threatens to Invade Eritrea | Post-9/11 Afghan invasion seen as model
Somali Islamists Urge Holy War After AU Forces Kill 39 Civilians
In the wake of a roadside bombing, African Union (AU) forces from Uganda opened fire on a crowd of innocent civilians in southern Mogadishu, killing 39 of them. One of the AU vehicles was damaged by the bomb which provoked the attack.
Outraged over the killings, the al-Shabaab movement’s spokesman Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansoor urged [...]
Floundering Somali Govt Nears Collapse
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared “mission accomplished” in their two-year military effort to prop up the self-appointed transitional national government of Somalia, and told parliament that Ethiopian forces would withdraw from the nation within weeks. Zenawi claimed the mission was meant to “defuse the plan orchestrated by Eritrea,” but conceded that it was not [...]
