Eritrea: Gov't warns U.S. on Somalia involvement
(SomaliNet) Following the United States (U.S.) air strike in Somali targeting al Qaeda suspects, Eritrea warned the US on Friday that its involvement in Somalia would "incur dangerous consequences." | Eritrea warned the US on Friday that its involvement in Somalia would "incur dangerous consequences." According to analysts, Eritrea has in over the time gone from being a U.S. ally to one of its hardest opponents because of what Eritrea perceives as USs support for rival Ethiopia in a long-standing border dispute. "(Eritrean) President Isaias Afwerki underlined that the turmoil being created in ... Somalia by the U.S. administration through its mercenary agent (Ethiopia) would incur dangerous consequences," a statement on Eritrean Information Ministry Web site said.
Posted by: Fred 2007-01-13 |