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| Eritrea cuts fuel supplies, UN leave buffer zone |
| 2008-02-17 |
| (SomaliNet) After the Eritrean government in Asmara cut off fuel supplies, the United Nations begun moving its peacekeeping force acting as a buffer along the Eritrean-Ethiopian border from Eritrea to Ethiopia, the world body said on Thursday. On Monday, Ethiopia said it would temporarily host the force but the mission would only have administrative, not operational status. The 1,700-strong UN mission started work in 2000, at the end of a two-year war between the two Horn of Africa neighbors that killed an estimated 70 000 people. They have been stationed in a 25km buffer zone inside Eritrea. The two countries insist they will not start another war, but both have moved tens of thousands of troops to the border. UN officials have said UN soldiers were reluctant to leave because they feared it could spark a new conflict. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Eritrea REALLY wants their ass kicked, don't they? They are behind most of the Somalian "rebel" activity support |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-17 04:37 |