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| Africa Horn | |
| Ethiopian troops 'are in Somalia' | |
| 2006-07-26 | |
| Ethiopian troops are in Somalia, a United Nations envoy has confirmed. But Francois Fall told Reuters news agency after a one-day trip on Tuesday to Baidoa and Mogadishu that reports of 4,000-5,000 troops were "exaggerated". Sources have confirmed to the BBC that arms shipments have been arriving at the airport in the capital - monitored by the UN. Mogadishu is controlled by the Union of Islamic Courts and the UN is trying to prevent conflict between the two sides.
The UN says it has monitored that Eritrea is sending arms to the Islamists in Mogadishu and that Ethiopia is arming the government based in Baidoa. Analysts say there is a real danger that Somalia could end up being a battleground for a proxy war being fought between Ethiopia and Eritrea - who went to war over their joint border between 1998 and 2000. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 I'll three to two odds for the Ethiopians. Pass the popcorn. What are the overs and unders? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-26 20:36 |