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Africa Horn
Arab League proposes international Somalia meeting
2006-10-02
CAIRO - The Arab League has proposed an international meeting with the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations to talk about peace in Somalia.
You got the EU, the UN, the African Union and the Arab League -- the best international losers all coming together to bring about peace. That's gonna be exciting.
A League official said Secretary-General Amr Moussa wanted the meeting to take place before the end of October to help bring peace to Somalia, where Islamist fighters in control of the capital threaten a transitional government’s tenuous efforts to establish its authority over the country. ”We are proposing to hold a meeting that would be jointly prepared between the Arab League and the African Union,” Moussa aide Hesham Youssef said.

The Islamists who control Mogadishu have expanded their influence in recent months, effectively flanking the Western-backed interim government, based in the provincial town of Baidoa, on three sides.

Youssef said attendees would “consult on how to move forward in relation to the situation in Somalia”. The United Nations, European Union and IGAD — a peace mediation body made up of several east African nations — would be invited to attend. “It will not be focused on one particular aspect of the situation but the whole situation in general,” Youssef said.
'cause the whole situation in general is eminently solvable.
Youssef said the Arab League meeting would likely be held in Cairo, which hosts the 22-member Arab League. Somalia is a member of the Arab League.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  I didn't think they'd be holding it in Mogadishu. Lousy restaurants, emaciated skanky whores and, oh yeah, some Islamic Courts maniac might blow you away for not being Muslim enough. It's not like they'll accomplish anything so you might as well head on down to Cairo for topshelf booze and broads, where you stand a decent chance of not get blown up, and have a good time. Their version of the "junket".
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-02 15:09  

#2  The Arab League has proposed an international meeting with the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations to talk about peace in Somalia.
And forget about Darfur
Posted by: SwissTex   2006-10-02 11:17  

#1  "And we're not going to invite America! 'Cause they're icky! And they'd insist on actually doing something!!"

The subterranean hysteria is palpable.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-10-02 06:39  

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