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2006-12-08 Africa Horn

Fighting (between the militias and Ethiopian troops) Breaks Out in Somalia Town

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-08 13:53|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This Holy War is getting Hotter and Hotter by the day.

Posted by Anon4021 2006-12-08 14:51|| 2006-12-08 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 This seems like a good time to cut off aid.

Posted by ed 2006-12-08 15:56|| 2006-12-08 15:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Ethiopia does a good Stalinist style army attack.
Anybody who is in there way will suffer.

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-08 17:51|| 2006-12-08 17:51|| Front Page Top

#4 3dc: Ethiopia does a good Stalinist style army attack.
Anybody who is in there way will suffer.

To do this kind of attack properly, you need Russia's vast resources. Remember "We are the World"? That was an album cut to benefit starving Ethiopians. In 2004, the life expectancy of the average Ethiopian was 41.

I think the Ethiopian (Christian) leadership want to be really careful. Ethiopia itself is majority Muslim (from the CIA factbook). Attacks on Somalia will rile up Ethiopian Muslims. At the same time, the Islamic Courts appear bent on creating an Islamic empire in the vicinity of Somalia. I see no good choices for the Ethiopian leadership. They're in a really big pickle. Think about what the Chechens did to the Russians, who have better weapons systems and way more resources than the Ethiopians, and you'll get a good idea of what the Islamic Courts could do to Ethiopia. On the other hand, the desert environment of the region does favor the side with more firepower. The question is whether Ethiopia does have more firepower, given that the Muslim world is funding the Islamic Courts.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-12-08 19:24|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-12-08 19:24|| Front Page Top

#5 The Islamic Courts in Somalia need some airpower pounding, just to create a little entropy. A little smacking to send a message, like setting fire to a yellowjacket nest.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-12-08 22:55|| 2006-12-08 22:55|| Front Page Top

#6 The jury is still out on Litvinenko's allegation that Russian security-Intel agencies attacked their own, thus justifying mil action agz Chechnya. There are still various unconfirmed reports out there that many within the Chechnyan Muslim resistance, including top leaders, are undercover double-agents + Moles for Russia.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-08 23:21|| 2006-12-08 23:21|| Front Page Top

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