The Situation according to various foreign media

[Somali_Friend]

Originally posted by Northerner:

MOGADISHU (AFP) Dec. 8, 2006 - "We have been attacked and we are not going to stop attacking enemy bases wherever they are in the country, including Baidoa."

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"We killed more than 30 from the enemy side and took 13 as prisoners of war," he told AFP. He said the Islamists had "lost a number of mujahideens in the fighting" but did not give an exact figure for their casualties.

However another

Islamist official, who asked not to be named,

said: "We lost more than 20 fighters."

 

 

France24.com

This is the only organization in the world that calls itself Islamic, yet cannot speak with a staright face of any incident of war which is clear a few minutes after it has stopped.

 

At least the ICU is making progress these days to becoming close to Islam. I don't hear anymore announcements like that of Colonel Fartaag capture and public beheading execution.

Talk about credibility. The ICU shieks are fighting ethiopians everywhere, they are killing the what they call the enemy everywhere, they are capturing anywhere from 4-20 battle wagons all the time, yet never said they killed or captured ethiopians, except with the announcement of the ICU capturing and beheading Colonel Fartaag. So much for Shiekdom in ICU world of lies and falsehood against ethiopian ghost.

[N.O.R.F]

[insert irrelevant comment by anti ICU proponents]

 

Crunch time is fast approaching!

[N.O.R.F]

Bracing for war in East Africa

By Garrett Jones, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post

 

 

 

To most Americans, Somalia is the place where Black Hawk Down happened or the place with the pictures of the starving African children or, for some, the Biblical land of Punt. (Scholars quibble about locating Punt.)

 

Americans tend to confuse African countries with one another except when US soldiers are dying there and the violence in Sudan, Uganda, Congo or Zimbabwe can seem indistinguishable. But the anarchy in Somalia, which straddles the strategic Horn of Africa, is in a class by itself.

 

For more than 16 years, Somalia has existed without the pretence of a central government, surviving largely on foreign aid and remittances from its overseas diaspora. With the fading of the seasonal rains in December, the Somalis are preparing once again to inflict their intra-clan squabbling on their neighbours.

 

Meanwhile, the neighbours are preparing a proxy war, and they plan to fight one another to the last Somali.

 

Experts call Somalia a failed state. This is a sophism. Somalia was a failed state in 1990 under the last central government of Mohammad Siad Barre. Nowadays, one could call Somalia a space between countries. Or simply a feral nation.

 

This is the place that perfected the practice of extorting cash from international aid organisations in return for allowing the aid groups the privilege of feeding other starving Somalis.

 

When the United Nations tried to intervene and establish a central government in 1993 (an admittedly naive effort), the Somalis united just long enough to drive off the foreigners and resume their embrace of warlords and clans.

 

Covert operations

 

I was there in 1993, running covert operations in Mogadishu for the CIA when the UN effort was wrecked. President George H.W. Bush had sent the Marines into Somalia to feed the starving children and president Bill Clinton was attempting to install a Jeffersonian democracy in a medieval culture.

 

The Clinton theory was that the UN would use its peacemaking powers to force the Somali factions into a political accord and then peace would break out.

 

Unfortunately, nobody told the Somalis. They viewed the UN and the US as foreign invaders bent on Christianising their Muslim culture while destroying the power of the clans and warlords.

 

After losing 17 elite troops to an African mob in a single night, Clinton lost all stomach for further "nation building" involving US casualties and the UN effort collapsed. After that, the world largely went back to ignoring the Somalis.

 

Now the Somalis are poised to insist that the international community tune back in while they commit an auto-da-fe on CNN. Somali Islamists, modelling themselves on the Taliban, have taken control of most of the country, driving the warlords out of the cities and into the bush.

 

The internationally recognised Somali interim government is surrounded in the provincial city of Baidoa, about 160 miles northwest of the capital. When the roads are dry enough to allow military operations, the Islamists will swiftly overwhelm the interim government unless outside help arrives at the last minute.

 

The Islamists make no bones about their plans to install a fundamentalist government and to begin "rescuing" their brethren in neighbouring countries (read all of East Africa) from the oppressive rule of the "Christian Crusaders".

 

Somalia's neighbours are bracing for a regional war, and the US State Department says 10 countries are taking sides in some fashion.

 

Ethiopia, which has a restive Muslim south and a history of being a target for Somali brigandage whenever the Somalis pause in their intra-clan feuding, is sending troops to back up the interim government and oppose the Islamists.

 

The Eritreans, led by an increasingly paranoid, sociopathic president, are the sworn blood enemies of the Ethiopians. Seeing a chance to weaken their bigger neighbour, they are flying in arms and instructors to the Islamists.

 

Providing cash

 

Across the Red Sea, the Wahhabi fundamentalists see the Christian Ethiopians embarking on a "crusade'' to crush Islam. In response, they are providing cash through Wahhabi charities to their Islamic comrades, frightening and infuriating Washington, DC.

 

Kenya's kleptocratic government, overwhelmed by an influx of refugees, is wringing its hands while endless talks take place in Nairobi hotels between irrelevant Somali politicians and clueless UN diplomats in search of a peace plan. The Islamists want no part of the talks; they are winning.

 

When the big, ugly regional war breaks out, the Islamists, with the help of Eritrean advisers, probably will hold their own. Now add in your odd Somali warlord, drug-crazed clan gunmen and the Somali history of atrocities and you have a real mess in the Horn of Africa.

 

Fighting probably will spill into Kenya, and destitute refugees will surge across East Africa. Bottom line: It is likely by this time next year that the Horn of Africa will host its own little Taliban wannabe, more or less in control of Somalia and at war with its neighbours. Along the way, there will be a lot of dead people and suffering refugees.

 

Although this is far away, and might not happen to anyone you know personally, it is going to become a concern of the US soon. Even our best efforts, however, will not stop a long, bloody conflict. Get ready for more pictures of starving African babies. Film at 11, death and suffering around the clock.

 

Jones is a retired CIA case officer who has served in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

 

gn

[N.O.R.F]

Ethiopia plays down Somali threat

 

Ethiopia's prime minister has played down a seven-day deadline from powerful Islamists to withdraw his troops from Somalia or face a "major attack".

Ethiopia has denied having any soldiers fighting in Somalia but admits sending hundreds of military trainers to help the weak transitional government.

 

Meles Zenawi said such threats had been made before and he hoped for peace.

 

There are fears of a regional conflict erupting in Somalia, which could include Ethiopian and Eritrean forces.

 

The Islamists and government forces, allegedly backed by Ethiopia engaged in fierce clashes for two days last week.

 

"They have committed aggression against Ethiopia for months now so we do not see any new thing here which requires any new response," Mr Meles told reporters.

 

"We are trying to get this issue resolved peacefully. If it is not resolved peacefully it will be very unfortunate."

 

Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has gained control of most of the south and centre of the country this year. The transitional government controls a small area around Baidoa.

 

Islamist defence chief Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad "Inda'ade" said on Tuesday that the international community should put pressure on Ethiopia to withdraw its troops or they would "be responsible for whatever happens in Somalia".

 

A government spokesman dismissed the warning, and accused the Islamists of using Ethiopia as a scapegoat while flying in foreign fighters.

 

Peacekeeper doubts

 

A UN report last month accused both Ethiopia and Eritrea, among other countries, of breaking the arms embargo on Somalia.

 

The UN Security Council then approved plans to send African peacekeepers to protect the government in Baidoa and amend an arms embargo, despite strong opposition from the UIC.

 

On Monday, both sides said they were sending troops to Tiyeglow, on the main road from the Ethiopia border to Baidoa, following last week's clashes south-west of Baidoa.

 

Correspondents say the military build-up makes it less likely that any peacekeepers will be deployed.

 

Uganda, the only country which has publicly pledged to send troops, has said the situation is now too risky.

 

The United States, Ethiopia and the Somali government all accuse the UIC of working with al-Qaeda - an accusation they deny.

 

Some Islamists have talked about incorporating Somali-speaking parts of Ethiopia and Kenya into a "greater Somalia".

 

bbc.co.uk

[N.O.R.F]

EU Delegation Pushes Somalia Peace Talks

 

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, The Associated Press

Dec 13, 2006 12:25 PM (12 hrs ago)

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MOGADISHU, Somalia - A European Union delegation visiting Somalia's capital urged the country's increasingly powerful Islamic militia to resume peace talks with the government amid fears of war, an Islamic official said Wednesday.

 

 

The five-member delegation, including the Italian envoy to Somalia, Mario Raffaelli, met Tuesday with top leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts. The delegation was expected to meet soon with members of the government in Baidoa, the only town the administration controls.

 

A call to Raffaelli's Kenyan telephone rang unanswered Wednesday and the delegation did not speak to reporters.

 

The growing tension in Somalia, which has not had an effective government since 1991, threatens to erupt into a regional war.

 

Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the Islamic group's foreign affairs chief, said Wednesday that he told the EU delegates that "the worst-case scenario would continue to loom" unless troops from neighboring Ethiopia leave Somalia. His group had said Tuesday it would launch a major attack on Ethiopian troops if they don't withdraw within seven days.

 

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dismissed the threat, saying it was "nothing new."

 

Ethiopia supports the internationally recognized government and has acknowledged sending military advisers, although not a fighting force. But a confidential U.N. report obtained by the AP in October said up to 8,000 Ethiopian troops were in Somalia or along the border backing the government.

 

Several peace initiatives between the Somali government and the Islamic council have failed to take hold, with both sides trading accusations over who is to blame for the deadlock.

 

Somalia has been without an effective central government since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other, carving much of the country into armed camps ruled by violence and clan law.

 

The government was established two years ago with the support of the United Nations to serve as a transitional body to help Somalia emerge from anarchy. But the leadership, which includes some warlords linked to the violence of the past, has struggled to assert control.

 

The Islamic council, meanwhile, has been steadily gaining ground since seizing the capital, Mogadishu, in June. The United States has accused the group of sheltering suspects in the 1998 al-Qaida bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which it denies.

 

The group's strict interpretation of Islam has drawn comparisons to the Taliban, although many Somalis credit the council with bringing a semblance of order to a country that has seen little more than anarchy for more than a decade.

 

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[N.O.R.F]

Somali Islamists open to talks

 

ADEN, Yemen — Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement appeared to open the door over the weekend to talks with neighbouring Ethiopia to avert war with the weak Ethiopian-backed Somali transitional government.

 

 

A top Islamist official, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, said the movement was prepared for "dialogue" with Ethiopia, which has troops in Somalia protecting the government.

 

 

At the same time, Ahmed and the speaker of the Somali parliament announced a deal to bring the Islamists and the government back to the negotiating table after peace talks collapsed last month.

 

 

However, the prospects were unclear as the Islamists have given Ethiopia until Tuesday to withdraw or face major attacks and the Somali government says the window of opportunity for talks has closed.

 

 

Somali parliament speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden is also on poor terms with the UN-recognized government.

 

 

"It is our right to set a deadline because Somalia belongs to the Somalis, not the Ethiopians," Ahmed told reporters. "It is our right to set a deadline, (but) this does not mean that we will attack them after this deadline expires.

 

 

"The Islamic Courts have invariably called for dialogue and for resolving problems by peaceful means," he said. "We continue to champion this principle and we are prepared to negotiate and engage in a dialogue with the Ethiopians."

 

 

The Islamists have already declared holy war on the Ethiopian troops in Somalia and claimed several small attacks against them but stepped up the ante last week with their ultimatum that was brushed off by Addis Ababa.

 

 

There was no immediate reaction to Saturday’s developments from mainly Christian Ethiopia, which with the United States accuses the Islamists of having links with Al-Qaeda and trying to foment unrest among its sizeable Muslim minority.

 

 

Ethiopia has sent several hundred military trainers and advisers to help the Somali government but denies widespread reports it has deployed thousands of combat troops to Somalia.

 

 

Ahmed’s comments came after three days of urgent talks hosted by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh between Ahmed, head of the executive committee of the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS), and Aden.

 

 

In a joint statement the two pledged to work for a peaceful resolution to the crisis that threatens the lawless country with more unrest.

 

 

"The Islamic Courts are committed to dialogue with the interim federal Somali government as a way of resolving differences ... and stopping any moves conducive to military confrontations by any side," it said.

 

 

They committed themselves to talks on a political settlement guaranteeing the participation of all sides of the UN-recognized government, but did not give a date for the resumption of negotiations.

 

 

They also affirmed agreements made at earlier rounds of talks and rejected "interference in Somali internal affairs by any country in the region," calling for the borders of Somalia and all neighbouring states to be respected.

 

 

The pact appears to rule out a regional peacekeeping mission authorized by the UN Security Council and its success is jeopardized by Aden’s poor ties with the rest of Somalia’s so-called "transitional federal institutions."

 

 

The speaker incurred the government’s wrath last month with an unauthorized trip to Islamist-held Mogadishu and has not returned to the administration seat of Baidoa, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) away, despite calls to do so.

 

 

The government repudiated an earlier deal Aden reached with the Islamists, saying that he represented only himself and a small number of lawmakers, not the entire legislature or the cabinet of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.

 

 

The agreement was announced a day after the Islamists and government traded barbs and moved closer to war following US and Somali accusations that the Islamist movement had been taken over by Al-Qaeda.

 

 

On Friday, Yusuf said war was "inevitable" because of Islamist advances on Baidoa, the only major government-held town, and ruled out peace talks.

 

 

At the same time, Islamist officials denounced the US allegations, denying any link to terrorism and claiming Washington wants to split their movement.

 

 

AFP

[N.O.R.F]

Somali government takes reconciliatory tone as deadline for attacks nears

 

BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - Somalia's weakened government has toned down objections to peace talks with the country's powerful Islamists, whose deadline for Ethiopian troops to pullout or face major attacks loomed.

 

Two days after the Islamists appeared to open the door for talks with Ethiopia to stave off clashes, Information Minister Ali Jama said the government was prepared to respond to any attack but still believed fighting could be avoided through negotiation.

 

"The government has not ruled out talks, we are a government of reconciliation, but how can we negotiate with somebody who is threatening to attack us?" he told AFP Monday.

 

Islamist leaders have said they would launch a military operation against Ethopian troops in Somalia if they did not withdraw by Tuesday.

 

"It is up to the international community to ensure that the climate for peace talks is conducive," he added.

 

Last week, Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said "the door for peace talks has been closed," and accused the Islamists of destroying any chance for peace by threatening the government.

 

And on Saturday, a top Islamist official, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, said the movement was prepared for "dialogue" with Ethiopia, which has troops in Somalia protecting the government.

 

At the same time, Ahmed and the speaker of the Somali parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden announced a deal, reached in Yemen, to bring the Islamists and the government back to the negotiating table after peace talks collapsed last month.

 

A day before the deadline for Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia was to expire, the government had put its forces on the alert to respond if the Islamists make good their threat.

 

"We have been counting the days and are waiting for the deadline. We will not be the first one to attack, but will not stand by and watch if we are attacked," Jama added.

 

The Islamists have already declared holy war on the Ethiopian troops in Somalia and claim to have launched several minor attacks, but stepped up the ante last week with the ultimatum.

 

There was no immediate reaction to Saturday's developments from mainly Christian Ethiopia which, along with the United States, accuses the Islamists of having links with Al-Qaeda and trying to foment unrest among its sizeable Muslim minority.

 

Ethiopia has sent several hundred military trainers and advisers to help the Somali government, but denies widespread reports it has deployed thousands of combat troops to Somalia.

 

Analysts have warned that an all-out war in Somalia would engulf the whole region, drawing in Addis Ababa arch-foe Eritrea, both of whom are accused of fighting a proxy war in the lawless African nation.

 

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[N.O.R.F]

Somalian troops join Islamists, official says

Some 200 reportedly defect to Muslim movement that is threatening holy war

By Salad Duhul

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Nearly 200 troops serving Somalia's Western-backed government defected to the Islamic courts movement, an Islamic official said Sunday, as both sides braced for impending war.

 

Sheik Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, head of the Islamic court in the Bayan region, said the troops switched sides there late Saturday.

 

Bilal told the Associated Press by telephone that the former government soldiers "are ready to be incorporated into the Islamic courts forces."

 

The court movement has promised to launch a holy war Tuesday unless troops from neighboring Ethiopia, who are supporting the government, leave Somalia.

 

Islamic fighters have surrounded the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the only town the government controls.

 

Bayan, where the defections are said to have taken place, is about 50 miles from Baidoa.

 

The government denied Bilal's claim. "The government has 6,000 strong soldiers who are well-trained and well-disciplined," said Salad Ali Jelle, the deputy defense minister.

 

Tensions have mounted in recent weeks between the government, which has international recognition but little actual authority, and the Islamic courts, which appears to have broad popular support in this strongly Muslim country.

 

Islamic movement leaders are outraged by the presence of troops from Ethiopia, a largely Christian nation.

 

Ethiopia fears the emergence of a neighboring Islamic state and acknowledges sending military advisers to aid Somalia's government, but Ethiopian authorities deny sending combat forces.

 

The United States has said the Islamic movement has links to al-Qaida, an accusation Islamic leaders have repeatedly denied.

 

Also Sunday, two journalists were detained without charge by Islamic forces while trying to board a plane at Mogadishu's airport, the National Union of Somali Journalists said.

 

The security forces seized the passport and computer of one reporter before taking both men to an undisclosed location, NUSJ official Abdirashid Deylka said. A spokesman for the Islamic courts said he had no immediate details on the case.

 

Meanwhile, authorities in the semiautonomous region of Puntland released Abdi-Aziz Mohamud Guuleed, a reporter for a local radio station, after 16 days in jail.

 

He was acquitted of charges his stories attacked the Puntland government.

 

Somalia has not had an effective government since warlords overthrew longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, plunging the country into chaos.

 

A government was formed in 2004 with the help of the United Nations, but it has struggled to assert its authority. The network of Islamic courts, meanwhile, has pushed aside the warlords and expanded into a rival quasi-government.

 

Experts fear the conflict in Somalia could engulf the volatile Horn of Africa. A recent U.N. report said 10 nations have been sending weapons to the warring sides.

 

War would hit an already devastated country where one in five children dies before the age of 5 from a preventable disease.

 

The impoverished nation also is struggling to recover from the worst flood season in East Africa in 50 years.

 

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[Caano Geel]

norf, in Mr Garrett Jones, oppinion, we at least how the CIA's men form their opinions .. lordh help us.

[N.O.R.F]

Fresh clashes in Somalia

 

 

Somali government troops and fighters of the Islamic Courts Council have been skirmishing as a senior European Union envoy flew to the country to press for peace talks to resume.

 

The rivals for control of the nation in the Horn of Africa have been at an impasse since talks broke down early last month.

 

The two sides exchanged mortar fire on Wednesday after a late-night gunfight between reconnaissance units.

 

The government said one of its troops was killed by a mortar round and two injured.

 

The fighting in the village of Idaale was continuing when Louis Michel, the EU development and aid chief, landed 70km (43 miles) northeast of there in Baidoa, which was hit last month by suicide attacks.

 

Salad Ali Jelle, Somalia's deputy defence minister, said: "Last evening, a reconnaissance team from the government and the Islamic courts clashed. But this morning, ground troops from both sides exchanged mortars from a distance.

 

"Their aim was to create fear and disturb peace ahead of the European Union team visit to try and reconcile us."

 

Officials from the Somali Islamic Courts Council could not immediately be reached for comment.

 

But a military source with the council, who declined to be named, confirmed that the fighting was continuing.

 

"Two Islamic courts troops were killed," he said. "Both sides were using heavy weapons."

 

Michel did not speak to reporters after landing in Baidoa, the government's sole stronghold, and headed off to meet Abdullahi Yusuf, the Somali president, and Ali Mohamed Gedi, the prime minister.

 

Michel was due to fly to Mogadishu, the traditional capital controlled by the Islamic courts since they kicked out US-backed armed groups in June, in the afternoon to speak to Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the courts.

 

Source: Agencies

 

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[N.O.R.F]

Somali rivals agree peace talks

 

Somalia's transitional government and its rivals the Islamic Courts Council have agreed to return to peace talks, according to an EU envoy and government officials.

 

 

The agreement on Wednesday came after a day of heavy fighting outside Baidoa, the only town the government controls, underlining the difficulties of securing peace in the country.

 

 

 

 

 

The government's foreign minister said later that while his government wanted talks, it did not believe its rivals did.

 

Ismail Hurre said: "The Islamic Courts want to take control of Somalia through the barrel of the gun. They are not committed to peace. They want war."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political dialogue

 

 

Louis Michel, the EU humanitarian envoy, said the Islamic Courts had "accepted to engage in political dialogue with the transitional government."

 

 

 

Somali government officials said they would also attend talks in Khartoum, Sudan but no date was given.

 

 

Leaders of the Islamic Courts said they were willing to attend without conditions.

 

 

 

The movement had previously said it would not attend talks until Ethiopian troops backing the government withdrew from the country.

 

 

 

As he left the Somali capital Mogadishu after a day of negotiaitions, Michel said: "For me this is very significant."

 

 

Fighting played down

 

 

Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Islamic Courts, played down the fighting that had erupted earlier in the day.

 

 

He said: "This was not full scale war. The fighting was a small incident between the Islamic courts and the Ethiopians, not between us and the government."

 

 

 

Somali fighters clashed with artillery, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns as Michel negotiated with the government and the Islamic movement to talk peace.

 

Clashes first erupted 15km from the government garrison town of Baidoa where Michel was meeting with Ali Mohamed Gedi, the Somali prime minister and Abdullahi Yusuf, the president.

 

 

The fighting took place just a day after an ultimatum by the Islamic Courts for Ethiopian troops backing the transitional government to leave or face a major attack.

 

 

 

Al Jazeera said the Islamic Courts had denied reports from Baidoa claiming hundreds of its fighters were killed in heavy fighting there.

 

 

Late on Tuesday, government troops and Islamic fighters also clashed near Idale, another front-line village northwest of Mogadishu, spokesmen from both sides said. Ten people were killed.

 

 

Fears of a full-blown civil war have intensified in recent weeks as the government and the Islamic Courts dismissed efforts to schedule peace talks and threatened military action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

[General Duke]

^^^This is exactly it. The fighting has been fierce.

 

Al Jazeera said the Islamic Courts had denied reports from Baidoa claiming hundreds of its fighters were killed in heavy fighting there

What would they do confirm it?

[N.O.R.F]

Come on now Duke, i dont think even you believed that one.

[N.O.R.F]

Fresh upsurge in Somalia fighting

 

The government is getting military help from Ethiopia

Fighting has intensified in Somalia between the Ethiopian-backed interim government and the Islamic militia that controls much of the country.

Residents are reporting heavy shelling for the first time near the central town of Bandiradley.

 

Fighting has also continued around Baidoa, where the government is based.

 

The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) has vowed to drive out Ethiopian troops which it says are fighting alongside government forces.

 

On Saturday, the UIC - which controls most of the south, including the capital, Mogadishu - appealed for foreign fighters to join them in the battle with Ethiopia.

 

Ethiopia has not formally acknowledged sending troops to back Somalia's transitional government, but admits sending military trainers.

 

The UN estimates that at least 8,000 Ethiopian troops may be in the country, while rival Eritrea is said to have deployed some 2,000 troops in support of the Islamic group.

 

However, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki denied his country had troops deployed in Somalia.

 

bbc.co.uk

[Nehanda]

I wonder what the exiled Somali government expect to achieve from this illegal attack led by Ethiopia. Public support, I think not!

 

Ethiopian government should stop interfering with Somali affairs and accept for once and all that we would not take to bullies easily.

 

Somali people should forgo their tribal differences or past deeds and unite against this ennemy. If Ethopia wins this war there is no reason why they wouldn´t attack Somaliland next.