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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Somalia Is Next, German Official Says Wednesday, December 19, 2001 Email this Article BRUSSELS, Belgium — The United States has decided to take its fight against Usama bin Laden's terror network to Somalia, a senior German official said early Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no longer a question of whether to go after Al Qaeda terrorists in the east African nation, but only when and how. At NATO headquarters in Brussels, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "We are not going to speculate on any next operation." When pressed, he added: "Countries that harbor terrorists worry us. Somalia is one potential country, but there are others as well." At Tuesday's meeting of NATO defense ministers, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mentioned Yemen and Sudan as countries suspected of supporting terrorism. And in Yemen that day, Yemeni forces trained and equipped with U.S. funds engaged armed tribesmen in a bid to capture suspected Al Qaeda members, government officials and tribal sources said. Tanks, helicopters and artillery pounded mountain villages and hillsides in what appeared to be the most serious military operation yet in an Arab country in search of suspects allegedly connected to Al Qaeda. Earlier this month, nine people identified by aid workers and a regional security official as Americans visited a town in western Somalia, where they met with local faction leaders and Ethiopian military officers. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Americans met with leaders of the Rahanwein Resistance Army, a clan-based faction opposed to Somalia's fledgling transitional government and with Mohamed Saeed Hirsi, the leader of an Ethiopian-backed faction also opposed to the government. U.S. officials have said the United States is concerned Somalia's lack of central authority makes it an attractive base for terrorists. Iraq also has been identified by President Bush and other senior administration officials as a potential U.S. target. At various times, Somalia has been mentioned, along with the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan, by Bush administration officials as countries with terrorism problems. Several African countries called on the United States to avoid military action in Somalia and cooperate with the transitional government, which has expressed readiness to "get rid of any terrorist camps if it was proved they existed on Somali lands." Their joint statement, issued in Cairo by the Sudanese Embassy, was from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, a grouping of east African nations, and the 15-nation Group of Sahel and Sahara States. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
