Last Updated Thurs, Nov, 22 2006,18:10
am--Mogadishu Somalia
Ethiopian premier Zenawi declares war on Somalias Islamists
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 23, Nov.06 ( Sh.M.Network) -
Speaking to parliament in Addis Ababa Prime minister of Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi revealed his government has come to a firm decision
of gearing up for a war with Somalias Union of Islamic Courts,
which is in control of most central and southern of the country.
Males Zenawi
Ethiopia is believed to have thousands of its military
troops in the small town of Baidoa, a temporary seat for the
toothless transitional federal government.
Ethiopia merely admits its has hundreds of military
officers in Somalia to train the government personnel and
protect the government form the Islamic Courts fighters
surrounding Baidoa.
Zenawi said jihad war against Ethiopia was an
apparent threat to Ethiopia that could not be ignored, adding
that the policy of his government to solve any conflict through
peaceful means has so far ended in unproductiveness, and
therefore has become indispensable to be fully geared up for the
defense of Ethiopia against the enemy [Islamists].
The news comes as United States government
formally supported an African troop deployment to Somalia to
protect the weak government based in the small town of Baidoa,
245 km southwest of the capital.
Ethiopian military convoy passing through Kansah
Omane environs on the edge of Baidoa was ambushed twice last
week by pro-Islamist militias in the area.
Two armored vehicles were blown up as number of
Ethiopian soldiers was reportedly killed in skirmishes that took
place during the ambush.
Somalia lost its central government in 1991 when
tribal warlords toppled former president Mohammed Siad Barre.
Peace talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have
ended in failure early this month after Islamic Courts demanded
that all Ethiopian forces in the country leave.
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