Ethiopia Declares War!

creepyer · #1 12-25-2006, 04:26 PM

Merry Christmas!
Ethiopia Hits Somali Targets, Declaring War

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Ethiopia officially plunged into war with Somalia’s Islamist forces on Sunday, bombing targets inside Somalia and pushing ground troops deep into Somali territory in a major escalation that could turn Somalia’s internal crisis into a violent religious conflict that engulfs the entire Horn of Africa.

bort · #2 12-25-2006, 04:32 PM

Oh great. SHHHHHH. Nobody tell Bob Geldof, or we'll get another charity record.

I wondered if this was going to happen. And now it has. DON'T THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AT ALL??!

creepyer · #3 12-25-2006, 04:39 PM

Ethiopian fighter jets bomb Mogadishu airport

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Hundreds of Islamic fighters reportedly arriving
Residents living along Somalia’s coast have seen hundreds of foreign Islamic fighters entering the country to answer calls by religious leaders to wage a holy war against Ethiopia.

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The U.S. government says four al-Qaida leaders, believed to be behind the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, have become leaders in Somalia’s Islamic militia

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