MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia launched an attack Sunday on Somalia’s powerful Islamic movement, sending fighter jets across the border and bombarding several towns in a major escalation of the violence that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia confirmed the attacks, the first time it has acknowledged that its troops were fighting in Somalia, though witnesses have reported their presence for weeks.
“After too much patience, the Ethiopian government has taken a self-defensive measure and has begun counterattacking the aggressive extremist forces of the (Islamic council) and foreign terrorist groups,” said Ethiopia’s foreign affairs spokesman, Solomon Abebe.
The Council of Islamic Courts has vowed to drive out troops from neighboring Ethiopia, a largely Christian nation that is providing military support to Somalia’s U.N.-backed government.
“They are cowards,” said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with Somalia’s Council of Islamic Courts. “They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes.”
I read this and could not decide whether to laugh or get angry. On the one hand I want the Somali clerics to be sent to Allah because they anger me. On the other hand I have to laugh at the phrase "U.N.-backed government :))
Being backed by the UN is such a waste. It almost guarantees you failure. When was the last time the UN got involved and won? Was it on terrorism? Was it in Bosnia? Kosovo? Haiti?
How long will the UN let Christians die before they move. I am willing to bet the answer is "a few years." Would anyone like to bet?
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