Ethiopia 'Forced to Enter a War'

[singern]

Prime Minister Says Ethiopia Has Been 'Forced Into a War,' Bombs Islamic Militia in Somalia
Sunday, December 24, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war."

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran.

"Our defense force has been forced to enter a war to defend (against) the attacks from extremists and anti-Ethiopian forces and to protect the sovereignty of the land," Meles said a few hours after his military attacked the Islamic militia with fighter jets and artillery.
"They are cowards," said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with the Islamic movement, which controls most of southern Somalia. "They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes."

Eritrea, a bitter rival of Ethiopia, is backing the Islamic militia, and experts fear the conflict could draw in the volatile Horn of Africa region, which lies close to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and has seen a rise in Islamic extremism. A recent U.N. report said 10 nations have been illegally supplying arms and equipment to both sides in Somalia.

People living along Somalia's coast have reported seeing hundreds of foreign Muslims entering the country in answer to calls from the Islamic militia to fight a holy war against Ethiopia.

IMO:
I believe the Antarctic is the only place left on earth not at ods with Islamic extremists. Lucky penguins.

[Logan13]

It's that fuking Bush, he is at it again...............
On a serious note. This is a worldwide war, and this is the tip of the iceberg.

Prime Minister Says Ethiopia Has Been 'Forced Into a War,' Bombs Islamic Militia in Somalia
Sunday, December 24, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war."

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran.

"Our defense force has been forced to enter a war to defend (against) the attacks from extremists and anti-Ethiopian forces and to protect the sovereignty of the land," Meles said a few hours after his military attacked the Islamic militia with fighter jets and artillery.
"They are cowards," said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with the Islamic movement, which controls most of southern Somalia. "They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes."

Eritrea, a bitter rival of Ethiopia, is backing the Islamic militia, and experts fear the conflict could draw in the volatile Horn of Africa region, which lies close to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and has seen a rise in Islamic extremism. A recent U.N. report said 10 nations have been illegally supplying arms and equipment to both sides in Somalia.

People living along Somalia's coast have reported seeing hundreds of foreign Muslims entering the country in answer to calls from the Islamic militia to fight a holy war against Ethiopia.

IMO:
I believe the Antarctic is the only place left on earth not at ods with Islamic extremists. Lucky penguins.

[BajanBastard]

Prime Minister Says Ethiopia Has Been 'Forced Into a War,' Bombs Islamic Militia in Somalia
Sunday, December 24, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war."

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement that wants to rule neighboring Somalia by the Quran.

"Our defense force has been forced to enter a war to defend (against) the attacks from extremists and anti-Ethiopian forces and to protect the sovereignty of the land," Meles said a few hours after his military attacked the Islamic militia with fighter jets and artillery.
"They are cowards," said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with the Islamic movement, which controls most of southern Somalia. "They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes."

Eritrea, a bitter rival of Ethiopia, is backing the Islamic militia, and experts fear the conflict could draw in the volatile Horn of Africa region, which lies close to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and has seen a rise in Islamic extremism. A recent U.N. report said 10 nations have been illegally supplying arms and equipment to both sides in Somalia.

People living along Somalia's coast have reported seeing hundreds of foreign Muslims entering the country in answer to calls from the Islamic militia to fight a holy war against Ethiopia.

IMO:
I believe the Antarctic is the only place left on earth not at ods with Islamic extremists. Lucky penguins.

Never heard that line before

[singern]

"They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes."

Never heard that line before

interestingly the same could be said the other way around, "They are afraid of one- on-one so the strap bombs on people and blow up innocent civilians.

[BajanBastard]

interestingly the same could be said the other way around, "They are afraid of one- on-one so the strap bombs on people and blow up innocent civilians.

So true.

[Kärnfysikern]

everything is a holy war nowdays....

[singern]

everything is a holy war nowdays....

How dare you say that, I call Jihad on you.....

[Kärnfysikern]

my god is bigger than yours so bring it on

[singern]

Mogadishu falls to Ethiopian-backed government troops
POSTED: 8:48 a.m. EST, December 28, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuters) -- Triumphant Somali government forces marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months before an Ethiopian-backed advance.

The flight of the Islamists was a dramatic turnaround in the volatile Horn of Africa nation after they took Mogadishu in June and spread across the south imposing sharia rule.

Some fighters ditched their uniforms to avoid reprisals. "We have been defeated. I have removed my uniform. Most of my comrades have also changed into civilian clothes," one former SICC fighter told Reuters. "All of our leaders have fled."



IMO:
One down, many more to go.

[RA]

Mogadishu falls to Ethiopian-backed government troops
POSTED: 8:48 a.m. EST, December 28, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuters) -- Triumphant Somali government forces marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months before an Ethiopian-backed advance.

The flight of the Islamists was a dramatic turnaround in the volatile Horn of Africa nation after they took Mogadishu in June and spread across the south imposing sharia rule.

Some fighters ditched their uniforms to avoid reprisals. "We have been defeated. I have removed my uniform. Most of my comrades have also changed into civilian clothes," one former SICC fighter told Reuters. "All of our leaders have fled."



IMO:
One down, many more to go.

[BajanBastard]

Mogadishu falls to Ethiopian-backed government troops
POSTED: 8:48 a.m. EST, December 28, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuters) -- Triumphant Somali government forces marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months before an Ethiopian-backed advance.

The flight of the Islamists was a dramatic turnaround in the volatile Horn of Africa nation after they took Mogadishu in June and spread across the south imposing sharia rule.

Some fighters ditched their uniforms to avoid reprisals. "We have been defeated. I have removed my uniform. Most of my comrades have also changed into civilian clothes," one former SICC fighter told Reuters. "All of our leaders have fled."



IMO:
One down, many more to go.

Where did i see this before? LOL!