Ethiopian, Islamist Forces Clash in Somalia
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Guests: Jonathan Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
Rob Crilly, freelance reporter and contributor to the Christian Science Monitor and Times of London
Ambassador Samuel Assefa, Ethiopian ambassador to the United States
Herman Cohen, assistant secretary of state for Africa under President George H.W. Bush, from 1989 to 1993

State Department: U.S. supports Ethiopian military

Somalia Calls on Islamists to Surrender

Ethiopia Steps Up Attacks on Somalia
LONDON, Dec. 25--(Washington Post)Ethiopian warplanes attacked the airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu... And 150 miles away on the front lines near Baidoa, sources said that fighters from Eritrea and Pakistan, among others, had joined the Islamic movement's battle against Ethiopia in a conflict that analysts fear could engulf the Horn of Africa.
....This front has now been over run by Ethiopian and TFG forces, many of the Eritreans and Pakistans have been killed and wounded. Ethiopian and TFG forces are now heading to Mogadishu.

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Islamists lost Dinsor and Bur-Hakaba towns as Ethiopia advances

Fundamentalists in Somalia retreating in disarray

Ethiopia action in Somalia backed
(BBC)The African Union says Ethiopia has the right to intervene militarily in Somalia as it feels threatened by an Islamic militia operating there.

UIC lost key towns in Somalia

Bay Region Commander dies along 350 of his forces in action

(WIC) - Sheik Muktar Abu Mansur Robo died yesterday after a ground battle fought at the town of Menas near Bidoa.

Extreme UIC elements met their wishes: Ethiopia answers the Somalia Transitional Govt call
13 foreign terrorist apprehended and many more dead

Ethiopia Hits Somali Targets, Declaring War
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Meles Zenawi, said in a televised broadcast that he had ordered the action because he had no choice... “Ethiopian defense forces were forced to enter into war to protect the sovereignty of the nation,” he said. “We are not trying to set up a government for Somalia, nor do we have an intention to meddle in Somalia’s internal affairs. We have only been forced by the circumstances.”(New York Times)

The lying liars of Ethiopian Review caught red handed!! Thank you Ethiopiafirst! How long will Berhane Mewa and company stay in the camps of Ethiopian Review? Check ER latest fiasco and white lie

Ethiopia has confirmed that its troops are fighting Islamic militiamen that control much of Somalia.

Somalia Islamists Should Be Stopped
Bashir Goth - Somalia for Somalis! Let them run their country as they please. Easy words to say but difficult to accept when it means beheading people for not praying five times a day...

Eritrean helicopter lands in Saudi, crew seek asylum
Source: ENA

Behind the ongoing Fight of the UIC and the TFG

Goverment press release - war situation

Somalia: War bulletin - December 22nd
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Class project becomes diplomatic mission for MBA team
What started out as a class project for seven MBA students in the Business Solutions Teams' course is growing into a diplomatic mission to provide economic development assistance to Ethiopia..(Fisher news)

Thousands flee as war escalates in Somalia
(CNN)"They (the Islamic group) are claiming that Ethiopia is fighting against them and this is totally false," said government spokesman Zemedkun Teckle. "If the time comes that we have to fight, it will be very clear to everyone and there will be no doubt because we will announce this to our people."

From the Archive... The Spin-Doctors of Eritrea (From the East African Forum); October 4, 1999 Here comes a blow. A blow serious enough to reverse the aspirations of Eritreans of good will. At the national level, Eritrea's future situation is not necessarily cheerful with the existing leadership. Eritrea is a nation where all Eritreans are at the mercy of one man. It is now conceivable that we could have a nationwide reign of terror... ... The commentary was first posted in 1999. Although some of the spin doctors have now realized their mistake many still worship Isayas Afeworki. Then and now we remind Eritreans their country is going down. No one but themselves can extricate Eritrea from its abyss.

Eritrea:Over 500 parents of conscripts arrested
Resorting to collective punishment, the Eritrean government has arrested over 500 relatives, mostly parents, of young men and women who have either deserted the army or avoided conscription...
comment:-It is sad Eritrea has come to this, over thirty years of war for independence has brought them this...the worst in all of this, those living in comfort zone of the west are not saying much except few courageous ones like the Awate and Asmarino team.

Report by Terrence Lyons for the Council of Foreign Relations (Full report)
This report is Mr.Terrence's personal opinion, no more any less