How US forged an alliance with Ethiopia over invasion

[BlueCat]

I thought this was an interesting article in the Guardian...

On December 4, General John Abizaid, the commander of US forces from the Middle East through Afghanistan, arrived in Addis Ababa to meet the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi. Officially, the trip was a courtesy call to an ally. Three weeks later, however, Ethiopian forces crossed into Somalia in a war on its Islamist rulers, and this week the US launched air strikes against suspected al-Qaida operatives believed to be hiding among the fleeing Islamist fighters.

"The meeting was just the final handshake," said a former intelligence officer familiar with the region. Washington and Addis Ababa may deny it, but the air strikes this week exposed close intelligence and military cooperation between Ethiopia and America, fuelled by mutual concern about the rise of Islamists in the chaos of Somalia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/st...989401,00.html

Pay special attention here --->Pentagon officials and intelligence analysts say a small number of US special forces were on the ground before Ethiopia's intervention in an operation planned since last summer, soon after the Islamic Courts Union took control of Mogadishu. Press reports have said US special forces also accompanied the Ethiopian troops crossing into Somalia.

Oh and here is a surprise... "In return, the US is believed to have provided the Ethiopians with arms, fuel and other logistical support for a much larger intervention than it has previously mounted in Somalia."


Funny how the Plan for a New America Century seems to be falling into place...

BlueCat Reviewed by BlueCat on 01-13-2007. How US forged an alliance with Ethiopia over invasion I thought this was an interesting article in the Guardian... On December 4, General John Abizaid, the commander of US forces from the Middle East through Afghanistan, arrived in Addis Ababa to meet the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi. Officially, the trip was a courtesy call to an ally. Three weeks later, however, Ethiopian forces crossed into Somalia in a war on its Islamist rulers, and this week the US launched air strikes against suspected al-Qaida operatives believed to be hiding Rating: 5

[Bong30]

Lets kick some ass BC.....

Run those Alquida idiots out of town HUH?

Ethiopians = christians

Alquida= sunni muslim (radical)

The enemy of my enemy, is my friend.....

[BlueCat]

Sorry you'll have to leave me out...battles have been fought in the name of Christ for ages...and it just ends up killing millions and making the arms dealers rich. You go ahead and sell your soul to devil. I'll sit this one out I know how it ends...

[Psycho4Bud]

Glad to see this happening. As WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT in here something had to be done about the genocide. The Somalian Gov. asked for the help from the Ethiopian Gov. who then asked us for minimum personel and weapons sales for the operation. :smokin:

How many troops, probable a good share of ours, was the U.N. ready to send to Somalia. Somalia stated that this was an African thing and that the U.N. was NOT welcome to the show.

Why did you feel the need for the spin?
"Oh and here is a surprise... "In return, the US is believed to have provided the Ethiopians with arms, fuel and other logistical support for a much larger intervention than it has previously mounted in Somalia."


Funny how the Plan for a New America Century seems to be falling into place..."

Just courious........

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[BlueCat]

I like to KNOW what my government is doing and what my tax dollar is paying for...Imagine that. Oh but what do I know I'm a silly pinko commie.

[Dutch Pimp]

...Somalia...=....I smell a seal team(s)......in action....

[BlueCat]

Aren't they ALWAYS...

[Psycho4Bud]

I like to KNOW what my government is doing and what my tax dollar is paying for...Imagine that. Oh but what do I know I'm a silly pinko commie.

You always state you want our people safe? How can we be informed about special ops missions? This is what were doing, where we're going........hell, just let them get prepared for the attack! Unless of course you feel that the genocide in Somalia is no longer any concern of ours....

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[Bong30]

Sorry you'll have to leave me out...battles have been fought in the name of Christ for ages...and it just ends up killing millions and making the arms dealers rich. You go ahead and sell your soul to devil. I'll sit this one out I know how it ends...

BC, this is where the Liberalism is a mental disorder kicks in.....( ie..you distort the truth)

The ethopians were there allready.... there home

Alquida Idiots went there.....the ethiopians were on the defence (you think they started on the offenec..NOPE....

after the alquida idiots were there....the best defence is a great offence


Did the christians go looking for a fight, or was it the Muslims.....?

Be honest......

[eg420ne]

Too bad they didnt get any alCIAduh....like always the US bomb innocent people....

US strikes on al-Qa'ida chiefs kill nomads
By Anne Penketh and Steve Bloomfield
Published: 13 January 2007
The herdsmen had gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes. But lit up by the flames, they became latest victims of America's war on terror.

It was their tragedy to be misidentified in a secret operation by special forces attempting to kill three top al-Qa'ida leaders in south-ern Somalia.

Oxfam yesterday confirmed at least 70 nomads in the Afmadow district near the border with Kenya had been killed. The nomads were bombed at night and during the day while searching for water sources. Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Kenya has acknowledged that the onslaught on Islamist fighters failed to kill any of the three prime targets wanted for their alleged role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

The wanted men are Fazul Abdullah Moham-med, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and Abu Taha al-Sudani, who were all supposedly sheltered by the Union of Islamic Courts during its short reign in Mogadishu.

The operation, which opened a new front in Washington's anti-terror campaign, seems to have backfired spectacularly in the five days since it was launched. In addition to the scores of Somali civilians killed, the simmering civil war in the failed state has been rekindled.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle2149716.ece