Time for another HE smack-down
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/wo...omalia.html?hp
NAIROBI, Kenya — American naval forces fired missiles into southern Somalia on Monday, aiming at what the Defense Department called terrorist targets.
Residents reached by telephone said the only casualties were three wounded civilians, three dead cows, one dead donkey and a partly destroyed house.
Eritria/Djibouti Friction
Eritrea army 'entered Djibouti'
Quote:
Djibouti has accused Eritrea of violating its border by sending troops into its territory.
"The two armies are facing each other. The situation is explosive," said Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh.
Eritrea has denied accusations that its soldiers had dug trenches on the Djibouti side of the border.
As geographic locations go I think Djibouti has a strong case for holding the shortest straw. Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia with Yemen across the gulf - rather them than me.
HOA - What are the goals?
Gentlemen-
If one had to choose the top ten things a person might attempt to accomplish in a relatively short tour to HOA, what does the collective brain think they might be?
Just wondering...
Lostcomm
Unfinished Peace in the Horn of Africa
Horn of where? Ethi-what? Bueller?
Ethiopia/Eritrea: "Unfinished Peace in the Horn of Africa",
Daniela Kroslak in The Daily Star
August 8, 2008
Interlocking Crises in the Horn of Africa
This paper is from the UK House of Commons. Similar to the Congressional Research Service.
This paper looks at recent developments in the Horn of Africa, where there are a number of protracted and interlocking crises at work, and briefly discusses some of the main factors that have been described as ‘root causes’ of conflict in the region. The insurgency against the Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian forces in Somalia is rapidly gathering momentum as efforts continue to form a more inclusive and viable government. There is a humanitarian crisis of massive proportions, with about 40 per cent of the population needing assistance. Almost unnoticed, there are ongoing tensions between neighbouring Somaliland and Puntland over disputed border areas. Meanwhile, the possibility remains of a resumption of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their long-running border dispute. In the Ogaden, which is part of Ethiopia’s Somali regional state, there has also been a humanitarian crisis as a consequence of ongoing fighting between Ethiopian troops and insurgents. Finally, earlier this year Eritrea launched an incursion into Djibouti and is yet to withdraw its forces.
Piracy is not covered in this paper. For a discussion of piracy issues, including with regard to Somalia, see House of Commons Library Standard Note SN/BT/3794, Shipping: piracy .
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib...8/rp08-086.pdf