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Walle they got a good ass kicking last time, these guys used SEEK an excuse to enter Somalia now they hiding around like an abused dog

Ethiopia will stay out of Somalia despite threat

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia on Wednesday said it will not send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighbouring country.

"No matter what has been said, our position is that we are not entering Somalia at this point," government spokesman Bereket Simon told reporters.

He nonetheless termed this week's threat by the hardline Shebab fighters as "an open declaration of war," and said Addis Ababa was closely monitoring events in the war-ravaged neighbouring state.

Ethiopian troops rolled into Somalia in late 2006 to buttress an embattled government but withdrew earlier this year.

Somali residents have recently reported seeing truckloads of Ethiopian troops around the country's central regions but Ethiopian officials have repeatedly denied those claims.

On May 7, the Shebab and Hezb al-Islam, a more political group, launched an unprecedented nationwide offensive against the administration of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

The internationally backed Sharif has been holed up in his presidential quarters, protected by African Union peacekeepers as his forces were unable to reassert their authority over the capital.

Around 300 people are confirmed to have been killed in the latest violence, many of them civilians.

Source: AFP, July 1, 2009

America ayaa diiday inuu galo

Eritrea iyo Amrerica wada hadal ayaa u socda

qardasay wrote:America ayaa diiday inuu galo

Eritrea iyo Amrerica wada hadal ayaa u socda

Danane/Dananish Lover, your government is scared of a band of KIDS

^ lol my grandfather uses that term to greet people
i think its cuz hes from dhir dhawa ...once got into
a fight in djibouti cuz this sheikh got pissed when he would
use that term

It's amharic

really i thought it was afaan oromo

qardasay wrote:America ayaa diiday inuu galo

there is one thing that i hate about Habashi lovers, America uma diidin, beenta dhaaf,,
ee they are tamed by Alshabaab.

To be honest it Has to do more with the fact that Obama ain't paying money to sustain another mission, unlike Bush. Ethiopia can capture from Ras kambooni to Raas Casseer in 72 hours haday ugu badato

Murax wrote:To be honest it Has to do more with the fact that Obama ain't paying money to sustain another mission, unlike Bush. Ethiopia can capture from Ras kambooni to Raas Casseer in 72 hours haday ugu badato

Murax,

Not without intelligence & covert support. It would take at least 1 month or so.

Murax wrote:To be honest it Has to do more with the fact that Obama ain't paying money to sustain another mission, unlike Bush. Ethiopia can capture from Ras kambooni to Raas Casseer in 72 hours haday ugu badato

That only works if you are fighting a conventional army. No one disputes Ethiopia can walk back to Mogadishu now but the question is CAN IT HOLD IT? And no they can't because they are fighting a guerrilla style group with asymmetrical warfare.

In that respect, they have been defeated, tamed, and they know a Somalia incursion is not an easy picnic.

AbdiWahab252 wrote:

Murax wrote:To be honest it Has to do more with the fact that Obama ain't paying money to sustain another mission, unlike Bush. Ethiopia can capture from Ras kambooni to Raas Casseer in 72 hours haday ugu badato

Murax,

Not without intelligence & covert support. It would take at least 1 month or so.

How long did it take them to sweep from Baydhabo all the way to Xamar, all the way down to Kismaayo? 3 days?

They're coming in but not to prop up Shariif's TFG.

Murax,

The Ethios got covert intelligence and Black Ops support from the US. Without it, there advance would have taken much longer.