Posted by
Michael on Sunday, December 24, 2006 1:57:06 PM
Over at
Hot Air, Allahpundit is saying that this Christmas Eve is a slow news day, but he is oh-so-wrong. If you'd only waited an hour before posting that, Allah, you would've gotten a much bigger story than Fidel Castro's intestinal tract.
Chaos, anarchy and extremism has threatened to engulf an entire region in war. It can't be argued that it's the United States' fault (though people will try) this time, since neither of the parties are being occupied by any of our troops. Ethiopia has officially said that it is
at war with Islamists in neighboring Somalia:
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian is at war with
the Islamists in neighboring Somalia who want to rule according to the
Quran, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Sunday.
“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 in a television address just hours
after his country launched fighter jets and artillery against Islamic
militants.
Ethiopia backs Somalia’s fragile government, which has been losing ground to the Islamists for months.