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...hour, Chancellor Schmidt talked by telephone with Somalia's President Siad Barre, who finally agreed to permit a rescue operation to take place. Both Bonn and Mogadishu have denied reports that the Germans gave Somalia cash or promised assistance. But the Somalis, involved in a desert war with Ethiopia (TIME, Oct. 24), unquestionably need military...
...declares Abdullah! Abdi, a Somali military commander in the ugly little war that is being fought today in the Ogaden desert region of eastern Ethiopia. After years of sporadic guerrilla activity, the forces of the Western Somali Liberation Front (W.S.L.F.)-backed by their tribal cousins in the Somali Democratic Republic to the east-have been fighting fiercely since July to wrest the Ogaden from Ethiopia, which has controlled it off and on for 400 years...
...northern province of Eritrea, receive massive military aid from the Soviet Union. Until recently, Moscow also held Somalia in the iron grip of its friendship; but then it made the mistake of trying to expand its influence in the Horn of Africa by extending aid to both Somalia and Ethiopia, even though the two were ancient enemies. The volatile Somalis were enraged at the Russians' perfidy and stepped up their support for the Ogaden rebels. Meanwhile, the Soviets have reportedly supplied Ethiopia with MiG-21s and MiG-23s, heavy artillery and rocket launchers...
...Somalis, by contrast, lack the arms to wage a prolonged desert war. Despite some limited help from the Arabs, they may soon run low on fuel, spare parts and ammunition. Earlier this year, the U.S.-an ally of Ethiopia's during the late Emperor Haile Selassie's day-had thought of improving its ties with Somalia by sending some military aid. But after the Somali drive on the Ogaden began in July, Washington decided that it had better stay out of this murky conflict. The Somalis accuse the U.S. of breaking its word-although, in fact, no firm...
Most recently, Ethiopia broke off a major, multi-million dollar HIID contract in 1975, during the leftward shift of the Ethiopian government that followed the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie...