Word: ethiopian
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...Last week five American officials dropped into western Somalia to talk with local warlords and Ethiopian military officers eager to subdue any Islamist threat to their country. Some analysts called the visit a scouting trip to pick out possible terrorist targets. Pentagon officials have been talking up the presence of al-Qaeda cells there, and if Washington feels a need to strike somewhere else, Somalia is an uncontroversial military and political target. But regional experts said the presence of U.S. intelligence agents was meant as a warning: we're watching you; we can readily...
...says Mogadishu chief of police Hassan Awaale. "We have enough problems of our own without more [from them]." U.N. officials, Western diplomats and aid workers agree that al-Itihaad training camps of the '90s don't exist anymore and that the group was destroyed as a military force after Ethiopian forces entered Somalia and overran the group...
...Somali government and local observers rush to dismiss the concern, saying Al Itihad was mostly destroyed as a military force in a cross-border showdown with the Ethiopian military in 1996. They claim its fighters have dispersed and the movement exists today primarily as a politically-motivated welfare group. "They were an armed force but now we don't know of any camps in Somalia," says President Hassan. "We invite the Americans to come here and investigate...
Caff Adulis: Students dig its Ethiopian food, usually with their hands. The only necessary utensils are cups for the drinky-drinks. $13-$30. Lunch: M-F 12pm-3pm; Dinner: Daily 5pm-11pm. 228 College...
...speedy Ethiopian man not only won the New York marathon on Sunday, but also, with his time of two hours and 37 seconds, he beat the course record by almost...