Quickhits
Just a few little bits being lost beneath the wall to wall Israel Lebanon coverage.
The Islamic militiamen that now control Somalia have encircled Baidoa, the seat of the now superfluous UN recognized Somali government, with stated intention of taking the town. In response, neighboring Ethiopia has threatened to invade to defend the legitimate government.
UPDATE: (BBC) A column of Ethiopian trucks, more than 100-strong and including armoured cars, have crossed into neighbouring Somalia.....The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which control much of southern Somalia, say they never intended to attack Baidoa and have pulled troops back.
A group of antiwar protesters at UC Berkely and UC Santa Cruz have turned up in the Pentagon's anti-terrorist Talon database.
"The Turkish military is moving forward with plans to send forces into northern Iraq to clear out Turkish Kurdish guerrilla bases, the prime minister said Wednesday." Again, this may just be political maneuvering, but threatening military action against US wishes in Iraq is pretty serious.
More civilians died in Iraq in June than died in the World Trade Center attack.
The Islamic militiamen that now control Somalia have encircled Baidoa, the seat of the now superfluous UN recognized Somali government, with stated intention of taking the town. In response, neighboring Ethiopia has threatened to invade to defend the legitimate government.
UPDATE: (BBC) A column of Ethiopian trucks, more than 100-strong and including armoured cars, have crossed into neighbouring Somalia.....The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which control much of southern Somalia, say they never intended to attack Baidoa and have pulled troops back.
A group of antiwar protesters at UC Berkely and UC Santa Cruz have turned up in the Pentagon's anti-terrorist Talon database.
"The Turkish military is moving forward with plans to send forces into northern Iraq to clear out Turkish Kurdish guerrilla bases, the prime minister said Wednesday." Again, this may just be political maneuvering, but threatening military action against US wishes in Iraq is pretty serious.
More civilians died in Iraq in June than died in the World Trade Center attack.
posted by mikevotes at
1:30 PM
3 Comments:
Great post. Well, none of the events are great. Iraq seems to have tipped. So, the Turks will be entering the Kurdish region.
By
Bravo 2-1, at 3:37 PM
I really don't think so, but, if they do want to, their best time would be now with the US weak in the region and the cover of the equivalence with the Israeli operation.
The two situations are somewhat similar and they could offer that as a defense.
The only hitch is that that would probably be a real shooting match with the Kurdish peshmerga with their new US supplied weapons and open status.
Mike
Mike
By
mikevotes, at 3:45 PM
From inside this swift moving hand basket, I think I can see hell up ahead.
By
pissed off patricia, at 4:42 PM
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