Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

Ethiopian forces killed five people in Mogadishu today. Yes, we’re still supporting Ethiopia; yes, they’re still coopting rhetoric from the war on terror to support the killing of civilians as well as other crimes. The attack came four days after more than 30 people - mainly civilians - were killed in fighting when Ethiopian forces opened fire on two buses near Mogadishu, according to eyewitnesses. But the Ethiopian foreign ministry denied its troops killed civilians and put the death toll... Read Full Story

In the closing months of 2006, at the urging of President Bush, Ethiopian troops entered Somalia to drive out Islamic fundamentalists from leadership positions in their nation. The invasion sent a mainly Christian armed force into a Muslim nation and the results are what any expert would have predicted– continued resistance on the part of Muslim resistance groups. On Friday, Ethiopian troops fired on civilian vehicles and buses causing the death of over 40 people. According to an eye witness... Read Full Story

Newer: PROPHESY, SEE VISIONS, AND DREAM DREAMS » Older: « JOHN MCCAIN: WAR HERO OR NORTH VIETNAM'S GO-TO COLLABORATOR? Home: Most Recent The Christian Commons Project™ View blog reactions  No-Graphics Print Version Posted: Saturday, June 14, 2008 @ 2:30:46 AM (PST) By Tom Usher If you don't know George Galloway, he's a Scottish politician and lone voice in the British House of Commons. They tried to run him out, but he formed a new party called... Read Full Story

A disturbed Meles Zenawi Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday that his government "made a wrong political calculation" when it occupied Somalia, where Ethiopian troops are bogged down in a fight against a growing insurgency, The Washington Post reported. Addressing Ethiopia's Parliament, Meles said his government incorrectly assumed that breaking up the Islamic Movement that took control of most of Somalia in June 2006 would subdue the country. He also said he wrongly... Read Full Story

Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Saturday against Ethiopian troops backing the interim government, hurling stones, burning tyres and reviving memories of the chaos that largely stopped during six months of strict sharia rule by Islamists. In the latest show of discontent with the forces that drove the Islamists out, some protesters brandished sticks and set fires that wreathedthe streets in smoke, witnesses said. One resident said the protesters were also angry about a disarmament drive by... Read Full Story