Friday, January 15, 2010
Eritrea is a nation state that is situated north of Ethiopia. It gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993. The Somali Regional State (aka Western Somali and Ogaden) is still part of Ethiopia and it is located in the south-east of the country; however, there is a political entity known as Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) that claims to be fighting for the liberation of that region from Ethiopia. On the basis of my enemy’s enemy is my friend, the leaders of Eritrea and ONLF are working together, in the shadows and in extreme secrecy, to take advantage of the current Horn of Africa political climate. Here is a birds-eye-view of what is going on in that part of the world.
I will begin with Eritrea. It has a population of 3.6 million people. It got full independence from Ethiopia on May, 24, 1993.
The News:
http://www.wardheern … Unholy_Alliance.html
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The ulema (Muslim theologians) of Yemen have authorized the jihad in the case of foreign military intervention in Yemen. It’s affirmed by a press of the same religious during a meeting with the press. “Jihad is the duty of all muslims if part of any foreigner wanting to continue a military attack or invade our country”, is written in the document signed by 150 ulema who represent different regions of Yemen.
The News:
http://www.tgcom.med … articolo471116.shtml
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Israeli troops rolled into east of Gaza city on Tuesday afternoon under a cover of heavy gunfire, witnesses said.
Four Israeli tanks backing two bulldozers moved 200 meters into the Al-Shijaiya neighborhood northeast of Gaza city, where they started to destroy agricultural areas.
Residents said the Israeli tanks opened heavy fire on civilians’ houses to provide cover to the bulldozers. No one was injured during the incursion.
The News:
http://www.arabnews. … 1096&d=13&m=1&y=2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wide operation of army in Saada, in Yemen, to ‘clear’ the city by sciite rebels al-Houthi. Government sources said that in operation have lost the life 19 rebels, 25 captured and that emergency forces stormed house by house in old city, searching rebels.
La Notizia
http://www.ansa.it/w … html_1672900364.html
Despite US denial of trespassing on Venezuelan airspace, Caracas says Washington wanted to provoke the South American nation into launching an attack.
Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez on Monday showed diagrams of USA violation on state television.
“We are showing the country and the world that incursions into our airspace are occurring to provoke us, to test our response that would possibly lead to a direct reaction,” Carrizalez said.
The News:
http://www.presstv.i … §ionid=351020704