| East African foreign ministers approved a Sudanese proposal calling for an international conference on terrorism. The announcement came after a closed-door meeting of the ministerial council of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ahead of a summit of the seven-member grouping. The proposal calls for holding an international conference for the "identification of terrorism" and for fighting it "within international legitimacy". IGAD comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. This is another proposal to talk about the subject endlessly, arguing over definitions, rather than doing anything about it. The US is using a working definition of terrorism right now: People who slam civil aircraft into buildings. Seems pretty simple. |