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2017-11-03 Africa Horn
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Ethiopian Troops Cross Into Somalia To Fight Al-Shabaab
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[RADIOSHABELLE] Hundreds of heavily-armed Æthiopian troops have crossed into Somalia, reportedly to assist a Somali government offensive against al-Shabaab
...  the personification of Somali state failure...
murderous Moslems.
Residents in the border town of Dolow, in Somalia’s Gedo region, say they saw at least 30 vehicles carrying Æthiopian troops crossing into Somalia late Tuesday.
Witnesses who spoke to VOA Somali on condition of anonymity estimated that 1,000 Æthiopian soldiers entered Somalia. One resident said the troops were riding military vehicles and pickup trucks mounted with machine guns.
Æthiopia has thousands of troops in Somalia as a part of AMISOM, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
force fighting al-Shabaab.
Regional authorities contacted by VOA on Wednesday confirmed the new Æthiopian military movements.
"The Æthiopian troops as a part of AMISOM have already been in the region, and their current movement is part of the response to the Somali president’s call for a massive attack on al-Shabaab murderous Moslems," said Mohammed Husein al-Qadi, the deputy governor of Gedo region.
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