Since When Is That A Crime?

June 10, 2009: The UN is under great pressure to sanction Eritrea, which is the major supporter of Islamic radicals in Somalia Eritrea is doing this to get back at Ethiopia, as the two nations are disputing a patch of desert on their border. Eritrea is controlled by a dictator who runs the country like it's North Korea and doesn't care what the world thinks. Iran supports Eritrea, with cash, weapons and the use of key allies in the UN (like China and Russia). Thus UN sanctions are unlikely, although Western nations running the pirate patrol may be persuaded to blockade Eritrea. The UN will do nothing, other than call for donations, to keep the killers and potential victims fed. The battle for control of Mogadishu has left over 200 dead in the last few weeks, while also driving over 100,000 civilians to refugee camps. The violence in Somalia has killed nearly 20,000 people, mostly civilians, in the last three years. The UN complaints that all sides in Somalia regularly commit war crimes against civilians. This perplexes the Somali gunmen, who are fighting as they always have. Since when is that a crime? A man's got to do what a man's got to do. Ethiopia is determined to prevent another invasion of its Ogaden province by Somali Islamic radicals. To that end, Ethiopian troops are patrolling on the Somali side of their border, stopping in Somali border towns to collect information on what the Islamic radical groups are doing. ..more..http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/somalia/articles/20090610.aspx