US Threatens to Invade Eritrea

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http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=53510&s2=19


"President Obama Cannot Afford to Look Weak on Terrorism"

The United States has reportedly threatened to invade Eritrea and subject it to "the same fate as Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks" for providing support to the al-Shabaab resistance movement in Somalia, which the US has since attempted to link with al-Qaeda. The Daily Telegraph quotes one source as saying "There are consequences for working with al-Shabaab when President Obama cannot afford to look weak on terrorism."

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Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki remains defiant, saying he will continue to oppose the Western-backed TNG’s attempt to assert control over the nation. "There is no government, there is not even a naiton of Somalia existing," the president insisted, calling for a peace conference in which all parties, including those branded by the US and Ethiopia as "extremists" would have a voice. "Peace is not guaranteed without a government agreed by all Somalis."
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did we really threaten to invade?

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. It's a bit of a dubious claim

The Telegraph (which does sometimes exaggerate things from anonymous sources) said:

President Obama's January inauguration was hit by FBI warnings about a potential suicide threat from 12 American citizens that had left Africa to infiltrate the US and disappeared.

Subsequently Washington quietly warned Eritrea, a former Italian colony which was occupied by Britain during the Second World War, it could suffer the same fate as Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks, if the plot was carried out.

"Eritrea has chosen the wrong path," said a source. "There are consequences for working with al-Shabaab when President Obama cannot afford to look weak on terrorism by not retaliating if there is an attack on the homeland."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/eritrea/5173129/US-threatens-Eritrea-over-support-for-al-Qaeda-linked-terrorists.html

so that says the US would invade if there was a terrorist attack inside the US that could be linked to al-Shabaab. Even if you accept the Telegraph report as true, that's not just 'we'll invade for supporting al-Shabaab'.

[cali]

2. well, there's cetainly not so much as a shred of evidence in that piece.