War!

[Dunenewt]

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia is prepared to invade neighboring Somalia to defend its U.N.-backed government against what appeared to be an imminent attack by Islamic militiamen, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

The militiamen, who hold most of southern Somalia, deployed hundreds of fighters outside the town where the largely powerless government is based and said they planned to seize it.

"We have the responsibility to defend the border and the Somali government. We will crush them," Ethiopia's Minister of Information, Berhan Hailu, told The Associated Press.

Seizing the town of Baidoa would give the Islamic militia

[Edric O]

Aww, a lot of libertarians will be very disappointed to lose their little utopia (I kid you not, there are people out there who support the current disaster in Somalia because there are no taxes).

[Davidu]

I heard nothing on the news... Somalia is in anarchy since when exactly?

[ordos45]

Sometime before the US lost troops in Mogadishu because we were dumb enough to launch a daylight operation over a decade ago.  If I recall correctly, and I may not, 1991.