Ethiopia poised to fight Somali militants
ETHIOPIA is prepared to invade neighbouring Somalia to defend Somalia's internationally recognised government against what appeared to be an imminent attack by an Islamic militia, a government official said yesterday.
"We have the responsibility to defend the border and the Somali government. We will crush them," Ethiopia's minister of information, Berhan Hailu, said.
The comments came as the Islamic militia that has seized control of most of southern Somalia deployed hundreds of fighters outside the base of the UN-backed interim government and said they planned to seize it.
The minister said Ethiopia backs the interim government.
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