"US in warning on Somali militants," by William Wallis for the Financial Times:
The US believes militant Islamists from the ousted coalition that held sway over parts of southern Somalia may be regrouping in Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and also Yemen, Jendayi Frazer, US assistant secretary of state for Africa, said yesterday.
Speaking to the Financial Times in Addis Ababa, Ms Frazer said it was too early to tell who among the Islamist leadership had survived Ethiopia's invasion last month and subsequent US air strikes on alleged affiliates of al-Qaeda.
"It is going to take some time for the fog of war to clear up and we have an ability to see who is still operating and how they are operating," she said.
But she was "very concerned" that extremist elements from among the defeated Islamists were "trying to reconstitute themselves either out of Saudi Arabia or Eritrea", and that international jihadist networks would see this as an opportunity.
"We have to engage with the Saudi government and their services to try to prevent that from happening as well as engage regionally."
Ms Frazer described Eritrea, with whom the US has deteriorating relations, asa "source of regional instability".
This had been "very clearly exposed" during recent events in Somalia.
Ethiopia, the US's principle ally in the Horn of Africa, alleges that Eritrea supported hardline elements within the ousted Islamists by supplying arms, fighters and military advice.
"Eventually Eritrea will see the limits of its actions to destabilise the Horn," said Ms Frazer.
Ms Frazer said the key to ensuring Somalia did not provide a haven for international terrorist networks now lay with the Transitional Federal Government, which emerged from peace talks in Kenya in 2004.
"They have to do it by reaching out. They have to do it through inclusive dialogue," she said.
"Engaging" the Saudis. "Reaching out," apparently, to the Somali jihadists. Albert Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Here we go; "lets sit down and talk it over amongst ourselves and get this thing worked out." You sit there with your gun and I'll sit here with mine; if I don't like what your saying, I'll shoot you, and if you don't like what I'm saying, you shoot me."
Throughout this meeting, we can only pray that we both walk out this door together.
Now, that's a Dialogue !
Folks,
Check this out.....regarding China and the Sudan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6323017.stm
This is precisely why Iran is acting so snotty.
We buy Chinese made goods and build THEIR economy while greedy corporate american sends the factories to China.
Meanwhile our Chinese 'friends' do all they can to invest heavily in our enemies.
Sudan, Iran, Syria, etc. etc. etc.
Think about that the next time you even THINK about shopping at the 'Great wall of China-Mart'
The Chinese go as long as they can to get as much as possible.
If things become serius they will shut up
'Albert Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." '
If I can quote Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
'They came on in the same old way, and we sent them back in the same old way'.
Time to sue OPEC like they did the tobacco companies, for causing global warming, and prove just how much Saudi oil reserves are, and if they have fraudently boasted their reserves to aquire teh money to buy into other assets before teh oil runs out? My theory is if teh consumer is always the "victim", and the "vendor" is the culpable party, shouldn't the UN global warming commission that wants to tax the USA back into the stone age by making energy unaffordable, go after the countries exporting "dirty" energy to others? Only seems fair. Then they wouldn't have money to finance terrorism, in fact by the time they clamped down on their foreign assets, they would be begging to trade food for oil. I think the food/fresh water shortage is what is driving them to leave the desert and try conquering other countries, the religion thing, as always, is just the excuse. As evil a cult as it is, it's just an excuse for evil desires, but then that is what muhammad invented his religion to always justify, isn't it?
Arabians are enemy number of world peace....
Period!
I have come to the conclusion that the best way to destroy Wahabbi Islam, and maybe even Islam itself, is to leave it alone. This is such a vile and pernicious cult that it will probably collapse in upon itself if left to its own devices. The only thing that saved it for 1427 years was its isolation and backwardness. After 1291, the Arabs went to sleep. After their defeat at the Gates of Vienna, the Turks were in steady retreat until 1920.
If we leave Muslims in the Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Somalia, KSA, Lebanon, Iraq, and Pakistan completely alone instead of trying to "engage them" (which makes them defensive and hence agitated), they will descend into a monstrous internal bloodbath. We should do nothing to aid or hamper it. Those who live by the sword (of Islam) will die by the sword (of Islam). It is the natural course. We should be patient and wait for this eventual outcome. We must simple resist the temptation to meddle in their medieval backwater.
"I have come to the conclusion that the best way to destroy Wahabbi Islam, and maybe even Islam itself, is to leave it alone. This is such a vile and pernicious cult that it will probably collapse in upon itself if left to its own devices...... posted by Patrick"
Not if Satan has his way.