U.S. (Bolton) Tries to Mark Disputed African Border

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060110/ap_on_re_af/un_eritrea_ethiopia

UNITED NATIONS - The United States launched a diplomatic initiative Monday to try to mark the contested border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a dispute that led to a 2 1/2-year war in an area where both countries are again massing troops.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told the Security Council that a high-powered U.S. delegation would travel to the region "to discuss how to begin implementation of the demarcation process."

A December 2000 peace agreement that ended the border war provided for an independent commission to rule on the position of the disputed 621-mile boundary, while U.N. troops patrolled a 15-mile buffer zone between the two countries.

But Ethiopia has refused to implement the international boundary commission's April 2002 ruling, which awarded the key town of Badme to Eritrea. Angry that the ruling was not enforced, Eritrea in October banned U.N. helicopter flights and vehicle movements at night on its side of the buffer zone. In December, the U.N. agreed to its demand that Western peacekeepers leave the force monitoring Eritrea.

[bluestateguy]

1. Didn't this guy go to Plato's Retreat back in the late 70's?

[sniffa]

2. which country has more oiL?

[alfredo]

5. Eritrea doesn't, at least that was the situation in the 60's.

Neither country has leadership worthy of their people.

[hatrack]

3. Knowing Bolton, he'll do so by pissing on a tuft of grass

Words fail me when I attempt to describe this asshat.

[HuffleClaw]

4. oh, please. what a crock.

he's done more to damage the us reputation than anyone except bush. and now they pretend to care about this?