Millions Face Disaster Due to U.S. Ethiopian Occupation of Somalia

[Joanne98]

George Bush doesn't feel the need to be consistent on human rights and international law. He's got the largest arsenal in the history of the world at his disposal - and no scruples about waging war against people who cannot fight back. "The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, launched in late 2006 with massive air, naval and logistical support from the Americans, has resulted in the displacement of 3.5 million people." By the end of this year, an equal number of Somalis will face death by starvation. The American "modus operandi is to create chaos - always resulting in mass deaths among the poor - in order to declare Africans unfit to run their own affairs.

Millions Face Disaster Due to U.S. Ethiopian Occupation of Somalia

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
“Obama, the Speaker of the House and the top Democrat in the Senate are all mum on U.S. crimes against the Somali people.”

George Bush, who has violated every international law known to man, still believes he has the moral authority to “law down the law” to Robert Mugabe, in Zimbabwe. Bush took his anti-Mugabe hysteria to Japan, this weekend, for the yearly meeting of the world’s eight most powerful industrial nations, the G-8. Seven African nations were there as well, constituting the “African Outreach Group.” They served notice on Bush, the Brits and other rich countries that they continue to oppose sanctions against Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile, the United States is directly complicit in what the United Nations has called the “worst humanitarian disaster” in Africa. The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, launched in late 2006 with massive air, naval and logistical support from the Americans, has resulted in the displacement of 3.5 million people, 700,000 from the capital city of Mogadishu, alone. More than two-and-a-half million Somalis face starvation – a figure that could rise to three-and-a-half million by the end of this year. A recent Amnesty International report on human rights violations in Somalia, said Ethiopian soldiers have begun “slaughtering Somalis like goats” – meaning, killing them by cutting their throats. Amnesty International’s Deputy Africa Director put it this way: “'The people of Somalia are being killed, raped, tortured; looting is widespread and entire neighborhoods are being destroyed.”

“Ethiopian soldiers have begun ‘slaughtering Somalis like goats’ – meaning, killing them by cutting their throats.”

The U.S. has made Ethiopia its hit man in the Horn of Africa, a decision that is guaranteed to destabilize the entire region. That’s part of the American modus operandi: to create chaos – always resulting in mass deaths among the poor – in order to declare Africans unfit to run their own affairs. This is a theme that plays well among U.S. corporate media, who have dutifully pushed the Bush line on Zimbabwe, but go months without even mentioning the American-made crisis in Somalia. Democratic Party leadership is no better, including presidential nominee-to-be Barack Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, Somalia’s neighbor. Obama, the Speaker of the House and the top Democrat in the Senate are all mum on U.S. crimes against the Somali people
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