Griper News: Griper Blade: Here`s a Crazy Idea -- What if the US were Actually Helpful?

If you look at the map, it looks like this -- from left to right -- Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia. The war between the weak somali government and the Islamic Courts Union is one thing. The genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan is another, separate conflict. But as both conflicts grow, the danger of the wars overlapping and becoming a single conflict becomes more and more real.

Ethiopia, squeezed between these two wars, has been pulled into the fight in Somalia.

Mainichi Daily News:

Somalia's Islamic militia said Saturday it has trained special forces to carry out guerrilla warfare against Ethiopian troops supporting the U.N.-backed government.

The announcement came during a lull in fighting between the militia and government forces. Islamic forces have declared they want to bring the whole country under Quranic rule and vowed to continue attacks to drive out troops from neighboring Ethiopia, a largely Christian nation that is providing military support.

On Friday, officials said hundreds of people have been killed since Tuesday night.