In a related story to the overall situation in Somalia, the Ethiopian government has just announced that it plans to withdraw its military forces, which have been propping up the fragile transitional government for the last two years, by the end of December. Here are more details: click here for article

Evidently the Ethiopians are finding the occupation as frustrating (and costly) as the Bush Administration's occupation of Iraq. The current prime minister and the president of the acting government have been feuding as well. No one should be optimistic about what will happen after the Ethiopian forces withdraw.

Charley Noble