# Ethiopia intervenes in Somalia -- will the U.S. ever get involved there again?

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**Created:** [December 26, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopia-intervenes-in-somalia-will-the-u-s-ever-get-involved-there-again/385658 "2006-12-26T20:41:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopia-intervenes-in-somalia-will-the-u-s-ever-get-involved-there-again/385658/41 "2007-01-09T14:25:03Z")

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Huh. This didn’t make the headlines in the morning papers…

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**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopia-intervenes-in-somalia-will-the-u-s-ever-get-involved-there-again/385658/42 "2007-01-09T14:40:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Ethilrist]  
Huh. This didn’t make the headlines in the morning papers…  
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It was on the BBC World Service

Sounds like an aircraft carrier sent aircraft to sort out a bunch in the deep South of Somalia - they claimed getting various Al Qaeda types which is a bit spurious.

I think that this one is being conducted on a ‘low profile’ basis, they’ll not proclaim victory until it is absolutely certain.

Probably Gitmo will get a new influx of prisoners.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopia-intervenes-in-somalia-will-the-u-s-ever-get-involved-there-again/385658/43 "2007-01-12T22:57:45Z")

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Well, apparently the U.S. airstrike [didn’t kill any of the three al-Qaeda suspects it was aimed at](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003521564_somalia12.html) (though it did kill 8-10 people, which is something).

[Analysis/commentary](http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070122/lone) from _The Nation._

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopia-intervenes-in-somalia-will-the-u-s-ever-get-involved-there-again/385658/44 "2007-01-24T22:54:01Z")

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Update: [Another U.S. airstrike.](http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1581861,00.html)

Ethiopia, meanwhile, has [begun to withdraw its troops.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Somalia_%282006%E2%80%93present%29#Ethiopian_Withdrawal)

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