Ethiopian troops ride on a military truck in Somali's capital Mogadishu December 29, 2006. REUTERS/Sahal Abdulle (SOMALIA) (Ethiopian army5)/ (Photo taken from Biyokulule)From The Christian Science Monitor:
The action raises questions about whether troops will withdraw, as planned, by the end of the year.
Ethiopian troops are set to withdraw from Somalia by the end of the year and in doing so may hasten the collapse of the Western-backed transitional government and the victory of Islamist forces that took control of most of the country last year.
But Ethiopian troops have begun carrying out a major offensive against Islamist forces this week, raising questions about the withdrawal. If the Ethiopians stay, more violence is expected to ensue; if they leave, the government is expected to fall to hard-line militants.
In the balance hangs the future of a country that could become a new breeding ground for terrorists.
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My Comment: The Ethiopian Army will continue to stay .... if they were leaving the last thing that they would be doing is sending in more soldiers.