The slow dissection of Sudan

Lies, lies and more lies. Sudan is now the next chip which is being targeted in the gradual dismemberment of the Arab and Islamic world. "Armies head for central Sudan" which, I might add, is incredibly oil rich. Notice that the world's media are now very quiet about Darfur, what with more pressing concerns such as Tibet and now, of course, the false indignation and outrage over the Burmese government's handling of it's crisis. First Somalia and now Sudan...I don't expect Omar Bashir to hold on much longer and we will probably see the dissection of Sudan imminently into a poorer and defeated Arab/Muslim north and a pro-Western, Christian south - with a lot of oil...

If you are a Sudanese blogger please do get in touch, I have many questions to ask.

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Somali government troops "enter" Mogadishu...

"Somali government troops rolled into Mogadishu unopposed Thursday, the prime minister said, hours after an Islamic movement that tried to establish a government based on the Quran abandoned the capital." The Washington post doesn't seem to realise that it is mainly Ethiopian troops doing the fighting. I guess it would sound pretty embarrassing to state "US backed Ethiopian army invades Somalia with ousted Somali warlords". The Washington Post also uses the more neutral word "enters", a bit like if somebody were to say "Nazi Germany "entered" Poland in 1939".

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"The warlord Mohammed Dheere, who was chased out of Jowhar by the Islamists a few months ago, was at the front of the advancing troops - an indication as to how Ethiopia intends using former warlords to help control the captured territory." For those who have any doubts that a stable and united Somalia is in the interests of the West, think again. In the old days, 'they'd' send the gunboats, now you just arm local warlords. If that's not enough, fund a neighbour to do the invasion for you. Running an empire in Africa is now wonderfully cheap and efficient compared to the old days.

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The Arab world must pay attention to what is happening in the Horn of Africa, NOW. Israeli and American interest in the region goes way back, but there has been much more activity lately.

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