Image: The Shabab have one outpost left in Mogadishu, the capital. The New York TimesEthiopian Troops Said To Enter Somalia, Opening New Front Against Militants -- New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — Witnesses along the drought-stricken Ethiopia-Somalia border reported Sunday that hundreds of Ethiopian troops had crossed into Somalia with armored personnel carriers, heavy artillery and tanks, opening a new front in an intensifying international offensive against the Shabab militant group.
The Islamist insurgents of the Shabab are already battling Kenyan forces in southern Somalia and African Union peacekeepers in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. So far the reaction among Somalis, though, has been the polar opposite of what happened a few years ago, when Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 and occupied the country for about two years, turning the population against them and fueling the rise of the Shabab
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More News On Ethiopia's Military Incursion Into Somalia
Somali government says Ethiopian troops are not authorized to cross into Somalia -- Washington Post/AP
Somali rebels pull out as Ethiopian troops return -- Reuters
Noose tightens on Somali rebels as Ethiopia returns -- AFP
Ethiopian tanks push into Somalia to attack Islamists -- Sydney Morning Herald
Somali Rebels Say Ethiopian Incursion Shows Kenya Failing -- New York Times/Reuters
Somalia Would Accept Ethiopian Force Backed by African Union -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Witnesses: Ethiopian Troops Enter Somali Town -- New York Times/AP
Somalia Confirms Ethiopian Troop Presence -- Voice of America
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