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POLITICS: U.N. REMAINS PARALYZED OVER FIGHTING IN SOMALIA.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 29-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
by Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- When the United Nations failed to take immediate action during the month-long Israeli attacks on Lebanon last July, the Security Council was accused of deliberately dragging its feet to provide more time for a decisive military victory by the Jewish state.

The 15-member Security Council took more than a month to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire, by which time hundreds and thousands of Lebanese civilians had been killed by Israeli airstrikes that left parts of Beirut in shambles.

"We will probably watch a similar scenario in the Horn of Africa if the Security Council does not act immediately," predicts an Arab diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Since Sunday, the militarily strong Ethiopian government has been unleashing its firepower against the ragtag forces of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) based in the capital of Mogadishu.

The Ethiopian government, which has received tacit support from the United States, is backing the forces of the Baidoa-based Transitional Federal Government...

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