US Warns Somalia's Neighbors

The Somalia situation is now being covered in The Washington Post (though on A22), which is reporting that the U.S. is warning Somalia's neighbors to stay out of the internal conflict. t troops to back the interim government and that Eritrea has given weapons to an Islamic militia that controls the capital.

Neither the interim government nor the Islamic militia "can take the high ground by saying the other is violating Somali sovereignty," she said.

"They've all invited in foreigners, all been backed by foreign forces."

Apparently, the Islamists are being treated as equals with the internationally recognized government. It would appear that the U.S. is trying to avoid a three-state-Islamist conflict in the Horn of Africa. Unfortunately, Islamists are being treated with equal regard. The tinder box is starting to smoke.......