Now that Ethiopian troops have departed, Islamic terrorists have felt more confident about relocating to Somalia. While last year there were about a hundred foreign Islamic terrorists in the country, now there are nearly 500. Osama bin Laden has issued audio messages calling for Islamic radicals to come to Somalia and install an Islamic religious dictatorship, so the country can be used as a base for Islamic terrorists. This has angered many Somali Islamic conservatives, who now control the government (such as it is). One thing Somalis can agree on is opposition to foreign domination.
I can only assume we are watching them with our Djibouti-based forces and naval forces in the area.
Two years ago I wondered if we were going to just let the situation there deteriorate. Then we helped the Ethiopians stomp the jihadis. We bought a couple years.
Will we stomp jihadis with the excuse of nailing pirates ashore?
