More Threats Of "Holy War" Against Ethiopia

As Ethiopia prepares to defend the government of Somalia from being overthrown by Islamic militants, with ties to Al Qaida according to our government, the militants continue to threaten a holy war.

(AP)Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, speaking on Radio Shabelle, said Ethiopia's decision to send troops to protect the transitional government in Baidoa, 150 miles northwest of Mogadishu, must be met with war.

"I am calling on the Somali people to wage a holy war against Ethiopians in Baidoa," said Aweys

And just like we've seen before, the Sheik staged scripted protests.

Demonstrators in Mogadishu shouted anti-Ethiopian and anti-U.S. slogans as they marched in the capital, accompanied by dozens of Islamic militiamen and trucks mounted with heavy weapons.

"We are against Ethiopian troops invading our country," read some of the banners carried by demonstrators, most of them men.

"God is Great!" shouted the protesters.

The Sheik will have you believe that all Somalians want this, but what happens when they voice their opinion that they want help?

Radical Islamic militia, however, later gunned down two people during a rare demonstration against the rulers of Mogadishu.

"We don't want Islamic movements!" the protesters shouted before fleeing the gunfire, the Banabir radio station reported.

Aren't these the people that we should be helping? This is sounding an awful lot like the way the Taliban moved into power.