
International Crisis Group, som oftast har ett utmärkt inblick på olika kris områden i världen har kommit med en kritisk rapport om USA:s politik på Afrikas Horn. Jag skall inte försöka återberätta på vad de har skrivit. Kevin J Kelley på East African http://allafrica.com/stories/200702260031.html har sammanfattat delar av rapporten. Intressanta iakttagelser från artikeln citeras här nedan. Vill någon gå vidare och läsa om ICG kan följa länken http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1
"...Washington's exclusive focus on fighting terrorism is also producing "disastrous" results in the Horn of Africa, according to two researchers for the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. "In everything but rhetoric," say John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen, "counter-terrorism now consumes US policy in the Greater Horn as totally as anti-communism did a generation ago."
"...American policy toward the Horn has a mainly militarist thrust, Prendergast and Thomas-Jensen maintain. They note that, in addition to deploying 1,500 soldiers at a base in Djibouti, the Bush administration is providing Kenya and other countries in the Horn with a total of $100 million for counter-terrorism initiatives."
"...Three strategies are said to steer the US approach to the sub-region: "Almost unconditional support for the Ethiopian government, extremely close co-operation on counter-terrorism with Khartoum, and occasional but spectacular forays into Somalia in the hope of killing or capturing Al Qaeda suspects."
"...The strategic alliance with Ethiopia has in turn led the US to apply little pressure for a final settlement of the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Prendergast and Thomas-Jensen suggest. At the same time, President Bush is calling for more US development assistance for Ethiopia in addition to a boost in anti-Aids funds from $110 million last year to $409 million next year."
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