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Ethiopia 'ready for Eritrea war' |
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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Ethiopia's prime minister says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by long-time foe Eritrea.
"Our defence forces have the capacity to deter aggression and to repulse it if it occurred and... this is being strengthened by the day," he told MPs. The two neighbours fought a border war from 1998-2000, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. They back rival sides in Somalia and there had been fears that they could clash there through local proxies. |
