[quote="galia"]Grant, yes Somalia need have war with Ethiopia in 1964, when the Ethiopian emperor refused to recognised the independence of somalia and forcefully tried to seize somalia but was humiliated in 1964 by the new Somali national army. Check Somali history if u do not believe me.[/quote]
Galia,
Somalia refused to recognize the colonial borders and attempted to force a referendum on Ethiopia to free the Ogaden. Although Somalia did declare war on Ethiopia and did arm a number of Ethiopian rebel groups, the matter was settled by international mediation and was never considered more than a border dispute by the international community. Note that the Ethiopian ambassador, Ahadu Sabura, was present in Mogadishu. This can only mean that Ethiopia did recognize Somalia.
The issue (Somaliweyn) was not resolved from the Somali perspective, leading to the war in 1977.
http://www.somaliawatch.org/archivenov05/051125601.htm"The 1960s Scenario
At the inception of the Somali Republic in July 1st 1960, Somali leaders openly put forth their ambitions to rehabilitate the sovereignty of all Somalis in the Horn of Africa, including the Ogaden region of Ethiopia and the Northern Frontier District/Province of Kenya. This political line has immediately strained the relations between the new born Somali Republic and Ethiopia. For some time, the two sides accused each other for territorial violation and armed aggression on its borders. These border clashes led Somalia to seek military aid from the former U.S.S.R. On an interview conducted in English at his office in November 30, 1963, the Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, declared that “military aid promised by the Soviet Union is being accepted only because Somalia must defend itself from the Ethiopian attacks and pillaging of the Somali peoples.†Premier Shermarke also explained Somalia’s critical dilemma from an economic stand point in which he underlined that “ Somalia’s treasury could not much longer cope with the problem of feeding and sheltering thousands of Somali refugeesâ€, escaping from the mayhem caused by the Ethiopian soldiers in the Ogaden region [2].
Extensive Political and media provocations between the two sides have instigated a sudden but sporadic bloody border clashes, as early as January of 1964. The Somali Foreign Minister, Abdullahi Isse Mohamud had submitted an official protest letter to the Ethiopian Ambassador in Mogadishu, Ahadu Sabura. By March of that year, the conflict widened into a full-scale war, both arms confronting at border between Somalia and Ethiopia. In these border clashes, Ethiopian military planes destroyed numerous police posts and civilian houses inside Somalia. Ethiopian military campaigns caused indiscriminate killings of civilians and wounding many others. Ethiopian border soldiers raided livestock belonging to Somali nomads and opened fire when the nomads resisted.
Moreover, Ethiopia and Kenya agreed to form a mutual defense pact that they referred as “a joint measures of dealing with the Somali disturbances†– a move which Somalis considered “as contrary to the spirit of the OAU†[3]. The few reconciliation efforts, in regional level, that have been arranged also failed to produce any peace settlements. At the Organization for African Union (OAU) Summit Conference in Cairo (July 23, 1964), African leaders have attempted to reach a ‘Resolution’ that satisfies on both sides; however, it failed to do so. Somali News in Mogadishu published that “Somalia will not be bound by the OAU ruling [which states] that its member-States’ present frontier are to be maintainedâ€, in which the Somali National Assembly had passed a motion against OAU ruling, in October of 1964. That is, the Somali government officially rejected the outcome of the Cairo Conference, regarding on frontier issues. "
