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by Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
18 February 2009
Baidoa — Eyewitnesses said Wednesday more Ethiopian troops with about 60 military vehicles have re-entered in Bakool region in south western Somalia.
The Ethiopian troops entered in Rabdhuure and Yeed Villages in Bakool region, where they have reportedly arrested some civilians in the area.
Ethiopia sent its troops to Somalia in 2006 to oust the Islamic Courts Union, but completely withdrew its troops from Somalia last month.
Ethiopia denied that its troops re-entered Somalia, but residents confirmed the returning of the Ethiopian soldiers.
It is not known why the Ethiopian troops have returned back to Somalia, but Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian prime minister, said on Friday that Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed could not give him guarantee that Somalia would not plunge into chaos.
Meles Zenawi admitted Ethiopia paid a high price for its military intervention in Somalia, both in terms of lives lost, as well as its battered international image. Human rights groups accused Ethiopian soldiers of repeated war crimes.
Islamist forces control Baidoa, the former seat of the transitional parliament, where the Ethiopian troops fled weeks ago after two years of unpopular occupation.
