http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16024/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=v9nGRnIdEthiopia
carries out attack against Eritrea
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LUC VAN KEMENADE
Published: 6 minutes ago
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopian forces entered archrival Eritrea on
Thursday and carried out what a government spokesman described as "a
successful attack" against military posts.
Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said Ethiopia launched the attack
because Eritrea was training "subversive groups" there that carried out
attacks inside Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a border war from 1998 to 2000. Tensions have
reignited between the countries in recent months.
No details about the military operations or any damage or casualties caused
were immediately released.
The "Eritrea government has continued launching attacks at Ethiopia through
its proxy groups. The attacks had continued. And the recent attacks against
European tourists is one of the reasons for the retaliation," Shimeles said.
Militants attacked European tourists from five nations traveling in
Ethiopia's arid north in January. Five tourists were killed and two were
kidnapped. The two kidnapped German tourists have since been released.
Ethiopia blamed gunmen from Eritrea for the attack.
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