Official: Possible war crimes in Somalia

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Source: Associated Press

Official: Possible war crimes in Somalia

By CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopian and Somali forces may have committed war crimes
in battles against insurgents and European Union countries could be considered
complicit if they do nothing to stop them, according to an EU email obtained
by The Associated Press on Friday.

The warning, by a senior security official, came in an urgent e-mail to Eric
van der Linden, the EU ambassador based in Nairobi.

"I need to advise you that there are strong grounds to believe that the
Ethiopian government and the transitional federal government of Somalia and
the African Union (peacekeeping) Force Commander, possibly also including the
African Union Head of Mission and other African Union officials have through
commission or omission violated the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court," the e-mail said.

EU officials, speaking on condition they not be named because a legal matter
was involved, confirmed the e-mail's authenticity.

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