GWOT Propaganda: Al-Qaeda used as excuse to impose sanctions on Eritrea

Editor's Note: Ethiopia, now seen as a US puppet, is landlocked and wants the Red Sea ports Massaw and Assab for itself. The real US objective is to safeguard access to the Red Sea for its oil tankers. It's all about MONEY, not terrorism.

The United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions on Eritrea today in a move that in effect brands the country a pariah state.

The UN voted to punish Eritrea for illegally supplying arms to al-Qaeda-linked Islamic insurgents in Somalia and for occupying disputed territory on its border with Djibouti.

The 13-1 vote, with Libya against and China abstaining, represents an escalation of condemnation of Eritrea, which has repeatedly been accused of destabilising the Horn of Africa since it gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year guerrilla war.

Eritrea has gone to war against both Ethiopia and Djibouti and backed al-Shabaab Islamic rebels battling the internationally recognised government in Somalia, despite an arms embargo on that country.

Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Britain's UN envoy, said he hoped Eritrea would heed the warning sent by the Security Council in adopting today's resolution.

"The United Kingdom urges Eritrea to stop its illegal actions ... and to engage constructively with international partners to help increase stability in the Horn of Africa," he said. "The nature of the international community's engagement with Eritrea in future will depend on that response."

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