(July 07, 2011, counterpunch.org)- Ethiopia is on another arms buying spree as millions of Ethiopians starve due to the worst drought in 60 years. According to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Ethiopia is purchasing 200 battle tanks from Ukraine for over $100 million.
Was it a coincidence that the day before Meles' announcement, the British foreign aid office announced a $60 million "emergency food aid donation" to Ethiopia?
Why you might be excused for asking, does Ethiopia need 200 tanks? There isn't any realistic chance of any of Ethiopia's neighbors invading Ethiopia, considering Ethiopia already has the largest best equipped army in Africa.
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One of the primary reasons Ethiopia needs 200 tanks is to conduct its counterinsurgency campaigns against the ethnically based armed uprisings slowly engulfing much of the country. Read the full story at Daily Monitor »
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