Comment on Caught Red Handed; British Assassins in the Horn of Africa by Anonymous

['Thomas C. Mountain', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img', 'Height Auto Max-Width', 'Vertical-Align Bottom .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Vertical-Align Middle .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar Is .Alignleft .Alignright'] Comments for Foreign Policy Journal 2011-05-17 00:00:00

All of those arrested have since been confirmed as employees of a British “security” firm akin to the notorious US company Blackwater/Xe. Their arrest took place just a few hundred yards from our Red Sea home in Massawa, and happened while we were there. Eritrea has been the main obstacle to the western implementation of this policy in the Horn of Africa, and this explains this desperate attempt to assassinate Eritrea’s leadership. The saying is “that all roads to peace in the Horn of Africa run through Asmara [Eritrea]” and I have witnessed firsthand its truth. All of this is the main threat to the west’s implementing its policy of “crisis management” in the Horn of Africa.