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it is not about punishing Bush adminstration, it is about radical policy change. i have followed up the HR 2003 story for many months. Congressman Donald Payne, the sponsor of the HR bill has an ethiopian congressional adviser by the name of Ted Dagne. Mr. Ted is supporter of the previous ethiopian government that was overthrown so he has persuaded the Congressman to support the Al-Qaeda linked Islamists in SOmalia instead of the somalia government because the government has warlords inside it. Mr. Ted uses this execuse and he doesn’t seem to support the US State Department and United Nations assessment that al-qaeda linked groups being a threat more than warlords ( warlords are common in africa anyway). Ted Dagne knows even Iran and Afghanistan groups are arming the islamists but his hate for the current government ethiopian government and his plan of revenge overshadows his assessment. [by the way, this same Ted Dagne guy is famous for his failures in Sudan by misleading congress] Anyway, Donald Payne has been piling up secret ways to defame ethiopia and legitimize the islamists & their eritrean backers. when DOnald payne was once asked about the lack of democracy in the one-party, no-media and no election status of governance of eritrea, he SKIPPED the question and went back to criticizing the multi-party election and parliament in ethiopia. So it is all about Donald Payne and his intelligence staff. They want to help islamists and the Eritreans instead of Ethiopia.

check this link about Ted Dagne views. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060606/ai_n16452467