1966: When the still young Somalia, stood up to potentially defend Djibouti from Haile Selassie' desire to annex them, maybe?!

'The Habashi King, who is the leader of the Amharas, told a press conference: We Amharas will take that land by force and occupy it by force. He gave as justification the fact that Jibuti is their gateway....
If the Habashis intend to... take by force the independence which these people, the people of Djibouti, have sought, the Somali Republic will not hold back. It is unthinkanle that it will withold anything that it possesses-anything-in order to oppose the Amharas. (Shouts by Somali crowds: Give us arms. Give us arms. We want to fight the Habashis!]'


 

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