UIR regrettably announces plans for Ethiopian intervention

Riyadh, Spring 1990: Minister al-Jaziirahh announced today that the UIR will intervene in Ethiopia within the next few months, in order to prevent continuation and escalation of the current humanitarian crisis in the region. This announcement clears up much of the confusion and speculation brought about by the lack of information surrounding the UIR's objectives in Africa. Al-Jaziirahh told the press that "the situation in Ethiopia is absolutely horrendous...General Juma, the perpetrator of hundreds of thousands of genocidal killings, must be stopped immediately. Since neither Kenya nor Libya has attempted to stop him with effective means, President Marwan has decided to intervene with soldiers and sailors from the UIR in order to bring some semblance of peace to the region." He declined to mention the specifics of the plan, but he did mention that UIR General Avraham Adan's 41st Marine Division is conducting amphibious landing operations on the coast of Somalia, a mere 13 miles from the border with Ethiopia.

In a last, pre-invasion call for local intervention, al-Jaziirahh pleaded for the nearby Libyan contingent in North Sudan to deploy their forces into Ethiopia in a last-ditch attempt to end a horrific genocide and to have African affairs maintained by other African powers.