EDITOR’S NOTE: This could be a fabricated news by Sudan and Woyanne in order to divert attention from the secret land deal. This has all the marks of Woyanne propaganda artist Bereket Simon (BS).
KHARTOUM (AFP) — Sudan on Tuesday accused neighbouring Ethiopia of launching a cross-border military raid against police in which 19 Sudanese people were killed.
“The Ethiopian army attacked a police base 17 kilometres (11 miles) from the Sudan-Ethiopian border killing 19 people, including a police officer. Ten people were injured,” said army spokesman Othman Mohammed al-Agbash.
A joint committee between the Sudanese government and Addis Ababa has been established to investigate the matter, Agbash told state news agency SUNA.
The army spokesman provided no reason for the attack in the Jabal Hantub area of Gedaref state, which lies on the northern part of the long international border.
Sudan says Ethiopia attacked military base
By Opheera McDoom
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army accused Ethiopian troops on Tuesday of attacking a military camp in northern Sudan and killing about 19 people.
A senior Ethiopian official played down the allegation, saying any “minor incident” on the border could be easily resolved.
Sudan’s military spokesman said the attack took place early on Monday in the Jabel Hantub area of Sennar state.
“They hit a camp belonging to the central reserve police and they killed about 19 people,” the Sudanese army spokesman said. He did not know how many people were injured.
The central reserve police are a heavily armed military unit and are often deployed along border areas or to defend the capital Khartoum.
“This was an attack and we don’t know the reason — we have no problem with Ethiopia and there are no border disputes or tribal clashes in that area,” the army spokesman said.
Bereket Simon, special adviser to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, told Reuters in Addis Ababa the problem was that the long frontier was not properly demarcated.
“Sometimes locals from both sides trespass and minor incidents do happen,” he said, denying troops were involved.
“If there was a minor incident involving local inhabitants … Ethiopia is confident both governments will solve the problem in accordance with the prevailing peaceful norms we maintain.”
Sudan signed a north-south peace deal in 2005 which ended Africa’s longest civil war and also improved relations with its east African neighbours.
One Sudanese security source and another government official said the attack may have been because Sudan had given refuge a to local Ethiopian officials few weeks earlier and had refused to hand them over to Addis Ababa.
It was not clear why the officials sought refuge in Sudan. Ethiopia is fighting rebels from the Oromo region which borders Sudan and who want greater autonomy for their areas.
The Sudan army spokesman said a joint Ethiopian-Sudanese committee had been formed to investigate the attack.
Additional reporting by Tsegaye Tadesse in Addis Ababa; Editing by Matthew Tostevin
30 thoughts on “BS ALERT: Sudan accuses Ethiopia of deadly attack”
I agree with the editor’s note. Never, ever trust woyane.
Knowing what the Weyanes have been “non stop” lying through their 17 year rule, I would not be surprised if this is not one of their comical shenanigans. In fact it appears to have all the hallmark of invented story primarily to distract the Ethiopians from the criticism (empty talk) they sadly seem to be doing these days!
It is just a smokescreen in order to mask the land deal.
Texenqequ!!
Weyanen Mamen Qebro new.
it is invented story and it could be easly proven by the fact that the news is getting international exposure by no one else but a weyane reuters jouranlist -Tsegaye Tadesse(hard-core tigrayan) echoing it using his position as Reuters cor. in Addis! Elaise as usual you are right on the money- the invented Djubuti-Eritrea is fading away now meles has to come up with a new one! Soon you will see more cross border raid by weyanes to delay the signed deal which has proven to be a sucidal for meles!! Echii nat chewata!!
Elias you got that right bro. It is very obvious that weyane still trying to cheat the public using very poor psychological propaganda that doesn’t even trick a 4 years kid. This is what stupid weyane members didn’t understand for the last almost two decades. Weyane always assume and think that the reason they stay in power just because they tirelessly fabricate their endless propaganda supported by a bunch of lies, while the fact is that weyane stays in power is due to the major weaknesses of the oppositions especially backed by EPRP members. Even the current kinijit crises are a victim that is orchestrated by EPRP members as a result of Hailu Shawel silly weakness to understand the role of EPRP in supporting him. This in general helps to give a longer life span for weyane. To get back to the point of the fake article that is written by Meles Seytanawi with the help of his grammar hodam interpreters at aratkilo. Weyane spends millions of dollars for unessarry garbage propaganda that doesn’t convince no one including the westerners while millions of Ethiopian are dying with shortage of food as they wrote that piece of trash article. Finally, I would like to leave a question for everyone. And I need your prompt response please.
What is the similarities and differences of Weyane and EPRP?
“Jib kehede wusha chohe..”
How come the conflict is happeing after the land deal? It feels like they forgot to fight over the land before they agreed on the demarcation.
I am sure this fabrication is a ‘red herring’ to divert attention away from the onslaught weyane is facing from Ethiopians about the land deal.
Some thing very fishy about this story!!
Yes it is a fabricated news
guy’s this is the Meles funny Game to confuse the Diaspora . please let us ignore it and do what we have to do.
A totaly fabricated story, its the Woyane That wants 2 cheat Us
This group has been known for there PCHL (pathological compulsive’s habitual layers) so don’t expect any thing form this gang. Please let focus and back to work.
Here We go again!
This news is really too good to believe. I would be really happy if this has happened and Woyane’s Army is protecting our boarder instead of muzzling the voice of the people and killing our citzens. However I very much doubt that it is true, especially when one of the source of the news is Tsegaye Tadesse, the infamous journalist known for writting articles that bluntly accuse the oppositions and is always proponent of EPRDF and opponent of the struggle against Woyane.
I would also like to ask all Ethiopian news media like EMF, EthiopianReview, Ethiopiazare and others to refrain from posting this type of news, that will divert our attention from our enemy, before making sure that it is true and trustworthy.
How many times do we have to be decived by Woyane’s fabricatied news? Woyane has been and is using the same cheap tactic to divert away the attention of the Ethiopians, from the mistakes atrocities and blunders that it has commited against our country and our people.
We should remain vigilant, keep our struggle and help and support all the political groups that are working day and night to bring down the Meles regime, no matter which way, and install a democratic system that will be governed by the vote of the people.
Help us God!
I am not surprised how a “minor” situation involving Eritrea and Djibouti caught the attention of the U.S, AU, and UN. But, when it comes to Ethiopia invading or attacking its neighbors, the “concerned” parties above are now where to be found. In the case of Eritrea and Djibouti, the parties above were quick to condemn Eritrea for its “military aggression” without even properly investigating the incident. Do you notice the double standards? The Ethiopian government has become a mercenary client of the West. It is not a coincidence that a week ago Ethiopia received $847 million from the West; and this week it attacked the Sudan. Before Ethiopia invaded Somalia, the West also gave it money to “fight poverty.” The West is throwing a lot of money at Ethiopia, and yet, it remains in the same state. Unfortunately, this money is not destined to save the poor people of Ethiopia; it is meant to reward the mercenary ‘Lords of War” for helping the West drive out China from the Sudan, and toppling African governments that do not wish to serve the imperial agenda over the interest of their peoples.
The Bush administration has called the war in Darfur genocide. However, this administration which claimed to want to “spread democracy,” and liberated the oppressed has remained idle while innocent civilians are being slaughtered and raped. The concession the Sudanese government has made, at the behest of the UN, has not succeeded in limiting China’s appetite and conquest of Sudanese oil.
So, what will limit China’s expansion or drive it out of Sudan? Answer: A new Sudanese government and a new Sudanese constitution. These events would help the West pressure the new Sudanese “government” to draft new laws more favorable to western oil companies. The following events have already been applied in Iraq. Now all that’s left for the West to do is to repeat it in the Sudan.
The next war to be waged by the Bush administration via its Ethiopian proxy will come before or on January 2009. However, unlike the “war on terrorism” this war will be fought under the banner of “saving the people of Darfur.” This war has already started. The rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) succeeded in driving hundreds of armed convoys from Chad through the desert of Sudan unnoticed with help from France. JEM’s daring attack on the Sudanese capital has demonstrated Sudan’s weakness. Consequently, the West’s desire for a “favorable” regime change can only take place if it gets involved directly or by using its Ethiopian proxy to repeat what it did in Somalia.
If Ethiopia does go to war with Sudan and topples the Islamist government, don’t be surprised if the Arab world extends its support to Ethiopia armed opposition groups. Most likely, Ethiopia will be fighting its insurgent group on multiple fronts. In addition, the Ethiopian government will be surrounded by its enemies to the North, South, East, and West. Furthermore, its reckless mercenary behavior will most likely lead to a regime change in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government’s actions will accelerate its downfall. And maybe this might be the catalyst that units the opposition.
Desperate Meles Zenawi wants the Ethiopian people to calm down by spinning a false story as a means of his usual technique to stay in power; by such a fabricated story, he may be able to fool the innocent Ethiopian peasants, but he will not fool the diaspora people.
For example, if the Ethiopian army has attacked and killed 19 Sudanese armies, why didn’t the Sudan army fire back on its attackers?
The second lie is that the article says that Sudan does not have a boarder dispute with Ethiopia, and that the boarder between Ethiopian and Sudan has not been demarcated, but didn’t Meles Zenawi himself told the Ethiopian Parliament that he had made a land deal with Sudan and the border demarcation between Sudan and Ethiopia was completed?
Finally, Sudan has been driving out some Ethiopian refuges and handing them over to Meles Zenawi; how come all a sudden, Sudan changes its policies and grant to an Ethiopian local official a refuge status?
Meles,we may not be able to catch you and kill you, but one day your lie will kill you and destroy your entire family including your political gangs.
Another attempt by TPLF to control the temprature of Ethiopian diaspora. When it goes up, they will cool it and when it goes down they pull it.
the funny thing is even major sites like Ethiomedia and EMF are unsuspecting of such mischeivous information and used by the TPLF to spread it. Many Ethiopians surely are way back to understand the tricks and swervs of politics
TPLF gangs are bunch of retard and unqualified people to lead a nation… after all what Ethiopia wants is not a provocative government against neighbouring countries….Ethiopians want a government of the people that obeys to the constitution, that respects the sovereignity of the people and the sovereignity of the country….. not a government that gambles on the land / territories of the nation with out the concent of the people and then provocate the neigbhouring nations for silly and self reason….. We have witnessed the funy and kidish like game of TPLF gangs so far.. we have witnessed when they argue that being landlocked doesn’t harm economy (contrary to any logic and rality since written history of man kind) .. we have witnessed when they scold on the emotion of the people when they lied that Badme was given to Ethiopia after sacrificing more than eighty thousand innocent youth lives .. we have witnessed all their fake and childish way of leadership throughout their regime…. and now again here they are to scold… dod they think Ethiopians can’t see the reality???? Have they ever thought why all the people at every corner in Ethiopia (Except Tigray) hated them to the worst?????? …. My dear Ethiopians, we in the diaspora are becoming the barking dog that can’t bite…. let us do something .. let us fulfill what Dr. Birhanu adviced us to do.. to rentair time and broadcast a 24/7 TV program to the poeple in Ethiopia sos that they would be able to learn what is happening with in and outside of Ethiopia.. Ethiopians do not have any source … only the TPLF owned mass media is running for a time being which the people do not give their ears to…
Guys, First of all the news was reported by Tsegaye Tadesse of Reuters, who is the unofficial Minster of Woyane Propaganda. Right then and there you know it is a cooked story and/or a staged event. Period.
Another spin! First, if there is anyone that believes the TPLF/Woyane thugs it should be the thugs themselves and the illiterate Woyane cadres. Ethiopians know TPLF/Woyanes and their bandas for who they are. They were, they are, and they will always be cheats and lairs.
Secondly, do you know who Tsegaye Tadesse is? He was the Central Committee member of Mengistu’s party (WPE). He was also in charge of ideology and propaganda for Mengistu’s party. He was also the Chief Editor of the party’s news paper. His position in Mengistu’s WPE was very high and quite important. Now he is serving Mellesse as a hard cord TPLF/Woyane spins doctor.
To be honest I am also surprised by the news. It appears that it is baked to hoodwink the people of Ethiopia. Meles will not fight. His fight is with Ethiopians not with those who hurt Ethiopia and Ethiopians.
A second thought however, is it possible the army came to its senses and defyed meles’ order? That will truly be normal.
I am tired of replying to silly and pointless crtisims of a person named Hagos agaist the genuine nationalist Eng. Hailu. It sounds that it is personal hatered, maybe out of racism and/or merely becuase braiowashed by empy oratorials. Or he is working as a cover up for his uncle Weyane. otherwise I consider it as an empy cackle. I coudnot see a single reason why he should blame him so much. I don’t blame you, it is in your blood. Please refrain from hindering our struggle against our common enemy, the Weyane. We don’t expect a chicken from an egg of a snake.
Yes badme was a drama too. The ethiopian govt has denied that it is involved. Why do they pretend they are at war when they are not. They have never done that and if they are they kick ass. They may not know how to run their country in harmony but they are good fighters and they don’t pretend. They don’t even forgive each other they are born killers.try them live not on the web.
Guys
can you tell me why Meles wants to give land to Sudan? If he gave land to eritrea, we would have good explanation, at least to some of us, becuase he is ehnically Eritrean. Meles is a dictator and greedy. But unless he sold the land for Millions, he would be losing tax generating farms to Sudan.
I need logical answers. Answers such as ” he wants to destroy ethiopia” are an insult to any thinking ethiopia. Give more meat.
Totally BS.meles don’t dream to fool us.You are foolish enough to lie this type of big lies which will never happen.After all sudan is your mother and father who did you the big favour.Helped you to sit in addis comfortably and kill whom ever you desired and take whatever you like and as much as you like.So could you tell me why you attacked sudanse border military camp?Please don’t fool yourself.As for us we are not kids.we all know that,weyane is born to lie.we don’t believe you at all.you can go to hell.
How did they establish joint investigation group before the world heard the news? It sure sounds suspecious.
It is looks true that it is a fabrication by Woyanne. There is no way for the woyannes to attack Sudan. Rather the Sudanese are attacking us. The Woyannes are also attacking us.
We will see more lies coming from woyannes.
I am not sure if this ‘border attack’ is a good PR for the weyanne regime but the fatc is that the regime is in a very desperate situation. So everything is possible. The regime could be lying to divert attention away from its treasonous (high treason) behaviour.
so what???? TPLF gangs are so stupid… We Ethiopians are not eager to have war with our neighbours.. We only wnat the TPLF dictators to to trade our soverignity for the sake of their cheap policis.. who cares whether they fight or not.. we are not after war.. we are only after our rights…. they think we applaud them for their provocative action against our neighbours….. they are buying us future enemy.. they did everything wrong they could imagine and now they want to make sure that our grand grand children will not leave in peace.
Down with narrow minded TPLF tribal gangs!
Do you guys rememeber the famous weyane’s saying”we are not only win a war,we also can create a war”.That is exactly what they did.They created false war,which never happened.They have so much fear on themselves.i don’t think they sleep well at all.They know what they are doing to the rest of the citizens of that country.It doesn’t give them a peace of mind.
Do not trust what is coming out from Woyane affiliated media and reporters. One of their task is spreading disinformation all over the world. This helps them to buy time and to move to the worst.
We have bitter experience on woyanes propaganda machination regarding Eritrea, Somalia and now the Sudan.
Woyanes behaviour is in fact a changing of opinion day by day like a chameleon.
Even if we take it as granted, they might perform a symbolic fight and finally will betray Ethiopia as they did in “Algers Agreement”.
All opposition forces must intensify their struggle to dismantle Woyane tactic. Their mission is to distabilize Ethiopia.
Action is needed to save Ethiopia not too much talking.
There is no dought as it is a joint drama by weyane and albusher officials because they are the people who have benefited from weyanes secrate deal.
I think we may all be wrong, including this writer, on this. I believe there may have been another meanigless show of machismo by the Mekele boys. Now, I really do.