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Eritrean colonel causes havoc among Ethiopian opposition

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The government of Eritrea needs to act promptly to stop its rogue mid-ranking officers who are causing havoc among Ethiopian opposition groups if it is genuine about building a strong relationship with Ethiopians. The following information is intended for such purpose, since private communications have been left unanswered so far.

It was with shock and disbelief that a few days ago we learned about the disappearance of Col. Tadesse Muluneh, one of the founders of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF). We have requested Eritrean officials for an explanation. It’s now been over 2 weeks and we have not received any official response so far. Ethiopian Review sources in Eritrea, however, have informed us that it is not just Tadesse who is arrested. Several individuals in EPPF’s central committee have been rounded up in the past few months.

The arrests have been orchestrated by Eritrean adviser to Ethiopian opposition groups named Col. Fitsum, according to our sources.

This week we have also learned that current EPPF chairman Meazaw Getu’s movement has been restricted and his vehicle has been taken away by the same colonel.

During the past few months, at least two central committee members have been killed and several have fled. Hundreds of fighters have also left their units.

After rounding up Col. Tadesse and others, last week Col. Fitsum convened an EPPF meeting and forced the leadership to summarily remove several individuals, including six in the Diaspora, from the central committee for opposing his illegal actions. He then appointed a hotel-owner in Philadelphia named Tilahun Gelaw as head of EPPF in the Diaspora over the objection of the chairman, Meazaw Getu, and several central committee members.

EPPF is not the only group that is currently facing problems in Eritrea. We have also learned that hundreds of OLF fighters under Gen. Kemal Gelchu who are stationed in Eritrea have been immobilized. Gen. Kemal is currently placed under a virtual house arrest.

Col. Fitsum has also arranged some individuals to kidnap and beat up Ginbot 7 Secretary General Andargachew Tsige when he visited Eritrea a few months ago. To cover his track, Fitsum sent the attackers to Ethiopia where Woyanne shot them dead as soon as they arrived.

The turn of events in Eritrea regarding Ethiopian opposition groups is deeply worrisome to those of us who have been promoting cooperation with Eritrean government. Strong opposition figures are currently being silenced and in their place those who act and behave like puppets are being hand picked and installed as leaders by Col. Fitsum and other mid-ranking Eritrean military and intelligence officers.

We believe that all this is the work of rogue elements in the Eritrean military who might be secretly working to re-establish relations with the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia without the knowledge of the president. We believe that these Eritrean officers are purposefully undermining Isaias Afwerki’s agenda to build good relationship with Ethiopians based on mutual interest.

One of the tactics Col. Fitsum uses to keep Ethiopian groups weak and their members at each others’ throat is to identify corrupt individuals (some who are suspected of being Woyanne agents) and promote them while undermining and planting disinformation against those who are thought to be strong and free of corruption. That is what he has been doing against Col. Tadesse, who is in good terms with almost every one in EPPF, including the current chairman EPPF, Meazaw Getu. As a matter of fact, Meazaw has repeatedly expressed his wish for Tadesse to return to the EPPF leadership. It was Fitsum who chased away Tadesse from EPPF at the barrel of a gun. Fitsum turns around and informs his superiors that he is keeping Tadesse away from EPPF because the rank-and-file members will mutiny if he comes back.

Some question whether individuals like Col. Fitsum are acting on their own, or their actions are sanctioned by higher-ups. We will find out the truth in due course.

Our suspicion regarding the likes of Col. Fitsum has been strengthen by the recently leaked U.S. diplomatic dispatches from the American embassy in Asmara that has been released by Wikileaks.

In one of the diplomatic cables, the U.S. ambassador indicates that some military officers are working to bring down Isaias Afwerki. Could sabotaging the activities of Ethiopian opposition groups who are friendly with the Eritrean government by the likes of Col. Fitsum be part of a campaign of sabotage to undermine President Isaias? We could be wrong, but for now that is our assumption based on what we know so far.

If we look at EPPF, for example, every movement by EPPF units in the past year has been leaked to Woyanne forces in advance. As soon as the units make a move, Woyanne forces, along with ETV crew, capture them. Despite repeated warnings, the EPPF fighters are given mobile phones, which makes it easy for Woyanne to track them down.

At the Feb. 2010 EPPF general assembly a serious effort was made to revamp its leadership and establish an inquiry committee that would investigate allegations of corruption that has plagued the organization. The plan included bringing strong individuals such as Col. Tadesse to the central committee. All the efforts were blocked by Fitsum.

There were also credible reports that EPPF has been infiltrated by Woyanne with the full knowledge and collaboration of Col. Fitsum.

One of these infiltrators is Tilahun Gelaw who has given tens of thousands of dollars in cash and several mobile phones to Col. Fitsum during the past several months. Col. Fitsum has kept most of the money for himself and distributed the mobile phones to the EPPF fighters.

The above cases are just a few of the acts of sabotage against the EPPF and other Ethiopian opposition groups who are provided shelter in Eritrea.

The arrest of Col. Tadesse and several other Ethiopians is a reckless act as far as the Ethiopia-Eritrea relationship is concerned. Does the Isaias government want a genuine relationship with Ethiopians, or a master-puppet relationship?

If the answer is the former, to mend the situation, President Isaias can do the following promptly:

1. Order the release of Col. Tadesse and all other Ethiopian patriots.
2. Remove Col. Fitsum from his position as an adviser to Ethiopian opposition groups. There are many other Eritreans who can do the job in a constructive way.
3. Appoint an inquiry panel that investigates the alleged sabotages by Col. Fitsum and others against Ethiopian groups.

201 thoughts on “Eritrean colonel causes havoc among Ethiopian opposition”

  2. Elias, you have always been upfront with what you believe. Unlike others who repeat woyane’s accusation of you being an Eritrean agent, i believe you have a good and noble intention in promoting EPPF and other opposition groups in Eritrea. when you asked isayas why there has not been any significant progress in EPPF and others struggle, he blamed opposition leaders in diaspora for not showing up at the battle front and lead the struggle. That was not and still is not a genuine answer. Ethiopia has heroic fighters that can overthrow woyane with in a few months. After all, we have seen woyane’s army strength when it was routed out in shame from Somalia. I believe woyane soldiers who are not of tigrean origin would gladly join any resistance if there was any credible one. Elias, you are known for calling a spade a spade. The Eritrean regime does not want to see a strong Ethiopian opposition. it does not want to face another obstacle in Ethiopia after the fall of woyane. It is unimaginable to say that this colonel is doing all these with out the knowledge of Isayas. it is high time that we define Eritrea as a pariah state that does not have a good intention for Ethiopians. The dream of isayas and his government is to see that Eritreans take the position and privilege that is exclusively accorded to tigreans.

  7. Elias- great job, we see the Woyanes squiking as usual. I appreciate you candor and good effort to get down to the source. That is why you bother most people since you are a front shooter, you deal with issues rather than personalities. Most people seem to be followers of this group or that group and would allow them to step on them. You however seem to always go for what your guts tell you. Thank you for your effort and do follow through on this once and for all.

  9. i am enjoying the show! you are going to bring a lot of garbage dirt stories like ,Abebe Negatu prostitution after you fought each other.

    i am waiting to hear more! till then,i am enjoying this, while i am having a cool beer!

    i want hear more about Elias, Birhanu, tamagn, Al marariam (maferia)…

  10. Aha! mr Elias ” the rogue elements of…”. Is not that the whole Eriterian gvt is rogue? Is not that the prsident of Eritrea your hero ? Shamless, instead of throwing a cheap shot against ESFNA, Indiividual ethiopians go a head investegate the truth your beloved country Eritrea.

  11. Right on Elias. You raise a valid hypothesis. Your link to the wikileaks cabels is also reason for concern, at the very least. Logically, it would not stand to reason to assume that the Eritrean govt. would intentionally and underhandedly try to undermine Ethio. opposition, when it has and continue to take so much flak for publicly supporting them. Including sanctions. My question is have you raised the matter with the President himself. Do you have a compiled documents to serve as a basis for your concerns which can be directly be sent to:
    H.E. Ato Isias Afewerki
    The office of the president
    Asmara, Eritrea

    Happy new year!
    Keep us posted.

  12. Here We go again,
    dealing with Isayas is like sleeping with the enemy, “He is a lunatic” from wikileak.
    Isayas never ever did or will do any good to Ethiopia.
    Please Elias, review your position on this matter. Isyas is a loser and all he dreams everyday is disintegration of ethiopia.

  13. I like the fact that you are tenacious and up front about any political issues. This shows that you are not a puppet to the Eritrean government .as some would claim. If anything, Ethiopians should learn that you are interested in change to the betterment of our people that to advancing any ones agenda.

  14. Elias are you naive or what? The whole Shabia-backed opposition is an absured excercise in futility. A sworn enemy of Ethiopia can not and should not be expected to provide safe haven for Ethiopian patriots. Issayas’s use of Ethiopian opposition is to create political intimidation towards Meles, Who is also a grave enemy of Ethiopia but, just happened to take the bigger piece of the pie at the end of their symbiotic relationship. Do you exepect doves out of snake eggs? Al this mid- level- officias sort of balony does not hold water. A stone can’t get turned without the Megalomaniac’s knowledge . To argue otherwise would be to defy the hard fact as he is the sole excutioner of the criminal enterprise in Eritrea also known as PFDJ. In closing, I will call upon my Eritrean and Ethiopian brothers and sisters to forge unity and stand together against these two heads of a single monster.

  15. As an Eritrean and as individual who really looking forward to see the normalization of Eritrean Ethiopian, and the downfall of woyanne sooner rather than later, I would be absolutely disappointed if what Mr. Elias saying is true.

  17. Poor Elias,
    You bet on the wrong person.It has been clear from the outset that pscho Issaias is no good either for Eritrea or Ethiopia.He is a guy who has been determined to creat havoc and bloodshed in both countries and thats what he has been doing all along with due deligence.
    He didn’t blink his eyes to instigate a senseless war that resulted the death of thousands and the loss of incalculable amount of property.Dictator Isaias who is full blooded Tigrean (his father is the son of a Tigrean immigrant from Tenben)could have used his ethinicity to create a peaceful and harmonious relationship between the two people.But ‘No’,instead he is exploiting everything to inflame and perpetuate the non existing animosity between the two people.Isaias has been committing all kinds of atrocities against our people for the last 20 years. Today,imprisonment,assasinations,rape and torture are the order of the day . we in Eritrea are determined to fight tyranny to the eand and we will not rest until dictatorship is religated to the back water of history.
    Brother Elias,
    I am glad you come up with your demands but its naive to think that the dictator will heed to your justified demands for the relationship to stay intact.If you remember Dawit Issac a journalist with Sewidish citizenship whom the dictator incarcerated in Sept 2001 is still in his dangeons(God knows if he is alive) despite all the urges and pleas by the international community. The notion that the said colonel did all these horible things in his own without the knowledge of the dictator is absolutely naive.There is nothing in Eritrea that the junta dosen’t put his hands on particularly things like this that deemed important for his survival.I hate to say this but no one has ever lived to tell a story who had been to the dungeons of the junta.We have witnessed the G-15,the journalists,the parlamenterians and many others before them have never made it out of the dangeons again.They neither made it to the doorsteps of the court nor defended themselves.They were just made to disappear.Mark my words.
    I hope this is a turning point for all of you who have been infatuated with the blood sucker dictator and its time to side with the most brutalized people of my country.After all injustice for one is injustice for all.

  18. Play it it cool Elias!
    I don’t agree with revealing these issues in public,it does not advance our interest at all.
    Let’s focus on the big picture! The enemay is woyane ,no body else!
    Elias please don’t write this in public,don’t make woyane happy!
    I am sure president Isais will look closely to this issue and make decisive measures.
    There are a lot of things that we don’t know,clearly there is power struggle between the Ethiopian groups which needs to be dealt with.We should not handle these issues in public and if there is a need some of the high ranking officials should go to Asmara to discuss with the president.
    The Eritrean economy is getting stronger than ever and Egypt is more than ready to help,the end of woyane is near and lets work together.Stop the internal fight and let’s fight woyane!!!

  19. Elias, well well well… it took you five years to recognize the true color of shabia. Shabia is no friend. Had you have another trip to Eritrea , you could have been in jail by now. Shabians wants EPPF for one specific treason.. to milk the fund. Shabia will never arm pro Ethiopian groups. That is why EPPF is weakening day by day . My advice to you, distance yourself from Shabia. Period!!

  20. Dear Elias,
    You should not think that it is always appropriate for the Eritrean Officials to respond to every thing you are asking about. If they are no responding you should not condemn them to death. What you can do is to come with a scenario based reporting; without a specific conclusion.

    Good that you said ‘We could be wrong’ as what you have written is only one possible scenario. There could be another reason behind the actions of the Eritrean officials. For instance what if they are going after ‘Tikur Chaka’ the person who posted a series on EPPF and the Eritrean Gov on Ethiomedia website. It is logical to anticipate such things to happen, as the person used a nick name (Tikur Chaka). It was very clear that ‘Tikur Chacka’ should be one of the high ranking EPPF officials or some one linked to them. This scenario can be dropped if ‘Tikur Chacka’ is not one of the victims of the current actions of the Eritreans; and he could give us his own account of what is going on. I think, by using a nick name, ‘Tikur Chaka’ might think he has done good for his own security, but he has created danger to many others and probably himself (if he is genuinely concerned member of EPPF).

    What if the Eritreans have got different information about ‘Woyane’ infiltration of the opposition. What makes your information more reliable than what they have got. Do you think Ethiopian Review to be the main source for the Eritrean Intelligence?

    My point is that we can build scenarios, let us not rush to make conclusion.

    God Bless Ethiopia and Eritrea

  21. If the rumor is true the US has starting mediating Ethiopian and Ertrian high level diplamats secretly on major issues like Badme,Ethiopian use of the Assab port, normalizations of relation and eventual establishment of free trans boarder trade.
    According to sources both parties have have accepted the initial measures to farther advance the negotiations ie removing the ethiopian oppositions from eritrea and vise versa.

  22. You disgraceful shameless sellout. mr Elias you will pay the full price for collaborating with ethiopias enemies ( shabia,olf,onlf).

    You hate woyane so much you would rather have osama bin laden rule Ethiopia. You disgusting cockroach. Your type will be eliminated. This is disgusting journalism.

  23. Elias I really admire you for being a true Ethiopian so no Tigrean or TPLF bastard should accuse you anymore as a pro Shabia or pro Eritrean person I never believed them. Thank you for staying a true Ethiopian and for being honest human being for the ideas you stood. I am sure the Tigrean Mafia has been embarrasse with this article because they have tried to discredit you openly. However I am sad with this situation because the pro TPLF group has said many times it will be the wrong choice Eritrea to be our struggle base if I am not wrong the halfhearted Ethiomedia Abraham Beleay has said during his debate with you. In addition Hodam Solomon Teka might produce another music about Meles’s handsomeness especially about his his tallness and his beautiful hair or Meles’s stylish Afro. To be true my heart is broke with this sad story, I think TPLF has a big hand in the Eritrean security agency if not this should not happen anyway Elias please try to contact the highest person or President Esayas I am sure he is indanger himself by TPLF spies. I am sad today because this news had been a big lose for us. Please Elias let us know mor about this situation.

  24. Thomas #17,
    You still must be naive to think that it is possible to sit down and talk to the dictator.To begin with,you have to realize that there is no what we traditionally call ‘a government’ in Asmara that behave like one but rather a band of shiftas with a strong leader who does things with impunity.If you remember Dawit Issac who was a journalist with Swidesh citizenship has been in in his dangeons ever since 2001 despite all the pleas and urges by the international community to bring him to justice.
    Brother Elias,
    I am an Eritrean and I have witnessed the brutalities and atrocities going on in Eritrea.Don’t heed to anyones advice that tells you to go to Asmara and talk.Vindictivness is one of the trademark of the regime.So anyone can put you in danger and once you are disappeared you would never see a day light again.Be carefull please.

  25. Here We Go Again Elias,
    You make me laugh when you consider yourself, the Kissinger of the day to resolve this standoff? I can see now clearly how immature, and erratic person you are to think that Isayas, the stubborn dictator gives a damn about your foolish demand. Who do you think you are, daring to put your naive request to the “honorable monster”? Do you really think that the so called Col Fitsum is acting by his own? There is no a single thing that is happened in Eritrea without the knowlegde and the blessing of that lunatic monster. Col. Fitsum is doing what his boss,”the invincible, your man of the year” told him to do.
    As I said in my previous comment, Isayas and Meles needs each other for thier survival. The EPPF or other Ethiopian woyane opposition forces in Eritrea are only there as a bargaining chips and when the time comes they will be used as a pawn to be sacrificed in order to fulfill woyane’s demand. It could be a back door deal, money or any other interest that they are bartering with. Why would you think Isayas could answer your demand? Becuase you called him a man of the year? He might get valuable thing from Legesse to throw EPPF under the bus than your fruitless propganda of the man of the year or milinium junk. So wake up! Maferya.

  26. I have never trusted shabia to do any good to Ethiopia and Ethiopians. My frustration with Elias was/is his support and trust for shabian leadership which will never ever bear fruit. OLF is the witness for that for over four decades.

  27. what the hell you are doing in Eritrea.You EPPF are another headache for ETHIOPIAN people. As far as you are supported by Eritrea you are also WOYANE.
    Do some thing better than playing with human life. You do not have place in ETHIOPIA.

  28. Scenario Analysis:

    1. EPPF is progressing by removing woyanee inflitraters. The Eritrian Intelegence has traced these elements

    2. EPPF is going down. Woyanne inflitaters are getting control of the front.

    3.EPPF is always in Chaos, nothing is new.

  30. Hope Elias will publish this…

    In my wildest dream I never dream that there is something good emerge from Iss-Ass. I would rather to believe that the father I buried 26 years ago will raise up from his grave and see him alive…than believing Iss-Ass will help Ethiopia in good intention…When it comes to Ethiopia he is as evil as Melese. There is one thing I wish good for Iss-Ass to live longer and be a president of Eritrea, they deserve him. How in the world we trust this guy and believe that he will change while the record show us clearly the number one enemy of Ethiopia. Just to remind the reader
    1. Who is the father of all the evil things happened to Ethiopia?
    2. Who create and raised Melese and his clones?
    3. Who said that he give 100 years homework to Ethiopians?
    4. Who hunt and kill all patriot Eritrea origin Ethiopians right after he took over Asemera and Melese took over Addis?
    5. Who murdered thousands of Ethiopian military that surrender after the end of the war?
    6. Who bombed innocent Tigrean kids In 1998 war?

    He has gigantic hate towards to Ethiopia that I can’t describe it in word…his hate is in his blood if any one thinks that he has a will and a mind to bring change towards to Ethiopia, that person should see a doctor. I hate Melese/Woyne and I pray every day to live longer to see Melese and his clones death so I can pee on their dead body, in each one of them. However, just because I hate Wayane I don’t trust and believe that day and change will come to Ethiopia with the help of Iss-Ass. I try to understand the logic behind it and I still can not get it.
    Elias I disagree with you in so many things but never said you are a sellout or you work against your country “Ethiopia” interest intentionally, I personally talk to you so many times while you were actively help Lidetu (before he fells from grace) I know how much you hate TPLF, I know you are one of a million people who dream and work hard to see the end of this regime however you should revisit your love affair with this killer (black Hitler)… if I were you I will work and advocate day and night all the oppositions parties to leave Eritrea.
    Demand all the oppositions to work against TPLF instead working against each other facilitate good atmosphere to the opposition to stop their internal friction …work tirelessly to bring all the opposition to work together. Ethiopians are tired to see the oppositions division than Melese regime these days. We all know what Melese stand for and who he is and where he is taking that country, the problem we have is to understand what the opposition stand for and when they stop put their foot in each other throat.

  31. Thank you Elias. For those who were suspecting of you as Shabia lover, you have shown that you are an idependent mind who shoot straight, calling a spade a spade. I really mean it, you have elivated your credibility.

    Now for the main story:
    I was one of those gullible Ethioians who thought that Eritria could help Ethiopians to bring down the Mafia Woyane government. However, we have observed over a considerable period of time that infact the Eritrian government was weakening the real Ethiopian freedom fighters, just fearing that a stronger Ethiopia will emerge after the fall of Woyane. That was wrong. If you think about it, strong Ethiopia can only be good for Eritria economically.

    Many Ethiopian freedom fighters are now killed by Eritrian security forces. In fact after the masscure of the 2005 Ethiopian election and the attack on “Kinjit” movement, thousands of young Ethiopians from Gonder Wello Addis and Gojam were burning in anger and waiting to join the freedom fighters. That momentum was lost as the Eritrian security forces strated wakening the freedom fighers of EPPF and divided them by tribe (Tigray front, Benshangul, Southern etc etc). This was not acceptable to any average Ethiopian and those detrmined Ethiopains gave up on the hope of EEPF.

    Who ever is doing it in Eritria (the government or some rouge security forces) Eritrians have again choosen the wrong choice. You can not win by being against the Ethiopian people. We both win by working together for geniune peace and brotherly negibourhood. What you are doing now like by killing and disppearing Ethiopian freedom fighters such as Colonel Taddese Mulneh could make you pay a terrible price. The moment Ethiopians lebel you as an eneemy, it will be very easy for Woyane to rally the people for another war with any excecuse to finish you off.

  32. Elias ,
    it was just a matter of time before you switch to Woyanne side
    but somehow I always thought you go to where the profit is .
    Are you writing this article to make the diaspora happy or telling them that the party is over . The next thing to do is to ask the woyanne for forgiveness and go back to Ethiopia and enjoy the fruits of your hard work screwing up your people for a long time

    May You Rest in PEACE .

  33. Elias!!!
    I have great admiration for your work and personality.You are the truth fighter who is a son of a gun. When it comes to ethiopia you will confront any one with out any hesitation. I see that you don’t have freindship or group mentality, when it comes to mother land. I salute you, Elias. Keep it up.

  35. If what I read is true, there could only be a few explanations.One possibility is that Isaias does not trust the opposition.The second hypothesis is that Isaias has lost control over his subordinates . The third one is may be it is some sort of demonstrating good intentions to the Ethiopian government. There could be more plausible explanations. I would love to find out.

  36. SoloAddis!

    LET US ALL PRAY TO SAVE OUR GALLENT ETHIOPIAN PATRIOTS WHO ARE IN ERITREA FOR THE GOOD CAUSE OF MOTHER ETHIOPIA.
    FORGET ERITREAN HELP! LET US START FROM THE INSIDE. SITUATION IS RIPE INSIDE!!!!
    YOUR BLA…BLA… doesn’t help now.

  37. I don’t really care about this creature by the name Kemal. Do you all remember the video of him giving interviews right after he fled to Asmara? I could tell from his gesture or posture if you will that he did not flee because he felt strongly about his people but rather ran away after being caught to be somewhat a slacker. He looked like some one not cut out for leading a guerilla force. And living in Asmara with a daily dose of Spaghetti Sugo-Bologna or Spaghetti all Bolognese would not help either. Just read the latest stories of his so-called fighters. They are waging war in Kenya and running like rabbits. My heart bleeds with utter sorrow for those many young men and women who are blindly following such irresponsible tactics. Did he find it easier to liberate those Oromos living in Kenya? What a mess!!!

    As far as you Brother Elias. From now on please be very careful. In this case, the enemy of my enemy does not and will never work. Eritrea is another sovereign country and let it sort out its internal problems on its own. It has enough intellectual horse power to lift up its status on its own accord. And remember this: The people of Tigray and Eritrea are closer to each other than the people in Gondar, Gojjam, Oromia, Afar and the rest of the people in the current boundary of Ethiopia. Never forget this geopolitical fact.

  38. “AHYA BIRAGET TIRS AYSABERIM” Isayas and Meles are one and the same except their relationship to the WEST. Isyas is a tyrant and MELES is a “friendly tyrant” because of their relationship to the WEST. All what they need is to have all what are called “nationalsists” and eliminate them so that they loot Ethiopia peacefully.

  39. Elias, the foundation of eritrean politics is based on hatred against Ethiopia and the perception that Eritrea is different, and destroy or deny all evidence that links eritrea with eth. in the form of family ties, language, common history, culture. However you have been advocating for erit..this shows how immature, confused, ignorant you are and trying to present and inflate yourself as political analyst, journalist, freedom fighter, human rights activist etc. You are disconnected from the reality. Please rethink your role – do u want to be an independent journalist or HR activist or agents of unknown parties, central committee member of one of the political party (incl. shabia and woyane). Your knwoledge about EPLF/TPLF and Eritrea is shallow.

  41. SoloAddis!

    Forget your bla..bla.. and think how we can save our gallant fighters who are in troubl in Eritrea. Bring them inside where their is a ripe situation within our territories. We can start an urban gurella warfare.

  43. It seems that Elias is given a mission by Isayas Afewerki to blackmail Colonel Fitsum for what is going wrong with the Ethiopian oppositions in Eritrea. Believe me next time Elias will tell us that President Isayas removed (arrested) Col. Fitsum for his mis deeds. I am guessing Col. Fitsum is already arrested for some other political reasons or problems with mr. Isayas. Otherwise this story is so funny that no one expects from Elias.

  44. Elias, do not rush. Take your time and try to get proper information from the concerned authourities.
    We Eritrean also are asking about the devolopment you brought to us.
    For your information Shaebia is never in a harry to take actions, therefore why not wait till we know what they are doing? We Eritrans trust our president as a honest and decent person and will never negotiate with the USA to make concessions at the cost of the Ethiopian opposition parties operating in Eritrea. This will create a bad sentiment in the Eritreab people and reduce his popularity in the country.
    If there are some spies or infiltrators from the Woyale at any level, I assure you that they will be filtered.
    Thanks for ahving trust of our president. Together, Eritreans and Ethiopians will eliminate this westerners puppet of Woyane.
    We need to be patient and strong at the same time.

  45. I’m not surprise to hear this news even during the border war there were some colonels and top officials were working for usa and weyane.even one of the colonel escaped when he was suspected.he was a tigrai origin.Now about this mafia colonel is secret agent of malelit.An action must be taken it is not safe to the opposition and the people of ERITREA.And also ETIOPIAN opposition do not need an advisor

  46. Both the people in Asmara and Arat Kilo are Ethiopia-haters, and it is logical that they put aside their differences and act together whenever Ethiopians appear to be stronger. It is stupidity that Ethiopians got surprised by this actions of the Eritrian government. Elias is trying to have us believe that this is an independent act of a Colonel. What a näivety!!!

  47. Almariam is only maferia. This man who professes to be a lawyer and chairman of ESAT, jurist and college professor failed to file charges against meles zenawi regime. He keeps only writing articles and stories. The same goes to Shakespeare Feyissa in Seattle. I am sure there are so many ethiopian lawyers in USA. Why cant the they compile evidences of massacre in ethiopia against meles zenawi’s regime to file at world court or ICC? Elias , can you please highlight this issue?

  48. Elias, we know that you wouldn’t last long in this polarizing politics, but never thought that you will fall apart so quick. We simply wait how far you can go before you commit suicide.

  49. Here We Go Again Elias,
    You make me laugh when you consider yourself, the Kissinger of the day to resolve this standoff? I can see now clearly how immature, and erratic person you are to think that Isayas, the stubborn dictator gives a damn about your foolish demand. Who do you think you are, daring to put your naive request to the “honorable monster”? Do you really think that the so called Col Fitsum is acting by his own? There is no a single thing that is happened in Eritrea without the knowlegde and the blessing of that lunatic monster. Col. Fitsum is doing what his boss,”the invincible, your man of the year” told him to do.
    As I said in my previous comment, Isayas and Meles needs each other for thier survival. The EPPF or other Ethiopian woyane opposition forces in Eritrea are only there as a bargaining chips and when the time comes they will be used as a pawn to be sacrificed in order to fulfill woyane’s demand. It could be a back door deal, money or any other interest that they are bartering with. Why would you think Isayas could answer your demand? Becuase you called him a man of the year? He might get valuable thing from Legesse to throw EPPF under the bus than your fruitless propganda of the man of the year or milinium junk. So wake up! Maferya.

    December 18th, 2010

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