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”
Elias,
Don’t pick up a fight with Eritrea. This discusion shouldn’t have taken place et all. We are watching every ward that flows. It is your call to improve the relation you calesly spoiled. On the other hand I want you to know it is a promise to protect Eritrea at any cost. If your organization was founded on solid ground it shouldn’t have expiriensed the ups and down trends. Don’t blame other for your misery. I don’t think you are a bad guy. You simply need to wise up especially dealing with Eritrean. Everyone of us had accumulated pain atributed by successive Ethiopian rulers. As we try to forge and improve relation you are adding salt to injury.
Elias,
As an Eritrean I closely follow your articles and Political activities. Though I don’t necessarily agree with each and every of your political opinion, I must admit that I REALLY admire you for reading your mind, a quality rare in both Eritrean and Ethiopian political activists.
I also admire you for your considerable EFFORTS to forge a good relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia and your stand on Woyane’s policies.
Sometimes, however, reality dictates innocent and good intentions. The Eritrean reality under our President absolutely clashes with your hardworking and intention. I am one of the supports of the President by looking at the bigger picture, the survival of my country, but also sometimes disappointed to see his reckless measures. I remember almost ten years ago when rumors took my by surprise that the president is going to arrest high-ranking officials. And he did.
I support what you did in this open letter, which is not a secrete for us who travel back and forth to Asmara. But one thing you missed is that there is no individual, military officer or civilian, who does anything without the President’s knowledge. Do you know our government knows where each and every Eritrean in the Diaspora go to which church or restaurant? Which Eritrean are befriended with Ethiopians or Sudanese etc. If you believe a colonel who is the primary contact person between the government and the Ethiopian opposition does anything without a prior approval of the President’s office, then you have a long way to go to understand the operation of the government. I also advice you not to travel to Asmara until things are cleared out. Writing such a letter tantamount to attack on the government’s pride.
BE SMART
Dawit #127
pls take a deep breathe & read your annoying comment on #88 & compare it with your reply on #127. It back-fired at you. You are shooting yourself on the foot.
Your emotion is getting the better of you & you seem to be bereft of any ideas that can bring about a solution to any problem whatsoever that you rather choose the easier avenue of going on an emotional yo-yo trip. You need to have Consciousness or sub-conscious to remind you not to make an emotional Judgement. Another thing is that you need, Firstly, have respect for your fellow human being when discussing issues whether you know them or not ….. If not, don’t expect others to respect you as you don’t respect yourself, let alone others.
The most idiot point that you made is ……”that I don’t know you”
Of course you don’t know anyone here nor do I know anybody here except Elias Kifle who is brave enough to come out in the open…… Would you do that? Hell No! Let alone to come Out with your identity in the open……. If I were to confront you in the street that you are the one using the nick “Dawit” on ER, I bet you would deny that, flatly….probably by saying…… “ENATE TEMUT ENE AYDELEHUM…. ENAYR TEMUT SELIH……” All of us use virtual nicknames & hide behind the screen…..
The only reason people like myself choose to hide behind a screen-name is to avoid & deny cowards like yourself talking about us behind your screen name & attack person & personalities instead of bringing & attacking ideas with more and better ideas. The proof of the swarming of people like yourself is right here where a lot of, with the exception of a few, are like yourself ….. Utterly bereft & starved of ideas but upto your neck loaded with filth & non-sense just as the saying goes…. “little minds discuss people…….”
Your first point on #88 is not about ideas but about people & people “you don’t know” as is expected from small minds like you. Nephat!!
I see God’s hands work’n in this. All elements who collaborate with Esayas to destabilize !Ethiopia, falling apart. more to come.So So happy! Elias, the wanna,be Journalist, Ye-Esayas Ashker
let it be a lesson if you have a little bit brain left in you
The author seems out of touch with his vague assessment of the dramatic turn of events among the Ethiopian opposition leadership in Eritrea. This is expected to happen. The reason to it is clear. One can’t stage a movement in a rogue country without being a puppet in supporting the agenda of the host country. It is a recent memory that the alliance between EPLF and TPLF broke for no other reason than the usual one sided approach of EPLF trying to engulf Ethiopia under their control. If you think they have changed a bit, you guys are fooling yourselves. I think it is about time the opposition in Eritrea redesign their tactics and make their role clear to the Ethiopian people who are smart enough to distinguish those who are working for their cause. I have been addressing this concern long before the movement began. Never ever stage a movement against the ruling party in Ethiopia in a way it sends the wrong message to the Ethiopian people. They see the intent not necessarily the purported purpose. There is an interesting article about how the future of the Horn of Africa can be shaped in a non destructive manner: “Horn of Africa, beyond borders”, whose link can be found at: http://www.hornofafricadaily.com
I want to let all you interested people be it, Ethiopian or Eritreans, I want to tell you the Priminster is very happy with this news coming from the our Eritrean brothers. The priminster has always belived in what he calls “revolutionary democracy” can only be attained, when every sector of society is engaged and has a steak in the political process of his/her country. And to that end the priminister and his office has been tirelessy working to bring about a transparent and democratic system. And those calling them selves oppositions but were engaged in terroirst activies with the help of the Eritrean governement, were advivsed to stop what they were doing and come to the negotation table and participate in the general elections. But they chose instead to creat havoc and be indiferent for the democratic changes we have brought. As such the priminster wants to personaly thank the Eritrean Government in the clamping down of this opposition leaders, and I would say this is a good start and one that needs encouragement as the Ethiopian governemnt time and time again has stated, our desier for a good nigbhourlyness and to start negotiation on our outsanding border issues, to bring it for once and for all, to its final demarcation, so the two people can go on with their daily businesss. Again thank you for reading and the priminster wants to thank every eritrean and Ethiopians that have been writting their coments though 90% seemd, far from the truth and were totally misguided by false information, as the priminster is commited to transparency and jenuin democratic changes as well as freedom of speech, he encourages all of you to continue to comment and be engaged in your respective country politics as well as regional politics. finally the priminster would like to whish you all a happy holiday season.
kkkkkkkkkkkk…Isayas doesn’t know KKKKKKKK
By the way, you are one person. May be you are not even an Ethiopian. How do you represent the Ethiopian people and make a deal with Eritrean? I know you guys are looking for shortcut. Ethiopians are smarter than those people who live in the U.S/EU or other country but dream to be a lead my country. Thanks God!
Please the speculaters,defenders of I.A,apoogists of this and prognastinator of all kind of scenario let the whole argument stop here.We appreciaate the help and consern of those up to this point.I believe now please leave the matter to Ethiopians alone.We are working to reach solution on our own.We are not bashing I.A or any one else,we simply say from now on please leave the issue for us.I always advocated selfreliance,raising,training,feeding our own army.Please what ever happened between eppf and Eritria,we still need to make independent move.
Many weyane cadres such as the socalled
Axumite start to ,ooz venem ,what is your problem man!Take your Adwa,Axsum ,Entichi,and stick it to Ertria as Sibhat Nega under the guise of retirment appear to be doing just that.In case you think We are in the dark,I informed you upfront.This is how I deal my foes tell them in the face
I’ ain’t surprised to see a sudden squirming of weyane supporters throwing their filth & tantrum here….. Looks like they are hell bent to set their own agenda. Let’s wait & see what is going to transpire out of this hulla-ballu…the weyane gangs certainly know how to tickle the vanity of some unstable, uninformed & emotional fellows of the diaspora tigers (esat y’maynekaw awagi birgade)
if the weyane, with the help of its domestic tujar(Alamoudi) & its foreign financiers, can penetrate ESFNA , wedi-Tekalign & some of the “oppositions”, then nothing surprises me if the EPPF is also infiltrated with double agent….. But I have a belief in the patience of Shaebia who wouldn’t jump into action & bravado …. but rather either meticulously feed the double agent with false intelligence or turn the double agent into a triple agent…… Shaebia might have such a generous good will but shaebia also knows that there are some who would want to exploit that…… Eritrea has learned that from history….. Where the UN gave us a” flag”, a”parliament” & even a “constitution” & a “free press” as a “mireqat”….but we ended up swallowed whole by an absolute monarch and we were left with nothing including the very ground that we stood on. That’s why we get militarized, cautious & never give an enemy that wants to hurt us a sintella of chance. Don’t forget that you are dealing with Shaebia who paid tens of thousands of its best to regain what we lost as a result of our naivity. ….. If you expect shaebia to give any organisation a free hand with little or no scrutiny, on its soil, then you must be living in cloud cuckoo land. Let alone shaebia & Eritrea who is under US-Weyane sponsored sanction & who is in a no-war no-peace limbo situation with an enemy that one day will be destroyed,….. Even in peace time & normal circumstance any country will be extra cautious……
Look at shirking Shiekh Sheriff Shiekh Ahmed who, in Jan 2006, the weyane (U$ attack dog) toppled Sheriff’s 6 months old moderate UIC regime that stabilsed Somalia for the first time in 16 yrs….. He fled & entered Asmara….. But the Shiekh was bought up with a promiss of a $$$$$ & re-instated him back to power hoping he will be their man & popular. He is now restricted in a 1km by 1km = 1 square km area in Moqadisho……they can’t even go to shop at Bakara Market a couple of blocks away……The Same man back to square one ….. A free man became a bought man….. Payed with U$ dollar. We gave him sanctuary & safe heaven when the US drone was trying to smoke him out of his hiding hole…… How did he pay us back?…… 3 yrs later, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Hillary Clinton & was advised or ordered to condemn Eritrea from a podium in Nairobi, Kenya…… What else can be expected from a bought up man in a one-by-one driving an American 4X4 paid by U$.
And you expect Shaebia to match the U$ dollar for dollar…… No , ney, nein…. No way Jose. We help only those who have principles not those who are in it for their own benefit….. Don’t be naive to believe any group ( be it TPDM or EPPF)that they are not under scrutiny. The U$ always uses its printed money to dangle at those slaves who even pass out at mere metion of U$ dollar & we all know that there are many of them out there wherever they come from….. Let alone those on our soil, every weyane’s move in Mekele, Addis Ababa or abroad is under the stringent scrutiny….. We even know most of weyane’s agents & their contacts, one by one…. I’m sure we will identify the rest of them. We won’t be fooled twice. We always believe that an enemy that wants to destroy us…. Shall be destroyed first. No ifs no buts.
BREAKING NEWS …BREAKING NEWS…..While I was writing this I heard a news that the Washington post printed under the title “TOP SECRET AMERICA” ….. a scary stuff….. Whoooo!!!….(.yebelahal- yebelahal jibo) I have to stress it’s not shaebia but washington is” building up a vast domestic spying network on it’s own citizens”…. All thetalk of your civil liberity is is out of the window….. Say bye bye to that.
We are talking about their own citizens not even foreign armed insurgency force.
Even your emails, FBs, Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace, your cellulars & even this comment board is under their scrutiny.
it’s a fact…. Put it in your pipe & smoke it,….. Dear lads & lasses…..or ladies & gentlemen……. It’s a reality right under your nose while you are sleep walking.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/monitoring-america/
Ato Elia, first sorry to hear another sad story and next, please no need of jumping on the above matter so fast. if the Eritrean government took such a measure without any probable cause, it must be really paranoid. lets hope the law of physics that estates “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” did not apply here. after all, thanks to the Ethiopian resources and billions of donations granted in the name of the starved and alleged development, the aparthied minority regime is well known for dividing and weakening its opponents; be it by bribing tons of cash or inticements of power. indivituals who don’t have strong principles, integrity and devotion to their mission in the first place seem easily tempted in such situation. remember, we are talking about a nation that even lost some of her own children for this easy and irresistable offer (sin of greedness) to mekele. anyway, unless it does not compromize Eritrea’s national security, abagobye wouln’t mind reponding in due time. it’s shaebia’s tradition of taking things slowly than woyane’s tradition of “reapeated lies makes right or shoot first talk later” approaches. the good news is in case col Tadesse is arrest for what ever reason, he is certainly detained in a humanly way like any prisoner. this is EPLF’s proud history before even they were the geneva signatories. asking any Ethionian pow will just prove my point. peace every where!
Elias was dead wrong in opening the can of worms he could never hope to get them back. I do not know anything about the inner workings of the government of Eretrea, but to balme them for what appears to be some kind of power struggle between members of the opposition should not have been blaming Eritrea!
For the last twenty years, Meles and his puppets have been misinforming the rest of the world that only Amharas are against him. I am not sure if it has been done already, but I urge some well educated Ethiopians from different ethnic groups to get together and write a letter to the US state department to show that it is not only one ethnic group that opposes dictator Meles.
don’t you see guys that god is with the current goverment.so many things happened in the past 20 years but it turns out that the gov’t turn out to be the winner at the end.
I Think the almighty god is using the current goverment to fullfill his everlasting plan for ethiopia.
be careful lest we found ourselves in disagreement with the all might GOD.
Let god bless ethiopia
#153-Shaebia: After reading your latest comment, I truly feel sorry for you. You are one confused soul and beyond any common sense whatsoever. What you wrote does not even make any sense to anyone who thinks he represents Eritreans.
What your all-over-the-place rambling showed is that you have nothing but expose your ignorance and your lack of understanding of basic human understanding and/or values to civily communicate in a public forum.
Just to remind you how confused you are and how ridiculous you look. I will try to hint just a couple of points out of several. What is laughable is your habit of repeating what I called you and hurling back the same at me, as if that is going to stick or that it makes you look reasonable. Fool, that makes you even more foolish than what you already are.
I reminded you and thaught you being “emotional” is a useless virtue, as it will not help your convoluted logic. I also thought that “respect” need to be earned. But rather than thanking me for tutoring you with these and other basic human values, the empty-minded you have to pretend by repeating the same advises and faults provided to you as if you have any values.
That is why I called you a useless payed cadre, who has no trace of reality or logic, flowing in your veins and/or brain. Like a typical cadre, you have no shame or yilugnta, except lying and making up stories, as if no one notices the lies.
I truly think you are beyond help and are full of hot air. You are really laughable and foolish to think that your emotional nonsense is going to make a difference. You can bitch, burn and rant all you want, but I care less about your ignorance and inadequacies, as long as you keep it to yourself. For all I care you can remain foolish all your life and even hang yourself.
I am saying all this because people like you don’t need to be treated like normal human beings. If you have to know, intelligent communication etiquette is only for those that deserve it. And my friend you don’t deserve it at all, not anymore; as a spade has to be called a spade.
I am sorry to waste time with a useless paranoid zombie like you who just writes anything to make up for his ignorance. I am glad you are not Ethiopian. Ethiopians don’t cover up the wrongs of their governments or their leaders, by concocting lies and deceit. Never have, never will. What a shame sharing a continent with such an ignorant and useless soul like you.
To Disgusted: Comment# 70
You seem to be an Eritrian defnding/supporting the harm done to Ethiopian freedom fighters in Eritria. By doing so you are making many Ethipians angry, creating animosity and erroding trust b/n Eritrians and Ethiopians. We Ethiopians are polite and respectful people but sometimes you guys interpret this as foolishness and stupidity. Let me assure you, Ethiopians are very sophisticated people who can eaisly identify their enemy.
We trusted President Issayas when he said (in 5 round interview) that he will support the Ethiopian freedom fighters in their struggle to overthrow the Mafia Woyane. Now we are asking him to know his stand on the attack on Col Taddese Mulneh and other Ethiopian freedom fighters.
Silence or differing the issue can only undermine our trust on him. We want to know the truth. Did he approve the attack on Ethiopian freedom fighters, or is this the work of few rouge Eritrian security personel like Col.Fitsum, who may also be Woyane’s spies, working to overthrow President Issayas himself?
Hold on ! Rushing into conclusion is wrong! Let’s not spoil our hospitality. Fighters need their respect to the cause they stood for.Let’s avoid spoon feeding.
Another Shaebiya-SAWA 5th Round
Dawit: what are you talking about? It looks like to me you are emotional and less IQ person. Of course we defend our government till death. We are all here to defend what we believe in. If you believe in free speech – whatever your western masters feed you 24/7, this guy by the name Shaebiya has every right to defend his position. Do you think Shaebiya will help you just like that till the gate of Menelik palace? You must be naive my brother. It is national security my friend. Just because we hate Meles doesn’t mean we bring ultra radical person in Menelik Palace. This time no more mistake? For example the entire Eritrean population does not support EPPF! I think we have come to a conclusion that one way or the other Eritrea and Ethiopia will go to war at one time in the future. The 2000 war with Eritrea gave you a little pride and most of the people think they can bit Eritrea once meles is removed from the power. Every Eritrean know that so that to try to occupy ASSEB. But we are also waiting meles to go coz we know the next move is easy for us. The battle is going in Mekele not Asseb or Asmara. My friend dawit — A dead Eritrean even knows every trick our brothers from the south are designing. The only problem is that Meles is hiding behind USA – looks difficult to penetrate him. The EPPF is also weak and that leaks sensitive information to weyane. I think from the beginning I don’t like the idea but it is okay to try. ANYWAY I don’t like the idea of arresting but who know they are the one leaking the document as well. I heard about EPPF for the last 10 years…. what they have accomplished so far. NOTHING! Eritreans respect like Elias ——— Very brave and that tried every possibility. We wish he was Eritrean. Eritreans like brave person … just look at Isseyass is loved no matter you hate him but we all Eritreans love him to death in our heart. Watch my Ethiopian friends Ethiopia is heading to neo-colonization— he is selling your country. We started with 1 Ak47 in SAHEL. If you truly believed in GOOD Ethiopia you don’t need even Eritrea. Ethiopia is a vast country and you can go to Gambela, start from there. But you have to have a gut to do that. To die for your beloved country Ethiopia, stop whining!
Meles is hiding behind terrorism slogan and that is why he is surviving for so long. Come on 80 million.
Dawit stop whining — SAWA Diaspora Division
Dawit of #163……
what part of my comment on #153 did you not understand….. You hardly addressed any of my points nor your empty drums that you beat in your earlier comments that I pointed out, nor on your own contradiction……however, I can’t understand your desparate tantrums spewed out as you seem starved of ideas for discussion….as if you are like a fish out of water gasping for air……
Remember that this forum is not about you and/or me as we don’t even know each other….. It’s about the ideas that we bring here for discussion, ……… an idea or facts for discussion that we haven’t seen from you here…… Apart from talking about people you don’t even know or met……….
Besides I have no evidence to believe that you are an Ethiopian….. apart from your claim, which you expect others to believe you at virtual face value.
“Dawit”, I give you a virtual-friendly advice ….. Go & read a book in order to help bring your consciousness to a level of an average intelligence and help yourself interact with fellow human beings in a minimum decorum descency.
Eritreans would be fools to lose an ally like Elias. I just can’t imagine what benefit they get out of arresting prominent Ethiopian opposition members there by antagonizing Ethiopians. Please wise up.
Dear Elias, don´t let emotion take over. With this I mean once u interviewed the president, u can interview him again. A lot of ethiopians here never mention the USA and the dirty game it plays in their country and tries to play in mine. And the USA is a powerful country capable of creating havoc anywhere it wishes. I don´t think an arrest here or a disappearance there would change the fact that ethiopians in general are tired of the meles regime and want to change it. They´ve proven it in 2 elections already. So no matter the machinations that regime is soon gone. As for the eritrean president, i don´t for a second doubt his honesty in trying to build a genuine people to people relationship but as u say and as was proven previously, there´re traitors in every country and Eritrea is no exception. What I´m sure is though, the traitors will be found and punished.
Finally it is the whole people of the Empire who could determine the future of the country. Few armed men and women cannot do what the demonstration in 2005 showed the whole population of the world.
In 1974 it was the people of the country who were fed up with Haile Sellase who
came together and kicked out the govenment of Prime Minister Aklilu Habte within six months.
In 1991 it was the organized efforts of many National fronts that had resulted in the death blow that led Mengistu Haile Mariam to run to Kenya then to Harare.
I believe the people of the Empire if united do not need to go to Eritrea to fight the current government and they can do it from their villages and towns.
The force that matter lives right at the center of the country.
It must be understood that when the fronts came together and had an agreement in London they had a very successful results that had helped Eritrean as well as Ethiopian people to get rid of the dangerous man who had soaked his hand with the blood of innocent Ethiopians.
Ladies and gentle men other Ethiopian Organization tried to fight by getting the support of the National Movements and Fronts of Eritrea in the early seventies and the fronts were looking for a favor that help them liberate Eritrea. When those Fronts refused to agree with Eritrean fronts they were immediately destroyed militarily as well as political by the Eritrean Fronts. One of the leading personalities was the current president of Eritrea.
Any organization that may seem to Eritrean over steps their future plans for their country is out and dead. I remember, how Tigrayans and Eritrean even while fighting with Mengistu were getting to each other throats.
There had been several accusations by TPLF about the blocking of passages to Sudan for Tigrayan people who were leaving the country for lack of food and shelters in their own villages. TPLF and Melese said they have to start building a road through Walkayit and Humera and had to bring back people to Ethiopia from the boarder of Sudan because of the blockade by Eritrea. My point is that when the Eritrean fronts get threatened by a new front they will immediately design a means to destroy it. They never cared for others
Except their own national interests; I do not blame them and others must do the same.
I am sure you guys remember the earliest fight between the Eritrean factions was between ELF and EPLF and they were destroying each other over the years and finally in 1982 they finished up ELF. Also in the early seventies the
a group with The EPLF wanted to work and unite Ethiopia and Eritrea and they were destroyed with one night by the Front. A great historian and students of modern Politics Yohannes Sibehatu and his twenty seven friends and fighters were assassinated. Then in early eighties a prominent Eritrean political and military figure was killed. His name was Doctor Iyob who was in charge of the south Eastern regional front of Eritrea. Hirut Iyob his daughter has written a book and dedicated to the memory of her father who lost his life to the cruel hands of his own friends.
In fact the Eritrean constitution was drafted and immediately shelved when it seemed it was against the power of the existing national government. Several powerful and influential men and women were taken to prison and other such us Professor Bereket who was an eminent legalists of the constitution was thrown out of the country. My point is if the current government of Eritrea takes such domestic and international political risks what do you expect it will do for your alien organization except taking of any political or military and propaganda advantages to its own benefits. It is natural and obvious and that is the way the games of politics played.
I am not sure if Eritreans will over step their national interests to accommodate any national movement that operates out of their country. However something is better than nothing; it would be better to think of other good and promising alternatives that will offer an absolute freedom for any opposition leaderships and their respective fronts on the ground. I do not hesitate to say one of the best choice people have to consider is to settle a long term peace agreement among the opposition groups. Unless people agree they cannot create a formidable force that may engage the current government to go back to a drawing board and offer a better chance to genuine democracy in the country.
At least what about a real alternative. If the two governments join hands what will be the future of the oppositions. They do not need to be bargaining chips in totality. That will be absolute foolishness. To my surprise; I see many organizations doing that to themselves. What if Isayas himself loses his power in Eritrea and another powerful group takes over the government and settle things with Ethiopian government? Your rears are cut off and you will be dead meat in the deserts of Eritrea or Ethiopia. You must and you should shelter and mingle your struggle with the genuine sources of supports- the people and the conducive land escapes of the country. The Ethiopian mountains are very famous for being good shelters to its citizens who wanted and kept their nation and freedom generations after generations. Over all I want to recommend peace to our people and nations including Eritrea. there is nothing better than peace. The tow countries and people within Eritrea and Ethiopia need peace at this moment. The international situations at this moment is not very promising to any poor African nation including Ethiopia and Eritrea. We have been burying the two people under the mud of poverty.
Tazabiew #57, I agree with u the way U described president Isaias and his leadership skills. The part I don´t agree with u on is the normalizing of relations with the weyane part. Eritreans will never normalize our relationship with the weyane for 2 very important reasons:
1. Our sovereign territory is still occupied by the weyane
2. We´ll never agree our neighbouring country being ruled by the most dangerous, divide and rule, method of tribalism.
##166-Another Shaebia-SAWA DIASPORA WING:
First, I am not emotional(your friend was), but am just fade up of you Eritreans coming here and bitching and playing the victim game all the time. So I am entitled to vent a little sometimes when fools like that Shabiea act idiotic. At least, you are a bit honest in exposing your deep fears, where the other shabia fool shied away from the truth.
Let us analyze what you wrote:
1. So what you are telling us is you will defend your government and your leader no matter what? Even at the expense of lying and covering up the truth, etc, etc. That is so stupid, but it is your right to be stupid. Go ahead and pretend everything in Eritrea is good and dandy. By doing so, you fool no one but yourselves. So, hiding the evils and crimes of Isayas and your government is “a national security” issue huh….? Wow, what an intellect!
2. I have my own reservation of EPPF operating in Eritrea. They have been played by shabeia, and they got what they deserved. So, at this point, I care less about whether EPPF is mistreated or not, as they should not have trusted a snake like Isayas and shabia in the first place. I have NEVER been a proponent of using an enemy as my partner in any struggle again. We Ethiopians will do it by any means possible/necessary, but not using Eritrea as a partner… never and ever will it happen again. So, your blabbering about that issue remains just that, a blabber and wishful thinking on your part.
3. Don’t fool yourself thinking that you will put someone in Menelik palace again that caters to your selfish Eritrean appetite. It will not happen!
4. You can vent all you want about the Meles regime being slave to westerners. We all know that, and it will be addressed and corrected in due time, as the struggle will continue until that becomes a reality. Please save your crocodile tear about the neo-colonialism and other blah blah you like to ramble about, as if we needed your advise.
5. Speaking of whining and bitching, that is exactly why I started my comment about you uninvited guests whining in an Ethiopian site in the first place. So, if you want to see someone whining, look in the mirror.
Or find an Eritrean site and praise each other there. Pretend everything is dandy in shabialand. As I said before, we Ethiopians enjoy discussing diverse ideas and thrive in the virtue of difference of opinions flowing. We don’t defend everything and hiding our miseries and undemocratic governance whether it is in public fora or in person, like you do. So, if you don’t like this type of diverse opinions being discussed, don’t come here at all or I repeat, if you do come, DON’T BITCH. End of story!
Asa gematu kechenkelatu.
How could u trust undemocratic force to struggle another undemocratic force unless u r about to install another undemoctatic force?
No tyrany needs a democratic and free neighbourhood my friend. It is wrong to trust Isayas in the first place.
Eliase, You erred so much…infact it seems to me that you have outperformed Solomon tekalegne by your sudden shift of allaince? The reason is simple, the EPPF in the field went through radical transformation and it expelled many cadres in diasporas including yourself and now you are on rampat attack on EPPF and ERitrean government!
The government has no obligation to respond to a journalist and the colonel and others are under hosue arrest because they were conspiring against Eritrean government and the new coalition formed! Soon they will be shown the way to Sudan and for all intensive purposes, the old EPPF failed and now the reformed which is part of the enw coaltion is alive! Those rebel groups don’t need any assitance from do nothing diaspora armchair genrals, they have enough asistance from neighboring countries and they will focus on field works than concentrate on diaspora squables! If you really beleive in armed struggle, the new transofrmation will bring result in shorter time. I wonder why OLF and Ginbot are not complaing for the wrongs doen on their memebers? why elaise became self-appointed spokesperson for these fronts? The truth of the matter is that Genral Kemal’s group was told that unles he agreed for united oromo front, he was not welcome in Eritrea. Genral kemal heeded to the call from Eritrea and agreed to join the OLF and wage a joint struggle to shorten weyanes stay in power. As far as Andargachew TSegie is concerned, he denied your report and he said bussiness is going as suauly with Eritrean authorieties….Elaise get used to it the dysfunctional EPPF is history!! Now you ebcoming laghing stock of weyanes! You seem to have infected with solomon tekalgne virus:-)
#166 Another Shaebia-SAWA DIASPORA WING
“The battle is going in Mekele not Asseb or Asmara…”
This is an old fashined saying you repeating it again. Do you remember what you idiot Shaebians said when you invaded Ethiopia 1998? “Our breakfast in Adigrat, our lunch in Mekelle and Our dinner in Addis Ababa”. This was what you arrogant shaebians said. But, the result, everyone knows. You were defeated in Tesenei, Tokombia, Senafe and everywhere inside your territory, and you were running towards Asmera. Liar.
As per the EPPF thing, I am happy Col.Fisum (or Issayas Aferwrki) is disintegrating them. How well He (they) knew them that they are useless with no sold purpose. A lot to come.
Elias supports every struggle against woyane including the support of Shaebiya. Taking into account what most opposition forces blame woyane (making Ethiopia land-locked), it is being insane shaebiya will allow these opposition forces to take power in Ethiopia. This is a very solid reality. Shaebiya knows this fact very well and it will stop supporting them sooner or later. I am not sure what the looser diaspora will do after that. Shame on you.
Ethiopia is doing well and the people are focusing on developing the country. The people who are trying to create no peace in Ethiopia are those who are behind the screen. I am not sure how they could not realize this fact.
Peace and Development to Ethiopia!
Blame yourself. Leave Eritrea alone!
#69,
I like your approach. It is high time we the diaspoara/Ethiopia talk about how to solve the problem and come up with idea criticized or accepted instead of making comments. But then it is blog, Weyane will take this problem solving and use it for themseves and also blogs are where ever one vents their frustration. However as 69 state , i like his apporach, let us be doers.
#144 Wakyo,
Thanks for speaking out. However, we have absolutely no power when it comes to foreigners such as CIA. U.S has forgotten for 20 years now how Ethiopia is allies historically with the West. What comes the most important now is geopolitical strategy that it is the corporations that matter not between the genuine relationships between West and Ethiopia as the only Judao-christian nation standing on her one feet. Remember, story had come out last year from Weyanes (formers) that Robert Gate, the U.S Sec. of Defense was working hand and glove with Weyane against Derg, this relationship could also be a plan to disintegrate Ethiopia.
Wallstreet bus. man had talked about also how Sudan, Nigeria and Ethiopia will disintegrate soon. Sudan’s disintegration is immintent as we see it coming in January. This business man said he would enjoy controlling the resources of these will be disinitegrated nations. So it is all about resources.
#171,
Awesome analysis of what could be happening!
It is most likely that foreign element or between Weyane and Shaebia agreement with what is going on. Weyane demanded to get rid of opposition groups such as EPPF in exchange for probably reconciliation with the U.S or Weyane.
It’s a damn shame.Intellectual bankruptcy and children’s game,debebekosh, to think that the lonesome looser in Asmara was going to help you defeat the Ethiopian people. May be he was told by his master from Cairo to stop the bullshit.Game is over and it’s not to late to restart and help the Ethiopian people defeat poverty and build it’s image and tell the Ali Mariams and Berhanu Negas to go to hell. The hell with narrow nationalism and childish self perception. The lion has awaken and will be unstoppable.
Elias,
My enemy’s enemy is my friend, doesn’t work in the community of the two unmistakeable Tigre-Tigregnis. They are one in the same. One who is desperate marrys a Preginant woman type of thing is going on with the Amharas today.
You guys are very emotional. Just one article changed you all except few. You can’t do politics like that. And don’t wait for Eritreans to solve Ethiopian problems. And EPPF has failed and was infested by Woyane operatives which needed house cleaning.
Some ppl think they´re smart only because they can type in english. Look, if Isaias wanted to destroy ethiopia, as some here claim, he had the best opportunity to do so, in 1991. Meles was “in his hand” and there wasn´t any other opposition worth the name. It wouldn´t have bothered the OLF, ONLF etc. because they don´t care about the unity of the abissinian empire. But Isaias gave the TPLF the benefit of the doubt and encouraged them to cooperate with the other ethnic groups in Ethiopia. Wasn´t it therefore the weyanes hate shaebia? This is not from “my pocket”, this is factual history. But eritrea haters, be they amaras or tigrayans always come back with this argument. This is nothing but projection,
And to mr Elias, why come out with this news so early without contacting eritrean officials?
What makes colonel Muluneh the perfect human being? Can he have commited a grave mistake? Remember the Kinijit leader who won the election in 2005 and then decided to bnow to Meles? There´re similar examples from the past, U know!
The whole thing was so messed up by Elaise’ hasty conclusions….I can assure you all EPPF has done nothing except derailing the struggle ..its memebers cosntantly embazzle money raised in diaspora and the power struggle within the rank and file is incredibly high….EPPF has run out of steam and the new coalition is a way to go…
I hope issaise expelss all arbegnoch who refused to join the coaltion of forces to Sudan and get this matter to rest.
As far as Elaise ordering Issaise Afewerki what to do….emmm Elaise you just don’t know the guy:-) it just made wonder how you view yourself in the Ethiopian-Eritrea relationship…speaking of self-agradizment!!
EPPF was as good as dead from day one of its formation on utterly wrong assumtion trusting dictator Isaias.
Can you imagine how much you were derailed from the facts?
do you realize now that Isayas and his rogue government are working hard for the disintegration of Ethiopia??
You can count the comments posted here and come up with common sense…Stop
doing business with the devil!!!
Sometimes I was wondering to see those retarded people in diaspora complain about Eritrean government. Hell no my brothers, we the hard core Shaebiya even doesn’t like the idea of entertaining EPPF in Asmara. But the old Shaebiya or YIKALO told us it is in our interest to help them before they finish each other. Those crap toxic minds in DC area and London think Eritrea is a heaven place for them. My friends first of all stop mentioning Shaebiya etc. It is a government of Eritrea. You can call your government weyane or neftegna but respect the government of Eritrea. You are just there to fight not entertain yourself or prostitute. Abide by the rules of the Government of Eritrea.
Dear Elias:
No matter how your relationship with Eritrean government is don’t think you are better that colonel future. No Eritrean will sell his country just like that. No matter we disagree with President Isseyass, the national security comes first in Eritrea. Remember as well the Eritrean military is the backbone of Eritrea not President Isseyass or any single individuals….. So respect OUR MILITARY OFFICERS.
That is why we served our country for 30 years without salary. This colonel served his country for 18 years without a single dollar unlike your colonel who was working day in and night with a derg to bomb MASSAWA and the Entire Eritrean city. First of all, you need to go and take SAWA training yourself and you will understand the chain of command in military. Just visiting Humera from the out skirt of Omhager does not mean you are brave or EPPF is your personal property. I was there 100 times and it is just a safe place to be. So you visited that place and showed us in YouTube doesn’t mean we trust you 100%. It is strategic allies. We both have our own objectives. You to liberate your Abyssinia country and we, the Eritreans to protect our land from this US puppet Meles in case the next war broke out in Mekele or Asseb (The final grave of Meles and other diaspora wing). I was there fighting to protect my country long time.
The million dollar question is: WHO LEAK THE DOCUMENTS!
In this kind of mess to accuse the Eritrean Government is a mind boggling. By leaking secret document to weyane you guys endanger those soldiers in the front. Therefore the Eritrean government need to contain this. In military if something secret thing leaked, just you arrest everybody until proven innocent (the inner circle). No time for investigation or court from military point of view. Just look at the wikileaks or Israel strategy. But the problem is most people in diaspora know nothing about military. Just take behind computer screen and propaganda. You leave in DC or London or Amsterdam- ESAT – doesn’t mean you guys know everything about the government of Eritrea or EPPF. In fact from Eritrean intelligence apparatus I strongly recommend Eritreans Government to take harsh measures for those who leaks documents and lazy people who suck our resources. We now from our history that who the number one enemy of Eritrea. First of all teach your people to respect Eritrea as a sovereign country. Do you want Ethiopia or Asseb? You cannot have both at the same time. I watch your interview of Isseyass 10 times to see your facial expression, the way you ask question, emotions, and the way you look at Isseyass etc. Have you noticed that Silieshi interrupted while asking Isseyass about Asseb and Ethiopia- Eritrean relationship? We Eritreans monitor everything you guys do. We support to those who believe in the good relationship of Ethiopia and Eritrea but we put question mark to those politically motivated one. No Eritrean is fool. We really sympathize with what Ethiopia is now and extended our hand to help you but not at the cost of our national security. If we want we can ignore all the Ethiopian forces coz weyane will not ignite war with Eritrea coz he know the war will be in TIGRAY! Tigray will be destroyed. They might try war in Asseb once their power slips from them to get their support from the Amhara people and some confused Oromo people (not the proud Oromo). But this time it is going to be all out war. He knows that.
You support the ant-sanction support, write good things about Eritrea, Man of the years doesn’t means 100% committed person politically. We do background check always. From his childhood, his principle, firmness, what motivated him oppose weyane, your history on Eritreans, with whom you associate, inclination in life, emotion etc.
So be careful!
SHAEBIYA YEMYANKOSHAY NEGER ATSRA!
In particular to the Eritrean military, we don’t care about civilian criticism but never to military.
Remember the military in Eritrea is loyal to the country not Isseyass or else. We swear to defend and protect Eritrea not Isseyass. It happens to be Isseyass is the commander in chief. Do not mess with Eritrean security and military. Of course Isseyass is very clever in military mind so does the entire Eritrean officers. Do you know that 90% of the military high rank officers were fighters more than 20 years? It is not like a weyane hierarchy, where the military is ONLY loyal to MELES! In Eritrea the military is loyal to ERITREA! No one is above the law that is why Isseyass live modest life style and the same like his peers. If he was corrupt and treat he could have gone long time. He is the most powerful coz of his character and loyalty to his country.
#186, Once we get ride of Meles we will take back ASAB. This I can assure u!! We have nothing to do with ur good for nothing Eretria. We are better off u guys plus Tegray. We don’t need the help of Ereria or US to oust Meles. We will do it when the people come to realize the danger of ethnic poletics and think beyond that. Ethnicity, sawn by Meles and Esays, is our big problem right now. But it is fading away through time. Even the Oromos, who were most opssesed by ethnicity, come to relize it is good for nothing. We are one step to unity and then Meles and shabiya will be history.
187: typical Amara:)
To:HAqu-Yegelete #175
Don’t blame Elias, for reporting what he observed. He is a journalist with a back bone and a straight shooter. he can not hide facts on the ground while Ethiopian freedom figthers are thrown in to jail.
You Eritrians may think you can cheet Ethiopians all the time. You are wrong man! Ethiopians are more sophisticated than you think. We are trusting people but we can also eaisly tell who is who?
We gave the benfit of the doubt to President Issayas when he told us (in 6 rounds of interview) that he is with us in overthrowing the Mafia Woyane. Many Ethiopians were ready to put behind past hard-feelings about Shabia and even started to show respect to the President,trusting his words and thinking about peaceful and brotherly co-existence with Eritrian brothers and sisters after the Woyanes are gone.
But here we are again: the usual anti-Ethiopia back stabing tratiorus behaviour from Eritrians. You threw to prision time-tested Ethiopian freedom fighters like Col.Tadesse and others. And you still want us to belive you when you say, you are heling us! Amazing!
If you really beleive in one united Ethiopia and future prosperous Eritria where the two brotherly people live in peace and harmony, why do you divide Ethiopian fighters by ethnic groups like (TPDM, Benshangul, Oromo etc) Are these people not Ethiopians? Why don’t you encourage these organization to join EPPF and fight as one Ethiopian army? This could have given the struggle a high momentum and get rid of Woyane in avery short period of time.
Instead, you are encouraging those who defect from the current Woyane army to join ethnic based organizations? Why are you doing this? What are you preparing for us?
You created and nurtured TPLF and brought a lot of havoc on our country. Now TPLF got out of your control and perhaps you want another sorogate organization to balkanize Ethiopia. I tell you, you will never succede. TPLF didn’t succede in dividing Ethiopians. The people are more united than ever. Belive it or not Ethiopia and her flag is in our blood. That was why TPLF was successful in rallying the poeople in the 2000 war with you guys. You country was almost destroyed.
Thanks for letting us know in the open what you are doing on patriotic Ethiopians, like Col. Taddese. Ethiopians are now more alert than ever when it comes to Shabia’s long-term plan for our beloved country. Rest assured, we will figure out how to solve our own problem once and for all.
#187 The key is don’t talk about it just do it, there are who kinds of people in the world; those who read history and those who make history. Eritreans are history makers. They can stand proudly in the environment of aggression and superpower treat. You think you guys stopped in the dynasty of ZAGWE most of you are still in ZAGWE. For example you never been in Eritrea you don’t now Eritrea and you just consider Eritrea as a Wal-Mart, go and shop whatever you want. I can guarantee you that will never happen even in our dead body. We even bit the Dreg, which was the hardest military regime in Africa. Why don’t you think right? Can you use your mind for good cause? BTW Eritrea is not based on ethnic federalism. That has been abolished after independence. Let me be honest here, if you read all this 185 comments in this article, most of them are negative about Eritrea. They seem they had been waiting to say to Elias that “this is what we were waiting for”. They didn’t even wait and think because they do conclusions on local matter that they never knew and they never saw. Every time you guys do this, we Eritreans become very critical on you. For example I would prefer Wayane than this 150 people here commenting on Eritrea. At least Woyane doesn’t claim Assab. The other thing I noticed is also you guys under estimate Eritrea. Please think of a dedicated 4000000 army who had been fighting the enemy for 50 years. They cannot even be intimidated by big power. We are self reliant, we don’t need help from anybody we got our independence on our own and we are building our economic independence on our own. The problem with most of Ethiopians is that they had been victims of their own ideology for the last 50 years. They thing they can concur a nation people by force, they think they could silence voices by force, they think they can cleanse a population and take over their land. They only recent history reasonable leader Ethiopia had is Atse Minilik. Who protected Ethiopia by defeating the Italians and never claimed Eritrea or crossed Eritrean boarder because it doesn’t belong to him. However Haileselassie acted to be wise who ended up as a fool. The biggest mistake he did was illegally breaking the federation. Had he treated Eritrean fairly do you thing Eritreans would prefer to live in the mountains of Sahel for 40 years? There was also a second chance given to the Derg, which acted by killing the only Eritrean trusted general whom in one speech diverted the Eritrean attention to think peace, which lasted only three months. Why you guys don’t think rational? Why are you always thinking about a country which is sovereign for 19 years now? Why don’t you think of your big country and try to change the life of the 70 million people? Why you guys are sitting in the west and think to become the leaders of your country? Why you are waiting sitting on your ass for someone to die for you and then give you a presidential position as a Christmas gift? If you are thinking get a presidential or prime minister Christmas gift while you are enjoying life in the west, I can assure you that Issayas will not be the black Santa Clause, neither any of the Eritrean citizens
Anonymous says:#186
See you then at the front. You will back to where u belong. TANA LAKE! ASSEB — hahahhahahah. That’s what the intenstion of Amrahu is. Do not worry we will see another ” We are the World” song soon. After SUDAN — Ethiopia is the Next. No more the poor Oromos cannon shield. Face to face with Amhara. Just they are a piece of cake for us. Pray for mama Ethiopia. You are naive to think that —this new Ethiopian map will be there in 10 years. Yu will be pushed to the gambela region where you belong. SOLOMON DYNASTY. hahahhahahah
No more stealing history………… Check from where you come from.
#187: typical paranoid eritrean
It amazes me to read each one of our comments on this blog and quickly determine which tribe one is from or indvidual stance on political topics. We all need to look in the mirror and accept the fact we are the major hurdle for any advancement in Ethiopia or Eritrea. Most adult Abesha have so much anger and hatred towards one other it is imposible to look at their kids in their eyes and teach them the positive side of a unified nation as well as the importance of respecting your neighbors. We should learn to accept our grief and losses through counsiling or a religious practice, but to dwell on our past and pass it to our kids by teaching and feeding their brain with unfortiunate bad experiences we all or our family member have gone throughis not fair to them and most importantly suicidal for the future of Ethio Erit.
Article 82
I also like to thank Elias for his hard work in exposing these dictators relentlessly. There are many proud youth Ethiopians that are behind you and are very supportive of you as a journalist but most importantly as a concerned Ethiopian citizen. Those who are your supporters stand by you and we will cotinue to pray for you and our country.
Kudos: 82!!!!! But with love and respect to our neighbors.
I live here in Denver Co which is the capital for the Woyannes dictatorship party, I can assure you when I tell you These people are the most shrewd, deceitful, illiterate, stone age Nomads. I hope Ethiopians wake up and recognize the road thats ahead of us is complicated and hard to understand but with continuos prayer and love for one another we can get there. we have Snakes and spys amongs us who get paid or sponsored by this regime so becareful of your friends cause sometime your enemy is right next to you (most time). Keep your head up and keep on pushing cause their days are very limited and short. Looking forward to a Pro Ethiopa convention in Denver in near future so I can laugh and smile when I see their ugly skinny faceand offer them Affer ba suikar (soil with sugar) their Besso ahahahaha lol!!!!!
To Bk 190:
We Ethiopians don’t want your contry. What we are saying here is stop being taritors (Kehadi). Your president told us that he wants lasting peace with the two brotherly people and he will be on our side in the fight to bring lasting peace to Ethiopians and Eritrians.
The two journalists who interviewed him (Elias and the other guy) asked him “what is the guarnty that you don’t change your position and suport Woyane again?” President Issayas answered “… we will never support TPLF again”. Many people had doubts on his words but some of us gave him the benfit of the doubt. But it now looks like he was lying to Ethiopians.
You should know that we are not begging you for anything here. We are just telling you that you acted as traitors by helping Woyane. Ethiopian freedom fighters trusted you and came to your land to fight their enemy. But you turned around and arrested them. This is what you call a clasic traitor’s behaviour. Now we know who you are and we shall never trust you again. We don’t need your false support. We will solve our own problem.
As to prefering TPLF over 80 million Ethiopians, go ahead and kiss their ass. They were your servants anyway and they may still be willing to be your servants again (this doesn’t include the people of Tigrai-only the servant TPLF). But rest assured, TPLF is a hated government and they will not stay around that long. You will only make future relationships more complicated and enemical. If I were you, I will try to forge lasting peace with the Ethiopian people instead of few MAFIA Woyanes. But you guys never learn. You are always short sighted.
#195 Denver I agree 110% with you my friend…
You Ethiopians when will you wake up from your prolonged sleep?, why do you think Tigreans as an Ethiopian just to see my point check the hidden TPLF web sight Ethiomedia what Abrham Belay posted about Tigreans and Ethiopians in Australia they live in different realities the Tigreans come to us or they call theymself Ethiopian when they want to spy us so wake up and smale the coffee please do not think as Ethiopians the Tigreans do not be stupid, wake up!.
you are sad, you all are.
To #196 Gelaw
First of all I would like to thank you for repying my commets on 190.
The thing is you did conclusions on matters you don’t know again. Have been in the ground with EPPF? Do you know them do you know how they operate? What the role of Eritrea was and is? What I’d Elias is giving the wrong information or he missunderstood the stituation? Let me tell you this Melles has 50000 security agents and the litterally has invaded EPPF. The biggest agent was Medmidai who was key intellegence agent who allegedy defeced woyane and secured a leadership in the Ethiopian opossition for four years and now is back to his papa Woyanne. This is a dessaster for the organization. Kemal Gelichu couldn’t even be trusted now. You guys shouldn’t under estimate woyanne. I couldn’t even rule out Elias to be working for the Ethiopian intellegence. That is what is missing on you guys. You can’t build trust in politics. You have to be always alert for the worst. The funny thing is why Elias or Sleshi want to be in the EPPF central commitee? Why don’t they so their good jornalizm. Please Please Please don’t under estimate your enemy. The other thing is t didn’t say 80mill Ethiopians my word was about the 180 people whom I read thier comments. My choise was made between to enemies. Thouse Ethiopians who have hatred of Eritrea and Woyanne. I prefered the later because they are cleat enemys which we have already built a way to predict them. However, I have a great respect to genuine Ethiopians who are peace lovers like yourself. I mean if we work together we could have ruled Afriaca
BK