Several Ethiopian media organizations have recently called for boycott of Ethiopian Airlines as part of the civil resistance campaign against the genocidal junta in Ethiopia. To those of you who are asking for an alternative, here is an answer for you. Emirates Airlines has just announced that it is slashing its fares for Ethiopian passengers. So if you care to punish the Woyanne junta for the atrocities it is committing against the people of Ethiopia, and at the same time save some money, when you fly to Ethiopia next time, use Emirates Airlines.
Emirates Offers Special Fares to Ethiopian Customers
(NewBusinessEthiopoia.com) One of the world’s fastest growing airlines, Emirate, has announced special fares to Ethiopian customers to a wide range of destinations across Europe and America.
Emirates’ special Economy Class fares to the United States include: Seattle from 1123 US dollars, Dallas from 1,123 US dollars, New York from 1,273 US dollars, Los Angeles from 1,673 US dollars and Houston from 1,672 US dollars. European cities on offer include Rome from 694 US dollars, Milan from 692 US dollars, Venice from 692 US dollars, Geneva from 694 US dollars, Zurich from 716 US dollars, Amsterdam from 710 US dollars, Frankfurt from 749 US dollars and Paris from 774 US dollars.
In addition to the special fares, Emirates has also announced a special stopover offer, with free hotel accommodation for Economy Class passengers transiting for 8 hours or more until June 30, 2012.
Fares to America are valid for ticketing on or before May 31st 2012 for travel on or before June 30th 2012. Fares to Europe are valid for travel and ticketing on or before June 10th 2012.
Unveiling the new fares and stopover offer, Emirates Country Manager for Ethiopia, Abdalla Al Zamani said the offer was part of the airline’s mission to make travel as comfortable and affordable as possible for Ethiopian customers this summer.
“Emirates is committed to the Ethiopian market and to providing our customers with outstanding value for money and the most attractive travel experience available. Our free stopover offer and special fares to some of Emirates’ most popular destinations represent a very significant saving, meaning that there has never been a better time to book a holiday, business trip or to visit friends or relatives overseas,” he said.
All fares are quoted on a return basis, are inclusive of all taxes and can be purchased from Emirates sales offices or through authorized travel agents.
“By offering these discounted fares and free accommodation to passengers with a transit time of 8 hours or more, Emirates is demonstrating its investment in the total passenger experience and to ensuring that it is the airline of choice for all,” said Mr Al Zamani.
Emirates serves 123 cities around the globe with a young and technologically advanced fleet of 169 aircraft to support the expansion of its international routes. Operations on Emirates connect Ethiopia to the world through the airline’s route network, with extensive connections to Europe, the Americas, the Far East, Australia and India Subcontinent.
Since its launch in 1985, Emirates airline has received more than 300 international awards in recognition of its efforts to provide unsurpassed levels of customer service. The airline says that Emirates operates out of Dubai with no government protection or subsidies and in an environment that does not restrict competition.
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I have to point to you that what you are doing is not going to serve any purpose.It doesn’t affect Woyane at all. Just stop and think. So you are now promoting Emirates? what is going on in your mind? I don’t see any part of you that is better than Woyane. You are the other end of the string. You display hatred from within. I urge you to stop and think…….and above all stop this silly thing you are writing about Ethiopian Airlines. You should be intelligent enough to realise that it is never going to affect Woyane.
Best regards
wallah replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
As if your boycott
was a factor in Emirates
decision making…and
further more.
Let me
let you in on a secret…
Try boycotting using
the word Woyane, cause
I know the woyane clan,
and they take it as a
great compliment everytime
you say their name.
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Anteneh, I can’t agree with you more. These people have lost their logic based on their hate hatred.
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Economic boycotts work. It worked against the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
By the way, Apartheid supporters used to say that economic boycott will only hurt blacks. Supporters of the Tigrian minority regime make similar arguments.
Ethiopian Airlines is the cash cow of the Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front. We have to start somewhere and work on drying up the source of cash for Woyyanes. We should also work on drying up their source of international begging and immigrant remittances.
The growth and development they talk about is for the handful of ethnicists and their supporters. Ethiopia under Woyyane is bad for Ethiopians. Everyone I know of in Ethiopia, be it in the countryside or the city, is worse off. Foreigners working with Woyyane are also the ones who are having the good life. Not my people.
Thanks to Woyyane policies, the average Ethiopian has to work two weeks to buy one chicken.
But TPLF rule will also come to an end. Even the powerful Derg fell. We just have to unite and chip away at these small-minded, mean-spirited tribalists.
EyOB replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 4:03 AM
Anteneh,
If you think this boycott doesn’t affect woyane why you are crying so loud?.
So far we have seen the airlines is the big money source for the country and we know for sure this money doesn’t go for development or for the people’s food security rather it flows towards those coward DOMA AND HODAM banda’s pocket and a tool for buying weapons in order to terrorize our poors.
we have slept for more than 20 years, no more joke.
Boycott woyane in everything…………. Economically !! at the same time…. Cut them out of your social life as well. They cut us out of everthing. This time it is us who should act, if not, we know the answer to that.
No more poletical Correctness anymore. We have waited them enough. we have given them a long time (hodam supporters and as well those who blindly support because of Ethnic-virus), you better wake up and Join Us, if not, when the time comes, your single day is gonna be a million years long.
Boycottt woyane, Economically, socially (cut them out of your life), here in diaspora we are big in number.
Action, Action ,Action, Action
Human replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Eyob I can see that you a very angry man. I don’t want to approach the argument the way you did. When I said it is not going to affect woyane, I meant to imply it is going to affect the people of Ethiopia. First we have to get over our emotions. A state built on anger will disintegrate on the same grounds. I believe change is inevitable in Ethiopia. We live in poverty and the rights of the people are not respected. Then I would like to see the options we have. I think there are two ways: either EPRDF has to change and establish good governance and a democratic system or they have to leave. It seems we are losing hope on the first one. But then, whatever we do to effect the later should be done with care. I don’t think violence can be considered as a way to bring about change, nor does armed struggle. So whenever I say things have to change, I mean in a peaceful way. So now let’s see this boycott might affect the concerned parties, assuming it is going to materialize( a lean possibility).
Boycotting EAL will result in reduced revenue. This might mean loss for the company. The money the company generates goes to various expenses
: salary and administrative costs,acquiring new planes, training and many others. And the profit made after this goes to the government (EPRDF). And you are trying to tell us cutting its revenue is going to harm EPRDF. If you know the real nature of our government, you wouldn’t think so. The first cost they are going to cut is going to be on acquiring new planes, hence no growth. The second might be laying off employees and that would mean more poor people. I dare say EAL won’t account to even 1% of the government’s income. Let me try to demonstrate this with an example: In 2010 (one of the most successful years for EAL), it made a profit of 121.4 million dollars. In the same year Ethiopia received more than 1 billion dollars from USA. Remember, that is only from USA. You can see what EAL earns is just 10% of the official aid from just one country. After buying new planes (which we clearly see), EAL won’t generate more than 50 million for the government. So, if you consider all the other companies and financial institutions, taxes and duties collected in Ethiopia, EAL will not account even 1% of the government’s money.
Just for your information, the money you people send to from the US is ten-folds more than what EAL generates. Have you considered doing something about that? I believe not. And you don’t have to because it is going to directly affect your loved ones.
For me boycotting EAL will never harm EPRDF. It will harm the future of EAL, the employees and the people of Ethiopia. And if we have to change our country we need all of them in good shape. So, I urge you to think deeper and help the nation in some other way.
Please try to raise logical points.
Mamo Kilo replies:
May 19th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Annonymous
And you woyannes? you now what i dream of to see the woyannes in a stadiom or a square together as part of my studies a human development
and write my diplom work after interviewing as many as possible and wchich will be real master piece as no one even the one on the street cant imagine grown ups like fathers ,mothers ,grand pa,young and old from 15-80 lies, decipt,and as i imagine you under groundly has cult guidance book to follow the regulations to leave the reality world behind like saying a glass to a stone and to stay the way to your last breath and that is woyanne is all about.
Bekele replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Anteneh,
Good Point. Actually boycotting EAL will only affect the company and its employees and not Woyane. Consider this:
Woyane budget for the current fiscal year = 100 BILLION birr
EAL net profit in last fiscal year = 2 BILLION birr
EAL profit represents only 2% of the money Meles has at its disposal. Let me ask you again: who will be hurt if EAL disappears tomorrow, Meles or your fellow 6000 Ethiopians who are employed in that company???
Here is another food for thought for Elias Kifle: in the first 7 months of the current fiscal year, remittance from the diaspora amounted to 1.7 Billion dollars (or close to 30 BILLION birr!!!) according to Addis Fortune. Theoretically speaking remittance boycott would have tangible impact on Woyane, but Elias don’t even suggest the idea, unless you want to make again a fool of yourself as nobody in his/her right mind will stop sending money to his/her relatives.
Embey lagere replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Most of the employe of EAL are Tigreans from top to bottom if you haven’t noticed. Freedom is not free. It comes with sacrifice. We need to be persistent and keep the pressure on TPLF. We need to channel our anger and upset towards president Obama too. Those of you who live in swing state please please go out vote against Obama and let’s make a big statement by getting him out of the white house this coming Nov. He has chosen to stand with the most narrow minded, ethnically devisive regimen in modern African history.
Bekele replies:
May 21st, 2012 at 2:30 PM
@Embey lagere:
Let’s admit for the sake of argument that most of the employees are Tigrians (which is doubtful). You wish the demise of the company because the majority of the employees are not from your ethnic group or is it because you consider all Tigrians to be Woyanes?? If you pause for a while and think, you would realize that you have completely fallen into the trap of ethnic politics of your adversaries (TPLF). You now think and act like them. The hate of the Amhara have been their driving force, yours seems to be the hate of Tigrians.
tezibt replies:
May 17th, 2012 at 6:55 AM
There so many areas that we, the peace loving and suppressed people, can boycot. Remitance from overseas and not EAL is the main cash cow of woyane. While we live in the west, where food is ample we are as greedy as woyane to import all types of food from Ethiopia and I am talking about the best premium food which is really making it difficult for the average Ethiopian by increasing the cost and at the same time making few traders rich. Let us not lose our direction by destroying the one thing that is going strong since way back when even during the Derg regime. Ethiopian airlines should be left alone. We should put it at the end of the list. Lets not destroy it. Once it fails it may not come back again. This is not a healthy idea. While we have so many other areas that we could still exaust, this will harm the up and coming airlines that has made it through so many trial and tribulations. Anger may sometimes make us blinded. After all who willl benefit, the same countries that have bleeded us for generations.
Anonymous replies:
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Don’t expect this moron to think rational; if he does, he will become nobody in never ending saga of Ethiopian politics.
He has to come up with such ridiculous agenda to compel us to engage in such discussion.
He is nobody and will remain one….Don’t dignify him by commenting on his web site….
Best,
Fekru
SHAME ON YOU!!
I never thought that I would, one day, see this day when an Ethiopian defames his own country’s airline, just because he happens to disagree with the government on power. Ethiopian Airlines is not only a pride of our country; it is a pride of the rest of Africa.
I cannot believe, of all the countries, you are promoting an airline of UAE, one of the most corrupted Middle Eastern countries, a country that denies any form of legal recognition to 80% of the population, because they happened to have ancestry from another part of Middle East or the world. A great number of this population was born in UAE but cannot become citizen of the land for the same reason.
Despite its claim of being the most liberal country in Middle East, UAE is a place where thousands of unfortunate women, including Ethiopians, are forced into sex trade, and where thousands are exploited as domestic labors. There are 13000-15000 sex workers only in Dubai. It is a place whose government does not respect human right at all. Why don’t you go and do your research on that country’s corrupt system if you are genuine about your claim of fighting corruption? If your purpose is to fight corruption by calling for a boycott on EA, you should do it on any corrupt country. I thought freedom and the fight for it is universal. It is not something you limit only for this or that country.
I have no other explanation or rationales to describe your behavior other than the possibility that you just hate anything to do with Ethiopian government, including the country and its people because you are not on power. There is an Amharic saying that goes, “Ene kemotku serdo ayebkel”
Shame on you!! This has nothing to do with democracy, freedom of speech or the fight against corruption in Ethiopia. This is about your own ego and the thirst for political power. You have to earn it!!
Good day
Ezana From Toronto
Surafel replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Ezana-
There is no shame in hitting the sworn enemy of Ethiopia, the TPLF, where it hurts most economically. Besides, if you remember in the mid-90s the TPLF was willing to change the name of EAL to ‘East African Air Lines’ so that the assets and revenues will be shared by Eritrea too. That did not happen because they corrupt thugs got greedy and were in each other’s throat so much so that Shabea actually bombed a school in Mekele in 1998.
Going back to EAL, if you look closely it is Ethiopian in name only. From management downwards, the pilots, the majority of hostess all the way to the airport porters are Tigreans. Like in all the other Ethiopian institutions, there is a mini ethnic cleansing going in EAL too. We also need to evaluate which is more hurtful to Ethiopia and Ethiopians- giving Assab to Shabea and our western border land to the Sudan or boycotting EAL to bring about democratic change to our people by starving the Woyanie beast of hard currency? For any patriotic Ethiopian, this is a no brainer.
I also see a lot of manufactured outrage in the comments by TPLF cadres posing as patriots trying to preserve the last symbol and asset of the country. To you, I say GET LOST! You are not fooling anyone except the regime that pays you.
Respectfully,
-Surafel
Ilila Lemma replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Bless you Ezana, I am satisfied with your responce for those who think that we need destroy the country and built it back.Ethiopian regars as on of the fastest Airlines in the world and proude of Africans and Ethiiopians as a whole. How somebody planes to destroy our Pride.I am sure the moderate and progressed part of Diaspora will come ou with better Idea to tackle WOYANNE.
Thanks
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Shame back on you! You smell like TPLF, are you?
Ethiopian Air Lines , EAL is one of the cash cows of the woyane ethnicist-fascist junta that is suffocating Ethiopians, imprisoning journalists like Eskinder Nega simply for doing their jobs, and accusing him of being a terrorist.
the woyane repressive machinery is run by the finances we provide directly or indirectly. we can not allow this to continue any more. we have to take action to boycott any business that is a money supply to the woyane.
Our effort is already showing results. however small, our contribution should not be underestimated.
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 9:26 PM
yes his full blown woyanne nothing he say holds any water.and then he will tell you AKA Hoadam amahara but i know he is hodam but not Amahara..
Ezana From Toronto replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Anynymus,
Here I got something for you: The government of your favorite airlines, Emiraes is in business with Ethiopia’s TPLf, ha! What you gonna do now, boycott Emirates too?
Here is the link:
http://www.2merkato.com/201205171231/ethiopia-welcomes-investment-from-the-emirates
Good day
Ezana From Toronto
damo replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Ezna,
There is no government in Ethiopia. Yes there is shifta poised as government which hA been killing and looting for the last 20 years.
Doma_Ras replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 4:22 PM
If there is no government in Ethiopia, why are you telling people to go to Ethiopia?
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Ezana,
What did you mean by you need to earn it
Woyane was not the only one who was fighting in Assimba.
Ethiopians from Gonder, Gojam, Addis & all over Ethiopia were in Assimba until
You guys and Issaias sabotaged and kills almost all the Amharas. Ofcourse in the name of “dicipline” they were sworn to cecracy
So stop your idiotic comments
Ezana From Toronto replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 2:53 AM
To Anonymous:
First of all, correct your historic reference. Woyane was never in Assimba. It was EPRA, that waas EPRP’s military wing. Now,did you say, “..untill you guys..?” What if I tell you I was one of the guys in Asimba? Does that make any difference or you continue accusing me for being woyane? you sound very much like the Bush camp, “if you are not with us, you are with them.” I am not with you, I am not with them; I am with my Oromo brothers and sisters who were treated as if they were second class citizen in their own country; i am with Ethiopian Muslims who were treated as though they were foreigners in their own country; I am with Ethiopian Bete-Israels who were forbidden to own any plot of land in their own country just because they were Jewish; I am with my oppressed Amhara btohers and sisters; I am with my oppressed Tigrayan brothers and sisters; I am with the Gambellas, the wolaytas, the Hamars, the Harairs, the Somalis and so on. I am not with you, hate mongers, black KKKs.
Good day
Ezana From Toronto
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Ezana
you see i am not on my Owen. you have all this great Ethiopian to deal with.i am sure you will call them Nefteniga, chauvinist Amhara and what else your going to call them oh yes uneducated, they are not your equal.all this because no one will take any BS from you. you have no credibility.
have a good day.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 2:05 AM
I hate Emirates. They cheated me on my ticket. Do not support Emirate. ER, you are really sad. I think you need to make a loooong distinction and research, even soul searching that to do any activisim. You also need professionals and experts to direct you in this in order to differentiate not to hurt Ethiopia as supposed to hurting TPLF. Ok, we want to boycott TPLF, however how do you explain benefiting the rapists of Ethiopians? So we have to search and find out which nations are at least neutrual or even support Ethiopia. I would go for Lufthansa, and let us do more research on other airlines before enriching another Arab nations against us.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 2:08 AM
Would you also care to discuss the main culprit for the plight of our women. Should I spell out to you T-P-L-F. You are quick to attack any one other than TPLF. TPLF is the center of it all your criticism of others. From now on, I will keep reminding you of TPLF until you finally realize it.
Ethiopian Air Lines , EAL is one of the cash cows of the woyane ethnicist-fascist junta that is suffocating Ethiopians, imprisoning journalists like Eskinder Nega simply for doing their jobs, and accusing him of being a terrorist.
the woyane repressive machinery is run by the finances we provide directly or indirectly. we can not allow this to continue any more. we have to take action to boycott any business that is a money supply to the woyane.
Our effort is already showing results. however small, our contribution should not be underestimated.
lemma replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Please, do not be a tool a looser Dispora. How on earth we Ethiopias try to distroy our own PRIDE. WOYANNE does not care about ETHIOPIAN airlines.
If it gets bankrupted they will look another way to extend their fascist rule.To boycott ethiopian is the same as to slaughter a golden laid chicken to collect all chicken out of her womb.
Thanks
Lemma
Waka replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Lemma you are simply a coward with no knowledge of political struggle ,woyanne is not a govt rather a shifta group that is occuping the nation hostage and this is the minimum we can do to stop the money flow in which woyanne kill our brothers and sisters.
Lemma replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Dear WAKA
I support all way of struggle aginst Woyane, but I do not agree BOYCOTTING Ethiopians today and ban on import of ETHIOPIAN coffie tommorrow.The impact will affect the life of ordinary ethiopian people not yours fat head.
Wow…Sabotaging a national asset in the name of toppling a regime is not a good move. This harms our national long term assets…There are certain things that should remain sacrosanct no matter who is in power and that’s national assets such as Ethiopian airlines…Look I’m against the regime too but this move is not going to hurt the regime. Ethiopian airlines is just an airlines transporting goods and people…and it employs many Ethiopians so this plot or boycott is wrong….Boycott al amoudi or boycott EFFORT. Don’t boycott Ethiopian Airlines..It belongs to all of us.
luiy replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
is there anything that you can label as National asset in Ethiopia.
Can’t you see that even the land people build their houses on is not owned by the owner, under the woyane law. All land in the country is confiscated by the woyane, so that they can sell it to any one they like.
Look here , meles or the rest of the woyane gujile have no interest in Ethiopia. They use the label Ethiopia as long as it serves their purpose, to loot and to sell. Dont be a fool , 20 years is
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 2:31 AM
I totally agree with you. We Ethiopians need to do our research where we can go directly dry out TPLF:
1. Alamoudi
2. Very Very strong campaign on foreigners who sustaining the life of TPLF (this one the the most crucial. TPLF will not survive without it)Look why do you think TPLF gained power in Ethiopia? TPLF was so desperate for take over it collaborated with all foreign groups, the most, is from anti Ethiopian groups: Egypty, Somalia, Shaebia. It was unfortunate to find that West was also entrenched with its full support. Nothing we do to affect them inside is useless the crucial one is this. We are the ones who must reach out with anyone willing to save Ethiopia. This should be top priority.
3. This is also the most important one. EFFORT. Effort is a conglomorate and I heard it is on the way taking over alamoudi’s and be in the world industy. It has the capability to buy like Alamoudi businesses outside of Ethiopia and its future will be to the top fortune 500 and probably kick out Alamoudi after it made use of Alamoudi. The recent attack on Alamoudi’s business in the South Ethiopia is the sign of rift between Alamoudi and TPLF. The anti Muslim campaign of TPLF is intesifying shown in the recent protest by Ethio mUslims.
Does it occur to anyone that boycotting EAL may result in an irreversible damage to the airline? Becarefule not cause a permanent damage to a temporary proble.
Truth~ replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 5:53 PM
If every sector of the economy is successful like EAL, we wouldn’t be in hit with cycle of poverty and mess.
tezibt replies:
May 17th, 2012 at 7:13 AM
Irreversible damage is the only result out of the boycot.
Are you really Ethiopian? I doubt…
1-You guys who do you think built the four huge Hydro electric- power to generate Tekeze 300, Gibe II,420 and Tana-beles 460 and in addition Tinchea II 100 MG watts.
2-Gibe III ,1870 and the Millennium-dam ,6000 MG watts. The two big also on the way to be operational in the next one and five years respectively.
Industrial development and large-scale commercial farming are impossible to implement without power.
The Ethiopian -Government did the right thing.
3-Who do you thick, built 22 universities in every part of the country and 10 more to be built.
4-Who do you think, built the condos for low income Addis people to enable them to own a house.
5-who do you think, build road in the cities and rural part of the country to make inaccessible before now more accessible.
6-The next two to five years there will be train to reach up to 5000 KM in all direction of the country.
7-The 10 sugar factories to be built in the next 5 year which create more than 170,000 jobs in rural and remote parts of Ethiopia ever.
8-There will be more investors from all over the world to come to the country and invest to create more needed jobs for young Ethiopians.
I hope our sisters and brothers will stop to migrating to the Middle- East to work and support their family with hope staying and finding good jobs in their own country Ethiopia.
Don’t worry Extremist-Diaspora my country will export Oil in the future to generate foreign currency so we do not need injera and Beer to get dollars any more if you think so.
Unless you become enemy to you own country, Guys, i think and i am sure you don’t deny that Ethiopia is the fastest-growing country in Sub-Saharan Africa and in the world(economically)according to the World Bank and other independent sources.
But you have the right to oppose political issues. Like i do but i support any economic-development who ever does it. This doesn’t means i am Hodam. I love my country and i hope everybody does so.
Long live Ethiopia and death for Shabia!!!
WALDEBA
doyo replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Tell to white people all these lies as u used to do while you were
in Shiraro/Bademe.No matter u think u do you will never get credit as long as u TPLF stay in power even if you( TPLF), call yourself waldeba.
Alula replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Waldaba,
TPLF or Woyane has nothing to do with Ethiopia. Woyane uses only the name Ethiopia for its business as begging tool and to steal. Woyane is that asked the entire world Ethiopia has to be landlocked by force? It did on purpose landlock Ethiopia by force. Woyane did not stop there. It is selling every national asset, even people for money. Land, 1 dollar per hectare for 100 years is being sold. Never seen such thing on earth since the earth was created 5.4 billion years ago. It is only Woyane who is selling arable land for cash to corrupt foreign corporates. It is woyane which is burning churches and their backyards to sell the land for Arabs to build mosques and to do sugarcane farm. It is Woyane which working hard to sell Ethiopian Airlines, Ethio telecom, Ethiopian commercial bank,… woyane practically means evil creatures on the planet earth under the sun. There is no evil like woyane. Mengistu was bad but he at least did not sell anything and did not steal anything from Ethiopia. Mengistu with a high school diploma had served Ethiopia better than the Woyane Dr. AlMeles Alzenawi, beggar. Mengistu did not sell anything or never got accused of selling 20 billion dollars. How much did woyanes spent to build those dams? may be less 5 billion? Woyane stole 20 billion dollars and paid 50 billion dollars to buy ports from Kenya, Djibouti, Sudan. Practically, woyane has done too much demerit than merit. There is nothing Woyane can be praised.
The only reasons I do not support the EAL boycot is because I believe it is a petty politics that does not affect woyane. Otherwise, if Woyane was to be eliminated right now? I will support the dismantling of woyane evil.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 2:48 AM
brilliant! Again, I think we the diaspora are not thinking big. ER/Elias is the only one and he can only ddo so much and he is proposing what knowledge he has. I hope that the rest of diaspora who have the capable: politics, diplomacy, professionals in every sectors, activism, campaign will come out as think tank and do extensive research and find out the true nature of TPLF, only then once you know where it hurts them, then go after that. Indeed, boycotting this and that without such extensive researach makes it too simplistic and will show our weakness rather. We need to find out the inside job. I know the TPLF there is a reason why they are so tight as Tigrayans because this means, nothing will leak and they require absolute loyalty and solidarity. That is why TPLF thrived. TPLF also thrives by scaring the Tigryans that if they don’t support TPLF, Tigrayans will be doomed. What do we do? Tighten our relationship with Tigryans although we knot they are very aloof. For example, they only collaborate among themselves in the diaspora excluding others. I say over all, we Ethiopians really need to difine ourselves who we are and do some soul searching in order to accomplish and identify what is it that divides us more than unite us? Why have we been so weak for the past 20 years? Why do we allow, for the first time in Ethiopia’s history and tolerate a campaign that we know for sure that will divide our society, or hurt our society in the long run if not now? All these things. Of course, our activism is twice as much throttled by those who want to destroy Ethiopia because the power, money is much more than what we have. But can they conquer a will? A will of a society who have refused for thousands of years in that region to succumb to hegemony? What do we think Ethiopia is? If we don’t who we really are, who our bothers and sisters are from other ethnic groups etc, how can we fight evil. Or are we just driven by fear itself or fear of change?
Waka replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 4:40 PM
you better tell all this to your grand mother ,we know woyanne has got nearly 40 billion from the donors in the name of Ethiopia and spent about 5 billion on those all you mentioned very poor quality projects only to cheat those who has given him the money and keep on begging but their tolerance is not because the projects rather he sends our brothers and every where he is told to do as a proxy because of terror where Ethiopia has nothing to do about it .
as long as i got discount i take it, is not about boycott
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Do you know the word HODAM?
I don’t think it is a good idea at all. The only strong institution left in Ethiopia is Ethiopian Airline. Think twice what the repercussions are. Ethiopia is dry to its bone.I don’t think it make any difference boycotting Ethiopian Airlines for our struggle. Melese’s greatest source of income is money borrowed from IMF/ World Bank in our name. Our struggle should aim denying diplomatic and finical support from other countries. Alamudi is also another back bone for Melese survival.
Good job.
guys
End of weyane tplf is comming
Anteneh replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Please, do not be a tool a looser Dispora. How on earth we Ethiopias try to distroy our own PRIDE. WOYANNE does not care about ETHIOPIAN airlines.
If it gets bankrupted they will look another way to extend their fascist rule.To boycott ethiopian is the same as to slaughter a golden laid chicken to collect all chicken out of her womb.
Thanks
Lemma
Mekonnen 1 replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 5:03 PM
Anteneh, I like to believe you feel the same way as you felt for The Ethiopian Airlines pocket book, for our people that are being treated as third citizen in their own country. These are the very same people (our fathers) who built wealth and fame for Ethiopian Airlines. meles and his clones raped almost everything they were proud of including “Ethiopian Airlines”. Let me put it this way now, if you owned Ethiopian Airlines and it made you rich and famous for many years.And there comes time, the meles era and you became his first prey, no questions asked barges in to you private life and comfort zone then takes everything you owned, no remorse, so he can build his own financial muscle. Mind you for meles, that was not enough, he puts you in jail, and kills one of your sons or all. Tell me now, would you still appreciate watching your wealth making meles stronger or would you?, if you have a choice shift his customers away so he won’t gain on your hard earned legacy until the day comes for you to claim what was yours. We have to, with all our power and means close all doors that generate revenue to meles.
Remember the fame and pride gained by Ethiopian Airlines was by the hard work of its people (the Ethiopian people). What is the living status of our people to day? Do you think they have the luxury to appreciate Ethiopian Airlines or even Ethiopiawinet? Absolutely not!!
Anteneh replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Mekonnen though the above comments were not mine, I understand your concern. My point is, boycotting EAL will never harm EPRDF, since it is a very small percentage of the money they generate. But it might harm the employees and the future of EAL, which our fathers have built for so many years. I believe we should maintain our good companies intact, as we need them even after EPRDF leaves. For more I would like you to read my reply under the first comment. thanks
Good start!!! we need more and more airlines. When we dig more, there are a lot of airlines to offer cheap tickets.
With out economical and political campaign you can`t win war. This is part of the war and it should continue. What is the use of name without its people? To keep the name of EAL, should Woyane continue killing the people? those of you who like fame than human life are superficals.
Thanks Elias for the information.
now i will tel all my family and friends to travel by EMIRATES air line to Ethiopia and beyond
Real good job. keep starving woyanne and boycott TPLF air line and all other woyane business in USA,Europe and the middle east!!!
God bless Ethiopia.
Anonymous replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Though people have the right to their own opinions, it will be disastrous not to differentiate the effects on a party and a country as a whole. Trying to ban EAL in the name of drying up Woyane’s revenue will be an immature move and demonstrates ignorance as to the dynamics of Ethiopian politics. EPRDF will generate the revenue it requires from any source; be it aid money or taxes. It is only when they have something left that goes to the people. So what you are actually doing is trying to starve the people of the very country you claim to fight for. No banning will bring change in Ethiopia. Let’s search the solution from within……..let’s learn to live and work together. I believe that is our number one problem. We get together and start opposing the rulers and before they even get to us, we fight against each other. Let’s solve that problem first and you will see if Woyane can stand 80 million people. Remember hatred can bring about changes, but not changes that we desire.
senseless minority replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 6:57 PM
As far as many know, there is no country called ethiopia in this bastard bandas and so no effect at all. I dont know if you have few spots that you already created by name”country”. You blind and senseless nomad, do you consider a lost country meant by “the geographical land disappears from the earth”? tell the changes to your miserable!
Anteneh replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Senseless minority…………..Just to help you cool down, just take it easy and get over your emotions. We are all sad about what is happening in Ethiopia but this not the way to go about it. If you think there is no country called ‘Ethiopia’, why did you even care to come to this website? It says ‘Ethiopianreview’. We review Ethiopia here. Please don’t care to respond.
Anonymus replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Here is what your friend Ezana brought to this blog (i copied it from above)
Ezana From Toronto replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Anynymus,
Here I got something for you: The government of your favorite airlines, Emiraes is in business with Ethiopia’s TPLf, ha! What you gonna do now, boycott Emirates too?
Here is the link:
http://www.2merkato.com/201205171231/ethiopia-welcomes-investment-from-the-emirates
Good day
Ezana From Toronto
TIMB Ahya !
Girma replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Hayelom,
It takes one ‘TIMB Ahya” to know another.
Anteneh replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
People please. This is where change begins……in our words. Let’s respect each other first. Politics is a big issue to talk about and requires a good heart, if we are to have positive intentions. For those who just want to insult each other, why bother to come here.
Dear Mebrhatu
You can not fool me anymore!
To your Knowledge “National ” now amounts saying TPLF. who are you trying to fool?. To add some more, which Ethiopians are working?. Most of the known pilots,Engineers technicians low and high level managers including the most recent CEO who has served the Airline with devotion has been expelled for the single reason that they are not LOYALS to TPLF. So MEBRHATU and the like, Don’t tell us that Ethiopian Air line is a national asset where employees starting from baggadge handlers all the way up to the CEO are dominantly ethnic minority Tigrians.
If one wants to witness that can check it at Bole or DC.
I agree that there are certain national treasures that are sacrosanct to harmful actions. Yet, EAL is infested with Woyane agents. The national and world safety record holder airline has become the private property of Woyane Tigrians. The income earned by the airlines is used to fatten the bank accounts of Tigrian warlords when millions of our people go to bed hungry. EAL is now a cargo for transporting thousands of our Ethiopian sisters to slavery in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries. At this point Ethiopian in Diaspora should not leave any stone unturned to make the boycott effective and teach Woyane a lesson. When our country and its resources are totally controlled by Tigrian Woyanes we should not talk about harming a country we are denied of citizenship and freedom. The boycott should not be limited to EAL but all goods and services owned by Alamoudi and TPLF, Inc. Boycott travel to Ethiopia, association with Woyane supporters in Diaspora, and social gathering at events sponsored by known Woyane agents. Nothing should be off limit to our resolve.
All I have to say is that this is not only Fruitless but even comical. The fact of the matter is, no one will boycott Ethiopian Airlines. At least not anyone that matter. Here is the point. At first, you guys suggested to us that we should boycott Ethiopia as a whole. “Don’t go to Ethiopia because that is indirectly enriching Ethiopian Government”. That was your preach last time but only to see the number of visitors triple to the point where we have a flight every day now it seems. Now you say lets Boycott the Ethio Air. Okay, Lets just say that some people would support this idea but these are the people who aren’t visiting Ethiopia anyways. It is like a white man boycotting Mitmita or me a man boycotting women’s makeup. I don’t buy it anyways so I don’t affect the Market. What this article does show however is how much hate is being spread by those who can’t, for some odd reason, doesn’t seem to want to see anything good being said about Ethiopia. I bet they will be happy if Ethiopians make news by being starved. That was the consensus a few years ago around the world about Ethiopia. Shame on every Ethiopia who gets angered whenever they hear of Ethiopian progress. You could hate the gvt but that is no reason to hate your nation.
I am in support of the boycott of EAL, but I prefer Ethiopians to bargain from countries that fly to Addis and elsewhere that are non-interfering in the internal affairs of Ethiopia. Such ones will work: Japan, Denmark, Kenya, Ghana than Emeritus.Ovbiously, I cannot impose this upon everyone: each need to use discretion. This is just my personal opinion.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:03 AM
That is what I thought too. That is why ER/Elias has not yet developed such tactics, or could it be to hurt certain peoples knowing this? I don’t know. That is why more professitonals in every sector and citizens with expert need to work with ER/Elias beofre executing such inforamtion. The reason why I say this is that ER/Elias has become too important for Etiopians and they need to use this website to campaign for Ethiopia. I think it is just emotions and posting articles based on emotions. This will not lead us to winning to protect Ethiopia.
Mekonnen 1 replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Peace,
what do you think looking at this presumably hot topic from a different perspectives?
1) This article is not emotionally motivated. It is based on the consensuses/agreement by the diaspora Ethiopian activists last month to pursue ways to discourage income revenue to meles and his clones. One of the ways to do that is to call on all “Ethiopians” not to use Ethiopian Airlines. That said, the article above is only suggesting to Ethiopian travelers, ways to save a lot of money on ticket purchases. This is helping our travelers. I have no doubts in my mind if Lufthansa or London Airlines would give a similar discount they would post that probably in preference. It is who gives us the best deal. Elias and his associates went extra mile to find other ways to encourage Ethiopians to use other Airlines,which is by finding the best deal for tickets and accommodations. This is a good thing! In fact the Eliases are to be appreciated and congratulated for their extra effort to go this far in finding better deals for their people. As a country we buy goods and services from any where in the world that meets our interest and standard.
2) Ethiopian refugees and workers are being abused not only in the Middle East also in Africa. These things happened because the same thing happens to the Ethiopian people in their own country being treated as slaves and abused everyday. Other countries who have similar bread of Governments do the same to our people because meles encourages that by silence.
3) All this sad experiences will change for ever when Ethiopians assign their own Government, A Government that loves and care for his people and do more ETHIOPIA DESERVES BETTER.
Shame Shame Shame
You have been one of the Extremist and ignorant Ethiopian politicians and activists in the diaspora. As far as I hate woyane, I hate the extremists in the opposition camps as well. If you want to topple woyane, just go and fight from the jungles of Ethiopia as they did from dedebit. Otherwise, you are becoming a disgrace to Ethiopia who you repeatedly say you love a lot!
Bravo Elias, this is one of many ways, how to bring the woyane regime down. Please update us more like this.
Ethiopians are proud of you !!!
Just ignore those who say “ethiopian assest, bla bla ” they are woyannes and want to cheat others
Anteneh replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
We are trying to have a civilized discussion here. Be reasonable and try to make your points. This kind of attitude is what we have to fight against. You see, I am also in the opposition but I can never tolerate this kind of argument and we can never work together and hence woyane will stay. I say, we have to change the way we are trying protest. Let’s first understand what we are fighting against and what our options are. Then we know where we are going and talk about how we can get there.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:06 AM
So true.
EAL is already lost it’s credibility in terms of promoting Ethiopia and Ethiopians.in the last few years, it’s we Ethiopian stick with EAL,but EAL has gone out of our vision. Now it becomes a tool to loot Ethiopians. The group should work hard to address all Africans who use EAL that their money is used by the tyranny to dismay their pro-African brothers and sisters. Don’t forget it’s the major source of EPRDF/TPLF forgiven currency. Those of you who trying to tell us that boycotting EAL is boycotting Ethiopia, you are just undercover zombies. cry in the same tone for those losing their life, languishing in prison, escaping from their country in all possible means because of ethno-centeric regime.EAL is an institutions which can’t do anything anymore to Ethiopians. First we got to care for the people of Ethiopia, everything come next.i prefer to live in freedom without EAL than living under tyranny with EAL.
Note to the organizer: word of mouths are stronger than press-release and mass-media in Ethiopian community. since we haven’t got an opportunity to practice them. so don’t forget to form strong network all over the country and abroad who could promote boycotting EPRDF&Co. businesses.
Elias,
Your wish will never come a reality, you can dream all day all about the destruction of Ethiopia but the development of Ethiopia will not be haltered by your narcissist view of pure hate and by a confused thought of your few followers of Diaspora losers. Ethiopia is scoring a higher economic growth time and again, and once the industry, the agriculture and the infrastructures get well developed more opportunity will be created and people will start to earn more and more and life will get better for the many proud Ethiopian. It takes a lot of draw back and suffer before we will be able to get ourselves from the ditch we been buried in for many years. I am very much aware of the situation we have in Ethiopia now, but there is no magic bullet to take us out of the poverty. There will be so many bumps on the way, but if we all contribute our share for the better day of our country and work hard, we will be out of the woods sooner than later. Meles is more or less leading Ethiopia in a right direction and the world body has also recognized that. Mark my word Elias, history will judge him right.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:15 AM
How do you define poverty? If your basic needs are met in free society and you have the capable of growing based on your own terms, do yo consider your self poor? If in a nation roads and buidlings are sparkling does that measure wealth? What of the condition of the populous while still roads and buidlings are sparkiling for the naked eye, is that misleading of wealth or is it wealth despite the conditions of majority of societies called Ethiopia? Or are we saying and defining ourselves poor because the international community said so? If we are not striving at the level of the rich countries, does that still make us poor? Ii am curious how we perpetuate the game of “poverty”
Anteneh replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Peace, Poverty is just the state of living or quality of life that can be expressed in different ways. The state of living can be observed from various measurements. It might start with fulfilling the basic needs that a human being requires; things like food, clean water, shelter. Then we can get to the basic social services like health and education. Then infrastructure and many more…
Now if we are actually talking about Ethiopia, you can have your own observation or check the surveys from International organizations. Personal observations might be biased based on your political orientation or other variables. International organizations use different measurements to come up with reports. The most common is HDI(Human Development Index), which shows standards of living or quality of life in a country. They compute this considering many parameters that indicate the quality of life.
If you check the HDI released for the year 2011 ( by UNDP), Ethiopia is among the countries with low development index. We stand at 174 out of 187 countries. And most of the countries below us are in war or have recently been in war. For your comparison, Eritrea stands at 177. This tells you we are one of the poorest nations in the world. There can be many other indicators.
You ignorant, finally wont to advertise for the emirret air line- who has Ethiopian prostitute hosstes- than a dissent Ethiopian air lines which is the owner of dream liner – to hung your self I will contribute some money for u Becouse our Ethiopia is marching for word so before your heart sick of this better to act may friend.
Anonymous replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Merawi
Your woyanne/TPLF are who are selling our sisters to Arab to be prostitute and slave and you speak as if you care about those Ethiopian women.but you are profiting from there enslavement. and you said you are “marching” marching where destroying Ethiopia?
you parasite TPLF are talking as if you are the greatest Ethiopian, now that you are looting Ethiopia boon dray.privately you are happy destroying Ethiopia.
I am not surprised with your boycott thing, but i do surprised with allowing to post these comments against you!
I used to see the Shabian fools to spit their hate towards Ethiopia and Ethiopians.
Elias are you going to tolerate comments from your opponents?
.
.lets see…
I do not think your policy of boycott serves the cause of freedom in Ethiopia.I do not know who propose this sick idea,I can tell you that it is one of the most dangerous idea eqivalent to Woyane triblism policy.
Those who do not care about Ethiopian development and want to see our development to start from stone age may propose this backward idea. ETHIOPIAN is our pride.Our Airlines is one of a few companies the country gets through years of hard work. You Hopless Despora want to destroy it.What is your benifit if Ethiopian bankrupted,It may not affect WOYANE at all. You losers think something human.I urge All Ethiopian to follow to BOYCOTT Ethiopian ,instade to use it regardless of this awkward boycott
propaganda.
I do not think your policy of boycott serves the cause of freedom in Ethiopia.I do not know who propose this sick idea,I can tell you that it is one of the most dangerous idea eqivalent to Woyane triblism policy.
Those who do not care about Ethiopian development and want to see our development to start from stone age may propose this backward idea. ETHIOPIAN is our pride.Our Airlines is one of a few companies the country gets through years of hard work. You Hopless Despora want to destroy it.What is your benifit if Ethiopian bankrupted,It may not affect WOYANE at all. You losers think something human.I urge All Ethiopian to follow to BOYCOTT Ethiopian ,instade to use it regardless of this awkward boycott
propaganda.
Years ago Ethiopian airlines used to be owned by Ethiopians but for the last 20 some years it belongs to woyane/TPLf . So I support boycotting the airlines. It is about against woyane/TPLF not against Ethiopia (ns) if u understand the logic.
good job elias. dry the woyane tigray income. ethiopian people are not
allowed to know where money made by eth air lines benefited them.
The money goes to north korea and china to buy weapon and its amunition
if 1.3 billion dollar profit has been used for the right couse of ethiopian, 7 million ethiopian abba weras should have fed thier kids.
17 million ethiopians of southern and eastern should have not been labeled as chronic hunger . in these coming week we will expose where
all the money, us aid, euro aids,middle east aids and imf loan goes. one by one we will call names who are beneficiaries. ETHIOPIA air lines
is only serves the interest of only tigres.
current tigre ceo of EAL promted after forcing girma waqe to retire and
firing prominent ,very talented ,exprienced individuals. eal is tigray
tplf air line .
There is no peace until weyanee gujlee dismantel for good . Hate is sign of hope , future
I will boycott the Ethiopian air lines even it is disappeared from the face of the earth
Here we go again, Eliass!…
You know it but won’t admit to it …and most Ethiopians who truly love their country know it but won’t bother to even acknowledge your existence…If you want to hear it, you are one short sighted, ignorant psychopath! You’ve continuously demonstrated how shallow and idiotic your strategies are (i.e. your mantra to defeat EPRDF at all cost). All you do is either side with the enemy and/or promote your own self serving agendas. You side with IssayAss, you nominate your father as man of the year, and wrote so many dim-witted rants in the name of attacking the enemy, ..I have also no doubt that you will even go out of your way to fight for Eritrea (if and when the opportunity arises). Once more your demented obsession with Meles and the gang works in favor of outsiders. You and your ignorant followers never analyze who is to suffer from your dumb plots . Perhaps people don’t know that you are a mercenary who might get a cut from your unsolicited marketing of the Arab airlines. I hate EPRDF (perhaps more than you do as I don’t make a living off the rants and tantrums that you throw in, in this cursed website of yours). You and your dazed and confused Diaspora supporters continue to destroy the innocent Ethiopians – the true victims of EPRDF and let’s hope someday someone will help you check you into a mental institution.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:42 AM
Lol, you are a joke. I think there are some gullible Ethiopians, if they are not the beneficiary TPLF who are really attached to status like EAL. If we Ethiopians have the confidence to bring back and resurrect once again EAL, we should have full confidence to say so. At this moment, EAL, if true with evidenced-based, serving 90% for TPLF campaign against Ethiopians then I will boycott it. That is not to say I will not resurrect it later? When TPLF is overthrown there are so many things that will be resurrected, including EAL, for instance, the fallen heroes of Ethiopians from past to present, empowering our society from North, to South to East to West. No body will be left alone even if Eritreans want to join us, let them get empowered. We have absolutely no problem with identity issues they are all Ethiopians whatever their ethnicity what every their relgion. Anyone accusing of Amara, just don’t mentioned it, just say you are Ethiopian. Are they accusing of being ORomo or Tigray or Gurage, or Afar? Ignore them, just say you are Ethiopians. This is medicine for unity and no divison and poison for dividers who want to exploit Ethiopa and Ethiopains while destroying us.
Elias,
Governments come and go but Ethiopian Airlines will live on and thrive on. Your myopic wish will not come true. It is one thing to oppose a government, but totally different to attack a National treasure like Ethiopian Airlines. I don’t understand the mindset of diaspora opposition members. Have you folks lost your minds? Shame.
Jegnaw replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Hagos
Evey thing Ethiopia has been nationalised to TPLF.so we now have TPLF air line. we don’t have Ethiopian airline any more.if you believe that you are crazy. oh i forgot you are TPLF my bad.you are not fooling any one heir.
To Woyane Sympathizers:
When Woyane destroyed our bridged during the fight against Derg, it was Ok.
When Woyae loots Ethiopian Banks during those days, it was OK.
When Woyane loots Kebele owned shops there by looting coffee and sugar of local residents, it was Ok.
When woyane kills 297 unarmed, peaceful protesters including children like Nebiyou, it was OK.
When Woyane starts burning ancient monasteries it is OK.
When woyane sells out Ethiopia’s only precious resource (the land) to the Arabs and Chinese, it is OK.
Wake up from your sleep !!!
What is then wrong with drying up Woyan’e cash cow?
sami replies:
May 15th, 2012 at 11:40 PM
did any body know how many ethio women treat like slave and raped every day there in UAE and now u ask to support thier air lines? what a morron idea..if u hate weyane u have one choise ..go and fight them…gov. come and go and ethio air lines will stay the same..
look at comment #26  the same person with different name ala Weyane style the are loosing it.
Elias kifle you are sick. you will never succed. Serafet bozene.
Ezana From Toronto replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Anoyn..
Are you sure Mr. Kiffle is bozene? You gotta be kidding. He is the busiest Ethiopian man I know. After all anything that is posted doesn’t necessarily Mr. Kifle’s view. It could by anyone and everyone. He is just the moderator, who doesn’t enforce his own belief system as to whose article to publish or not. I have read on this blog all type of articles from one extreme to the other, including yours which obviously offends Mr. Kiffle. I may not agree with his views, but I know one thing. His blog is way better than Waltainfo.com Ethiopiafirst.com or any other pro Ethiopian government websites which have been selective in terms of whose or what to publish.
Good day sir/madam,
Ezana From Toronto
In fact, I will book first or business class where ever it is available with the Ethiopian Airlines (Future name Axumite Airlines) for my next month trip to Addis. I never liked the economy class seats at all. They are meant for losers. How about that for patriotism!!!
Hey you Jininu!
What told you that our gallant freedom fighter destroyed bridges during the bitter fight against the blood-thirsty Mengistu regime? Where and when? Name one.
Our freedom fighters never loot any banks. What they did was legal withdrawals of their own money they had deposited in the banks. They never took any money that did not belong to them. Name one.
Never loot any Kebele shops but they had paid for what they took. It is called legal transactions. They never kill any innocent people except during a fair firefight, never burn any places of worship, never sold any land to anyone. Read the details of the contract. And above all those 297 people you mentioned were killed by their own ranks, by those who mingled with the crowds carrying weapons. They opened fire with their automatic guns and lobbed grenades in kill as people as possible to make us look criminals. I heard that our government has pictures of those ruthless killers and they will be presented to the courts when those criminals are caught. Don’t blame the innocent. You better as those in Gimbot 7.
You are just making it up and that is why you guys never managed to convince anyone.
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:48 AM
Of course you will never see the crimes of TPLF, you are the beneficiaries. Keep your delusions until the right time comes.
Ahadu replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 8:05 AM
our gallant freedom fighter destroyed bridges during the bitter fight against the blood-thirsty Mengistu regime? Where and when? Name one.kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk your gallant fighters were with afro hair full of leis bare foot and poor eqipped that could have been defeated with the militia after 15 days training,but fact is it is Paul hinze and some Ethiopian scholars who hates the military rule orchestered by the CIA and at the same time prepares woyanne after guaranteed to do the proxy slave and for the Ethiopian scholars like Kifle Wodajo leading role after the collapse of the derg and there after those barabarso kids spread across the country with a rifle to show off as if they are well organized and for Ethiopian military is subjucted to collapse as
Colonel Mengistus TO leave the country the CIA 17 years job done and prefers woyanne to humiliate this proud nation.What the world knows about Ethiopia was its victory over Italia ,His imperial Majesty Haile
Selassie,Emperror Minilik,Emperror Theodros ,beautiful peoples ,proud.deciplined civilized all these comes to none after woyannes arrival the leader looks like on its evolution,a short pant soldiers with leis shooting on themselves when ever they see in the mirror,collection of inferrior groups with no self confidence these days to say i am Ethiopian is more shame than it was all the way was
a pride,
Tekle replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Ahadu – Don’t ever try to deny these facts:
Our gallant and persistent fighters:
1) EDU – Kicked they ass
2) TLF – Kicked they ass
3) ELF – Kicked they ass
4) EPRP – Kicked they ass until their leader Iyasu Alemayehu(Hama Tuma) denounced his Ethiopianism and applied for French citizenship.
5) Derg and its mighty 1,000,000-man army – Kicked they ass
6) EPPF – Kicked they ass
7) COEDF – Kicked they ass
8) EPLF(PFDJ) – Kicked they ass until they begged for no more
9) OLF – Kicked they ass until they begged for mercy
10) ONLF – Kicked they ass to smithereens.
11) Al-Shabaab – Kicked they ass so bad they renounced their manhood.
12) CUD – Kicked they ass
13) MEDREK – Kicking they ass as we speak.
14) And our soccer team – Dedebit can beat any English Premier League in the next two years. They have already beaten that Shewan Amhara team Saint George so many times that it is not funny any more!!!! Dedebit soccer team is the direct descendant of the Queen of Sheba ya’ll!!! I want you to stand up in attention and bow in respect for this team. Let’s go!!!
What else do you want? It is in the history book. Read it or if you can’t read I will hear someone to read it for you.
And you guys also yelling at me for being generously rewarded by the Ethiopian(Soon to be called Axumite) people for my service. What is wrong with that? Have you ever heard about lobbying? I lobby for the benefit of the people of not only my country but in doing so for the entire Horn of Africa. You have to have the brain of the descendant of the glorious Axumite people. You don’t know how to win an argument. You don’t know how to organize yourself. You don’t how to start a war let alone conduct one. We started a war with 10 people and we beat a 1,000,000-man army who was armed to its teeth with a well organized and disciplined militia of 10,000 gallant fighters!!! How about that for starters!!! Meles and I, genius!!!!!!
Ezana From Toronto replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Tekle,
What you provided as a response to Ahadu’s comment is a collection of distortion. TPLF didn’t kick anyone’s as; if there was such case it was because it had taken advantage of internal frictions or it did it with the help of EPLF and DERG. I am going to go over your list.
1)EDU:- This organization was not a strong one in the first place even though it enjoyed some success at the beginning against Derg’s soldiers where DERG was confronted by number of forces at the same time.
2.) – TLF: Now this is, I would say, a shame on you to talk about it as a victory by TPLF over TLF. First thing TLF which precedes TPLF in Tigray stood for the same cause. It was also said to be more Tigrayan nationalist that the latter TPLF. Members of TPLF left Eritrea, where they were formed and trained by EPLF, and joined TLF in pretext that they stood for the same cause. TLF leadership did not know that these new arriving members had hidden agenda. One night as everyone goes to sleep; members of TPLF with mission slaughtered every single one of TLF’s leadership. They didn’t go to war. It was the act of bulk assassination.
3.) – ELF: Why did TPLF had to go to war against ELF? ELF is not Ethiopian nor it claims any part of Tigray? It is because ELF was an enemy of EPLF, the surrogate mother of TPLF. It (ELF) was also supporting EPRP after the latter came in conflict with EPLF on the question of Eritrea. EPRP acknowledges that Eritrean question is a national question and refused to accept EPLF’s claim that it was a colonial question. Did TPLF destroyed ELF on its own? No, ELF was fighting EPLF on one front, Derg on the other and TPLF on the third, not to mention the frictions within itself.
4.) – EPRP this is the saddest part of all. First thing EPRP acknowledged Tigrayan national question and supported it. As a matter of fact when TPLF came to Tigray and began aggression against EPRA fighters (EPRA is EPRP’s military wing), the latter was tolerant towards the former because EPRP was a Marxist organization that believed every national movement had a narrow beginning and eventually it would grow to correct its nature. EPRP at the time had better and more fighters inside Tigray. Unfortunately for EPRP, TPLF never came to be what it was supposed to become, because it had hidden agendas. The first one was that it was supported by EPLF which saw EPRP the as a threat to its goal. EPRP also happened to be, at the time, the only Ethiopian organization that had relationship with ELF. There is also a third factor to this: USA did not want EPRP to come to power as it was believed to be radical Marxist organization that was embarrassed by majority of Ethiopian intellectuals.
So what happened to EPRP, first it had factions within itself or what it called “anja’. Second it was being confronted by Derg’s army. The third one is TPLF came at the same time to fight EPRP while it was engaged in fighting against DERG’s army. The result is obvious. Did TPLF kicked EPRP’s ass as Tekle claimed. Let the readers make their own conclusion.
5) DERG – Now, did TPLF decimated Derg on its own? No, first thing, Derg was in its way of falling due to its own incapability of administering Ethiopia. It has a war to fight in Somalia, within the country, including in TPLF, OLF and EPLF. And most of all the fall of the Soviet Union which was the main provider of armament to DERG had contributed to its downfall. By the time Derg was engaged in war against TPLF and EPLF, it was on its way to its burial place. Yes, TPLF had taken advantage of the absence of an armed and organized group in Ethiopia. To assume that TPLF single handily defeated Derg will be faulty assumption.
6) EPPF – I don’t know what EPPF is.
7) CODEF – TPLF fighters never kicked CODEF. CODEF was a political coalition, not military entity. However, it was not kicked by TPLF fighters even as a political group. It just dissolves into many more political organizations as the very reason it was created became irrelevant by the support of USA to TPLF, EPLF to take power in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
8) EPLF (PFDJ) – This is the funniest of all. If you assume that TPLF’s “gallant” fighters defeated Eritrea, you are only supporting the opposition’s claim that Ethiopian army was replaced by that of TPLF. As such you are denying any of the participation of the rest of Ethiopians during the war. Hence we would take the same conclusion as that of the opposition: the war was between EPLF and TPLF. Or as Mengistu Hailemariam says it from his exile, ” leba sikafel new enji siserk ayetalam”
9) OLF – Now, first thing OLF is still out there. It has its fighters throughout most of south Ethiopia. Did your gallant TPLF went to fight against OLF or the Ethiopian army? Again, your answer will support the oppositions’ claim which I mentioned in sections 8) pertaining EPLF. I believe OLF has not succeeded in attaining major victories because it is not fortunate with its leadership. The organization has been played by TPLF and EPLF for a long time. The two groups have been playing the good and bad cop on OLF. Whenever TPLF and OLF had conflict, EPLF jumps in by playing the good cop. The fact of the matter is both organizations won’t like to see it succeed in achieving any type of power in Ethiopia for their own reasons. Hence the movement of OLF has been in the direction of a camel’s pea. Regrettably, OLF is considered a terrorist organization by the current Ethiopian government.
10) ONLF – Now, are you telling me TPLF’s gallant soldiers kicked ONLF’s fighters? Well, you are, once again, supporting the oppositions claim as mentioned early. By the way, ONLF is still out there, even stronger.
11) Al-Shabaab – Are you serious? First of all this Islamist group was created by the current regime of Ethiopia. From few young fighters to what they are now, attracting the attention of AU, UN and USA. If it was not for Meles’ regime, Somalia would have been a peaceful nation. It should be remembered that when the Islamic council came to power in Mogadishu, it got rid of most of the so-called war lords. And there was relatively peace in that part of the country. Then why need to go to war to get rid of them if peace is what is needed for Somalia? No, they had to go because, according to Meles’ regime, there is one former member of Al-ithad inside the council. What do we have now, a total chaos. Meles’s regime is responsible for this. Don’t forget that. Al-sheba was not fought by TPLF “gallant” fighters as you claim. The fighters were from all walks of life in Ethiopia. If you insist in your argument, then accept the oppositions’ claim that the current Ethiopian army is replaced by that of TPLF, as such we will conclude the government on power too is that of only TPLF. Whatever the argument is Al-shebaba is here to stay stronger than ever.
12) CUD – Am I missing something here? How your gallant fighters did kick CUD? Are you telling us that what was said about Agazi army is right? So it is true!! By the way, CUD won the election, at least in Addis Ababa. How that is your “gallant” fighters kicked CUD? You need to do some explanation here.
13) Medrek – I am totally lost here. How did your gallant, again, fighters kicked Medrek? When did the battle take place? I didn’t know Medrek has its own army.
14) soccer team – Okay, this one, I dno’t know what to make of it. I didn’t know your soccer team played with any team. By the way, who is “our soccer team”?
Tekle, you really need to do some explanation here. I am not sure if you are on your own here or in behalf of TPLF. If the latter is true, I would say TPLF is becoming suicidal.
Good day
Ezana From Toronto
Anonymous replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 10:01 PM
My little Termite Tekle,
i talk to few warrior brothers from Welkit Tsged and they told me they will fumigate people like you and i believe them.
so Tekle be careful your days are near.
We shall continue to fight against our common enemy by carrying out this historical struggle while answering the call simultaniously.We are multipurpose and multidirectional;we took the very initial call to our heart and began to fight against the enemy tooth and nail;we then,accepted the next call deeper into our soul and stepped up our intensive struggle against the enemy.We are building success litle by little.Today,everything and anything that is available above and below the lands in Ethiopia is controlled,owned,and run by Zinawi,Zinawi’s family,subordinates,associates,and the men and women who surround Zinawi.We are clear on our objective and are focused on our goal by directing our resources toward the struggle through which we,all Ethiopians shall hold the trophy of victory together up in the air.
Of course,Zinawi and the system he built are risks on Ethiopia and Ethiopians;either Zinawi or the brutal system don’t add any positive and meaningful value to Ethiopia and Ethiopians.Our money directly goes towards the struggle;to us,boycotting anything and everything that is controlled,owned,and run by the enemy is equally necessary and essential,and must be carried out in parallel with the core struggle.
We have strong people base unity;We have attainable goal;we have a home to all,Ethiopia.We have uncovered the enemy’s source of income,and we will definitely dry it up.
Victory to all Ethiopians!!
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:53 AM
Viva,
Ethiopians, when they speak with determination and courage it means the TPLF knows and it starts to get scared and will go after. Watch out, there are many TPLF supporters from outside and even might lure you in supporting you. they have done that to CUD and you can’t resist because of their threats and powers. Sot stay present awake and understand the agenda.
Jegnaw replies:
May 20th, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Erzya
God bless Ethiopia and we should add that we will never,never again let Ethiopia be defenseless like the DERGE did..
Thanks..
This promotional material for Emirates is more applicable to Eri-Terraian passangers who do not have a national flag carrier.
Guys if you have the courage to fight EPRDF go out of your comfort zone and then fight as TPLF did.
No one I repeat no one has given TPLF the red carpet on its way to Addis but it earned it through the sacrifice of thousands of youths who believed in its values.
Have the courage (which I believe you don’t have one) and come to fight if you have one otherwise it is useless to cry out there as a dyeing dog or should I say a dyeing donkey.
You are planting the seed of hatred among the Ethiopian people and I believe we are ready for it too if that is what you are looking for.
C ya in the battlefield if you have courage but from history I doubt you have one
peace replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 3:58 AM
Oh at least you forgot to mention one who helped you, let me spell it out for you, S-H-A-B-I-A. Oops, you got caught lying! Remember such empty ego have destroyed many and becareful what you wish for, empty Gura.
EyOB replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 4:16 AM
Look how Doma you are? tplf never fought _(tplf take advantage of somalia war, the americans against Ethiopia which is CIA hired tplf and isayas afeworki and so on)
and if you still think power by fighting, you must be a retard who should go to a mental care and i know for sure you are a retard.
Anon replies:
May 16th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Pro TPLF is telling a lie
He says “No one I repeat no one has given TPLF the red carpet on its way to Addis”
Western spy agencies provided TPLF with over US$150 million in cash and food before it came to power. You don’t have to take my word for it. Read “Without Guns or Tanks” – John Pendergast’s book that chronicles much of Wetern aid funneled to the TPLF and EPLF.
Western money and logistical support turned a rag tag band of tribal militia into a formidable force. Ethiopia’s problem was compounded when Mengistu killed several generals.
The fiction of the mighty TPLF guerillas is mostly fiction. TPLF was a beneficiary of Ronald Reagan’s secret war against the Soviet Union in the Horn of Africa
I tried to read all the comments, most of the comments that opposed the boycot seems written by a single paid Woyane except a different name because he talks about the love of a country while his master is #1 enemy of the country. Is it love to a country to sell a big portion of our fertile land to foreigners(including Egyptians our historic enemies) while evicting and killing our own people from their ancestoral land, like Gambela, Afar Oromia and Wolkait?. Is it a love to a country to destroy and change a million year old Monastery to a sugar plantation?. Is it a love to a country to evict farmers for the simple reason that they have a different ethnicity from the land they have been farming for decades?.
Now all of a sudden for Mebrhatu=Vision=kebede=Antidote = Tekle= Arogant WOYANEs boycoting becomes hate.
If you want name it hate, You can. But for some of us it is Reactiing to your blind atrocity towards Amhara, Oromo, Gambela, Afar or in general to all non-Tigrians.
Where were you when your X-defence minster(Siye the number one Amahara hater) was messing up EAL and fire so many Ethiopians who has worked relentlessly to bring the airline to its current fame.
What did you say when the recent CEO Girma wakie was forced to resign using his health condition as a pretext to put an Ignorant Tigrian in to the position while there are even better Tigrians who can fit the position. Girma wakie who was forced to resign from his position is now working in the middle East.
I say to all boycot opponents( TPLF mouthpieces)don’t tell us how we have to fight. we(the neglected ones)can pick and choose our fights.
You keep on doing for youselves what you are doing untill the day comes.
Ezana – You are very silly. To hurt weyane we should boycott everything.
It’s not Ethiopian airlines any more in fact it’s weyane’s airlines.
Elias, You are the only one who wins respect from every angle. How on earth we consider Ethiopian airlines as Ethiopian when it’s run by anti-Ethiopia forces. Shame on most of you! you are the one to be blamed for the suffering of the people behaving like shermuta. As long as Meles is there is nothing Ethiopian.
GOOD JOB !!
I can see the Tplf airlines will be filled with HODAM’S AND those who support blindly because of ethnic-virus (the tplf airlines crew working language will be Tigrigna, and I can see the tplf arilines flying back to Ethiopia with its crew alone) :D
Let’s as well boycott those HODAM’S AND blind supporters from Social gatherings.
Pro Tplf
Even though i could not get what you want to say we dont need to go to jungle like the shifta group (woyanne) to send it back to where it belongs (Dedebit) Ethiopia as a nation is toooo big to handle ,that is why your chimp only believes in killing, torturing, looting ,and lies
one thing you have to know is woyanne is already out for Ethiopians it is only a matter of time and life support machine of enablers which starts thinking of the shifta group worth is to keep it on continue pumping blood.
all i can say is “DiHa BehiLmu QiBe ByTeTa”
How can you afford to fly with EAL, while you are living in group of 5 or 6 in ONE BED room dusty appeasements?
BTW why don’t you come up with some thing new?
All the time i see in these Eritreanreview.com is the same OLD tricks being recycled over and over.
All tricks have been tried and failed several times.
Come up with some thing NEW & FRESH and that make sense.
Don’t be cyber hero.
More than 85% of international Ethiopian AL customers are foreigners. Another miscalculation of the morons. Try to educate your self to think better.
you losers: still you do not have any power to liberate as a size of a point in any part of Ethiopia.as you say “Ethiopia is controlled by a very few or minority group of people”,but somthing you forget “the minorit are full of “HAMOT” but all you losers have only a “MELAS”.any way you can shout loudly as much as you can,cause you remember you do not have any drop of “HAMOT”.be stay with a loud cry,losers.
Wossen.
you losers: still you do not have any power to liberate as a size of a point in any part of Ethiopia.as you say “Ethiopia is controlled by a very few or minority group of people”,but somthing you forget “the minorit are full of “HAMOT” but all you losers have only a “MELAS”.any way you can shout loudly as much as you can,cause you remember you do not have any drop of “HAMOT”.be stay with a loud cry,losers.
Wossen.
Elias,
You are a disgrace to Ethiopians. I am one Ethiopian who is opposed to every thing Zenawi is doing but I wouldn’t go down the gutter as to calling to boycot the prestigious airline whose service stood well before Zenawi assumed office. I think you are just an Eritrean agent. Let’s assume your followers decided to use other airlines to travel to Ethiopia but their number is minimal and won’t affect our own Ethiopian. You must have lost your mind. People should just ignore you…….Sirafet I don’t care if you don’t post this but I know you got the message. You are a cancer to our society.
Jegnaw replies:
May 18th, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Little termite
Just Chang EAL to TPLF airline. Ethiopian air line has not existed for the last 21 years.it is TPLF airline and it is the cash cow of woyanne.so don’t cray your crocodile tears.
you are one of the cadres.
Dear Elias,
You epitomize the reason why I decided to distance myself from diaspora politics. Your often reckless stands (your misguided support for dictator/psycho Isaias Afewerki, your numerous calls for boycott of EAL, your jubilation at the death what you call “Woyane soldiers” as if all those that are being massacred in Somalia are all woyane soldiers, etc). You want to wreck the country havoc in order to bring down TPLF. Are you sure you have the best interest for Ethiopia at heart?
Mind you EAL has lived through 2 autocratic regimes and we hope it will still be around after downfall of the current one. It is not only our flagship but also the pride of all Africa. I am not even mentioning the fact that thousands of Ethiopians make their living out of this company. This is why your current stand is absolutely uncalled for and has discredited you further.