The report in this video by UK’s Channel 4 TV is about the devastating Woyanne-Eritrea war of 1998-2000 in which Woyanne tribal warlords Meles Zenawi and Seye Abraha carelessly and recklessly sacrificed over 100,000 young Ethiopians to liberate a small piece of barren land called Badme.
The only thing that is NOT factual in the video is that the war was not between Ethiopia and Eritrea. It was a war between Woyanne and Eritrea. Unfortunately, it was Ethiopians who were used as cannon fodders by Woyanne, not the Woyanne army.
In that war, Woyanne military leaders used what military experts call ‘human wave’ –a cruel and inhumane military tactic where tens of thousands of poorly trained soldier are forced to run right into the firing line with no regard to their lives. Those who were retreating in the face of a rain of bullets from the Eritrean soldiers were shot dead by the Woyanne special forces unit called Agazi — an exclusively one-ethnic (Tigrean) army that serves as a praetorian guard for the tribal junta. It is this same unit that had gunned down pro-democracy protesters in 2005 in the streets of Addis Ababa and other cities of Ethiopia.
While sacrificing all these precious young Ethiopian lives for a small, dry piece of land that the United Nations later had asked to be given to Eritrea, the Meles-Sebehat regime gave away thousands of square kilometers of Ethiopia’s fertile land to Sudan without the Sudanese government demanding it.
After getting its butt kicked in Somalia by 3,000 ragtag insurgents, Woyanne is currently preparing for another devastating war with Eritrea. This time, however, the result will be different. The people of Ethiopia will stand with the Eritrean army and bring an abrupt end to the Woyanne era of endless misery and war.
22 thoughts on “The devastating Woyanne-Eritrea war of 1998-2000 revisited”
I’m just hopping the Ethiopia people understand the nature of these kllers, looters, deceiters, slaves, and above all back stabbers; and that is just in case after 17 years of looting to the bone of this beautiful land and people that nobody knows about them. My brothers and sisters! the huge belly of Legesse Z, Azeb Mesfin, Siye Abraha, Bereket Simon, Seyoum Mesfin, and other weyane thugs are full of innocent blood and flesh. If they have to remain in Menelik more blood must be shed and this time I do not believe there is any Ethiopian that will believe, “in the name of Ethiopia”, to sacrifise their body and soul!
Unless Shabiya accept its devastating defeat and obey for Ethiopian government,it evaporate soon from Asmara.Ethiopia has moral obligation to free Eritrean brothers from Isayas’s hostage.
As you have pointed out the war was not only between Woyane and Eritrea but between Eritrea and those irresponsible quarters that used Melles to invade Somalia.
The new-born Ethiopians!! of the “Gen.”?? Seye types, then leading the failed military adventures, have recklessly used hundreds of thousands of innocent Ethiopian peasants as cannon fodders; yet,they did not achieve their objective of subjugating Eritrea into their control as prescribed by their masters geopolitical schemes.
There will be many revalations as to the role of external powers in the failed military and diplomatic endeavours to control and dominate the Horn region through their puppet Woyane regime.
Now,who is to blame when the fire in the Horn spills to the Sea??
stand with us defeat the woyanne army. majority in ethiopiaa will rule soon.
‘While sacrificing all these precious young Ethiopian lives for a small, dry piece of land that the United Nations later had asked to be given to Eritrea, the Meles-Sebehat regime gave away thousands of square kilometers of Ethiopia’s fertile land to Sudan without the Sudanese government demanding it.’
woyanne need to go on this statement alone
soon all the horn africa will stand together to destroy woyane ethinc based narrow minded rasisist group . People of Ethiopia are waiting behind the eritrean army and ethiopian opposstion parties .At this time in diasspora Erireans and ethiopians have a good approach . They do not see each other as an enemy .They realized that their enemy is only woyane . even the somalias now understand who is woyane and which tribe belong . I appeal to all people of eritra and ethiopia to stand together to fight woyane one and for all.
Shabia (not Eriteria) vs Weyane war should be the correct phrase. Remember,both are a gent of evil.so why afraid to say Shabia?
Now after 10 years the so called border war between Woyanne and Eritrea is coming to focus infront of the world and specially the Ethiopian people who were decieved by Woyanne into believing that they were conquered by Ertirea at that time. Eritreans knew the whole story at that time full well. American military, monetary and diplomatic backing was behind Woyanne at that time, we remember when first Susan Rice tried to hoodwink the Eritrean government by using Ruwanda and the hapless AU to make Eritrea look like the offending party, when that failed in 1998 and 1999, the US state department and its spy agencies wento full bore behind Woyanne and helped them prepare for a larger offensive in 2000. While that was going on the infamouse Tony Lake was shuttling between Addis and Asmara to convince the Eritrean leadership to surrender to Woyanne. That miserably failed and Woyanne was forced to accept the Algiers agreement.
After the Algiers agreement was signed, the US shennanigans to overthrow the Eritrean govenment using some “intellectuals” from the Eritrean diaspora and some traitors from within the Eritrean leadership was foiled, that is when Eritrea decided to kick out every vestige of American influence from Eritrea, started by kicking out USAID and restricted US diplomats to their residence in Asmara and embarked on a massive reconstruction project towards self reliance.
In 2005 Woyanne got exposed for what they are infront of the Ethiopian people when they stole a rigged election and massacred hunderds of Ethiopians in broad day light in Addis Ababa, now the puppet Woyanne regime doesn’t have any support among the Ethiopian people and is besieged from all corners, that’s why they are faking peace talks with the OLF because they know they will be finished unless they can fool one of the opposition groups to lay down their arms and be used as a tool to destroy the rest of Ethiopia on behalf of Woyanne, that won’t happen because thankfully the OLF with teeth is led by true Ethiopian partriots. Woyanne will only ignite a war against Erirea when they know all is lost and it will be a war that finished Woyanne off for good.
I personally wish Eritreans to punish the TPLF and its Tigrean supportors as there is a clear line between people who want to live by their own (Eritreans) and people who want to be superior race enslave you (Tigreans).
i won’t take part in it but i applaud if Eritreans kick the ass of Meles. I would be sad if Eritreans lose it which means it strengths TPLF. But i am sure they won’t lose it unless Meles uses the rest of Ethiopians as canoon foders
There was a war, there is a war, and there will be a war. It has no beginning and no ending.
gudu genenew, what are you talking about,still you didn’t learn any thing from this video you are weyanes donkey(aheya)you are telling us eritreans are hostages of issayas,first of all you have to respect the presedant of ERITREA,he is your night mare,second how about ethiopian people you guyes are free?think like human being please,oh sorry i forgot you are not human being,thats why you wrote this kind of comment.doro ras.
Attention compatriots,
The masters and arctechts behiand this foolish adventure, its base is not Adwa or Shire. It is somewhere in the west. For how long is our mama Ethiopia being used in exchange of handout of food? Ethipia is so blessed with fertile land and immense source of water and yet is not blessed to have a visionary commited, pride leader. Woyane is looter not leader.
Enough! Let’s shout, “Enough” together. We don’t need war against our people in the horne.
Mamo
We will forever remember the 20,000 Eritreans who paid the ultimate price for justice. I hope Ethiopia finds internal peace. Its instability has been costing the lives of generations in the horn.
Awet nHafash.
Peace
If woyanee starts another war, it would be the end of this narrowed elite once for all. This war will be different from the past,Eritrean defense force well trained and equipped.Above all, they are nationalist and their moral is full.
I still say, it is not who “Won” the war. But why do we have to fight between brothers and sisters? Eritrea is MORE than a friendly neighbour. So is Ethiopia! What is it that cause us to kill each other instead of supporting eachother and avoid being the laughing stock of the powers of the day?
The one who advocates violence is the one who will be defeated like an empity skirt at the battle field. In my case,war is not the answer. Please come to the dialogue table and talk with whatever the issue it may be. Peace!
R.I.P. to the journalist Martin Adler who was murdered in the streets of Mogadishu in 2006. Deep respect for your courage, your knowledge and your sacrifice. The world misses your reports! Peace!
A fellow human being
The Dedeebit Mafia’s day of reckoning is fast approaching. The nation seems to be exhausted from raging wars in all the different corners of the land. Economic malaise and meltdown with lack of national cohesion and direction is a recipe for disaster.
The situation is ripe for a revolution and the whole Ethiopian people are ready the change. The minor drawback is the decision by the OLF to engage the Agazzi’s in political dialogue. A simple reading of the EEBC soap opera would give the OLF a timely advice
Only the arms merchants and the two murderus governments of Eritrea and Ehiopia ( pupets of the WORLD BANK MAFIA ) enjoy this foolish hate between your two peoples .
“Divide and Rule” is their prescription.
You destroy each other my beloved peoples of Ethiopia and Erytrea,it is a great pity and sin against your brave and civilised ancestors,you are the inheritants of a GREAT CIVILISATION ,don’t allow to the anglo-saxon barbarians of the ruling classes to laugh with your misery .NOT ETERNALIZE THE EVIL
A confederation of Ethiopia-Somalia-Eritrea
must be the best SOLUTION,AFTER THE OVERTHROW of these criminals.
The judges the border commission said, “The decision is final and binding.” This is very simple concept indeed, per the middle men Badme belongs to Eritrea period. My beautiful neighbors Ethiopians please think, don’t get deceived by the hidden agenda of the Weyane (Meles, Sbhat and so on) rogue leaders and their followers. . I am begging you once again these wars are not your wars at all. You should know better, please don’t commit suicide or kill your Eritrean neighbors for nothing.
the 1998-2000 war between ethiopia and eritrea happend because of the process of civilization between the two society. eritreas civilization can not be viewed separatlly . eritrean history is one part of ethiopian state formation and civilization . the war between eritrea and ethiopia was an inevitable historical incidence . its a war between artifically developed civilization of eritreans and naturally and socialy developed civilizations of ethiopians. eritreas considers them selves as civilized society better and even more than ethiopians. this is a mental perception of eritreas, developed after the italian colonization of eritrea. the fact is differend . they have arteficial civilization, which is entreanched by italian colinization . the eritrean civilization was a part and parcel of a long history of ethiopian civilization . ethiopian civilization is internally developed and indegenious . how ever eritreas sticked them selves to imported civilization. so the war between eritrea and ethiopian will continue in all aspectes of life untill eritreas balance their artifical civilization to natural one of ethiopian civilization, and one thing is always remain true that natural and socialy developed civilization prevails on artificial civilization
Hey Anonymos,
Keep your civilization and get lost! For those who pretend to hate Isayas,as long as he will continue to devoloppe our beautiful country, we know that your stomach will be twisted of pain and agony. So you can continue to sing saying Isayas is a dictator, but by now you should be aware that this propaganda will never change the fact in the ground and the truth never gets twisted by any means. But as some said it before, the war is not between Ethiopia and Eritrea – not even between Ethiopia and Somalia. The war is between Eritrea and the masters of Ethiopia actual slave-leaders and between Somalia and the masters of the actual Ethiopian slave-leaders. And they will foil, all together, as already happened in the past. Eritrean people when it comes to his country and to justice, they an unlimited resources and courage that nobdy can stand in front of them. Awet Nehafash – Nzelalem!!! :-)