Ethiopian regime’s head of propaganda (chief liar) Bereket Simon is among those who are outraged by Tesfaye GebreAb’s tell-all book, “The Journalist Memoir”
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There is no doubt that Tesfaye GebreAb’s book, “The Journalist’s Memoir” (YeGazetegnaw Mastawesha), went under the skins of Woyanne regime officials in Ethiopia. The latest reaction is a 24-page letter to Ato Tesfaye from a {www:Woyanne} insider, probably Bereket Simon, who accuses him of attempted murder, among numerous other things.
The writer repeatedly talks about how insignificant Tesfaye GebreAb is, but goes on to write 24 pages full of accusations that are intended to destroy his credibility before the book reaches Ethiopia. Currently the book is available mostly in the U.S. and Europe.
Tesfaye seems not to have been bothered by the letter. He is more interested in showing Woyanne’s outrage by forwarding the letter to Ethiopian Review. Indeed, more than any thing, the letter exposes the Woyanne mindset. Click here to read the letter to Tesfaye GebreAb.
30 thoughts on “More Woyanne reaction to Tesfaye GebreAb’s book”
I read the letter and got a nice insight about the current regime and Tesfaye please keep it up writing more…We want to hear more about woyanne!! I have sent the book to Ethiopian friends and they are really liked it so much…
I am your fan.
I read the letter. It is meaningless and does not have any credible idea. This is Bereket’s writing style.
The letter was posted in aigaforum for a day and now removed. Why?
This letter is rather giving credit to Tesfay`s work. It looks that Woyanese are really mad. They are going out of their mind. Tesfish tell us more and let them burn alive
the letter deliberatly wrote to show as if tplf was more powerful than shabia to the readers of the letter. of course the troops that used to fight for tplf, incluing many family members of the farmers and the peasants had sacrified thier life, time, and other resources which the tigrians would not forget that.
In adddition, the letter targets to announce that as if tplf is a party with a memebers that are respected each other, while it is very obvious that tplf is a party that is only driven by a few indivduals mostly beleived by a shabian messagngers of Meles/sebhat.
moreover, the letter was purposly written to get the attention of Tigrians, whom are against tplf due to the reason that tplf is even criminal for those tigrians as well.
It is a kind of call for non tplf and ex tplf tigrians to support the tplf, while the fact is that tplf is the most criminal party not only for the rest of Ethiopians but also to the tigrians.
As a result any tigrians can not deny the very fact about the brutality of tplf in Tigray. Tigray is the worst place that democracy and freedom are NEVER existed since tplf took power. Tigray is highly manipulated by a number of cadres and members of tplf, as a result if any single tigrian is found against tplf, he/she will be punished using the worst tplf punishment design.
Now it is time for tigrians to talk about the truth about tplf, we shall not fear anymore as we have been lets talk the truth about the tplf.
Speak up tigirans, no more driven by tplf merceneries and shabian masters.
peace!
simply it is like teret teret….
woy agere…
I was really amazed by respondent for Tesfaye’s Book. He/She has made it clear in the last lines of the conclusion part of the letter by saying ” aheyane aheya beilute erasu aheya new” yelu yele belo atekalotal. Therefore the writer of the letter in response to Tesfaye’s book told us him/herself that he/she is a BIG AHEYA.KKKKKKK
Tesfaye for sure is to be blamed for the cracking land as well as for rain that is extremely rare! This exhibits the mind set of woyo lane’s. All of human tradgedies they’woyo Lane”‘s someone has to be blamed for. I have personal requests for the responder, which I believe “Milas Mekamas yelem” Or as protrayed its mr zenawi himself. How many innocent people have you killed so far? Do you realize, that you’ve butchered 10 times Mengistu H/Mariam? I don’t
believe you are sober enough to know the exact numbers of innocent non Tigreans butchered in millions mass braves across Ethiopia.
How long do you plan to kill or drive off citizens, to auction off victims personal assets? Do you believe this ethical practice in the regeon spewed out? I know for sure, the rest of Ethiopians have some sorts of moral as well as cultural code not to rob others for greed infested own!
Last, Do you really believe you’ll live forever and continue to live the life outlaws?
I arrest my case.
Tesfaye you and me can live next door in Ethiopia laughing at such Tribal murderers and looters of 21st century.
What the letter says may or may not have some elements of truth. We just don’t know!! For me the most striking feature of the letter is that no attempt was made at denying the major accusations Tesfaye G.Ab levelled against the regime. He literally said “you are an immoral, murdering and greedy bunch” (not that this is news to the Ethiopian people, mind), and the letter chose to ignore this issue and attacked the writer’ character (and command of the English language). This line of attack might work in some instances, but not in this case: for the simple reason that Tesfaye merely articulated the “belief” of most people, a belief borne out 18 years of suffering and observing EPDRF’s modus operandi. In this sense, Tesyaye’s book is not likely to be earth-shattering.
Who is this person? If he is really legitimate enough why not mentioning his name!!
I just read the letter, but it is full of distortion. let me write some of the distorted part of history
1. you said sebhat efrem call to siye. it is false. the weyane radio said “the eplf military operation captured afabet and the nadew ez is destroyed”
2. In the war of shire the woyanes were in the verge of collapse but you ask help from eplf and the eplf comando came and they are the ones that helped you survive, it is not the mechanized as you want to distort the history
3. As you said wedi berhe is the head of mechanized. he is not. he is head of commandos,
finally I can say that tesfaye gebreab is right, you have three or more mistakes from those parts that, I know, you might have another distorted history. And what I have understood from what you write is everybody who is mistreated come to you for assistance and yet your rank is below that of bereket, so that I can finalize that you are one of those peoples who victimized by Tesfaye Gebreab’s shooting pen
I just read the writer’s diatribe and came away with the fact that the Weyane territories are fighting back the best way they know, considering that they are not able to put their hand on Ato Tesfay……..Keep it up the good work Ato Tesfay. In a time when truth are being considered in Ethiopia as crime, no wonder why these narrow mind, who became a millioniar in short period time are fighting back.
These guys are dirty cheap, really beneath contempt and beyond shame!
This poor cursed fellow, whoever he may be, in his 24-page diary of a mad man, is trying to convince himself. Not us.
He knows we are beyond the reach of his crazy ramblings. His lies are meant to exorcize his own demons.
Their rabid monologue shows that they have given up on us.
A few points,
1. Come out and tell the truth,rather than nonesens about tesfaya, no body said he was a saint
2. I still wonder how only the weyana’s way of seeing ethinic unit is the correct one, while our life is a furstrating truth,
3. why now, why did not you talk about yeburka zimita back then,
4. if all these is true about shabia, how come assab is given, referendum….
forget it, you do not know shit, it was all the evil boss!!!
tesfaya, though he was another sob, has done us a faver, leave the judjement to us, tell you true story, if the bosses allow you
Amazing! The letter is clearly written by someone who is so stricken by the sharp reality of Tesfaye’s pen. The crimes of the Woyane tugs revealed by Tesfaye’s book indeed has disturbed the writer. The truth perhaps has brought flash backs of the crimes the individual likely took part.
The writer appears to be mentally challenged… may be his anxiety neurosis has flared up by the reality of the Journalist’s Memoire.
The writer, likely Bereket Simon, cherry picked only irrelevant issues and wasted 24 pages. If the writer takes issue only against the points he mentioned in his 24 pages letter, which I think irrelevant to our purpose, he has implied admission to the most crucial and sensitive charges the Journalist’s Memoir detailed.
Why the woyane writer, likely Bereket, failed to say anything about the following points, for example, Tesfaye discussed in his book?
– Tefera Walwa’s demeaning insult on EPDM
– the killing of Derara Kefene in Ambo
– the cruel torture of the activist student, Ibsa, now
turned OLF fighter.
– the killing of the Mulualem
– snatching of Profesor Asrat’s bag by holigans- the
woyane style security service.
– the killing of Hayelom
– the anxiety neurosis of Bereket
– the Eritrean nature of Bereket
– etc, etc, etc
The writer deliberately failed to criticize the Journalist on such numerous issues. His 24 pages letter is no more than attempt to character assassinate Tesfaye.
We can fairly conclude by deduction that ‘Yegazetegnaw Mastawesha’ revealed undeniable facts.
Tesfaye needs to write even more exposing the injustice perpetrated by the Woyanes.
Woyanne get mad when they are told that Shabia was superior than them during the Derg Era.
The cream of the Derg elite army was stationed in Eritrea while woyanne was free to control Tigray, Gondar ans Wollo. Useless people like Legesse were comanding Ethiopian army in Tigray and the rest of Ethiopia while battle hardned Derg army was in Eritrea. They hate Tesfaye now because he voided their shallow pride that says we (TPLF), only we defeated the Derg.
But the fact is that they didn’t have the capability to take Addis and other major centers where then needed mechanized brigades. Shabia put them in the Minlik palace. We shouldn’t be afraid of them as they are not as they want us to believe about them. Somalies kicked their ass just recently and Ethiopians are far better and resourcesfull if we unite and choose great leaders to lead the way.
Your rubbish writing is telling people that your doomsday is fast approaching. As clear as it is, you tried to manifest the tplf’s power. Tell this to teenagers who were born after 1991. Your struggle was simply to fill up your curse since you did have anything to eat. You tried to glorify the tplfs strength during the struggle. Tell this to your kids who have come to this world after the fall of dergue. The only strength you had in the pre-1991 era was to give generals money and to get as much information as you can and then to confuse soldiers in the war front. You were giving 2/3 tegadelti’s hashashi so as they would run in different directions in the war front and let the Ethiopian soldiers to fight each other. I remember how psychologically you won different battles not with a direct fight to the brave soldiers of the then Ethiopian Army. The Tigers (Nebro 15’s division) had completely cleared and removed your fighters in a matter of hours in 1982 EC in the Debre Tabor Area. That was the beginning of your eradication. But you won another general to corrupt him. The Nebro’s were forced to return back. That was true in different battle grounds. You never battled the Ethiopian Army except in the shire battle. Even the shire battle that you were exaggerating was concluded as Ethiopian special commando army never obeyed orders from the corrupted generals and were forced to fight each other rather that fighting tplf traitors. You mentioned it as if you won that huge battle. You did not mention how much the dergue soldiers fight each other. The real battle was the internal fight between the “sergogeb + gotegnas” on one side and the real Ethiopian hero’s on the other. Your 24 page letter proved how mad you become when you understand that your hidden secrets and mischievous and heinous activities have been well received to the Ethiopian people. You try to excel tplf’s power than EPLF’s. But tesfaye’s book and others coming sooner than later will fasten your down fall. Bereketemania will vanish from the face of Ethiopia sooner that latt
I have read the letter. it hasnot denied at least at one single line about the Weyane’s terror. The writer didnt say all what has been said in The book are false. It means they r true. Weyane kills people, torture, send opponents into prison and bla bla. the letter admit that. The writer simply tried to degrade the tesfye’s name. But the truth is Weyane did and does all what has been said. If we cross check the inside look of weyane’s party, we dont need any other evidence. Even the letter forgets that and keep talking about the writer. The letter talks about Tesfay’s personality, not the fact of weyane’s deeds. Not the argument we need to hit.
I read your book and found it very intersting, amused and scared. The scary thing is sensitive ethnic issue discussed b/w the writer and someone named in the book is hard to believe.
ወያኔዎች እንዲያው መች ይሆን እውነት የምታወሩት? ደግሞ እንዲህ ስትል ትንሽ አታፍርም “ይህን መልስ በመፃፌ የተወሰነ ቀልብ እንድታገኝ የሚያግዝህ መሆኑን ባውቅም ምንን ምን ካላሉት ሆኖብኝ መልስ እንድሰጥህ ተገድጃለሁ” አንተ እኮ መልስ ሳይሆን የሰጠሄው የውያኔን “ጀግንነት” ነው ያወራሄው::ለመሆኑ የተስፋዬ “የቡርቃ ዝምታ” ወያኔ የማይደግፈው ሃሳብ ቢሆን ኖሮ ይታተም ነበር? በቡርቃ ዝምታ ምክንያት ወያኔ ተናዶ ነበር አልክ ? እኔም ልሳቅልህ ? ቴስፋዬን ባንድ በኩል ጅል እያልክ በሌላ በኩል መሰሪ ትለዋለህ :ጅል መሰሪ ሊሆን አይችልም:: ቁስልህን ስለነካካብህ በጣም የተናደድክ ነው የሚመስለው:: ተስፋየ የመምሪያ ሃላፊነት እንደማይገባው ስለገለጸልን ያንን መድገም ለምን አስፈለገህ? ለዚህስ መወቀስ ያለበት ተስፋዬ ወይስ በጠባብ የድርጅትና የጎሳ ስሜት የተጠናወተው ወያኔ? በቀጥታም ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ መንገድ እስከዛሬም ድረስ ከጠባብ የዘረኝነትና የድርጅት ልክፍት ያልተላቀቀውን ወያኔን ነው እየወቀስክ ያለሄው::ባጠቃላይ መል ዕክትኅ ለተስፋየ መልስ ሳይሆን ሌላ አይነት የጀማሪ ጸሃፊ ድርሰት ነው የሚመስለው::
I’m sure Tesfaye knows the name of the writer very well..sounds you were good friends. So Tesfaye, once you already started telling us about this people – just for our curiosity – please tell us the name of this guy…It’s only one more name…hilarious!!
Who cares whether Tesfaye speaks English or not? Is English a level for knowledge? To tell the truth you don’t need English to tell the truth. He has Ethiopian audience and we speak Amharic which the writer is at perfection. After all the English being spoken by weyane big guns is not English for me. Listening to Meles speaking English makes me tired, let alone Bereket who speaks English as a retarded Eritrean.
Much of the discussion in the letter was about “GURA.” Nothing is discussed against very important issues written in Tesfaye’s book. I would love this writer to present another letter to testify that all the important documents in Tesfaye’s book are simply fictious. Can you tell us who murdered Obo Derara Kefenie? Can you tell us why Mulualem is assasinated? Can you tell us who was manipulating the Dergi Tanks and heavy weapons during the struggle?
To Tesfaye, bravo for the great and exemplary work you presented to the oppressed Ethiopian people. We expect more from you and take care in the meantime.
God bless Ethiopia.
The letter seems that it is written for the TPLF anniversary rather than a letter to a reply to Tesfaye Gebrab’s Memoir. The bravery of TPLF soldiers and the war they won had been said many times and what Tesfaye wrote on his memoir as insider is exposing the internal functioning of TPLF, killing, blackmailing,forging and out right buying individuals, to stay on power for the last eighteen years.
The writer of this letter main goal is to to discourage or threaten Tesfaye not to write more about the top leaders of TPLF, Meles, Sibahat, Seyome and their corrupt families.
As promised by Ato Tesfaye, we are waiting for the next book, ” Kekorerima Negede to Tugar Balhebt”, how TPLF leaders succeed to become multi-millonaire starting from modest spice trade thirty four years ago to now big investors on world market who are directly affected by the current downturn.
What is Shek Almoudi Empire’s role ? Is he as many believe the front to hide the loot of TPLF ?
Some of the comments written against the reactions of the TPLF hardliner to Tesfaye’s book is really something that we would like to believe and not based on facts. Here are some of my reasons why
1. Our hatred to the Woyanes are blinding us to a level of denying what they did to the Dergue army. Dergue lost the battle and the Woyanes won, no ifs and buts. Yes, Shaabia helped them in winning aginst the Dergue and Woyanes were second to none in that regard because we were able to witness what they did agaist Shaabia later on. If we are going to understimate our enemy, it time that will cost dearly.
2. We will never know the extent of the atrocities Woyane unlished aginst the Ethiopian people as well as the Tigreans because the leadership is still a very close group; and that group is still in tact and no one has come – not even Seye or Tamrat – to say anything aginst the Woyane so far. Even thought we trust the what Tesfaye had to say about this group, he is by no means a individual that is very clost to the core leadership and an imporatnat person in the leadership to know much more than what he told us.
Tesfaye gave us a glimpse of the inner workings of the Woyane even though it is a very limited one. And the reaction of the Woyane writer gave us more ideas about their group in his attempt to caricature Tesfaye’s book. His attempt to discredit Tesfaye fell short of delivering the message he had in mind because he was so consumed by hatred.
ተስፋየ ያለችሎታው የመምሪያ ሃላፊ መሆኑን ለምን እንዳስደነቀህ አልገባኝም:: የወያኔው ቁንጮ ለገሰ ዜናዊ ” ለትልቅ ሃላፊነት የሚያስፈልገው ትምህርት/እውቀት ሳይሆን ለፓርቲያችን ታማኝ መሆን ብቻ ነው” ብለው በአደባባይ አልተናገሩም? ስንቱ ገበሬ ነበር ዶክተር ተብሎ በየሆስፒታሉ ተመድቦ መደበኛ ዶክተርችን መግቢያ መውጫ አሳጥቶ የነበረው? ለፓርቲያቸው ታማኝ የሆነውን ገበሬ ማን አባቱ ነው ዶክተ አይደለህም ማለት የሚችለው? እረ ስንቱ!!! እናንተ ጉደኞች እርስ በሳችህ ገና መባላታችሁ መች ይቀራል?
Killing doesn’t make somebody a hero. Weyane killed many and the author is telling us this is a sign for being a hero. How can you be a hero by killing your own people. Menelik, Yoahnnes and Tewodros are Heros because of not by what they did internally, but by the battles of Mekdela, Metema and Adwa. For me the Eritrea-Ethiopia war was also an internal issue and that doesn’t make weyane a hero. The author was self-centric, his story was one-sided. Weyanes died in thousands for Meles and Bereket. I saw several dead Weyanes in Kobo, Robit and Gobye. Despite the authors claim, Dergue left Weldia without a fight.
Anyhow, weyanes like to talk about their killing spree million times. The author wanted to teach us about that dark period in Ethiopian history but he has to know that we are tired of reading any line about it. I say to the author, leave Ethiopia now with respect. Otherwise your final fate will be like that of Dergue.
After reading Tesfay’s book, I just realize that EPRDF and Derg are identical. They both kill people for the seek of cheap personal matters.
This bbok should encourages ex-EPRDF officials to write about the party (both good and bad), just for the seek of the new generation (just like me) to take lesson and shape the future of the country. I don’t mean some trash book like ‘Terarane yaneqateqte tewled’.
I am sure this man is no other than Atikilti Embay – Teklu Tekly or Tekly Teklu.
Your letter is just like your name Teklu or tekly!
So much static, no substance.
Yigermal. Through these details and squabbles it is becoming clear to the people how these Woyanes are not as big as they’ve been trying to tell.
Tesfaye Gebreab, you’ve earned *some* points with this book but you must keep writing. I think it is clear you were involved in more harm doing yourself sso the only way to make up for all that is by dishing out truth.
Gin yasazinal. Sidet indebahil hono…lagerachin mesrat sinchil. Woy agere ewnetim.