Wednesday, August 31, 2022

የቀይ እምባባና ማንጁስ ወረራ፣ የትህነግ ጦር አበጋዞች ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ጥቃት፣ በአማራና አፋር ምድር!!!



የቀይ እምባባና ማንጁስ ወረራ፣ የትህነግ ጦር አበጋዞች ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ጥቃት፣ በአማራና አፋር ምድር!!!
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አሜሪካና የአውሮፓ ህብረት አገሮች የህዝብ ቁጥር እንዲቀንስ ጦርነቶች በማስፋፋትና  የጦር መሳሪያዎች በመሸጥ የህዝብ እልቂትን ያበረታታሉ፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ ግማሽ ሚሊዮን  ወጣቶች በጦርነት ተማግደዋል፡፡ መሠረተ-ልማቶች ወድመዋል፡፡  የወረቀት ነብሩ፣ የአሜሪካ መንግሥት  ባወጣው H-R-6600 እና S-3199 ረቂቅ ህግጎች በሰሜኑ ጦርነት በኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ላይ የተፈፀሙ የስብዓዊ መብት ጥስት፣ የጦር ወንጀልና የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል የጦርነቱ ተሳታፊ የሆኑ የህወሓትና  የብልፅግና ጦር አበጋዞች ጋር የፖለቲካ ሽርሙጥና በመፈፀም ለወያኔ በመወገን ወልቃይት ጠገዴ፣ ራያ ወያኔ እንዲይዝና ለድርድር ከብልፅግና ጋር እንዲቀመጥ በማድረግ የፖለቲካ ሴራ ነድፋ የኢትዮጵያ  ህዝብ በጦርነት፣ ርሃብ፣ ስደት እንዲሰቃይ አድርጋለች፡፡ ግርማዊ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለሥላሴ የነጮቹን ዘረኝነት በተመለከተ

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation...Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes...Until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race…Until that day, the dream of lasting peace...will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.” ቦብ ማርሌ በራስተማን ቨይብሬሽን የቀኃሥን ንግግር ለግማሽ ምዕተ አመታት አስተጋብቶታል፡፡

የትህነግ ጦር አበጋዞች የሰው ማዕበል ጥቃት፣ human wave attack, የሰው ማገድ ጥቃት human sea attack!!!

- ትህነግ በቆቦ ግንባር 100,000 (መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ በጦር ግንባር ህፃናትን፣ ሴቶችን፣  አረጋዊያን በማሰለፍ፣ በሰው ማዕበል ቆቦን በመውረር ተሰማርተው ቆቦን ተቆጣጥረዋል፡፡


- ትህነግ በራያ ግንባር 200,000 (ሁለት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ማዕበል ራያን ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡


- ትህነግ በወልቃይት ጠገዴና ሁመራ  ግንባር 300,000/400,000 (ሦስት እስከ አራት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ሞገድ ወልቃይት ጠገዴና ሁመራን  ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡


- ትህነግ በአፋር ግንባር 100,000/ 200,000 (አንድ እስከ ሁለት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ሞገድ አፋርን  ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡ ቀይ እንባባና ማንጁስ በማለት ህፃናትን በጦርነት ሜዳ  በማሰለፍ በግፍ ማገዱአቸው፡፡

የትህነግ  570,000 (አምስት መቶ ሰባ ሽህ) ሊትር ነዳጅ ከዓለም ምግብ ድርጅት በመዝረፍ  የሰው ማዕበላዊ ጥቃት፣ human sea attack ወይም  የሰው ማገዳዊ  ጥቃት  human wave attack ያረጀ ያፈጀ የአንደኛው  የዓለም ጦርነት ስልት በኢትዮጵያ ትህነግ፣ በአማራና አፋር ምድር ላይ የመንጋ ወረራ ማካሄድ ጀምሮል፡፡  https://TPLF-marching-to-war-_-Kobo.mp4  ………(1) የሚለውን የትህነግ  ቪዲዬን ተመለከቱ፡  ትህነግ የትግራይን ህዝብ በጦርነት በመማገድ የመጨረሻ የእብደት ጉዞ ላይ እንዳለ ለአቅመ አዳምና ሄዋን ያልደረሱ ህፃናትን የጦር መሣሪያ በማስታጠቅ “ጦርነት ባህላዊ ጨዋታችን ነው” በማለት ህሊናቸውን አጥቦ ወደ ሲኦል በመጎዝ ላይ ነው፡፡  በቪዲዬው ላይ እንደምታዩት ህፃናትን፣ ሴቶችን፣  አረጋዊያን በጦርነት አሰልፎ ለመማገድ፣ በሰው ማዕበል በዘፈን፣ በከበሮ፣ በፉከራና በሽለላ ንፁሁን የአማራና የአፋር ገበሬዎች ለመግደልና ሃብትና ንብረቱን በመዝረፍ ተሰልፈዋል፡፡ ትህነግ ታሪካዊ ጠባሳ አኑረዋል፡፡ የዛ ‹‹የወርቃማው የነጻ አውጪ›› ዘመናቸውን በሽብርተኛነት አረከሱት፡፡

በአንደኛው የዓለም ጦርነት የራሽያ የኮዛክስ ፣የፈረንሳይ ባዬኔት ቻርጂ፣ የቻይና የኮርያ ጦርነት እንዲሁም የኢራንና ኢራቅ   የሰው ማዕበላዊ ጥቃት ሰልት በመጠቀም ብዙ ሚሊዮን ህዝብ እንዳለቀ ታሪክ ይመሠክራል፡፡  በ1950እኤአ  በኮርያ ጦርነት (1950-53) በቀዝቃዛው የዓለም ጦርነት ዘመን በሦስት አመታት በተደረገ ጦርነት በሚሊዬኖች የሚቆጠሩ የሰሜንና የደቡብ ኮርያ ህዝብ ሞተዋል፡፡ የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት (ተመድ) ኃይል የተሰው አንድ መቶ ሽህ ወታደሮች በታሪክ ይዘከራሉ፡፡  ‹‹In 1950, the Cold War heated up with the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-53).  This three-year bloody and brutal struggle left millions of North and South Koreans dead, and over 100,000 casualties for the United Nations forces involved.›› የሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ጦርነት ሃገሪቱን  ሉዓላዊነት ለመታደግ ሳይሆን የአብይንና የደብረፂዮን ስልጣን ለመታደግ ሲሆን በህዝባዊ መዕበል እየተመመ ወደ ጦርነቱ እሳት የሚገባ የአማራ ወጣቶች፣ የአፋር ወጣቶች፣ ትግራይ ወጣቶች፣ ወዘተ በመጀመሪያው ጦርነት ግማሽ ሚሊዮን ወጣቶች ህይወታቸውን አጥተዋል፡፡ በ2014 ዓ ም የክረምት ወራት ለመጀመር በዝግጅት ላይ የሚገኙት የህወሓትና የብልፅግና ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት›› ሚሊዮን የአማራ፣አፋር፣ የትግራይ ወዘተ  ወጣቶችን በማሰልጠንና በማደራጀት ‹‹ህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› ለማካሄድ በከሸፈ ‹‹የስብዓዊ ማዕበል የጦርነት ስልት››፣ የእግረኛ ሠራዊት እልቂት ለመድገም በነሃሴ ወር ድግስ ተደግሏል!!!  ጥንት ጠመንጃዎቹ አንድ ጎርሰው የሚተኮሱ፣ ቆመህ ጠብቀኝ፣ የሚባሉ  ዲሞትፎር፣ ቤልጂግ፣ ሰነኔ፣ ነጭ ቃታ ቤልጂግ፣ሞውዤር ወዘተ አነስተኛ የተኩስ አቅም ያላቸው ዘመን ነበር የሰው ማዕበል የጦርነት ስልት እልፍ አእላፍ ህዝብ በማዝመት  ከጠላት ምሽግ ገብቶ በእጅ መተናነቅ የጦርነት ስልት የነበረው፡፡

‹‹“The human wave attack, also known as the human sea attack, is an offensive infantry tactic in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun and overwhelm the defenders by engaging in melee combat. The name refers to the concept of a coordinated mass of soldiers falling upon an enemy force and sweeping them away with sheer weight and momentum, like an ocean wave breaking on a beach.” (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)››

አብይና ደብረፂዮን ወጣቶችን የሚማግዱበት የፃረ-ሞት የጦርነት ዘመቻ ደግሰዋል፡፡ ጦርነትን በወታደር ብዛት፣ በሰዎች ጎርፋና ማዕበል ጦርነትን ማሸነፍ፣ የጦር መሳሪያው የመተኮስ አቅም ዝቅተኛ የነበረበት ዘመን ሲሆን በዚህ  ዘመን ጊዜ ያለፈበት ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት፣ ለህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› የከሸፈ የጦርነት ስልት ነው፡፡ በህወሓትና ብልፅግና የእግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደቅጠል እንዲረግፍ የሚያደርግ እልቂት በሃምሌ ወር ደግም ተደግሏል !!! ዘመናዊው የጦርነት ስልት በጦር መሳሪያው ዓይነትና ብዛት የማውድም ኃይል የሚለካ ሲሆን ለምሳሌ ዘ ሄክለር እና ኮች ጂ አስራአንድ  ጠመንጃ   (The Heckler and Koch G11 Assault Rifle Can Fire 2,100 Rounds Per Minute) አንድ ወታደር በደቂቃ 2100 በአንድ ዙር ጥይቶች  የመተኮስ አቅም ሲኖረው፣ በሰዓት መቶ ሃያ ስድስት ሽህ፣በቀን ሦስት ሚሊዮን ሃያ አራት ሽህ ጥይቶች የመተኮስ አቅም ስላለው፣ ምንያህል ወታደሮች እንደሚፈጂ በዚህ ቀላል ምሳሌ መረዳት ይቻላል፡፡ አንድ እናት አንድ ህፃን ለማሳደግ አስራ ስምንት አመታት ሲፈጅባት፣ ዘ ሄክለር እና ኮች ጂ አስራአንድ በደቂቃዎች የጠመንጃ ቃታ በመሳብ ሚሊዮኖች እንዴት እንደሚያልቁ ያስረዳል፡፡ ፋየር ፓወር፡- የመተኮስ አቅምና የማውደም አቅም መለኪያ ሲሆን ልዩ ልዩ የጦር መሳሪያዎች ጠመንጃዎች፣ ሚሳኤሎች፣ወታደራዊ ኃይል (የሰው ኃይል ቁጥርና የመሳሪያ ዓይነትና ብዛት ያገናዘበ መለኪያ ነው፡፡) fire-power፤-the destructive capacity of guns, missiles, or a military force (used with reference to the number and size of guns available).

በአፄ ሚኒሊክ የአድዋ ጦርነት በአስራስምንተኛው ክፍለ ዘመን የነበረ ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት፣ ለህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› ሰልትን በመጠቀም የጦልያን ጦርን አሸንፈዋል፡፡ እግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደ አንበጣ ወረራ በእልፍ ወታደሮች የጠላት ምሽግን፣ ታንክን፣ ከባድ መሣሪያዎችን በድንገት በማጥቃት በሰው ኃይል የማሸነፍ የውጊያ ስልት ነበር፡፡ አብይና ደብረፂዮን በሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለ ዘመን  ይህን ስልት በመተግበር  ሚሊዮን ወጣቶችን በጦርነት በመማገድ ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡  በእልፍ ጦር በድንገት የማጥቃት እምነትና ህግ መሠረት በጣም ጥሩ ዘመናይ የጦር መሣሪያ የድል መንገድ ጠራጊ ነው፡፡ በወታደር ብዛት የስብዕዊ ማዕበል ዘመን አከተመ፡፡ ዛሬ በዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያ ዓይነትና ብዛት በአነስተኛ የሰው ኃይል የጦርነት ስልት ዘመን ተተክቷል የእስራኤልና የአረቦች ጦርነትን ልብ ይበሉ፡፡

ህዝባዊ ማዕበል፣(human waves) የቻይናዎች የጦርነት ስልት ነው፣ ብዙ እግረኛ ጦር ሠራዊቶች፣ ጠላታቸውን ለማጥቃት ወደፊት በመገስገስ በጦርነት ዘመቻ የሚተሙበት ታክቲክና ስትራቴጅ ሲሆን ዓላማውም በሁለቱም  ጎራ በሠራዊት ጎርፍ፣ በእግረኛ ወታደር ማዕበል በማሰለፍ በሙታን ላይ እየተረማመዱ ወደፊት የሚተሙበት አሰቃቂ ሰው ሰው ያልሸተተ የጦር ስልት ነው፡፡ ዘመናዊ የጦርነት ስልት ለአንድ ወታደር ህይወት የሚጨነቅ ሲሆን አመራሩም  የዘመኑን የወታደራዊ ሳይንስ ጥበብ የተማሩና ስብዓዊነትን የተላበሱ መሪዎች መሆን ይጠበቅባቸዋል፡፡ ‹‹The Chinese tactic meaning human waves was a charge of too many soldiers, too many soldiers rushing forward in attacks against their opponents.››  የብልፅግና ህወሓት የጦር አበጋዞች በሰሜኑ ጦርነት ዘመን ባለፈበት ታክቲክና ስትራቴጅ፣ በሁለቱም ወገን ህዝባዊ እግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደ መንጋ በማሰለፍ በግንባር በማሰማራት ወጣቶቹን ቦንብ ጠራጊ፣ ጥይት አብራጅ፣  ምሽግ ደርማሽ፣ የታንክ አጋች፣ የጠብመንጃ አፈሙዝ ያዥ፣ በማድረግ የምስኪኖቹን እልፍ አእላፍ ወጣቶችን ህይወት አስገበሩ፡፡  የብልፅግና ህወሓት የጦርአበጋዞች የሥልጣን መንበራቸውን ለማስጠበቅ በውሽት ፕሮፓጋንዳ በመንዛት አንደኛው ሌላኛውን በሃገር ክህደት፣ በአገር በመሸጥ፣ በሃገር ላይ በማሴር  ወንጀል ወዘተ በመካሰስ የእርስ በእርስ ፀባቸውን  በህዝብ ስም በሃገር ስም በማድረግ አንድን ህዝብ ለሁለት ከፍለው ወንድም ወንድሙን እንዲወጋ፣ ጦር እንዲሰብቅ፣ ጋሻ እንዲነቀንቅ፣ እንዲፎክር እንዲያቅራራ በማድረግ  የወጣቶችን ህሊና በማጠብ ውድ ህይወታቸውን በከንቱ እንዲያጡ አደረጉ፡፡  ለአብይና ደብረፂዮንና ኢሳያስ ጂኒ ህይወታቸውን እንዲገብሩ ‹‹ወጣት የነብር ጣት!!!››…‹‹ማን ይፈራል ሞት!...ማን ይፈራል!›› በሃሰት ፕሮፓጋንዳ ወጣቶቹን ‹‹በእናት ሃገር ስም›› ‹‹በእምዬ ኢትዮጵያ ስም›› ‹‹በትግራዋይ ስም›› ወጣቶችን ለመስዋትነት ያቀረቡበት ለሃገራችን ህዝብ ጨለማው ሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለ ዘመን ነው፡፡

“Who does not shudder to hear of the "human wave" tactics reportedly being used by Iran in its invasion of Iraq? The phrase summons up the image of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of soldiers, many still young boys, marching "fanatically" to certain death for a cause rendered dubious fecisely by the extreme means employed to serve it. Often the term, human wave, comes with a definition of it as a "Chinese tactic," from the Korean War. The implication is that Western or white soldiers would never lend themselves to any such mass display of mindlessness and barbarism.”…………..(3)

የሰው ማዕበል "human wave" የጦርነት ስልት ኢራንና ኢራቅ በወረረች ጊዜ  ተጠቅማበት ነበር፡፡ በጦርነት በሽዎችና በአስር ሽህዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወጣቶች  ወደ ጦርነት ዘመቻ ተመሙ በጭፉን እምነትና በከንቱ የሃገር ፍቅር ስሜት ወደሚጠበቀው ሞት አመሩ፡፡ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ‹‹የቻይናዎች ስልት›› ሲሆን በሰሜን ኮርያ ጦርነት ጊዜ የተጠቀሙበት  የጦርነት ስልት ነበር፡፡ ምዕራባዊያን ወይንም  የነጭ ወታደሮች በፍፁም እራሳቸውን በጅምላ ማቅረብ፣ እራሳቸውን በመንጋ ማሳየት በድንቁርና ያለመሠልጠንና አረመኔያዊነትና  ኃላቀርነት ነው፡፡ ሰው ሰው ያልሸተተውን የጦርነት ስልትን በመሆኑ የጦርነት ስልቱን አይቀበሉም፣ ይቃወማሉም፡፡ የአንበጣ ወረራ ፀሓይን ይጋርዳል፣ የምድር እፅዋትንና ሠብልን ዶጋ አመድ አድርጎ ወደፊት ይገሠግሳል፡፡ ስብዓዊ ማዕበል የጦርነት ዘመቻ የረገፈው ረግፎ፣ በደመነፍሳቸው በሙታኖች ሬሳ ላይ እየተረማመዱ የመዋጋት ስልት ሲሆን፣ እንደ አንበጣ ወረራ ምግብ ፍለጋ ወደፊት ብቻ የመገስገስ ዓይነት ነው፡፡ በምድረ እንግሊዝ በሰው ሰራሽ ክህሎት የተሠሩ ሮቦቶች በወህኒ ቤቶች ያሉ እስረኞችን አጥርና ከተንበሬ መዕልት ወ ለሊት  እስረኞች እንዳያመልጡ ይጠብቃሉ፡፡ እንደ ጢያራዋ ሰው አልባ ድሮውን ወደፊት እግረኛ ሰው ሰራሽ ወታደራዊ ሮቦቶች ከህያው ወታደሮች ጋር የሚዋጉበት የዲጅታል ቴክኖሎጅ ዘመን ላይ ደርሰናል፡፡ በጦርነት ጥርሳችንን ነቅለናል ለሚሉት የዘመናችን ሲሊቨስትሪ ስታሊየኖች አብይና ደብረፂዮንና ኢሳያስ፣ የጦር አበጋዞች ወጣቶችን በእሳት መማገድ በእግዚያብሄር ያስጠይቃል እንላለን፡፡ ለዓለም አቀፍ የጦር ፍርድ ቤት መቅረባችሁ ግን በፍፁም አይቀርም፡፡ መንግሥት ያልፋሉ ህዝብ ግን አያልፍም፡፡የኤርትራ፣ የትግራይ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እንደ ጥንት እንደ ጠዋቱ በፍቅር፣ በሠላምና በአንድነት ይኖራል፡፡

ከአምስት መቶ አመታት ገደማ ከክርስትና ዘመን በፊት፣የቻይና ፈላስፋ ሊቀ ሊቃዉንት ኮንፊሽየስ እንዳለዉ ‹‹ለአንድ አመት እቅድ ካወጣህ፣ዘር ትከል፡፡መቼም! ዘር በዘራህ ግዜ የአንድ ግዜ ምርት/አዝመራ ትሰበስባለህ፡፡ ለመቶ አመታት እቅድ ካወጣህ ህዝቡን አስተምር፡፡ መቼም! ህዝቡን ካስተማርክ የአንድ ምዕተ ዓመት የምሁራን መህር ትሰበስባለህ፡፡››Around 500 years before the Christian era began, the ancient Chinese sage Confucius said: “If you plan for a year, plant a seed. If for a hundred years, teach the people. When you sow a seed, you will reap a single harvest. When you teach the people, you will reap a hundred harvests.” የህወሓት ማሌሊት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው ከ1967ዓ/ም እስከ 2015ዓ/ም ድረስ ለግማሸ ምእተ ዓመት ወጣቶቹን በማሰልጠን ለገደላ፣ ለዘረፋ፣ ለወረራ ወዘተ አሰለጠኑአቸው ቃታ መሳቢያ ገዳይ ጣታቸው ተቆልምማ ከስታ መነመነች፣ አነጣጣሪ ግራ ዓይናቸው ፈዛ አነሰች፡፡ የአዲስ አበባ ሰው፣ ማንም ሰው አይቶ ተዋጊ መሆናቸውን ተጠቆቁሞ አወቃቸው፡፡  የመለስ የኮንፊሽየስ አስተምርሆት በመቀየር ‹‹ለአንድ አመት እቅድ ካወጣህ፣በኢትዮጵያ ምድር የብሔር ዘር ትከል፡፡ መቼም! ዘር በዘራህ ግዜ የአንድ ግዜ ምርት/አዝመራ ትሰበስባለህ፡፡ ለመቶ አመታት እቅድ ካወጣህ ህዝቡን ስለ ዘር ማጥፋት፣ አስተምር፡፡ መቼም! ህዝቡን ካስተማርክ የአንድ ምዕተ ዓመት የምሁራን በትረ -ሥልጣን ትጨብጣለህና ባንኩም፣ ታንኩም፣ ወርቁም፣ መሬቱንም ትሰበስባለህ፡፡››

‹‹“የህወሓት/ማሌሊት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው ሌላ አማራጭ መንገድ የማያውቁ በስታሊናዊ ጨካኝ አስተሳሰብ ተኰትኩተውና እንደ ዓሳራ ግመል ፊታቸውን ተሸብበው ያደጉ ናቸው:: መለስ ዜናዊም ብልጥ ነው:: ሆን ብሎ የህወሓት ማሌሊት ሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም በጭንቅላታቸው ውስጥ የገጠመላቸው ስለሆኑ ከዚያ አጥር ወጥተው ሌላ ሰፋ ያለ ዓለምና ሳይንስ የሚያዩበት መነፅር የላቸውም::  ቢተኩሱም! ቢነግሱም! ቢማሩም ያው ናቸው ምንም አይለወጡም:: ቀደም ብሎ በአእምሮኣቸው ከተገጠመላቸው የሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም ውጭ ሌላ የሚያውቁትና የሚናገሩት ሰላማዊ ቋንቋ የላቸውም:: ሁሉ ጊዜ “አካኪ ዘራፍ!! በለው ደምስሰው!! - ያዘው ልቀቀው” የሚሉትን ቃላቶች ብቻ ናቸው በአእምሮኣቸው የሚታዩባቸው:: ሕግ አይገዛቸው! ባህል አይገዛቸው! ታሪክ አይገዛቸው! ሀይማኖት አይገዛቸው! ጊዜ አይለውጣቸው! ዕድሜያቸው ልክ አንድ ዓይነት መዝሙር እየዘመሩ ጭንቅላታቸውን በማሌሊታዊ ሰይጣናዊ አስተሳሰብ እንደተቆለፈ ያልፋሉ:: በመሆኑም አሁን እየታየ ያለው ትልቁ አሳሳቢ ጉዳይ የህወሓት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው በማሌሊት ሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም መደንዘዛቸው ብቻ አይደለም ችግሩ:: ነገር ግን ከጫካ ይዘውት የመጡት መድሃኒት አልባ በሽታ ወደ ሌሎች ክልሎችም በፈጣን ሁኔታ እየተዛመተ መምጣቱ ነው:: ስለዚህ “ቤቱን ሳይቃጠል በቅጠል” እንደተባለው እኛም በተራችን ሳንታመም የመከላል ዘዴ መፍጠር ይኖርብናል፡፡”››  አንድ የትግራይ ተወላጅ ምሁር ከዓመት በፊት በአንድ ህዝባዊ ስብሰባ ላይ ተገኝተው ያደሩት ንግግር ዛሬም ድረስ ህያው ነው፡፡

ፈጣሪ ኢትዮጵያን ይጠብቅ!!!

ምንጭ

(1) TPLF-marching-to-war-_-Kobo. mp4

(2) https://youtu.be/7cbwBgnYU5Q

(3)"We Were Lied To": How Story, Culture & Manufactured Identities are Weaponized in Africa - YouTube)

(4) 'Human Waves' - The Washington Post/By Stephen S. Rosenfeld/March 9, 1984

(5) Robots aren’t better soldiers than humans/ The Boston globe/ mary wareham/ Oct. 26, 2020


https://amharic-zehabesha.com/archives/176765

Ethiopia: Civilians in Western Oromia Left Unprotected

Ethiopia: Civilians in Western Oromia Left Unprotected
Human Rights Watch





Armed Group Kills Hundreds of Amharas in June Massacre; Independent Inquiries Needed


 




Distribution of approximate 480 damaged structures destroyed by fire in five villages in Tole kebele, Gutin, Silsaw, Chekorsa and Begene as of July 25, 2022. These numbers might be an underestimate, as it was only conducted within the area covered by the satellite imagery, and additional structures might be also affected. Satellite image: 25 July 2022. © 2022 Planet Labs PBC. Analysis and graphics © 2022 Human Rights Watch

(Nairobi, August 31, 2022) – An armed group killed several hundred Amhara civilians in western Oromia in June 2022 while Ethiopian security forces did little to protect them, Human Rights Watch said today. Nearly three months later, the Ethiopian government has failed to provide adequate shelter or meaningfully address the serious health and protection concerns of surviving residents.

For eight hours on June 18, heavily armed assailants shot and killed about 400 Amhara civilians, including many women and children, in villages in Tole and Sene kebeles (wards). The unidentified assailants also burned and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, and looted livestock and other property. Satellite imagery analysis corroborated the burning of at least five villages and the destruction of approximately 480 structures. Despite warnings, government security forces stationed nearby did not arrive until hours after the attack.

“Armed attackers destroyed one village after another, killed entire families with unmitigated cruelty, all while nearby government forces appeared to do nothing,” said Laetitia Bader, Horn of Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “This is just the latest such massacre for which the Ethiopian government needs to do more to ensure credible and independent investigations, identify those responsible, and ensure adequate assistance reaches everyone in need.”

Since 2019, government forces and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) armed group have been fighting in western Oromia, resulting in serious abuses against Oromo and minority communities. Ethiopian authorities alleged that the OLA was responsible for the June massacre and other attacks. The OLA accused a government militia of carrying out the attacks and called for an independent investigation.

Between June and August, Human Rights Watch interviewed 25 people by phone, including 19 witnesses and relatives of victims from 5 villages: Gutin; Chekorsa; Silsaw; Begene, in Tole kebele in western Oromia; and a village in neighboring Sene kebele in the Benishangul Gumuz region. Human Rights Watch obtained lists of those killed from residents and analyzed satellite imagery collected before and after the attack. From April to May 2021, Human Rights Watch also interviewed 12 witnesses and family members of a similar attack in Bone kebele, in Babo Gembel district in western Oromia, and conducted follow-up interviews in August 2022.

On the morning of June 18, as male residents left to tend to their crops on nearby farmland or to go to the market, leaving woman and children in the villages, groups of heavily armed men unexpectedly attacked villages in Tole and Sene kebeles.

A farmer from Gutin said he first heard gunfire and saw smoke rising from the direction of Silsaw, a village north of the main asphalt road and near Gutin and Chekorsa. “I ran toward my house and noticed the area encircled by gunmen,” he said. “I took my children to the bush for safety and hid in a tree near the village. The gunmen were … fully uniformed and armed … I heard them saying: ‘Finish them. Don’t Leave. End them.’”

A woman from Chekorsa escaped with her five children to nearby maize fields. The attackers pursued them:


My 8-month-old child started crying. I heard an attacker say, ‘Look there, look there …’ before they shot in our direction. They shot my baby dead. I wrapped the dead body with some clothes I was wearing. My other child was shot in her back; the bullet came out around her neck … I then pressed my injured child against my chest, and I prayed to Allah to save her life


Her older child survived but required two weeks of hospital treatment.

The attacks lasted several hours in some villages, including until 2 p.m. in Gutin and longer in others. Five residents said they made numerous frantic calls to district authorities for help, and to federal and regional government security forces stationed in Jogir, about 17 kilometers from Tole, as well as to a military camp in Didessa. A small contingent of Ethiopian military forces arrived only at 4 p.m., after the attackers had left. Residents then began returning home, where they witnessed the aftermath of the onslaught, and began burying those killed in mass graves.

In Silsaw, residents found bodies throughout the village, including about 29 in the mosque compound. “From a single family, five, six people were killed,” said a 20-year-old woman. “In other cases, families lost 20 people.” In Gutin, residents found 12 charred bodies among the remains of a burned grass house.

Three residents involved in burying victims believed that over 400 people had been killed in at least 6 villages. Community leaders, who gathered lists of those killed and property destruction, estimated that at least 112 were killed in Silsaw, 105 in Chekorsa, 37 in Gutin, 72 in Begene, 16 in Hayaw, and 50 in Sene kebele. At a June 30 media briefing, a spokesperson of the Office of the Prime Minister said that the bodies of 338 people had been identified.

The attacks in Tole and Sene mirror other killings of Amhara civilians in western Oromia. Less than two weeks later, the media reported that armed groups attacked predominantly Amhara civilians in Hawa Gelan district, Kellem Wellega Zone, killing scores. A March 2021 attack on Amhara civilians in Bone kebele, West Wellega Zone, similarly left scores dead.

Survivors from Tole and Sene said that fear of continued attacks in the area, and insufficient protection and humanitarian support was forcing many residents to leave Oromia.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that at least 4,800 people were displaced from Tole, and that more than 500,000 had been displaced in western Oromia due to the conflict there.

OCHA also reported that it was hard for aid groups to get access to the region because of access restrictions, inadequate funding, and a lack of humanitarian presence. Ethiopian authorities need to create a conducive environment for aid delivery, Human Rights Watch said.

The Ethiopian authorities’ immediate response to the attack was to announce that they would intensify “law enforcement measures” against armed groups. On July 6, Ethiopia’s parliament authorized the establishment of a special committee to investigate violence against civilians in several regions in Ethiopia, including Oromia, and to make recommendations.

But people in Tole, Sene, and Bone kebeles said there have been little signs of investigations so far. The government should provide regular public updates on its investigations, and its steps to curtail abuses by armed groups as well as federal and regional security forces and militias, Human Rights Watch said.

Both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the African Union Chairman Moussa Faki called for independent investigations into the attacks in western Oromia. In a June 30 Oral Update before the UN Human Rights Council, the chairperson of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia expressed alarm at atrocities against civilians in Ethiopia, including western Oromia, and urged member states to provide the commission with experienced investigators and other support.

“Communities in western Oromia have been left reeling from repeated attacks and are living in fear of the next attack,” Bader said. “Ethiopian authorities should urgently move beyond promises to act and provide urgent and adequate humanitarian assistance to affected communities, and support for credible independent investigations.”

Conflict in Western Oromia

Since 2019, Ethiopian government forces and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) armed group have engaged in an armed conflict in western Oromia. The OLA was previously the military wing of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a once-banned political opposition group, that fought a low-level insurgency for the self-determination of Oromos for decades.

After Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assumed office in April 2018, the government reached an agreement with various opposition groups, including the exiled leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front in Eritrea, who agreed to lay down arms, reintegrate, and commit to a peaceful political struggle. However, negotiations soon broke down.

By early 2019, the government had established military command posts in western and southern Oromia. Federal and regional security forces began coordinated military operations against the OLA. In April 2019, the OLA formally broke its ties with the OLF and continued its armed operations.

The conflict has resulted in serious human rights abuses. Government forces have carried out summary executions, arbitrary arrests, and detentions of Oromos, and have at times cut communications in the area. The OLA has killed government officials and attacked non-military government offices. Unidentified armed assailants have also been implicated in killings, abductions, destruction of homes, and mass displacements of ethnic Amhara communities. Residents of Tole kebele in western Oromia said that OLA fighters in the neighboring hills for the past three years have abducted people and demanded ransom.

Human Rights Watch documented a March 30, 2021, attack on Babo Gembel district, West Wellega Zone. At around 8 p.m., gunmen surrounded Sedeka village, in Bone kebele, forced the Amhara residents to gather for a meeting, and shot 28 dead. A man who had fled the village as residents were being gathered said that the armed men spoke Afaan-Oromo, the Oromo language, and had distinctive long hair, which residents said was common among OLA fighters. He climbed a tree and stayed there until 2 a.m., “I later heard gunfire,” he said at the time. Residents called for help from the Oromia regional special forces, who were stationed about 30 minutes away, but they didn’t arrive until 2 a.m., long after the attack had ended.

One village leader lost his brother and his sister-in-law in the attack. “We had just celebrated their marriage on Thursday , and they were then killed on Tuesday evening,” he said. “After all the preparations to celebrate their marriage, we began to prepare for their funeral … A mother of a 15-day-old baby was also among the killed.”

Attacks in Tole and Sene Kebeles, June 18

On June 14, the OLA clashed with government forces in the Gambella region, and in Gimbi town, in western Oromia, 49 kilometers from Tole kebele. Around June 17, government security forces stationed in Tole, along with a small number of local militiamen and Oromia police, left the area without explanation, several local residents said.

In the early hours of June 18, residents in several villages in the adjacent Tole and Sene kebeles saw armed men gathering. They said the attackers wore a mix of civilian clothes and uniforms worn by the Oromia regional special forces, militias, and the former Ethiopian national military uniform. They later noted that they spoke in Afaan Oromo and some of the armed men had long hair.

At 7 a.m., a farmer in Silsaw village and a kebele official, among others, called various officials and security forces for protection and support. The official said, “When I first called, they said they couldn’t take action, without discussion and reaching an agreement with the zone .”

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የቀይ እምባባና ማንጁስ ወረራ፣ የትህነግ ጦር አበጋዞች ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ጥቃት፣ በአማራና አፋር ምድር!!!
ፂዮን ዘማርያም

ኢት-ኢኮኖሚ-ET- ECONOMY

አሜሪካና የአውሮፓ ህብረት አገሮች የህዝብ ቁጥር እንዲቀንስ ጦርነቶች በማስፋፋትና  የጦር መሳሪያዎች በመሸጥ የህዝብ እልቂትን ያበረታታሉ፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ ግማሽ ሚሊዮን  ወጣቶች በጦርነት ተማግደዋል፡፡ መሠረተ-ልማቶች ወድመዋል፡፡  የወረቀት ነብሩ፣ የአሜሪካ መንግሥት  ባወጣው H-R-6600 እና S-3199 ረቂቅ ህግጎች በሰሜኑ ጦርነት በኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ላይ የተፈፀሙ የስብዓዊ መብት ጥስት፣ የጦር ወንጀልና የዘር ማጥፋት ወንጀል የጦርነቱ ተሳታፊ የሆኑ የህወሓትና  የብልፅግና ጦር አበጋዞች ጋር የፖለቲካ ሽርሙጥና በመፈፀም ለወያኔ በመወገን ወልቃይት ጠገዴ፣ ራያ ወያኔ እንዲይዝና ለድርድር ከብልፅግና ጋር እንዲቀመጥ በማድረግ የፖለቲካ ሴራ ነድፋ የኢትዮጵያ  ህዝብ በጦርነት፣ ርሃብ፣ ስደት እንዲሰቃይ አድርጋለች፡፡ ግርማዊ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለሥላሴ የነጮቹን ዘረኝነት በተመለከተ

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation...Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes...Until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race…Until that day, the dream of lasting peace...will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.” ቦብ ማርሌ በራስተማን ቨይብሬሽን የቀኃሥን ንግግር ለግማሽ ምዕተ አመታት አስተጋብቶታል፡፡

የትህነግ ጦር አበጋዞች የሰው ማዕበል ጥቃት፣ human wave attack, የሰው ማገድ ጥቃት human sea attack!!!

- ትህነግ በቆቦ ግንባር 100,000 (መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ በጦር ግንባር ህፃናትን፣ ሴቶችን፣  አረጋዊያን በማሰለፍ፣ በሰው ማዕበል ቆቦን በመውረር ተሰማርተው ቆቦን ተቆጣጥረዋል፡፡

- ትህነግ በራያ ግንባር 200,000 (ሁለት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ማዕበል ራያን ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡

- ትህነግ በወልቃይት ጠገዴና ሁመራ  ግንባር 300,000/400,000 (ሦስት እስከ አራት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ሞገድ ወልቃይት ጠገዴና ሁመራን  ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡

- ትህነግ በአፋር ግንባር 100,000/ 200,000 (አንድ እስከ ሁለት መቶ ሽህ ) ህዝብ፣ የሰው ሞገድ አፋርን  ለመውረር ተሰማርተዋል፡፡ ቀይ እንባባና ማንጁስ በማለት ህፃናትን በጦርነት ሜዳ  በማሰለፍ በግፍ ማገዱአቸው፡፡

የትህነግ  570,000 (አምስት መቶ ሰባ ሽህ) ሊትር ነዳጅ ከዓለም ምግብ ድርጅት በመዝረፍ  የሰው ማዕበላዊ ጥቃት፣ human sea attack ወይም  የሰው ማገዳዊ  ጥቃት  human wave attack ያረጀ ያፈጀ የአንደኛው  የዓለም ጦርነት ስልት በኢትዮጵያ ትህነግ፣ በአማራና አፋር ምድር ላይ የመንጋ ወረራ ማካሄድ ጀምሮል፡፡  https://TPLF-marching-to-war-_-Kobo.mp4  ………(1) የሚለውን የትህነግ  ቪዲዬን ተመለከቱ፡  ትህነግ የትግራይን ህዝብ በጦርነት በመማገድ የመጨረሻ የእብደት ጉዞ ላይ እንዳለ ለአቅመ አዳምና ሄዋን ያልደረሱ ህፃናትን የጦር መሣሪያ በማስታጠቅ “ጦርነት ባህላዊ ጨዋታችን ነው” በማለት ህሊናቸውን አጥቦ ወደ ሲኦል በመጎዝ ላይ ነው፡፡  በቪዲዬው ላይ እንደምታዩት ህፃናትን፣ ሴቶችን፣  አረጋዊያን በጦርነት አሰልፎ ለመማገድ፣ በሰው ማዕበል በዘፈን፣ በከበሮ፣ በፉከራና በሽለላ ንፁሁን የአማራና የአፋር ገበሬዎች ለመግደልና ሃብትና ንብረቱን በመዝረፍ ተሰልፈዋል፡፡ ትህነግ ታሪካዊ ጠባሳ አኑረዋል፡፡ የዛ ‹‹የወርቃማው የነጻ አውጪ›› ዘመናቸውን በሽብርተኛነት አረከሱት፡፡

በአንደኛው የዓለም ጦርነት የራሽያ የኮዛክስ ፣የፈረንሳይ ባዬኔት ቻርጂ፣ የቻይና የኮርያ ጦርነት እንዲሁም የኢራንና ኢራቅ   የሰው ማዕበላዊ ጥቃት ሰልት በመጠቀም ብዙ ሚሊዮን ህዝብ እንዳለቀ ታሪክ ይመሠክራል፡፡ በ1950እኤአ  በኮርያ ጦርነት (1950-53) በቀዝቃዛው የዓለም ጦርነት ዘመን በሦስት አመታት በተደረገ ጦርነት በሚሊዬኖች የሚቆጠሩ የሰሜንና የደቡብ ኮርያ ህዝብ ሞተዋል፡፡ የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት (ተመድ) ኃይል የተሰው አንድ መቶ ሽህ ወታደሮች በታሪክ ይዘከራሉ፡፡ ‹‹In 1950, the Cold War heated up with the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-53). This three-year bloody and brutal struggle left millions of North and South Koreans dead, and over 100,000 casualties for the United Nations forces involved.››

የሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ጦርነት ሃገሪቱን  ሉዓላዊነት ለመታደግ ሳይሆን የአብይንና የደብረፂዮን ስልጣን ለመታደግ ሲሆን በህዝባዊ መዕበል እየተመመ ወደ ጦርነቱ እሳት የሚገባ የአማራ ወጣቶች፣ የአፋር ወጣቶች፣ ትግራይ ወጣቶች፣ ወዘተ በመጀመሪያው ጦርነት ግማሽ ሚሊዮን ወጣቶች ህይወታቸውን አጥተዋል፡፡ በ2014 ዓ ም የክረምት ወራት ለመጀመር በዝግጅት ላይ የሚገኙት የህወሓትና የብልፅግና ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት›› ሚሊዮን የአማራ፣አፋር፣ የትግራይ ወዘተ  ወጣቶችን በማሰልጠንና በማደራጀት ‹‹ህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› ለማካሄድ በከሸፈ ‹‹የስብዓዊ ማዕበል የጦርነት ስልት››፣ የእግረኛ ሠራዊት እልቂት ለመድገም በነሃሴ ወር ድግስ ተደግሏል!!!  ጥንት ጠመንጃዎቹ አንድ ጎርሰው የሚተኮሱ፣ ቆመህ ጠብቀኝ፣ የሚባሉ  ዲሞትፎር፣ ቤልጂግ፣ ሰነኔ፣ ነጭ ቃታ ቤልጂግ፣ሞውዤር ወዘተ አነስተኛ የተኩስ አቅም ያላቸው ዘመን ነበር የሰው ማዕበል የጦርነት ስልት እልፍ አእላፍ ህዝብ በማዝመት  ከጠላት ምሽግ ገብቶ በእጅ መተናነቅ የጦርነት ስልት የነበረው፡፡

‹‹“The human wave attack, also known as the human sea attack, is an offensive infantry tactic in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun and overwhelm the defenders by engaging in melee combat. The name refers to the concept of a coordinated mass of soldiers falling upon an enemy force and sweeping them away with sheer weight and momentum, like an ocean wave breaking on a beach.” (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)››

አብይና ደብረፂዮን ወጣቶችን የሚማግዱበት የፃረ-ሞት የጦርነት ዘመቻ ደግሰዋል፡፡ ጦርነትን በወታደር ብዛት፣ በሰዎች ጎርፋና ማዕበል ጦርነትን ማሸነፍ፣ የጦር መሳሪያው የመተኮስ አቅም ዝቅተኛ የነበረበት ዘመን ሲሆን በዚህ  ዘመን ጊዜ ያለፈበት ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት፣ ለህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› የከሸፈ የጦርነት ስልት ነው፡፡ በህወሓትና ብልፅግና የእግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደቅጠል እንዲረግፍ የሚያደርግ እልቂት በሃምሌ ወር ደግም ተደግሏል !!! ዘመናዊው የጦርነት ስልት በጦር መሳሪያው ዓይነትና ብዛት የማውድም ኃይል የሚለካ ሲሆን ለምሳሌ ዘ ሄክለር እና ኮች ጂ አስራአንድ  ጠመንጃ   (The Heckler and Koch G11 Assault Rifle Can Fire 2,100 Rounds Per Minute) አንድ ወታደር በደቂቃ 2100 በአንድ ዙር ጥይቶች  የመተኮስ አቅም ሲኖረው፣ በሰዓት መቶ ሃያ ስድስት ሽህ፣በቀን ሦስት ሚሊዮን ሃያ አራት ሽህ ጥይቶች የመተኮስ አቅም ስላለው፣ ምንያህል ወታደሮች እንደሚፈጂ በዚህ ቀላል ምሳሌ መረዳት ይቻላል፡፡ አንድ እናት አንድ ህፃን ለማሳደግ አስራ ስምንት አመታት ሲፈጅባት፣ ዘ ሄክለር እና ኮች ጂ አስራአንድ በደቂቃዎች የጠመንጃ ቃታ በመሳብ ሚሊዮኖች እንዴት እንደሚያልቁ ያስረዳል፡፡ ፋየር ፓወር፡- የመተኮስ አቅምና የማውደም አቅም መለኪያ ሲሆን ልዩ ልዩ የጦር መሳሪያዎች ጠመንጃዎች፣ ሚሳኤሎች፣ወታደራዊ ኃይል (የሰው ኃይል ቁጥርና የመሳሪያ ዓይነትና ብዛት ያገናዘበ መለኪያ ነው፡፡) fire-power፤-the destructive capacity of guns, missiles, or a military force (used with reference to the number and size of guns available).

በአፄ ሚኒሊክ የአድዋ ጦርነት በአስራስምንተኛው ክፍለ ዘመን የነበረ ‹‹ህዝባዊ ሠራዊት፣ ለህዝባዊ ጦርነት›› ሰልትን በመጠቀም የጦልያን ጦርን አሸንፈዋል፡፡ እግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደ አንበጣ ወረራ በእልፍ ወታደሮች የጠላት ምሽግን፣ ታንክን፣ ከባድ መሣሪያዎችን በድንገት በማጥቃት በሰው ኃይል የማሸነፍ የውጊያ ስልት ነበር፡፡ አብይና ደብረፂዮን በሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለ ዘመን  ይህን ስልት በመተግበር  ሚሊዮን ወጣቶችን በጦርነት በመማገድ ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡  በእልፍ ጦር በድንገት የማጥቃት እምነትና ህግ መሠረት በጣም ጥሩ ዘመናይ የጦር መሣሪያ የድል መንገድ ጠራጊ ነው፡፡ በወታደር ብዛት የስብዕዊ ማዕበል ዘመን አከተመ፡፡ ዛሬ በዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያ ዓይነትና ብዛት በአነስተኛ የሰው ኃይል የጦርነት ስልት ዘመን ተተክቷል የእስራኤልና የአረቦች ጦርነትን ልብ ይበሉ፡፡

ህዝባዊ ማዕበል፣(human waves) የቻይናዎች የጦርነት ስልት ነው፣ ብዙ እግረኛ ጦር ሠራዊቶች፣ ጠላታቸውን ለማጥቃት ወደፊት በመገስገስ በጦርነት ዘመቻ የሚተሙበት ታክቲክና ስትራቴጅ ሲሆን ዓላማውም በሁለቱም  ጎራ በሠራዊት ጎርፍ፣ በእግረኛ ወታደር ማዕበል በማሰለፍ በሙታን ላይ እየተረማመዱ ወደፊት የሚተሙበት አሰቃቂ ሰው ሰው ያልሸተተ የጦር ስልት ነው፡፡ ዘመናዊ የጦርነት ስልት ለአንድ ወታደር ህይወት የሚጨነቅ ሲሆን አመራሩም  የዘመኑን የወታደራዊ ሳይንስ ጥበብ የተማሩና ስብዓዊነትን የተላበሱ መሪዎች መሆን ይጠበቅባቸዋል፡፡ ‹‹The Chinese tactic meaning human waves was a charge of too many soldiers, too many soldiers rushing forward in attacks against their opponents.››  የብልፅግና ህወሓት የጦር አበጋዞች በሰሜኑ ጦርነት ዘመን ባለፈበት ታክቲክና ስትራቴጅ፣ በሁለቱም ወገን ህዝባዊ እግረኛ ሠራዊት እንደ መንጋ በማሰለፍ በግንባር በማሰማራት ወጣቶቹን ቦንብ ጠራጊ፣ ጥይት አብራጅ፣  ምሽግ ደርማሽ፣ የታንክ አጋች፣ የጠብመንጃ አፈሙዝ ያዥ፣ በማድረግ የምስኪኖቹን እልፍ አእላፍ ወጣቶችን ህይወት አስገበሩ፡፡  የብልፅግና ህወሓት የጦርአበጋዞች የሥልጣን መንበራቸውን ለማስጠበቅ በውሽት ፕሮፓጋንዳ በመንዛት አንደኛው ሌላኛውን በሃገር ክህደት፣ በአገር በመሸጥ፣ በሃገር ላይ በማሴር  ወንጀል ወዘተ በመካሰስ የእርስ በእርስ ፀባቸውን  በህዝብ ስም በሃገር ስም በማድረግ አንድን ህዝብ ለሁለት ከፍለው ወንድም ወንድሙን እንዲወጋ፣ ጦር እንዲሰብቅ፣ ጋሻ እንዲነቀንቅ፣ እንዲፎክር እንዲያቅራራ በማድረግ  የወጣቶችን ህሊና በማጠብ ውድ ህይወታቸውን በከንቱ እንዲያጡ አደረጉ፡፡  ለአብይና ደብረፂዮንና ኢሳያስ ጂኒ ህይወታቸውን እንዲገብሩ ‹‹ወጣት የነብር ጣት!!!››…‹‹ማን ይፈራል ሞት!...ማን ይፈራል!›› በሃሰት ፕሮፓጋንዳ ወጣቶቹን ‹‹በእናት ሃገር ስም›› ‹‹በእምዬ ኢትዮጵያ ስም›› ‹‹በትግራዋይ ስም›› ወጣቶችን ለመስዋትነት ያቀረቡበት ለሃገራችን ህዝብ ጨለማው ሃያ አንደኛው ክፍለ ዘመን ነው፡፡

“Who does not shudder to hear of the "human wave" tactics reportedly being used by Iran in its invasion of Iraq? The phrase summons up the image of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of soldiers, many still young boys, marching "fanatically" to certain death for a cause rendered dubious fecisely by the extreme means employed to serve it. Often the term, human wave, comes with a definition of it as a "Chinese tactic," from the Korean War. The implication is that Western or white soldiers would never lend themselves to any such mass display of mindlessness and barbarism.”…………..(3)

የሰው ማዕበል "human wave" የጦርነት ስልት ኢራንና ኢራቅ በወረረች ጊዜ  ተጠቅማበት ነበር፡፡ በጦርነት በሽዎችና በአስር ሽህዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወጣቶች  ወደ ጦርነት ዘመቻ ተመሙ በጭፉን እምነትና በከንቱ የሃገር ፍቅር ስሜት ወደሚጠበቀው ሞት አመሩ፡፡ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ‹‹የቻይናዎች ስልት›› ሲሆን በሰሜን ኮርያ ጦርነት ጊዜ የተጠቀሙበት  የጦርነት ስልት ነበር፡፡ ምዕራባዊያን ወይንም  የነጭ ወታደሮች በፍፁም እራሳቸውን በጅምላ ማቅረብ፣ እራሳቸውን በመንጋ ማሳየት በድንቁርና ያለመሠልጠንና አረመኔያዊነትና  ኃላቀርነት ነው፡፡ ሰው ሰው ያልሸተተውን የጦርነት ስልትን በመሆኑ የጦርነት ስልቱን አይቀበሉም፣ ይቃወማሉም፡፡ የአንበጣ ወረራ ፀሓይን ይጋርዳል፣ የምድር እፅዋትንና ሠብልን ዶጋ አመድ አድርጎ ወደፊት ይገሠግሳል፡፡ ስብዓዊ ማዕበል የጦርነት ዘመቻ የረገፈው ረግፎ፣ በደመነፍሳቸው በሙታኖች ሬሳ ላይ እየተረማመዱ የመዋጋት ስልት ሲሆን፣ እንደ አንበጣ ወረራ ምግብ ፍለጋ ወደፊት ብቻ የመገስገስ ዓይነት ነው፡፡ በምድረ እንግሊዝ በሰው ሰራሽ ክህሎት የተሠሩ ሮቦቶች በወህኒ ቤቶች ያሉ እስረኞችን አጥርና ከተንበሬ መዕልት ወ ለሊት  እስረኞች እንዳያመልጡ ይጠብቃሉ፡፡ እንደ ጢያራዋ ሰው አልባ ድሮውን ወደፊት እግረኛ ሰው ሰራሽ ወታደራዊ ሮቦቶች ከህያው ወታደሮች ጋር የሚዋጉበት የዲጅታል ቴክኖሎጅ ዘመን ላይ ደርሰናል፡፡ በጦርነት ጥርሳችንን ነቅለናል ለሚሉት የዘመናችን ሲሊቨስትሪ ስታሊየኖች አብይና ደብረፂዮንና ኢሳያስ፣ የጦር አበጋዞች ወጣቶችን በእሳት መማገድ በእግዚያብሄር ያስጠይቃል እንላለን፡፡ ለዓለም አቀፍ የጦር ፍርድ ቤት መቅረባችሁ ግን በፍፁም አይቀርም፡፡ መንግሥት ያልፋሉ ህዝብ ግን አያልፍም፡፡የኤርትራ፣ የትግራይ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ እንደ ጥንት እንደ ጠዋቱ በፍቅር፣ በሠላምና በአንድነት ይኖራል፡፡

ከአምስት መቶ አመታት ገደማ ከክርስትና ዘመን በፊት፣የቻይና ፈላስፋ ሊቀ ሊቃዉንት ኮንፊሽየስ እንዳለዉ ‹‹ለአንድ አመት እቅድ ካወጣህ፣ዘር ትከል፡፡መቼም! ዘር በዘራህ ግዜ የአንድ ግዜ ምርት/አዝመራ ትሰበስባለህ፡፡ ለመቶ አመታት እቅድ ካወጣህ ህዝቡን አስተምር፡፡ መቼም! ህዝቡን ካስተማርክ የአንድ ምዕተ ዓመት የምሁራን መህር ትሰበስባለህ፡፡››Around 500 years before the Christian era began, the ancient Chinese sage Confucius said: “If you plan for a year, plant a seed. If for a hundred years, teach the people. When you sow a seed, you will reap a single harvest. When you teach the people, you will reap a hundred harvests.” የህወሓት/ማሌሊት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው ከ1967ዓ/ም እስከ 2015ዓ/ም ድረስ ለግማሸ ምእተ ዓመት ወጣቶቹን በማሰልጠን ለገደላ፣ ለዘረፋ፣ ለወረራ ወዘተ አሰለጠኑአቸው ቃታ መሳቢያ ገዳይ ጣታቸው ተቆልምማ ከስታ መነመነች፣ አነጣጣሪ ግራ ዓይናቸው ፈዛ አነሰች፡፡ የአዲስ አበባ ሰው፣ ማንም ሰው አይቶ ተዋጊ መሆናቸውን ተጠቆቁሞ አወቃቸው፡፡  የመለስ የኮንፊሽየስ አስተምርሆት በመቀየር ‹‹ለአንድ አመት እቅድ ካወጣህ፣በኢትዮጵያ ምድር የብሔር ዘር ትከል፡፡ መቼም! ዘር በዘራህ ግዜ የአንድ ግዜ ምርት/አዝመራ ትሰበስባለህ፡፡ ለመቶ አመታት እቅድ ካወጣህ ህዝቡን ስለ ዘር ማጥፋት፣ አስተምር፡፡ መቼም! ህዝቡን ካስተማርክ የአንድ ምዕተ ዓመት የምሁራን በትረ -ሥልጣን ትጨብጣለህና ባንኩም፣ ታንኩም፣ ወርቁም፣ መሬቱንም ትሰበስባለህ፡፡››

‹‹“የህወሓት/ማሌሊት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው ሌላ አማራጭ መንገድ የማያውቁ በስታሊናዊ ጨካኝ አስተሳሰብ ተኰትኩተውና እንደ ዓሳራ ግመል ፊታቸውን ተሸብበው ያደጉ ናቸው:: መለስ ዜናዊም ብልጥ ነው:: ሆን ብሎ የህወሓት ማሌሊት ሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም በጭንቅላታቸው ውስጥ የገጠመላቸው ስለሆኑ ከዚያ አጥር ወጥተው ሌላ ሰፋ ያለ ዓለምና ሳይንስ የሚያዩበት መነፅር የላቸውም:: ቢተኩሱም! ቢነግሱም! ቢማሩም ያው ናቸው ምንም አይለወጡም:: ቀደም ብሎ በአእምሮኣቸው ከተገጠመላቸው የሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም ውጭ ሌላ የሚያውቁትና የሚናገሩት ሰላማዊ ቋንቋ የላቸውም:: ሁሉ ጊዜ “አካኪ ዘራፍ!! በለው ደምስሰው!! - ያዘው ልቀቀው” የሚሉትን ቃላቶች ብቻ ናቸው በአእምሮኣቸው የሚታዩባቸው:: ሕግ አይገዛቸው! ባህል አይገዛቸው! ታሪክ አይገዛቸው! ሀይማኖት አይገዛቸው! ጊዜ አይለውጣቸው! ዕድሜያቸው ልክ አንድ ዓይነት መዝሙር እየዘመሩ ጭንቅላታቸውን በማሌሊታዊ ሰይጣናዊ አስተሳሰብ እንደተቆለፈ ያልፋሉ:: በመሆኑም አሁን እየታየ ያለው ትልቁ አሳሳቢ ጉዳይ የህወሓት መሪዎችና ካድሬዎቻቸው በማሌሊት ሶፍት ዌር ፕሮግራም መደንዘዛቸው ብቻ አይደለም ችግሩ:: ነገር ግን ከጫካ ይዘውት የመጡት መድሃኒት አልባ በሽታ ወደ ሌሎች ክልሎችም በፈጣን ሁኔታ እየተዛመተ መምጣቱ ነው:: ስለዚህ “ቤቱን ሳይቃጠል በቅጠል” እንደተባለው እኛም በተራችን ሳንታመም የመከላል ዘዴ መፍጠር ይኖርብናል፡፡”››  አንድ የትግራይ ተወላጅ ምሁር ከዓመት በፊት በአንድ ህዝባዊ ስብሰባ ላይ ተገኝተው ያደሩት ንግግር ዛሬም ድረስ ህያው ነው፡፡       ፈጣሪ ኢትዮጵያን ይጠብቅ!!!

ምንጭ

(1) TPLF-marching-to-war-_-Kobo. mp4

(2) https://youtu.be/7cbwBgnYU5Q

(3)"We Were Lied To": How Story, Culture & Manufactured Identities are Weaponized in Africa - YouTube)

(4) 'Human Waves' - The Washington Post/By Stephen S. Rosenfeld/March 9, 1984

(5) Robots aren’t better soldiers than humans/ The Boston globe/ mary wareham/ Oct. 26, 2020
https://amharic-zehabesha.com/archives/176765
Ethiopia accuses Tigrayan forces of launching a new offensive
Tigray rebels claim drone attacks in the regional capital, Mekele in the wee hours of Tuesday

Seleshi Tessema  Aguast 31, 2022

Heavy fighting between the Ethiopian army and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces has continued on several fronts in northern Ethiopia, while a TPLF official said Ethiopian air force drones attacked Mekelle, the capital of the northern Ethiopian region, around midnight on Tuesday.

The spokesman of TPLF, Getachew Reda, said on Twitter that a nighttime drone attack had taken place in Mekelle.

" No conceivable military targets! #MekelleHospital among the targets and at least three bombs dropped," he said.

Anadolu Agency could not verify the accuracy of the alleged attacked targets and Ethiopian officials were not immediately reachable for comment.

However, Addis Ababa consistently denied targeting civilians and non-military targets ever since the resumption of the latest round of fighting, which shattered the five-month humanitarian truce.

New TPLF offensive

According to a statement of the Ethiopian Government Communication Service issued on Wednesday, TPLF has begun a new offensive on several fronts.

"TPLF has launched an invasion at Wag, Welkait and around Sudanese border," it said, adding that the Ethiopian forces were heroically defending their positions and civilian population.

The latest TPLF offensive has come after the Ethiopian forces had aborted their offensive in eastern Amhara.

"The Ethiopian government will continue to defend TPLF's invasion and pursue a peaceful resolution of the conflict," it added.

Anadolu
https://zehabesha.com/ethiopia-accuses-tigrayan-forces-of-launching-a-new-offensive/
Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopia News Aug 30, 2022
 

https://youtu.be/emepw6x8VGk

Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopia News Aug 29, 2022
https://zehabesha.com/hiber-radio-daily-ethiopia-news-aug-29-2022/
Some Quick Thoughts on Immediate Solution for the Current Crisis
Yonas Biru, PhD

(Unedited Document, for lack of time)

Three things have become clear after the current war.

First, the weakness and incompetence of the Abiy Administration. His refusal to surround himself with subject matter experts and intellectuals has weakened the nation in every area imaginable, PR, military inelegance, defense, international public diplomacy, and geo-politics. Great leaders seek people who have more knowledge than them and leverage on them. The PM sought sub-professionals and second and third tier experts and lectured them with power-point presentations to educate them how to run the government. We have paid dearly because of his mismanagement. See my article titled “Prime Minister Abiy's Problem is Partly Rooted in Religion” and “Cultural Enigma in Development Dynamics: Ethiopia/Iran Vs. China/Japan.”

Second, Amhara tribalist intellectuals and activists ended up being existential threats to Amhara and Ethiopia at large. They weakened the Amhara, leaving it without a leader. It takes years to build a movement from the ground up. The Amhara should have strengthened whatever it has and create new ones concurrently. Instead, extremist Amhara tribalists weakened all existing parties without building an alternative power base. They propped up clowns like Zemene Kassie who tried to fight TPLF, PP-Amhara and PP-Oromo at the same time. It took him half a day to run and hide and seek the help of the likes of Christian Tadele to get clemency from the government. See my article titled “In the Oromo-Amhara Intellectual Barren Land Resides Ethiopia’s Burial Ground.”

Third, by weakening PP-Amhara, Amhara tribalists weakened the PM in his tug of war with extremist Oromo tribalists. The likes of Shimeles and Adanech Abebe pushed PP-Oromo to extremism. They went as forcing students in Addis Ababa to sing the Oromo tribal anthem and raise the Oromo tribal banner high. This served Amhara extremists as fodder and the race to the bottom continued between Amhara and Oromo. This was happening as TPLF was preparing to invade both. Oromo is in power. Rather than first stabilizing and consolidating the political power, Oromo tribalists went for petty and quite frankly stupid tribal politics. See my article titled: “Taming Polarization and Bridging Divides: The Failure and Redemption of Ethiopian Politics.”

 

The Silver Lining in Ethiopia’s Darkest Moment

The silver lining in Ethiopia’s darkest moment shows all the stars are aligned in its favor. What is the silver lining in this dark moment? All three parties, the PM, Amhara extremists, and Oromo extremists now realize their paths to date have been self-destructive that strengthened their common enemy.

For the Oromo tribalists such a moment reveals their petty politics was juvenile with no benefit other than weakening the government that they are in charge of.

For the Prime Minister, it is a Come-to-Jesus-Moment (a moment of awakening and revelation) that he cannot expect Jesus to run his bureaucracy and his Prophets who are running around in

the corridor of power should be kept at his church not in his office. Most of the crisis that Ethiopia is in today is a result of a dysfunctional administration run by sub-professionals, evangelical prophets, Orthodox ሙአዝawians and third-tier experts, who have no business being cabinet members. God sometimes operates in mysterious ways. He is telling the PM he cannot fill the competency gap with prayers and self-anointed miracle creating prophets and clownish

ሙአዝawians.

For Amhara tribalists, they now understand their opposition to PP-Amhara went too far to a point of exposing the Amhara without a political power base. Rather than creating public pressure to change PP-Amhara, they tried to destroy it without an alternative power base. Today, there is political apathy in the Amhara tribal land to a point that the youth are refusing to defend their land. Since the current war started Amhara extremists are in complete silence. Meskerem Abera, the Queen of Amhara tribalism, is nowhere to be found or heard from. She was supposed to be Amhara opinion leader. One thing the current situation revealed is her political position is self-defeating and her silence at a moment of crisis is cowardice. The same applies to all silent Amhara extremists.

 

There is a Looming Danger if the Three Groups Do Not Act Now

Many Amhara Youth that have been poisoned by anti PP-Amhara and PP-Oromo Amhara tribalists are now saying: “We do not care if TPLF takes over Addis. We will let them go through Amhara region. They believe Abiy is working with Shene and TPLF. And there is no difference between TPLF and Abiy.” The likes of Ethio-360 extremists are telling the Amhara Youth not to get involved in the war between TPLF and Abiy.

TPLF is being armed by Egypt. If they succeed to take over Welkait, Egypt will arm them and strengthen them. TPLF will forever be indebted to them to undermine GERD and Ethiopia’s development. Their next target will be Asmara and the Amhara Youth will be their wave. Today they are surrounding Tigrayans and forcing them into the war front as a wave. Tomorrow it will be Amhara youth that it will be surrounding from Welkait and Kobo and sending them to the war front to serve as a wave. TPLF is a diabolical evil institution. That is what they did to Oromo Youth during the war with Eritrea. Next time, it is Amhara's turn.

 

Now the Question is What Needs to Be Done Urgently

The above-noted three groups need to realize governing a country whose political psychology is marred by scars from the past, inflamed with fresh wounds from the present, and cursed with an elite class that has taken refuge in tribal deity and vowed not to be governed by reason or law is no small task.

They need to revive our nation’s social psychology. Our collective psychology has been battered to the brink and become chronically pessimistic. To reset the tone and tenor of our political discourse we need to heal our hearts and minds. This cannot be done when national psychology is dominated by a deep sense of despair and addiction to anger, feeding the flames of discord, recrimination, and retribution.

 

Here are three specific critical steps.

The first step must be taken by the PM. Release all political prisoners in the Amhara tribal land. The Zemene Kassie’s have learned their lesson. They will defend their country rather than polarizing their tribal land against the Amhara and the Federal Government. This is a critical step to reset the nation’s social psychology.

The second step is having an emergency meeting between the three groups - Amhara extremists, Oromo extremists (such as Shimles, Adanech) and the PM. This may be symbolic in the short term, but it will help revive the social psychology of the people, most importantly in Amhara and Afar regions. The meeting should be called by the PM. If he does not, Amhara extremists such as Meskerem, Christian Tadele or their likes should make a public call and create a public pressure on the PM. Ethiopia is bigger than us. Our ego and false pride should not intervene. The third step is for Amhara tribalists to call upon the Amhara youth to defend its land. All Fannos must be incorporated within the national and tribal defense forces.

Yes, there is a risk that Oromo tribalists may go back to their old ways after the current situation settles. Whether that materializes or not, Amhara must learn to develop a strategy and build strong parties. Destroying Amhara parties, no matter how different their policies are, is supporting our enemies not helping our people. The current war is making that clear.

The fourth step that needs to be concurrently done is inviting Eritrea to join the war. Both Eritrea and Ethiopia have an existential enemy in TPLF. TPLF’s military power is its cruelty, namely using unlimited number of Tigrayan youth as a wave. The Ethiopian government policy with the West is stupid. It confronts the West where it should not and succumbs to the West’s pressure where it should stand firm.

Ethiopia has every right and interest to invite Eritrea. Eritrea has interest to be involved in the war. No country has moral or legal authority to stop the two nations from joining forces. What they need to avoid is war atrocities against civilians.

The fifth step is geting a team outside of the government
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

አሸባሪ ትህነግ ዛሬም ሀገር የማፍረስ አጀንዳ አንግቦ ጦርነት እያደረገ መኾኑን የሰሜን ወሎ ዞን አስታወቀ
ወልድያ በጠላት እንደተያዘች የሚሰራጨው መረጃ ሀሰት መኾኑን ዞኑ አረጋግጧል።

የሰሜን ወሎ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ ዲያቆን ተስፋው ባታብል አሸባሪው የትህነግ ወራሪ ኀይል በዞናችን በድጋሜ ወረራ ለመፈፀም ያለ የሌለ ኀይሉን አሰባስቦ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ጦርነት አውጆብናል ብለዋል።

የዞኑ ዋና አስተዳዳሪ ዲያቆን ተስፋው ባታብል ዛሬ የሰጡት መግለጫ እንደሚከተለው ቀርቧል፦

አሸባሪው የትህነግ ወራሪ ኀይል በዞናችን በድጋሜ ወረራ ለመፈፀም ያለ የሌለ ኀይሉን አሰባስቦ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ጦርነት አውጆብናል።

ከትናንት ስህተቱ የማይማረው የትህነግ ወራሪ ኀይል መንግስት ያቀረበለትን የሰላም አማራጭ ወደ ጎን በመተው ለትግራይ ሕዝብ ግድ የሌለው መኾኑን በተግባር ማረጋገጡን ገልጸዋል።

ጦርነትን እንደ ዋነኛ ግብ ቆጥሮ፣ በሰው ደም ላይ የሚረማመደው የትህነግ አሸባሪ ቡድን፤ ዛሬም ከትናንት ስህተቱ ሳይማር የጦር ነጋሪት ሲጎስም ከከረመ በኋላ ሀገር የማፍረስ አጀንዳ አንግቦ ወደ ጦርነት ገብቷል።

ሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በየዘመናቱ ከውስጥም ሆነ ከውጭ ጠላቶች ሲገጥሟት ኑሯል ። ከጥንት ጀምሮ የገጠማትን የውሰጥና የውጭ ጠላቶችን አሸንፋ በድል እየተረማመደች የመጣች የጥቁር አፍሪካ ሕዝቦች የነፃነት ፈርጥ መሆኗን የታሪክ ድርሳናት አስረግጠው ይመሰክራሉ።

ወራሪው የትግራይ ኃይል በመንግስት በኩል የቀረበለትን የሰላም አማራጭ አልቀበልም ብሎ ጦርነትን አማራጭ ያደረገው ለትግራይ ሕዝብ አስቦ ሳይሆን የውጭ ኃይሎችን ጣልቃ ገብነት፣ የባንዳነት ተልዕኮውን ለማስፈፀም አበክሮ እየሠራ ስለመኾኑ አንዱ ማሳያ ነው።

ኢትዮጵያውያን በሀገራቸው ሉአላዊነትና አንድነት ላይ የማይደራደሩ፣ በደምና በአጥንታቸው አፅንተው ያቆሟትና ሀገር የመሠረቱ ያፀኑ የእንቁ ልጆች ባለቤት ናት ። ዛሬም ቢኾን ከዚህ ከፍታዋና ክብሯ ማንም ዝቅ ሊያደርጋት አይችልም።

የሀገራችን ትናንት በደምና በአጥንት ያቆሟት ጀግኖች ልጆች እንደነበሯት ሁሉ፤ ዛሬም የሀገራቸውን ሉአላዊነትና አንድነት በደምና በአጥንታቸው የሚያፀኑ ጀግኖች ልጆች አሏት።

ወራሪው ኀይል በዞናችን ወረራ ሲፈፀም ትናንት ይጠቀምባቸው የነበሩ የሀሰት ቅስቀሳና ፕሮፖጋንዳዎች አሁንም ተጠናክሮ ሕዝብን ለማደናገር በስፋት እየተሰራጨ ይገኛል።

ይህ የሽብር ቡዱኑ ፕሮፖጋንዳ በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ተከፋይ አክቲቪስቶች ብቻ የሚተገበር ሳይሆን የፈጠራ ወሬዎችን በሚያራግቡ እና የጠላት ፕሮፖጋንዳ ከውሰጥ ሁነው በሚደግፉ ስዎች ጭምር የሚተገበር በመኾኑ ዛሬም እንደለመደው ወልድያን ተቆጣጠርኩ እያለ ያራግባል ።

ስለዚህ ኅብረተሰቡ ከእንደዚህ ዓይነት የሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች ራሱን ሊጠብቅና አጠራጣሪ መረጃዎችን ሲመለከት ለመንግስት የፀጥታ መዋቅር ጥቆማ መስጠት ይጠበቅበታል።

የዞናችን ሕዝብ በወራሪው ኃይል የደረሰበት የሰብዓዊ፣ ስነ ልበናዊና ቁሳዊ ውድመት መንገር ለቀባሪ እንደማርዳት ይቆጠራ፤ የችግሩ ቀጥተኛ ተጠቂና ገፈት ቀማሽ ነው።

ሰለሆነም ወራሪው ኃይል እንደ ሀገር ወረራ ሲፈፀም ዞናችን ቀጥተኛ የትግሉ ቦታ ላይ የሚገኝ በመኾኑ ፤ ከትናንት ችግሮች ትምሕርት በመውሰድ ያለ የሌለ አቅማችንን አሟጠን ከሀገር መከላከያ ሠራዊት፣ ከአማራ ልዩ ኀይልና ፋኖ ጋር ደጀን በመኾን አጋርነታችንን እንደ ወትሮው አጠናክረን ልንቀጥል ይገባል።

ሰላማችን የሚረጋገጠው በአንድ ወገን ፍላጎት ብቻ አይደለም። መንግስት ለሰላም ያለውን ቁርጠኝነትና አማራጭ አሟጦ ተጠቅሟል። ለሰላም ሲባል ረጅም ርቀት በመንግስት በኩል የተወሰዱ አዎንታዊ እርምጃዎች የሚደነቁ ናቸው። ያም ሆኖ በጠላት የቀረበለትን የሰላም አማራጭ ወደ ጎን ብሎ ጦርነትን እንደ ብቸኛ አማራጭ ተጠቅሞ ዳግም ወረራ ከፍቷል።

ሰለሆነም የዞናችን ሕዝብ የተቃጣብንን ወረራ የኀልውና ጉዳይ በመሆኑ አያጠያይቅም። ትናንት ብዙ ትምህርት ወሰደናል፤ ዛሬ ለነፃነታችንና ለአንድነታችን ዘብ መቆም ይጠበቅብናል።

ነሐሴ 24/2014 ዓ.ም

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የወልዲያ ከተማ ወቅታዊ ሁኔታ
ከወልዲያ ከተማ ሸሽተው መርሳ ከተማ ከደረሱ በርካታ ነዋሪዎች ወደ ከተማዪቱ የሚመለሱም እንዳሉ ለዶይቸ ቬለ (DW) የዐይን እማኞች ተናገሩ። ከተማዋን ለቅቀው ከወጡት መካከል አንዳንዶች ዛሬ ከሰአት በኋላ ወደ ወልደያ በመመለስ ላይ ነበሩ ሲሉም አክለዋል። ከቀኑ ዐሥር ሰአት አካባቢ ዶይቸ ቬለ በስልክ ያነጋገራቸው አንድ የወልዲያ ነዋሪ «የባጃጅ እና የሰዎች እንቅስቃሴ» መኖሩን ተናግረዋል። መብራትም፣ ኔትወርክም እንዳለ እኚሁ ነዋሪ አክለዋል። በብዛት ሰዉ ከከተማዪቱ ወጥቶ የነበረው ትናንት ማታ እና ዛሬ ጠዋት እንደነበር፤ በአሁኑ ወቅት ግን ወደ ከተማዪቱ የሚገባም የሚወጣም እንዳለ የዐይን እማኙ ተናግረዋል።

መርሳ ከተማ እንደደረሱ የተናገሩ አንድ ግለሰብ ደግሞ ከራያ ቆቦ ተፈናቅለው በወልደያ በኩል መርሳ ከተማ መግባታቸውን ገልጠዋል። ከቅዳሜ አንስቶ ቀኑን ሙሉ በእግር እንደተጓዙ የተናገሩት እኚሁ ተፈናቃይ፦ ወልዲያ የገባሁት እሁድ ጠዋት ነው ብለዋል። እስከ ትናንት ድረስ በርቀት ተኩስ ይሰሙ አንደነበረም ነዋሪው አክለዋል።

ሌላኛው የወልዲያ ከተማ ነዋሪ መሆናቸውን ለዶይቸ ቬለ የተናገሩ ግለሰብ፦ ሰዎች «ተራ ወሬ ሰምተው ነው የኼዱት» እንጂ ከተማው ውስጥ ምንም የለም ብለዋል። ሆኖም «ከተማ ውስጥ ያለውን ነዋሪ በድምፅ ማጉያ እየዞረ የሚያረጋጋ የለም» ሲሉም አክለዋል።

ደሴ ከተማ እንደገቡ ለዶይቸ ቬለ የተናገሩ አንዲት ነዋሪ በበኩላቸው፦ «እስከ ሦስት ሺህ ብር ድረስ ከፍለው የመጡም አሉ» ብለዋል። «የራሳችን መኪና ስለነበረን ቀጥታ ነው የመጣነው» ሲሉ እንዴት ደሴ ከተማ እንደደረሱ አብራርተዋል። ደሴ ከተማ ተፈናቃዮችን ለማስተናገድ ከአቅሟ በላይ ነችም ብለዋል።

የአማራ ክልል ኮሙዩኒኬሽን ቢሮ የሰሜን ወሎ ዞን ዋና አስተዳዳሪ ዲያቆን ተስፋሁን ባታብልን ጠቅሶ ዛሬ ከሰዓት በኋላ በይፋዊ የፌስ ቡክ ገፁ ባሰራጨው ዘገባ «ወልድያ በጠላት እንደተያዘች የሚሰራጨው መረጃ ሐሰት መኾኑን ዞኑ አረጋግጧል» ብሏል።

DW
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U.N. Ships Ukrainian Grain To Ethiopia
By Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa docked on Tuesday, the United Nations said, the first to make the journey since the Russian invasion six months ago.

The vessel Brave Commander is carrying 23,000 tonnes of grain and will soon be followed by another carrying 7,000 tonnes.

The total shipment, which will be unloaded in Djibouti and transported to Ethiopia, is enough to feed 1.5 million people for a month.

That barely begins to alleviate the problems of Eastern Africa, where the United Nations’ World Food Programme says extreme weather, surging food prices and conflict mean 82 million people need food aid across nine countries – Burundi, Djiouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.

“This shipment, the first of many we hope, will allow WFP to deliver this grain to 1.53 million people in Ethiopia and cover their needs for a month. It’s a start but we must continue to keep the food flowing to save lives across the region,” said Michael Dunford, the WFP director for Eastern Africa.

Officials hope the successful voyage will inspire private companies to begin shipping grain from Ukraine to Eastern Africa, where rising global food prices and difficulties raising donor funding have forced the United Nations to cut rations for refugees and displaced people.

Related Article: Watch: Could The Ukraine Grain Deal With Russia Fail?

Among them are 150,000 Eritrean refugees sheltering in Ethiopia, many of whom have been repeatedly displaced by conflict in the north, whose rations were cut in June to half the recommended amount of food.

“It’s not enough food. People are hungry,” said one Eritrean refugee in Alem-Wach Camp in northern Ethiopia.

“They explained to us the reasons, because of war in Ukraine,” said the man, who declined to give his name. “But it is especially hard because it is so cold now… the situation is so difficult.”

While the shipment will help people displaced by conflict, none of it will be sold commercially, meaning it will not lower food prices for ordinary Ethiopians.

Russia and Ukraine usually supply 90% of wheat imported in East Africa.

United Nations official Denise Brown, Deputy Country Director at World Food Programme Marianne Ward and Ukraine’s Infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov attend a news briefing in font of the Lebanese-flagged bulk carrier Brave Commander in the sea port of Pivdennyi after restarting grain export, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Yuzhne, Odesa region, Ukraine August 14, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

The Russia-Ukraine conflict sent fertilizer and food prices soaring as Russia blockaded Ukrainian ports. Energy prices have also surged following Western sanctions on Russia, a major energy exporter.

Last month, the United Nations and Turkey brokered a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock three Black Sea ports, making it possible to send hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Ukrainian grain to buyers.

Ukraine is strengthening the humanitarian part of the grain initiative, officials said. On Tuesday, the bulk carrier Karteria departed, carrying 37,500 tonnes of wheat for Yemen, where 16 million people are hungry.

(Additional reporting by Ayenat Mersie in Nairobi and Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv Editing by Barbara Lewis and Angus MacSwan, Reuters)
https://zehabesha.com/u-n-ships-ukrainian-grain-to-ethiopia/
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The Failure and Redemption of Ethiopian Politics
Yonas Biru, PhD

As I have maintained in several of my articles, the Ethiopian political landscape is dominated by two groups of people: Hermitized souls whose mindset is stuck in yester-century and those who have lost their soul to either Marxism or tribalism. The former sees their articles of faith as self-evident truth and the later lacks a moral compass. Both exist in a borrowed time unable to come to terms that the philosophical anchors upon which their political views are hanging have long expired.

The perennial clashes across and within these two groups have deprived Ethiopia the ability to develop a deliberative conflict resolution culture and redemptive character. Such a culture brings to the fore conflict entrepreneurs and alienates thought leaders and nation builders. More than any time in our recent history, we are witnessing an unparalleled polarization in our political discourse. Consequently, simmering tensions are approaching a boiling point.

The silver lining in these dark times is that the prevailing polarization in our political system does not reflect an inherently polarized country. What it signifies is that extremist political actors who tends to be loud and overbearing are dominating the public discourse bandwidth and the silent majority (aka the moderate majority) is morbidly silent.

The emergence of the silent majority is a rational political phenomenon driven by two factors. The most important factor is whether public opinion has influence over public policy. If the government is perceived to pay little to no attention to public opinion, most rational people opt out of political debates. This is the case in Ethiopia whose PM is more like a cross between an absolute monarch and an evangelical patriarch. He does not see the people as owners and authors of the nation’s sovereign power from whence he draws his prescribed and limited authority. The PM’s Problem is partly rooted in religion, as I will explain at the end of this proposal.

The second factor is the nation’s vulgar political culture that repels people of reason and conscience and attracts conflict peddlers and political profiteers from the ranks of the morally malnourished and ethically devoid demographic misfits. Casting the demons out of our political market, therefore, requires two deliberate actions.

First, the PM must come to terms that his governance style is fostering political apathy exiling the moderate majority into a place of “hear-no-evil and speak-no-evil” political asylum. Capable Ethiopians with subject matter expertise, intellectual repute, psychological temperance, and fundamental human virtue find themselves alienated by him. The onus for taking the first critical step of involving the silent majority rests on his shoulders.

The second, and just as equally important factor depends on the nation’s ability to overcrowd conflict peddlers and political profiteers by breaking the silence of the moderate majority. This requires deliberate and active actions by opinion entrepreneurs and moral leaders within the silent majority.

Coordinated corrective actions by the PM and the silent majority will provide an impetus for change by fostering the emergence and influence of centrist opinions that are amenable for consensus building. Only when we change the dimension and function of the political calculus that governs conflict peddlers can we sanitize the political culture and create a conducive environment to bridge political divides on vital issues.

Unfortunately, what we see is the PM and conflict peddlers accusing each other while paying no heed to the fact that each has a role in the political orgy that has begotten a basterdized political system with no rational foundation.

To address the challenges noted above, I propose to organize a zoom conference to kick off discussions on four critical topics. There must be a concurrence plan to build on the inaugural conference with a series of subsequent in-person and virtual conferences to engage political stakeholders in Ethiopian and in the diaspora. Ideally, the conference should be organized by people of the silent majority demography both from the home front and the diaspora. Four proposed topics for the conference follow.

1. Breaking the Silence of Reason and Conscious 

The moderate majority is the conscious of the nation. Even though those who constitute it are disinterested in engaging with the nation’s peddlers of conflict, they are neither blind nor deaf to the goings on. They are disengaged for reasons outlined above. The purpose of this conference topic is to foster discussion on ways to encourage both the PM and the silent majority on how best to break the silence of the nation’s conscious. Presenters will address existing challenges and propose innovative ways of building discussion forums and charting organizational layouts  to bring the moderate majority out of the cold.

2. Unlocking Impasses and Expanding the Horizon of the Political Discourse 

Ethiopia is stuck in prolonged political deadlocks and irreconcilable tribal conflicts. Every political conflict is elevated to a make-or-break level. The challenge is how to unlock the impasse by counterbalancing entrenched extremist positions with diverse voices of reason and civil dialogue.  For three decades, the constitution has been the source of the nation’s political and armed conflicts. Yet, the political discourse has not moved an iota beyond the “unitarist” (አሃዳዊ) vs. “tribalist” (ጎጠኛዊ) labeling and counter labeling that the two warring camps throw at each other.

Neither is prepared to consider alternative views outside of the አሃዳዊ vs. ጎጠኛዊ diatribal confines. The consequence has been aggravating the country’s existing deep divisions, rather than finding a middle ground or an alternative space of engagement. It is this dynamic we must understand if we are to deal with the political culture ravaging our nation. Only then can we transform political actors from being bestial remnants of our heritage as risen apes to becoming forgivable fallen angels.

The proposed conference in this regard will invite people with different perspectives and opinions on how to move the debate away from አሃዳዊ vs. ጎጠኛዊ impasse. The conference will help broaden the parameters of the political contours. It will also move the nation toward reducing the prevailing political congestion and softening the polarized discussion.

3. Defusing the Gathering Storm in the Amhara-Oromo Political Nexus  

This is one of the most critical areas that can become an existential threat for the very survival of the nation unless addressed expeditiously and handled judiciously. Internal (TPLF) and external (Egypt) forces are doing everything in their power to capitalize on the conflict between the two tribal camps. Addressing the vexing problem requires dealing with different parts of the Amhara-Oromo political nexus.

On the two extreme ends of the spectrum, we have adherents of Ortho-Amhara extremism and believers of the OLF tribal liberation theology. The Orto-Amhara designation refers to the marriage of extremist Orthodox followers and Amhara tribalists. For Oromo extremists, the PM is building a “Neo-Menilik” kingdom and committing suicide against the Oromo. For Ortho-Amhara extremists, he is committing genocide against the Amhara “በጥንት ጊዜ ግራኝ መሃመድ በከፈተው በር ገብቶ.” These are extremists with next to none chance for reconciliation. Spending time on them is a zero-calorie intellectual effort. It will produce neither light nor power that makes change possible.

On the relatively less polarized part of the Amhara-Oromo nexus exists a second group of people who are emotionally invested in the conflict after years of politically nurtured tribal radicalization. These are people who may be able to recast their perspectives and see the situation in a different light if engaged in a constructive discourse. There is yet a third group representing a large swath of the people who constitute the silent majority.

The challenge is facilitating constructive political discussions across the second and third groups of people to overshadow and crowd out the venomous noise and thwart the destructive clashes perpetrated by adherents of Ortho-Amhara extremism and believers of OLF tribal liberation theology.

The conference will help broaden the parameters of the political discourse and move the nation toward softening our polarized discussion.

4. Getting the Evangelical God Out of Our Politics 

One of the most dangerous developments that has occurred since PM Abiy came to power is the evangelical seduction of the nation’s political governance. It is partly responsible for the crisis we are embroiled in. The phenomenon is no less dangerous than the brewing Oromo-Amhara conflict. Unless dealt with a sense of urgency, it will lead to serious problem with existential consequences.

I have addressed this issue in detail in one of my earlier articles. In summary, the most salient point worth repeating is that the PM’s anti-intellectual sentiment and his reluctance to seek advice and guidance from subject matter experts is rotted in his expressed belief that he gets advice and counsel from divine forces. The fact that the PM is a devoted Christian is not a problem. If anything, it is important to have a God-fearing leader in charge of the leavers of political power. The problem is his inclination to smuggle divine forces in our secular constitutional order.

God makes the blind see and raises the dead. But he neither formulates political policies nor runs  bureaucracies. Despite the PM’s belief, God is not into dispensing political and military advice. Leaving mundane political, bureaucratic duties to God has led our nation to deep-rooted bureaucratic dysfunctionality, security breakdown and abysmal diplomatic failure.

There are two issues in need of national consensus. First, should religion have a place in our nation’s politics? If so, which religion? This is not a trivial issue because the theological foundation of

Prosperity Gospel that the PM adheres to is orthogonal to the guiding principles of Orthodox Christians, for example.

In time of national distress, the Orthodox would call up on its flocks and friends to plead God with collective እግዚኦታ. In contrast, followers of Prosperity Gospel feel that at any moment they have more to celebrate than to lament. Therefore, they are not into እግዚኦታ. Instead, they do እልልታ even at the time of crisis and string of mass murders. That is why the PM’s office called upon the people of Ethiopia to do a collective national እልልታ to praise the Lord.

Ethiopia is going down in flames as its PM leads the people with a synchronized እልልታ with ጭብጨባ.  If  you  wonder  why the  PM  does  not  talk a  lot  about  mass  murders and does not travel to Wellega to console the families of victims of mass murder, you have the answer in his religious belief.The Prosperity Gospel’s  two guiding principles “our destiny is in God’s hands” and  “the Power of Positive Thinking” may be good for our spirit, but it is colossally bad for our mundane politics. From political perspective what the country needs is neither እግዚኦታ nor እልልታ, but a political  leadership supported by people with subject matter expertise and administrative experience. That is why our constitution is secular and there is no mention of God or divine deity in it. It is in violation  of this cardinal principle that the PM has unilaterally smuggled his religion in our body politics and  put our nation at a grave risk. The people must insist  that if he cannot do without his religion, he  should leave politics. If he wants to remain in politics, he should leave his religion with his family and  his church. The proposed conference will open this critical issue for a national debate. The nation’s  survival depends on it.

 
https://zehabesha.com/the-failure-and-redemption-of-ethiopian-politics/

U.N. Ships Ukrainian Grain To Ethiopia

U.N. Ships Ukrainian Grain To Ethiopia
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The Lebanese-flagged bulk carrier Brave Commander is seen in the sea port of Pivdennyi during loading with wheat for Ethiopia after restarting grain export, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Yuzhne, Odesa region, Ukraine August 14, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko



By Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa docked on Tuesday, the United Nations said, the first to make the journey since the Russian invasion six months ago.

The vessel Brave Commander is carrying 23,000 tonnes of grain and will soon be followed by another carrying 7,000 tonnes.

The total shipment, which will be unloaded in Djibouti and transported to Ethiopia, is enough to feed 1.5 million people for a month.

That barely begins to alleviate the problems of Eastern Africa, where the United Nations’ World Food Programme says extreme weather, surging food prices and conflict mean 82 million people need food aid across nine countries – Burundi, Djiouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.

“This shipment, the first of many we hope, will allow WFP to deliver this grain to 1.53 million people in Ethiopia and cover their needs for a month. It’s a start but we must continue to keep the food flowing to save lives across the region,” said Michael Dunford, the WFP director for Eastern Africa.

Officials hope the successful voyage will inspire private companies to begin shipping grain from Ukraine to Eastern Africa, where rising global food prices and difficulties raising donor funding have forced the United Nations to cut rations for refugees and displaced people.

Related Article: Watch: Could The Ukraine Grain Deal With Russia Fail?

Among them are 150,000 Eritrean refugees sheltering in Ethiopia, many of whom have been repeatedly displaced by conflict in the north, whose rations were cut in June to half the recommended amount of food.

“It’s not enough food. People are hungry,” said one Eritrean refugee in Alem-Wach Camp in northern Ethiopia.

“They explained to us the reasons, because of war in Ukraine,” said the man, who declined to give his name. “But it is especially hard because it is so cold now… the situation is so difficult.”

While the shipment will help people displaced by conflict, none of it will be sold commercially, meaning it will not lower food prices for ordinary Ethiopians.

Russia and Ukraine usually supply 90% of wheat imported in East Africa.


United Nations official Denise Brown, Deputy Country Director at World Food Programme Marianne Ward and Ukraine’s Infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov attend a news briefing in font of the Lebanese-flagged bulk carrier Brave Commander in the sea port of Pivdennyi after restarting grain export, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Yuzhne, Odesa region, Ukraine August 14, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko


The Russia-Ukraine conflict sent fertilizer and food prices soaring as Russia blockaded Ukrainian ports. Energy prices have also surged following Western sanctions on Russia, a major energy exporter.

Last month, the United Nations and Turkey brokered a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock three Black Sea ports, making it possible to send hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Ukrainian grain to buyers.

Ukraine is strengthening the humanitarian part of the grain initiative, officials said. On Tuesday, the bulk carrier Karteria departed, carrying 37,500 tonnes of wheat for Yemen, where 16 million people are hungry.

(Additional reporting by Ayenat Mersie in Nairobi and Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv Editing by Barbara Lewis and Angus MacSwan, Reuters)
https://zehabesha.com/u-n-ships-ukrainian-grain-to-ethiopia/

Monday, August 29, 2022

Ethiopia civil war: Stories of war crimes uncovered in Amhara

Ethiopia civil war: Stories of war crimes uncovered in Amhara
Jamal OsmanAfrica Correspondent


Chanel 4 News


Over a year into Ethiopia’s civil war, one of the federal government’s top military commanders says they’re planning on entering Mekelle, the capital of the rebel Tigray region, to – “eliminate” the last of their enemy.

US diplomats flew into Addis Ababa last week, hoping to broker a ceasefire in a conflict which has seen thousands of civilians killed, over two million displaced, and a deadly famine grip Africa’s second most populous nation.

But with the large-scale fighting having receded, the people

whose lives have been devastated are now able to tell their stories.

We have gained rare access to the Amhara region, which is once again under government control.

A warning: the stories of war crimes he uncovered there contain very distressing details.

https://youtu.be/HK77ckJlOvc
https://zehabesha.com/ethiopia-civil-war-stories-of-war-crimes-uncovered-in-amhara/
The Art of Dominance: Tracing Hybrid and Proxy Wars Against Ethiopia
 Leads Me Back to the Berlin Conference of November 15, 1884 – February 26, 1885

Aklog Birara (Dr)

Part 6 of 8

I urge all Black Africans never to forget Europeans divided Africa into colonies and sphere of influence a century and half ago. Europe engaged in massive slave trade, colonial occupation and exploitation of African mineral and other resources, kept Africa dependent and enriched itself. Today, the West’s approach concerning the place of Africa and Africans on the world stage has not changed. Europe and the USA treat African states as unequal.

As unequal, the West determines and forces you to accept narratives, policies, decisions, and agendas that harm you. Evidence on the ground shows the West prefers continuation of a tribalized, conflict ridden, poor, backward and submissive Africa.

Western policy and decision-makers find it morally and ethically tolerable and acceptable for Africans slaughtering other Africans. This is so if their geopolitical and strategic interests are unaffected. The best example of this ideology of “let them fight it out” is Ethiopia.

A UN Department of Safety and Security confidential report had disclosed human tragedy in Tigray under TPLF harsh, brutal, and suffocating rule. TPLF is more than autocratic. It is terrorist like Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda. Yet, the West is unable or unwilling to accept this fact.

Concerned Tigrean Ethiopians leaked this UN report. They felt rightly that the UN, EU, and USA must hold TPLF accountable for recruiting and deploying child soldiers as fodders for its asinine and reckless people’s war against Afar and Amhara regions.

In his insightful analysis “Land of the Lawless: A Snapshot of Tigray Under TPLF Rule Over Spring and Summer, “August 26, 2022, renowned journalist Jeff Pearce summarized the key findings:

“Leaked reports marked Confidential from the UN’s Department of Safety and Security offer a picture of the TPLF’s lawless and despotic rule in Tigray over the spring and summer.

For instance, according to the UN’s own documents, the TPLF rounded up several Tigrayans on April 17 ‘who not willing to send their children to join TF . The authorities also a house-to-house search after 18:00 hours escorted by TF members. It was also reported that TF members who deserted from TF without permission were forced for recruitment.”

And only the day before, April 16, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, “a UN staff member was arrested…in Mekelle city. The staff member was released on 17 April.” Which means that UN worker was clearly imprisoned for at least a whole evening.”

This is the ugly face of the TPLF that the EU, US and UN specialized agencies ignored repeatedly. Recruiting and deploying child soldiers as fodders is a crime under international law. Quick and bold measures by the West could have averted a repeat of the same today.

Pearce underscores the tragedy further. “What is interesting is that while these events were going on in April, Professor Ann Fitz-Gerald of the Balsillie School of International Affairs of Canada was busy interviewing scores of Tigrayans at two IDP camps in Amhara and Afar region who told horror stories of forced recruitment, child soldiers, brutal detentions and attempts to create fake atrocity videos. Fitzgerald was vilified online by TPLF apologists, and Tom Gardner, The Economist’s correspondent at the time, wrote an intimidating letter to a Balsillie official, claiming her work was “far below acceptable academic standards.”

When he was exposed, Ethiopian authorities kicked Gardner out, and he then claimed he was the target of a campaign of online harassment. Well, since I am the one who outed his antics by writing an open letter to The Economist, I do not think I qualify as a “campaign.”

As for Fitzgerald’s findings, they were later confirmed by a Reuters report which did not even bother to acknowledge her work and relied on a far fewer number of Tigrayan interview subjects.”

I ask myself why the EU, US, UN specialized agencies as well as Western corporate media and think tanks fail to do the right thing. Tragically for Tigrean mothers and fathers, their children perished and are still dying. I am also deeply concerned for the people of Afar and Amhara, targets for humiliation and vicious attacks by the TPLF as well as for Ethiopia that compelled to squander its precious resources to defend itself from the Treasonous TPLF. The EU, US and UN specialized agencies have not helped. Ethiopians say they have in fact become part of the problem.

The current round of TPLF insurgency and the inevitable mayhem that will follow are but repeats of the same. The TPLF initiated the war in Tigray in November 2020. Its Western financiers did not challenge let alone condemn TPLF atrocities, theft, graft, and corruption when TPLF ruled Ethiopia for 27 years and emptied Ethiopia’s treasury. When it lost power four years ago, TPLF garrisoned itself in Tigray, planned and executed atrocities and massive destructions that generations of Ethiopians will never forget.

In the process, TPLF impoverished Tigray. Worse, TPLF leaders including Tedros Adhanom refused to negotiate for peace and chose another round of war. Just think of who is fighting and dying on behalf of the brutal, inhuman, and merciless TPLF leadership. It is hundreds of thousands of Tigrean child soldiers.

Imagine the psychological pain they will endure if they survive the fighting. Imagine too the kind of world space TPLF wishes to establish for Tigreans. It is inevitable non-Tigrean neighbors will be all around them.

 

TPLF Child Soldiers on the move

 

Ethiopia is fighting more than the TPLF.

There is no doubt in my mind that TPLF receives material and coordination support from Ethiopia’s mortal enemies. I have been sharing compelling and concrete evidence that Egypt is providing substantial material and intelligence support to TPLF, OLA and other terrorist groups. Its goal is to dismantle the Ethiopian state.

I have authored articles on hybrid and proxy wars as well as cyberwarfare against Ethiopia.

For now, I underscore the fact TPLF alone is responsible and accountable for the deaths of an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Tigreans, including child soldiers. Yet, the EU, US and UN fail to demand accountability from TPLF’s warlords. Why is that?

I do not subscribe to the ethnic-federal Constitution and administrative structure imposed by the TPLF and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) that Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continues to embrace. I also did not agree with the abrupt disengagement of Ethiopia’s National Defense Forces and its allies from the war front. TPLF used this dis- engagement to reorganize, recruit and rearm. The government of Ethiopia should have known TPLF had no intention to settle the conflict through peaceful means.

But I give credit to the government of Ethiopia for going much further than the West is willing to acknowledge by declaring a unilateral ceasefire, by allowing access to humanitarian assistance to Tigray, by establishing a peace commission towards a negotiated settlement. I do not think there is any Western country that would do this concerning a terrorist group.

The government of the United States should have commended Ethiopia’s initiatives firmly and unequivocally.

This policy move did not happen. Accordingly, and whether you accept it or not, the West led by the USA is giving the wrong signal to the TPLF. This wrong signal emboldens an already morally bankrupt, corrupt, and asinine group that is determined to dismantle Ethiopia.

Signals and narratives matter

I began writing this series when I learned Egypt, US and Uganda were conspiring and plotting against Ethiopia by training an alleged 4,600 Tigrean combatants in Uganda. The massive outcry in Africa and in the African Diaspora that followed made a dent. So did quiet diplomacy by the government of Ethiopia.

Uganda’s Commander of Land Forces, Lt. General Muhozi Kainerugaba, the son of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and successor, visited Ethiopia and met with Prime Minister Abiy. Mind you, Lt. General Muhozi was a huge fan of the TPLF. He also has good relations with the government of Egypt and its leader President Sisi.

Change is possible

Following his visit to Ethiopia, Lt. General Muhozi tweeted “We believe in African solutions to African problems. I am optimistic about a resolution of the Ethiopian conflict. God Bless Africa.”

During his visit to Ethiopia, the General and his entourage visited the GERD and witnessed one of the most phenomenal achievements of the Ethiopian people in the 21st century. This symbol signals that Sub-Saharan Africa is in fact is hopeful and emerging.

The once alleged adversary of Ethiopia on behalf of TPLF and Egypt Lt. General Muhozi is now a strategic friend of Ethiopia.

The harm caused by the West’s meddling, misleading, often false, and biased narratives concerning the Tigray conflict is hugely costly for Tigreans and non-Tigreans, especially Afar and Amhara as well as for Ethiopia as a country.

I read a moving and intellectually honest opinion piece-- The West’s False Narrative about Russia and China-- by Jeffrey Sachs on August 22, 2022 (The Other News).

“The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts. The relentless Western narrative that the West is noble while Russia and China are evil is simple-minded and extraordinarily dangerous. It is an attempt to manipulate public opinion, not to deal with very real and pressing diplomacy.”

The distinguished Professor underlines the essence of the narrative that Western Corporate media parades as truth this way.

“The essential narrative of the West is built into US national security strategy. The core US idea is that China and Russia are implacable foes that are “attempting to erode American security and prosperity.”  These countries are, according to the US, “determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence.”

I could not find verbal or written rebuttal to TPLF’s misleading and false narratives on the Tigray war it initiated in the Western press. I could not find a Western policy or decision maker challenging let alone condemning TPLF falsehoods. I can find the opposite though. In contrast, I did not find signals or narratives of support to the TPLF in the Chinese or Russian or Turkish media.

May be war is taken for granted in EU and US policy. The US has an established history of conducting wars or supporting wars as a normal part of doing business. The Tigray war is not any different.

For example, the US Department of State has been in the forefront of opining Amhara Special Forces, Fano, Eritrean and Ethiopian defense forces caused pain and suffering on Tigreans, especially those in “Western Tigray.” This false and misleading narrative gave explicit recognition that Wolkait, Tegede and Telemt annexed by the TPLF are in fact part of Tigray. This narrative undermines Ethiopia’s territorial integrity.

Repeated and false narratives by the West, especially corporate media as well as policy and decision makers that Ethiopia is the reason for famine, starvation, and the lack of electrical, telecommunication, health, banking, and other essential services in Tigray is patently false. TPLF has an established and notorious record of diverting all aid from Tigreans who need it to its war machine.

Moral hazard

Does the West ask how much of the West’s generous humanitarian aid TPLF diverted deliberately, systematically, and consistently for its war effort? Does the West ask why TPLF weaponized food aid and used it as a prime tool for public relations and public diplomacy?

Does the West that has ample information and intelligence tools to do due diligence ask when and how and why the campaign “Tigray genocide” that went viral started?

Can the West provide concrete evidence concerning the when, how, and where Amhara, Eritrean or Ethiopian defense forces moved to Tigray killed Tigreans because of their ethnicity? There is no evidence. It is- made-up. But the West and UN specialized agencies bought on to this misleading and false narrative that emboldened TPLF to commit more crimes.

I had mistakenly believed that President Joe Biden would change the US policy narrative on the war and Ethiopia. He did not. In fact, he made it worse when, instead of expressing concern for all victims of war and ethnic discrimination and killings in Ethiopia, he singled out and spoke about human rights violations in Tigray. This reference gives de facto recognition.

I had wondered when TPLF started the war in early November 2020, whether Biden’s victory emboldened and encouraged TPLF to initiate its reckless and dangerous insurgency. I say this because Biden’s close policy advisors on Ethiopia and the rest of Africa are ardent supporters of TPLF.

Hypocrisy and double standards

When I worked at the World Bank, I followed the Bank’s ethics and non-political involvement policy to the letter. Tedros Adhanom, a former member of the TPLF politburo and now head of WHO is the only international civil servant who supports a terrorist group with impunity. The World Bank would have fired him.

How does Tedros get away with his openly pro TPLF advocacy? How do the UN, EU and US allow him to call for insurgency with a sense of impunity? Who gives Tedros Adhanom the guarantee that his position is secure; and that he will not be charged for inciting civil war?

The West is hypocrite to the hilt when it comes to Ethiopia.

I admire President Biden ‘s commitment to social and economic equity in the United States. But I am weary about President Biden’s macho like and hegemonistic approach to US foreign policy towards Ethiopia, the rest of Africa and the Middle East. It is short sighted to assert a policy that says, “If you are not with us, you are against us.” Does this not undermine the UN Charter?

There are 195 countries in the world today. Of these, 193 are member states of the United Nations. The Holy See and the State of Palestine are non-members. Fifty-four (54) of the 195 countries are African. These countries follow their own constitutional arrangements, development, and foreign policies.

I appreciate the fact that States are diverse: autocratic, semi-democratic, democratic and others in between.

President Biden believes the greatest challenge of our time is “is competition with the autocracies.” He then argues that autocracies “seek to advance their own power, export and expand their influence around the world, and justify their repressive policies and practices as a more efficient way to address today’s challenges.”

The greatest danger and challenge to me is the gap in standard of living between the 20 percent of the world’s population who are well-to-do (Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand) and the 80 percent not well to do who live in the developing world, one billion three hundred million of them in Africa. The Pandemic attests to this glaring gap.

President Joe Biden’s statement engenders more fear than hope. It also provides a moral argument that what the USA does is always right.

The government of the United States is doing the exact opposite of what is good for Africa and the world about Ethiopia by a) providing indirect and direct signals to the TPLF that the US had once designated terrorist; and b) suspending Ethiopia from AGOA.

The war TPLF reignited will be costly for Ethiopia. However, the Biden Administration must not underestimate the resolve, national pride, and determination of the Ethiopian people to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity.

I agree with Lt. General Muhozi Kainerugaba of Uganda that “African problems must be solved by Africans.”

I urge President Biden to embrace the unstoppable trend that colonialism and imperialism are relics. It is time for the USA to treat African states as equals.

In my estimation, a multipolar world is more desirable than supremacy of the West or East. The moral and strategic thing for the USA to do is to abandon the TPLF now; and to help Ethiopia help itself and solve its domestic problems.

The near completion of the GERD ought to demonstrate that Ethiopia can achieve the UN mandated development goals. To do that, it needs peace, stability, and human security.

Finally, the EU, the USA, and the UN can demonstrate a high level of moral authority by demanding for the resignation of Tedros Adhanom’s immediately. He should in fact be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity now.

Ethiopia Shall Prevail!!!

August 28, 2022

 

 
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