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The very existence of Eritrea is a question mark. By existence, I mean sovereignty, that which Eritrea claims to have. It is illusion of sovereignty. Its sovereignty is based on disfavor of Ethiopia: denying it access to sea; allying with its historic and contemporary enemies. This existence is not enduring. The day Ethiopia decides Eritrea shouldn’t exist, Eritrea won’t. There is no force that can stop Ethiopia. Not the United Nations, nobody. But for now, domestic issues have blocked us. And Eritreans know this. Every Eritrean knows this: the day Ethiopia exercises its will, there will be no such country as Eritrea.


I really don’t care about Eritrea or Isaias. What concerns me is Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s interest: what does Ethiopia want in the Middle East and Africa? When we, specially our government, make that clear to ourselves…. for buzz, for diplomacy all that “we are one people” and such like myth and mythology is good. In actuality, what Ethiopia wants, first and foremost, is its own port. Rent, lease, own: its own. It needs access to the sea



That’s first. Secondly, we must construct an Eritrea that can never pose a danger to Ethiopia. We don’t need all this “we are brothers, we are sisters” idle talk, in my view. Clearly: an Eritrea without an armed force; one without diplomatic presence of embassies, a police force that carries nothing stronger than a stick is what we need. You create an Eritrea that can’t pose political, economic, diplomatic threat and give it to them . And in this regard, for Eritreans not to be educated, not to work and be a strong country, we should not forget the big favor President Isaias had done for us in the past 30 years. That’s what we should build and work on


A police force equipped with a stick, and one embassy: in Addis Ababa. All their international relations should be handled by Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry. Creating such a state is possible and necessary. Then access to sea with our armed force becomes totally ours. Outside that, with our permission, they can participate in the Olympics


This is one definition. You don’t get involved in Eritrean nationalism and quandaries. They can have their own government: some sort of administration. Unity, we are one people, etc is not necessary. What we want is our access to the sea, and, secondly, a country that doesn’t pose political, diplomatic, economic threat. In my view, this is the way forward. To do that, we need an agreement among the elite on what is it that we want.

Eritrean issues are their issues. I didn’t talk about their country. I have neither love nor hatred on this issue. It’s cold heart when discussing policies: love doesn’t enter into it. It is about self-interest. What I talked about is my country’s interest. And anything that stands opposed to my country’s interest, I won’t let go even if it’s my mother’s child. So, this is not their issue, it is my issue. That’s first.

Secondly, about Eritreans, specially the outspoken ones. They like to play house with countries. They fought a country that, measured by population, history, economy, military, diplomacy, exceeds them by millions; they became its enemy, its neighboring country, denied their ports and want to play a country. But they don’t want to pay the price of what it takes to be a country. But whether they want to or not, they have to pay.


By the way, all the loudmouths are loud because they know what I said is the glaring truth. They know it is factual. Being an Eritrean and being Ethiopia’s historical enemy can’t continue. How do we address Ethiopia’s interest and Eritrea’s interest? What is Ethiopia’s interest and what is Eritrea’s interest? And which interests do we have the ability to meet, is the question we should be asking.



If you look at Ethiopia’s population, over 70% is under 30 years old. If you see Eritrea, it is the reverse. After the exodus, the country has been reduced to that of the aged and elderly. A country without a bank? An amazing country with a bank where people can’t even withdraw their own money? We didn’t do that. This is the sort of thing they should discuss among themselves. Then they can have the comprehension to propose solutions.

This is nonsense there is no force in Ethiopia that can stop the existence of Eritrea. Eritrea is a member of the United nations and the African Union observer of the Arab league . Through out history during dmt during axum. It was. Eritrea that was having the central role in those empires. Ethiopia is a very modern creation. This is a pipe dream to annex Eritrea in 2020.Ethiopia made its mistake when they annexed eritrean lands during the heyday of haile sellasie . If it respected the federal agreement maybe there could be a union. By the way no forced unity can ever exist. Today Eritrea is a force in the region and no one can stop it. Not the amhara or the new galla lad or the tigrayans.

Dr Zackovich

Game Over!



Over one million Tegaru refugees are wandering aimlessly in Yemeni's wilderness.

This doesn’t require war. The reason for the shouting is because Eritreans know Ethiopia’s capacity. What do I mean by that? If Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was to write a one-page letter, one page, one page, to the United Nations, Eritrea’s existence is reduced by 80-90%. It was the then-President Meles Zenawi who gave up Eritrea. Ethiopia does not have to fire a bullet. Just one letter to the United Nations. With a cc to the African Union.Then it continues its diplomatic efforts. How China deals with Taiwan is to go after every country and ensure it doesn’t have an embassy in Taiwan. Has it fired a shot? No, it hasn’t. Ethiopia can even use its indebtedness as a leverage to countries like China: if you want us to repay our loan, close your embassy in Eritrea. Adjust the position you have with UN vis-a-vis Eritrea, is what you say. China, America, and pick France or UK. After that it is lobbying. Without a single bullet, you can worsen the lives of Eritrean by 90%. This is the first step. It was the Prime Minister who got the sanctions lifted for Eritrea, All that needs to be done is to request it be reinstated


You don’t have to fire a single bullet: just use your diplomatic power. Then you will see what happens? Is it a matter of ports? We can continue with Berbera, Djibouti, Port Sudan. Point is: to incapacitate Eritrea, you don’t have to fire a bullet. The government they claimed liberated them has done more than 50% of the work for us. It has formed a government that is second in line to North Korea in its awfulness. The government they say they paid their children’s lives to form. With its cooperation, we don’t have to fire a shot.

( by the way, Isaias Afwerki is deaf in one ear, he wear hearing aids)


Moreover, what did the Prime Minister do? With goodwill, he opened the borders. Who is migrating en masse here? Did we go there? Even if we say, let’s go to war, there is nobody to go to war with. We can stroll there brushing our teeth. Technically, who are you going to war with? It is a country one can enter riding a mule. And they know this. They have witnessed it. There is no such thing as war. Firstly, the matter will be concluded diplomatically. Secondly, even if you declare war, there is nobody to have war with. Everybody who is making noise is in the Diaspora.

AbyssiniaLady wrote: ↑

23 May 2020, 12:03

The very existence of Eritrea is a question mark. By existence, I mean sovereignty, that which Eritrea claims to have. It is illusion of sovereignty. Its sovereignty is based on disfavor of Ethiopia: denying it access to sea; allying with its historic and contemporary enemies. This existence is not enduring. The day Ethiopia decides Eritrea shouldn’t exist, Eritrea won’t. There is no force that can stop Ethiopia. Not the United Nations, nobody. But for now, domestic issues have blocked us. And Eritreans know this. Every Eritrean knows this: the day Ethiopia exercises its will, there will be no such country as Eritrea.


I really don’t care about Eritrea or Isaias. What concerns me is Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s interest: what does Ethiopia want in the Middle East and Africa? When we, specially our government, make that clear to ourselves…. for buzz, for diplomacy all that “we are one people” and such like myth and mythology is good. In actuality, what Ethiopia wants, first and foremost, is its own port. Rent, lease, own: its own. It needs access to the sea



That’s first. Secondly, we must construct an Eritrea that can never pose a danger to Ethiopia. We don’t need all this “we are brothers, we are sisters” idle talk, in my view. Clearly: an Eritrea without an armed force; one without diplomatic presence of embassies, a police force that carries nothing stronger than a stick is what we need. You create an Eritrea that can’t pose political, economic, diplomatic threat and give it to them . And in this regard, for Eritreans not to be educated, not to work and be a strong country, we should not forget the big favor President Isaias had done for us in the past 30 years. That’s what we should build and work on


A police force equipped with a stick, and one embassy: in Addis Ababa. All their international relations should be handled by Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry. Creating such a state is possible and necessary. Then access to sea with our armed force becomes totally ours. Outside that, with our permission, they can participate in the Olympics


This is one definition. You don’t get involved in Eritrean nationalism and quandaries. They can have their own government: some sort of administration. Unity, we are one people, etc is not necessary. What we want is our access to the sea, and, secondly, a country that doesn’t pose political, diplomatic, economic threat. In my view, this is the way forward. To do that, we need an agreement among the elite on what is it that we want.

I gave up on you.

Yours first false blabber was about our eri-afars who are proud eris and who have paid heavy price to liberate eritrea same as their other eri compatriots.

In eritrea, we are not familiar with your ethio afars and we are not concerned and ee don't give a rats asz about it albeit you are cynically politising it.

In a nutshell, your eyes are fixated solely on the red sea and not on the well-being of eri-afars and we are familiar with it. Lol...

Hence, forget the trojan horse trick...... Try other tricks as well and let's see hahaha..

P.S. I wonder I never ever read an oromo or somali blabbering about "our eri RED SEA" thing.

AbyssiniaLady wrote: ↑

23 May 2020, 12:03

The very existence of Eritrea is a question mark. By existence, I mean sovereignty, that which Eritrea claims to have. It is illusion of sovereignty. Its sovereignty is based on disfavor of Ethiopia: denying it access to sea; allying with its historic and contemporary enemies. This existence is not enduring. The day Ethiopia decides Eritrea shouldn’t exist, Eritrea won’t. There is no force that can stop Ethiopia. Not the United Nations, nobody. But for now, domestic issues have blocked us. And Eritreans know this. Every Eritrean knows this: the day Ethiopia exercises its will, there will be no such country as Eritrea.


I really don’t care about Eritrea or Isaias. What concerns me is Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s interest: what does Ethiopia want in the Middle East and Africa? When we, specially our government, make that clear to ourselves…. for buzz, for diplomacy all that “we are one people” and such like myth and mythology is good. In actuality, what Ethiopia wants, first and foremost, is its own port. Rent, lease, own: its own. It needs access to the sea



That’s first. Secondly, we must construct an Eritrea that can never pose a danger to Ethiopia. We don’t need all this “we are brothers, we are sisters” idle talk, in my view. Clearly: an Eritrea without an armed force; one without diplomatic presence of embassies, a police force that carries nothing stronger than a stick is what we need. You create an Eritrea that can’t pose political, economic, diplomatic threat and give it to them . And in this regard, for Eritreans not to be educated, not to work and be a strong country, we should not forget the big favor President Isaias had done for us in the past 30 years. That’s what we should build and work on


A police force equipped with a stick, and one embassy: in Addis Ababa. All their international relations should be handled by Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry. Creating such a state is possible and necessary. Then access to sea with our armed force becomes totally ours. Outside that, with our permission, they can participate in the Olympics


This is one definition. You don’t get involved in Eritrean nationalism and quandaries. They can have their own government: some sort of administration. Unity, we are one people, etc is not necessary. What we want is our access to the sea, and, secondly, a country that doesn’t pose political, diplomatic, economic threat. In my view, this is the way forward. To do that, we need an agreement among the elite on what is it that we want.

I gave up on you.

Yours first false blabber was about our eri-afars who are proud eris and who have paid heavy price to liberate eritrea same as their other eri compatriots.

In eritrea, we are not familiar with your ethio afars and we are not concerned albeit you are cynically politising it.

In a nutshell, your eyes are fixated solely on the red sea and not on the well-being of eri-afars and we are familiar with it. Lol...

Hence, forget the trojan horse trick...... Try other tricks as well and let's see hahaha..

Brushing your teeth, huh?

But the fact of the matter is you never brush your teeth, you hyena-hoe!

I wonder who you've in mind to die for your bloody misadventure, prostítùte?

I will refrain from posting pics of Ethiopian dead, but I wonder why this prostitùte chooses this predicament for "her people"?


Ethiopian POW's

Elias.

please clean your website from unwanted hiv/aids infested sleep deprived insects, Remember, you are Ethiopian, you don't have to fire a single bullet.

Poor Ethiopia, these filthy agames are so desperate that they are advocating for what the previous ethio regimes tried to do and got their lessons the hard way......even when Eritrea had no govt, not able to buy sophisticate armaments, when it was not legally a sovereign nation recognized by the world.
The bottom of these cowards woyane is not the good will to Ethiopia. They want Ethiopia to disintegrate and they want to rule Ethiopia if they could or declare their little tigray republic.
There is no force or or any super power to change the sovereignty of Eritrea....intact with all its sea shores.
And now that Ethiopia finally got a leader who understood the best thing for Ethiopia.......sea access, air access, a developed Eritrea which Ethiopians could benefit of it, here they are trying to hoodwink people to make Ethiopia lose what Ethiopia just got under its arm pit (sea access...ofcourse paying market value to use what is Eritrea's) trying to force Eritrea to let Ethiopia not get what is Eritrean.
If the world works like the mind set of these nut cases, Eritrea has more capabilities to take the whole Ethiopian Afar regions, promising them to be Eritreans as well as taking the renaissance dam than any country to take any Eritrean things.
Eritrea wants peace with its neighboring countries does not mean, it is going to be a playing ground on unattainable dream dreamers.
So, finally for the real genuine ethiopians sake, I hope any ethio leader won't try to fu*ck with Eritrea.
We proved it to the world again and again and again, like I said earlier, even when ws were not a sovereign country to reckon with.
We are not people who say zeraf, zeraf, zeraf likes of the poster of the thread....we are we can do it people.
I guess, he needs to ask his parents and grandparents if still alive and witnessed their friends becoming Eritrea's hyenas meals in the Eritrean jungles, valleys and deserts.

Your lying eyes, are lying to you!

present wrote: ↑

23 May 2020, 14:04

Why are posting your Ascari forced soldiers at Sawa

Zmeselo wrote: ↑

23 May 2020, 13:24

I will refrain from posting pics of Ethiopian dead, but I wonder why this prostitùte chooses this predicament for "her people"?


Ethiopian POW's

የሞተ አህያ የቀንጂብ አይፈራም

ድንቅ አባባል!!

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) wrote: ↑

23 May 2020, 12:28

Game Over!



Over one million Tegaru refugees are wandering aimlessly in Yemeni's wilderness.

There are those who are drunk on Amara-Oromo-etc politics, the provincial ones. All they think about is their ward, their little jurisdiction. Their focus is micro-issues. Oromo-Amara-Gurage-Welkait…We are discussing about a nation and geo-politics. They don’t have the capacity to address this issue. Their view-point, their know-how, their interest don’t make them capable to discuss this. All they are capable of is ward-issues. And I don’t want to answer them.

The second group are those who see themselves as liberal, enlightened, progressive. They want to be perceived as such. They want to be perceived as more knowledgeable than Tamrat about international law. They want to strengthen intra-people relations. These, to me, are like a married man, father of 3 children, with an ailing mom and hosting a brother or sister-in-law. But he spends all his time and money at the brew-house. He ignores the education of his own children and family members, but sends the child of the brew-house owner to private school. These people are like the man I just mentioned. They are weak.


First, know what is in your nation’s best interest before you talk about international law. International law is written to protect world order, while accommodating the nature of States. Let alone a country like Ethiopia with its own historical ports, these are States who have plundered other people’s ports and are protected by international law. There is no economy that is not based on plundering resources. Why is China here? How about the US in Iran and Iraq? What were the Brits and French doing and what are they doing now? What is France doing in Africa? What is Little Rwanda doing in the Congo? Did Rwanda acquire wealth and development by working or by plundering Congo? What about South Africa? When the Arabs and Saudis come here to grow rice…what are they doing? When they send us Al Amoudi, what are they doing? They must know these fundamental things and stop being naive.


The others…those who are tuned in Asmara, those who compete on who can sell the country first.. There are those who are breast-fed on the tits of EPLF. With those, history will be their arbiter. We can’t give an answer to these type. As I said, they are tuned in Asmara, and what they talk about now is what was tuned in Asmara. You can’t tell them to be cured or heal themselves. History will be what we will use to debate with them.


Ethiopia and Eritrea as a model. There is a cost to not having a port. If those who own the ports are not hostile to you, for example the case of Austria and Switzerland… but Eritrea’s national identity is based on hatred of Ethiopia. They have inferiority complex and see Ethiopia as colonizing power… their imagination is very limited and the Austria-Switzerland model can’t work. That’s first. If the Eritrean nationalists understood this and, at the bare minimum, gave Asab to Ethiopia, we could have a discussion.


Secondly, people don’t understand what a port and its benefits are. This is because the TPLF has conducted an extensive indoctrination via its media, education policy, and its “let them use it [Asab] as watering holes for camels” propaganda. But in reality, it is precious: everything we import includes a port cost. If you have your own port, there would be a cost reduction of, at minimum, 25%. Secondly, you lack options in transportation and services.

Something else many, including those viewing this station, don’t understand: how the Internet works. How does Ethiopia get access to the Internet? We are getting it via Djibouti and Port Sudan via cables that we paid for. We could have gotten it from Asab, 60 kilometers away from mainland Ethiopia. This is submarine cable. 99% of the internet is carried via this cable. This is what you are deprived from. Right now we are connected via Djibouti and Port Sudan, at cables installed at our cost. Our internet is based on the goodwill of these two countries. Any problem and they can turn the switch off. They can also see every information you are communicating. How can I explain how grave this issue is and how dangerous it is.



Moreover, the Ethiopian Airlines we are proud of? Because you have no port, your air traffic is based on the good will of your neighbors. If you have no port, you have no airline route without the permission of those who have ports. In peaceful times, all appears normal. But what if some country is angry with you or is at war? Why don’t we think about that? Every Ethiopian has a duty to think about this.

Leaving aside those who can’t think beyond their wards, the national parties, including the Prosperity Party, must be asked about this issue. What is their agenda? Because, for a nation, this is not just a matter of economy, but survival. Those who say we can live without ports, your obligation is not just to survive. But to give a future generation a more secure country. People save money, why? Similarly, owning a port is about national survival.


You have 110 million people, and you want to be industrialized and you don’t have a port? When investors go to a country they evaluate three things: I mean major investors not oil factories. I am talking about major, transformative investment. Something that can create jobs for 100 to 200 thousand people. You want that? You have to have a port. And if you can’t do that, maybe you don’t survive as a nation. This generation must ask this question of survival. Past generations have paid the utmost to answer it. And this generation must pay the price.

By the way, when you see Ethiopians hosting Eritreans, embracing them, shedding tears and you tell yourself, “Ethiopians don’t think like Tamrat”? You are very, very mistaken. I don’t care if you are tuned in Asmara or Japan. Ethiopians do not forget this thing. And they can’t because it is a matter of survival. It is not personal grudge; it is a matter of survival.

The party headed by Prime Minister Abiy, Prosperity Party, looks at this issue delicately, diplomatically and has chosen to be quiet. I think instead of talking the way I do, it has chosen to speak with the voice of diplomacy. So I will give a pass to Prime Minister Abiy and the Prosperity Party.

EZEMA [ECSJ, Ethiopian Citizens For Social Justice, formerly known as Ginbot 7], as I said, was tuned in Asmara. Don’t expect this from them or their leadership. After spending all that time kissing the shoes of Isaias Afwerki, don’t expect them to speak up for Ethiopia’s national interest.

What are you left with OFECO, [OFC – Oromo Federalist Congress] etc. That too, has people like Jawar, who spent all that time bowing to Isaias.

And the ethnic parties? It is not in their interest, because they are focused on their ward. So Ethiopians must find other ways to think about this. But political parties still should be held accountable. Anybody who says I am a supporter or voter for them should ask them. Since I am not a member of any party, my question is directed to the government.


My wife asked me, “so who is going to implement what you are saying?” This is a question every Ethiopian must ask themselves. Anybody who calls themselves Ethiopian must ask this question of port ownership and how it can be implemented. Do your homework. What is next will come when it is time.

Thank you Tamerat negera feyisa.

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Be patient my fellow beautiful Afars, freedom is near!!

Nice song, wrong title song

በኮሎኔልነት ማዕረግ የወያኔ መርሰነሪ ጦርን ሲያገለግል የነበረው የጂማ ተወላጅ የሆነው ኮሎኔል አበበ ገረሱ የሰጠው ቃለ-መጠይቅ ነው።

ማን ያውራ? የነበረ! ……. ማን ያርዳ? የቀበረ!


ፃድቃንና ፆረና


TPLF General Tsadqan Gebre-Tensae providing the general scope of the invasion campaign



"እንደምን አደርክ ኮሎኔል?"

"ሰላም ላንተ ይሁን ጋዜጠኛው።"

"ቀጠሮ በማክበርህ አመሰግናለሁ።"

"ወታደር አይደለሁ መቸስ!"

"... እንግዲህ ወደ ጉዳያችን እንዝለቅ። ጄኔራል ፃድቃንና የፆረና ውጊያን በተመለከተ አጫውትሃለሁ ብለኸን ነበር። ከየት ብንጀምረው ይሻል ይሆን?"

"ከመሃሉ መጀመር ሳይሻል አይቀርም። ያየሁትና የሰማሁት እንደወረደ ላውጋህ። ጸሃፊው አንተ ነህና እንደሚሆን ታደርገዋለህ።"

"መልካም ወንድሜ። አንተ እንደመጣልህ ተናገር። እኔ ያንን ወስጄ ለታሪክ ተረካቢው ትውልድ አደርስልሃለሁ።"



"... ወያኔ ወደ ኤርትራ ጦርነት የገባው 10 ክፍለጦሮች ይዞ ነበር" ሲል ጀመረ። እናም ቀጠለ፦

"... ከዚህ ዉስጥ አንዱ ሜካናይዝድ ክፍለ ጦር ሲሆን፤ አንድ ተጨማሪ ኮማንዶ ብርጌድም ነበር። በ1991 ጦርነቱ ሲጀመርም ይህ የሰራዊት ሃይል በአራት ግንባሮች ነበር ለማጥቃት የተዘጋጀው። ቡሬ፣ ዛላንበሳ፣ ፆረና እና ባድመ ግንባሮች ላይ ማለት ነው።

በ1991 ላይ የተደረገው የመጀመሪያው ዉግያ የተበላሸና በጣም ኣሰቃቂ ነበር። የጦር መኰነን ሆነህ እንደ ባለ ሙያ ስታየው ዉግያው በጥቅሉ የሙያ ብቃት ያልታየበት ኣሳፋሪ ጦርነት ነበር ማለት ይቻላል።

ያ ሁሉ ዜጋ ያለቀበትና ያ ሁሉ የአገር ሃብት የወደመበት ጦርነት ከጦርነት አመራር ችግር መሆኑ በግልጽ እየታወቀ አንድም የጦርነቱ መሪ ተጠያቂ ሳይሆን እንዲሁ መቅረቱ በጣም ያሳዝነኛል። ይልቁን በምርጫ 97 "ቅንጅትን ኣልተዋጋችሁም!"... "የኣመለካከት ችግር ኣለባችሁ!" በሚል ከጦርነቱ በላይ ትኩረት ተሰጥቶ ነበር። ከጄኔራል መኮንን እስከ ተራ ወታደር 20,000 የመገመት መለዮ ለባሽ ያለሃጢኣቱ ታስሮ ተባሮአል። ከሃላፊነት እንዲወገድ ተደርጎአል።

በጃንሆይና በደርግ ዘመን ኤርትራ ላይ ዉጊያ ተደርጎ የተሰዋው ዜጋችን ቁጥር ከ250 ሺህ እስከ 300 ሺህ ይደርሳል። ከዚህ ኣንጻር ወያኔ በአንድ አመት ዉስጥ ኤርትራ ላይ ያስፈጀው የወታደር ቁጥር በጣም አሳፋሪ ነው። ከመከላከያ የሰው ሃይል አስተዳደር ልማት መምሪያ ሰነዶች ያገኘሁት መረጃ እንደሚያሳየው፣ በጠቅላላ በኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ዉግያ 98,700 ወታደር ሲሞትብን፣ 194,300 ቁስለኛ ተረክበናል። ከኦርዲናንስ እዝ ያገኘሁት መረጃ ደግሞ መጀመሪያ ለዉጊያ ከተዘጋጀው ከባድ መሳርያ ⅔ኛው መውደሙን ነግረዉኛል። ይህንን ትርጉም አልባ ጦርነት የመሩት መሪዎች ሰኣረ መኮንን፣ ሳሞራ የኑስ፣ ዮሃንስ ገብረመስቀል፣ ታደሰ ወረደ፣ ኳርተር (አብርሃ ወልደማሪያም)፣ ብርሃነ ነጋሽ፣ የተባሉት ጄኔራሎች ናቸው። የጦርነቱ የማእከላዊ እዝ አባላት ደግሞ መለስ ዜናዊ፣ ስዬ አብርሃ፣ ተወልደ ወልደማርያም፣ ኣለምሰገድ ገብረኣምላክ፣ ተፈራ ዋልዋ፣ ፃድቃን ገብረትንሳኤ እና ክንፈ ገብረመድህን ነበሩ።



የኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ጦርነት ሰነድና መረጃ ገና ታሪክ ጸሃፊዎች እጅ አልገባም። ወደፊት ብዙ ኣስገራሚ ታሪኮችን ልንሰማ እንችል ይሆናል። በ1991 የተካሄደውን የመጀመሪያ ዙር ጦርነት እንኳ ብናይ በጣም መሰረታዊ የሆኑ ወታደራዊ ስህተቶች በቀላሉ ማውጣት እንችላለን።

የቡሬ ግንባር ላይ ታደሰ ወረደ ተመደበ።

የተሰጠው ትእዛዝ አሰብን ከያዘ በሁዋላ የቀይ ባህርን ዳርቻዎች እያጠቃ፣ ምፅዋን እንዲቆጣጠርና እዚያው ሆኖ ቀጣዩን ግዳጅ እንዲጠባበቅ ነበር።

ፆረና ላይ አብርሃ ወልደገብርኤል፣ (በቅርብ ፃድቃን እየተከታተለው)፣ ዛላንበሳ ደግሞ ብርሃነ ነጋሽ ነበሩ።

ሁለቱም በየአቅጣጫው አጥቅተው ሰገነይቲ ላይ በመገናኘነት አንድ ግንባር እንዲፈጥሩና በአንድ ኮማንድ ስር በመደራጀት አስመራ እንዲገቡ ታዘዙ።

ባድመ ላይ ሰአረ መኮንንና ዮሃንስ ገብረመስቀል፣ እንዲሁም አበባው ታደሰ (በቅርብ ሳሞራ እየተከታተላቸው) ተሰየሙና ቆላማውን የኤርትራ ክፍል ሙሉ በሙሉ እንዲቆጣጠሩ ተነገራቸው።

ለዚህ እቅድ የአሸዋ ገበታ በየአካባቢው ተዘጋጅቶ ያን መሰረት ያደረገ ሰፋፊ ልምምዶች ተደርገዋል። የጦርነቱ እቅድም በየደረጃው ተነግሮኣል። በእቅዱ ላይ ታዲያ ብዙ ኣከራካሪ ጉዳዮች ተነስተው ነበር። ለምሳሌ አዲግራት ላይ በተዘጋጀው የአሸዋ ገበታ ልምምድ ላይ የ23ኛ ክፍለ ጦር ኣዛዥ የነበረው ኮሎኔል በርሄ ገብረማርያም፥

• "ኤርትራን የመውረር እቅድ ፖለቲካዊ ኪሳራ አያስከትልብንም ወይ? ሰራዊታችንስ የመዋጋት ፍላጎት እንዴት ይኖረዋል? እንዴትስ ማሳመን ይቻላል? በትክክልስ ዉጊያውን በተባለው መሰረት ማካሄድ እንችላለን ወይ? እቅዱን እንደገና ብታዩት ጥሩ ነው።" የሚል አስተያየትና ጥያቄ አነሳ።

ጄኔራል ፃድቃንና ወዲ መድህን የሰጡት መልስ፣

• "ሻእቢያን ካላጠፋን እኛ መኖር አንችልም። የሻእቢያ ሃይል ደካማ ነው። የኤርትራ ኢኰኖሚ ጦርነቱን መሸከም አይችልም። በተኩስ ሃይልም የበላይነት አለን። ይህ ዉሳኔም የመንግስት ዉሳኔ በመሆኑ ማንም ሊያደናቅፈው አይችልም!" የሚል ነበር።

በአሸዋ ገበታው ዙሪያ የነበሩት የበታች ኣዛዦች፣ "እቅዱ ሊሳካ አይችልም" የሚል ጥርጣሬ ነበራቸው። አሽዋ ላይ የምናየውን፣ በተግባር መሬት ላይ በትክክል መፈጸም የመቻላችን ጉዳይ ሚዛኑን ያልጠበቀ ነበር። ይህ የጥርጣሬ ጥያቄ በባድመና በቡሬ ግንባሮችም ተነስቶ የነበረ ሲሆን፣ እንደ አዲግራቱ ዉይይት "ዉሳኔው የመንግስት ነው!" በሚል ነበር የተዘለለው።

ጦርነቱ ተካሄደ።

በባድመ ግንባር ነበር የተጀመረው። ማጥቃቱን የጀመሩት ሶስት ክፍለ ጦሮች ከፍተኛ ጉዳት ስለደረሰባቸው፣ 20ኛው ሜካናይዝድ ክፍለ ጦርና አንድ ኰማንዶ ብርጌድ ተጨምሮ፣ ሌሎች ሁለት ክፍለ ጦሮች ታክለው በድጋሚ ተሞከረ። ከፍተኛ ሰብአዊና ማቴሪያላዊ ጉዳት ደርሶብን እቅዱ ሳይፈጸም ቀረ።

በባድመ ውጊያ በእቅዱ መሰረት መሄድ እንዳልተቻለ እየታወቀ፣ በፆረና በኩል ዉጊያው እንዲቀጥል ፃድቃን አዘዘ።

የዉጊያው እቅድ መግለጫ የተሰጠው እንፋራ በተባለ ቦታ ላይ ነበር። ፆረና ላይ ልዩ ዝግጅት ተደርጎ ነበር። 12,000 ያህል የትግራይ ሚሊሺያ፤ ከ5,000 በላይ አግላይ እንዲሁም ስንቅና ጥይት አቀባይ፤ በሺህዎች የሚቆጠሩ አህያና ፈረስም ለዚሁ ጦርነት ተሰልፈው ነበር። ለአንድ ሳምንት ያህል ከፍተኛ የጭንቀት ሙከራ ቢደረግም በዚያች ጠባብና ሙት መሬት የተሰለፈው ያ ሁሉ ንብረት፣ መሳሪያ፣ ሚሊሻና አግላይ፣ አህያና ፈረሶች ሳይቀር አንድ ላይ ረገፉ።

የ20ኛው ግዙፍ ሜካናይዝድ ሃይል እግሪ መከል ላይ አመድ ሆኖ ቀረ። ታንኰቹና ተሽከርካሪዎች በሙሉ አረሩ። ሻእቢያ በቀላሉ ከዛለንበሳ፣ ከአዲኳላና ከማይአይኒ አቅጣጫዎች በተጠመዱ መድፎች ሰራዊታችንን ተቀበለው። ይህ የጀግንነት ጉዳይ አይደለም። የኛ የጦር መሪዎች ወታደራዊ ቴክኒክ ከአለማወቅና ከብቃት ማነስ የመጣ ነበር። ሰራዊታችን እንዳለ ገብቶ ረገፈ። ከዚህ እልቂት የተረፉት ወደ ሁዋላ ሸሽተው ገርሁ ስርናይ እና እንትጮ፣ አድዋ ገቡ። ለአንድ ሳምንት የተሞከረው ዉጊያ በከፍተኛ ኪሳራ ከተደመደመ በሁዋላ የጦርነቱ ኣዛዥ የነበረው ጄኔራል ፃድቃን በወቅቱ ማዘዣ ጣብያ ከነበረችው እንፋራ ላይ ስብሰባ ጠራ።

ፃድቃን ስብሰባዉን ሊጀምር ሲል እንባው ቀድሞት ስቅስቅ ብሎ አለቀሰ። ሁሉም ተሰብሳቢ ተያይዞ መላቀስ ሆነ።

እንፋራ የለቅሶ ቦታ ሆነች።

ፃድቃን በመጨረሻ እንደምንም ራሱን ተቆጣጥሮ ከተረጋጋ በሁዋላ ተሰብሳቢውን ለማረጋጋት ሞከረ። እንዲህ ሲልም ተናገረ፤

• "እስካሁን ብዙ ጦርነቶች መርቻለሁ። ብዙ ዉጊያዎችን ተዋግቼያለሁ። አይቻለሁ። ሰምቼያለሁ። እንዲህ አይነት መጥፎ ሁኔታ ግን ገጥሞኝ አያውቅም።"

የስብሰባው አላማ የጦርነቱን ሁኔታ ገምግሞ መፍትሄ ለመፈለግ የታሰበ ነበር። በመሆኑም ጦርነቱ ሁለት መሰረታዊ ችግሮች እንዳለበት ተሰብሳቢው ገመገመ።

"ከቦታው አስቸጋሪነት አኳያ የዉጊያ እቅዱ ስህተት ነበር። ቦታው ለመከላከል ለጠላት ምቹ ሲሆን፣ ለወገን ጦር ማጥቃት ምቹ ኣልነበረም። በቂ ዝግጅት አልነበረንም። በቂ የሰው ሃይልና የተኩስ ኣቅም አልነበረንም። በጠላት ላይ የነበረን ግምገማ የተሳሳተ ነበር። ጠላት የመሬቱን አመቺነት ተጠቅሞ ተኩስ እንደፈለገ ማዘዋወር ችሎኣል። ጠላት በቂ የሰው ሃይልና የዉግያ ቁመና ይዞ ነበር" ተባለ።

ወደ ዝርዝር ጉዳይ ሳይገባ፣ ግምገማው በዚሁ ተዘጋ። ይህን መነሻ በማድረግም ሌላ ዉሳኔ ተወሰነ።

"... በዛላንበሳና በቡሬ ተይዞ የነበረው የማጥቃት እቅድ እንዲሰረዝ። የተኩስ አቅምን ለማጠናከር ከአየር ሃይልና ከምድር ሃይል ኰሚቴ ተቋቁሞ በጄኔራል አበበ ተክለሃይማኖት መሪነት መሳርያዎች እንዲገዙ። ከፍተኛ የሰው ሃይል ምልመላ ተደርጎ በስፋት ስልጠና እንዲካሄድ። ይህን የምልመላ ስራ ደግሞ በረከት ስምኦን እንዲመራው። የስልጠና ስራውን አባዱላ እንዲከታተለው። አሁን ያሉን 12 ክፍለጦሮች በአጭር ጊዜ ወደ 30 ክፍለጦሮች እንዲያድጉ። ሰራዊቱ ማገገም እንዲችል በመከላከል ብቻ እንዲቆይ..."

እነዚህ ዉሳኔዎች ከጦርነቱ ማእከላዊ እዝ መወሰናቸውን ፃድቃን እንፋራ ላይ ከክፍለ ጦር በላይ ላለን ኣዛዦች ጠርቶ ዉሳኔዉን ነገረን።

በዚህ መመርያ መሰረት እንድንዘጋጅም ተነገረን።

በዚህ ዉሳኔ መሰረትም ለአንድ አመት ያህል ዝግጅት አደረግን። በ1992 ሚያዝያ ወር ላይም አጠቃላይ የጦርነት እቅድ ወጣ። ፃድቃን፣ ጀቤ እና አባዱላ በመቀሌ ከተማ የምክር ቤት የስብሰባ ኣዳራሽ ሰብስበው እቅዱን ገለጹልን።

• (የ1992 እቅድ ከ1991 እቅድ የሚለየው ነገር ነበረው። በ1991 ኤርትራን ጠቅልሎ የመያዝ ፍላጎት ነበረ። በ1992 ግን "አቅማችን የፈቀደውን እንዋጋለን" የሚል ሆነ። በ1991 በነበረው እቅድ፣ "ወደ ኤርትራ መሬት ስንገባ የኤርትራን ሃብትና ንብረትን እናወድማለን። ህዝቡም የሻእቢያ ደጋፊ ስለሆነ ልናምነው አይገባም!" የሚል ነበር። በ1992 እቅድ ይህ በግልጽ አልተቀመጠም። "ህዝቡ የሻእቢያ ደጋፊ ስለሆነ ከፍተኛ ጥንቃቄ እናደርጋለን" የሚል አረፍተነገር ግን ነበረበት።)

በ1992 ሚያዝያ መጨረሻ ግንቦት መጀመሪያ ላይ ጦርነቱ በባድመ ግንባር ተጀመረ። በዉጊያው ከፍተኛ ጉዳት ቢደርስብንም እስከ ባረንቱ መዝለቅ ቻልን። ሻእቢያ ሰራዊቱን ይዞ ስልታዊ ማፈግፈግ እያደረገ ስለሆነ፣ የጠላት ኪሳራ አነስተኛ መሆኑን፣ ይልቁን ወደ መግደያ ወረዳ እየሳበን መሆኑን አዛዦች ሃሳባቸውንም ለፃድቃን ያቀርቡ ነበር። በአንጻሩም ወደ ኤርትራ ምድር እየዘለቅን በገባን ቁጥር ከዋና ማዘዣችን እየራቅንና የድርጅት ድጋፍ እያጣን እንሄድ ስለነበር፣ የሚያዋጣን አማራጭ ወደ ሁዋላ መመለስ ሆነ።

ከባድመ ግንባር ዉጊያ በኋላ የባድመ የዉጊያ ችግር ሳይገመገም በችኮላ በራማ፣ በፆረና እና በዛላንበሳ ግንባሮች በተመሳሳይ ጊዜ ማጥቃቱ ተጀመረ።

የነበረው ግምገማ፣

• "በባድመ ዉጊያውን ቀድመን ስንጀምር ሻእቢያ ብዙ ሃይል ወደ ባድመ ሊያመጣ ስለሚችል ሌሎች ግንባሮች በሰው ሃይልና በመሳርያ አቅም ይሳሳሉ" የሚል ነበር።

እንደታቀደው ግን አልሆነም።

በመሆኑም በእነዚህ ሶስት ግንባሮች በተመሳሳይ ሰአት የተጀመረው ዉጊያ በእቅዱ መሰረት ሳይሳካ ሲቀር ባጭር ጊዜ ዉስጥ ሌላ የዉጊያ እቅድ ተዘጋጀ።

• "በቡሬ ግንባር አሰብ ከተማን መያዝ ከቻልን የሞራል ግንባታ እናገኝበታለን" የሚል አሳብ መጣ።

አሰብን ለመያዝ ያደፋፈረው ዋናው ምክንያት፤

• "ጠላት በቡሬ ግንባር እንጠቃለን ብሎ ስለማይገምት በቂ ዝግጅት አይኖረውም። ከጅቡቲ መንግስት ጋር ስለተነጋግርን ሃይላችን በቀላሉ በጅቡቲ መሬት ማስጠጋት ለዉጊያም ምቹ ሁኔታ መፍጠር እንችላለን" የሚል ነበር።

በዚሁ መነሻና ገለጻ ላይ በርካታ ጥያቄዎች ተነስተው ነበር። ለምሳሌ የ36ኛ ክፍለጦር አዛዥ ኮሎኔል መሃመድ ኢሻ፣ የ39ኛ ክፍለጦር አዛዥ ኮሎኔል ወንደሰን ተካ፣ የ14ኛ ክፍለጦር አዛዥ ኮሎኔል ወዲ አባተ ያነሱት ጥያቄ፣

• "እስካሁን ባደረግናቸው ዉጊያዎች ሁሉ ሻእቢያን ከያዘው ምሽግ እንዲያፈገፍግ አደረግነው እንጂ፣ በእቅዳችን ያስቀመጥነውን ተግባራዊ አላደረግንም። ለዚህም ብዙ ኪሳራ ከፍለንበታል። በኪሳራው ምክንያትም የጦሩ ሞራል መጥፎ ሁኔታ ይገኛል። የቡሬ አየር ጠባይም ሆነ መሬቱ በጣም አስቸጋሪ ነው። በቂ የሎጂስቲክ ዝግጅት የለንም። ድንገተኛ ድል እናገኛለን ብለን ድንገተኛ ሽንፈትም ሊከተል ይችላልና ቢታሰብበት? ስለ ጠላት እስካሁን የተናገራችሁት ሁሉ ልክ አልሆነም። እና አሁንስ ምን ያህል ትክክል ናችሁ?" የሚል ጥያቄ አንስተው ውይይት አደረግን።

በመጨረሻ አሳማኝ ነጥቦች ባይቀርቡም፣ የማይቀየር የመንግስት ዉሳኔ ነው ተብሎ "አሰብን መያዝ!" የሚለው እቅድ ፀደቀና ዉጊያው ተካሄደ። ዉጊያው ለአምስት ተከታታይ ቀናት የተካሄደ ቢሆንም፣ እንዲያዉም ከሌሎች ዉጊያዎች ሁሉ የከፋ ዉጊያ ሆነ። ሻእቢያ በበርካታ ዉጊያዎች የሚጠቀምበትን ወደ መግደያ ቦታ እያስገባ የመምታቱን ስልት ቡሬ ላይም ስለ ደገመው ከፍተኛ እልቂት ተቀብለን አሰብን የመያዙ እቅድ ከሸፈ....



"... የኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ጦርነት ሲነሳ ከሁሉም እንቆቅልሽ የሚሆንብኝ የፆረናው ዉጊያ ነው። እንደገለጽኩልህ ከፍተኛ መስዋእትነት ከፍለንበታል። ማነው ተጠያቂው?

በወቅቱ ግን የግድ አንድ አካል ተጠያቂ ማድረግ ስለነበረባቸው፣ አምስት ኦሮሞ መኮንኖች እንዲወነጀሉ ተደርጎአል።
"የዉጊያው እቅድ በኦነግ በኩል ለሻእቢያ አሳልፋችሁ ሰጥታችሁዋል" የሚል ክስ ቀርቦባቸው፤ ኮሎኔል ብራ የተባለች ሴት ጢጣ ካምፕ ዉስጥ ስታስገርፋቸው ሰነበተች።

ኦሮሞ መኮንኖች ድብደባው ሲበረታባቸው፣ "አድርገናል፤ ፈጽመነዋል" ብለው አመኑ።

"ግንኙነታችሁ በማን በኩል ነበር?" ተብለው ሲጠየቁ፣ "አባዱላ" ሲሉ መለሱ።

አባዱላ ግን ወያኔን እንደማይከዳ ይታወቅ ስለነበር ምርመራው እዚያው ላይ ቆመ።

በኮሎኔል ብራ ግርፍያ ከተፈጸመባቸው ከፍተኛ ኦሮሞ መኮንኖች አንዱ በድብደባ የዘርፍሬው የተኮላሸ ሲሆን፤ ሌላው ፓራላይዝድ ሆኖአል። መኮንኖቹ በህይወት ያሉ ሲሆን፤ የወያኔ ስርአት ለሚፈጽመው አሰቃቂ የመብት ጥሰት ህያው ምስክር ሆነው የተፈጸመውን ሁሉ ህግ ፊት የሚገልጹበት እለት ይመጣ ይሆናል ብዬ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ። እነዚህ ኦሮሞ መኮንኖች ላይ የደረሰው አሰቃቂ ግፍ "በፆረናው እልቂት ማን ይጠየቅ?" የሚለዉን ጥያቄ ከህወሃት ዝሆኖች ሰፈር ለማውጣትና አጀንዳውን ለመዝጋት እንጂ መኮንኖቹ ንጹህ መሆናቸዉን ፃድቃን፣ ስዬ እና መለስ ያውቁ ነበር።

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“……የኢትዮ ኤርትራ ጦርነት ለጦርነቱ መሪዎች የሐብት ምንጭ ሆኖ ማገልገሉን ማየት ችያለሁ፡፡ በጦርነቱ ሰበብ በተዘረፈ ሐብት የሕወሃት ጄነራሎች ሚሊየነር ሆነዋል፡፡ ፃድቃን፣ ጀቤ፣ ብርሃነ ነጋሽ፣ ገዛኢ አበራ፣ አባዱላ ገመዳ፣ አበባው ታደሰ፣ ባጫ ደበሌ፣ ታደሰ ወረደ፣ ሰዓረ መኮንን፣ እና ሌሎችም ጄነራሎች በአዲስ አበባ በባህርዳርና በመቀሌ ያስገነቡት ቪላና ፎቅ ውበቱ አይንን ያፈዛል፡፡ የቤት እቃዎቻቸው፣ ምንጣፎቹ፣ መብራቶቻቸውና ኮርኒሶቻቸው በውድ ዋጋ ከአውሮፓ እየተጫኑ የመጡ ናቸው፡፡ የመጨረሻውን ቴክኖሎጂ እየተጠቀሙ ለቪላዎቻቸው ማሞቂያና ማቀዝቀዣ ተክለውላቸዋል፡፡ ከዚያ ሁሉ እልቂት በኋላ ጄነራሎቹ በቀጥታ ወደ ሃብት ፉክክር ነው የገቡት፡፡ የሚፈሰው ገንዘብ በጦርነቱ ወቅት የተዘረፈ ነው፡፡ …..”

መፅሀፍ: የደራሲው ማስታወሻ፣ በተስፋዬ ጋዳ ገብረአብ