What Happened When the TPLF Declared Tigray's Independence in 1983?
Posted: 07 Sep 2020, 18:01
What Happened When the TPLF Declared Tigray's Independence in 1983?
In 1982 the Soviet-backed Derg regime deployed 120,000 of its soldiers to Eritrea to launch its 6th military offensive dubbed "The Red Star Campaign."
It was then that the Derg soldiers that were stationed in Tigray were sent to Eritrea to take part in the Red Star Campaign, leaving a vacuum in Tigray which led the TPLF to believe it achieved the "liberation of Tigray", and went on to cut off all roads leading to Tigray. The majority of TPLF fighters also went back to their homes and farming thinking TPLF's mission for Tigray's independence had been accomplished.
From 1982 until 1984, due to TPLF's decision to close of all roads leading up to Tigray, and the subsequent cutting of all trade routes to Ethiopia, the region of Tigray experienced the worse famine in world's history, with over one million Tegaru starved to death! The entire world was shocked at the man-made tragedy in Tigray and rushed in to save Tegaru's lives by holding fund-raising activities using world's top recording artists.
Is history repeating itself?
It's highly unlikely that the international community suffering from Covid-fatigue will come to rescue the Tigray people prone to TPLF-made tragedies of Biblical proportions. With no Michael Jackson around to sing for their suffering, this time the Tigray people will suffer in silence, and in total solitude.
In 1982 the Soviet-backed Derg regime deployed 120,000 of its soldiers to Eritrea to launch its 6th military offensive dubbed "The Red Star Campaign."
It was then that the Derg soldiers that were stationed in Tigray were sent to Eritrea to take part in the Red Star Campaign, leaving a vacuum in Tigray which led the TPLF to believe it achieved the "liberation of Tigray", and went on to cut off all roads leading to Tigray. The majority of TPLF fighters also went back to their homes and farming thinking TPLF's mission for Tigray's independence had been accomplished.
From 1982 until 1984, due to TPLF's decision to close of all roads leading up to Tigray, and the subsequent cutting of all trade routes to Ethiopia, the region of Tigray experienced the worse famine in world's history, with over one million Tegaru starved to death! The entire world was shocked at the man-made tragedy in Tigray and rushed in to save Tegaru's lives by holding fund-raising activities using world's top recording artists.
Is history repeating itself?
It's highly unlikely that the international community suffering from Covid-fatigue will come to rescue the Tigray people prone to TPLF-made tragedies of Biblical proportions. With no Michael Jackson around to sing for their suffering, this time the Tigray people will suffer in silence, and in total solitude.
