The Notion of Anticipatory Self-Defense and the War between the State of Tigrai and the Federal Government of Ethiopia
Posted: 27 Dec 2020, 22:54
After two years and half of war of words, the disagreement between the Governments of the State of Tigrai and the Federal Government of Ethiopia transformed into actual war on November 3, 2020. As admitted by Sekuture Getachew, one of the top officials of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Tigrai Defense force attacked the Northern Command of Ethiopian National Defense Force in Tigrai following the notion of “Anticipatory Self-Defense”. In a discussion on the Dimtsi Woyane TV under the topic of “የመጀመሪያው ምዕራፍ በድል መጠናቀቅ እንድምታ” (the impact of the conclusion of the first chapter with victory) aired on November 13, 2020, Mr. Sekuture explained that Abiy Ahmed’s Government’s consolidation of military forces in the Western Tigrai, an attempt to change the leadership of the Fourth Command which is stationed in Tigrai, establishing new mechanized brigade in Bahirdar since four of the six mechanized brigades of Ethiopia are in Tigrai, closure of the main road between Addis Ababa and Mekelle, and war threat from Eritrea made the Government of the State of Tigrai to take swift and powerful attack which destabilized and demobilized the whole of Fourth Command, except few pockets, in 45 minutes following the concept of Anticipatory Self-Defense.
He said, the concept of anticipatory self-defense which the small countries like Israel used when they felt that clear and imminent danger that put their survival at peril exists is accepted international concept and it is used to swiftly strike like a thunderstorm to destabilize and demobilize enemy forces. He added, the Government of the State of Tigrai took similar action taken by Israel against Arabs in 1967 Arab-Israel War because there were 30,000 Federal armies and four mechanized brigades in Tigrai and the invading unitary forces from the southern direction and the forces of Isaias Afeworki (Eritrean Forces) had been approaching from the northern direction. According to Mr. Sekuture, the strike taken against the Federal Government forces following the concept of anticipatory self-defense put Tigrai in the better position in terms of armament, psychological readiness for war, and mobilization of resources. Mr. Getachew Reda, Advisor to the President of Tigrai and Spokesperson of Tigrai Central Command, also confirmed that the Government of Tigrai took control of all the artilleries and properties of the Forth Command.
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He said, the concept of anticipatory self-defense which the small countries like Israel used when they felt that clear and imminent danger that put their survival at peril exists is accepted international concept and it is used to swiftly strike like a thunderstorm to destabilize and demobilize enemy forces. He added, the Government of the State of Tigrai took similar action taken by Israel against Arabs in 1967 Arab-Israel War because there were 30,000 Federal armies and four mechanized brigades in Tigrai and the invading unitary forces from the southern direction and the forces of Isaias Afeworki (Eritrean Forces) had been approaching from the northern direction. According to Mr. Sekuture, the strike taken against the Federal Government forces following the concept of anticipatory self-defense put Tigrai in the better position in terms of armament, psychological readiness for war, and mobilization of resources. Mr. Getachew Reda, Advisor to the President of Tigrai and Spokesperson of Tigrai Central Command, also confirmed that the Government of Tigrai took control of all the artilleries and properties of the Forth Command.
Continue reading here: https://ayyaantuu.org/english/the-notio ... -ethiopia/