Dear Eden:
Mr. Aregawi talked of an investigation on an allegation, not of true war crimes
If you listen carefully to the interview from 27:42 to 28:05, Mr. Aregawi Berhe says as follows:
ኣሁን በቅርብ ግዜ ደግሞ እነርሱ [ትህነግ ወይ ህወሓት]ብቻ ኣይደለም በውድመት የተሳተፉት፣ የሻዕብያ ወገኖችም፡ ሰራዊትም፡ በውድመት፡ ንብረት ዘረፋ ተሳትፎዋል የሚል ስሞታ ኣል'ለ። ይሄ እየተጣራ ነው ያል'ለው። እዛ ሄደው የሚያጣሩ ወገኖች ኣል'ሉ። ተጣርቶ ሲኣልቅ እንግዲህ ሓቁ ይወጣል።
The key phrases are "ስሞታ ኣል'ለ" (there is an allegation), " እየተጣራ ነው" (it is being investigated), and "ሲኣልቅ... ሓቁ ይወጣል" (when it's finished...the truth shall come out).
Mr. Aregawi
(1) did not claim that Eritrean troops participated in TPLF vs. Federal Government war within Etiyopiya;
(2) did not specify if Eritreans allegedly destroyed Etiyopiyan properties from Eritrea, or from within Etiyopiya, or both;
(3) seems to imply that Eritrean troops were in Etiyopiya and participated in the destruction or removal of properties (but it is general knowledge that Eritreans cannot remove Tigraiyan properties if they were not present in Etiyopiya); and
(4) did not claim that the investigation was a "war crimes investigation," as you wrongly claimed. The allegation that Eritrean troops entered Tigraiy, Etiyopiya, needs to be proven true, first, with credible evidence, before one proceeds into other allegations.
eden wrote: ↑03 Jan 2021, 17:43