Shabait.com (Asmara)
2 November 2007
Asmara — Defecting Ethiopian soldiers who arrived in Eritrea recently disclosed that the regime is preparing to launch another war against Eritrea. They also pointed out that the regime is conducting secret meetings for Tigrayan Army commanders on the preparations for the war.
The soldiers further indicated that the TPLF regime is forcing every Army member to buy clothes twice a year from the Adwa Textiles Factory, which is owned by the regime itself. Stating that a number of soldiers are abandoning the regime opposing its racist policy, they explained that defections are getting out of control at present. Hence, tight security is being enforced, they added.
The five soldiers who arrived in Eritrea are Tewfiq Mahdi Sani and Hussein Abdalla Barsiebo, both from the Gurage ethnic group, Galwak Bayek Jack from the Nuer ethnic group, Kefyalew Lolo Wedebie from the Oromo ethnic group, and Guish Mesele Gebreyesus, a Tigrayan.
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Due to 50 years of war with Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia has been in huge mess with it's own constant economic nightmares, persistent famines, uncontrolled AIDS, TB and other public health scrooge, internal political strife and ethnic civil wars in Ogadinia, Oromia and Amara provinces. If Ethiopia has never been able to clean up it's won dirty laundry at home, how is it possible that Ethiopia will remotely be able to dust off internal strife and stabilize Somalia? Ethiopia must leave Somalia, to let the Somalis take care of their own problem, while Ethiopia should attend to it's own internal strife, economic nightmare and ethnic civil wars. After 50 years of war against Eritreans, one hopes, Ethiopians has learned bitter lessons already. What's there, more to gain for Ethiopia from waging another 50 years of war against Eritrea or Somalia? If the Ethiopian government continues on instating on waging wars in Eritrea, Somalia and against it's internal enemies in Ogadinia, Oromia, and Amara provinces, the war could back fire and break Ethiopia apart just like Yugoslavia. Therefore, the Ethiopian lynch-pin "politicians" need to be careful on what they pray for, because, they might as well, get it, bringing more misery to Ethiopia than what Ethiopia has been going through for the last "3000" years, as Ethiopians claim.
Gerrie Lijam, San Jose, Ca. USA
well I totally think that this article is writen by an amatuer that doesnt gives unreasonable information without any base or background.