Eritrean Regime 'One Shot' From Implosion

The "brittle" regime of President President Isaias Afewerki was "one pistol shot away from implosion," the American ambassador to the country, Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen, reported to Washington in December 2009.

The full text of three cables sent during 2009 appear below.

Araya Desta, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, speaks to journalists following the Security Council's adoption of resolution 1907 (2009), imposing an arms embargo on his country, in addition to travel restrictions on and a freeze on the assets of its political and military leaders.

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