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Ethiopian tourist abductions and attacks blamed on Eritrea

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda | Jan 27, 2012 (eTN) - Eritrea’s dictatorial and radical regime has been fingered by Eritrean opposition groups, Ethiopian, and other international sources for alleged complicity in the recent

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda | Jan 27, 2012

(eTN) – Eritrea’s dictatorial and radical regime has been fingered by Eritrean opposition groups, Ethiopian, and other international sources for alleged complicity in the recent spate of attacks on foreign tourists and abductions, as Ethiopian rebels granted safe havens inside Eritrea are suspected to have carried out the attacks.

A source in Addis Ababa, insisting on anonymity – not a strange demand considering the zipped-up attitude of the entire country vis-a-vis even friendly media – suggested that the rebels were aiming to disrupt the growing tourism business in Ethiopia to harm the country’ economy before adding that the country’s return to Somalia was in part to eliminate Eritrean-sponsored terrorist groups constantly inflicting hit-and-run attacks on Ethiopia.

“Eritrea thinks they are safe inside their territory, but the time will come when terrorists can no longer hide or be hidden as someone will come for them. The rescue of Americans from Somali terrorists should be the last reminder that it can happen anywhere, and there is now even the option of aerial survey and missions,” the source said, showing the growing anger and frustration in Ethiopia with neighbor Eritrea.

The two hostile neighbors fought a bitter war a decade ago over disputed border lines, which even a United Nations effort to map out the exact boundary lines could not defuse. Eritrea is widely suspected to be playing a major supportive role for the Somali Al Shabab and other Islamic radical groups, offering training grounds and supplies, as most recently seen when Kenya entered the conflict in hot pursuit of terrorist groups. Kenya went on to witness air supplies being delivered from Eritrea to the radicals and deployed Kenya air force units, which now control the skies over that part of Somalia, making renewed air supplies all but impossible to achieve.

Isolated in the region, Eritrea has been shunned from participating in IGAD and other regional bodies and affairs attempting unsuccessfully so far to bring about a change in behavior, which many observers feel must either come swiftly, voluntarily, and comprehensively or else might the Asmara regime be targeted directly to bring about the change that country needs to fully develop.

Meanwhile and predictably, Asmara has denied any involvement in the abductions but notably also done nothing to evict the terrorists from Eritrean soil, leaving relatives and friends of those missing, deeply worried about the safety of their loved ones.

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  • fefe January 27, 2012

    ….”A source in Addis Ababa, insisting on anonymity “, said it all.

  • SINGAPO-ERITREAN January 27, 2012

    “በዓል ንምክልኻል “ሃገር” $1000 ዶላር ሂበ´ለኹ
    ህግደፍ ኣጠንኪርኩሞ፣ኣነ ግን መይተ፣ዕድመ ንዓኹም”

    ጓል 16 ንእሽተይ ቆልዓ እያ ኔራ
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    caravel ሓሊፍካ፣ ጥቓ እንዳ ኖራ
    ሸፋቱ ክኣትዉ ኣይተጠነሰትን ብሱራ
    ኣገዲዶም ወሲዶማ፣ ድፋዕ ዶብ ተተኺላ
    ካብ ሓደ ኮሮኔል፣ ካልእ ክጻወተላ
    ዘይትፈልጦ ሕማም AIDS፣እናሓደረ ዘዕብራ
    ብቐሊሉ ትደሚ ክየቋረጸ ዘስዕላ
    ከም ከልቢ ሞተት ማንም ከየልዓላ
    ንጽህንኣን ሂወታን ጠፊኡ ኣዲኣ ትደፍኣላ !!!!!!!!!
    ምዕማጻ ይሰማዕኩም፣ ኣቋሲሎማ ሓኒኻ
    እኒ ተረፍ ድሙ-ድሙ፣ ኣእዱግ በረኻ
    ንሬሳ ኣሕዋቶም ዘጅምዑሉ፣”ነዛ ዓማ ኣዳግማ ኢኻ”
    ኣየ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፣ካብዚኦም ርህራሄ ተጸቢኻ ???
    ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ተጸበዮም፣ ፈጺሞም ከጽኑትኻ !!!!!!!

  • zemen beraki January 28, 2012

    It is usual for the PFDJ regime first to deny, deny, utter unspeakable words through its TV ironicaly named the voice of truth. The hard fact is that the regime has an instinct for speaking something and doing the opposite. Lying is a second nature to the leader. The international public should be aware of the fact that the regime has no parliament, no constitution, no functional cabinet and no free press. The people are almost like slaves because they have no freedom of religion, no freedom of movement, no freedom of association, no freedom of expression and no freedom of doing a decent job. So, it is high time for everyone to push the botton for the removal of such a brutal and despotic regime!!

  • Abdi January 28, 2012

    Who da hell is Dr wolfgang?cheap Ugandan who can be bribed with a glass of wine and speak for centuries,who is next kenyan prof?
    Woyane had calculated it Wong by involving European casualties,and their nations will do the necessary investigations to find out the truth,so Dr wolfgang save your trash to urself.

  • Hasab Rebi January 28, 2012

    Well said and well done Abdi. The truth will prevail and will tell us a lot. just wait a little bit more to witness, how the lies of the dwarf regime of woyane will be uncovered.

  • kahsayfetwi@yahoo.co.uk January 28, 2012

    I am one of those who support Assena.com and listen the programme every day and I donate my support as well without given my truth name. I have listened the inteview of Amanial but it is amazing to findout how he is so recist against jeberti peaple and he lift eritrea because of the opperaser regim and he himself has got of opperation attitude towards of jeberti peaple . Of course we do not agree with eritrean gov because they steal our freedom and undermind our martry promise eventhough all the Ali abdu if he is a jebeti he has got a right to be proud of his ethinisty and to believe jeberti is BEHAR which is true because history will tell. Amanil made a comment by saying that Ali abdu believe that jeberti is a BEHARE. OK WHAT ABOUT YOU MR JOURNALIST AND A FFAIR MAN, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT JEBERTI IS A BEHAR AND TIGRINA WHICH IS GIVEN TO CHRISTAIN ERITREA AS THIER BEHER NAME IN 1978 BY THE CARZI ISYAS. BUT JEBERTI HAVE AS JEBERTI BEHAR FOR THE LAST 1400 YEARS AND YOU TELL ME THAT ALI ABDU BELIEVE THAT JEBERTI A BEHAR . YOU MAND VERY CHEAP COMMENT AND I WOULD ASK YOU POLITELY TO APPOLGAZE TO BEHAR EJEBERT FOR THE CHEAP COMMENT YOU HAVE DONE AGAINST US YOU THINK YOU EILL UNDERMIND MR ALI BY UNDER MIND THE BEHRE JEBERTI.WHITHER YOU LIKE OR NOT JEBERTI IS BEHRE AND WILL BE BEHRE FOR EVER AND TIGRIN IS FOR YOU NOT FOR US THANK YOU
    KHASAY FETWI JEBERTI

    • Ahmed saleh January 30, 2012

      Kansan
      You said it all , we oppose the government because they stole our freedom and under-
      mined our martyrdom, thank you. Eventhough I am Asmara born Eritrean, does not
      make feel comfortable talking or writing this kind of topics. As a person of Jeberti origin
      You have a right to get frustrated on this nonsense comments and truly I feel your rage. As you put it we should save our energy on concentrating on important issues in demand. The question of Jeberti as Biher could be solved only when a democratic Eritrea is established . By then with their elected politicians and other civic leaders or
      representatives might the case on the table to rest. No we do not need to fall on
      this non-ending arguments, leave that alone for now because I do not see any positive outcome. My stand is to avoid sensitive issues accompanied to religion,ethnicity and other negative sentiments, it only creates suspicion and more harm to our unity.

  • kahsayfetwi@yahoo.co.uk January 28, 2012

    Ema I am politely ask you to publish my comment as i have a right to response to that person .
    thank you
    kahsay fetwi

    • SINGAPO-ERITREAN January 28, 2012

      kahsayfetwi@yahoo.co.uk,
      I am not Jeberti ,I am Eritrean Tigraway,the so called “HIZBE TIGRIGNA ” ,fake ethnic group ,I am sick & tired of my fellow Hizbe Tigrignas ,who have no problem denying their Tigrayhood & telling the Jebertis ,they are Tigrigna ,while having no Problem ,to embrace THE CHRISTIAN SAHOS of Akeleguzai as Tigrigna .What a hypocracy.Why can`t people open their brain ,ie if they have one & listen to each other.
      Clarifying my believe as such ,UNLESS I HEARD THE GUEST ON RADIO ASSENNA WRONG HIS STATEMENT WAS “ALI ABDU BELIEVES JEBERTI ARE BIHER ,WHILE SERVING A GOVT. THAT DOES NOT SHARE THE SAME ” please listen to it again,. AND YOU DO NOT BECOME JEBERTI OR NOT ,BECAUSE AMANUEL BELIEVES YOU ARENOT WHO YOU ARE.YOU DEFINE YOUR IDENTITY. LOOK AT US THE ERITREAN TIGRAWOT NAMING OURSELVES ,HIZBE TIGRIGNA ,SINGAOPO-ERITREANS ,NON TIGRAWOT TIGREANS ……etc.you get thwe point .Please do not hesitate to correct me, if I heard wrong .
      Your fellow Eritrean …..the non tigraway tigrean of singapor origin !!!!!

  • kib January 29, 2012

    I gess you guys are too crizy becous you worred about Tegrena or Jeberty Eritrean we don,t have any atnecal or relegen problem our problem is HEGDAF only and I understand som trush Hamasenayt always sick becouse of theyar migration zoba makel

  • Gaul Mendefera(Rahel) January 30, 2012

    love this quotes “to be without a friend is to be poor indeed”, Chinese mister spoken at AU meeting.
    sooner or later, we will have friends, we will have mutual cooperation with our neighbours, for the time being the tyrant,dictator, radical regime isayas is there alone, with his gangs Ali Abdu… and so on…
    death to the regime of isayas … for sure it will happen soon

    • Ahmed saleh January 30, 2012

      That is wisdom in deed, good friendship gives peace, stability and strength. It easy to bring enemies and confrontation than friendship and understanding. It needs open mind
      attitude and consideration to others to use it as your tool on that purpose.

  • Popular Front for Dicatorship and Jailing(PFDJ) January 30, 2012

    a good citizen according Hgdefawian… mendefawian
    be a dictatorship
    be a tyrant
    be a lair
    be friendless
    be war dreamer
    live in hypocrites
    clump your hands whenever hgdef talks..
    hgdef mendefffffffffffffffffffffff..final finding his hole like his master mind Gaddafi

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