Defending Sudan for Money without Shame !!!

Tedla Asfaw

 

Professor Mesfin Woldemariam's short interview with German Amharic (May 22), after "no one is  displaced" lie by Melese Zenawi for his captive parliament for answer to  his own cadre question, is educational and a warning for Ethiopians. Accurately Professor described Melese as someone who is defending Sudan by bringing arguments like" kind and "gentle Sudanese" who "allowed" poor Ethiopians to "stay" on the land with their permission.

 

The "Gwyne" line is a known fact but twisted by Melese Zenawi, Sudan defender. Professor Mesfin and fellow scholars who are still alive studied it during Derg time and produced a document that Melese failed to show to his admiring audience. According to their findings there were written correspondences between Ethiopia and England that finally agreed on the line to delineate their borders by moving the Gwyne Line accodingly and totally different than Melese's new map of Ethiopia, based on his "Gwyne Line" , which purposely hiding it from his sleepy and useless parliament fearing public outcry.

 

Moreover, Melese and Beshir's agreed "Ethiopia's new map" is rewarding "Kind Sudan" with huge land stretched for more than one and half km with an average depth  of 30 km deep inside Ethiopian territory where alluvial land and water resource is available is now on its final phase and it is no more secret.

 

No wonder many Sudanese students have been investing their time to work on PHD focusing the bread and water issue long before they discovered oil. According to Professor Mesfin only the late Dr. Abdumadjid Hussein did a study on this border delineation and Ethiopians who have been living in a fertile rain fed area for generations never thought of that one day those who were dreaming their land  will get someone who claimed to be their leader will hand it over and defend such deal officially in his Parliament without shame.

 

Melese the defender of Sudan is truly sold our land for money and we should not waste time on that. Our next move is to defend our land and prepare for the long war which will bring down his regime and his ally in Sudan. What a shame! A  land Yohnesse gave his head to be given on silver plate to his killers on our age.

 

TPLF's arrogance has no boundary. It has now stretched from Mogadishu to our frontier in the west. They believe starved and poor Ethiopia will submit to  petro dollar intoxicated militia of Sudan and TPLF and let them know that there are many Yohaneses ready to sacrifice to evict all intruders form outside and within. 

Re: Rendezvous with Destiny !!

Tedla Asfaw

One of our own Dr. Golto the first time I know that he
is a medical doctor wrote a fantastic piece on
addisvoice.com (May 22)titled Rendezvous with Destiny.

This personal experience of a man who grew in South
Ethiopia and as a child seeing hunger and death is no
doubt a foundation for his determination to change
that by bringing a united force and Golto should be
thanked for sharing his childhood experience with us.

Sadly what he saw as a child is now coming back and
killing innocent children and the story of Ayantu is
not only news for Dr. Golto but a nightmare which
brings flash back of what he saw as a nine year old
boy going ward to ward not as a doctor but as a
"reporter" maybe.

I myself was moved by this true story of Ayantu a
mother who lost children and clinging to one she has
now and if that did  not move us what else? If we do
not unite now then when ?

Ethiopian Western Boundry Protection Force

Tedla Asfaw

 

TPLF's boss, Melese Zenawi, on his ten minutes sleepy parliament answer to question planted from one of his cadres (May 20) on the recent border crisis affirmed that he is working hand and glove with the Darfur butcher, Beshir, to add him a big chunk of land which has been under Ethiopia's control throughout history based on the the so called General/Major "Gwynn" agreement with Emperor Menelik in 1907. We have seen such rush to demarcation using illegal treaty of the 1902 Ethio-Italian agreement with Eritrea which led Badme and its surroundings to Eritrea by International Arbitrator after Badme war. 

 

This is Badme in large scale and Ethiopians have to rally behind and derail this deal until Ethiopians freely debate this border issue openly. Where are the two points to make this line? And according to TPLF and Sudan it is  their choice and they can establish two points and make the line. Moreover, Melese is telling us not to worry because no one will be displaced, meaning he or she can live as Sudanese because of the generosity of his beloved Sudanese..

 

That is a trick to buy time. Why should an Ethiopian or Sudan live and start a family which does not belong to him or her. Is it because of the kindness of the Sudan which Melese told us in his boring lecture ? On his recent interview, Professor Mesfin told us the historical background of this border demarcation and during Haile Selassie as he said the demarcation was stopped by the people Representatives of the region and the rebellion of the people and Melese avoided wisely the reason why it was not demarcated then.

 

Mengistu was waging war with Melese and  in no time Sudan army threaten our people like now by burning villages and arrest Ethiopians because they know very well that Ethiopian army will get an excuse to get deep inside their territory to fight Sudan army and TPLF command structure. 

 

The so called 1996 chasing of Sudan's army by TPLF is a fabrication. Sudan became an "enemy" of Ethiopia after the failed attempt on Mubarek's life in Addis Ababa in 1995 by Sudan sponsored terrorists. Then there  was an alliance of Ethiopia and Eritrea on the line of the "new breeds" of African leaders against "terrorist" Sudan serving USA interest but in no time there was  any war and Melese's allegation of taking Sudan land on that war  and giving it to Ethiopian investors is a big lie.

 

Sudan currently is on the road to split in many parts and Beshir's rush to demarcate is understandable . They know that there will never be better time than now and tried to put their marks on the ground after secret negotiation for many years. However, Ethiopians say no to any marker on their land and that is where we are now.

 

TPLF buying of time is also tactical to infiltrate farmers, the word no doubt was given to Beshir on Seyom Mesfin urgent trip to Khartoum.The resistance which is growing and got wide support can only be defeated within. The leaders of this insurrection can be eliminated slowly until the people be left defenseless and then both TPLF and Sudan army will finalize their deal. It is time for Ethiopians wherever we are to support this resistance before permanent settlement supported by mercenary armies destroy our communities. This resistance we can call it Ethiopia's Western Boundary Protection Force (EWBPF).

 

Regarding the so called "EPRDF" which I now call it " Ethiopian People Re Demarcation Front" that failed  misrably to draw a boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia  should not be given another test to draw any line call it Gwyne or Melese's line on our watch in Ethiopia's western front.

 

A man who claimed that he wiped out ONLF and it takes him only two weeks to finish the "Somali jihadists" in Christmas 2006 invasion of Somalia and only stayed there after it was requested by elders in Somalia can care less for starving Ethiopia where children are dying of hunger daily and many Ethiopians go to bed without food. However, he has got plenty of time to re demarcate our border to shrink it  in size to satisfy his beloved Sudanese and cash in big time.

 

We should learn from recent the now "disappeared" ONLF what it did to deny TPLF and foregin forces to control large swat of land in Ogaden after they displaced the nomads to exploit oil and gas. This dream could have been easily realized were it not for a fierce resistance form the people and ONLF and we can do the same in the area that is now agreed to cede to Sudan in Gonder if we rally behind EWBPF. 

 

 

Ethiopians say no to Meles and Beshir's land deal

Tedla Asfaw

Yesterday's demonstration in D.C in front of Meles' Embassy in protest of the giving away of Ethiopia's land to Sudan surely has got many ears back home.

Melese and Beshir both are waging brutal war in their own country and their military are stretched and in no way can solidify their secret deal and it is up to the Ethiopian people in Gonder area to evict the Sudan army from their region.

The recent trip of Seyum Mesfin is surely to buy time to finalize the deal and for that TPLF need time to divide the resistance by planting its cadres among the people.

The Diaspora's protest like the one in D.C surely is a big moral support for those who are resisting to hand over their land for Beshir.

I also thank Ato Merchaw Sinishaw the host of Ethiopiawinet Radio for telling the truth in VOA's
short interview about the protest and all who came and voice their anger.