Re: A letter to Somali friend

Tena Yestelene, I read your piece you posted on awate.com on Feb. 29 and would like to share a letter I wrote to a Somali friend. I agree with you for all of us to stop the looming war between two tyrants in Addis and Asmara.

 

I was a little bit puzzled for you ignoring the barbaric terror of TPLF in Somalia and Ogaden while you express similar phenomenon in other parts of Africa.

 

Is it not much said in the world media on what is going on in Ogaden compared to the Darfur you mention and I hope you are not defending the regime in Addis Ababa and let me assure you without removing Isayas and TPLF there will not be peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea and UN is just a spectator like it was in early 1990s when Melese begging UN to give independence for Eritrea.

 

I am  happy for our Eritrean brothers and sisters to live in a free country of their own,however,their involvement in Ethiopia's affair will not help them in the future to live in peace with or without border demarcation.

 

Jumping over the boarder is not good for both Ethiopians and Eritreans and UN's role is limited as long as we respect your borders and abide by mutual respect not to get involved in our internal affairs and that surely will come through democratically elected government in both Eritrea and Ethiopia.

 

                                                                                              Regards,

 

                                                                                          Tedla Asfaw

 

On 2/28/08, Tedla Asfaw <tedla.asfaw@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Abdullahi Dahr Moge,

 

I read your piece, the Somali nation, TPLF's sacrificial lamb posted on www.nazret.com (Feb. 28)and saddened for exporting this terror to my brothers and sisters in Somalia while we have the power to stop it in our own soil in Ethiopia.

 

Your chronology of the TPLF's brutality from its inception to present time, shamefully , celebrated as the 33 years of TPLF struggle for "freedom and equality" by TPLF mafia this month at a time innocent lives are cut short daily in Somalia and  in Ethiopia's Ogaden  is outrageous.

 

USA and the west who are now busy to force the Kenyan opposition settle their differences to make Kenya on their holiday vacation list did not help Ethiopians when they were murdered in broad daylight in 2005 you mentioned in your articles  because they have an evil agenda for proud Ethiopians and Somalis.

 

After destroying the peoples revolt in May 2005 Melese Zenawi orchestrated religious conflicts in our communities and accused the Islamic Courts that took over Mogadishu from US sponsored warlords and start war which is totally rejected by Ethiopians  you correctly categorized as TPLF's war.

 

Fifteen months occupation of Somalia by TPLF brought destruction never seen before and at the same time Ogaden Somalis were bombarded and massacred and many lives lost as you correctly put it in the most barbarous way I and many compared it to the  genocide in the  Darfur population by Beshir of Sudan.

 

Ethiopians back home and in the Diaspora are against the crime perpetuated in Somalia in the name of fighting "Islamic terrorism" by the known terrorist regime of Melese Zenawi whose terror throughout Ethiopia mainly in Oromia and Ogaden is well documented.

 

Ethiopian armed oppositions like OLF and ONLF are defending their people and Ethiopians have to support these movements to remove the blood thirsty regime by rallying together in all western cities and educate foreigners that their tax payers money is wasted for killing women and children in the Horn of Africa.

 

I do believe freedom for Somalis and Ethiopians can only come by removing TPLF from Mogadishu and Addis Ababa and the resistance in Somalia should be supported by all peace loving Ethiopians as legitimate resistance.

 

Ethiopians and Somalis are brotherly people even if we had wars before we always see as one family.The occupation of Somalia by fascist TPLF soldiers is not acceptable for proud Somalis like it was not acceptable for proud Ethiopians more than seventy years ago during the fascist Italian occupation of their mother country.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                      Regards,

 

                                                                                                                      Tedla Asfaw

A letter to Somali friend

Dear Abdullahi Dahr Moge,

 

I read your piece, the Somali nation, TPLF's sacrificial lamb posted on www.nazret.com (Feb. 28)and saddened for exporting this terror to my brothers and sisters in Somalia while we have the power to stop it in our own soil in Ethiopia.

 

Your chronology of the TPLF's brutality from its inception to present time, shamefully , celebrated as the 33 years of TPLF struggle for "freedom and equality" by TPLF mafia this month at a time innocent lives are cut short daily in Somalia and  in Ethiopia's Ogaden  is outrageous.

 

USA and the west who are now busy to force the Kenyan opposition settle their differences to make Kenya on their holiday vacation list did not help Ethiopians when they were murdered in broad daylight in 2005 you mentioned in your articles  because they have an evil agenda for proud Ethiopians and Somalis.

 

After destroying the peoples revolt in May 2005 Melese Zenawi orchestrated religious conflicts in our communities and accused the Islamic Courts that took over Mogadishu from US sponsored warlords and start war which is totally rejected by Ethiopians  you correctly categorized as TPLF's war.

 

Fifteen months occupation of Somalia by TPLF brought destruction never seen before and at the same time Ogaden Somalis were bombarded and massacred and many lives lost as you correctly put it in the most barbarous way I and many compared it to the  genocide in the  Darfur population by Beshir of Sudan.

 

Ethiopians back home and in the Diaspora are against the crime perpetuated in Somalia in the name of fighting "Islamic terrorism" by the known terrorist regime of Melese Zenawi whose terror throughout Ethiopia mainly in Oromia and Ogaden is well documented.

 

Ethiopian armed oppositions like OLF and ONLF are defending their people and Ethiopians have to support these movements to remove the blood thirsty regime by rallying together in all western cities and educate foreigners that their tax payers money is wasted for killing women and children in the Horn of Africa.

 

I do believe freedom for Somalis and Ethiopians can only come by removing TPLF from Mogadishu and Addis Ababa and the resistance in Somalia should be supported by all peace loving Ethiopians as legitimate resistance.

 

Ethiopians and Somalis are brotherly people even if we had wars before we always see as one family.The occupation of Somalia by fascist TPLF soldiers is not acceptable for proud Somalis like it was not acceptable for proud Ethiopians more than seventy years ago during the fascist Italian occupation of their mother counry.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                      Regards,

 

                                                                                                                      Tedla Asfaw

Looking forward

Tedla Asfaw

 

I attended yesterday, Feb. 24, an informal gathering of New Yorkers in a round table discussion with Eng. Hailu, chairman of Kinijit, Weizero Negist, member of Supreme Council of Kinijit and KIC chairman Dr. Taye. The two hours discussion briefly touched the past six months and  mostly focused on where to go from here to fulfill the promise of the  Kinijt movement where all Ethiopians of different nationalities, accepting grievances from nationalities, try to build Ethiopia which is democratic and equal for her citizens.

 

We saw that words do not mean anything  in current Ethiopia under tyranny . Article 39 of the Ethiopian "Constitution" talks about the right of nationalities and what we saw is exploiting nationalities by organizing unaccountable organizations in the name of nationalities and foment hate and suspicion among Ethiopians going to the extent of declaring "Interhawe" in May 2005.

 

What did TPLF bring to the people it claims representing by putting itself as the only representative of Tigrayans and no other dare challenge its control of the people and the Geberu Asrat's new party  is "illegal"l in Tigray and Kinijit has been  accused as  "Amharas" who would like to bring the past and the "number one enemy of the Tigray people".

 

The OPDO that claims representing the Oromo people has failed miserably to convince the Oromo people that OLF is their enemy and in fact is doing the dirty job of TPLF by harassing and killing many Oromo activists and starting communal war within the Oromo community and the case of the war in the Gugi in Oromia is well documented.

 

Kinijit is surely one of the forces to be recognized by foes and friends  after it brought millions of its supporters in the May 2005 election and currently is preparing to convene its first general assembly.  Eng. Hailu yesterday explained  the process of calling the general assembly.Elected representatives of Kinijit from all zones through out Ethiopia will come together to decide the future path of the struggle.

 

Kinijit is peoples party and those who lectured us the impracticality of the call for general assembly failed to admit that imposing decision which matters to the millions of Kinijit supporters by few in Kinijit Supreme Council is not different than the TPLF or OPDO of imposing their will on the people, " I will deliver for You and do not worry". Ethiopians are worried for their future and they will not give their god given right of expressing their wish to live in a free contry be short circuited by few who scared to visit the masses in the first place fearing peoples power..

 

The ruling party and its affiliates know very well that the majority of Ethiopians rejected them in 2005 and now to bolster their future hold on power TPLF/EPRDFis claiming to have four million members of farmers and close to hundred thousands of students and of course one hundered percent of the Ethiopian army.

 

Kinijit knows this game and have to mobilize the masses that voted  before and many that are waiting the call in the future possibly on the general election of 2010 according to Eng. Hailu. That is why the general assembly is a must for Kinijit to bring representatives from all regions of Ethiopia and the effort to paint Kinijt as "Amhara's" party will fail miserably as it failed in the 2005 election in multi ethnic cites like Addis Ababa that gave their support for Kinijit 99.9 percent.

 

I and others who attended the round table discussion were convinced that helping hand for our people is a must and we can not impose leaders on our people but help the elected leaders of Kinijit do their job to bring the dream of our people to live in a free, democratic and equal Ethiopia.

 

The Diaspora Ethiopians after the last six months confusions have reached to reasonable conclusion in the last few weeks in North America that the struggle is home and they will be behind the Ethiopian people and their democratically elected representatives unconditionally.

 

 

 

 

 

Fwd: Support for the general assembly of Kinijit

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tedla Asfaw <tedla.asfaw@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 17, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Support for the general assembly of Kinijit
To: kinijitusa@kinijit.org

Dear Eng. Hailu Shawel,

 

I and many Ethiopians I know are happy that your health  situation is getting better and your yesterday's  Boston meeting with Ethiopians and today flying back to D.C to be on your final meeting with Ethiopians surely give us hope.

 

When you return to Ethiopia, the millions who voted for Kinijit in May 2005 would like to come out and receive you at the airport and wanted to assure you that the general assembly of Kinijit is the only one that can make decision on the future of Kinijit not the supreme council/"lealye Mekerbet".

 

The new "marriage" between Ato Temesgen(MP) and judge Birtukan Medekssa in the name of Kinijit has no popular support. Nor Ato Aeyele Chamiso's Kinijit who claims to field thousands of "paid candidates" to participate in the coming make-believe election.

 

Kinijit supporters have no one to vote for because the peoples Kinijit will not participate in this local "election" without freedom to assemble and free press.

 

The general assembly of Kinijit has to convene immediately under your leadership and start mobilizing its supporters and we know this is not to be a cake walk but we do believe that leader is tested on this difficult time and we will be behind the general assembly's decision to move forward.

 

                                                                Regards,

 

                                                              Tedla Asfaw