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Re: Must See: Eritreans wholeheartedly welcoming Emperor Haile Selassie in Asmara
This picture shows prince Amha Selassie asking forgiveness from his father, Emperor Haile Selassie, for the role he played during a Mengstu 1960 coup attempt. Yes, those who stood beside Haile Selassie were Eritreans who were in a very high position in the Ethiopian government. Your twisted mind wants to use this for your evil intention. Poor soul. This what the emperor said to his son " I am happy to find you alive , but I would have been happier had I found you dead"
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Re: Must See: Eritreans wholeheartedly welcoming Emperor Haile Selassie in Asmara
The Eritrean Liberation Front and its Liberation Army are organized on the lines of a guerilla military pattern. As such they seek to inflict harm and embarrassment on the enemy while conserving their own strength. Attack when the enemy is resting and retreat when the enemy is attacking are basic principles. The ELA is very well armed, and, indeed, may be one of the best guerilla armies, militarily speaking, in Africa's multi-fronted wars of national liberation. This army is designed to be highly mobile and, depending on the terrain, can move more than sixty kilometers in one day if there is need. In the war so far the ELF has concentrated primarily on military targets and personnel in its military attacks. Symbols of the Imperial Government and its officials have also been targets for attack.
One of the ELF's more significant military actions took place on November 7, 1966, when seventeen Eritrean towns were simultaneously attacked at midnight while an OAU summit conference was being held in Addis Ababa. This was de signed to focus world attention on the Eritrean struggle. Another action occurred on March 25, 1967, when
a notorious official from the Ministry of the Interior was shot and killed.
During a large-scale Ethiopian offensive, the ELA reported 793 Ethiopian soldiers killed, while their own losses were relatively slight. In March 1969 the ELF blew up an Ethiopian Airlines plane at Frankfurt, Germany. In June of the same year another plane was attacked in Frankfurt and one was damaged in Karachi. In September a plane was hijacked to Khartoum and one to Aden. In December another hijack attempt was foiled over southern Europe. These events brought world attention to Eritrea. On May 17 and 19, 1969, railway tracks and bridges were destroyed between Djibouti and Ethiopia; an explosion occurred at the Ethiopian Consulate in Djibouti and another bomb exploded at the Central Bank in Addis Ababa.
These publicly observed incidents were all claimed by the ELF in their goal to disrupt the social and economic life of Ethiopia.
In the period between January and May, 1971, more than fifty incidents were reported in seeking the ELF goal. Since 70% of Ethiopia's foreign
trade goes through Eritrea to reach the ports of Assab or Massawa, disruption of this sort is very costly in time and money for Ethiopia.
A recent incident which received world-wide publication occurred near the central Eritrean city of Keren, which had earlier been occupied for eight hours in an ELA "mini-Tet offensive" (in that it sought only political goals, and military conquest was not the main concern). The ELA ambushed a train at a station and politely asked
the passengers, including many military men, to disembark. Meanwhile, down the tracks another team had unfastened the railroad track at a
trestle spanning a gorge. The train resumed its forward motion with no passengers and tumbled car by car into the gorge in a mass of fire
The ELF carried out a daring daylight attack on the Keren-Asmara highway, on November 21, 1970, killing General Teshome Irgetu, the Commander of the Second Division Infantry. His death brought about a quick response and soon American planes were bombing Keren, Eritrea's third largest city, with anti-personnel and napalm bombs; hundreds were killed.
In July, 1965, two United States airmen, Cpl. Ronald Dolecki and Chief Warrant Officer Jack Kalbach, were captured by the ELF while the two servicemen were on what was designated as an ''aerial mapping survey". Two weeks of searching by 10,000 Ethiopian troops failed to produce the men, who were subsequently released by the ELF.
In March, 1967, a special U.S. State Department task force was set up to watch over the area's "problems". Heavy fighting between the Eritrean Liberation Army and Ethiopian forces broke out between April 23 and May 7, 1969, with the Ethiopian Army hoping to crush the ELA. Stiff resistence was met and six American "advisors" were reported killed. Later in 1969 four Americans allegedly on a National Geographic study team were held by the ELF for sixteen days before being released. Other incidents between the ELF and American servicemen have purportedly occurred, but they are publicly dismissed by the Ethiopians as being the work of "bandits" (shifta).
On February 13, 1970, the American Secretary of State, William P. Rogers, reported that the American Consul General, Murray Jackson, had been kidnapped by the ELF near Asmara. After this, security tightened considerably and Americans were told to travel only in two-car convoys and not to drive far from the Asmara area. By the end of 1970, the Emperor declared a State of Emergency to employ martial law in the province.
In January 1971 the ELF struck at Americans again and ambushed a G. I. from Brooklyn, who was reportedly "delivering U.S. Army mail". General Westmoreland visited there in February 1971 and inspected Army installations and the communications base at Asmara.
Etc. etc. etc...
(Taken from: Eritrean Liberation Front- A Close-up View. By: Richard Lobban, 1972 California Institute of Technology)
In 1990, the EPLF blows-up the Haile Selassie statue in Massawa!
One of the ELF's more significant military actions took place on November 7, 1966, when seventeen Eritrean towns were simultaneously attacked at midnight while an OAU summit conference was being held in Addis Ababa. This was de signed to focus world attention on the Eritrean struggle. Another action occurred on March 25, 1967, when
a notorious official from the Ministry of the Interior was shot and killed.
During a large-scale Ethiopian offensive, the ELA reported 793 Ethiopian soldiers killed, while their own losses were relatively slight. In March 1969 the ELF blew up an Ethiopian Airlines plane at Frankfurt, Germany. In June of the same year another plane was attacked in Frankfurt and one was damaged in Karachi. In September a plane was hijacked to Khartoum and one to Aden. In December another hijack attempt was foiled over southern Europe. These events brought world attention to Eritrea. On May 17 and 19, 1969, railway tracks and bridges were destroyed between Djibouti and Ethiopia; an explosion occurred at the Ethiopian Consulate in Djibouti and another bomb exploded at the Central Bank in Addis Ababa.
These publicly observed incidents were all claimed by the ELF in their goal to disrupt the social and economic life of Ethiopia.
In the period between January and May, 1971, more than fifty incidents were reported in seeking the ELF goal. Since 70% of Ethiopia's foreign
trade goes through Eritrea to reach the ports of Assab or Massawa, disruption of this sort is very costly in time and money for Ethiopia.
A recent incident which received world-wide publication occurred near the central Eritrean city of Keren, which had earlier been occupied for eight hours in an ELA "mini-Tet offensive" (in that it sought only political goals, and military conquest was not the main concern). The ELA ambushed a train at a station and politely asked
the passengers, including many military men, to disembark. Meanwhile, down the tracks another team had unfastened the railroad track at a
trestle spanning a gorge. The train resumed its forward motion with no passengers and tumbled car by car into the gorge in a mass of fire
The ELF carried out a daring daylight attack on the Keren-Asmara highway, on November 21, 1970, killing General Teshome Irgetu, the Commander of the Second Division Infantry. His death brought about a quick response and soon American planes were bombing Keren, Eritrea's third largest city, with anti-personnel and napalm bombs; hundreds were killed.
In July, 1965, two United States airmen, Cpl. Ronald Dolecki and Chief Warrant Officer Jack Kalbach, were captured by the ELF while the two servicemen were on what was designated as an ''aerial mapping survey". Two weeks of searching by 10,000 Ethiopian troops failed to produce the men, who were subsequently released by the ELF.
In March, 1967, a special U.S. State Department task force was set up to watch over the area's "problems". Heavy fighting between the Eritrean Liberation Army and Ethiopian forces broke out between April 23 and May 7, 1969, with the Ethiopian Army hoping to crush the ELA. Stiff resistence was met and six American "advisors" were reported killed. Later in 1969 four Americans allegedly on a National Geographic study team were held by the ELF for sixteen days before being released. Other incidents between the ELF and American servicemen have purportedly occurred, but they are publicly dismissed by the Ethiopians as being the work of "bandits" (shifta).
On February 13, 1970, the American Secretary of State, William P. Rogers, reported that the American Consul General, Murray Jackson, had been kidnapped by the ELF near Asmara. After this, security tightened considerably and Americans were told to travel only in two-car convoys and not to drive far from the Asmara area. By the end of 1970, the Emperor declared a State of Emergency to employ martial law in the province.
In January 1971 the ELF struck at Americans again and ambushed a G. I. from Brooklyn, who was reportedly "delivering U.S. Army mail". General Westmoreland visited there in February 1971 and inspected Army installations and the communications base at Asmara.
Etc. etc. etc...
(Taken from: Eritrean Liberation Front- A Close-up View. By: Richard Lobban, 1972 California Institute of Technology)
In 1990, the EPLF blows-up the Haile Selassie statue in Massawa!
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Re: Must See: Eritreans wholeheartedly welcoming Emperor Haile Selassie in Asmara
TGAA,
Don't lie.The guy who is kissing Emperor's feet is Asfaha Weldemeskel
Source: http://awate.com/sudanese-destinies-of- ... ings-feet/
Don't lie.The guy who is kissing Emperor's feet is Asfaha Weldemeskel
Source: http://awate.com/sudanese-destinies-of- ... ings-feet/
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TGAA
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Re: Must See: Eritreans wholeheartedly welcoming Emperor Haile Selassie in Asmara
Awate .com is the most Ethiphobic Eritrean webcit there is. I am familier with the picture so I will find and post it as soon as I find it. Awate website is so Ethiophopic it photoshped Isayas Afewerki with Gondere tatoo . go figure.