Well said brother Abraha!

Intersting Press Release from TISJD:

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Press Release
Peace cannot be imposed through treason: Solidarity
Tigrian Solidarity
December 3, 2004

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Meles Zenawi's most current, newly configured "five-point initiative" concerning the border decision does not surprise Solidarity. Since its inception, Solidarity has taken unequivocal position that Meles is an Eritrean agent with a clear agenda. We knew well all the way that Meles would not rest until he fulfils his life dream of carrying out Shaebia's age-old blue print to the full. And that is, divide and weaken Ethiopia to the extent that it cannot not stand on its feet to challenge Shaebia's ill-gained control of Ethiopia's Red Sea cost or challenge Shaebia's insatiable appetite for agricultural land and "gold digging" inside Ethiopia.

For almost two decades, Meles and his few Eritreanized cronies such as Sebhat Nega have waged a systematic war to do away with Ethiopian nationalism, especially in the northern region of the country, where they have gained compulsive control over the population through intimidation, blackmail, imprisonment and elimination. After assuming power sitting at the Menelik Palace in Addis Ababa, Meles has used his newly assembled pawns like Bereket Simon and Addisu Legese of ANDM to weaken and destroy Ethiopian nationalism throughout the land. In 2002, he had assumed that it was safe enough for him to hand over parts of Ethiopia to his "beloved" Eritrea. The uproar from Ethiopians from within and all over the world made him retreat, definitely taking his time until the nationwide "emotion" tapered off and Ethiopians moved on with their daily routine. Now, after two years of testing and fastening his power lines, he believes he can carry out his heinous crime with impunity.

Mind you Meles is rushing not only to hand over Ethiopian territories in the northern border of the country to Eritrea, but also is dying to hurriedly close the chapter on the Red Sea issue once and for all so that the Ethiopian people would not reclaim the Afar territory including Asseb, once Meles is replaced by a nationalist government who can effectively enforce justice as it stands on the ground. But, whatever Meles has achieved so far and what he is striving to achieve for the benefit of Eritrea at the expense of Ethiopia, is nothing but an unparalleled act of treason, which should not prevail to have any legal bearing. The Ethiopian people never had a chance to voice their say over this most important issue for their country's national security and territorial integrity. One thing is true - Ethiopians have shown unanimous and vehement opposition to this historic sabotage planned to destroy their country. It is inconceivable that Meles' force, deceit and treasonous act would prevent Ethiopians from claiming and gaining back (by all means) what ever is taken away from them - be it the border territories or the red sea littoral. It should be understood by all concerned that Meles Zenawi is planting more seeds of animosity and is heavily engaged in the preparation of the ingredients for an even greater disaster between the peoples of Ethiopia and its former northern province - Eritrea.

Fellow Ethiopians, Meles is a vicious predator who knows when to strike and when to retreat. He, if allowed, will never stop short of Ethiopia's destruction. He has established a border commission with the Sudan and who knows which area of Ethiopia will be for grabs. One thing is clear; we never doubted that Meles once again was going to strike. The question was, when?

Prior to the 1998 Eritrean invasion, Meles gave a Blanc cheque to the Eritrean regime to siphon off Ethiopia's' wealth, plunder and sale our cash crops and export commodities in the world market. At the Port of Asseb, The Eritrean regime was conducting an open robbery against Ethiopian import /export goods. Eritrean Customs officers were dismantling Ethiopian vehicles and they were selling them in Asmara as spare parts. Loading and unloading working hours were deliberately shortened to charge high storage fees and port Services. In fact the Eritrean regime refused to install modern crane bought by the Ethiopian government to expedite goods delivery services.

At that time the Eritrean economy was growing at the rate of seven percent annually. Eritrea even refused to accept any form of foreign Assistance including grant.

Today the Eritrean Economy is in shambles. Two- third of Eritrea's population is living on handout. The price of Taf/Teif, the staple crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea, costs about five hundred Nacfa per quintal in Eritrea. Therefore, Meles' "New Initiative" is not simply mere coincidence on the HOME front, but an integral part of his long-term strategy of destabilizing Ethiopia, to benefit Eritrea. Today there is no single month passing without ethnic violence in the country. In many parts of the country, Ethnic groups are fighting over border, water and grazing land. In the last three months, the government of Meles Zenawi has set up a "Hague style boundary Commission" to settle internal border conflicts.

For hundreds of years Muslims and Christians have been living in harmony. For all practical reasons Ethiopia had been an oasis of religious tolerance. Now Meles is introducing foreign religious elements to spread messages of hate to ferment Ethiopian instability. This of course goes in line with Meles' long term anti -Ethiopian strategy. Despite the official and public rhetoric to eliminate poverty, Meles' government has been heavily taxing destitute Ethiopian farmers and confiscating their assets for lack of payment of fertilizer credits. His government is the sole landlord of the country, and uses the land holding system in place to blackmail Ethiopian farmers to extract votes on national elections. Many development experts and international organizations as well as western governments have attested to the fact that this system is exacerbating the food shortage of the country by killing the farmer's incentive and interest in the land he/she works on. This is by any measure a tiny portion of Meles Zenawi's current satanic activity.

In short Meles is a traitor, tyrant and foreign agent. Based on past and present activities of Meles Zeinawi, Solidarity:

• Strongly believes that Meles Zeinawi is the single biggest threat for the survival of Ethiopia;
  
• Condemns unequivocally the so-called new initiative.
  
• Reaffirms our standing position that Meless Zeinawi is an Eritrean agent and needs to be removed from power;
  
• Calls upon the Ethiopian defense forces not to collaborate with the enemy and betray their motherland.
  
• Calls upon the People of Tigrai to prepare to fight, like always, against anybody who comes to their land to post a border pillar
  
• Congratulates the members of the Ethiopian parliament who opposed Meles Zenawi's policy of betrayal. Their names will be in the book of Ethiopia's heroes.

Long Live Our Motherland, Ethiopia
Tigrian International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy.

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