Ethiopia’s Dirty War

jonas your a FOOL she was telling the truth there is all kind of evidence proving what those innocent civilians are going through by your cowardice actions ethiopian government still cant explain why do they "RESTRICT" certain part of the region not to be shown? it only proves that they're are hiding the atrocities which they're committing against those defendless people only COWARDS like yourself target civilians understand ethiopian government is always DEPENDENT on FORIEGN ASSISTANCE seriously you cowards will never be close to our level even during 1977 OGADEN WAR when somalis have chase you aids infested bantus it was the SOVEIT UNION and the CUBAN ARMY who came to rescue you understand you will NEVER have the HEART to fight somalis 1-on-1 history has proven even in 1531 when somali KING Ahmed Gurey conquered most of ethiopia once again you cowards call for help to the portuguese through out history you have always DEPEND on FORIEGNER countries and now your getting the same FOREIGN SUPPORT against the SOMALIS with the so called "FAKE WAR ON TERROR" ethiopian government even tried to LABEL the ONLF as a "terrorist group" which is LAUGHABLE the ONLF have been around for over 25 years i bet people who was following the ogaden situation were laughing at your STUPIDITY and all of the sudden you want to call them "terrorist"? LOOL your DESPERATE attempts on getting support wont work this time i'm pretty sure alot of AMERICANS and U.N knows that words "terrorist" has been ABUSED first of SOMALIS are "MODERATES" our culture, religion, tradition is a proven fact we arent extremist but i'll tell you how people transform into extremists and it is WAR, INJUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, ect even when somalis were in state of war it was all about CLAN based not about religion so once again your attempts labeling SOMALIS as terrorist is PATHETIC! it might fooled the BUSH admns and the neo-cons into thinking somalis were terrorist because their muslim i'm pretty most AMERICANS are well educated enough to differentiate FACTS from FICTION but at the end of the day we both know ethiopian government CANNOT live without FOREIGN SUPPORT and ASSISTANCE mark my words once somalis UNITE we will chase you COWARDS back to AIDS ABABA lool

jonas your a FOOL she was telling the truth there is all kind of evidence proving what those innocent civilians are going through by your cowardice actions ethiopian government still cant explain why do they "RESTRICT" certain part of the region not to be shown? it only proves that they're are hiding the atrocities which they're committing against those defendless people only COWARDS like yourself target civilians understand ethiopian government is always DEPENDENT on FORIEGN ASSISTANCE seriously you cowards will never be close to our level even during 1977 OGADEN WAR when somalis have chase you aids infested bantus it was the SOVEIT UNION and the CUBAN ARMY who came to rescue you understand you will NEVER have the HEART to fight somalis 1-on-1 history has proven even in 1531 when somali KING Ahmed Gurey conquered most of ethiopia once again you cowards call for help to the portuguese through out history you have always DEPEND on FORIEGNER countries and now your getting the same FOREIGN SUPPORT against the SOMALIS with the so called "FAKE WAR ON TERROR" ethiopian government even tried to LABEL the ONLF as a "terrorist group" which is LAUGHABLE the ONLF have been around for over 25 years i bet people who was following the ogaden situation were laughing at your STUPIDITY and all of the sudden you want to call them "terrorist"? LOOL your DESPERATE attempts on getting support wont work this time i'm pretty sure alot of AMERICANS and U.N knows that words "terrorist" has been ABUSED first of SOMALIS are "MODERATES" our culture, religion, tradition is a proven fact we arent extremist but i'll tell you how people transform into extremists and it is WAR, INJUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, ect even when somalis were in state of war it was all about CLAN based not about religion so once again your attempts labeling SOMALIS as terrorist is PATHETIC! it might fooled the BUSH admns and the neo-cons into thinking somalis were terrorist because their muslim i'm pretty most AMERICANS are well educated enough to differentiate FACTS from FICTION but at the end of the day we both know ethiopian government CANNOT live without FOREIGN SUPPORT and ASSISTANCE mark my words once somalis UNITE we will chase you COWARDS back to AIDS ABABA lool

This is a "fairy tale". Nothing said was true. The incumbent Ethiopian government itself was a rebel group and knows very well that abusing local pepole will only good for the opposition forces. The lady who said she scaped from the mouth of death but did not want to say where she was -most probably in Kenya- must have made up the story to get a refugee status and be resettled in one of the western countries.
Hence her words won't count.

Jonas

ethiopia stop killing raping the innocent people of ogaden region
this is unacceptable this is genocide if their is one ogaden situation is worse than the darfur and palastaine, irag and afganistan, america and ethiopia they are commiting crime agaist humanity IN OGADEN REGION. america is arming the ethiopian military to kill the somali ogaden people. stop america what are you doing in ogaden and stop double stand.
the ethiopian dictator meles zenawi is wiping from the map the ogaden people and he use the tactics were mingiste use when he was against the meles tribe wayane. mr mels let me remind you the ogaden they stronger than the iron bar all the brevious leaders of ethiopia they try everything to defeat the ogaden people and they fail and you will fail your mission agaist the ogaden people this region is our land and we live thousand years . you go back your region makele and leave our people to live peace, and govern themselfes.

we will fight to last person and we will never sorender the none bleivers who occupy our land illgally more than 50 years. the suffering of ogaden people is worse than any human suffering in the world america give green light the ethiopian to kill our people rape women and burn our towns and life stocks this is genoside if their is one.

hero ahmed eegge

Ogaden is 10 !!!!!! worse than those in Darfur, Thank you very much for reporting on the ethnic cleansing of the Somalis by the American sponsored Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi.

Tell the world what we as people from that region already knew.

Ogaden is 10 !!!!!! worse than those in Darfur, Thank you very much for reporting on the ethnic cleansing of the Somalis by the American sponsored Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi.

Tell the world what we as people from that region already knew.

Ogaden is 10 !!!!!! worse than those in Darfur, Thank you very much for reporting on the ethnic cleansing of the Somalis by the American sponsored Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi.

Tell the world what we as people from that region already knew.

Tedi;

I have relatives who have run away from the Ogaden region and moved to Kenya because of the on-going massacre. I fail to see why you would dismiss such a calculated and highly destructive collective punishment as the Ogaden massacre as a "lie." I highly doubt you have every been to the Somali region. If you would have been, then you would know the atrocities that are taking place there.

The American-led on Terrorism has meant that dozens of the most repressive dictators can now be bank-rolled for suppressing dissent in their own countries, which in sum translates into the perpetual unrest and sowing of future terrorist breeding ground. American leaders such as Jendayi Frazer have chosen the easy of ignoring the Ethiopian dictator's crimes and have instead become an effective spokesperson for one of the most inhumane regimes in Africa today. Unfortunately, as we go to bed with such dictator's as Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi and Pakistani leader Parvez Musharraf we are reduced to making a mockery to our call for democracy and liberal ideals in the world. We are viewed as a nation that says one thing and yet does another thing. It is a high time that the ill-advised policies of this administration are corrected before it is too late. As a Somali-American it pains me greatly to see my government financing the massacre of my people while thousands of my people are massacred and millions more displaced.

The American-led on Terrorism has meant that dozens of the most repressive dictators can now be bank-rolled for suppressing dissent in their own countries, which in sum translates into the perpetual unrest and sowing of future terrorist breeding ground. American leaders such as Jendayi Frazer have chosen the easy of ignoring the Ethiopian dictator's crimes and have instead become an effective spokesperson for one of the most inhumane regimes in Africa today. Unfortunatly, as we go to bed with such dictator's as Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi and Pakistani leader Parvez Musharraf we are reduced to making a mockery to our call for democracy and liberal ideals in the world. We are viewed as a nation that says one thing and yet does another thing. It is a high time that the ill-adviced policies of this adminstration is corrected before it is too late. As a Somali-American it pains me greatly to see my goverment financing the massacre of my people while thousands of my people are massacred and millions more displaced

Notice that all the accusations of human rights abuse, burnt villages, rapes, hangings etc, are hearsay. None of these have been independently verified. They are either the words of people with political stakes/agendas or "analysts" who somehow "know" the truth. A classic case of journalists trying to make the story fit a certain profile.

Notice that all the accusations of human rights abuse, burnt villages, rapes, hangings etc, are hearsay. None of these have been independently verified. They are either the words of people with political stakes/agendas or "analysts" who somehow "know" the truth. A classic case of journalists trying to make the story fit a certain profile.

Posted by Sulub

Dear editor,

Thank you very much for telling the truth and reporting from my occupied motherland.

Your correspondent Mr. Jason McLure is a good journalist and he has done his job properly. He did not care about Ethiopian security forces, police, spies and minders around him to dig out the hidden atrocities in Godey and elsewhere in the Ogaden.

The crimes of Ethiopian government???s forces in the Ogaden have no parallel in today???s world. It???s far worse than those in Darfur.

International Press, international humanitarian organisations, international and local human rights organisations are not allowed to operate in the Ogaden. Because the Ethiopian government under the TPLF/EPRDF of Prime Minister Zenawi has committed horrendous crimes against our people in the Ogaden and they do not want the outside world to know their atrocities.

Human rights groups such as, the Ogaden Human Rights Committee, has carried out extensive investigations of the human rights situation throughout the Ogaden, and has documented gross violations, including illegal imprisonments, mass arrests without charges or trials, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, extrajudicial killings, abduction, forced labour, hostage-taking, systematic religious and racial persecution, dispossession and widespread looting by Ethiopian government forces in the region.

Since April 30th 2007, more than 200 villages, hamlets and nomad pastoralist settlements were destroyed by Ethiopian infantry and military helicopter gunships, and thousands of livestock namely; She-camels, camels, goats, sheep and cattle were decimated in the military campaign as well.

Many animals starved to death and many nomad families were left destitute after Ethiopian government forces rounded up their animals, which are the primary source of livelihood for nomad pastoralists. Confiscated livestock were put in concentration camps and were left for the elements without water and fodder. The pastoralists who resented or showed any resistance were shot dead in cold blood. The incident that took place in Labiga village, near Dhagaxbuur town, on June 18th 2007, where members of Ethiopian armed forces killed 21 pastoralists and wounded more than 50 others who resisted Ethiopian troop???s attempt to impound their animals is a case in point. See: www.ogadenrights.org

The ethnic based government in Ethiopia create chaos in the area. The dictator Afeworqi in Eritrea is doing the same as his first cousin Zenawi in Ethiopia. These crooks should be removed and democratically
elected leaders should govern the area.

The horn of Africa conflict is sponsored and orchestrated by the state terror in Eritrea. The dissemination of hate rate and divisions among Ethiopians is part of their strategy. Similar false or exaggerated articles have been written by those groups (Shabia, ONLF, OLF, SOMALIA Islamists etc.) several times. Its purpose is to attract external aid and support. I am ashamed to see such a bias and factious article in one of the internationally recognized magazines. Surprisingly, The Eritrean web sites displayed this article on their first pages and it is again those people who sent their comments one after another.

The horn of Africa conflict is sponsored and orchestrated by the state terror in Eritrea. The dissemination of hate rate and divisions among Ethiopians is part of their strategy. Similar false or exaggerated articles have been written by those groups (Shabia, ONLF, OLF, SOMALIA Islamists etc.) several times. Its purpose is to attract external aid and support. I am ashamed to see such a bias and factious article in one of the internationally recognized magazines. Surprisingly, The Eritrean web sites displayed this article on their first pages and it is again those people who sent their comments one after another.

The horn of Africa conflict is sponsored and orchestrated by the state terror in Eritrea. The eradication of hate rate and divisions among Ethiopians is part of their strategy. Similar false or exaggerated articles have been written by those groups (Shabia, ONLF, OLF, SOMALIA Islamists etc.) several times. Its purpose is to attract external aid and support. I am ashamed to see such a bias and factious article in one of the internationally recognized magazines. Surprisingly, The Eritrean web sites displayed this article on their first pages and it is again those people who sent their comments one after another.