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Eritrea to start another war with Ethiopia?

In 2005, the  international commission in the Hague accused Eritrea for starting the 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia. Over the years, Eritrea has started big and small battles against Yemen, Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti.

In 1998, Eritrean troops invaded Ethiopian territories using an excuse that they were defending themselves. On Saturday this week, the Eritrean Ministry of Information published an article claiming it repelled an attack by Ethiopian troops at Zalambesa. Will history repeat itself again and Eritrea start another war using its excuses? Is the angry Eritrean President planning to scapegoat the UN sanctions for his latest invasion? 

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The following is an article from Eritrean Ministry of Information

  • TPLF Troops Launch An Attack In The Zalambesa Front

Zalambesa, 2 January 2010: In the early morning hours of January 1st 2010, TPLF soldiers launched successive attacks in the Zalambesa front and were swiftly driven back with 10 of their soldiers killed and two captured, leaving six AK-47 automatic rifles, a machinegun and communication equipments.

SOURCE: Eritrean Ministry of Information

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Added: January 03, 2010. 05:27 AM GMT
ofcourse mad man isayas will invade ethiopia again
eritrean identity ceases to exist without war
Hailu
Added: January 03, 2010. 05:32 AM GMT
God bless PIA
President Isaias Afworki is the great leader of africa
Saleh
Added: January 03, 2010. 06:57 AM GMT
Facts not words speaks loud
When it comes to war, there is no Joke with Eritrea.

Here at a given go, 10 dead and 2 surrendered soldiers ... is the reality of the day.

According to recent history Ethiopia never acknowledge its dead or captured soldiers.

Just to recall your memory, after village farmers capture Captain "Bezabih Petros" after he shot down by the gallant Eritrean Air Defense system, Ethiopia denys to the extent that it doesn't even have a pilot named "Bezabih Petros" nor does it lost one of its fighter jet where its derbis is all over that village fresh from smoke.

Again the then spokes person Solome Taddese when asked by the BBC correspondent about the thousand dead in one day at the Tsorena battle, she deny candidly that there were no war at Tsorena at all. She even asked him as "How do you know they are Ethiopian dead soldiers. Did they smell Ethiopian?" Very stupid in deed.

And now they are also to deny this skirmish too. As far as we are concerned, who ever comes to the lions den, it will be crushed and help his soul to meet its creator - God.

EriLove
Added: January 03, 2010. 07:22 AM GMT
Ye Jib Chikul Qend Yineksal
Very Fanny in deed!

There is a saying that goes "a Jib Chikul ... Qend Yineksal"

There is one thing some fullish quarters and shallow minded sellouts should understand better:

"Sanctioning Eritrea not to buy weapons doesn't mean a recall to drain all the weapons in Eritrea"

We have all the weapons one can imagine that can run us for the rest of the decades. Even more than enough to support all Ethiopian opposition forces with out affecting our reserves. So what is the big deal? Don't you think its too early to start provocation Eritrea?

Make no mistake. Look at Hamas. Surrounded and blocked by Israel and other allies including the Fatah, still Hamas has got weapons at will and no shortage.

Even during the 30 years struggle, while the Derg and USA, USSR controlled the sea and air, EPLF have no difficulty getting weapons from friendly countries and there was not a day our fighters loss a battle with lack of weapons.

So, what is the big deal now? When we control our air space and 1,600 Km costal lines, with as many friendly countries in the middle and far east who never want to see Eritrea fell in the hands of Ethiopia, can't you figure out, the then EPLF, now the Government of the "Lion of Nakfa" President Isaias Afeworki will fail to smuggle weapon of his choice?

You people, you must have lost your marble. As to dream and walk the road of fantasy, you are FREE to entertain it but when it comes to reality, we advise you to come to your senses!

If Defeating Eritrea was difficult yesterday, it is IMPOSSIBLE today!!

ILoveEri
Added: January 03, 2010. 09:28 AM GMT
One on One Tested and Failed
Eritreans and Ethiopians are cleaved from one tree so there GENES are the same. That's why they are brave and heros in the fields of WAR.

Ethiopians proved it during the Italian and before.

Eritreans HEROISM proved by defeating these HERO Ethiopians (Haile Slassie + USA, Derg + USA + USSR and now Woyane + UK + USA).

So when it comes to Heroism, Eritreans are more heroic than Ethiopians because they have a cause. They want to defend their identity, soverniety, and State. They know well that losing the war means losing all the above so they are fighting to death and determination.

On the contrary, Ethiopians specially under woyane fought a war only because it is their Job! They join the army because they want a job; for salary.

That is why Ethiopians always lose to Eritrea when it comes ONE on ONE.

They have tried in 98 and 99. They tested the resiliance of the Eritrean armed forces that cost them more than 123,000 dead. Before they try the 2000 third agression, they kiss some white ass from UK and USA to help them in intelligence, weopon, political cover, money and feed the soldiers. They kisses some Sudanese ass too to help them use their land to encircle EDF. Because ONE on ONE is suicidal.

This time around even they don't dare to test EDF ONE on ONE. So kiss some Pussy this time from Janday Frazer to put Eritrea in the list of Terror Sponsor states. That one failed but still the lick another Pussy from Susan Rice to punish Eri with arms embargo before they try to test the waters of EDF.

Rug tag Somalis gave them a good lesson with RPG and AK-47. What lesson they will draw from armed to teeth EDF. They already tested it yesterday (01 Jan 2010) at zalambesa with 10 dead and 2 captured.

God Bless Eritreans and Ethiopians!

Lets differentiate Woyane from Ethiopians!
EriLove
Added: January 03, 2010. 09:40 AM GMT
NO MORE BLA BLA
the mad dog in Asmera Isay'ass Seraqi he will do any thing he can to stay in power.however. the Golden lion of Est Afriqa the great woyanne is ready to HUNG him in AXUM sooon veryyy sooon.
COMANDO
Added: January 03, 2010. 10:31 AM GMT
End of tyranny
The end of the worst tyrant in Eritrean history has come. Peace and love to the people.
Anonymous
Added: January 03, 2010. 10:34 AM GMT
Sanction Buster
We all expected weyanes to start another war of agression....
The Eritrean Ambassador to the UN had warned the Security council that "the TPLF clique may foolishly get encouraged by the sanctions to start another reckless war to further destabilize the region."

The unjust and illegal sanctions were designed to tie Eritrea's hands behind her back so the mercenary weyane can throw sucker punches at will..... but had the backward weyanes know anything about the history of Eriteans.... it was the EPLF who trained the TPLF and supplied them with weapons captured from the Derg's army. If you read the news... the weyanes have already left behind "six AK-47 automatic rifles, a machinegun and communication equipments." And this is why Eritrea never shops for weapons.... and this is why the sanctions are meaningless for Eritreans.
Sanction Buster
Added: January 03, 2010. 10:38 AM GMT
RIP WOYANE
In a country of 84 million Ethiopians 59 out of 61 or 97% of highly ranked military commanders come from a Tigray ethnic group that makes a mere 4% of the entire population. We can't possibly say there is an Ethiopian army when the army is under full control of the minority mercenary weyane regime that does not represent the whole population but its respective awraja of 300,000 people in Tigray.

Many international experts and non-political aid agencies have dubbed the current famine in Ethiopia as a "man-made famine"... due to the fact that the minority regime has deliberately withheld the freely available international food-aid from reaching to the poor farmers in the southern regions whose lands it stole and sold to the monarchs of Saudi Arabia .... all in an effort to force the hungry sons of famine stricken farmers into army conscription.

It is not surprising to see the racist minority weyane regime that thrives through chaos and wars to systematically starve the Ethiopian population in order to conscript cannon fodders and mine sweepers in its reckless adventures of war to serve the interest of neo-colonial powers at the expense of the innocent Amhara and Oromo young men. What will be interesting to see is... an inevitable mutiny triggered by a long-simmering discontent over the existing repression and discrimination inside the weyane army .... committed by the lower level officers serving in the segregated army refusing to carryout their racist commanders' orders... and turn their guns on their oppressors.

R.I.P. WEYANE
Port Of Tekeze
Added: January 03, 2010. 11:00 AM GMT
will isaias invade ethiipia?
i don't think isaias afeworki and his party will invade us (ethiopia) again. because currently we have tough militiary power relative to them. but i really love isias for his aggressive actions. long live isias (eritrean president since thier independece).
kb
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