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Poll: Will Egypt start War with Ethiopia?
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has been in power since the era of Ethiopia's Mengistu Hailemariam
(JT) The majority of countries in the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) are planning to sign a new Nile treaty on May 14 and have accused Egypt for stalling the agreement. After over ten years since the NBI was created, the Egyptian government today asked for more time to continue NBI negotiations while some Egyptian politicians have restarted a new round of “war of words” that resemble past threats from Cairo.

The center of the Nile crisis has been Egypt’s usage of over 80 percent of the Nile water resources even though 85 percent of the Nile comes from Ethiopia. The last five years, Kenya and Tanzania have been more outspoken in condemning Egypt's domination of the Nile, however, the focus of the issue remains between Egypt (the biggest beneficiary) and Ethiopia (the least beneficiary).

Despite Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government recently taking a strong stance in favor of what could be a historic May 14 treaty signing, some Ethiopians believe Meles Zenawi's ruling party is spreading a pre-election propaganda to avoid criticism from the opposition before the upcoming May national election. Unlike the previous Ethiopian leader Mengistu (who stockpiled heavy weaponry and secretly planned a Nuclear weapons program to defend Ethiopia from Egyptian aggression), the current leader Meles Zenawi is accused by Ethiopians for being too soft on Egypt. Most Ethiopians resent Egypt's monopoly of the Nile which has contributed to underdevelopment, famines and numerous deaths in Ethiopia for many decades.

The last time Egypt and Ethiopia went to war was in the mid 1870s, which ended with the Battle of Gura. Will Egypt start another war with Ethiopia due to the Nile dispute?

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Added: April 24, 2011. 03:25 AM GMT
egypt
in any war will happen ethiopia will be destroyed egypt is superpower in africa and the strongest in it and the 10th over the world and is supported by all arab and muslim countries specially after its revolution
keek
Added: December 28, 2010. 03:13 AM GMT
85% of Nile is in River
It is absolutely absurd that anyone would argue that Egypt deserves the Nile because of the treaty with the Brits and Sudanese. Ethiopia and the other nile basin countries did not take part in the treaty and really it is absolutely a pile of garbage from colonial times.

Many also argue that Egypt has been using the Nile for thousands of years but the fact is not only does the Nile start in Ethiopia, the majority, 85% of it is in Ethiopia. In this issue years don't matter!
Menelik007
Added: December 17, 2010. 09:55 PM GMT
Ethiopians are really stupid
Ethiopian Amharas and Tigrays you are stupid, nobody wants to be in Ethiopia only you. Somali, Oromo, Sidamo etc all support Egypt to help them get freedom.

You are saying Ethiopians were never slaves? They are slaves even now by Meles Zenawi and USA.

You are saying Egypt can only win by support of USA, but Israel was supported by USA when Egypt and Israel had war and who won? Nobody.
Ethiopia is biggest depending country in Africa. They needed help when Somalia took controll of Somali region, they needed help to invade Somalia 2006 and Somalia had no government or army, they even needed help against Eritrea.
You are just fools and retards. Oromia, Ogaden, Sidamo, Afar, Gambella will be liberated soon.
Go Egypt!
Added: October 21, 2010. 07:37 PM GMT
Egyptian rights
Egypt as known from about 8000 years is the gift of the nile, Egypt has used the nile for the past 8000 years making the best use of it and feeding over half of the world at the ancient egyptian times, today under a british agreement egypt and sudan has the most rights in the river, basically because they are the last countries that the river is flowing to, recent ethopian claims about their rights in the river is nonsense they arleady have a share, the population of egypt exceeds ethopia , ethopia can have another source of water such as rain fall, while egypt heavily depends on the nile, as the rainfall in egypt is rare, war is not the solution to resolve an unnecssary issue.
youssef
Added: September 16, 2010. 05:24 PM GMT
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
IF THE WATER RESOURSES ARE USED PROPERLY BY ETHIOPIA, SUDAN, AND EGIPT, THERE IS NO REASON TO BE FIGHTING OVER IT. THE FACT THAT EGIPT HAS USED THE WATER TO THE FULL EXTENT HAS MADE IT PROSPEROUS. THUS THE REASON FOR NOT WANTING THE RIVER WATER TO STOP. AS I SUGGESTION TO STOP MORE DEATHS AND CONFLICT, I SUGGEST A UNION UNDER ONE PRESIDENT FOR ALL RIVER SHARERS. THIS WOULD FINALY PUT AN END TO UNNESSESARY DEATHS AND FAMINE SUFFERERS.
SAL
Added: September 01, 2010. 12:18 PM GMT
Eritrean
Eritrean will side with Ethiopian NOT Egypt if they attack Ethiopia, of-course our sick leader Isayas will sell us to Egypt.

To All Ethiopians, Egypt will not dare to fight you but they will make you fight each other. And you will fulfill this because of selfish leaders like Meles and others.

I want to tell you about my story. I was born in Dembi Dolo from Eritrean parents and grow up in Addis. I left AA university to join the fight with first EPRP and then with EPLF. I spend all my adult life fighting for my country's Independence. How fool I was. I did not fight for independence but for one man's evil dream to be conquered with no mercy. while in struggle I hated all Amaharas because of Dergs atrocities and inhumane treatment of my people and also I will tell the truth that was what we were thought. come to think of it now, I had a good childhood and lived better even in Addis. but the question was to have a freedom but did I get that freedom that me and many of my fellow freedom fighter pay in blood and sacrifices? you be the judge. And I want to point out that it is the same with TPLF. Meles uses a divide and conquer strategy even though he knows that one day that it will bring unimaginable ciaos when he loses his power. until then as usual few will benefits while many poor souls pay the ultimate sacrifices.

I am now in my mid 50's and my message to you to all Ethiopians Amharans, Oromos, Tigrians etc. is to fight the corrupt leaders NOT the people. there are good Amahras, Oromos or Tigres but people like Meles want to divide you because that is how he can rule with no one challenging his throne. It is the same with Isayas, It was the same with Mengistu that he used Unity of Ethiopia to stay in power, It was the same with Hailesillaalsie. Because they all want to stay in power using any means or method.

And in the end people hate each other, kill or fight each other with out any end. and that fulfills the dreams of your enemy.

That is what Egypt wants and work hard on.
Anonymous
Added: September 01, 2010. 11:22 AM GMT
Hater
what is this poll for, they have already start the war 40 or 50 years ago. What do you think of Eritrean Independence? before stupid Isayas's EPLF the Egyptian trained financed and assisted ELF to wage war against Ethiopia in the name of creating an Islamic Eritrea in the Red Sea. while they are doing this, our Ignorant and selfish Hailesillasea who loves to showoff in the international world was doing a peace treaty b/n Egypt and Sudan when they have disagreement b/n them on nile. How they laughed behind his back.
Once EPLF defeats ElF, the Egyptian did not stop helping EPLF even though he eradicate their main friend and partner. But after all the help from Egypt and most Arab countries to get his Independence where did he Isayas go first? Israel. and who did he fight first? Egypt. do you remember that he opened fire on Egyptians fishermen just because they were close to the shore. Fucken Egyptian govn. exchange threat of words but later obeyed. Arabs know how to bark when it comes to fight they run (they gave up in 6 days)
Here is another one, once EPLF and TPLF liberated Ethiopia from Derg the crook Meles was very friendly to Egypt, there is a rumor that he signed an agreement in 1993 about the Nile (We dare them to show us) giving up all our rights. But in Ethio-Eritrean war in 98, who do you think that Egypt sided with? Yes Eritrea. they have funded a purchase of $300m mine to be planted in the border. mind you people that they give them mine so that it can kill not only solders but innocent civilians once the war ended. And this is the country that tells us Oh we have historical friendship for thousand years blah blah. No you have never been a friend and will never be.

I don't know if readers have heard the recent news that many Ethiopians and Eritreans were raped murdered and hanged in the Egyptian borders while trying to cross to Israel. even worse the rape victims were not only woman but men " this fags are animals that have no sense of humanity to any dark-skin color. as you see here most want to call Us slaves " in case you don't know about Ethiopian history we have never been a slave to anyone unlike you who have been a slave to Turks, Arabs and oh yeah the White master British.

Currently they are waging war in a different front that is ONLF and the Al-Shabbab in Somalia.

They have been waging war for a long time.

Here is their foolishness though, distablising Ethiopia will even be worst to them because as it is a matter of death to them it will be for as too. So when come to shove as some suggest here we will use Nuke Waste to irradiate all of You. If we die we die with our enemy. Which I would not want to see happen.
Anonymous
Added: August 26, 2010. 11:48 AM GMT
ethiopia
for only egiptians,u beeter think about ur future life dont depend on america support u r an africa ,what i want to say is almost 100% of the nile flow from ethiopia which means it is ethiopian water so how could u say we wont agree with ethiopian let me give u some advice or example u had a long story about piramid but that piramid so if american want to take it that piramid in her owen country will u let her to take it i think ur answer will be no so it is the same thing like nile but water is a gift from god so ethiopian also blive in god so from the god which we get we will not stop u to use the water because if u sahare what u have u will get more from god we been telling u this story but u wont accept so what do u think will think to take the nile from ethiopia like america think to take from ur land this is dakilous
ethiopian
Added: August 02, 2010. 08:53 AM GMT
anbesaw
ethiopia has all the right to use and collect tax on countries who use nile for irrigatin or hidroelctric dam .If egypt keep use her treat then i storngly bleve that the war is nessery.
Anonymous
Added: July 23, 2010. 03:53 PM GMT
no war
war is not correct answer if they start war no one will not get any benefit
Anonymous
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