From: getachew@yosemite.math.ucla.edu (getachew hagos)
Subject: Re: Ethiopia: Massacre at Addis Ababa University
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Dept.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:12:04 GMT

In article <11JAN93.00551782@edison.usask.ca> f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca writes:
>In a previous article, alakew@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Abiye Lakew) wrote:
>>...

>>Government forces shot and killed about 12 students and injured more than 100.
>>It was reported that some students of Eritrean and Tigrean origins
>>participated in the killing using assault knives and pistols. This atrocity
>>occured at the campus of the Addis Ababa University.
>
>please, go ahead and tell us the ethnic origins of the dead students, so that
>we may be in a better position to say whether the killing was ethnically biased
>or not. as you presented the case, it looks as if none of the dead  and wounded>students came from either Tigrea or Eritrea. moreover, we are not sure if the
>demonstration itself was sectional in the first place. and if that is the
>case, it may not be proper for you to generalise a sensitive issue like this;
>you should have told us that a group of Addis Ababa university students from
>so-so ethinic group(s)........

I heard similar story if not identical to what Abiye reported to share us in
this network. I guess he shoudn't deserve a blame by sharing what he heard, I
would prefer to praise him for making my source double unlike what you think.
>
>>
>>Sources indicate that the ruling party EPRDF ( Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary
>>Democratic Front) actively prevented the injured from receiving medical
>>attention.
>if this is true, then such govt is not worth anything.

To my knoledge it is very very true. It is possible to site several papers
about this if necessary. As you said such govt is not worth anything and 
existing actually, but the funny thing is they are existing.
>
>>EPRDF is mainly dominated by TPLF (Tigrean Peoples Libration Front) and has
>>been working with the EPLF ( Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front) to facilitate
>>the independance of Eritrea and the dismemberment of Ethiopia along ethnic
>>lines.
>>
>this is not very difficult to understand. it's a matter of "you rub my back and
>i rub yours".

Is that democracy then?

>they combined forces and resources to oust
>the bloody regime of Mengistu at the appropriate time in history under certain
>brother, that's not a bad thing. at least, they saved us from another Somalian
>debacle in the continent. this shows the leaders of the two parties are 'gent-
>lemen'.

The mengistu regim is not ousted by only these groups, the whole Ethiopian
people fought for it, the only difference is these group are only the
benifit of the doubt.

>and Ethiopian peoples. but don't forget that our Eritrean brothers have spent
>the past three decades or more fighting for their dignity. now that this dignit
y
>is about to be restored fully, you should not blame them for working with the
>government in power. honestly, they deserve whatever deal they can get from the
>ruling party. if they vote for an independent nation in the forthcoming referen
-
I don't think any body argue if the whole Eritrean people voted to be
independent. The question is how fair is the referendom?

>dum, they should be ....

Cheap talk has no value.

>
>>In related news the leader of the Provisional Government of Eriteria and
>>chairman of EPLF Mr. Issayas Afwerki has died in Israel due to cerebral
>>malaria. This was reported on Jan 10, 93 (sunday) on Addis Ababa radio.
>may his soul rest in perfect peace. he is one of the few Africans i have respec
t
>for, no matter what people say. i wish he had lived to see the outcome of the
>forthcoming referendum. this is a man who spent his life for a cause he beli-
>eved in. i hope he would be remembered by the people he served.
>Eritreans, ndo o nu!!!
>oguocha
 
        Don't forget this guy was a dictator like Migistu was, he killed and/or
be the cause of the killing of thousands if not millions of Ethiopians and
Eritreans. I wouldn't shed my tears over his death nor did I rejoice it, but
I beg God to put his soul in the exact place he deserve to be in.

Have a good day.

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