Talk:Eritrean–Ethiopian War

message: I am confused as to how the figure of 150,000 dead Eritreans is being used as a reliable number. Upon looking at the "sources" it states that the figure was claimed by 'some people' without a definitive person or organization being mentioned. All other sources of casualties have this set as a minimal benchmark. If there are no objections I wish to have this figure removed due to lack of definitive source. Ericandude (talk) 12:33, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eritrean Casualities 

message: Dear Wikipedia editors can you re write the Wikipedia page on the Ethiopia-Eritrea war of 1998.
many claims and many source are not accurate and aren’t actual.
you have used claims used by the Ethiopian gov, the conflict party and state this here as a fact.
Let me mention some examples. 
For example you mentioned the  air bombings during the 1998 Ethiopian Eritrean border, and you accused Eritrea of bombing Ethiopia at first (kindergarten in Tigray) and you stated that Ethiopia made retaliatory air strikes in Asmara.
But Susan Rice the former Secretary of State of African Affairs has stated in her report in 1999 on the 1998 Ethiopian Eritrean border war, that Ethiopia bombed the Asmara air port of Eritrea at first and then Eritrea bombed Ethiopia.
Also the real time news like Associated Press who were in Eritrea when the Asmara air port was bombed stated that.
but you Wikipedia you just stated the claim of Ethiopia/TPLF based of Ethiopias claim of EEBC commission.
Susan Rice and AP News stated that Ethiopia bombed Eritrea at first.
Secondly you said Eritrea triggered the war by invading Ethiopia based of an article from BBC.  Badme was not Ethiopia. Badme was an Eritrean region occupied by Ethiopia.
Even if you use the IC resolution as the evidence you should then mention in the headline that it was Ethiopias claim it Ethiopia was attacked. But also that Ethiopia occupied Eritrean Badme, killed Eritrean soldiers. And advanced to Badme and Ad Murug in 1997 already
TPLF has initiated the first strike by killing eight Eritrean soldiers on May 6 1998.
4. Wikipedia you claimed that Ethiopias parliament didn’t declare war on Eritrea on May 13 1998, and you referred to Ethiopias claims on the EEBC commission.
but Ethiopias claim during
the commission doesn’t rule out that the Ethiopian parliament has made a resolution which called for an all out war with Eritrea.
in the headline you claim that Ethiopia advanced to Eritrea, down below you state that Ethiopia controlled 1/4 of Eritrea? 
Now tell me isn’t this an invasion?
and in the background of the war you stated that the deportations of former Ethiopian Derg soldiers and their associated fueled the relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea?
but the source Perlez Janes from New York Times states it was Ethiopian Derg soldiers and their relative who were repatriated to Ethiopia. 
how does the deportations of an occupation army from Ethiopia to Eritrea cause border skirmishes between Ethiopia and Eritrea?
but you left out the part that Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi kicked out nearly 100.000 Eritrean civilians from Ethiopia, civilians who were not members of the Eritrean EPLF army while in 1991 Ethiopian soldiers and Ethiopian officials were deported from Eritrea.
there is a lot of misinformation and politically motivated information here that needs to be corrected 2003:CB:4F24:5000:4473:4B22:9A5:8A49 (talk) 13:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The whole page on the Ethiopia-Eritrea war is not accurate, up to date and needs to be rewritten.