TPLF Found in Global Terrorism Blacklist - By Abebe Gellaw
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Why did the Adwa-born weyane Adwash delete this post?
By Abebe Gellaw
It is an open secret that TPLF’s history is tarnished with violence, bloodshed, brutality, mass killings, genocide, robberies, corruption, mass displacement and kidnappings, to mention a few in the long litany of crimes the group has been committing since it started its armed insurrection in 1975 as an ethnocentric bandit group with a declared mission of seceding Tigray from Ethiopia. Along with the world’s most virulent and violent terrorist groups Al Shabaab, Al Qaida, Hezbollah, Basque, Islamic Jihaad, the drug cartels in Latin America, the Tamil Tigers, the TPLF’s the terrorist records are linked to committing mass killings, assaulting civilians, NGOs and hostage taking of foreigners. The GTD record on TPLF is not very comprehensive given the fact that TPLF became the government in 1991 and changed its terrorist tactics to state terrorism. It is a tragedy for Ethiopia that the terrorist group TPLF now controls Ethiopia abuses its power to crush innocent civilians like insects.
TPLF has obviously committed countless acts of terror before and after it seized state power in 1991. GTD only contained TPLF’s terrorism record from 1976 up to 1991. Puzzled why GTD does not contain acts of terrorism that the TPLF has been committing after it came to power, I called Erin Miller, Project Manager of the Global Terrorism Database.
Miller explained that despite the fact that in circumstances where terrorist organizations like the TPLF have succeeded in seizing state power, they automatically fall outside the domain of the GTD due to the fact that it only records and archives terrorist acts committed by non-state actors. “The rule of inclusion does not include state actors. Terrorism acts committed by governments are state terrorism,” she said.
http://addisvoice.com/2011/10/tplf-foun ... blacklist/
According to a cable released by Wikileaks, the TPLF minority regime in Ethiopia planted bombs in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and killed several people in an effort to frame neighboring Eritrea and Ethiopian opposition for its own terrorist crimes.
Addis Ababa blast: Staff clear up piles of broken glass after an explosion shattered windows during lunch time at the popular Lalibela restaurant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to one report, at least four people were injured in the blast. Andrew Heavens - Addis Ababa - 07 March 2006.
Blood-stained steps and torn shoes left by a blast in the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people were reported to have been killed and five injured in the blast - one of nine explosions that rocked the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
Shume Seifu, aged 35, one of the people injured in an explosion at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured in the blast - one of at least six to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
A cafe worker clears debris from blood-stained steps at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured after a explosion in the cafe - one of nine blasts to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
Shume Seifu, aged 35, one of the people injured in an explosion at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured in the blast - one of niner to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district. The customer sitting closest to the seat of the blast in the back corner of the cafe left blood stains on the floor.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=addis+blast
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS
POSSIBLY THE WORK OF GOE
Classified By: CHARGE VICKI HUDDLESTON FOR REASONS 1.4(b)AND(d).
¶1. (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis
Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE
announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and
that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo
Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National
Congress (ONC). An embassy source, as well as clandestine
reporting, suggests that the bombing may have in fact been
the work of GoE security forces. END SUMMARY
¶2. (U) On September 16, three bomb explosions were reported
in the Kara Kore area of Addis Ababa. The explosions were
heard at 4:45 a.m., 7:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m. The National
Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), together with the
Federal Police Anti-terror Task Force later reported that the
bombs were “part of a coordinated terror attack by the OLF
and Sha’abiya (Eritrea) aimed at disrupting democratic
development.” The NISS said that the intended terror plot
had failed and the bombs had mistakenly gone off while the
suspects were preparing them while hiding out at an illegally
built house. Two of the suspects died immediately, while
another died on the way to the hospital. One other is in
critical condition. The police task force reported having
others in custody related to the plot and that evidence shows
the terrorists had ties to Oromo groups – the Mecha and
Tulema Association (MTA) and the ONC. They also said that
the bombs used contained parts sourced from Eritrea and were
consistent with bombs used in previous terrorist attacks.
¶3. (S) On September 20, Dr. Merera Gudina (strictly protect),
the former leader of the ONC (and a typically reliable
information source), contacted Post to report that the
deceased had not died not while constructing a bomb, but
rather at the hands of GoE cadres. Dr. Merera said that the
men had been picked up by police a week prior, kept in
detention and tortured. He said police then left the men in
a house and detonated explosives nearby, killing 3 of them.
He did not indicate whether the men were ONC or OLF
affiliated.
¶4. (S) Clandestine reporting indicates that the bombs did not
explode inside the structure, but rather appear to have been
placed outside and detonated.
[Ambassador Vicki] HUDDLESTON
Why did the Adwa-born weyane Adwash delete this post?
By Abebe Gellaw
It is an open secret that TPLF’s history is tarnished with violence, bloodshed, brutality, mass killings, genocide, robberies, corruption, mass displacement and kidnappings, to mention a few in the long litany of crimes the group has been committing since it started its armed insurrection in 1975 as an ethnocentric bandit group with a declared mission of seceding Tigray from Ethiopia. Along with the world’s most virulent and violent terrorist groups Al Shabaab, Al Qaida, Hezbollah, Basque, Islamic Jihaad, the drug cartels in Latin America, the Tamil Tigers, the TPLF’s the terrorist records are linked to committing mass killings, assaulting civilians, NGOs and hostage taking of foreigners. The GTD record on TPLF is not very comprehensive given the fact that TPLF became the government in 1991 and changed its terrorist tactics to state terrorism. It is a tragedy for Ethiopia that the terrorist group TPLF now controls Ethiopia abuses its power to crush innocent civilians like insects.
TPLF has obviously committed countless acts of terror before and after it seized state power in 1991. GTD only contained TPLF’s terrorism record from 1976 up to 1991. Puzzled why GTD does not contain acts of terrorism that the TPLF has been committing after it came to power, I called Erin Miller, Project Manager of the Global Terrorism Database.
Miller explained that despite the fact that in circumstances where terrorist organizations like the TPLF have succeeded in seizing state power, they automatically fall outside the domain of the GTD due to the fact that it only records and archives terrorist acts committed by non-state actors. “The rule of inclusion does not include state actors. Terrorism acts committed by governments are state terrorism,” she said.
http://addisvoice.com/2011/10/tplf-foun ... blacklist/
According to a cable released by Wikileaks, the TPLF minority regime in Ethiopia planted bombs in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and killed several people in an effort to frame neighboring Eritrea and Ethiopian opposition for its own terrorist crimes.
Addis Ababa blast: Staff clear up piles of broken glass after an explosion shattered windows during lunch time at the popular Lalibela restaurant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to one report, at least four people were injured in the blast. Andrew Heavens - Addis Ababa - 07 March 2006.
Blood-stained steps and torn shoes left by a blast in the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people were reported to have been killed and five injured in the blast - one of nine explosions that rocked the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
Shume Seifu, aged 35, one of the people injured in an explosion at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured in the blast - one of at least six to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
A cafe worker clears debris from blood-stained steps at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured after a explosion in the cafe - one of nine blasts to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
Shume Seifu, aged 35, one of the people injured in an explosion at the Amica Cafe in busy Merkato market area of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Two people died and at least five were injured in the blast - one of niner to hit the capital this morning. Today's series was the latest in a string of mysterious explosions to have hit Addis in the past few months.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district.
The aftermath of an explosion at the GM Cafe near Addis Ababa's Mexico district. The customer sitting closest to the seat of the blast in the back corner of the cafe left blood stains on the floor.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=addis+blast
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS
POSSIBLY THE WORK OF GOE
Classified By: CHARGE VICKI HUDDLESTON FOR REASONS 1.4(b)AND(d).
¶1. (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis
Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE
announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and
that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo
Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National
Congress (ONC). An embassy source, as well as clandestine
reporting, suggests that the bombing may have in fact been
the work of GoE security forces. END SUMMARY
¶2. (U) On September 16, three bomb explosions were reported
in the Kara Kore area of Addis Ababa. The explosions were
heard at 4:45 a.m., 7:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m. The National
Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), together with the
Federal Police Anti-terror Task Force later reported that the
bombs were “part of a coordinated terror attack by the OLF
and Sha’abiya (Eritrea) aimed at disrupting democratic
development.” The NISS said that the intended terror plot
had failed and the bombs had mistakenly gone off while the
suspects were preparing them while hiding out at an illegally
built house. Two of the suspects died immediately, while
another died on the way to the hospital. One other is in
critical condition. The police task force reported having
others in custody related to the plot and that evidence shows
the terrorists had ties to Oromo groups – the Mecha and
Tulema Association (MTA) and the ONC. They also said that
the bombs used contained parts sourced from Eritrea and were
consistent with bombs used in previous terrorist attacks.
¶3. (S) On September 20, Dr. Merera Gudina (strictly protect),
the former leader of the ONC (and a typically reliable
information source), contacted Post to report that the
deceased had not died not while constructing a bomb, but
rather at the hands of GoE cadres. Dr. Merera said that the
men had been picked up by police a week prior, kept in
detention and tortured. He said police then left the men in
a house and detonated explosives nearby, killing 3 of them.
He did not indicate whether the men were ONC or OLF
affiliated.
¶4. (S) Clandestine reporting indicates that the bombs did not
explode inside the structure, but rather appear to have been
placed outside and detonated.
[Ambassador Vicki] HUDDLESTON
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