Conspiracy-No.1
After Dergu was ousted by popular forces, EPLF led Eritrean to referendum and Eritrea became an independent state. The next question of the EPLF at that time was how to rebuild Eritrea . The new born nation was torn by war and had no sufficient national resource. The most plausible step to take was to get access to Ethiopia for more resources to be taken to Eritrea .
TPLF, being a laboratory product of Eritrea , had no gut to say no to Eritrean dream at that time for many reasons. First, TPLF had no political ground in Ethiopia at that time. Second OLF was getting more popularity than TPLF through out Oromia. For TPLF to consolidate its power and for Eritrean to get access to Ethiopians large national resource, the two secret friends decided to play a political maneuver against OLF. Destroying OLF for once and for all or weakening it was their primary agenda.
In 1991-1992 transition period, Eritrea and the Meles regime strengthen their relation. Among other things, Eritrean deployed her soldiers to enforce the encampment policy of Oromo liberation army (OLA). By doing that Eritrea soldiers not only were able to know the number of OLF soldiers but got all necessary information about the military status of OLF.
The Evil Mission
Though she miscalculated the consequence, Eritrea decided to destroy the OLF for her mission of looting the Oromo national resource. To satisfy her wild ambition, Eritrea participated in the mass massacre of WBO which was already disarmed. WBO was disarmed in accordance with the agreement made for the establishment of transitional government. Disarmament of OLA (Oromo Liberation Army) by itself was a secret plan for the successful mission of destroying OLF from the very beginning. The two forces, the TPLF and EPLF collaborated to destroy the Oromo freedom fighters. They secretly planned and implemented their hidden agenda of re-colonizing the Oromo nation, this time by the Tigre children. They brutally aborted the Oromo nation’s aspiration for freedom. Eritrea did not only participate in destroying Oromo liberation forces, but also in incarcerating and torturing hundreds of thousands of Oromo nationals, killing innocent Oromo nationals for supporting OLF, raping Oromo girls and women, looting properties of Oromo nationals who supported the OLF, and made tens of thousands of Oromo nationals to flee from their home country.
The exodus of Eritrean
A famous Oromo proverb says thieves fight in sharing what they stole. That was what happened in 1998 when Eritrean and TPLF went into that bloody war. After OLF was successfully driven out of the country, Eritrea launched her economic mission covertly and overtly in Ethiopia . Eritrea nationals not only become economic giants but they also became dominant political icons in Ethiopia . As a nation, Eritrea was included into the list of countries which export quality coffee to the international coffee market. (To help you appreciate this fact no single coffee tree grows on Eritrea soil).In Ethiopa, Eritrean owned hotels, jewelries, spare parts, snacks, banks, construction companies, consultancy services, transport companies, oil distributors, transporters and other looting mechanisms.
Apart from this economic dominance, Eritrean nationals proudly overlooked onto native Ethiopians. With contempt they continued telling the natives that Eritrean are the best race. In situations of conflict, Eritrean had no problem. They can intimidate the natives by brandishing their pistols. They can even call a TPLF soldier, security or police and the poor Ethiopian was only at the mercy of the Eritrean to be released from jail for making such an offence against an Eritrean citizen. In fact Eritrean were ‘proud’ enough to tell the Tigres from south Eritrea that they are only “ Agame”, whom Eritrean hire just for fetching water in Asmara, not for any thing more important.
Yes, the contempt that Eritrean had for TPLF soldiers and for “ Agames” in general annoyed the ‘Agames” from time to time. More importantly, “ Agames were not able to scoop the Ethiopian economy as smartly as Eritrean. They felt their share is getting thinner, because Eritrean were very smart in scooping. The guys from Eritrea do business internationally. They control the sea port, red sea. So they pay no tax at the port. Things were different for ‘Agames’ and even harder for other native Ethiopians who are obliged to pay taxes. Some times their products are deliberately made late at the port and the cost of making business became very high for them. At last they lose the game to Eritrean. The Malasa government had to do something or they would loss the game in the long run at all. So, they fabricated that border war in which hundred of thousands of innocent Ethiopian lost their live and a good sum of national economy was destroyed. Ethiopian youth were used as human machinery to run over the explosives and mines of Eritrea . Who won the war? Only the two cousins know it.
Regretted?! If he could turn the hands of time!
TPLF called on to the one Ethiopia sentiment ( Ethiophiawinet) of the Amahara to get national support to fight the war against Eritrea . It conscripted hundreds of thousands of unemployed and poverty stricken youth into national service, promising them high salary. They had no option. The youth opted for the lesser evil. Others were forced by gun. Using these human machinery, they were able to drive Eritrea out.
Eritrea did not only lose the military war to Ethiopia . The greatest loss was that of economy. The transition period Eritrean millionaires lost the wealth they earned though looting to the ‘Agames’. Kalas!!!!!! Ye naqut Yasregizal!!!!!! ‘Agames’ grabbed the Eritrean wealth by nationalizing it or by other techniques.
It is unfortunate that some innocent Eritrean also became the victim of such vicious plans.
Later, Mr. Isayas must have been regretted for cracking a deal with his ‘inferiors’ who are not true to their words. He must have regretted because his cousin ( Malasa) did not live to a gentle men agreement.
Looking for a Trojan horse
The second conspiracy of the Eritrean Dictator against the Oromo people’s national struggle for freedom started at the time when Eritrea started war with Ethiopia. Having seen the “inferior” people gave them a bloody nose, Eritrean leaders started a way to revenge Malasa and get access to the Ethiopians vast natural resource. To achieve this, they surely needed a Trojan horse.
Candidate Trojan horses of the Time
Amahara based Political forces
Somali based political forces
South nations and Nationality based political forces.
Oromo based political forces
Isayas considered all options one by one and picked the one that suited his requirement at that time (1998). Amharas were blinded by the new call of Mallasa government on Ethiopianism and they even began talking of annexing back Eritrea to Ethiopia . Some Dergu military personnel who were recalled back to serve in the national service started speaking in public that their last destination in the war would be Mitsuwa, the Eritrean port. Isayas, thus could not make any undertaking with Amahara political organizations at that time. Somalis and south nations and nationalities were not good choice either. The only option was to persuade the OLF. But how, after they destroyed us?!!!
Conspiracy No.2
Shabiya had been following merciless kill and survive strategy through out her history. She successfully exterminated her enemies and totally destroyed or collapsed most of her political opponents. Having seen her vicious tactics, OLA leaders were not willing to accept Eritrean proposal of hosting the Oromo liberation struggle, at the beginning. But Isayas had to play his divide and conquer policy against our leaders. That is when he implemented his conspiracy No.2 against our national struggle. He successfully divided Oromo leaders (Oromo Liberation Army for that matter), financed both group so that they weaken each other and took home the group that he believed could suit his future mission. Isayas successfully germinated a seed of hatred among brothers. Oromo liberation fighters fought each other, killed each other, and destroyed each other. Since then, the evil seed grew into avalanches of evils to shake Oromo unity. Know Shabiya can easily monitor our struggle. Can OLF have an Organization secret hidden from Shabiya at all? They can tap every telephone OLF people use, monitor all electronic mails. Thus, they can control every single bit of Oromo struggle, even to the advantage of Malasa.
Our National struggle is taken hostage
The question that every Oromo must ask himself/herself today is whether we as a nation are in control of our national struggle or whether somebody else is in control of it. After OLF leadership made Asmara its centre, OLF launched a number of missions against TPLF. Most/all of these missions were not successful. OLF surprised us only by sacrificing prominent military figures who could have led the organization to better political level and hundreds of brave Oromo children were scarified without any achievements.
The recent coalition made between CUD and the OLF only amplified my suspicions that Eritrean overtook the OLF leadership completely, telling us what to do, how to do and when to do and with whom to do!!!!! As an individual Oromo, I am feeling bitter about what is going on.
Now, we may talk about OLF’s achievement in terms of diplomacy, that the West may give us attention as we made a paradigm shift in thinking and leadership strategy. However, we must ask ourselves, what is the consequence of this decision on the coming generation, the generation that is fighting teeth and bone with TPLF at home? Why to give up? Even Somaliya Islamic court is becoming a government regardless of America ’s pressure and condemnations! What do we lack to fight our enemy at home?
At last I call onto all Oromo nationals of free will to urge the Eritrea government to stop its conspiracy against our national struggle. I also call on OLF leadership to distance it self from this vicious enemy which is worse than TPLF.
Injiffannoon uummata Oromoof!!!!!
Waalessa Wale
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