Having become the African heroes fighting against the American charlatan of puppet, the outlawed and omnipotent Islamists of Somalia have already become the recipient of all sorts of demands for support of locally oppressed peoples and minorities. We will have the opportunity to analyze extensively the critical events at the Horn of Africa as the area seems to become the High Place of the Islamic Terror International Incorporate. Here, we re-publish the Press Release of the International Oromo Youth Association that should help American policy makers more than Madeleine Albright’s idiotic trip to Finfinne (do not call it anymore Addis Ababa – that name is fake and imposed by perpetrators of genocide).
Protesting against the murders carried out by Abyssinian thugs of the Meles Zenawi pseudo-army against non Somalis in Somalia, the Oromo Youths send an alarming warning to the State Department; either break down Abyssinia and let all the oppressed peoples of Eastern Africa enjoy freedom, democracy and independence or support the Amhara – Tigray Abyssinian tyranny (that represents less than 20% of Ethiopia’s population) and see the Islamists rise from Somalia to Morocco.
As the Oromo Nation represents about 40-42% of the Ethiopian population and encompasses Muslims, Christians and, more importantly, followers of the traditional Waqefanna Oromo monotheistic and aniconic religion, the Oromos consist in the best African guarantee against the pending diffusion of Islamic Extremism and Fanaticism.
An American support to the Oromo Liberation fronts and political parties would break down the totalitarian, dysfunctional and anachronistic state of Abyssinia, limiting Tigrays and Amharas to their respective regions. An Oromo–led Ethiopia would then rise as the only existing opportunity for an African break wave against Ossama bin Laden’s new and numerous African followers.
The Press Release of the International Oromo Youth Association is hereby published integrally.
Rally to Address Inadequate News Reporting in the Horn of Africa
On December 25, 2006, the government of Ethiopia launched a military campaign in neighboring Somalia, alleging that its sovereignty was threatened by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). The government of Ethiopia has been controlled by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) since 2005, a regime that has not only repressed all forms of democratic dissent, but also has persecuted ethnic groups. Having driven out the UIC from Mogadishu, the TPLF forces in collaboration with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, has now shifted its mission towards fulfilling its main agenda of persecuting dissenters.
The International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA) is deeply dismayed by the incessant harassment, illegal detention, kidnapping, lynching, and cold-blooded murder of Oromo refugees in Somalia by the Ethiopian and TFG joint military forces, and by the deafening silence of the mainstream news media surrounding these atrocities. Niyata Gemechisa, an instructional technologist from Philadelphia, PA said, "Journalism is powerful, and has the ability to shape and change the world. Unfortunately, the practice of true journalism has not been evident in news reports of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. The American news media has failed in serving many of the voiceless citizens in one of the most potentially volatile places in the world."
The Oromo people, the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, have been deprived of their basic human rights under successive Ethiopian regimes. In spite of their contribution to the country’s socio-economic development, the Oromo people have been marginalized from participating in the social, economic, and political decision-making process. Because of their continued demand for self-determination, freedom, justice and equality, Oromos have become major targets for the authoritarian Ethiopian government. Just like its predecessors, the current TPLF government led by Meles Zenawi has committed endless acts of state-sponsored terrorism against Oromo civilians, professionals, students and political dissidents.
Ethiopia and Somalia fought two border wars, in 1964 and 1977. During these two wars, Oromos were caught in the middle of the war waged by two dictators: Ziad Barre of Somalia and Mengistu Hailemariam of Ethiopia. Oromos comprised a significant proportion of Ethiopia’s conscript soldiers that fought during the Ethio-Somali wars. Due to the geographical proximity of Oromia and Somalia, the 1977 war caused a humanitarian crisis including death of civilians, internal displacement and immigration to neighboring countries. Thousands of Oromos fled to Kenya and Somalia and many lost their lives on the way and thousands never returned to their homeland.
Due to the geographical proximity of Oromia and Somalia in the border conflict of 1977, thousands of Oromos fled to Kenya and Somalia and many lost their lives on the way and thousands never returned to their homeland. Today, Somalia is home for over a quarter of million Oromo refugees who fled their country due to persecution and forced displacement by successive Ethiopian governments.
Over the last ten years, the TPLF has been meddling in Somali internal affairs to pursue Oromo refugees. Meanwhile media coverage of the affairs in the horn of Africa has not only neglecting the Oromo perspective but also native Somali Muslim perspectives. We call on the media to give voice for all sides, as well as to continue the truly investigative reporting that has emerged recently on the various stake holders in this conflict.
The IOYA is holding a demonstration to present these issues to the media on Saturday March 31, 2007 beginning at 12pm in front of the U.S. State Department located at 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520. For more information contact: Gelane Gemechisa gelaneg@gmail.com OR Maya Tessema maya.tessema@gmail.com.
 | By Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis Published: 3/16/2007 |
No comments:
Post a Comment