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Ethiopia - On this day in 2006 Ethiopian Warplanes Attack Somalia

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12/24/07

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Ethiopia - On this day in 2006 Ethiopian Warplanes Attack Somalia

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Ethiopia - On this day in 2006 Ethiopian Warplanes Attack Somalia

Exactly one year ago today, Ethiopian warplanes attacked Somalia.
In a televised address Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, said

"Ethiopian defence forces were forced to enter into war to the protect the sovereignty of the nation and to blunt repeated attacks by Islamic courts terrorists and anti-Ethiopian elements they are supporting; Our defence forces will leave [Somalia] as soon as they end their mission"

Sheikh Hassan Derrow said on that day

"The enemy of Allah has started bombing our civilians,"


Have Your Say? What are the options for Ethiopia? Withdraw and leave a power vacuum or stay the course until peace keepers take over?


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28 comments

Comment from: kokeb [Visitor]
How come nobody wrote something here?Well,I feel sorry for the civilians but those Crazy Islamists waged Jihad on Ethiopia.They are the enemy of Allah themselves!It is not like they were nice on their side.But still war is not the answer for peace.I hope Ethiopian troops will leave by 2008.Somali people need to fix their own problems.They need to work hard to bring peace among them intead of waging Jihad on their neighbors.
12/24/07 @ 01:50
Comment from: Tamrat Tamrat [Visitor]
Ethiopia must stay but on conditions. Ethiopia entered Somalia to defend its interests ie a peacefull Somalia is a peacefull Ethiopia. The Ethiopian govt must take the following actions as soons as possible.

1. Our soldiers life conditons must be improved so that they can perform their complicated tasks in a profesional and heigh dicplined manner.
2. Help the transitinal govt economically by what ever means. (Ethiopia's engament in colaborating the international community concerning the somalia economy is very littel.) What every misery Somalia is in now can be connected with the presence of EThio. Our presence in somalia must not be seen wronglly after all the sacrifice our brothers and sisters have done.
3. Expose and stop shabians help to the insergents.
4. The humaniterian conditions in moqdisho must be improved.

5. Bring the govt to moqadisho.

It is not we who can say Somalia is a better place now than last year but only somalians.

Many somalians think siad bare is the worrest dictator and nobody in Somalia wants to live in a worse condition than the dictators time.

A peacefull somalia is a peacefull Ethiopia. Who knows may be next year there will be a concert by somalis young singers instead of throwin grinad gifts from eritrea to civilians.
12/24/07 @ 02:09
Comment from: Tekk [Visitor]
:lalala::lalala:Comment-the quote of Meles is a reflection on how loyal black slaves use to talk to their white owners. Save your criticism, it was done on purpose.

Ethiopia cannot make the call if it should stay or leave. Meles is not in charge of his nations foreign policy, America is. America say go to war, Meles say "yezz mastha, sure thing." Remember when Meles gave a deadline on when and how many Ethiopian troops he would withdraw? Well, after Meles made that comment, Jendai Frasier said publicly that Ethiopian troops should not be withdrawn from Somalia. Meles came to his senses and flip floped on his earlier statment and said his troops would stay put until African soldiers were trained and deployed. To shut Meles up, his masters gave him some bribe money for his services. As the bodies of Ethiopia's dead sons were being stomped, set on fire, and draged in the streets of Somalia, Meles's government did not bother to report the incident. Instead, the government's media mouthpiece was declaring victory and celebrating the imaginary "peace" they claimed Somalia was in. Meles's government was making such bold statments when the Somali puppet "government" only controlled less than 5% of Somalia. Meles is stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't blame him for wanting to resign after his term as PM expires. How can you say no to America when it feeds you, gives you your allowance, and treats you like its favorit child even when you misbehave and hurt your own brothers and sisters. Sadly, Ethiopia is becoming popular for adoptions. However, in the case of the Ethiopian government it is being spoiled and bought by America's declining worthless dollar. Its dependance on America has reach a lethal stage where making America angery is considered suicide. Ask Meles, he has been thinking alot about suicide latley. Somalia should be left alone. The Islamic courts were able to do what no other group was capable of - bring peace and order. However, America's anti-islamic/muslim feeling helped reestablish disorder. Let the Somalis have whatever type of government they choose. You wouldn't want the Somalis or others deciding Ethiopia's internal politics,do you? So treat your neighbor as you want to be treated.
12/24/07 @ 02:28
Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
Indeed 24th December, 2004, ICU and Eritrean forces where destroyed on this day and we {the Ethiopian} people had and have every right to safeguard our nation from the Jihadst and the Eritrean mercenaries. Today, most Somalis are enjoying their freedom thanks to the brave Ethiopian military who made scarifies for Ethiopians and Somalis.

We shall mark this day as the day in which Somalis welcomed us to their nation and continue to work with us for their own safety and security. It’s also the day we showed Eritrea and the entire world our patient should not be views as weakness. We showed everyone that we able to defend our nation and at the same time assist our neighbors such are Somalia.

We all should thank our hero soldiers who are keeping us safe.
Thank you, ET military, you rock our world. Thank in a million for you bravery!
Z-Mike
12/24/07 @ 02:33
Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
correction

24th, December 2006 {not 2004} that was my error:D
12/24/07 @ 03:21
Comment from: jorumo [Visitor]
I THINK THE ETHOPIAN THEY SHOULD BE OUT OF SOMALI,SOONER OR LATER THE WILL BIE OUT,
BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN ETHOPIA IT WILL
NOT BR THE SOLUTION OF SOMALAI

JORUMO
12/24/07 @ 04:02
Comment from: jorumo [Visitor]
I THINK THE ETHOPIAN THEY SHOULD BE OUT OF
OF SOMALAI,THEY WILL NOT BE THE SOLUTION
OF SOMALIA,BY THE WAY THEY HAVE TO LEAVE
SOMALAI SOON OR LATER,THE RESISTANCE IT
IS GROWING BY THE DAY.WHAT ETHOPIA SHOULD
KNOWN IS THEY NEED TO FEED THEIR PEOPLE
STARVATION IT IS NOT A GOOD THING


JOROM
12/24/07 @ 04:12
Comment from: kokeb [Visitor]
It is not our business to clean their mess but it is our business to fix their jihad waging on us. Somali people need to clean their own mess!They need to grow up and bring stability for their own sake.I wish them all the best and good hope for better future in their country.
12/24/07 @ 05:57
Comment from: omo [Visitor]
• Give a strict time table of six months within which time the UN or AU should replace our forces.
• Declare explicitly that Ethiopia is not responsible for what might follow in Somalia after the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces, and thus bring the world community before its responsibilities.
• Ethiopia should act unilaterally by withdrawing its forces on the above mentioned date even if adequate UN or AU forces are not present in Somalia.
• Do not give any importance what so ever to what shabia may say. They will start to beat the drum of victory in Somalia
• MZ, TPLF/woyane and the rubber stamp parliament should accept that they have made a gross mistake by assigning our soldiers to serve other people’s interests.
12/24/07 @ 08:06
Comment from: Ghion [Visitor]
Ethiopia need to stay on course in Somalia, and we should not leave a power vacuum, by the same talking, Ethiopia should not be expected to scruffy its human and military assets while the impotent United Nation is idled, and its do nothing policy for somalia. The African Union forces as promised needs to be utilized and on their way to Somalia, so Ethiopian forces can be withdrawn. The Somalia issue should have been a matter to be handled by UN and the international community, however as we all know, the so called western nations does not react the same way they do to a none African problems & they always set Africa in the back burner. It is a protracted well set agenda of the super powers to keep Africa in a war footing at one another and therefore it is our responsibility to stay ahead of the white mans game.
12/24/07 @ 08:52
Comment from: debebe [Visitor]
Weather we like it or not, the Tplf regime is in a deep bloody quagmire. The situation is out of control. Tplf controlled army is bogged down in Somalia. Zenawi can not leave and at the same time he can not stay. But eventually the Tplf controlled army will leave Somalia humilated and the Somalis will take control of thier country once again. The UN is mapping out a road map for peacefull re-creation of Somalia which would greatly reduce Tplf's meddeling in Somalia and that is why the frustrated Tplf regime is waging a propoganda war against the UN. The UN managed to start a contact between the so called TFG and the ICU for final negotiation. The UN has finnaly decided that Tplf is part of the big problem and not a solution. The Bush adminstration is debating weather to stop supporting the worthless warlord collection called TFG. This is a big blow to the mercenary Tplf regime. After sacrifaying in blood and treasure, Tplf didn't get what it wanted. Rather it was a devastatig blow to Tplf's image. Tplf created another darfur in Africa. It created a Somali nationalism which is good for the Somali people. As Zenawi rigthly admitted he miscalculated big time on Somalia.
12/24/07 @ 08:59
Comment from: teshome [Visitor]
AU and UN are faild to do their job. If UN and AU send enough troop to replace us, it will be good for us to leave somalia. But, some people think that our presence in somalia is obstacle to the political peace process is not true, because ICU's excuse is not only ethiopian presence in somalia, but any foreign including AU and UN, but I think except eritrea. Anyway we have no choice, so
We have to stay and help the somalians until they become capable to secure their peace and stability. I wish'm good luck. And I like to say happy holidays to nazret.com and the people of ethiopia, eritrea, and somalia.
12/24/07 @ 09:07
Comment from: geremew [Visitor]
Ethiopia should withdraw once half of the AU force is deployed and that should happen within the next two months with the contributions from Burundi and Nigeria. Then, the AU has to take the lead in bringing the the TFG and the opposing groups in Somalia together for reconciliation. If they fail to reconcile it is their problem and nobody can do anything about it and we should leave them alone.
12/24/07 @ 09:42
Comment from: yahye [Visitor]
Time line: 1 year and 6 months ago.

*ICU defeated US funded warlords and for the first time secured southern Somalia.

*Peace at last for the 2.5 million citizens of Mogadishu.

*For the first time ADen Ade International airport was opened and Somalis all over the world arrived daily.

*Somalias biggest port in Mogadishu is opened and ships lined up to bring unload their cargos.

*Paranoid about a nation under Islamic rule, Bush ordered his African slave[the midget dictator in Addis] to wage war to distrupt the ICU gain.

*The midget in Addis sent 70 thousand poor Ethiopian children to fight the less than 10thousand ICU rag-tag forces[business men, Islamic student, doctors, teachers and many ordinary Somalis make up the ICU].

*American navy ships and air planes started bombing to help their Woyanne slaves.

*Ethiopia used its few aging warplness without success and when a young heroic Somali fighter shot down one and another heroic Somali severely damaged the other one, SOMALIS NEVER AGAIN SEEN AN AGING ETHIOPIAN BIRD WONDERING ON SOMALI SKIES.:)):)):))Woyanne midget cares its air planes more than the daily deaths of the poor kids from Ethiopia.

*After relentless American bombardments, the rag-tag ICU forces retreated letting the Ethiopian kids into Somalia for a party.

*The midget claims mission accomplished and will leave in 2 weeks. 1 Year later, 70thousand Woyanne led militia are in Mogadishu and few in Baidoa less than 2% of Somalia hiding few old factories and schools getting hammered with artilary and bombs daily.

*80% of Somalia under the heroic insurgents.

*The rogue American adminstration and their UN tool are calling a different abroach and for the first time condoleesa rice is calling the withdrawal of Woyanne led militia.

*Both the 1 million Mogadishu residents camped outside the city and those left behind are hoping and waiting the return of the ICU and a peacefull and prosperous Somalia.

*Woyanne thugs are defeated by a few rag-tag Somali fighters. This I hope will encourage true Ethiopians take arms and bring down this backward savages and locked them up in Mekele as the previous adminstration of Ethiopia did.

*The coming months expect more loud cries coming from the midget dictator in Addis and his few cheerleaders[former street beggers]as the heat from the heroic Somali insurgents and that Ethiopians getts stronger and deadlier.

GOD BLESS SOMALIA.
12/24/07 @ 09:43
Comment from: GONDAR [Visitor]
"Our defence forces will leave [Somalia] as soon as they end their mission"

" yerasuwa siyaribat yesewu tamasilalechi"
We need our brothers get out there
12/24/07 @ 11:06
Comment from: Enemy of Woyane [Visitor]
There was no Ethiopian plane . All major air attack were carried out by USA desgised as Ethiopians.
the only time ethiopia used planes were helicopters when 2 were shot down they were called off.
12/24/07 @ 17:10
Comment from: ehhron [Visitor]
RWANDA STYLE GENOCIDE ADVOCATES GIVEN A PASS BY NAZRET DOT COM .REAPTEDLY ALLERTED BUT THEY DIDNT TAKE THE COMMENT FROM THIER PAGE.ITS UNETHIOPIAN . HERE IS THE ISSUE-( NAME :MOTHERETHIOPIA -TITLE ETHIOPIA REPORTS FLUX OF ERITREAN REFUGEES..."Their time has come, if you have been collaborating with them in any form, quit it while you have the chance to do so, or else you will be included in the Tigre EXTERMINATION program."


12/24/07 @ 18:38
Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
GONDAR,

We missed you man… how are you and where have you been? I hope all is well with you man. Merry Christmas to you!
12/24/07 @ 20:48
Comment from: AGAM [Visitor]
The mighty ethiopia will continue to assist the most hated country somalia in this world.The only one who have problems ethiopia staying in somalia are thr islamists and thier master shabia.Ethiopia is simply carrying out her african union responsbility while others are playing politics.
Majority somalians do understand ethiopian concern since she is hosting millions of refugee morethan any other country.The world must assist somalian people to over come the misery they lived in morethan twenty years.
12/25/07 @ 01:58
Comment from: EtFirst [Visitor]
I don't care what anyone says, but these somali rebels (so called UIC) were trying to take ogaden region of Ethiopia and also some in Kenya. They can't even get along in the little piece of the coastal nation of Somalia. You have your Somaliland- which is trying to break away from the rest, and then you have your Puntland, where they're in constant military action agains the Somaliland government, Mogadishu is never stable, Kisamoyo port city is getting out of control. So with all this going on, as a neighbooring and threatened country.. where it has been declared 'Holy War' on, by the islamist that believe in Koran, where Ethiopia was the land King Ezana- one of the most hardcore christian Ethiopian Kings- told Prophet Mohammad to come to Ethiopia as a land where the religion will be welcomed and where its people would find shelter and safety in this beautiful nation-- when this country is threatened by some Islamist extremist rebles, there's no doubt that the Ethiopian government is NOT going to sit and ignore. The enemy does not have to be in Ethiopian soil to fight, I honestly beileve that the government made the right decision by interveing before crossing the border where they were getting closer by the week. I just pray to God for the civilians of Somali people who are being killed by the rise of the insurgent rebels using the population as a shield, they're always the ones getting in between the fighting. In conclusion, as a proud Ethiopian, i think the Somalis should work and predict their future for themselves. They (the people) just need protection from these extremist organisation that threaten the regular life of the people (ex. Khat) and more importantly affect neighbooring countries... especially when it comes to land. I hope to the all mighty that Somalia will come to a better stability and nation building. May God continue to bless the beautiful horn of Africa, Ethiopia and its gorgeous people.

Ethiopia First!!!
12/25/07 @ 04:26
Comment from: GONDAR [Visitor]

Z-Mike
Thank you buddy happy Marry Christmas You too. I am just fine Thanks to the Lord Jesus with the Virgin, Holy and clan Mary; super fast flammable Angles and saint fathers. My man You are always with me with grateful people like MT and OK, I wish to all of you to get the Kingdom of Heaven because Heaven is better than everything that I wish to my people!!!
My friends watch out your movement and alert for the sake of your soul the coming of Jesus is exactly very very close. Beside your PHD and what ever The most you must have GOD right now. Stop living as usual but live with practice. Take a practice right now with your Bible.
ECCLESIASTES: chapter 12: 1
Remember now your creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, “ I have no pleasure in them”, While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars, are not darkened, and the clouds do not return after the rain;
12/25/07 @ 05:32
Comment from: Ghion [Visitor]
Those of you who speaks of over and over again "TPLF army" it is a silly way of self fulfilling and a self served falsified satisfaction and very disingenuous. The fact of the matter is that, the Ethiopian defense force is voluntary well discipline, patriotic. and comprised of from all Ethiopia's ethnical diversity. Some of you guys are completely out of touch with reality, due to your emotional reaction, rather than your true and well thought views and ideas. Once more again, the EDF is not the army of TPLF, but a very proud, patriotic, well disciplined and a diversified up to par national defense force. You can love it or hate it.
12/25/07 @ 09:58
Comment from: Mahlet [Visitor]
kenu yrot yele endea
12/25/07 @ 10:26
Comment from: Tamrat Tamrat [Visitor]
ethorn, we dont do that in Ethiopia or Eritrea for that matter. Our religions do not teach that way. We are not developed like the western and couldnt solve our problems in discussion but that dosesnt mean that we are that barbaric. our peoles are religious. The proof is that even the most Ethio haters shabians were in Addis during woyanes victory over derg and did the shabians masacar Ethios? No. Do you think they had shortages of ammunitions? Silly brainless hate propagater, you. When Ethiop won the war 1998 and bombed only the run way for the war planes in a sergical precision in asmara even though having war planes in the capital city by itself is the craziest thing to do, couldnt they carpet bomb Asmara? It was war which consumed 70,000 soldires. Did they masaccar the asmara ppl. No,you dimwit!But throug thousands years our religions havent tought us that kind of barbaric acts. But that doesnt mean we dont have sycopaths like you. And we watch you.

Peace for my beloved country, Ethiopia.
12/26/07 @ 02:22
Comment from: Aba Tigist [Visitor]
"The enemy of Allah has started bombing our civilians,"

Here the key word is the "enemy of alla"
This jihadist statement has been used against Ethiopia during Ethiopian invasion by the Ottoman turks using the Somali "Gragn Mohammed", the left handed. During the campaign of Gragn 6 jiads were declared in the period covering 14 years. Churches were burned and christians were slaughtered like sheep. Please read the account by an arab eywiness chronicler in Futuh Al Habesha, the conquest of Abissinia.

The statement by UIC conjures historical frightening memories. For Ethiopia such retoric is no joke, we take it seriously. The Islamic world sees Ethiopia the last hurdle for Islamic expansion in Africa. Ethiopia is right for taking the premptive action. Dear Diaspora know your Ethiopian history. We daraw strength from our history.

Nonetheless, Ethiopia is the only country in the world where moslems and christians live in harmony. But terrorist aims by such groups as Al Qaeda and Eritrea must be born in mind as they try to use jiahd as their tool
12/26/07 @ 23:36
Comment from: GONDAR [Visitor]
Aba Tigist
My friend this must happened and there are many a head yet!!!
12/27/07 @ 01:37
Comment from: Aba Tigist [Visitor]
The SU-27 is beautiful. Kicks ass.
12/27/07 @ 23:11
Comment from: ETDon [Visitor]
Kkill'em all Ii say kill 'em all then Kkill Meles and his followers who like Somali extremists are enemies of Ethiopia
12/28/07 @ 11:20

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