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Ethiopia needs food, not bombs.

I bet this is the only money government officals do not dare to steal. Now we all now why Meles's government is still breathing.

What can I say. You live by the gun, you die by the gun.

The history ethiopia it reapt it self.It doesnt surprise me´what going on this time.I am tierd to see all poltical leaders doing what ever in the name of people of poor ethiopia.

it is really good news to see the strongest Ethiopian army in east Africa.Mr Zenawi is the only smart Ethiopian leadr trying to pull out his nations from poverity.in order to do this job he need well armed defence forces.

Tekk,

what kind of world do you live in? We all would love peace on earth and happy times. But you are naive to think that Ethiopia shouldnt have a military budget. You dont understand history apparently. Its time for you to mature and to not see every bit of news as a way to attack the government.

yes Ethiopia needs arms. some of you guys tries to exaggrate things. Ethiopia has lots of enemies in and arround. every country does the same thing but when it comes to ethiopia it lookslike some thing our country did new. hey guys those against of ethiopia, please think twice before posting. hating woyane and meles is one thing and Ethiopian sovernity is another.

we re a country surrounded by hungery haynes from all over and this is exactely what we. need................arm Ethiopia, make our defense forces the strongest not to mess with and secure our nation borders. God bless

yasdestal enji ayanadidim ketilubet

The midget in Addis cheerleaders are trying to hard to master the scare tactics. It did not work Bush the Nazi and it will not work your midget leader.

hhey guys stop wazking to hate, let us talk about the addressed issue instade of itching all over, Ethiopia need strong defense so what do you expect to be done by a government? is the probleb because of it is an American arms? or because the leaders didn't come and ask your advises about what to do in terms of keeping Ethiopia stable?.....a dumb politic and your hatefull ideas have nothing to do with the right stratagic action taken by a government do not try to use any topic you found as a topic for your hatefull propogandas...if you are good enough try to show that you are olne but your rootless way of dealing with a subject raither than an object will take you no where!!!! get a brain and think!!! people are not always right or wrong!!! credit them for the right things they do and discuss for whatever you think they are doing wrong.

Yes, $9,000,000 go kill poor people and spread democracy by injecting bullet in their vein. if this doesn't work by more intelligent guns. YASAZNAL TEMELSO EZAW.

If this is to be used for teh real enemies of the ethiopian people, it is a great purchase. That includes TPLF

yahya is one of a very piteous soul.
Someone like you do not have self respect and in return do not respect others.
Please show positiveness in what you
say and do. You are like Mr. Grinch,
found out who this person is. I know you will still try to attack me but that is
fine, no hard-feeling against you.

Tizbit,
you always crying on the wrong path. If you don't have a country who will you cry for? for Sudan or Eritrea?

What is wrong with this deal if Ethiopia have or purchasing a massive guns? nothing wrong with that infact it helps to protect from the many enemies facing today. Ethiopia have had short and permanent enemies for quite some times now. Therefore, the deal is healy for Ethiopia.

I wish Ethiopia would obtain a neclur bomb so,Egypt and other Ethiopian enmey will faced down their face forever. Yeha

People the so called 9 million dollar purchase is a joke. Especially when countries such as Egypt who receives nearly 2 billion dollar worth of aid most in military aids… This should not be seen as news. Why not talk about the F-15, F-16 and F-18 Egypt is also acquiring to purchase from the U.S. all read Israeli news and check what Israel is doing to stop the deal between U.S and Egypt. Let us not be naïve over this spear of change that is making the news…

Ethiopia needs a defense, but I don't expect MELES to protect Ethiopian territorial integrity. He is the one who handed Eritrea at stroke of a pen. Meles still tells all Ethiopians that Assab is Eritrean. He is an ambassador of Eritrea in Ethiopia. Besides he just sign and gave Ethiopian territory to SUDAN. The defense can be used by Meles to protect his regime that is all nothing is expected from Meles. Ethiopians gave Meles 16 years to prove himself his Ethiopinaness, but he miserably failed.

Kiros( WEDI MEKELLE)

I really don't undersand the benefit of buying arms without respecting people freedom. Who do they think support that? Why? Ethiopia is not for Ethiopians right now? The only thing happening with arms is to kill or terrorize Ethiopians. Wake up Ethiopians. I stop believing that I have my country until TPLF is gone. If they changed thier viewing that Ethiopians are thier enemby, let them demonstrate that!

BRAVO USA,

You need to have a strong army to have a strong Economy.

I would say that is miniscule compared to Ethiopia's defence need as it fights internal and external terrorism. This would make news if the amounts were 1 billion. Nazret are you running out of good stuff for discussion?

Yes. That is a refreshing news. Good for you Meles good for Ethiopia. We should have the strongest army in Africa as we are besieged by several greed eyed countries and their leaders.

Keep it up Meles

Still it is very small in comprisen with
other country like Egypt.Ethiopia
need strong military power to hunt out
terrorist dogs from horn Africa.
Near East
Agreements
2006
1 Israel 1.2 billion
2 Saudi Arabia $1.1 billion
3 Iraq $920 million
4 Kuwait $390 million
5 Egypt $280 million

Why Ethiopia need to build strong defence force?
"A press statement sent to ENA on Thursday by Information and Indoctrination Center with the Ministry said the remnants, who were engaged in subversive activities in an area known as locally Danot in Gelelcha Zuria including retreating terrorists were annihilated by the army.


The army has also captured 101 kalashinkov rifles, two machine guns and launchers, among others, the statement quoted Colonel Tsegay Gebre-tensay as saying."

i don,think we ethiopian,s need a gun .do you know how many people need food i can say more than 1/2 of the people so that do you think this people need a gun i dont,t think so .

another killing machine for the butcher who kills his own people. He must bought this one to be used by his sympitiser nadew and Tekk.

Once again, in oredr to protection to be guarantee, you need to have a strong millitary long side of other develoment of the country. That is a scientific fact.

Despite of massive economical development if there is no strong army you can't do anything but stay week and that is not good for Ethiopia at all.Yeha

Title: "Ethiopia Leading Purchaser of U.S. Arms and Services" Purchase: 9 millions come on, 9millions is annual income of ye habesha restaurant in DC.

After the defeat of shabia in 2000 ethiopia had captured many of erterans military equipment.And there for spending only a small change to purchase armements is nothing.

The only Enemy we have is weyane period.

you have to watch your back when you live right next to evildoer like essi-ass and eritrean parasites.

Ethiopia still does not spend enough money on arm. we waste more money in purchasing other lux material but we need to defend this great country from ONLF and all other terrror groups hiding behind religion or liberation party.

It must be the start.We are hoping to see a strong defence for Ethiopia not againest Ethiopians.Hope these armaments are not going to be used like that of the 2005.

To live peacefully, you need to be well armed. You think America lives in peace because it is weak? I don't think so. So, good job Meles and keep on improving Ethiopian defence capability.

By the way, have you heared that Hailu Shawul fired Birtukan Mideksa again? He promoted somebody called Abayneh Birhanu.

God Bless Ethiopia!

To. Ethiopians and their enemies.

Refering your article, that Ethiopia
became first buyer of arms and services
was nice to read.
Let every friend of Ethiopia be happy.
and let the enemies around Ethiopia
know that Ethiopia is prepared.
Victory and Glory is for old
Abyssinia.
Ethiopia forever and ever
Zion of Africa.

Kiros [Visitor]

What can I say you nail it to the head… That is/was my point. Trusting melese is the biggest mistake we all do. He is proving over and over that he is more Eritrean than Ethiopia. As you said it he still sings the same music he song long time ago… he still said Asseb is not Ethiopian; he still telling that us TPLF is still ready to die if they see any one challenge the integrity of Eritrea so we going to trust this guy. I need Ethiopia to be strong in military or economical. Ethiopia surrounded by countries that always want to over run and change her something Ethiopian don’t want…however knowing this guy I am afraid all the hardware used to his political advantage instead protection of Ethiopia…

I didn't know we were buy military stuff form USA, since we went Somalia for them. But now its amazing, i really want to know why we do this? Why we do the things we do in Somalia? This is a very disturbing news for those poor people who need their help lying on the street of Addis Ababa begging for food respect and love. Shame on our PM and leaders we should conceder full investigation why we are in Somalia and Why we buy military supplies from USA. We know we get the same or even better equpement from Russia, China and India. Why USA?

P.S. Just last week we were fund raising for for Disable military man and woman to have a better life and such. Know i learn we should do more fund raising just to help innocent people, homeless people, Ethiopians who need food once a day. "We rais about $30,000.00 US dollar" Just in San Jose. Most state in the US did the same thing and we estimate to reach $250,000.00 US dollar, that my brother and sister could do a lot of things. All i'm asking is why not fund rais for all ethiopians who needs us.

9 million dollars worth of ammunition is really not that much even by African standards.Last year,Djbouti was number one in africa purchasing 28 million dollars worth of arms from USA.i wonder who that small country is really afraid of??mad dog isayas must be making them nervous ,i guess

Guys, you have to think befor you post somthing, Ethiopia [we] need build strongest arms!!!! Cause watch that MAD DOG ISAYAS.

You guys need to go to school and learn some English grammar.

Thomas , this forum is not about English profitiency. It is a forum where everybody voice his/her opinion.

If you have any comment about the issue at hand, let us read about it. If not, your comment " You guys need to go to school and learn some English grammar." implies that if someone is not good in English grammar, one have no voice in any forum. I don't think that is democratic.

If you are good in English, good for you. Let this forum participants practice both English writing and democracy in this forum, thank you.

God Bless Ethiopia!

If these numbers are true and accurate, it basically amounts to nothing. Realistically speaking, what is a $10 million military purchase from the US is going to buy, it is peanuts.

I bet u all ppl who are negative at this NEWS are Wartreans(eritreans)or wann be ethiopians. WE NEED THE STRONGEST ARMY IN THE HORN. WARtreans(eritreans) Just cry me a river.

Have ever wayane think for those more than 9 milliom starved homelesses on Addis Abeba street, when he is ready to spend 9 million US dollars to get bombs? You may get sweapt by your gun one day.Not longer though!

Mr. Ayanna: the 6th grade drop out looser, the general population of Addis Ababa is 4 million, where did you get the 5 million extra people from. You must be from a Somalian origin, from the land of world class layers and procrastinateds..

It was said that the woyane government is going to get some left over armements from iraq. Why purchase now after being Bush's favorite child in east Africa. What's the use of kissing ass! [kilet bestemecheresha]

It was said that the woyane government is going to get some left over armements from iraq. Why purchase now after being Bush's favorite child in east Africa. What's the use of kissing ass! [kilet bestemecheresha]

Yeah! We need nucear wapons too.

Meles has sold Badme, I am not sure for how much. We need another CUD, pro Isayas to sell Ogaden to Somalia, another mission on board to sell the south west side to Kenya, another power hungry, to sell the north west side to the Sudan, and finally another cook to sell the eastern side to the former French colonoy. After wards there won't be any land left for sell but their ...

Guys, we guns and bullets other wise, Isayas will ... Sudan will ... Somalia will ... and Kenya will ...

Even while Ethiopia have guns, it is pushed with all directions to go to war.

To some crack heads, what is the point of feeding the people if they can't sleep in peace over night?

To the pumpkin heads, tell me about Egypt and Lybia what they are up? Perhaps the only language you know is Woyane and Tigray or the Ethiopian Woyane army or Woyane this and Woyane that, baby talk.

Un like Mengistu who ruled for 17 years without sharing a bit of the pie, Woyane has brought and demonisrated openly in giveing the people of Ethiopia to take advantage the new generation's path.

What a joke ,once again the TPLf thugs unchamessly are spreading their usual lies on Nazret.com .And now they are telling us they wish that Ethiopia receives from the USA ,the nuclear BOMB !!!That shows how much these guys are brainwashed ,with narrow minded ideology ."...Metlebsew Yelate Metekenanebew Amarate..". LONG LIVE THE TRUE ETHIOPIANS !!!!

how much natural resorses us recived from Ethiopia guys Us is allabout intrest