June 11, 1998:

Ethiopian Villagers Cheer Militia Heading To Zalambessa Front

• Another Eritrean Airstrike on Civilians: VOA Eyewitness Report by Scott Stearns in Adigrat. BBC reporter also confirms story: Grain Silo hit... Four civilians killed, many injured... Bombs narrowly miss Church and adjacent Pharmaceutical Factory: - Factory was built by private investors at cost of $30 Million US just 2 years ago. Eritrean Airforce Has Yet to Hit a Single Military Target
  
  
• Eritreans harass and mistreat Ethiopian Civilians in Eritrea - Report from Asmara. (meanwhile 500,000 Eritreans in Ethiopia continue living their lives unmolested - none trying to leave)
  
  
• CNN Report: New Front Opens at Assab. Eritrean POW - photo and interview.
  
  
• VOA Report from Zalambessa: Battle lines separated by gorge... VOA reporter notes concrete evidence that makes a mockery of Eritrean claim that Zalambessa is part of Eritrea...
  
  Eritrean troops re-deploying - expect major Eritrean attack to try to cut Adwa-Adigrat road.
  
  
• Eritreans arrest and beat "Oromo-looking" Ethiopian Civilian in Senafe… Fighting in the Yirga Triangle likely to be difficult due to rains Sam Kiley (Pro-EPLF) Reports From Asmara for the Times
  
  

June 10, 1998:

• Press Release: Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington D.C.
  - OAU Resolution Supports Ethiopia...
  - Ethiopia Calls On Eritrea To Accept Peace Plan
  
  
• Eritrea Provides Late Official Confirmation of Fighting on the Badime Front But Claims Ethiopia Started Attack...(AfricaNewsOnline)
  
  
• What Happens When a Popular Dictator Equips Himself With an Oversize Army?   Mussolini and Issayas Afeworqi: Surprising Parallels
  
  
• Editorial, La Stampa, Turin, Italy:  " What is really striking in this conflict is the ... aggressiveness shown by Eritrea"
  
  
• Report From Adigrat: Ethiopian Refugees and Others Expelled from Eritrea Interviewed by Reuters
  
  
• VOA News Report From Addis Abeba - More Eritrean Attacks Today
  
  
• Eritrean Military Strategy - Constant attacks in hopes of preventing Ethiopian army from deploying properly... (See VOA, Reuters - New Eritrean Attacks).... Rainy Season begins, limiting Eritrean resupply routes across the Mereb river to the Gash-Setit region (BBC)... Clouds will also limit Ethiopian Airforce operations...
  
  
• Eritrean-Americans Flee Asmara... International Planes and Ships No Longer Willing To Travel To Eritrea.
  
  
• Eritreans Suffer Heavy Casualties in Failed Move on Adigrat:- Washington Post Reporter On Location
  
  
• Eritreans Claim Ethiopia Tried to ReCapture Zalambessa - They Give a Different Account of the Battle to Times of London Reporter in Senafe, Sam Killey   - (Sam Kiley has had a long association with the EPLF)  Eritrean troops returning to Senafe give the appearance of defeat, not victory...
  
  

June 9, 1998:

• Ethiopian Government Press Release: Eritrean attack repulsed... Ethiopians mistreated, expelled from Eritrea.  Ethiopia Claims 4 Eritrean Tanks Destroyed, Eritrea Admits 2 Tanks Damaged (Reuters)
  
  
• Meles Zenawi Speaks With AFP: "Ethiopia will go on the offensive if that's what it takes"
  
  
• Two more planes evacuate 500 foreigners from Asmara... Most are Eritreans with dual citizenship... Four of the 14 Embassies in Asmara are Closed... Rest reduced to skeleton staff (National Public Radio - US)…
  
  
• Hand-to-Hand Fighting: Reuters corespondent report from 5 miles south of Zalambessa... Eritreans attacked in four waves and repulsed each time... Eritreans stop journalists from reporting on Eritrean side of battle front...
  (Eritreans appear to be trying to capture Adigrat - see map)
  
  
• Eritrean President criticizes US-Rwanda Peace Plan and Blames the United States mediator Susan Rice for His Refusal to Accept It (Reuters)…
  
  
• Eritreans appear to have started attack on Zalambessa front… Heavy Eritrean artillery bombardment of Ethiopian villages between Zalambessa and Adigrat… (Reuters)...
  
  
• Eritrean Jet Shot Down over Mekele on Saturday was a new Italian-made Aermachhi MB-339 - Eritrea purchased six of these jet planes in 1996 (Reuters)… Eritrean fighter pilot expresses no remorse about bombing of Mekele school (boasts of "1 to 100 exchange rate") essentially admitting that it was deliberately targeted...
  
  
• Report From Zalambessa: Eritreans occupy high ground near Adigrat... Ethiopia evacuates civilians from Bure (on road to Assab)
  
  
• Tough Times Ahead - This War Could Last Six Months or Longer
  
  

June 8, 1998:

• VOA News Reports from Addis Abeba, Asmara, Nairobi: Eritrea claims has evidence that Ethiopian offensive planned for Tuesday morning...
  
  
• Eritreans Trying Diplomatic Manouevers to Avoid US-Rwanda Peace Plan: See Reuters - "Eritrea Calls For Talks"
  
  
• BBC Interviews Meles Zenawi
  
  
• Eritreans still in control of Zalambessa (Eritrea does not even claim this area but invaded for military tactical purposes)... Eritrean Airforce still able to put planes in the air on patrol... More embassies in Asmara closing...
  
  
• Presidents of South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, and Djibouti each telephone Eritrean President Issayas and urge him to accept US-Rwanda peace plan.... Issayas stubbornly refuses.... (Ethiopia already accepted the peace plan Thurs. June 4)
  
  
• Report From Mekele - New Details on the Barbaric Eritrean Attack on School (Washinton Post reporter on the scene)
  
  
• Libya's Gaddafi Tries to Use Eritrean Conflict to Emerge From International Isolation
  
  

June 7, 1998:

• Reuters Report From Adigrat, Ethiopia: Tigrai Veterans Continue Mobilizing
  
  
• Jerusalem Post Editorial:  Eritrea - "Unreasonable Belligerence"
  
  
• Comment on the Ethiopian Air Strategy
  
  
• New diplomatic efforts likely to fail due to Eritrean refusal to fully accept the US peace plan... Lull in air war... Ethiopia claims ejection of Eritrean brigade from undisputed Ethiopian territory near Zalambessa
  
  
• VOA News Report by Scott Stearns
  
  
• Eritrean Persecution of Kunama Minority Ethnic Group Who Live in Border Region Around Badime
  
  
• Eritrean Economic and Currency Problems Explained - Underlying Cause of War
  
  

June 6, 1998:

• Ethiopian Government Press Release
  
  
• Ethiopia States Only 1 Plane Shot Down So Far - Denies Any Planes Shot Down June 5...Eritrea also claims only 1 plane shot down in their press release...Inital news reports not backed with evidence...
  
  
• Aerial Ceasefire for Foreign Evacuation ends Sunday Morning at Dawn... Dutch to send evacuation ship to Massawa...US Embassy in Asmara Closing Down
  
  
• Media News Bias by AP Correspondent ...Commentary
  
  
• Morning News Roundup:
  Highly Succesful Attack on Asmara Military Airport... Ethiopian Plane Shot Down and Pilot Captured After Completing Mission.... Eritrean Plane Shot Down Near Mekele Before Hitting Any Targets... Pilot Captured...
  
  
• Eritrean Air Force Near Breaking Point? ...Commentary
  
  

June 5, 1998:

• Reuters Report from Mekele: Many Children Killed by Cowardly Eritrean High-Altitude Bombing of Residential Area Commentary Attached...
  
  
• Bracing For More Air Raids - [Eritrea Targets Civilians in Mekele; Prevents British From Evacuating Their Citizens From Asmera]
  
  
• Statement of Afar Rebel Movement in Eritrea (ARDUF)
  
  
• Ethiopia Fully Accepts US Peace Plan; Eritrea Rejects It
  
  
• VOA News Reporter Interviews Ethiopian Fighters
  
  
• Ethiopia: Strong Legal Position: Part II