News and Commentary on Ethiopia/Eritrea Conflict:
March 6, 1999 to March 12, 1999
Week ending March 12, 1999:
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One Deceptive Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards: Asmara Plays with Words (Statement by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry; Mar 12)
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The Crux of the Matter (Ethiopian Gov't Spokesperson; Mar 12)
More Pictures from Operation Sunset:
From WIC: http://www.telecom.net.et/~walta/html/pic.html
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Captured Eritrean Tanks (Feb 27): 1. Tank with punctured fuel barrel 2. Ethiopian soldiers atop Eritrean tanks -1 3. Ethiopian soldiers atop Eritrean tanks -2 Captured Tanks at Guemhalo: 4. Soldiers pose next to Eritrean tank 5. Parked Eritrean tanks Between Senbel and Mengul (Mar 2): 6. Frontal view 7. More captured tanks Captured Eritrean Armaments: 1. Assault rifles 2. Mortars and rocket launchers 3. Stacks of boxed ammunition 4. Weapons and ammunition 5. Munitions strewn across the field 6. Miscellaneous supplies |
Eritrean POWs (Feb 27): 1. Colonel Michael Abraham (Woldu Barya) 2. Colonel Michael Abraham - 2 3. The colonel's bodyguards 4. Eritrean POWs 5. Liwam Berhane Hagos (A 15-year old Eritrean girl conscripted into the army) Eritrean Fortifications: 1. Denbe Megul 2. Guemhalo-1 3. Guemhalo-2 4. Guemhalo-3 5. Guemhalo-4 Ethiopian Troops: 1. General Samora Younis 2. Ethiopian troops 3. Ethiopian flag over Badime town |
- Pictures from Operation Sunset:
Ethiopian solidiers celebrate victory as the flag of Ethiopia flies over Badme town
Eritrean Trenches and Prisoners of War
Captured and Destroyed Eritrean Tanks and other Armaments
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Security Council tries to bring Eritrea-Ethiopia together (AP; Mar 11)
Eritrea offers Ethiopia mutual troop pull-back (AFP; Mar 11)
Ethiopia and Eritrea ready for further battles (Reuters; Mar 11)
- What goes around comes around? "We are out to see that this government is not there anymore. We are not trying to pressure them to talk to us, or behave in a more constructive way. We will give weapons to anyone committed to overthrowing them." - Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki referring to SUDAN. - 'The Economist,' October 14, 1995 (also reported in Horn of Africa Bulletin)
- Comment:
A Frightened Regime in Asmara (Mar 10)
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Ethiopia was, is and will always be Loyal to the
OAU Framework Agreement (Statement by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry; Mar 10)
Addis Ababa makes Eritrean withdrawal sole peace condition (AFP; Mar 10)
Ethiopia skeptical on Eritrea's commitment to peace (AFP; Mar 9)
Eritrea Ready for Talks with Ethiopia, Ruling Front Says (Xinhua; Mar 9)
Ethiopia continuing attacks: Eritrea (AFP; Mar 8)
Haile wins 1,500/3,000 golds at
World Indoor Championships in Japan
- Eritrea opposition forms alliance (BBC; Mar 7)
Khartoum, March 7: "Political observers here say the government appears to have thrown its weight behind the Eritrean opposition in the belief that the recent defeat of the Eritrean army by the Ethiopians in their border conflict could spell a change of government in Asmara, and an opening for the opposition." - (BBC Focus on Africa)
- Ethiopia Skeptical On Eritrean Peace Move (Reuters; Mar 6)
- Addis accuses Eritrean troops of digging into 'occupied' land (AFP; Mar 6)
- Ethiopia says Eritrea still occupying some of its land (AP; Mar 6)
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