By: Dr.
Michael Fessehaye
Western nations, especially the US, could try to bury their head on the sand like an ostrich; but the “Ethiopian Minority Regime” and Al Qaeda are in “bed”, period. Can Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, whitewash this truth? Jendayi Frazer possesses neither the education nor the experience to handle the HORN. After all, here is a black woman who has to ask where Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia on the map are when given the assignment and so one could expect her to come up with “intelligent” US policy in the Horn; if you know what I mean. The sad story is the HORN is the one that has been chosen as “guinea pig” to train people like Jendayi Frazer.
Coming
back to the burning issue at hand and to grasp the gravity of the “unholy
connection” of the “Ethiopian
Minority Regime”
and the “Al Qaeda”; picture two Al Queda speedboats, one from the Eritrean side
and another from the Yemeni side, loaded with 5000-lbs bomb paralyzing an armada
of ships of the civilized world at the Strait of Bad El Mandeb; Heaven
forbid! Far-fetched and
outlandish? Believe it or not, that
was and still is the strategic and tactical objectives of Al Queda (Ben Laden),
if the creation of their "Fundamentalist Empire" is to be speeded up by the help
of the “Ethiopian
Minority Regime.”
Before
discussing the strategic and tactical objectives of Al Queda to control the
Strait of Bab El Mandeb, Suez Canal, and/or the Strait of Gibraltar to achieve
their religious and political domination that could extend from Morocco to the
Far East; discussing the unholy “alliance” or the connection between the
“Minority
Regime of Ethiopia”,
the Weyane, and Al Qaeda is in order. Although politics does create strange
bedmates; but to witness the “Ethiopian
Minority Regime”
in “bed” with Al Qaeda is beyond any one could handle or accept. But it is true and a documented fact
that there was and still there is a “symbiotic” relationship between the
“Minority of the Minority Regime” and Al Qaeda. To reach at their respective political
objectives, which are antagonistic by all accounts, both the Weyane and Al Qaeda
have a salivating lust to control the Red Sea. Thus, these two have been in
“bed” strategically and tactically. To that effect,
DEBKAfile.com has to reported this:
"His
(meaning Ben Laden)
annual operational budget is estimated as $125 million, which comes out of
revenues from family-owned companies”. "He
(Ben Laden)
has invested his stock in front companies
registered in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian
capital.
Most of his investments are in satellite networks and cell phone
companies."
The
million dollar question is how it possible for the
“Ethiopian
Minority Regime”
to be in be with both the AL Qaeda and the US government all at the same time”.
Although immature US diplomats and policy makers of the US such
as Jendayi Frazer are trying to bury their head in the sand like an ostrich when
it comes to the unholy alliance of Al Qaeda and the “Minority Government of
Ethiopia”, weather they like it or not, the bitter truth is "he
(Ben Laden)
has invested his stock in front companies registered in Addis Ababa, the
Ethiopian capital”;
earning him the “dollars” he needed to blow up the peace-loving people of the
world. That is the fact and Western
nation policy-makers could not whitewash or bury their head in the sand.
The world knows or should know by now; it is the “Minority
Government of Ethiopia”, the Weyane, who are providing Ben Laden the
legitimacy and the safe haven to invest worldwide “in
front companies registered in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian
capital”.
You will be pressed to ask how can this be possible; taking the fact that
Weyane is viewed, in some quarters as if the Weyane is a “partner” in the war
against “international terrorism” and yet it is the “Minority Government of
Ethiopia” who is the one in “bed” with Al Qaeda. The “Ethiopian Minority
Regime” taken as a partner in the war “terrorism”; how could that ever be
possible!….?…..! Easy when you have people like Jendai Frazier from the streets
of DC to handle such issue. Do
forget, Jendayi Frazer, let alone to know the age-old social and political
dynamics of the Horn, she is a lady could not navigate her way in the streets of
DC. But the HORN has been a place where Jendayi Frazer is to be sharpened and
trained!
It is a document fact that Ben Laden, through
his front man in Ethiopia is not only heavily invested all over the world but
also in Ethiopia. You do not have
to be rocket scientist or an insider of a “spy ring” to know who the front man
of Ben Laden in Ethiopia is. Not
only that, it is documented fact that “carrier” of choice used to transport
“terrorists” from one country to another has been Ethiopian Airlines via Addis
Ababa. From the business operations all over the world and Ethiopia, Ben Laden
is getting the "dollars" he needs to “blow” up countries and societies;
irrespective of their geographic location, religious, political and/or economic
philosophy. In short “terrorism” is NO longer against the US or against
the West only, but it is against the human race; period! “Terrorism” has no color, race,
religion, or geographical boundary to inflict harm and devastation. But
it is ironic and it quite disheartening to see the very Western nations, the UN,
and the so-called AU, who claim they are at in the trenches to fight
"terrorism", are the very same one that cater to the Al Qaeda “cash cows” which
are the “front
companies registered in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian
capital.” Al Qaeda knows
this; I bet Ben Laden is saying, "just take a look at these Westerners giving us
all the “dollar” we need to blow them up anywhere and anytime."
The war against the "international terrorism" rages on. It should and it is a must that it
should be won; if there shall peace on earth! More specifically, if the
war against “terrorism” in the Horn of Africa is to be won; the Western
countries, especially those who are sacrificing their resources and their life
in the war, should accept that first order of business is to get rid of the
“Minority Regime of Ethiopia”. Only
when Weyane is removed, the US and civilized world could see the fruit of their
sweat and blood-culminating in a peaceful Horn and Middle East with no terror
elements operating from the region. Otherwise, these countries are
fertile grounds for Ben Laden to push for his worldwide fundamentalist drive;
given the fact that Al Qaeda or “"he
(Ben
Laden)
has invested his stock in front companies registered in Addis Ababa, the
Ethiopian capital”
to
finance his mission!
Unless
the Western nations, especially those who claim they are at war against
“terrorism”, want to bury their head in the sand like an ostrich;
at this very hour, Al Qaeda do not only have the support and the
sympathy of fanatic supporters in the Middle East but it has been reported that
his support base is far-reaching and widespread. To the bottomless financial,
material, and human resources he can muster from the Middle East; Ben Laden is
also entrenched financially, strategically, and tactically in Ethiopia and other
places. DEBKAfile has been
studying Ben Laden and his operation for years. This is what they have to
report:
"Al Qaeda ("the Base"), the militant
Islamic movement the Saudi terrorist tycoon Osama Bin Laden founded in 1990, is
estimated by DEBKAfile's terror experts to number no more than 12,000 fighting
men in all. They are scattered round the world, mainly in Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Kashmir, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Chechenya, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgistan, Tadjikistan and Lebanon. Some
2,500 live in the United States, many of them US nationals, counting also
members of Al Qaeda's fraternal terrorist group, the fundamentalist Egyptian
Jihad Islami."
Then it is a timely question to ask as to why this unholy alliance of Ben Laden and the “Minority Government of Ethiopia”, the Weyane? The answer is simple. Both have their eye on the “Red Sea” and if their respective agenda is to succeed, Eritrea (SHAEBIA) is the only force that stopped them and Eritrea is still there ready to stop them. It is a known fact that the first victim of Ben Laden was Eritrea. And Eritrea is still the target; if Ben Laden is to control the Red Sea at the Strait of Bab el Mandeb, the Eritrea is the springboard for his mission. By the same token, Eritrea (SHAEBIA) is also the target, if the Weyane are to have their yet-to-be-born "the Greater Republic of Tigai” with access to the Red Sea. Do not forget, it is also to this end where the Al Qaeda financed-trained-dispatched “Eritrean Jihad” are still being harbored, financed and trained by the “Ethiopian Minority Regime” as we speak. It is paradox, to see the US “dollars” is the one being used to arm the Afghanistan trained-dispatched“ Eritrean Jihad” from within Ethiopia! Then again, when people like Jendayi Frazer are the one that are dispatched to the HORN; then what you see is what you get. And that is shame! Therefore, if the war against terrorism to succeed; the Western nations should stop sabotaging and undermining their own mission by taking the “Ethiopian Minority Government” as a partner in the war against terrorism.
Do
the Western nations know the gravity of the mistakes they are committing? To
answer the question, let us start with a hypothetical question: What if Ben
Laden is to succeed to have "Moslem Fundamentalist Eritrean State, then what?
Then picture Al Queda stopping a whole armada of ships of the civilized world by
a single suicide bomber, on a speedboat, launched from a Yemen or from the
up-coming Fundamentalist State of Eritrea on this narrow neck-the Strait of Bab
El Mandeb. To have a feel of the gravity and the danger and the devastation that
could unleash, if Al Queda are not dealt with accordingly and decisively; just
take a look at the fate of USS Cole and the French oil tanker off the coast of
Yemen. If these two examples are
too small or too far from home to shake you up or to wake you up, then go back
to 1998 in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam.
Better yet, come to 9/11/2001 and let the living and breathing pictures
tell you and show you the ugliness of “terrorism” as we know it. With these
historical facts and experiences from just yesterday; while the pictures of
these horrors are still fresh in the minds of the every civilized human beings,
picture if Ben Laden (Al Queda) is to control Strait of Bad El Mandeb from the
Yemeni side and the Eritrean side, Heaven forbid. Far-fetched
and outlandish scenario? Do not fool your self. The writing is on the wall. Ben Laden and Al Queda are in a
"mission". If their mission of
having a "Moslem Fundamentalist Empire" that extends from North Africa, to
Middle East, to Far East, and to Central Asia is to be achieved; then Eritrea is
the beachhead or the springboard then chose, never miss that. In
short, Eritrea might be sentenced to be the first victim but the evil scheme of
Al Qaeda is also to reach across the Atlantic and the Indian
Ocean.
You might conclude that Ben Laden (Al Queda) has already solved half of
the puzzle. Osama Ben Laden has
been there, on the other side of the Red Sea- in Yemen and Saudi Arabia for
quite some time now. Osama Ben
Laden is not only the “ben" of Laden (the son of Laden); but he is also Osama
"ben" Yemeni (the son of Yemen).
With entrenched fanatic and hardcore supporters. And if you add the bottomless support he
can muster in terms of logistics, finance, and manpower from next door, from
Saudi Arabia; Osama Ben Laden have a fortified home base or "Dejen" for his
mission. These days, strategically and tactically located, with supporters and
followers in Yemen and Ethiopia; Al Queda are still training, arming, and
financing their "Jihad" or "soldiers of religion", as we speak. Despite the resent setbacks of Al Queda
in Afghanistan and other places; the mission of Al Queda is still alive and
well. Therefore, to unleash their "Armageddon" against the civilized world, the
one thing Al Queda needs is the second half of puzzle: The political and
military control of the Straight of Bab El Mandeb from Eritrean side and that is
where the service of the “Ethiopian Minority Government” is being put to
good use by Al Qaeda; never and ever try to hide or to whitewash that!
Let me take you back to pre-1994 invasion of Eritrea by Al Qaeda. Way back then when the whole world was
slumbering, Ben Laden targeted Eritrea as his first victim. Right after Ben Laden was stripped off
his Saudi citizenship he landed in the Sudan and with the help of a handful
disgruntled Eritreans who happened to be roaming in the ghetto of the Middle
East; Ben Laden calculated that this small and young country, Eritrea, would be
an easy prey. Since 1992, Ben Laden
made Eritrea his firing range and the Eritreans as his live targets in his bid
to make Eritrea a "Moslem Fundamentalist state". While the whole world was sleeping,
Eritrea alone was in the trenches to stop this "evil". By 1994, Ben Laden launched his first
attack on Eritrea; only to find out that the Eritreans are not what he
calculated them to be. In battle he
never expected to lose, Al Queda faced the Eritreans only to be annihilated,
captured, or to retreat back to their camps in the Sudan leaving a number of
military hardware including brand new Tomato Land Cruisers. The
world may not be aware of it; but the Eritrean "Tower" was hit by Ben Laden way
back in 1994. But thanks again to
the gallant sons and daughters of Eritrea, the Eritrean "Tower" is still
standing tall and proud and in the process it saved the
day!
Ben Laden might have taken Eritrea as a young nation, a baby by
comparison that came out of thirty years of bloody war, to stand up to his
challenges. But Ben Laden made one
mistake: He did not ask the
Ethiopians about Eritrea and the Eritreans. Little did Ben Laden know about the
battle hardened and militarily brilliant Eritreans. Most importantly Ben Laden
did not know the politically mature and sophisticated Eritreans. Ben Laden have not taken the time to ask
the Eritreans, both Christians and Moslems, as to their aspirations and dreams.
Ben Laden did not know that in Eritrea there is one religion, Eritrea; one
people, Eritreans; and they do speak one language, Eritrea. If Ben Laden thought Eritrea is another
dismal African state, riddled with religious and tribal strife, or Eritrea is
another Middle Eastern country ripe and ready for his use and abuse; then he did
not take the time to study the “Eritrean Revolution”. To Eritreans, both
Christians and Moslems, Eritrea is more than a country. “Eritrea” to Eritreans is the badge of
honor and identity, it is the persona and the make up, and it is the reason for
life and living!
Be it as it may, Eritrea all alone was facing the Al Queda, in the
trenches, until that ill-fateful day, 9/11/2001, arrived. Eritrea alone managed to “save the day” and held her
end of the bargain until the whole world was awaked on that ill-fated day. The
writing was on the wall. Had
it not been for Eritrea that stopped "fundamentalism" from spreading like the
prairie fire in the Horn and/or Middle East; by now, we would have seen a much
larger and a wide spread devastation. Despite the earlier horrors of Nairobi and
Dar Es Salaam; it took us to witness the horrors of 9/11 to wake us up. It
should not have been this way and the civilized world should not have waited
that long. Nevertheless, we needed
to capture, in the pictures for eternity, the horrors of 9/11 to understand and
to grasp the magnitude of the danger looming. It was a rude awaking to the human
race!
Still Al Queda and their quest are alive and well. But first thing is first. Ben Laden needs a "beachhead" or a
springboard if he and his men are to go for the final push. That is
where controlling Bab El Mandeb from both sides is still in the game plan. This
is where the services and the participation of “Ethiopian Minority Government”
and the Afghanistan trained Eritrean Jihad, operating from Ethiopia, with the
full support and backing of the Weyane are to come handy. Why is the “Minority Regime of Ethiopia” harboring Al
Queda, Al Qaeda financed-trained Eritrean terrorist, and providing safe haven
for Al Qaeda “cash cows” is irrelevant at this point. The bottom line is AL Queda and
the “Minority Government of Ethiopia” are in "bed” at this hour; hoping they
will reach at their respective objectives no matter how antagonistic and bloody
towards each other they could be.
Leaving the “Minority Government of Ethiopia”, as a “dead horse”,
which is ready to be discarded by the Ethiopians for the consumption of AQAQI
hyena; you got to asked what if the Al Queda is to have a control of the Bab El
Mandeb, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Gibraltar?" Imagine what could have
happened; had it not been for this country we call "Eritrea" and these defiant
people we call "Eritreans" that stood in the way of Al Queda? Just picture how easy and how fast
"fundamentalism" could have spread in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Sudan, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti-the very countries that surround the strategic
Red Sea and the Strait of Bab El Mandeb.
Picture the Red Sea in general and the Bab El Mandeb in particular
patrolled by Ben Laden speedboats.
With the exception of Eritrea, some of these countries are easy to
control. If Eritrea was to have
fallen in the hands of Al Queda, picture Al Queda to subdue the Saudi Kingdom
without shooting a single bullet; by just sinking a couple of Saudi oil tankers
at the Straight Bab El Mandeb.
Imagine, the economic and social upheaval that could ensue if a dozen oil
tankers of other oil producing countries are sunk in the Straight of Ban El
Mandeb by Al Queda suicide bombers. Imagine how Europe can be brought down to
its knees once the Red Sea shipping lines to the Far East and Indian Ocean was
to come to halt by Al Queda sea pirates. Just imagine one single speedboat of
Ben Laden challenging an armada of warships of the civilized world. Do not only picture it; expect it. Now Al Queda is bombing apartment
complexes in Saudi Arabia, railway a station in Spain, Hotel in Indonesia, a bus
station in Barentu Eritrea and next will be shipping lines at Bab El Mandeb. Sit
down and ask, and you will get the picture. Speak no more and hold your peace
(piece) forever if you are not ready to do something about it. But do not
forget, still the “Minority Ethiopian Regime” is the one that is giving Al Qaeda
to legitimately and legally operate their “source of income” in the West-in the
very countries who claim they are at war against terrorism. What ever you
do and what ever you label your self to be, never and ever forget that Addis
Ababa is where the worldwide financial institutions of Al Qaeda are registered
doing business under your nose!
The question is how is the civilized world to face these two menaces of
the human race? The call has been
made. President Bush has put it
quite bluntly. "Either you are
with us, of you are with terrorist" is the message and the policy as set by
President Bush. President Bush has
put it bluntly that if you harbor, give refuge, finance, train, support, and
promote terrorists, directly or indirectly; you are cannot be anything but a
"terrorist". In no uncertain terms,
"terrorism" has been defined. The definition is clear and there is no gray
area. The question is how are
nations, societies, individuals responding to this definition? Each nation, each organization and each
individual has choice to make.
If that is the case, how in the hell is the “Minority Government of
Ethiopia” is being taken as a “partner” in the war against “international
terrorism”? In all honesty do these
Western nations, especially the US, know they are cutting one of the finger that
was supposed to pull the trigger on the fight against “international terrorism”
by taking the “Ethiopian Minority Regime” as a “partner” in the war against
terrorism? I do not thing some of
US policy makers know they are undermining and sabotaging the noble mission of
defeating “terrorism”, as we know it!
Incidentally, if there are nations and societies who want to play it both
ways, or if there are those who think there is a "gray" area they could maneuver
in the war against terrorism; then they should remember terrorism will not stop
within the confines of one country, one region, or one religion. If there are nations who might think
only certain countries are the target but not they; then they better ask the
Kenyans, the Tanzanians, the Spanish, the Moroccans, and the Saudis who are on
the receiving end of Al Queda. If
there are nations who think "terrorism" is far from home, then they better ask
the Indonesians, the Australians, and the Americans. Ask the French who were hit miles from
France mainland. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow; but Al Queda will
be in the doorsteps of every civilized society in their own good time. Therefore, there is not much time left
and there is no other choice.
In conclusion, as President George Bush put it
bluntly, "either you are with us or you are with the terrorists". The choice is
on the table and the policy to fight “terrorism” is clear. With the human race is to have peace the
war against any form of “terrorism” should be won. One
thing true, taking Weyane as a “partner” against “terrorism” is like going to
war against “terrorism” with the fingers that the pull the trigger in the war
against “terrorism” cut or severed. To wit: Ask Tony Blair about the nature and
makeup of the “Ethiopian Minority Regime ”. As for Jendayi Frazer, although
her actions and words are to cause an immediate harm to the HORN; it is sad to
see the noble and honorable ideals of the US is being hijacked by a lady who
does not posses the brains to navigate the streets of DC let alone to navigate
the dynamics of the HORN.
Wetru Awet N’Hafash!
Hiji Win Hade Hizbi Hade Libi!
Eternal Glory to the Dead and the Living Heroes/Heroines
It is a Must "Wefri Warsai-YekeAlo" Should Succeed!