Posted on 06/04/2021 6:50:12 AM PDT by RandFan
To the Ethiopian government, the fighters are terrorists who have defied the authority of Abiy in the federal capital, Addis Ababa. But almost everyone the AP spoke with in Hawzen supported them and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, the party of the region’s ousted and now-fugitive leaders.
“The people elected us, so we are not terrorists,” said fighter Nurhussein Abdulmajid, standing confidently in the middle of the road with a gun on his shoulder, as a crowd listened. “He (Abiy)’s the one who is the terrorist. A terrorist is someone who massacres people.”
The battle for Hawzen is part of a larger war in Tigray between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan rebels that has led to massacres, gang rapes and the flight of more than 2 million of the region’s 6 million people. While the government now holds many urban centers, fierce fighting continues in remote rural towns like Hawzen. The AP was able to get through an Ethiopian military roadblock and cross the front line to get a rare look at a town held by Tigrayan fighters, who carried light weapons they said they had seized from opponents.
As the two sides fight, civilians, and especially children, are suffering heavily. More and more children are caught up in shelling in Hawzen and other nearby areas, with at least 32 admitted to the regional Ayder Hospital in Mekele for blast injuries from December to April.
Haftom Gebru, a 12-year-old boy from Hawzen, was wounded by shrapnel in fighting during Orthodox Easter. An artillery shell hit a pile of stones in the family’s compound that then ricocheted in the boy’s direction. When his 60-year-old father, Gebru Welde Abrha, saw the wound in the boy’s left hand, he knew it would have to be cut off.
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Hey, we’ve found someone possibly more backward than Somalis
Can we bring 100K or so to Nashville or Minneapolis?
“Can we bring 100K or so to Nashville or Minneapolis?”
I was just thinking about how long before planeloads of them start landing all over the country. I means nothing to be a citizen of the U.S anymore.
"Nurhussein Abdulmajid"--muslim...no difference. But his taqqiya says it's the other side that are the terrorists. Religious war in Ethiopia trying to turn it into Somalia.
I understand the sentiment - However I personally know several Ethiopian immigrants. They came over 20 years ago or so. They took American names and are pretty conservative. And the children have grown up to be rather successful. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire any of them. They appreciate what this country has to offer. They don’t think much for BLM - they know how good they have it.
I understand the sentiment - However I personally know several Ethiopian immigrants. They came over 20 years ago or so. They took American names and are pretty conservative. And the children have grown up to be rather successful. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire any of them. They appreciate what this country has to offer. They don’t think much for BLM - they know how good they have it.
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