Meles Already Told You: Why So Much Huffing and Puffing Now?

Meles Already Told You: Why So Much Huffing and Puffing Now?

By Oromsis Adula

The sharp-tongued and deceitful tyrant that ruled Ethiopia for the past 18 years, Mr. Meles Zenawi, teased the opposition and western media numerous times this year saying he will step down at the end of this term. Whereas the decision to rule Ethiopia until the current regime is forcefully ousted was a bygone conclusion, Meles wanted to give a lift to his image that is badly tarnished by reports of gross human rights violations a face-lift.

To that effect in recent months, Mr. Meles has been working hard to re-establish himself as an African statesman by representing the regional body at major world leaders’ gatherings. From the G20 summit in London to the upcoming gathering in Copenhagen on climate change, Meles has either posed or will pose with world leaders, thus casting himself as the sole representative of Africa.

Maybe Meles’s leadership is a true representation of what most of African countries are like. Meles Zenawi’s 18 years of tyranny, man-made vicious cycles of poverty and an increased repression of dissent surely exemplifies the current and past African tyrants from Sudan to DRC, Eritrea to Zimbabwe and elsewhere in between.

Despite his sometimes frantic attempts to repaint his legacy, Zenawi faces two great challenges. On the one hand, the United States and Great Britain’s one-time love affair with the double faced dictator of Ethiopia is eroding fast. Although these two great powers continue to finance the terrorist regime in Addis Ababa, many argue that a recent visit by US Secretary of State to Africa of which the itinerary did not include Ethiopia underscores the diminishing importance of Ethiopia as a major ally in the region.

On the other hand, the ruling party is engaging in an all-out war to reorganize itself and ensure that the mistakes of 2005 election will not be repeated. It nearly silenced or to say the least, managed to weaken all major opposition parties. It continues to intimidate the public and the murky opposition groups. Not too long ago, we heard reports of prominent politicians including a former rubber-stamp President of Ethiopia (Dr.Negaso Gidada) crying out for help. The media has long been rooted out. Although there seems to be some temporary gains on this end, the likelihood of the upcoming election being fair, free and orderly is far-fetched.

The Way Forward in Ethiopia: Civil Disobedience or Armed Struggle?

In modern African history, we can count with our fingers how many leaders were changed through a peaceful transfer of power. Many have managed to rule African states since the days of independence. Scores of African leaders have looted resources, massacred innocent civilians and few are facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity at the International Tribunal. Ethiopian history is a testament to that fact. Never in a recorded history of that empire had a ruler peacefully and democratically gave up a seat of power. The harrowing history of Ethiopia although falsely glorified and distorted to the liking of Ethiopian elites, is full of coups and scenes of beheaded rulers.

A fairly significant reformation was in effect early in the 1990s. And comparatively speaking in some respects, things have gotten better under the current regime (although much of the repressions are covert and only happen after darkness has reigned). Yet, the current regime clearly signaled (long ago) the continuation of that cultural and historical tradition of clinging to power by all means necessary for as long as it is possible.

That was when Mr. Zenawi stated in one of his speeches to the parliament, his party won the control over Ethiopia with bullet through a bitter struggle and that it won’t give it up peacefully per ballot contest. At that time, the opposition that is now crying foul was on Meles’s revolutionary democracy bandwagon and it was mostly the Oromo that received the announcement with greater uproar. That time has passed and the 2005 election proved to be a reality check for the Amhara dominated opposition as it was for most people (Ethiopians and otherwise).

The opposition at the home front; disfranchised, fragmented and marginalized than ever before, finds itself at a critical and defining moment. Whereas the Amhara based opposition groups with significant support in megacities and north of the country, are trying to regroup and regain momentum, the Oromo opposition has decided to huddle together to make inroads towards a stronger coalition. There is also a new mix of Tigrean opposition led by the likes of former Defense Minister Siye Abraha. With roughly eight months to the general election, the opposition is already complaining about intimidation, harassment and offices being closed. This is a good indicator of the bumpy road ahead and a tale of things to come.

In Diaspora, the Amhara based opposition generally faces the same challenges that were evident during the contested 2005 election. Due to the polarized political environment among Ethiopian communities, they are unable to rally the Oromo and others in order to garner a much needed moral boost. The Oromo camp, with the OLF at the fore, was once rumored eyeing to partake in the upcoming election. Swallowed by internal disputes and factionalization, they remain far from competing in the upcoming election. Although OLF (a group better known as the change) enjoys a popular support among the Diaspora and have better equipped military, I doubt that it is in a position to take on the highly militarized and readied for upcoming election agazi forces.

Basically, with all options off the table, Mr. Meles is a clear front-runner and will secure the victory unchallenged. Yet, however dire and pessimistic the situation seems, the people of Ethiopia had enough and can rid itself off these thugs easily. How? You might be asking.

Let us make a laundry list of things impossible to accomplish in the upcoming election:

1. Peaceful and Democratic Route: Not only was it tried and failed but also the opposition is weak, ill organized and unprepared.
2. Would the International Community Intervene? The US and European Union knew clearly that TPLF was not the winner of the 2005 Ethiopian election. Nonetheless, they continue to funnel aid to the regime in order to safeguard their regional strategic interests. It would be a mistake and gross oversight to hope that the International Community would intervene this time or do anything different.
3. Armed Struggle: Both the Ogaden and the Oromo Liberation Front that has an organized army of sort is hijacked and weakened by the rogue regime in Eritrea. Eritrea plays with these groups what hostage holders do. So it is wishful (if not impossible) to expect a major offensive from these groups.
4. Diaspora: The Ethiopian Diaspora can do itself and the people of Ethiopia a great deal by playing a constructive role. I will come back to this point under the next subheading.
5. Civil Disobedience Is The Only Way: I tried to point out that peaceful struggle through election contest is practically and virtually impossible in Ethiopia. An all-inclusive and well coordinated civil-disobedience is the only viable option to rid Ethiopia off the TPLF regime. In our recent memory and throughout the known history of Ethiopian Empire, students and other smaller pockets of the society have attempted, without a success, to disobey the government in order to force it to guarantee some citizenship rights. The student movements of the 1960s, many believe, pioneered the changes that happened since. Over the last eighteen years, Oromo students stood up to the current tyrants alone. With no outside or inside reinforcement, hundreds of them lost their precious lives by the bullets fired by cruel TPLF thugs.

In 2005, the opposition (mainly the now annihilated Coalition for Unity and Democracy) has rallied the public in urban areas, at first, successfully. But then they were caught off guard and when the leaders were jailed, the public lost touch with the leadership. Since then, the TPLF regime has master-minded and run a successful campaign to dismantle the CUD party structure. And they have done a darn successful job in keeping the once strong opposition group at bay. Just like the Tigrean led regime of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian people and Ethiopian opposition groups, needs to learn lessons from the 2005 election. First and foremost, the opposition needs to give up the ownership of peaceful protests and other non-violent resistance movements to the people, instead of creating what seems a cult of personality and an interest group owned by a single organization.

Not too long ago, when I was still a high school student in the godforsaken Ethiopia, every time there was a student uprising in Ambo/Shambu or Haromaya (towns in different regions of Oromia), Oromo students at every corner of the country took it to the streets in solidarity with their fellow students. That is a lesson worth learning and needs to be replicated if anything substantial is to be achieved through a non-violent struggle to topple the dictatorial regime of Ethiopia. At that time non-Oromo Ethiopian students (at various colleges across the country) went to classes normally as Oromo students were dismissed in sheer numbers. That is a mistake Ethiopians cannot afford to repeat.

But again as the political environment changed, the demographic pattern in terms of access to political power has drastically shifted under the current regime. It used to be the case that some sections of Ethiopian ethnic groups were favored. But now, everyone seems to be feeling the heat that the Oromo has been feeling for well over a century. For some groups, especially the Amhara, the Meles era marks a beginning of new experience with alienation from power. Don’t get me wrong here, the peasants and rural dwellers in the Amhara region may not have been as fortunate as the elites. But the difference is that they were never forcefully subdued, massacred, harassed, and humiliated because of their ethnicity, cultural and linguistic background. That is primarily because then it was the Amhara elites who were doing all the wrongs to the nations and nationalities in the south.

Media and the Ethiopian Diaspora

In this section, I will talk about the state of Internet Technology in Ethiopia, and the role a media powered and wired by the Internet can play in the upcoming elections. I will also try to point out some lessons that can be drawn from recently contested elections from around the globe.

Internet Access and Usage in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the early modern African states to develop telecommunication infrastructure dating back to 1894. And the country has seen a steady growth of Internet and mobile phone services in recent years. However, usage and development is lagging far behind most African nations owing to the repressive nature of the Ethiopian government. Perhaps, an overwhelming majority of rural Ethiopia haven’t heard about the phenomenon of Internet to date. Moreover, civil society faces a tremendous challenge to use the Internet in order to influence policy decision making or organize the public.

It’s not a coincidence that most of the opposition websites are blocked year-round in Ethiopia not to mention the alleged monitoring of incoming and outgoing email communications by Ethiopian authorities. Donors and international agencies have challenged the Ethiopian regime to privatize the service. Yet their efforts haven’t yet produced results and the reality on the ground doesn’t match the Ethiopian government’s rhetoric of privatization and economic growth.

The government argues that since it launched the Internet service in 1997, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) has taken initiatives to reduce Internet tariff and to upgrade the bandwidth using international satellite link. Also according to a case study by ITU, Ethiopia had upgraded its Internet service from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps in Nov.1998. Currently, it is said that the upgrade from 512 Kbps to 1 MB is in process and the implementation is being carried out with the collaboration of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and provided by France telecom (ITU, 2000). A similar report by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) states that the upgrading process is intended to reduce the monthly fees making it more affordable. With the total of 6,152 Internet subscribers in 2002, several pilot tele-centers and cybercafés are being built around the country by agencies like the British Council, added the report (UNECA, 2002).

Internet Strategy and Policy

Ethiopia is a closed economy little affected by globalization. Though there have been rapid improvements in this regard since the downfall of the communist regime in 1991, there still remains a lot to be done to integrate the flagging economy into the global market powered by the Internet. As indicated above, Internet use and access is regulated by a state-run telecommunication agency.

According to a news report by Cyber Ethiopia (2006), since the contested May 2005 Ethiopian election and with the annihilation of the local free press, the activists in the country have taken turn to air their concerns through the Internet. The Ethiopian Diaspora used fresh reports by bloggers based in the capital and other places in the country to expose the mass atrocities. To combat the online activism by the opposition and the rights group, the regime had widely invested in implementing surveillance technologies. The report also noted that the Ethiopian government had “pioneered Internet censorship in Africa” with increased devotion of “resources and attention to controlling access to information via the Internet” (Cyber Ethiopia, 2006).

As a result of the pressure from global media watchdogs like Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), “the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (the state monopoly and sole Internet Service Provider in the country) seemingly unblocks the access randomly for few hours in an attempt to confuse end-users in Ethiopia by suggesting a technical glitch from the website owners rather than censorship from the government” (Cyber Ethiopia, 2006).

In response to CPJ’s open inquiry letter to Ethiopian Ministry of Information, a government official has denied the reports, hinting that the government knows of an “illegal and unethical media in Ethiopia” according to Cathy Majtenyi for Voice of America news.

ITU (2002) also confirms that ETC monopoly over the Internet, poor infrastructure; limited service and unsatisfied demands are the contemporary challenges to the development of Internet technology aside from the unaffordable subscription fees. The report counsels privatization of Internet provision by ETC and “a clear policy on value added services such as web design, site hosting or cybercafés” would be the necessary steps towards an “open market”.

The Ethiopian Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (EICTDA) contends that the government of Ethiopia is carrying out a vigorous campaign to integrate Ethiopia into global market by promoting “ICT-driven socio-economic development process and transform[ing] Ethiopia from an agriculture-based economy and society to a predominantly knowledge- and information-based economy”. According to the document the key target of Ethiopia’s ICT policy is “to develop Ethiopia into a socially progressive and prosperous nation with a globally competitive, modern, dynamic and robust economy through the development, deployment and exploitation of ICT within the economy and society”.

At the face value, the rhetoric seems an ambitious plan on the part of the Ethiopian government, but critics dismiss these claims on the account of the government’s strict control over the Internet which is supposed to be “highly decentralized, self-governing, fluid, chaotic, and most importantly 'access-to-all' network” (Kinde, 2007).

Just for the record, Ethiopia’s Internet policy doesn’t even comply with the terms of its own constitution which proclaims “everyone has the right to hold opinions without interference…through any media of his choice. Freedom of the press and other mass media and freedom of artistic creativity is guaranteed…censorship in any form is prohibited” (Ethiopia, 1994). Furthermore, it is also in direct contradiction with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that states, “the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers” (UN, 1948).

That being the sad state where things stand in terms of Internet use and growth, there still seems a window of opportunity to systematically use the Internet to wage a strong campaign against the current regime of Ethiopia during the 2010 election.

It is naïve to compare Ethiopia to Kenya, Zimbabwe and Iran where recent election riots were highly publicized. If we look at the recent Iranian election, most of the news reports were not coming from CNN, BBC or other major cable news networks. Rather, in what some people referred to as “a revolution in social media”, social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and the giant video sharing site, YouTube, played a central role in the protest movement.

These are great lessons that can be replicated in Ethiopia. I urge the opposition groups to pay close attention to recent elections around the world and re-think their campaign strategies. Text messages, Facebook and other social media’s maybe blocked but the internet offers a wide array of possibilities. Instead of simply telling the Diaspora the reality on the ground is different from our perceptions of the happenings in Ethiopia, the opposition groups must reach out to all “Ethiopian” expatriates to effect change during the upcoming election. If nothing else can be accomplished, the Diaspora and opposition can work hand-in-hand to expose the naked truth about Ethiopian dictators.

In summary, I would like to reiterate that Mr. Zenawi and his allies will not give up their comfortable seats through democratic process. And that the Ethiopian people have all the means's at their disposal to force the current minority junta out of power. Although there is a greater strength in numbers, forming alliance after alliances does not guarantee electoral victory in Ethiopia. I think that is “the reality on the ground” the opposition leaders need to inhale. Armed struggle is the proven best and viable solution to free Ethiopia and its people from corruption, misery and the TPLF regime, had it not been for a low-key and sporadic progress made in that front. Thus, at this juncture and as the regime is posed to once again claim a hallow victory from sham election, there left no alternative to a well coordinated (internal and external) and all inclusive non-violent resistance.

The Diaspora is making significant progress with the most recent march in the nation’s capital (Washington DC) and another planned protest in Pittsburgh, Ohio during the upcoming G20 summit. Yet there remains a lot to be accomplished as far as rallying all “Ethiopians” instead of simply claiming so. Communities like the Oromo would feel most welcome if themes other than “free Birtukan” are included. What still angers most people is the fact that “Ethiopian” activists call for release of few and prominent politicians in a country where an estimated 20,000 Oromos and countless others are illegally imprisoned. As I said repeatedly, in Ethiopia the Internet service is monopolized and controlled by government, yet it still offers abundance of opportunities if the opposition learned to capitalize on it. Maybe the elite Diaspora professors and political gurus can play a central role in devising purposeful campaign strategies that can be implemented in Ethiopia instead of engaging in endless back-biting.

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http://www.opride.com/oromsis/

"Qurciin Qurciin yoo hin jenne.....": Deebii barruu " Can We Convert OPDO to OLF or OLF to OPDO ?" mata duree jedhu jalatti barreeffame

Qabsoon sabaa /national movement/ lammii hunda ilaalti. Hundi waa'ee saba isaa itti dhagahamu, biyya isaa jaalatu fi cunqursaa saba isaa irra gahu falmuu murteeffate qooda keessaa fudhatuu danda'a. Ati wallaalaa, ati goota, ati sodaataa ati kaleessa as turtee fi achi turteen qabsoo saba keessatti bakka hin qabu.Namuu waanuma dandahu godha. Namuu kan madaalamuu fi madaalamuuu qabuun waanuma qabsootti erga dabalamee hojjate tahuu qaba. Hunda caalaa kan bakka qabaatu waan ar'a hojjatanii fi gaaffii lammii yeroo dhagahanitti dirqama fudhachuuf qophii tahuu qofatu gaafatama. Namootni qabsoo sabaa kana keessatti dhaamsa biyyaa fi ummata irraa dabru yeroo tokkotti hin dhagahan. Jechuun haalli keessa jiraatanii fi dammaqiinsa isaanii akkasumas kanneen dhaamsa kana dabarsan dandeettii nama amansiisuu isaan qaban irratti hundaa'aa yeroon isaan dirqamaaf of qopheessan. Ummata jaarmaya cimaa qabu biratti lammii hundaan dhaamsa kana gahuu fi deebii argachuunis ulfaataa miti. Jaarmaya dadhabaa ummtaan deemuu dandeettiin hin mul'ifne keessatti ammoo dhaamsi biyyaa fi ummataa dhagahamuu fi deebii argachuun hafee hubachuunuu rakkisaa taha. Maaliif yoo jenne jaarmyaan dadhabaan yeroo hunda wanni dubbatuu fi hojjatu wal-faallessa. Waa'ee ummataaf of wareeguu fi kabajaa isaa tiksuu osoo dubbatu kan ummata wareeguu fi ummata salphisu tahee argama. Lammii dhaamsa sabaa ittiin gahe, dhaamsa kanas fudhatee sabaaf duuluuf itti makamu hojii isaaniin malu irratti bobbaasuu waan hin dandeenneef hamilee lammii cabsee onneen qabsoo akka keessatti laamshoftu godha. Kanneen hafanis akka dhaamsa ummataa karaa jaarmaya dadhabaa kanaan dhufuuf gurra hin kennine taasisa. ABO murna shaneetiin durfamu keessatti wanni argaa turre kanuma. Ummata qabsoof itti makamaa ture hojii qabsoo irratti bobbaasuu ykn diina irratti duulchisuu osoo hin taane, deebi'anii irratti duuluu dha. Qabsoof akka lammiin haala qabsoof bu'aa argamsiisu keessatti of wareegu aanjessuu osoo hin taane Oromoo gar-malee lubbuu fi maqaanis wareeguu/character assasination/, salphisuu fi bakka jaalalaa duula wal jibbaa qabsaawotaa fi saba gidduutti babal'isuu dha. Barruun nama maqaa Mormor Abbaa Seenaajedhu jalatti dhokachuun waa'ee interview jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa ilaalchisuun faca'e kunis aadaadhuma diiggaa dur ture kana hordofa. Aadaan kun aadaa jaarmayaa fi warraaqxotaa osoo hin taane aadaa murna/clique/ ofittoo qabsoo Oromoo keessatti margee ti. Aadaan kun aadaa warraaqxummaan lolu, aadaa amala farra Oromummaa qabuu dha. Aadaa sabaaf duultota diina, gantuu fi ergamtoota diina godhu waan ta'eef cimsinee falmuu fi hiddaan buqqisuu qabna. Seensa barruu kiyyaatti aansee kan dubbiftoota qabsiisuu barbaadus aadaa farra qabsoo Oromoo fi diiggaa tahe kana keessa deebinee akka ilaallu waan xinnoo beeku darbadha. Kallattiidhaan Obboo Mormor Abbaa Seenaaf deebii kennuu tuffadhee bira dabre. Na ofkalchaa. Waan fuula duraa dhiifnee of booda deebi'uu osoo gadduu, "qurciin qurcii yoo hin jenne Faffattee afaan nama kaayuu barbaaddii" akkuma jedhan kanneen dharaan oromoo yakkan eenyummaa isaanii tolchanii beekuun tarrii akka ittiisaa/deterence/ gargaaraa jedhee ti.

I. Qabsoo bara dheeraa karaa hidhannoo dirree dhihaa fi bahaa tahaa turte keessaatti amala farra qabsoo kanneen ar'a Shanee hoogganu hordofuun, kanneen ummtaaf osoo lolan rasaasaa diinatiin wareegaman fi kanneen maqaa "gantuu" fi "goobana" jedhuun dhabamsiifman wal gitu yoo jedhe dhugaa irraa fagoo miti. Dirree bahaa fi dhihaa keessatti ummata keenya "goobana" jechuun maatii isaa waliin ibiddaan manni itti cufamee gubate irra dabre qabsaawotni adeemsa dhaaba kana irratti gaaffii qaban, hooggana isaanii dadhabaa tahe qeeqan, yaada qabsoo fuula dura tarkaanfachiisuu dhiheessuun hooggna hirriba keessa ture baaragsan hedduutu hadhaa du'aa obaafame. Barruu deebii kanaaf na kakaase keessatti akka fakkeenya gantuuttii kan dhihaate nama Lamuu jedhamu, dirree dhihaa keessatti ajajaa waraanaa ture kana seenaa isaa qorachuu anis hiree argadhe. Isa malees akkasuma kanneen isa fakkaatan osoo qabsoo kanaaf dhukkubsatan hooggana maraataa miseensota isaa irratti duuluu malee beekkomsa biraa hin qabneen murtiin du'aa itti muramee, jaallan isaanitiin rasaasaan tumamuu mataan isaanii fudhachuu dide ganan hedduun beeka. Lamuun nama humna dhihaa keessatti gootummaan faarfamuu fi humnaan jaalatamu ture. Akkuma jedhame kan akka ganu isa godhe maqaa sagaagalummaatiin murtii du'aa irratti darbu dha. Haaluma kana fakkaatuun kan du’a itt muramee qabsoo irraa dhiibame kan biraa Simee nama jedhamu goota gootaa caalu, kan ijoollummaa isaatiin Kabbadaa Buzunashii waliin mootummaa Amaaraa lolaa ture, 1990 keessa lola Asoosaatti tahe milkeessuu irratti qooda guddaa kan qabaachaa ture yaadatuunis barbaachisaa dha. Akkasumas nama Elemo jedhamu, humna Godina dhihaa keessatti itti aanaa ajajaa jajjabii ture booda irra humna TPLF-tti dabalame humna keenya dura dhaabbachaa ture hedduun namoota naannoo sana turanii ni yaadatu. Keessattuu Elemo ijoollee dhaabni guddise fi nama 1989 keessa jila qabsaawotaaf humna waraana jajjabee dursuun Kora sabaa irraa akka qooda fudhatu ergame keessa ture. Akkuma amma agarruu kana murni amma shanee hooggannu keessattuu Abbaa Caalaa fi Daud fagoo taa’anii qabsaawota wal-irratti ijaaruun kanneen hojii fi gootummaan humna keessatti ifanii mul'atan irraa sodaa itti buleen akka rukutaman kan godhamanii dha. Ummataaf qabsaawuuf manaa bahanii kanneen jaallan isaan jedhaniin diina itti tahuu afaan wallaalanii qabsoo keessa bahan. Keessattuu dirree dhihaatti Jaallan akka Lamuu fi Simee namoota birootiin qixxeessuun hin tahu. Warra waraanni hundi of duratti ilaalaa turee dha. Lamuu, Simee fi Elemo kan dhaaba jaalatanii fi jaallan waliin wareegamuuf waadaa waliif seenan irra tarkaanfatanii deemaniif hoogganni isaanii qabsaawota sabaa irra qabsaawota namootaaf jedhanii bulaniif bakka laatee kanneen sabaaf qofa lolan ija diinatiin waan ilaaluufi. Badiin isaan itti yakkaman Sagaagalummaa osoo tahee hooggana dhaabaa kanneen ijoollee haayidaa ofii guddisan humnaan itti sagaagalaa turetu gaafatama ture. Murni Abbaa caalaa fi Daudiin durfamaa ture kun murna qabsaawota diina irratti duulchisuu fi Oromoo ijaaru osoo hin taane murna Oromoo irratti duulu qabsaawota gidduutti shakkii dagaagsuun jiraatu waan taheefi Lamuun amma akka fakkeenya gantuutti dhihaatee fi kanneen maqaa isaanii hin tuqamin hedduunkan qabsoo saba isaanii keessaa bahaniif. Ar'as bifuma sana fakkaatuun General Hailuu Gonfaa, Jeneral Kamaal Galchuu fi kanneen biroo irratti duulli godhamu duuluma duraan jalqabame duula maqaa adda addaatiin miseensota dhaaba irratti adeemsifamaa ture akka tahe seenaan dabre ragaa taha.

II. 1991-92 Keessa duulli qabsaawota irratti hooggana dirree dhihaa godhamaa ture itti fufee, amma qabsoon bakka geesse yaada jedhuun kanneen jajjaboo tahan aangoo keenyaaf nu sodaachisan jedhan osoo adda hin citin itti fufe. Akka kanaan ajajootaa fi miseensota jajjaboo humna tikaa fi waraanaa keessatti beekkaman itti duuluun mana hidhaatti guuran. isaan keessaa, Jaallan 1. Maaxiquu 2. Huseen Tolaa/abbaa Cibraa kan ture, 3. Jiberiil Kumsaa 4. Mokkonnon Jootee, 5. Eda'aa /Leenjisaa qaruutee kan ture/ 6.Zakkaariyaas /Leenjisaa humna jajjabii ykn Komaandoo/ fi 7. Maaxiquu, ajajaa waraanaa beekkamaa kan ture, miseensota ABO 1991 keessa mana hidhaatti guuramanii reebamaa/turture/ turan keessa akka fakkeenyaatti kaase. Keessattu isaan kana keessaa Mokonnon Jootee fi Huseen Tolaa warra lola irratti madaawanii qaamaa ir'atan mana hidhaatti dharaan darbatamaniin kanneen ar’a Shanee hoogganna jedhaniin reebamaa fi salphifamaa turan. Huseen Tolaa fi Zakkaariyaas ajaja Abbaa Caalaa fi Daudiin yommuu rashanaman miseensotni 80 gahan ammoo miseenummaan irraa mulqamee ari'aman. Kan nama dhibu garuu hammeenya fokkataan irratti raawwatamee osoo jiruu hedduun isaanii chaartaraa yeroo bahametti ajaja hooggana farra tahee kana fudhatanii osoo lolan wareegaman. Jaal Maaxiquun osoo ajajaa Cibraa tahee lolchiisuu wareegame. Jaal Eda'aan dirqama irra osoo jiruu wayyaaneen ukkamsamee hanga ammaatti bakka bu'e namni beeku hin jiru.

III. Bara chaartaraa sana keessa akkuma Dargiinn kufeen ajajootaa fi miseensota hoomaa waraana mootummaa keessa kanneen ABOtti dabalam hedduu turan. Erga dhaabatti dabalam booda warra Koloneelota turan bakka tokkotti walitti qabanii hojii malee teessisaa waan turaniif hifatanii ogummaa qabaniin akka qabsoo sabaaf bu'aa buusuu danda'an hojii irratti akka bobbaafaman Abbaa Caalaa gaafatan. Deebiin kennameef erga qabsoon dhumate dhuftan, kaleessa eessa turtan kan jedhu ture. Haa tahu malee hedduun isaanii chaartara boodas osoo humna waliin socho'a wareegamuu fi harka diinaa bu'uu mudatan. Akka fakkeenyaatti, 1. Kololneel Abdiissaa, humna Dargii keessatti "Opration officer" nama ture. 2. Koloneel Yohaannis nama dhalootaan Naqqamte tahe, 3.Koloneel Baqqalaa, Nama Ambotti dhalate, 4. Koloneel Tasfaayee, Abbaa Caalaatiin suudaan irraa bobbaafamee nama naannoo Ayiraa Gullisootti wareegame fi goota akka Koloneel Tamasgeen Caalaa/ Irreessaa/ maqaa tuquun ni danda'ama. Bara chaartaraa keessa ogummaan qabaniin humna keenya akka jijjiiran hojiitti bobbaasuu irra hoogganni kun kan filate bara Dargii keessa qabsoo sabaatti dabalamuu dabuu isaaniin abaaraa fi salphisuu dha. Haala Oromoof bu'aa buusuu hin dandeenye keessatti kufanii hidhamaa tahanii hanga chaartara keessa bahamutti taa'aa turan. Jeneraal Kamaal Galchuu, Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa kanneen isaan waliin dhufanis kan mudate kanuma. Ilmaan Oromoo bifa ganaan qisaasaman, hamileen caphxee manatti deebi'ee fi kanneen murtii hoogganoota ABOtiin raasaasaan tumaman himnee keessaa bahuu hin dandeenyu.

Egaa ar'a Interview VOA sababa godhachuun duulli Jeneraal Hailuu irratti adeemuu duula baroota dheeraa lakkaawwate, aadama hamilee qabsaawotaa cabsuu ti. Farrummaan kun ammo tuffii murni shanee ummata Oromoo fi miseensota dhaabaaf qaban irraa madda. Jecha barruu Mormor Abbaa Seenaa fi dabballoota Shanee irraa hedduu kan dhageennu "warra Oromummaa isaan barsiise, diina jalaa akka bahan isaan godhe mormu" jedhu. Yeroo tokko /2008/ keessa Caayaa ABO naannoo Saudi Arabia jiru walgahii godhatee hogganni akka dhihaatuuf gaaffii dur tureen hooggaanis dhihaatee yaadni ummataa caqafamuu eegale. Yaadni ummata irraa dhihaate "hoogganni keenya maaliif biyyatti deebi'ee ummata hin lolchiifene?. Sochiin waraana keenyaa maaliif dhabamee jedhuu fi kkf tarriifamanii dhuma irratti kana booda hanga biyya seentanii qabsoo hin godhinitti gargaarsa isaniif kennuu hin dandeenyu yaadni jedhu caqafame. itti fufuudhaan yoo kun ammoo hin taane humna gaara jiruun kallattiin wal-nu qunnamsiisaa, gargaarsa keenya kan maallaqaa, dawaa fi hidhannoo waraanaatiif goonu kallattiin ergina jedhame. Hoogganni jedhamu kun dallanee maal akka jedhe beektuu?. Barbaaddan ofii deemaa lolaa,nuti marcinary miti jedheen. Eegaa akkaataan murni shanee itti yaadan, nutu qabsoo keessa ture, kan ajaja hunda kennu nu qofa, kanaaf yaada fi ajajas kennuuf kan mirqa qabu nu qofa jedhu. Anis ummatni lolee jedhee qofaaf lola haa labsan hin jedhu. Hoogganni ummata irraa gargaarsa diinagdee fi humna namaa eeggatu maal akka hojjachaa jiruu fi bakka hojjataa hin jirretti ammoo rakkoo jirtu ummata amansiisuu yoo hin dandeenye hooggana ofiin jechuu akka hin qabne beekuu qaban jedha. Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa fi kanneen isaan waliin dhufan hundi Asmaraa jiraachuuf osoo hin taane qabsoo saba isaanii irraa qooda fudhachuuf ture. Kan isaanii fi miseensota dhaabaa irra jiroo akka hooggana ture irratti fincilan godhe, hoogganni ture gaaffiilee ummataa fi miseensota irraa dhihaatan deebisuu dadhabuu isaati. Namni qabsootti makamu du'aa qophii tahee mirga waa gaafatuu fi yaada isaa ibsachuu dadhabuu dha, kan warraaqsa dhalche. Hoogganni bilisummaa Oromoof dandeettii qabsaawotaatti gargaaramee qabsaawota diina irratti duulchisuu fi ummata isaa hiriirsu dhabamuu dha kan jijjiiramni akka dhufu godhe. Kan jijjiirama fide, ilaalcha jallataa dhaaba kana nutuu ijaare, nutuu harkaa qaba, waan Oromoof tolaa nu qofaatu dubbataa fi nu qofatu beeka yaada jedhu. Lammiin Oromoo mirga saba isaatiif falmuuf wareegamaaf of qopheesse, kan sabni isaa akka bilisummaa dhabe gonfatu qabsaawu mirgi isaa akka namootaan sarbamuu fi waraana abbaa qoroo tahuu hin dandahu. Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa kan jibbe namoota shanee hoogganan osoo hin taane yaada kana. Akkuma kaleessaa ummatni kibba bahaa loon tikfatuu malee homaa hin beeku, doofaa dha, akka hoolaa wal jala deema jedhamuu hayyummaa Oromoo arrabsaa turan ar'as Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa akka nama homaa hin beeknee fi waan hin beekne keessa seeneetti dhiheessuun tuffiidhuma shaneen Oromoof qabdu yoo ibse malee eenyummaa nama biroo madaaluu hin danda'u. Kan Generaal Hailuu fi kanneen biroos akka qabsootti dabalam godhe ammoo wareegama sabni Oromoo jaarraa tokkoo oliif baasaa jiru malee eenyummaa Daud ykn nama biraa tahuu hin danda'u. Namoota tuqna taanaan dhaabattu makamuu jaallan kanaa fi kan biroo booda irra dhufan hundaa hundi keenya kan jijjiiramaa fi Shanee keessa jirrus qooda qabna. Dhaabnis kan shanee qofa osoo hin taane keenya hunda.

Barruu " Can We Convert OPDO to OLF or OLF to OPDO ?" jedhu kana keessaa wanni hubannes aadaan kanneen qabsoof dhaabatti makamaa turan irratti duuluu fi hamilee cabsuu kun kan amma jalqabame osoo hin tahin kan umrii dhaaba kanaa waliin bule tahuu isaa ti. Dhaabni miseensota fi ummata isaa hamatu, maqaa xureessu, akka mirga dhablee fi wanni isaan dubbatan hunda yakka godhu dhaaba akkami? Hoogganni ummata isaatiin wal lolu bilisa baasaa dha moo gabrummaa dheeressaa dha?. Kan ar'a nutti dabalamu badii hin jirreen yakkaa akkamitti kan ar'a hin dammaqin dammaqsina, kan diina jala jiru qawwee isaa diinatti akka deebisu goona?. Fuula dura ba'aan guddaan jaarmaya haqaa Oromoo tokko eeggatu ummata keenya biyya keessaa jiru, kan qotee bulu, hojjataa, barataa fi barsiisaa akkasumas kanneen diina waliin hojjatanii fi diinaan itti duulamu hunda qabsoof hiriirsuu dha. Bilchinaan dhaamsa keenya gama lammii Oromootti dabarsuu fi dhaqqabuu yoo hin dandeenne humna qabsoof barbaachisu walitti kuufachuu fi diina irratti duuluu hin dandeenyu. Akkaataan murni shanee itti jiru dhaamsa Oromoo gar gar facaasu qofa kan erguu dha. Jeneraal Hailuun gaafa Humna Waraanaa Tigree keessa turee fi ar'as maaliif balaaleffatama.? Badiin isaa qabsoon kun rakkoo qabdu haa furannuu jedhee yaada dhiheessuu fi yaadni kun fudhatamuu dhabnaan ijjannaa haqaa jaallan isaa waliin fudhachuu isaa ti. Kanneen isaa fi kanneen biroo ykn Jijjiiramaan morman hooggana irraa kaasee hanga miseensota afanfaajjawan gahutti qabsaawota sabaa osoo hin taane ergamtoota murna maqaa isaa qofaaf qabsaawuu ti. Barru " Can We Convert OPDO to OLF or OLF to OPDO ?" tolchinee yoo hubanne jecha tokkootu eenyummaa murna shanee saaxila. Obboo Mormor Seenaa “ABOn dhugaa fi Heerawaan kan hanga taateefuu karaa qabsoo hidhannoos karaa qabsoo siyaasaa fi dippilomaasiis socho'ee waa dalagaa fi firii argamsiisaa jiru ABO isuma dhugaa fi haadhoo isa Obbo Daawudiin durfamaa jiru tahuu osoo hubatee jiruu, qaanii fi maal naan jedhuu tokko malee aaduma Wayyaanota irraa dhaaleen kijiba adii dubbachuu filate” Jedha interview Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa Ilaalchisee. Akka barruu kana irraa agarutti murni kun murna sabaaf qabsaawu osoo hin taane, Daud Ibsaa Hayyuu Duree ABO tahee akka turu qofaaf warra qabsaawu, qabsoon saba oromoo mataan dhaabbatu warra dhimma hin qabne, waraana sabaa osoo hin taane waraan obboo Daudii fi namoota biraa ti. Osoo dhugumaan akka jedhamu murna “Heerawaan” kun hojjatee waa agarsiisa turee, Jijjiiramni hafnaan, QC, AWO, Gumii fi jaarmayaaleen biros hin jiraatan ture. Yakki Jeneraal Hailuun godhe murni shanee isaa fi kanneen biroos qabsoo saba isaaniif jecha jalatti hiriiran, dirqama hojii qabsoo karoorsuu itti kenname bahuu waan dadhabeef miseensota wayyaba murtii hooggana kana bakkaa kaasuu fudhatan cinaa dhaabbachuu isaa ti. Kan hunda caalaa isaan dallansiise ammo Daud Ibsaa miseensota hoogganuun aangoo irraa kaafamuu dhugaa jiru J/Hailuun dubbachuu dha.

Haasaa Jeneraal Hailuu Gonfaa kan dhagahe hundi faallaa qabsoo saba isaa akka hin dubbatin qulqulleessee beeka waan taheef. Dhugaan ifee mul'ataa jiru garuu lafa irra gangalachuun booyaa oolanis murna namootaaf lolu /marcineries and cult followers/ qabsaawota haqaa injifachuu akka hin dandeenne agarsiisa. Jaalatanis jibbanis warraaqsi dhalate fuuluma dura adeema. Furmaatni jiru jalaa maquu ykn itti makamuu qofa. Dura dhaabbana kan jedhu hundi akka timaatimii miilaan irra dhaabbatanii macala'ee hafa. Baaburri warraaqsaa kan irra bahe hunda ni dhabamsiisa. Kosii seenaa tahuu dura qabsootti makamaan jedha kanneen ar’as dirree duwwaa irra dhaabbatanii nama qofa abaaruu hojii godhataniin. Olola dharaa haa dhiiftnuu. Barbaachisaa jettanii maqaa qabsaawotaa yakkuu itti fuftan galmee keessan kan cubbuun guutame baasuuf dirqamna. Akkuma Oromoon “qurciin yoo qurcii… “ jedhan malee … jedhu akka waliin jennu wal dirquu haa dhiifnuu. Keessattuu dirree dhihaa ilaalchisee hooggana amma lubbuun jiru [murna shanee] bakka bu’ee kan qaanii malee dubbachuu danda'u tokko hin jiru.

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Hoogganni Ni Qeeqama, Ni Faarfamas

Yeroo ammaa kana hunda caalaa hoogganoota jaarmayaa fi miseensota isaanii kan aarsaa jiru "abaaramne kan jedhuu dha. Keessattuu hooggana/hayyuu duree irraa kaasee murni shanee anaannatee kan dubbatan hoogganni dhaaba keenyaa abaarame, itti duulame waan jedhu. Irra dabraniis dhaaba irratti duulame, diinaatuu ummata Oromoo hoogganaa fi dhaaba haqaa dhabsiisuuf duula nurratti oofa jedhu. Kun ammoo duula biyyoota addunyaa 3ffaa keessatti kanneen mootummaa cunqursaan mormanii fi mirga ilma namaatiif falman irratti gaggeeffamu fakkaata. Biyyoota abbaa irreen bulan keessatti kanneen "mormituu" jedhaman maqaa fedhan itti maxxansanii ummata biratti akka jibbaman godhuu fi dhabamsiisuufis itti duuluun dhugaa ifa jiru.

Hunda caalaa kan hubatamuu qabu, namni akka hoogganaatti fudhatame kamuu guyyaa waan gaarii godhe akka goota biyyaatti faarfamuun, abdii ummatni irratti qabu ir'isanii waan akeekkatan bakkaan gahuu yeroo dadhaban ammoo akka itti duulamu ni beekna. Faarfamuu fi abaaramuun qondaalota siyaasaa waliin deema. Uffataa fi nyaata isaanii ti jechuun ni danda'ama. Hireen ummatni Oromoo jaarraa tokkoo oliif mudate kan salphinaa fi diinaan dhiitamuu ti. Bara irraa baratti gabrummaa qaanessituu fi salphiftuu biyya isaa keessatti hidhamaa isa taasifte jalaa bahuuf tattaaffiin ummatni Oromoo godhe osoo bakka hin gahin hafuun, hedduun keenya sila teenya tun maaluma, rabbiitu nutti dallanee fi ebaluutu akkas godhe jechuun hin oolle. Ar'a komiin hooggana ABO bara dheeraa gaggeessaa ture irratti xiyyeeffachuun kan jibbaa qaama tokkoo ykn namootaa irraa madde osoo hin taane, ir'ina qabsoo saba Oromoo keessatti mul'ateef sababa biroo dhabuu irraa kan dhufe fakkaata. Kanneen hoogganaa ABO akka qaama Oromoon deemuu tokkotti ilaalaa turan, WBO keessatti ilmaanii fi obboleeyyan akkasumas firoota itti dhaban dadhabiinsa mul'ateef kan isaan of duratti ilaalanii fi kan dhugaanis komatamuu qaba hooganuma ABO warra ture. Komiin kun dhugaadha moo dogoggora wanni jedhu ammatti bakka hin qabu.

Dhugaan jirus kan agarsiisu, keessattuu waggoota 18 dabran keessa qabsoon ummatni Oromoo ABOn durfamuun gaggeessaa ture yarataa adeemuun, ummataa fi biyya keessaa hoogganni dhaaba kanaa baqatee bahuun qabsoon keenya fuula dura akka deemaa hin jirree, tarkaanfiin nuti fudhachaa jirru kan of duubaa akka tahe agarsiisa. Akkuma dhukkuba gurraa irratti hinxilif jedhan, dhaabni ummatni Oromoo irratti abdataa ture laamsha'uu fi qabsoon ummata Oromoo dhokachuu irra dabree tokkummaan ummata keenyaa boora'aa jiraachuu arguun kan hedduu nama yaachisuu dha. Bara irraa baratti kanneen qabsoo keessaa qooda fudhataa turan adda faca'anii arguun kan lammii Oromoo hunda gaddisiisuu dha.

Silaa ar'a dhaabaa fi hoogganni keenya tuqamee irra kanneen Oromoo hoogganna jedhan irraa yaaddoon dhagahamuu qabu kan bara irraa baratti diigamuu qabsaawotaa fi boora'uu tokkummaa Oromoo, akkasumas yarataa addeemuu qabsoo goota meeqa irratti dhabnee ture. Furmaatni waliin barbaaduu qabnus akkamitti Oromoo walii fi hooggana isaa, akkasumas qabsoo irraa abdii kutataa jiru akkamitti akka abdachiifnaa dha.

Kun hunduu hafee Hayyu Dureen shanee osoo hin hafin, maqaa kiyyaatu tuqame, kan nu qeequ hunda harka diinaattu keessa jiraa fi gantootaa yaadni jedhu itti gaafatama waan jedhu wallaaluu agarsiisa. Qabsoo teenya biyya keessaa baate, miseensota ABO faca'anii fi gaaga'ama tokkummaa Oromoo irra gahee fi gahaa jiruuf eenyuutu itti gaafatama?. Kan Oromoo gaafatuu qabu mootummaan jira natti hin fakkaatu. Mootummaan waggaa dhibbaa as Oromoon qabdu hooggana isaanii qofa. Kan isaan irraa eeggamu, nuti isinitti balleesse, bakka isin itti nu yaaddan hanqanne jechuun haqa kaneen ABO hooggataa turan irraa Oromoon argatuu qabu ture. Beekaan bakka hin galleetti hin lola jedhama. Osoo beekkumsa qabaatanii kanneen hooggana ABO turan diina nuun jedhan, warri akkanaa fi akkasii diina jedhanii Oromoo hadheessuu irra dhiifama saba Oromoo gaafatanii, kan fuula duraa irratti akka tokkummaan sochoonu nuu akeekan ture. Hunda caalaa ammoo kan na gaddisiisu, miseensotni jaarmayaa, salphina ummatni Oromoo keessa jiru irraanfatanii, jaalala ummata Oromoo osoo hin taane, jaala nama gandaa fi hoogganaatiin machaawanii obboleeyyan isaanii akkuma isaanii dheebuu bilisummaa bahuu dadhabanii aariin dubbatan diina godhachuu irra taa'anii wal dhagahuu fi waliin furmaata barbaaduu dadhabuu isaanii ti. Kanneen ar'a hooggana keenya tuqamuu hin qaban jennee lola labsinu kun bor ni darbu. Ummatni Oromoo garuu, gabra tahee tokkummaan isaaf diigamee jiraatuu hin qabu. Hoogganni waan gaarii hojjateef akka faarfamu, kan balleesseef ammoo akka qeeqamu ykn akka abaaramu dursinee beekuun badii amma keessa jirru irraa nu oolcha ture. Kanneen hooggana keenya, tuqaman jennuunii fi ummata keenyas kan salphise dhaabni isaan hoogganan kaayyoo ka'eef galmaan gahuu hanqachuu isaa ti. Dhaabni keenya abaarame jennee nuti ilmaan Oromoo irratti duuluuf sababa godhannu kun, osoo Oromiyaan bilisoomte tahee mootummaa Oromoo ture. Kanaaf mee dursinee ummata Oromoo haa yaadnu. Sirba bahanii orma hin qaanfatan akkuma jedhan kanneen hooggana ofiin jedhan qeeqni akka jirus haa beekanii. Yoo gaaffiin ummataa deebi'e ammoo faaruu malee abaarsi akka hin jirre hubannee ummata Oromoo walitti fidnee milkiif haa hojjannuu.

Injifatnoo Ummata Oromoof!!!

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Dr. Geetachoo Jigii haa gaafannuu?

Bara keessa jiru kana keessa mooraa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo keessatti nagaya buusuu fi tokkummaa ummata Oromoo cimsuuf barruu Dr. Geetachoo Jigii facaasanii fi haasaya isaaniis hedduun keenya dhagahaa turre. Qabsaawota Oromoo giddutti nagaan bu'uun gaaffii yeroo fi hawwii ummata keenya hundaa ti. Haa tahu malee dhibdee mooraa qabsoo saba Oromoo keessatti dhalatte furuun madda dhibdee kanaa sirriitti hubachuu fi waa'ee nagayaa dubbachuun dura, aakkasumas kan biraas fudhachiisuuf ofii qulqulluu tahanii argamuun barbaachisaa dha. Keessattuu namni araara namoota, murna ykn hawaasa keessatti buusuuf manguddoo tahee dhihaatuu tokko nama guutuu guututti waldhabbii sana irraa walaba tahee argamuu qabu. Haasaya Dr. Geetachoo irraa garuu yaadni isaan adeemsisanii fi jechootni dabree dabree dubbii isaanii keessatti calaqqisan akeeka yaada isaanii irratti akka shakkiin natti bulu na taasise. Yaada isaanii sirriitti baruuf gaaffiilee armaa gadii kana dhiheessuu barbaade.

1. Dr. Geetachoo Jigii waldhabbii mooraa qabsoo bilisummaa ABO keessatti 2008 dhalatte irraa hangam walaba? Gaaffii kana kan kaaseef yeroo biyya bahanitti roorroo TPLF saba Oromoo irraan gahu balaaleffatanii ABOtti akka dabalaman SBO dhageenne. Kan hanga ammaa hin dhagahin garuu waldhabbii 2008 tahe keessatti isaan gama murna kamiitu akka hin dhaabbatinii fi walaba tahuu isaanii ti. Kanaaf Dr. Geetachoon hangam walaba dhibdee kana irraa?

2. Haasaya isaanii guyyaa 08/30/09 mana Paltalk keessatti godhan irratti kan, warri Diaspora yeroo fedhii isaanii guutattan ABO akka bakkuma jirutti gatanii biraa deemanii fi biyya alaa jiraattotni Oromoo qabsoof homaa akka godhuu hin dandeenye dubbatan. Kana malees qabsoon kan hoogganamuu qabdu biyya keessa qofaa akka tahe, namootni biyya alaa jiraatan rakkoo Oromoo keessa jiru gonkumaa waan hubachuu hin dandeenneef qabsoo deeggaruu ala waan isaan hin ilaalle keessa seenanii bocoluu hin qaban yaada jedhu darbatan. Namoota biyya alaa jiran ABO ganuu yakkan. Egaa gaaffiin isaan deeisuu qaban, ABO isaan jedhan "Diasporan" gane kami inni? kan Dhugaasaa Bakakkoo, G/Kamaal Galchuu moo Daud Ibsaan hoogganamu? Gaaffii kana kan gaafadhuuf namni akka jaarsaatti ilmaan Oromoo walitti fiduuf carraaqu dursee kan hubatuu qabu warri maqaa ABOn deeman 3 gahuu isaanii ti. Yoo yaadni warri Diaspora ABO gane jechuun kanneen jijjiirama labsanii hooggana dur jala deemaa turan of irraa mulqan ilaala tahe, Dr. Geetaachoon araara dubbatuuf dursanii hunda walqixa ilaaluun akka irra jiru hubachuu qaban jedha. Kana malees kanneen biyya alaa jiran, university gara garaa keessa jiran ABO amanamaa akka hin tahan jedhan. Nagaa buusna jechaa, Oromoo kun qabsoof gaarii dha, kuun ammo gaarii miti /categorizing into good and bad/ hangam nagaya buusuu kana gargaara?.

3. Kan biroo dhibdee qabsoo bilisummaa keessatti dhalate Dr. dhibdee naannummaa fi shira diinaa godhanii dhiheessu. An fi xinnaantu Oromoon walakkaan akkaan yaadutti dhibdeen siyaasaa qabsaawota Oromoota gidduutti ar'a mul'atu kan gandummaa fi harki diinaa keessa seenee hafarfamuu osoo hin taane rakkoo hawwiin keenya dhugoomuu dhabuu fi kanneen qabsoo keenya hoogganuun milkiin nu gahan jennee abdataa turre dirqama kana bahuuf dandeetti dhabuudhaa ti. Wal komiin jiru hoogganni ture abdii irraa qabaachaa ture hanqisee dha, yaadni gama tokkoon jiru. Seena baroota dheeraa qabsoo keenyaas of duuba deebinee yoo ilaalle gandummaan dhibdee hin turre. Diinnis akkasuma takkaa dhaaba Oromoo keessa lixuu bakka alamatti baqaqsee hin beeku.

Waldhabbii 2008 ABO keessatti dhalateef madda waldhabbii ilaalchisee yaadni lamaa murna waldide gidduu jiru ammo;

3.1 Gama murna Shaneetiin warri isaan irra bahe seera dhaabaa cabse, harka diinaattu keessa jiraa fi yakki gosaan wal ijaaran jedhu ni dhagahama

3.2 Gama Jijjiiramaatiin ammoo rakkoon jiru rakkoo hoogganni dur ture/shaneen qabsoo biyya keessaa baasuu, kanneen dhaabatti dabalaman itti gargaaramuu dhabuu, Seeraa ol of godhuun waldhabbii dhaaba keessatti uumame seeraan furuu diduu, yaada miseensotaatti karaa cufuu ykn ammo dhagahuu diduu fi hooggana talisa mul'ata hin qabnee fi walumaa galatti ABO taliguu fi qabsoo ummata Oromoo fuula dura tarkaanfachiisuuf dandeetti dhabuu dha jedhu. Dhugaan jiru qabsoon Oromoo bara baraan gadi deemuu fi dadhabuu dha. Kanneen dhaabatti dabalamaa turan haala bulchiinsaa fi bu'aa argamsiisu dhaba ABO irraa abdii kutatanii qabsoo ala tahuu dha kan agarre. Harka diina waan jedhu hanga ammaa mallattoon hin jiru. Warri akka jaarmayaatti hooggana shanee mormu tokkoonuu TPLF waliin hariiroo hin qabu. Kana malee ofii rakkoo ofii furachuu dadhabuu fi ir'ina dhalateef itti gaafatama fudhachuu diduun ammoo rakkoon kun fuula dura akka hin furamne godhe. Egaa gaaffiin jiru, Dr. Geetachoon akka murna shanee kan qabsaawota adda diigaa jiru harka diinaa nu keessa lixe fi gandummaa kan jedhan yoo tahe akkamitti walaba tahuu danda'u? Maaliif yoo jenne yakki dur ABO bara kana ammo shanee irratti dhihaataa jiru kanneen yaadaa isaan irraa tahan hunda, ati gandummaa leelliftaa fi diina waliin hojjatta jechuun yakkaa turuu isaanii ti. As irratti kan hubatamuu qabu yaadni biroo ammoo rakkoo akkana xaxaa tahe kana furuun qorannaa guddaa barbaachisuu isaa ti. Yoo kana hin tahin mataa nama dhukkubuuf dawaa garaa kennuu taha. egaa gaaffiin kiyya maaltu akka mooraa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo, keessattu ABO akka qabsaawota facaasu, tokkummaa osoo hin taane waldhabbii akka babal'isu godhe? madda dhibdee kanaa qoratanii jiruu? Yoo qoratanii hin jirre ammoo akkamiin furmaata akeekuu danda'u.

4. Dr. Geetachoon namuu bakka ir'atetti qeeqa akka dhiheessuu danda'uu fi namootaa fi jaarmaya qeequu irra dabranii Oromoo gosaan qooduun ykn arrabsuun akka yakka tahe dubbatu. Kun yaada bareedaa dha. Garuu namni dhaaba isaa qeequu ni danda'a osoo jedhan deebi'anii kan ABO qeequ/abaaru diina jedhuun. Namni Abbaa caalaa qeequ diina jedhu. ABO fi lammii Oromoo kamuu abaaruun nam-tokkee fi qabsoo saba Oromootiif bu'aa kan hin qabne tahus, ummatni Oromoo bilisummaa hawwaa ture, bilisummaa isaatiif ABO fi hooggana isaa abdataa ture yoo abdii isaa sun hundi qilleensa irratti haftu, kan fira qabsoo kanatti dhabe, kan ilmi, abbaa, obboleettiin qabsoo irratti jalaa du'an kanneen qabsoo kana keessatti qooda ol'aanaan qaban, waa balleessuu fi tolchuus danda'anitti aaru, qeequ, abaaru, yaadni dadhabbii fi wareegaman keenya isaantuu akka firii hin godhanne taasise jedhu itti bulee aariin dubbatu akkamitti diina jedhama?. Dr. Geetaachoon quuqaa lammii Oromoo kanaa fi akka Oromootti mirga lammiin qabu sirriitti osoo hin hubatin akkamitti yaada araaraa buusuu danda'u? Akkuma addunyaa kana irratti agarru ummatni kan hiriire bahee filate gaafa inni hawwii isaa guutuu dadhabe hiriira bahee of irra darbuu fi aariin guutamee dallansuun hiriira itti bahu Oromoo hooggana ABO abdataa ture wanni eeggataa turan hanqannaan dallanuu akka malan hubachuun barbaachisaa dha. Kanneen aariin namoota ABO keessatti hooggana turan maqaa dhahanii qeequu fi abaaruunis aadaa dimookraasii keessatti diina nama hin goosiftuu.

5. Haasaya 08/30/09 mana paltalk keessatti godhan irratti Dr. Geetaachoon ala taa'anii qabsoo hoogganuun akka hin danda'amnee fi warri "diaspora" jedhaniin kun siyaasaa kana irraa xinnoo akka of qusatan dubbatan. Gama biraatiin isaan mataan isaanii ummata isaan file keessaa bahanii biyya alaa taa'anii waa'ee qabsoo dubbatu. Lammii Oromoo biyya isaa irraa buqqa'ee biyyatti deebi'uus hin dandeenye waa'ee lammii isaa biyya jiruu maaliif dubbachuu akka hin dandeenya osoo nuuf himanii bareeda. Dhugumaan yoo kanneen maqaa qabsootiin dubbatan hundi biyya keessa/ummata keenya cinaa jiraatuun qabsoo akka finiinsu godhuu qaban jedhan yoo tahe, hooggana shanee waggaa 10 caalaa biyya olaatti baqatee jiru, yoo Oromiyaatti deebitanii qabsoo gaggeessuu hin dandeenne maqaa qabsoo fi saba Oromootiin hin dubbatinaa jedhanii jiruu? Yoo kana hin godhin ammoo baqattoota Oromoo kan biroo maaliif siyaasaa keessa akka hin lixne wixii itti muruu barbaadu?

Akkuma ifatti mul'atu yaadotni armaa olitti calqqisan akeeka Dr. Geetaachoo shakkii keessa kan galchanii fi dhugumatti hundaaf walqixa tahuun mooraa qabsoo Oromoo tasgabbeessuuf qooda kennuu ni danda'uu waan jedhu gaaffii keessa galchu. Akkuma jalqaba tuqe, balaa qabsaawota Oromoo walitti buusaa ture madda isaa baruu yoo hin dandeenne nagaa waaraa buusuun hafee yeroofis nama walitti fiduun ni ulfaata. Yaada Dr. Geetaachoo hubatnoon jala yoo bu'an ammoo dhibdee kana akkaataan itti hubachaa jiran, qorannaa mataa isaanii godhanii osoo hin taane, yakkuma gama tokkoo daddarbatamaa ture akka dhugaatti waan fudhatan fakkaata. Kanaaf waan isaan dubbataniin akka isaan fudhannu gaaffiilee kana deebisuu qabu jedha.

Dhuma irratti Dr. Geetachoof kabajaa guddaa akka qabu, ilmaa Oromoo qulqullaa nagummaa Oromootiif yaadan akka tahan hubannoo kiyya akka tahee fi barruun armaa olitti dubbifamu qooda isaan kennuu barbaadan irratti akka isaanii fi sabni keenyas milkaa'u yaadota shakkii uuman qulqulleessuu qofa irratti akka akeekkadhe akka naaf hubatamu yaadachiisa.

Hordofaa Elemoo

Captured in Ethiopia: An American nightmare

A UW-Madison sophomore recounts her experience being detained and deported from her host country of Ethiopia.

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By: Rory Linnane /The Daily Cardinal

Rory in traditional dress with her host brother after his graduation from kindergarten

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Photo of Haramaya, where Rory stayed

A strong hand planted stiffly on my shoulder and sent shivers through my body, freezing every muscle as I stood on my host family’s front lawn in Ethiopia. I slowly turned as my eyes traveled up a large arm and over to the other arm, which was grasping an AK-47. I looked up at his face as he glanced back at two other armed men and his lips parted into a grin.

At this point I was halfway through a two-month summer trip to teach English in Haramaya, Ethiopia, through Learning Enterprises, a nonprofit student-run organization. Fourteen volunteers and a student program coordinator were staying with host families in eastern Ethiopia.

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I was on my way to school with two other volunteers July 9 when I was stopped by the three armed men on my lawn. We later learned they worked for the Ethiopian National Intelligence Agency.

“You need to come with me to the police station for questioning, all of you,” the man who stopped me said.

“Why?” I demanded.

No response. Oh, right, I thought, authorities in Ethiopia don’t respond to that question. I learned it was dangerous to question their government. Any time I tried to discuss politics in a public place I was quickly hushed. As an American citizen on Ethiopian soil, I had no more rights than the Ethiopian people. A couple minutes after my foolish “why” question, we were flailing and yelling for help while the men shoved us into the back of a car.

Not knowing who was taking me or where I was going, the tears came abruptly like a kid in a grocery store who suddenly looks up to find she has lost her mother. My remaining dignity left with the breath stuttering out through my quivering mouth. I cried tears heavy with the universal fear felt by humans deprived of basic human rights. At that moment I felt perhaps the greatest connection with the Ethiopian people as I was forced to face what they struggle against every day.

In the next town over, we pulled into the police station where more volunteers from our program were waiting. We sat in the police office where we were watched fidgeting for hours before they told us that we were missing “a document” required for teaching in Ethiopia—a document to be discussed with officials in the capital 10 hours west, Addis Ababa. Commanded to pack all of our things for the trip to Addis, we concluded we probably wouldn’t be coming back to the town we had grown to call home.

Back at my host family’s house, trying to keep my eyes dry enough to pack my bags, I avoided looking anyone in the eyes. My efforts became futile when I opened the front pocket of my pack and found all the gifts I had planned to give my host family.

“Why are you crying?” the men asked me, laughing from behind their AK-47s.

“This is my family,” I whispered. “You are taking me from my family.”

Giving words to my emotions solidified them into a burning anger that replaced my fear and sadness. I thought of my students who waited hours on end for the chance to get into 50 minutes of class,before going home to help their family scrape up a living. They were certainly waiting at school for us now. And here was their government, ignorant and self-important, carting away free teachers and guarding us with 10 armed men in case we tried anything.

Detention

We drove all day toward Addis. In the morning we began requests for lunch that went unsatisfied, and in the afternoon we tried for dinner. Finally they gave in and we pulled over to a roadside shop. An official went to the shop and came back with a small pack of crackers for us all to split.

We kept driving into the night until we stopped at a hotel, still hours out of Addis. We were in a malaria zone. We asked to get our bug nets but were denied access to our bags. You’re not supposed to take malaria medication on an empty stomach, but I was getting bitten. I took my pill and just minutes later was keeling over. I spent the night without sleep, weak and dehydrated in the sticky lowland heat, dry-heaving over a hole in the ground overflowing with sewage, guarded by armed men with unknown objectives. The next morning we made it to the capital.

In Addis they took us straight to immigration. Again we were kept hungry, though this time we were advised to enjoy the “mental food” offered by the view from our holding room. Despite our waning energy, we kept our spirits up with songs, games and stories. Immigration officials interviewed us each individually. The officials gave each of us a different reason about what we were doing wrong in the country. My favorite was that we were “overknowledging” our students by challenging them in the classroom.

While we waited as a group during the interviews, we decided that no matter what happened, our primary goals were to stick together and to contact the U.S. embassy. We wrote the embassy’s number on skin covered by clothes and on small pieces of paper that we hoped we would be able to pass off to someone.

By the last few interviews, the officials became consistent in telling us that we had the wrong type of visa. Although airport staff told us to get tourist visas, these officials thought we needed business visas. That night they told us we had to leave the country the following day. If we had the cash on us to change our flights, we could do so; otherwise it was Ethiopian jail until our original flights left, which was a month later for me. We did not believe we had enough cash for all of us, but our goal to stick together remained intact.

Rescue

We spent that night under tight guard at a government hotel where we were still unable to contact the embassy, and the next day they drove us to the airport where we were held in a back room. After waiting all day, later that evening my blank stare at the wall was interrupted when a team of men entered the room and stated, “We are from the U.S. embassy. We are here to help you.” I bolted from my chair and smothered them in hugs and tears. The next hour was a flurry of phone calls home, information release forms and random expressions of glee.

A few hours later we were all on flights home, lessons learned. When traveling abroad it is important to be knowledgeable about the country and its government. While we were never given an official reason for our deportation, many of us believe it had to do with the ethnicity of the students we were teaching: Oromo.

Every Oromo person I talked to felt that the government actively oppresses the Oromo ethnic group as a means of maintaining power. The ruling party of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, has proven it will go to great lengths to protect its power. After the 2005 national elections threatened the party’s majority in parliament, Ethiopians accused the party of intimidation at the polls and forging ballots. Hundreds were injured, killed or arrested.

In a country with such a paranoid and forceful government, we could have foreseen some trouble with serving the Oromo people without any sort of clearance from higher up. We also should have gone to the U.S. embassy as a group for information about risks and instruction on safety.

When you go to another country, you don’t take your rights with you. As romantic and adventurous as it sounds to spontaneously pack up and travel the globe, when you don’t do your homework, reality can be harsh.

Inside The Rebel Territory: Part III

Harreen nan haqadhatti keessa ishee mul'ifti; Haasaa Obboo Daud Ibsaa fuula 3ffaa.

Akkuma jalqaba jedhe, obboo Daud Ibsaa akka nama tokkootti qabsaawaa tahus humna kamuu hoogganuuf bilchinaa sammuu fi muratnoo murtii jajjabduu qabsoo saba Oromoo bakkaan gahuuf murteessoo tahan kennuu akka hin qabne dalagaan isaa ni dubbata. Nama yeroo dhaabni rakkoo keessa jirutti yaada burqisiisuu hin dandeenye, nama yeroo hundaa yaada namootaa qofaan raafamuu dha. Rakkoo mudateef furmataa barbaaduu irra erga gaaga'amni gahe booda namatti quba qabuu filata. Yeroo 2008 keessa rakkoon dhaaba keessa ture dhohuu gahetti hooggana barbaachisu kennuu irra, walgahiilee Gumii sabaa fi Shanee Gumii rakkoo kana irratti mari'ataa turan irratti dallaansuudhaan irra deddeebi'ee walgahii dhiitee bahuu irra dabree dhuma irra rakkoo jiru irraa ijaa fi gurra cufatee an kana booda hojjachuu hin danda'u, hanga nama bakka buufatanitti kan isin hoogganu Bultum Biyyoo ti jedhe harka maratee wajjiira isaatti galee. Erga adda bahuun mudatee rakkoo kana qabbaneessuu fi akkamitti sadarkaa kana irra akka gahame xiinxala sirrii godhuu fi itti gaafatama fudhachuun wal-dhabbii kana dhiphisuu fi faca'iinsa qabsaawotaa hambisuu irra itti gaafatama dheessuuf nama biroo yaakkuutti ka'e. Osoo fagoo hin deemin murna Shanee waliin hafe keessaa nama tokkotti quba qabuu eegale. Jaala tokko ammatti kan maqaa dhahuu hin barbaadne situu jara nurraa fotoqqe kana waliin shira hojjatee kufaatii kana irraan nu gahe jechuun walgahii irratti yakke. Waldhabbiin kun hedduu hammaattee sadarkaa fottoqa biroo uumuu erga dhihaate booda namootni biyya alaa irraa bimachuun araara isaa fi jaallawan isaa gar malee inni yakke gidduutti nagaa buusuu danda'an. Egaa kana irraa kan agarru hoogganni fuula/mataa/ Oromoo jennee hordofaa turre, dhibdee qabsoo Oromoo xaxee fala isii wallaalle, kan akka hiibboo nutti tahe kana nama furuuf dandeettii qabu osoo hin taane kanneen waliin hojjatu, kan fagoo hafu kanneen isatti aanan waliinuu waliif galuu nama hin dandeennee tahuu isaa ti. Gadaa isaa jalatti kan argine injifatnoo osoo hin taane diigamaa fi wareegama gar malee dangaa hin qabne qofa. Hoogganni isa dura ture hundi osoo rakkoon meeqa jiru humna keessatti cichanii, qabsaawota yaada garaa garaa qaban osoo hin facaasin gadaa isaanii fixan. Gaaga'amni fottoqa Qaama Cehumsaa fi sana booda dhaaba mudates kan madde ir'ina hoogganummaa fi rakkoo keessa furachuu irratti bulchina dhaba Hayyuu Duree yeroo sanaa ti. Hoogganni itti gaafatama dheessu, nama biraatiif fakkeenya tahee akka itti gaafatama fudhatan gochuu hin danda'u. Hoogganni dhugaa dubbachuu hin dandeenne kan isa hordofan dhugaa akka hordofan gochuu hin danda'u. Hoogganni dhugaa hin beekne, ummata isaatti kijibuun jiraatu amantii miseensota isaatii fi ummataas hin horatu. Egaa rakkoon jiru, Obboo Daud akka nama tokkootti olola irratti oofuu, jibba dhuunfaa isaaf qabaachuu osoo hin taane, dhimmi irratti haasofnu kan qabsoo Ummata Oromoo yoo tahe, ummata kana hoogganee salphina jalaa baasuuf dandeettii dhabuu dha. Hunda caalaa rakkoo kana kan daran xaxaa godhe kanneen isaan hoogganamanis, akka inni bayyanootaan waa hojjatu, kan isaaf gorsa kennuu fi bakka inni dogoggoretti isa qajeelchuu danda'an tahuu dhabuu isaa ti. Osoo kanneen isa waliin sadarkaa ol'aanutti hojjatan isa irra wayyaa tahanii rakkoon fotoqqiinsaa 2000 fi 2008 dhalate hin mudatu ture. Rakkoo dhaaba keessa ture irra caalaa akka xaxamu kan godhe kanneen isa waliin hojjatan murtii fi yaadni sadarkaa hundatti dhiheessan jallataa waan taheef hoogganni dhaabaa akka murna /team/ tokkootti waliin hojjachuu hin dandeenne danqaa uumuu isaa ti. Kanaaf egaa murni Shanee Gumii murna jaamaa wal masaku, kan murtiin isaan fudhatan, karoorri hojii isaan baasan dhiibbaa ykn gaaga'ama qabsoo saba Oromoo fi qabsaawota irraan gahuu malu hin beeknee dha. Fottoqni 2000 fi 2008 tahe murni kun osoo murni bal'isee ilaaluuf dandeetti qabu tahe hin mudatu ture. Kan nama dhibu gaaga'ama hanga ammaa ABO mudatee fi faca'iinsa qabsaawotaa irra deddeebi’anii mul’ataniif hanga ar’aatti hoogganni itti gaafatama fudhatu dhabamuu isaa ti. Akkuma kaleessa baratamee kan ar'as tahaa jiru, diigamni biraa akka dhalatu ilmaan Oromoo irratti duuluu dha.

9. Hoogganni Shanee Obboo Daudiin durfamu keessattu 2000 irraa kaasee qoodni qabsoo Oromoof laate yoo jiraate hamilee ummata Oromoo fi qabsaawotaa cabsuu qofa jechuun ni danda'ama. Kanaaf fakkeenya guddaan Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa[FDG], bobbaalee Waraanaa bara 2002 fi 2006 keessa tahee dha.
A. FDG. Yeroo FDG jalqabamu ABOn biyya keessa caasaa Tikaa/intelligence/ fi Siyaasaa akkasuma qaamni sochii baratootaa kana hoogganu hin ture. Waraqaa irratti maqaa ABO jiraachisuu qofaaf osoo sochii kana irraa maal akka eegan, sochiin kun gufatu maaltuu itti aanaa fi ummata Oromoo irratti gaaga'amni inni geessuu malu osoo hin beekkamin SBOn boru irraa kaaftanii fincila diddaa gabrummaa eegalaa jedhanii labsan.Kana booda ajaja badii kana irraa kan oomishame injifatnoo osoo hin taane hammeenyi daangaa hin qabne ilmaan Oromoo irratti babal'atu qofa tahe. Ilmaan Oromoo abdii qabsoo kanaa fi fuul duree Oromiyaa tahan diinaan akka baalaa mukaa akka harca'an, mana hidhaatti akka kumaatamaan guuramanii fi mana barnootaa hunda keessaa qulqulleeffamnii dukkana keessaa bahuu hin dandeenye keessatti kufan taasifame. Kanneen lubbuun hafanii biyya ollaatti akka bahan qajeelfamni itti kenname Kaampii Baqataatti akka busee fi dhukkubaan harca'an murtiin jallataan hooggana kanaan itti dabre. Humna waraanaatti dabalamanii gumaa jaallan isaanii akka hin baafannee fi ummata isaaniif hin falmanne hooggana isaan simatee qooda isaan kennisiisu dhabanii akka qoma dhiibanii harka duwwaa diina hanga funyaaniitti hidhate dura hin dhaabbatin, salphina gonfatanii mataa gadi qabatanii diiina baqataniitti deebi'anii akka harka kennatan tahan.
B. Bobbaa waraanaa 2002 keessa karaa Godina Dhihaatiin godhame. Humna diinaa keessaa kanneen harka kennatan, mana barumsaa sadarkaa olii keessatti kanneen fincila diddaa gabrummaa gaggeessaa turanii fi baqattoota biyya ollaa gara garaa keessaa kanneen dirree qabsoo seenuu barbaadan irraa walitti dhufan leenjii waraanaa fi siyaasaa erga raawwatan booda biyya akka seenaniif bobbaaf qopheeffaman. Humni kun dirree leenjiitti bakka hoogganni tokko keessa hin jirretti rakkoo bulchiinsaa fi jireenyaa keessa warra qaxxaamure. Osoo biyya keessatti caasaan humna kana hammatu hin diriirfamin, karaan irra dabran sirriitti hin qorataminii fi karoorri dura lafa kaayame gufatu tarkaanfiin itti aanu maal tahuu akka qabu hin akeekamin humni kun bobbaafama. Kaaba irraa xayyaaratti fe'amanii bakka itti bu'an yeroo gahanitti kan isaan eege jaallan isaanii isaan simatee gara biyyaatti isaan qaxxaamursu osoo hin tahin Komaandoo Hoomaa waraana TPLF ture. Haala of ittisuu hin dandeenye keessatti, akka nama harki lamaan duubatti hidhamee reebamuu/tumamuutti rasaasa diinatiin waadamanii akka baala mukaa afaman. Kan kana irraa hafe biyya seenuu danda'e carraan isa mudate kanaan ala hin turre. Kan dhumaatii irra hafe TV Ethiopia irratti akka gootota loltuu bilisummaa osoo hin tahin akka hattuutti dhiheeffamuun lammiin Oromoo hundi akka hamileen daakamuu fi mootummaa TPLF falmuuf murtii fudhachuu dura lammiin Oromoo akka of duuba deebi'ee yaaduu fi sodaan akka dhaalamu haala aanjesse.

C. 2006 keessa wanni tahe kanaan alaa miti. Humna guddaa leenjii gahaa fudhate karaa Somaaleetiin biyya seensisuu shaneen murtii fudhate. Kan isaan yaaduu hin danda'in akkamiin waraana kana Oromiyaan akka gahanii dha. Akkuma humni kun Moqaadishoo gaheen TPLF dhageetti. Kana booda osoo murni shanee tarkaanfii fudhatu yaadu, osoo isaan murtii tokko irra hin gahin humni TPLF Moqaadishoo dhuunfate. Hanga ammaatti Shaneen mala humna kana xaxama kana keessaa baasu, baasuun dahdabamu humnoota Somaalee keessa socho'an keessaa tokkotti makamee xinnaatee xinnaatu lolee kabajaan akka du'a ajaja kennuu hin dandeenne. Kana booda qunnantiin Shanee Asmaraa fi humna kana gidduu ture ni cite. Ijoolleen naannoo sana turan, humna kana dandamachiisuuf Oromootaa fi Somaalota Oromoo deeggaran birratti qoqqooduu danda'anis gaaga'ama guddaa ilmaan Oromoo kana mudatuuf deemu oolchuu hin dandeenne. Kana booda kan tahe murruqii/massacre/ ture. Humna shiftaa Moqaadhishoo keessa socho'u Wayyaaneen ajaja itti kennituu fi humna wayyaaneetiin ganda keessaa tokko tokkoon funaanamanii rasaasan tumaman. Kan hafan maatiin isaanii fi shanee illeen kan argan TV Ethiopia irratti ture. Kanneen TV irratti mul'ifaman kana keessa hoogganni dhaabaa ol'aanaan kan keessatti argamu yommuu tahu diingdeen/maallaqni callaan diinaan dhuunfatames guddaa ture.

Haalli balaan deddeebi’ee mudate kun uume Oromoon akka hooggana kana irraa abdii kutatu, gabroomfataa Tigree humnaa dura dhaabbachuun humna isaanii ol akka tahe soda babalsuu dha. Bara irra baratti ilmaan qotee bulaa saba isaanitiif falmuuf mana bahan bakka tokko gahuu dadhabuun, osoo hin dhukaasin deebi'anii mana hidhaatti argamuun Oromoo hundatti dachii golgoleesse, mala dhabsiise. Hanga ammaatti gaaga'ama irra deddeebi'ee mudataa ture kanaaf murni Shanee itti gaafatama hin fudhane, fuula duras gaaga'amni akkanaa akka hin mudanne ir'inni ture maal akka tahe xiinxalanii hin barre. Dhumaatiin lubbuu, gaaga'amni qabeenya ilmaan Oromoo irra gahee fi qaanyiin ilmaan Oromoo keessatti kufan murna kanaaf tasumaa hin galu.

10. Haasaa obboo Daud miseensotaa fi ummataa f godhaa turan keessaa ummatni Oromoo irra deebi'ee bilchinaan irratti mari’atuu qaba. Irra deddeebinee kan isaan irraa dhageenne, hoogganummaa isaanii jalatti shira murni jijjiiramaa hoogganaa fi ABO dhabamsiisuuf godhaa ture injifatnoon akka irra aanan, deebisanii caasaa dhaaba isaanii biyya keessaa fi alatti ummataa fi waraana keessatti diriirsuu isaanii ti. Kana malees jaarmayoota akka ONLF fi kanneen biroo akeeka walfakkaatu qaban waliin hojjachuuf socho'aa akka jiran, mootummaan Eritrea akka bakka bu'aa ABOtti akka isaan beekuu fi fuul-dureen jaarmaya isaanii fi qabsoo saba Oromoos akka ifaa tahee dha. Kan gaafatamuu qabuu fi kabajamaa Obboo Daud Ibsaa deebisuun irra jiru garuu, jaarmaya fi hoogganni waraana bobbaasee ganna 30 keessa lafa takka hin dhuunfatin, kan bara irraa baratti Oromoo walitti fiduu irra addaan diigu, kan miseensota haaraya horachuu osoo hin taane kan qabaachaa ture facaasu, hoogganni diinna hinikkaa dhiisee bara hunda Oromoo "xabala" diinummaa itti facaasuun balaaleffatu ummatni Oromoo akkamitti akka abdatuu fi jala hiriiruu danda'uu dha. Fottoqiinsa 2000 booda kan dhageenne waanuma wal-fakkaatuu ture. Murna Galaasaa Dilbootiin hoogganamu akka injifatan, Caasaa dhaabaa murni isaan yeroo sanatti "booddessaa" jedhaniin booresse deebisanii akka ijaaran fi ABO rirma keessa irraa qulqullaa’uu ture kan dhagahame. Waggaa sagal booda bakkuma sana jaarmayaa jiru, jaarmayaan waan fuula duraa irratti bifa amansiisaan haasa'uu hin dandeenne Oromoon akka abdatu carraaquun tuffii saba Oromoof obboo Daudiif murni isaanii qaban kan calaqqisuu dha. Waggaa 10 booda hariiroo gaarii mootummaa Eritrea waliin qabnaa fi bara irra baratti humnoota akeeka nu fakkaatan qaban waliin qabsoo hidhannoo qindeeffachuuf deemna yaadni jedhu tapha ijoollee fakkaata. Kan armaan dura godhuu hin dandeenye akkamitti godhu. Kana isaanis waan beekan hin fakkaatu. Gama biraatiin hariiroon isaan mootummaa firaa kana waliin qabna jedhan dhugaa irraa kan maqe akka tahe yaadachiisuun barbaachisaa dha. Warri Eritrea qabsoo keenyaaf mararfannoo qabaatanis murni shaneen hoogganamu jijjiirama tokko akka hin fidne tolchanii beeku. Jalqaba uumama waldhabbii 2008 booda qondaalli mootummaa Eritrea waan Obboo Daud Ibsaan jedhe kaasuun barbaachisaa tahee mul'ata, obboo Daud waan hin yaadanneef. Waajjira mootummaa Eritrea-tti yaamamnii rakkoo jiru akka ibsanii fi furmaata argamsiisuu irratti akkamitti akka waliin hojjachuun danda'amu yaada isaanii gaafataman. Mataan shaneen yakka warra irra bahe irratti A-Z tarreessuun dhihaatan. Yaadni gama mootummaa firaa irraa dhufe garuu kan isaanitti bishaan diilallaa’aa naqu ture. jechi jedhame " waan isin tarreessitan kanaa ol murni keessan murni qabsoo tana tarkaanfii tokko fuula dura deemsiisuu hin dandeenne akka tahe tolchinee hubanna. Kan hanga ammaa itti rakkanne Shanee gumii osoo hin taane mataa kee qofa. Kanaaf yaada kana dhiiftee murna jijjiiramaa amma achi bahe waliin akka dalagdu si gaafanna" jedhaniin.Obboo Daud's jaallan isaan waliin bahanii irraa dhokatee yaada kana fudhatee jijjiiramatti dabalamuuf dhoksaan mari'ataa/negotiate/ akka ture haaluu hin danda'an.

11. Qabxiin dhuma irratti kaasuu barbaadu haasaa obboo Daud keessatti hooggana keessaa wayyabni isaan waliin jiraachuu fi humna WBO Zoonii Kibbaa kanneen ajajaa turan keessaa nama tokko [Abdataa Baasaree] irraa kan hafe ammas ajaja isaan irraa fudhachaa jiraachuu dha. Jechii hoogganni wayyabni nu waliin bahe jedhu gonkumaa dhugaa miti. Hoogganni wal-qixa gargar bahe jechuun ni danda'a. Waldhabbii dura miseensotni Gumii sabaa guutuun /jijjiiramoo osoo hin dabalamin/ 29 turan. Kana keessa 14 murna obboo Daud hooggananitti yemmuu fincilan kan hafe isaan waliin hafan. Kan isaan waliin hafan jedhamn keessaa namni lama wareegamanii tokko ammaa akka isaanis tahe murna kamuu waliin hin dhaabbannee fi walgahii isaanii irrattis akka hin argamne ifatti kan hubachiise tahuu ifatti kan beekkamuu dha. Kanneen amma lubbuun hin jirre keessaa Jaal Laggasaa Wagii waldhabbii ture irratti kan ijjannoo hin fudhatinii fi Obboo Daud Ibsaas tahe J/ Kamaal Galchuu hanga wareegamutti qunnamaa ture.
Waa'ee ajajoota Zoonii Kibbaa irratti falmiin guddaan hin jiru. Garuu gaaffii guddaatu jira. Erga hoogganoota WBO nama torba keessaa nama 6 gama isaanii gore, humna isaan hoogganaa turan akkamitti namni tokko qofaan dhuunfate?. Dhugaan jiru ajajootni isaan jedhan hundi kanneen Shanee fi WBO gidduu taa'uun maallaqa sabboontotni biyya alaa jiraatan gumaachaniin jireenya isaanii gaggeessuu malee WBO quba hin qabne. Humna WBO fincilsiisee Jijjiirama jala akka galan kan godhe, dhaaba keessatti hoogganni waraana duulchisu, lolee lolchiisuu danda'u jiraachuu dhabuu irraa kan ka'e hooggana ture irraa abdii dhabuu dha. Akkuma kanneen isaan ajajuu /Murna Shane/ kanneen isaan hooggana Zoonii Kibbaa jedhaniin kun warra nyaatuu qofaaf jiraatuu dha. Shanee Zoonii kibbaa keessattis kan hoongesse dhugaa kana.

Barruu armaa olii kana irra wanni hubatnu hoogganni Shanee dirqama seenaa baadhachuuf dandeettii kan hin qabnee fi itti gaafatamas fudhachuuf qophii tahuu dhabuu isaanii ti.Ilmi namaa jireenya dhuunfaa keessattis tahee jaarmya keessatti kan madaalamuun jijjiirame agarsiiseen qofa. Jiraachuu fi bakkuma kaleessa turanitti ar’as aduun namatti dhihuun madaala hin kaasu. Hunda caalaa hoogganni tokko kan inni madaalamuun ummata nan qabsaawaaf jedhe onnachiisuun of jala hiriirsee kaayyoo ka’eef sana sadarkaa tokko irra sadarkaa biraatti ceesisuudha. Hooggana tokko kan madaalchisu badii dalagame irraa baratee kan fuula dura mudatan oolchuuf qophii qabaatuu dha. Hanga ammaa murna shanee irraa kana hin agarru, fuula duras tahuuf hin deemu.
Waldhabbiin ABO keessatti dhalates jibbaa dhuunfaa qabsaawota giddutti dagaage ykn murni tokko Oromoo dhimmee kaan ammoo faallaa dantaa Oromoo hojjatee osoo hin taane ummata Oromoo hoogganuuf gahummaa dhabuu murna Shanee Obbo Daud Ibsaatiin hoogganamuu dha. Baroota dheeraaf tokkummaa qabsaawotaa fi nagummaa dhaabaa tiksuuf obsaan jijjiirama fiduu fi ABO jaarmaya cimaa taasisuuf hojiin hojjatamaa ture fashalee sadarkaa ar'a irra jirruun kan nu gahe itti gaafatma seenaa badhachuu dadhabuu murna shanee ti. Hunda caalaa abdii kutachiisaa kan ture, mataan murna kanaa dhabiinsa qurcamuu hin dandeenneen sakaalamuu qofa osoo hin taane kan isa marsanii jiran, ABO dhabama irraa oolchuu yaada ijaaraa tahe gumaachuu dadhabuu isaanii ti. Inumaa Obboo Daud akka hooggana Dhaabaatti rakkoo keessaa bahuu hin dandeenye keessa akka lixu kan isa godhe gorsa jallataa faallaa fedhii dhaabaa fi yaada diigaa tahe kanneen isaa waliin sadarkaa ol’aanatti dhaaba taligaa turan maddee dha. Kanaaf murna hooggana hin qabne, akka qaama tokkootti hojjachuun rakkoo qabsoon Oromoo mudatteef furmaata akeekuu hin dandeenne irraa bilisummaa eeggatuun biddeena abjuun nyaatan taha. Bilisummaan Oromoo kabajaa nam-tokkee, murnaa fi jaarmayaa kamuu oli. Kanaaf bara hunda ololli dharaa gurra nu duuchee, dallaa hin jirre Oromoo gidduutti ijaaruun diinummaa hin jirre nu gidduutti dagaagsuu hin qabu. Ir’ina hoogganaatinis qabsoon Oromoo sakaalamuu fi qabsaawotni kaayyoo tokko bakkaan gahuuf akeeka qaban wal facaasuu hin qaban. Waadaan hooggana Shanee irraa bara dheeraaf nuuf seenamaa ture itti baani/result/isaa duwwaa dha. Murna shanee tokko tokko hin caalleef jecha wal dura dhaabbachuun qabsaawotaa akka nama dhadhaa baasuuf dhama raasuu ti. Duwwaa irraa bilisummaa ummatni Oromoo hin eeggatu. Tokkon tokkoon keenyas eeggachuu hin qabnu.

Kanaaf, maqaa hin taane walii kennuu irra sammuu walabaatiin dhugaa jirtu haa xiinxalluu. Ijjannaa dursinee fudhanne irra dhaabbannee wal yakkuu irra dhugaa jiru wal bira qabuun murtii Oromoof tolu fudhannee qabsoo saba Oromoo haa finiinsinuu.

Dhuma irratti ammoo irra deebi'e dubbiftootni koo akka naaf hubatan kan barbaadu, wareegama bilisummaa sabaaf jecha Obboo Daud Ibsaa fi kanneen ar'a akka "shanee Gumiitti" an maqaa tuqe baasaa turanii fi baasaa jiraniif kabajaa guddaa akka qabuu dha. Seenaa dabre irra deebi'ee akka qotu kan na godhe, wareegamni isaanii fi sabni Oromoo baase, baasaa jiruu fi bilisummaa isaa hanga gonfatutti baasuuf deemu akka firii godhatuuf malee eenyuyyuu madeessuuf akka hin tahin akka naaf hubatamu fedha. Akka amantii kiyyaatti dadhabbiin hooggana "shanees" tahe ilmaan Oromoo kanneen saba isaanitiif jecha bu’aa ba’ii mudatan hundaa tiksuun dirqamaa fi kabajaa lammii Oromoo Oromummaan boonuu hundaa tahuu qaba. Kan goota isaa f kabajaan hin qabnee alagaan dhaalame jedhu. Akka yaada kiyyaatti qabsaawotni as keessatti maqaa isaanii dhahe ykn tuqee fi jechaan akeeke hundi gootota keenya. Nu hundi akka sabaatti kabajaa uumamaa qabnu kan gonfachuu dandeenyu bilisummaa qofaani. Bilisummaa hundi keenya waliin hawwinu garuu hooggana kana jalatti argamuu akka hin dandeenne hubatnoo cimaa natti buletu barruu kanaaf na kakaase.

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