Ex major of ethio army shares info bout ethio eritrean war of 1998/2000

[Waachis]

An ex-major of the Ethiopian army gives his account of the Badme war and its background:

''Do not forget that Isayas and Meles are part and parcel of the same coin. Meles, paradoxically, entered the conflict when the neighboring province (Tigray) of his tribal origin halted the entrance of all goods, military equipment, and exchange of materials with the creation of the new currency. He kept calm when residents of Tigray region were fighting against Shabia for more than two months. Later, he realized that he got two options: 1. Either to support his tribal region and declare war against Shabia or 2. Step DOWN. He opted for the first option but calculated a new plan as to how to eradicate opponents and ex-military members (of the Derg).

I came to know their secret when I asked General Asgedom why military brigades were organized by tribal origin. He did not like my question and evaded the facts by commanding to lead one brigade of soldiers and carry out an ambush of enemy territory. Before we could engage in the war at Badme, the general realigned the military by its tribal origin. The first combat troops were: Amhara, followed by the Oromos, Gurages, Wolayta, and so on and so forth. The last combat troops assigned were the Tigrayans, and they were far, far, far behind us.

Sunday, before the sun rose,fighting broke out. We pushed forward, but we took a lot of casualties. The hidden project of Isayas and Meles suddenly became vivid. Shabias troops started retreating by planting mines. Asgedom commanded the troops to proceed though thousands were dying due to the mines. No one could go back without being shot by the watchdogs of the regime. Can you imagine that more than half of the Ethiopian soldiers from various tribal origins died in a sort of sabotage over 11 weeks? Despite their organized secret deal, we won the battle and readied to take Asmara-the capital city!
When Meles learned of our early success, he was annoyed and called all military members to retreat and leave the border immediately. Should a leader provide such a command after initiating and declaring war against enemies? After soldiers stopped fighting and retreated as ordered, enemy battalions took back the occupied territories and killed more than 30% of our military. You guys knew that he went to Algiers and signed a deal furnishing Badme over to Isayas, leaving the corpses of more than 95,000 soldiers behind in the dust.

Astawu asks, ''How did you survive and escape?''
The ex-major replies, ''I speak Tigirnya fluently, and they did not suspect that I was from another ethnic group in Ethiopia. That is how I managed.
I am stunned. It is hard to believe how one human being leads crime against humanity. Certainly, Meles is the commissioner of genocide,'' Astawu says with anger in his eyes.''

[School of Death by: Worku Gizaw, Pages 42-44]

[xiimaaya]

He hated the amhara more than he hated the Somalis

[Khalid Ali]

Meles zenawi loved Eritrea very much he just hated the arrogance of isias afawerki.. and tigrian nationalism wanted to make Eritrea a vassal state of tigrai.

[Waachis]

He hated the amhara more than he hated the Somalis

Tbh i dont think meles hated somalis.
He lived in mogadishu like my dad and uncle.
He just feared arabs and political Islam.