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OLF is a joke.

DANGIRL wrote:OLF is a joke.

Indeed they are, they need the help of ONLF.

I hope they get there act together, they can be a formidable ally.

Oromo depicted on Left, Tigray/Amxaar on right

Murax wrote:Oromo depicted on Left, Tigray/Amxaar on right

What an embarrassment

Murax wrote:Oromo depicted on Left, Tigray/Amxaar on right

kind of ironic this coming from a dipshit whose government reps and break-away states main job is to suck on meles' ceeb.

Tigre do not control anything most i believe are still suffering from starvation it is only meleas and his crew that is running the show.

Update:

Bakhakkoo faction been beefing with ethios and kenyans on the border and hit up the Moyale garrison.

http://www.oromoliberationfront.info/pr ... unique.pdf

Other 2 factions (kamal & dawud) say they signed a unity deal. Bakhakkoo's a bad dude, his group might end up overrunning them.

Aliyyi Oromada wrote:Update:

Bakhakkoo faction been beefing with ethios and kenyans on the border and hit up the Moyale garrison.

http://www.oromoliberationfront.info/pr ... unique.pdf

Other 2 factions (kamal & dawud) say they signed a unity deal. Bakhakkoo's a bad dude, his group might end up overrunning them.

What is the general support of OLF in Oromo community in Ethiopia and the Diaspora?

Firstly there is no Oromo who doesn’t want to see the occupation get a bloody nose. So on that basis the OLF would always find support inside and outside the country, since they are the only ones doing so. As things are right now, Oromos generally don’t differentiate between any of the factions. But as time goes they may start to differentiate. From what is apparent right now, the Bakhakkoo faction says they differ in their end goal. In their statements they use terms like occupation, independence, Ethiopian troops etc. essentially saying “we are not ethiopians, we are occupied by a foreign army”. The dawud and kamal factions tend to portray themselves more as political reformists, leaving them open to ally with amhara groups and other ethio reformist opposition groups. Oromos generally have more support for the former.

OLF resolves its internal crisis

October 4th, 2010 |

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) was engulfed by a disastrous internal crisis during the past two years. This week, it was announced that the crisis has finally been resolved. The leadership with split in to two camps — one led by Daud Ibsa and the other one by Gen. Kemal Gelchu.

OLF issued the following statement:

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is happy to announce that after a series of talks under the mediation of its founders and senior members have agreed to reconcile and unify the organization by signing a major agreement on September 27, 2010. Accordingly, the reconciliation and unification will be finalized within the next five months. The parties availed themselves of the Oromo people’s rich heritage of conflict resolution to reach at this win-win solution.

The Oromo Liberation Front urges its members, supporters, and the general public to leave the past behind and redouble their efforts and rededicate themselves to the unfinished business of achieving freedom and liberty.

We believe consolidating the Oromo camp is of paramount importance. Hence, we call upon all Oromo organizations to heed our people’s call for unity.

Victory to the Oromo People!

Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia (ALEJE) has issued the following statement on the news.

Oromo Liberation Front Resolves Internal conflicts and rededicates itself for the historic struggle for Freedom, Democracy, and Equality

The internal conflict that has ravaged the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) over the past two years and, at least, modestly diminished its struggle for freedom, democracy, and equality has come to a triumphant end. During the peace and reconciliation meeting that took place over the weekend of September 27, 2010 in Washington, DC, the OLF leadership resolved its internal differences and concluded this historic meeting strongly reunited in one voice.

ALEJE extends a heartfelt congratulation to the OLF leadership, its members, and supporters on this momentous victory that will certainly paves the way for successive victories. ALEJE would also like to acknowledge and thank all the Oromo elders that made this moment possible.

The news of the reunification of the OLF leadership and its determination to reignite the struggle for freedom and equality in Ethiopia will definitely create havoc in the TPLF camp, the only entity that has benefited the most from the split of the OLF leadership in the first place. As an ethnic minority regime that has misruled Ethiopia with extreme savagery and lawlessness, the Zenawi regime clearly understands the important role that the OLF can play in the struggle for democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of in Ethiopia.

Ever so cognizant of the simple truth that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”, Zenawi’s regime over the last two years has left no stone unturned to keep the OLF leadership from resolving its internal conflict and stand as a formidable force against the divide and rule policy of the Tigrai People’s Liberation Front.

Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia strongly believes that the reunification of the OLF leadership takes the struggle of the Ethiopian people one step closer to building an all inclusive and genuinely democratic Ethiopia where the rule of law, respect for human rights, and civil liberties will be built on the ashes of a brutal dictatorship that has wreaked havoc on our society.

The formation of a united front and central leadership has been one of the most frequently asked but never answered questions in the zero-sum game of Ethiopian politics. ALEJE strongly believes that it is the duty and historic responsibility of the OLF and other democratic forces of Ethiopia to provide satisfactory answer to one of the most important questions in the political history of Ethiopia.

The TPLF regime is oppressing and humiliating all ranks and sectors of the people of Ethiopia and it is looting regional and national resources from all corners of the country. ALEJE believes that unity is strength and the only way to stop the humiliation, the oppressive condition of the Ethiopian people, the wholesale looting, and downward trajectory of Ethiopia into a 21st century banana republic requires a collective effort.

The Ethiopian people regardless of their ethnic, political, religious, affiliation have suffered too much for far too long while the elites on all sides wasted precious time arguing at times on irrelevant and mundane issues. We believe it is now time to find common ground, work hard, make up for the lost time to find solutions to our common challenges and meet the expectation of the Ethiopian people in their quest for a genuinely democratic political order, liberty, and equality.

Alliance for Liberty, Equality, and Justice in Ethiopia feels the “fierce urgency of now” and is confident that the OLF leadership will take prompt, decisive, and groundbreaking measures that will embolden its constituency to fire the torch of freedom.

Contact address: pr@timret.org

Update: OLF overruns Usmaan village in Awwadaay district on the Harar- Dirre Dhawa highway. Many dogs of the regime killed and wounded.

WBOn baha Oromiyaa keessa sosso’u tarkaanfii humna qubattuu wayyaanee irratti fudhateen hedduu ajjeesuu fi madeessuu ajaji WBO godinichaa beeksise.

(Madda Oduu ABO/MOA/Onk,8,2010 )Gootichi WBO tarkaanifii kana kan fudhate baha Oromiyaa Harargee Bahaa nannoo Awwadaay ganda Usmaan jedhamutti akka ta’ee barameera. Tarkaanfii Fulbaana 24,2010 lolitoota diinaa irratti fudhatame kanaan yeroof lakkoofis isaanii kan hin beekamne diinni hedduun akka du’anii fi madaa’an gabaafameera.

Gootichi WBO Oromiyaa bakkoota addaa addaa keessa sosso’u tarkaaniif waraana qubbattuu wayyaanee irratti fudhatu cimsee itti fufa.

Two things that should be banned in this section; oromo and marehan.

The key for OLF should be Hararge,Arsi,Borena and Bale provinces, these areas I see as a hot-bed of Anti-Tigray sentiment and where the most crimes of the regime are perpetrated, Build a strong base around these provinces and the rest will come easy.

Congrats to OLF they are still a presence despite the internal issues, I think General Kemal should be given the post of leading the organisation.

Assalamu aleykum, jaaliyada Ogadeenya

More from the Bakhakkoo group.

The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) had totally annihilated one of the main military bases of the occupying Ethiopian regime’s in the Southern Oromia, stationed at Herdari, on the 6th October 2010...

for more: http://www.oromoliberationfront.info/pr ... nique2.pdf

Eegaa,

Right now I would have to say the Bakhakkoo group is one led by someone Oromos, particularly harargee Oromos know. He (Dhugasa Bakhakko) was brought up in West Harargee, and has been fighting practically his entire life (since he was a teenager). Although I disagree with him on issues, primarily regarding deen. He is a muslim, and he is not somebody who is going to fight today and seek mediation and peace talks tomorrow. He is honest, straightforward, and sincere. He was a top commander and administrator in Harargee in 1991/1992 and one of the moves that led to the downfall of the OLF at the time and their losing territory to the TPLF, was the olf leadership restraining him because his actions were making it hard for the OLF leadership to remain in Addis Ababa.

This is him at the time speaking to a gathering at the OLF stronghold of Dadar, East Harargee.

http://www.bilisummaa.com/btapha/index. ... ameid=1355

The speech is in afaan Oromo, but he is speaking about and exposing the motives of the TPLF at a time when the OLF leadership was in government with them, and trying to maintain friendly relations with the TPLF as they were hoping to win the upcoming regional elections. This is part of what he said;

“There are things which some people deem to be strange, which in fact should not be strange. And what is this? It is those who wish to come to our land, to gallop and wander as they please, to giving orders and rule over us. This is not some strange scenario which fell out of the sky. This is by them waking up and organizing themselves. Fulfilling their interests in their land, and seeking to fulfill their interests on other people as well. This is because they built and prepared themselves, they follow one another, they take orders...their men, their women, their elders...even the little kids sucking on their mothers breasts have advanced beyond carrying weapons in their country, and have come to our land. Those who don’t know the language, or even know how to speak at all ...all they know how to do is carry their weapon and fire it, and they want to wander in our villages. Not only the living ones, but also the babies in the mothers wombs are preparing to fight you.”

Aliyyi Oromada Aleykum Salam & welcome, those of us that follow the ONLF struggle know how important the alliance of ONLF & OLF is. The Oromo people's suffering is our suffering, please keep us updated and best luck to Oromia