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http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/35807> Meles Zenawi replaces
Tigrean bodyguards
January 11th, 2012 | |
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Ethiopia's khat-addicted dictator has replaced many of his bodyguards from
the Tigray ethnic group with Eritreans, according to Ethiopian Review
Intelligence Unit sources in Addis Ababa.
Deputy security chief Esayas Woldegiorgis, Meles Zenawi's
<
http://zikkir.com/words/index.php?title=Lavrentiy_Beria> Beria, who is
Eritrean, has also been given authority over all security matters. Getachew
Assefa, the current security chief, is relegated to being only a figure
head. Esayas is responsible for torturing political prisoners and carrying
out political killings in Ethiopia and neighboring countries.
Meles has decided to replace his Tigrean bodyguards because of the
increasing dissension among Tigreans over the amassing of enormous wealth by
him and his wife while the lives of most Tigreans have not improved despite
all the construction projects that are underway in Tigray region. On top of
that, Meles has recently invited Eritreans to come to Ethiopia, and those
who arrived already have started marginalizing Tigreans both in politics and
business.
Meles is fearful of revolt inside his own army that is dominated by
Tigreans, so he recently forced 300 colonels and 13 generals to retire, as
reported <
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34637> here.
Tigreans are also angry that Meles has pitted them against other ethnic
groups. They fear that when a popular uprising explodes, Meles and his
family will leave, while the average Tigrean, in whose name Meles is ruling,
could face the wrath of other ethnic groups.
Inside the TPLF leadership, Eritreans are consolidating their power, as
reported <
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/35262> here. Currently,
more than half of the TPLF leadership is Eritrean.
In the mean time, the Eritrean government itself is being infiltrated by
Meles Zenawi's agents who are undermining Isaias Afwerki's administration
with the intention of replacing him with a leader who is friendly with the
Meles dictatorship or a puppet. Ethiopian Review will publish an
investigative report on how TPLF agents are working to overthrow Eritrea's
president Isaias Afwerki. Stay tuned.
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