Washington D.C.- Sept 14, 2009– Several hundred Ethiopians over packed the hall of Trinity Church located at 6000 Georgia Ave, NW, Washington, DC. They were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 2009 honorees of the event, Brig General Tesfaye Habte Mariam and Brig General Kassaye Chemeda.
Inside of the hall, at the top of the stage, hangs a ten feet banner. It reads: Ye Jegnotch Mishit, (Evening of Ethiopian Heroes). Large poster size colorful photos of the heroic Generals, Tesfaye Habte Mariam on the left side and that of Gen Kassaye Chemeda at the right hand side, in full military uniform, are embossed on the banner. At the entrance, two large posters are placed on the wall. The writings are in gold on a black background. They are tribute to and representative list of Ethiopian Heroes who gave the ablest leadership to the former armed forces, those who died while heroically fighting in the eastern and northern fronts in defense of Ethiopian unity and territorial integrity. Among those listed, there are names of those members of the armed forces who are still alive. These are representative names from the Army, Airforce, Navy, and the Police commando forces of the former Ethiopian armed forces.
In the entrance area too, members of the former armed forces and members of the organizing committee dressed in jet black suits, white shirts and red tie were greeting and sitting Ethiopians coming to attend the event. Other members of the committee were displaying on a table of items prepared for the occasion, including books written by both generals, Ye Tor Meda Wullo (Reminiscences of the Battlefield) among others.
At 9:00 P.M, as General Tesfaye Habte Mariam and General Kassaye Chemda arrived and entered the hall; they were given salute by three members of the former Army, Navy, and Air force, dressed in their respective uniforms with a military marsh in the background. General Tesfaye and General Kassaye walked through the hallway while members of the former Ethiopian military were standing at both the right and left side, forming in straight line. The hundreds of Ethiopians present expressed their warm welcome with standing ovation until the guests of honor reached the reserved table where they were sited along with disinguised guests of the event Brig. Gen Wubetu Tsegaye, for the former Army, Brig. General Tsegaye Habtiyimer of the former Air force, and other members of the former armed forces.
Artist Tamagne Beyene, the master of ceremony for the occasion, formally announced the arrival of the two heroes amidst rounds and rounds of applause of Ethiopians who came for the occasion. Dinner was followed by a speech by Ato Brehanu Wolde Selassie, the chairman of the Association of the former Ethiopian Air force (AMFEA) and the chairman of the North America organizing committee to honor Ethiopian Heroes. He welcomed General Tesfaye Habte Mariam, and General Kassaye Chemeda, the honorees of 2009. He then explained about the aim and purpose of the non-profit and non-political committee composed of the Association Former members of the Ethiopian Air force (AMFEA), Ethiopian Veterans Association (EVA), and prominent artists and Ethiopians. He stated the importance and the need for nurturing and further developing the culture of recognizing and honoring Ethiopians who give much for their county and people while still alive, especially all those who put their life in line of great danger to defend the unity and territorial integrity of Ethiopia. He recalled the successful event organized by the committee in 2008 to honor Brig. General Legesse Tefera, the air force pilot who fought heroically during the Ethio-Somali war of the 70s, earning him the highest medal for his heroism.
Ato Brehanu continued that the committee’ selection of the three honorees for this year, which includes Militia Ali Berke along with Gen Tesfaye and Gen Kassaye, was due to their superior contributions in line of duty and in defense of Ethiopia’s unity and territorial integrity in both northern ad eastern fronts during the 70s and 80s . That they were selected for this years’ event among thousands of others with equally superior heroic deeds in line of duty. He mentioned the fact that the two generals have made significant contributions to tell the Ethiopian people about the stories of heroic sacrifices made by the former armed forces in order to defend Ethiopia from both external and eternal challenges posed to the country’s unity and territorial integrity.
The chairman of the committee also mentioned the unsuccessful but much effort exerted by the committee to locate the whereabouts of the third honoree, Militia Ali Berke and facilitate his travel to the USA for the occasion. Ato Berhanu said that the committee would work hard to encourage historians and others to write about the exemplary gallantry of the former armed forces so that they are recorded in the annals of history and passed on to generations of Ethiopians yet to come. He concluded by announcing the committee’s grand and long term plan, at an appropriate time, to erect a monument in Ethiopia in memory of the tens of thousands of Ethiopians who laid their precious life while heroically fighting in defense of Ethiopian unity and territorial integrity from challenges posed by external and internal forces.
Following a moving poem read by Maj. Kifle Abocher, among the ablest artists who served in the former armed forces, Ato Ayalkibet Teshome, a member of the organizing committee read the biographies and contributions of General Tesfaye Habte Mariam, Gen Kassaye Chemeda, and Millitia Ali Berke. Artist Tamagne read a brief biography and introduced Brig. General Wubetu Tsegaye to present the special award to both General Tesfaye and General Kassaye, both of whom served under his command. Brig General Wubetu Tsegaye is a decorated war hero and one of the ablest leaders of the former armed forces and an officer who rose from Battalion commander as a Major to a Brig General and the commander of what was then known as the second revolutionary army (SRA) in the northern front during the 80s for close to fifteen years. While members of organizing committee lined up in straight lines at both the left and right sides of General Wubetu, General Kassaye and then General Tesfaye came forward, gave military salute and received their awards from Brig Gen Wubetu Tsegaye. The awards presented to both are embossed with the letters “Le Mayiresa Wulleta, “For a great deed that shall never be forgotten”.
That rare and emotionally touching moment brought tears to many who were present. It continued when Gen Kassaye Chemeda took the stage. Gen Kassaye stated that he willingly joined the then Ethiopian army during the time of the Emperor to serve and for love of the symbol of our nation, pointing towards the standing Ethiopian flag next to him. He told the audience that he never expected that he and the rest of the former Ethiopian armed forces, who served the country through thick and thin as professional soldiers and officers, would get the chance to be remembered and given such recognition and honor during his life time. He related the suffering he had to endure since his two years of imprisonment after the aborted attempt to oust Col Mengistu in 1989. Gen Kassaye was also a victim of the current regime which put him in prison for another eight months after the fall of the Derg regime.
Gen Kassaye concluded his brief speech by telling the crowd that all the demoralizing stigma and labels he carried along with the rest of the former Ethiopian armed forces for the past so many years has been completely washed in that historic day organized to honor and cerebrate Ethiopian heroes. Thus, expressing his deeply felt gratitude for the committee and the hundreds of Ethiopians present at the occasion. Then Brig General Tesfaye took the stage. He too spoke briefly emphasizing that he is a soldier through and through and whenever he was called upon, he has served the Ethiopian people as a professional soldier. He then recounted three stories, among many other stories yet to be told, as illustrations of the former Ethiopian army’s heroism which defied the known and practiced military science all around the world. After expressing his enormous joy for being able to be present in an occasion of such honor , General Tesfaye recalled that it was exactly on Sept 12, thirty years ago that he was awarded the highest medal for heroism, Ye Hibretsebawit Ethiopia Woder Ye Lelew Jegna Medaliya. He stressed that he considers the current award given to him one that is beyond any expression, calling it Ye Woder Woder Yelesh moment for him.
Dressed in uniform and the Red Hat of the Airborne, Artist Tamagne Beyene took the stage again, announcing to an applauding and amused audience the next program of showing two special documentaries he produced for the occasion. The two films showed among the most dramatic moments in the lives of the two generals, including the tragic story of a successful but enormously costly breakthrough led by General Tesfaye at Nakfa, in one of the most difficult rugged terrain and stronghold of the then Eritrean rebels. Against all odds, General Tesfaye, then a Captain and his airborne battalion, undertook one of the rarest heroic missions by volunteering to be sent in response to the 15th battalion’s telegram of appeal for support and dropping from an airplane at more than 2000 meter height. A heroic feat that defied the normal practice and unheard of in modern history of Airborne missions anywhere around the world. That mission was undertaken in order to support and save the encircled and embattled 15th battalion at Nakfa led by Maj. Mamo Temtime. The film also depicted the tremendous heroism and determination of post humus Lt. Colonel Mamo Temtime, the commander of the heroic 15th battalion, who led his men to withstand and put up the toughest resistance in the face of the bloodiest encirclement and onslaught by a much superior enemy force at Nakfa for several months, until he was wounded and while fighting to the last bullet. The short documentary prepared to honor General Kassaye showed his enormous contributions starting with his heroic role as a commander of a Tank Battalion that made significant contribution of crushing and ousting the Somali invading forces out of Ethiopia’s territory.
Upon the conclusion of this part of the evening program, an applause and hurray filled the hall, an expression of approval for work well done as tribute to the heroes by Artist Tamagne. Artists Desalgen and Aregahen Worash continued entertaining the huge number of Ethiopians in the hall with patriotic songs until about 2:00 AM in the morning.
Saturday night event got coverage by the Voice of America. Many members of the media in the Washington DC area were also present. Also present were members of various civic groups such as Gasha for Ethiopia and many others. Ethiopians from all walks of life, young and old, woman and men, were present. Many young Ethiopians as far away as Minnesota, Cincinnati, Ohio, New York and other states came to be part of this great event as well.
(Photos: Courtesy of Photographer Tewodros Mekbib)
The following list of names is prepared to serve as a symbol of hundreds of thousands unnamed others, who died in line of duty and as well as alive. These are outstanding leaders and heroes, both alive and dead, from the former Army, Navy, Air force, and the police forces. This is just representative list of heroes from Generals to line officers, from NCOs to privates of the former Ethiopian armed forces
Maj. General Fanta Belay
Maj. General Merid Negussie
Maj. General Demisse Bultto
Maj. General Amha Desta
Maj. General Abera Abebe
Maj. General Mesfin Gebre Kal
Maj. General Syoum Mekonnen
Maj. General Kinfe Michael Dinku
Maj. General Kumlachew Dejene
Maj. General Hailu Gebre Mickael
Maj. General Regassa Jimma
Brig. General Teshome Tessema
Brig. General Legesse Abeje
Brig. General Yilma Gizaw
Brig. General Woubetu Tsegaye
Brig. General Temesgen Gemechu
Brig General Tesfaye Habte Mariam
Brig. General Kassaye Chemeda
Brig General Behailu Kinde
Commodor Belege Belete
Commodor Getachew Siyoum
Brig. General Merdera Lelisa
Brig. General Berta Gomoraw
Brig. General Araya Zerai
Brig. General Gennanaw Mengistu
Brig. General Desalegn Abebe
Brig. General Taye Balaker
Brig. General Lemesa Bedase
Brig. General Solomon Begashsaw
Brig. General Ashenafi Gebre Tsadiq
Brig. General Afework Wolde Michael
Brig. General Negussie Zergaw
Brig. General Kebede Mehari
Brig. Geneal Hailu Kebede
Brig. General Addis Aglachew
Brig. General Negash Woldeyes
Brig. General Hailu Beraworq
Brig. General Legese Haile
Brig. General Mesfin Haile
Brig. General Erkyihun Bayyisa
Brig. General Kebede Wolde Tsadiq
Brig. General Yemata Miskir
Brig. General Engda Wolde Amlak
Brig. General Techane Mesfin
Brig. General Tadesse Tesema
Brig. General Samson Haile
Brig General Berhanu Demissie
Brig General Tesfaye Terefe
Brig. General Tariku Aiyne
Brig General Tsegaye Habityimer
Col. Kassa Gebere Mariam
Col. Belay Ashenaki
Col. Girum Abebe
Col. Shibabaw Zeleke
Col. Aytenw Belay
Col. Mersha Admassu
Col. Kifetew Merine
Col. Beshu Gebre Tekle
Col. Sereke Brehan
Col Tadesse Gebre
Col Kassaye Tadesse
Col . Dr. Gaga Oljo
Col. Girma Teferi
Col. Tilhaun Bogale
Col. Gethanun Wolde Girogis
Col. Sifu Wolde
Col. Estifanos Gebre Meskel
Col. Luel Seged
Col. Gizaw Tefera
Col. Bezabeh Petros
Col. Reta Menkir
Col. Shimelis
Col. Worku Tefera
Col. Tilahun Nebro
Col. Berhnu Wubneh
Col. Getahun Demissie
Col. Dr. Tadesse Melka
Col. Fekade Engeda
Col Admassu Mekonnen
Col Negussie Adugna
Col Gezagen Tarekegen
Col Girma Tadesse
Col. Solomon Kassa
Col. Alemayhu Admau
Col. Ayele Gebeyhu
Col. Mekonnen Bekele
Col Desalagen Meberate
Col Dr. Desta Moges
Captain Mersha Girma
Commander Fiseha Tilahun
Commander Hailu Lemma
Commander Ashalew Jemaneh
Commander Matthew Mekonnen
Lt. Colonel Mamo Temtime
Lt. Col. Alemayehu Haile
Lt. Col. Shewataye Alemu Habte
Lt Col Genanaw Ejigou
Lt Col. Tilahun Mamo
Lt Commander Fantu Abraham
Major Mamo Lemma
Major Getachew Mihirete
Major Tadesse Mengesha
Major Getahun Demissie
Major Getachew Tessema
Major Mersa Redda
Major Ethan Mekonnen
Major Asfaw Tewolde
Maj Tafesse Kebede
Maj Kebede Yimer
Maj Wegaheyu Degentu
Capt. Solomon Mekebib
Capt. Hailu Kebede
Capt. Abraham Sinke
Capt. Afewerk Tariku
Capt. Wondimu Beyene
Cap. Gedele Giorigs Abat
Cap. Shewatatek Alemu
Cap Rorisa Dadi
Cap. Asmare Gebre Selassie
Lt. Merid Dachew
Lt. Afework Mengesha
Lt. Tilahun Hailu Gebre
Lt. Yekono Tadesse
Lt. Girma Aynalem
Lt. Girma Kebede
Lt. Shibeshi Haile
Lt Mekuria Dedema
Jr. Lt. Shewalem Negash
Sub Lt. Dagne
Lt Nura Yasin
Lt Aytenfisu Damtew
Lt. Darsiso Tessema
Sub Lt. Ledatu Nure
Sub. Lt. Beze Workneh
Sub.Lt. Tesfaye Workenh
Seniour Technician Ewunetu Genta
Chief Gezagehn Gezmu
Warrant Officer Kassa Merine
PO Fresenay Kebede
Sgt. Woldu Baikedagne
Srg. Abebaw Asfaw
Srg. Wolde Gabriel Hagos
Corporal Abdissa
Corporal Andarge Belay
Corporal Adinew Reta
Corporal Tigneh Belew
Private Kebede Koricho
Priavate Zelelew Dibaba
Priavate Simeret Ayele
Private Milita Ali Berke
Private Kebede Belda.
Private Iyayu Shegaw
Private Worku Abay
Private Shimelis
Private Tigabu
Private Alemitu Chaqile
September 16th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I heared about former ethiopian high ranking military officials are still in eriterian prison in inhumane treatment and as recently visited by Esayase Afewerki and asked to be realesd and go back to ethiopia, but the reply from Esayase Afeworki was “you aren’t going any where, you are dying here and your bone and flesh will fertile eriterian soil”.
Is someone knows any information about this news? please share us and if it is true we have to do something through International red cross and other organisations, we have to rescue our heros.
Thanks
September 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
They are not our heroes. They passed us over to a TPLF hyna. They would have rather serve derg honestly than letting Ethio dissintegrate. Had they overthrown Derg and setup another gov’t they would have been my heros till I die. not now! My families are bleeding back home because of them.Cowards!
September 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Well done good job, BERTU
I know for sure the black lions will reserect again.
Long live ethiopia
September 16th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
በጣም ጥሩ ሥራ ……… እንዲህ ጀግኖቻችንን ብናከብር (በሚሊተሪም ይሁን በሲቭኢል ቦታ ያሉትን) የት በደረስን .. !
September 16th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I think if there are any Ethiopian Generals in Eritrea, probably they should work to train and lead the Arbegnoch Ginbare. Weyannes are enemies for all human beings and every human being should work to bring them to justice.
September 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Great staffs. It is always right thing to do. I read the book has written by Gen tesfaye. If he did not write , I would not get a chance to now that great history. We need more people come out and write a book. in that way we will be able to understand and learn what happen during that time. I am 25 I want know more my hero did…
Thank you for all of you for you good work.
September 16th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Tadesse,
But then people like Elias from ER worship Esayas, while he is imprisoning our heroes?
September 17th, 2009 at 2:07 am
I know very well B. Gen. kassayae Chemeda , He is hero.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:13 am
ታማኝ በየነ ኣንድ ቀን እንኩዋን የወታደራዊ ማሰልጠኛን ደጅ ሳይረግጥ ስንቶች በደም ያገኙትን መለዮ እና ዩኒፎርም ኣድርጎ ከጀግኖች ጎን ፎቶ መነሳቱ ዝግጅቱን ድራማ ኣስመስሎታል….ይህን ጉዳይ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ነው ስመለከተው ስህተትም ነው….ቁም ነገር ቦታ ነገሩን ሁሉ ቁም ነገር ማስመሰል እንጂ የመድርክ ድራማ ባያስመስለው ይመረጣል,,,,በተረፈ በጀግኖቻችን ሁሌም እንደኮራን ነው,,,,EMF አደራ አስተያይቴን ታማኝን ተች ብላቹ እንደማታፍኑት ነው,,
September 17th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Nice fotos. But when do you join the real fighters in EPPF?
September 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am
TPLF never leaves without armed struggle or people upraisal.
Atleast why you can’t give training for EPPF?
For more info. visit www.eppfinternational.com
September 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Instead of hanoring this guys it is helpfull to help for those whome they lost their dear paren’s during the time where that mersiless war happening between the derg and woyane shabiya woriors.There are a lot orfanage generation exiseted in our country Ethiopia,by the cuase of such war.And it is helpfull for them if we realy organised such event and managed to help them to creat healthy generation.God Bless Ethiopia.and Her people Amen.
September 17th, 2009 at 11:19 am
2. eptember 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Instead of hanoring this guys it is helpfull to help for those whome they lost their dear paren’s during the time where that mersiless war happening between the derg and woyane shabiya woriors.There are a lot orphanage generation exiseted in our country Ethiopia,by the cuase of such war.And it is helpfull for them if we realy organised up on such event and managed to help them to creat healthy generation.God Bless Ethiopia.and Her people Amen.
L
September 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Micheal
You are very confused and deliours, I read some of your comments before, I don’t think you know what you are talking. You must be EPRP loser, death for EPRP! EPRP is one of the parties responsible for distruction of ethiopia.
I don’t hate but when it comes EPRP, I hate them to death.
long live ethiopia
bye for now
September 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Real stand up of commody by Tamagne Beyene. He is one hell of a jacass.Why on earth he should wear a uniform? can some one give an answer?
September 17th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Lt. Merid Dachew R.IP cus
September 18th, 2009 at 6:16 am
kurat እባክዎ ከመጻፍዎ በፊት ደጋግመው ያስቡ:: የሰለጠኑት ምዕራባውያን እንኳን እንዲህ ይላሉ:: “Think twice before you write or speak”.
በተውኔቱ ዓለም ውስጥ ያሉ ሙያተኞቹ በወታደራዊ ዩኒፎርምም ሆነ በሌላ ሙያ እየለበሱ ብዙ ገጸ ባህርያትን አስተምረውበታል ቀስቅሰውበታል: ፖለቲካዊ ወታደራዊና ማህበራዊ ክንውኖችን አንጸባርቀውበታል:: Sylvesterstalone(First Blood), Shwanzinger እና ሌሎችም ወታደሮች አይደሉም:: ነገር ግን ችሎታቸውን አሳይተዋል አስተምረውበታል::
ክቡር አቶ ታማኝ በየነ: ጠመንጃ ባይዝም ባለው የፈጣሪ ስጦታና ድፍረቱ ህይወቱን ለጠላት የሰጠ ደፋርና ውድ ኢትዮጵያዊ መሆኑን ከጠላት በስተቀር ድፍን የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ይመሰክርለታል:: ከተዋጊ ወታደር በበለጠ ራሱን የሰዋ ምንጊዜም የምናከብረው ወንድማችን ነው:: የርሱን ዓይነት የማይለወጥ አቋም ያለውን ደፋር ኢትዮጵያዊ ነው ኢትዮጵያ የምትፈልገው:: ወታደራዊ ሜዳሊያ መሸለም የሚገባው ቆራጥ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነውና ትችት መጻፍና መናገር የጥቂት ግለሰቦች ባህርይ ስለሆነ: ውድ ወንድማችን ክቡር አቶ ታማኝ በየነ በሃገር መውደድ ጽናትህን ደፋርነትህን አርቆ አሳቢነትህንና ጀግንነትህን የኢትዮጵያ አምላክ እግዚአብሄር ይባርክልህ:: የአንተን ክፉ አሳቢ ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር አምላክ ልቡና ይስጠው::
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘለአለም ትኑር!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 6:46 am
ውድ የሃገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ጀግኖች: ብርጋዲየር ጄኔራል ተስፋዬ ኃ/ማርያም እና ብርጋዲየር ጄኔራል ካሳዬ ጨመዳ: ኢትዮጵያ ሃገራችንን እና ህዝባችንን በመጠበቅና በማስከበር ላደረጋችሁት ውለታ ሁሉ የኢትዮጵያ አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ይጠብቃችሁ:: ያደረጋችሁት ውለታ ምንጊዜም ከትውልድ ወደትውልድ የሚተላለፍ ታላቅ ታሪክና ለዘለአለም የሚዘከር ለመጪው ትውልድ የጀግና ምሳሌዎች ናችሁ:: መላውን የሃገራችን ኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ነው ከልባችሁ ያገለገላችሁት:: በጀግኖች ምሽት በአል ላይ ያደረጋችሁት ንግግር ልብን የሚነካና አስተማሪ መልእክት ነውና: እባካችሁ የቀሩ የምትሉዋቸውን የአገልግሎት ልምዳችሁን በሚዲያ ብታካፍሉን እላለሁ::
የብርጋዲየር ጄነራል ካሳዬ ጨመዳ የልጅነት ጓደኛቸው በቀድሞው የጦር ኃይሎች የሬድዮ ፕሮግራም የተናገሩት ምንጊዜም አይረሳኝም:: በወቅቱ ጄኔራል ካሳዬ ሌ/ኮ ነበሩና ጀግንነታቸው ሲነገር በስሜት ነበር ያዳመጥነው:: የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና በመሆናቸው ኮራንባቸው:: ያሉበት ቦታ በመሄድ ሰላምታ ለመስጠትም ጓጉተን ነበር:: እርሳቸው ግን የነበሩት ዋናው የጦር ግንባር ላይ ነበር:: በሳምንቱም የልጅነት ጓደኛቸው የነብሩት በወቅቱ የከፍተኛ ደርጃ ት/ቤት አስተማሪ የነበሩት በሬድዮ የሰሙትን የልጅነት ጓደኛቸውን የጄኔራል ካሳዬን የጀግነት ውሎ: እንዲህ ብለው ተርከውልናል:: ካሳዬ የልጅነት ጓደኛችንና ጀግንነቱ በልጅነታችንም ጭምር ነው:: በቀለም ትምህርት ጉብዝናና በድፍረቱ ብለው አውግተውናልና: እባካችሁ አሁንም የሚዲያ ሰዎች ቃለመጠይቅ አድርጋችሁ ድምጻቸውን አሰሙን!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
It seems most of them are still in good condition we need these qualified army to wipe out woyanne militias thx tamagne for the great job
September 18th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
ጥሩ ነው ጅግናዎቻችንን ማስታወሱ:: ይሁንና ወያንና ሻእብያን አጥፍተን አገራችንን በፍትህና በሰላም በአንድነት የምንመራበትን መንገንድ መቀየስ አለብን:: ጠላታችን ኢሳያስና መለስ ናቸው:: ኤርትራን ማሰመለስ አለብን:: የኢትዮጵያ ላእላዊ ግዛት በ1991 ዓ.ም. (ማለት ኤርትራን ጨምሮ ነው)! እንሰባሰብ! እንነሳ! እንታጠቅ ለአንድ ኢትዮጲያ! ለአንድ አገር! ለአንድ ህዝብ! እናሸንፋለን!
September 19th, 2009 at 12:31 am
ak says
Well the question is where are they now? can one of these heros stand up and says enoug is enough let us stand up againis brutuality and injustice and save this country before it disintigrate into pices
September 19th, 2009 at 4:02 am
To Chala !
Mr Chala, When you are giving a Comment to Michael´s Writing, why did you put the name of EPRP´? the man was talking only about the Army, not any thing about any Party.whether he was EPRP,Meson,kinijit,,,etc, it doesnot bring any Sense in your Comment.the fact is;When we talk about our old Army or our old and even ancient ethiopian leaders, most of them were all struggling not for Ethiopia:let us take our Majesty;what did he bring in his 50years kingdom ?He built one Unversity,a few number of Hospitals only in Addis,you find not even in most areas of ethiopia an elementery school,forget a high school.when you see that ethiopia was the only country in africa not colonized, we should have to be civilized atleast to the same level of other African Countrys.if you go to Nigeria, gahana,Ivorycoast…etc, you donßt blieve your eye how they are civilized.this Backwardness comes all from the Igoistic and Sulfish Character of all our Kings and Leaders.Derg and Mengistu were also one of them.If derg (mengistu)could manage everYthing that time, you, me and all ethiopians today will not cry and be hungered and called to be the Poorest country and poor People.if that derg Army did a good things, we would not fall in Weyanes hand.you know that we were dfeated by weyane only with their 10,000 soldiers when they occupy Addis 1991 ?Even the”well organized Kilib tor” of mengistu in Minilik palace was enough to dfeat Weyane,but as they knew that Weyane was approaching , they started the same time to collect Furnitures from Minilik palacel, to their home.finally they collected it back after weyanes full Occupation.we had such an army of a half Million.I blieve that there were also a Hero army members in that time, but the majority of the Army didn´t know for whom and for what purpose they fight.for me Mengistu and derg were more responsible than weyane to destroy Ethiopia.dU you remember Mengistus speech of;”And Sew and And Tiyit”?
September 19th, 2009 at 4:18 am
To Micheal
I am fully supporting you.for me heros are not those who sit in Washington 5 star hotel to celebrate with a Champagn, the real Heros are most of them already died in remote corners of Ethiopia.the Heros does not exist longer, because they have only one Target, the so called heros are may be those one who made a good Business with shabia by selling military informations for a miillion dollar and usnig the Money to go around a world.our real heros are died like General Fanta,Tariku,Ameha…etc.those are Heros of Military Business with shabia.
September 19th, 2009 at 7:12 am
ጎበዝ! ጀግናው አሊ በርኬ ጀግንነታቸውን በዚያድ ባሬ ወራሪ ጦር ላይ የፈጸሙት ሚሊሺያ እያሉ ቢሆኑም የጀግናው ገድል በሚለው መጽሔት በታተመው መሰረት የሃምሳ አለቃ አሊ በርኬ መሆናቸውናን በመደበኛው የቀድሞ የኢትዮጵያ ምድር ጦር ውስጥ አገልግለዋልና የሃምሳ አለቃ አሊ በርኬ ተብሎ እንዲታረም አሳስባለሁ::
September 19th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I surprised to see Tamagne with the air borne uniform, you should earn it!
The Ethiopian heroes are not only Mengistu’s generals (some of them wre treators), millions have died to that country, where are they name? Can I see the name of Yohannes, Balcha, Belay Zeleke, Libne Dengel, Amde Tsion, Fitawrari Alemayehu Goshu, Ye Korahe Heroes and son, oh NO! Only Genrals who even failed to stand against Mengistu, who failed to mount a coup deta, who surrendred our army. Tamagne please grow up!
September 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
kiba wrtote:
I know very well B. Gen. kassayae Chemeda , He is hero.
‘Hero”? What is ‘hero’ to guys? Being chased like a rabit from Nakifa hills to A.A is considered a hero? Where are his entire ‘airborn’ brigades are now? They are furtilizing the Eritrean soils.
September 19th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Ato Anbese
እርስዎም እያሰቡ ይጻፉ!!!በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ታማኝ በየነን ከእርስዎ የበለጠ አድናቂው መሆኔ ይታወቅልኝ አስተያይት ያቀረብኩት ሲሪየስ የሆነ ቦታ ላይ ድራማዊ ነገሮችን ተገቢ አደሉም ነው…እርስዎም እንዳሉት ራምቦም ሆነ ሽዋዘንገር ወታደር አደሉም(እኔ እርግጠኛ አደለሁም)ግን ራምቦ ሆነ ሽዋዚንገር የአሜሪካ ጀነራሎች ሲሽለሙ(እነ ጀነራል ኮውሊን ፖወል,ራምስፊልድ…..ወዘተ) እዛ ቦታ ላይ ወታደራዊ ዪኒፎርም አድርገው ቢመጡ ነገሩ ፊልም እንጂ እውነት አይመስልም ነው…….መልካም አዲስ አመት ረጅም እድሜ ለጀግኖቻችን
September 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
ሃገሬ ኢትዮጵያ ሞኝ ነሽ ተላላ
የሞተልሽ ሳለ የገደለሽ በላ…
ጀግናና ጀግንነት የሚሉት ቃላት አዲስ ትርጓሜ እስካልተሰጣቸው ድረስ የቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴም ሆነ የደርግ ዘመን የሰራዊታችን አመራረ አካላት ጀግና የሚለው ማዕረግ ወይም ስያሜ አይገባቸውም::እ.ኤ.አ. በመስከረም 1,1961 አሮጌ ጠመንጃዎች በታጠቁ 13 ሰዎች በኤርትራ በርሃ የተጀመረ የትጥቅ ትግል ፖሊቲካዊም ሆነ ወታደራዊ መፍትሄ መስጠት ተስኖአቸው ዛሬ ላለንበት የቁም ሞት የዳረጉን እንዚህ ጀኔራል ኮሎኔል ተብየ ዘማዊ ሃገራዊ ራዕይ አልባ ልፍስፍስ መለዮ ለባሾች አይደሉም እንዴ?ዛሬ እነሱን ጀግና የምትሉ የዋሃን ዜጎቻችን በዚያ የጭንቅ ወቅት በነዚህን መሰል ወራዳ ጄኔራሎች ሳቦታጅ በኢትዮጵያ የቁርጥ ቀን ልጆች ላይ የወረደውን ማዓት እንደኔ ብታዩ ኖሮ ከላይ የጻፋችሁትን ባልጻፋችሁ ነበር::ጀግኖቻችንማ ናቅፋ ከረን ኣፍዓበት …ለዉድ እናታቸው ዉድና ክቡር ሕይወታቸውን የሰዉት ናቸው!አስመራና ምጽዋ ተቀምጦ ዉስኪ እያንጫለጠ ሴት ሲይማግጥና የሃገር ሚስጥር ለሸርሙጣ ሲሸጥ የነበረው ሁሉ ጀግና ከተባለ ምን እላለለሁ በድህረ ጣልያን ኢትዮጵያ ዘረ ባንዳው ራስ ስዩም መንገሻ ልዑል ተብሎ ሲንቆላጰስ አርበኛው በላይ ዘለቀ ሽፍታ ተብሎ ተሰቀሎ የለ!?
ለእውነት በውነት ስለ እውነት ለኢትዮጵያ የሞቱ እውነተኛ የኢትዮጵያን ጀግኖች ታሪክ አይረሳቸውም!
ለመላው ኢትዮጵያዊያን ሙስሊሞች ዒድ ሙባረክ ወ ኩሉ ዓም ወኣንቱም ቢኸይር!
ኣላህ እናት ኢትዮጵያን ይጠብቅ!
September 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
These are true ………….true………..true……..Ethiopians. We know that some of them are not alive and some who alive are at the age of retierement.What ever they are retiered, it is national and professional obligation that we need a lot of technical advise in defining the strategy to securethis country. I realy like this forum, because to me it is a good message as an Ethiopian. This is the time that regardless of age,gender,profession, everybody has to become one. Why? Because no time is critical more than this for Ethiopia. I hope that we use these golden people again.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:12 am
ግሩም የጀግኖች ምሽት…
September 21st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Be true and don’t make commercial!!!!
True hero Maj. General Demisse Bultto Who fought for Ethiopia and gave his life for democracy. He was killed and his body was pulled by car on street. stop you nonsense give respect to whom who deseve. What about for my brother who lost his life on batle ground and we didn’t get a chance to bury him.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 am
kurat! የጀግኖች ምሽት በሚካሄድበት ወቅት የአርቲስቶች(Art) ክንውን ተካሄድዋል በአጠቃላይ የቀድሞውን የጦር ሰራዊቱን የሚያስታውሱ ነገሮች ሁሉ: ልክ በሃገራችን ኢትዮጵያ የትያትር አዳራሾች ሲደረጉ የነበሩትን ነው ያደረጉት:: ታላላቅ አርቲስቶች በሃገራችን ክቡር አቶ ታማኝ በየነ ጭምር: የምድር ጦር የአየር ኃይልና የባህር ኃይል ዩኒፎርሞችን በመልበስ አርቲስት ፕሮግራምና ግጥሞችን አንብበውበታል:: ለብሰውት ስናይ ደግሞ ኢትዮጵያውያን ስለሆኑ ያኮሩን ነበር:: በውጭ ወይም በመንገድ ለብሰውት ቢታይ በርግጥ ከህግ ውጭ ሆናችሁ ያስብላልና በታማኝ አጠገብ የቆሙት ዋናው ጀግናችን ስለተደሰቱበት እኛም ተደስተንበታል::
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘለአለም ትኑር!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 am
al Jazeera በሚል ቅጽል የጻፉት: ወታደር የነበረ ግለሰብ ለሚጽፈውም ሆነ ለሚናገረው ግብታዊና ከወታደራዊ ህግና ደንብ ውጭ የሆነ ነገር አይጽፍም አይናገርም አይሳደብም:: በትክክለኛ ወታደራዊ ህግና በደንበኛ ስልጠና የሰለጠነ ወታደር ወይም ያገለገለ ስነስርአትን ይከተላልና ተጨባጭ ባልሆነ ነገር መወንጀል ልክ አይደለም እላለሁ:: ቀደም ባለው የውትድርና አገልግሎቴ ውስጥ በተለይም ወታደራዊ ደህንነትና ፖለቲካ መምሪያ በሚባሉት ካድሬዎች ብዙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወታደሮች በቂም በቀልና ምንም በማይገናኝ መልኩ በተለያዩ ነገሮች ማለትም ከወታደራዊ ህይወት ጋር በማይገናኝ መልኩ ተረሽነዋል: ተገድለዋል:: ወታደራዊ ምስጢሮችን ለጠላት አሳልፈው በመስጠትና ልዩ ልዩ ጥፋቶችን የፈጸሙ ከላይ ጄኔራል እስከታች ባሉ ማእረጎች ከእስራት እስከርሸና በትክክለኛም የተቀጡም ነበሩ እንጂ al Jazeera እንዳሉት ሁሉንም መኮነንና መስደብ አግባብ አይደለም::
በጦርነት ላይ የሞተ ሁሉ ጀግና ነው የሚል በወታደራዊ ህግና ደንብ ውስጥ በወታደራዊ ሳይንስ ውስጥ በማንኛውም ሃገራት አልተጻፈም የለምም:: ጀግና ወታደር እንዳለ ሁሉ ፈሪ ወታደርም አለ በብዙ የጦርነት ወቅት ታይቷልና እውነትን አንካድ:: al Jazeera! እርስዎ በጠቀሱት ቦታዎች የተሰዉት ስለተሰዉ ብቻ አይደለም ጀግና የሚባሉት: ወታደር እንደማንኛውም ባለሙያ: ሙያው ወታደር ስለሆነ ከሙያው ጋር ሲኖር ምንጊዜም የሚያውቀው ነገር ቢኖር በማንኛውም ጊዜና ሰአት ሊሰዋ ይችላል:: ስለተሰዋ ደግሞ ጀግና አይባልም:: በወታደራዊ ህግና ደንብ እንደተማርነው “ከአቅሙ በላይ ወይም ማድረግ ከሚገባው በላይ በመሪነትም ሆነ በተመሪነት ካደረገ ተሰውቶም ሆነ ካልተሰዋ ጀግና ያሰኘዋል እንጂ ሁሉም ጀግና ነው የሚል የለም አይኖርም:: በፍርሃት ብቻ ተሸሽጎ ባጋጣሚ በተባራሪም ሆነ ቀጥታ በተተኮሰ ጥይት የሞተም አለ አይደል እንዴ al Jazeera! ወታደር ከነበሩ? እርስዎ እንዳሉት ጥፋተኞች ነበሩ:: ግን በጅምላ መወንጀል አያሳፍርም?
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
የቀድሞውን ሰራዊት አመራር የብሄር ስብጥር ስናይ የአገራችንን የብሔረሰብ ሂብረ ቀለም ያሳየናል::እየኢትዮጵያ የጦር ሃዪሎች አባባላት የተዋጉት የአገራችን አንድነት ለማስከበር ነበር እንጂ የደርግን እድሜ ለማራዘም አልነበረም :: በትግላችው ጽናትም አገራችንን አቆዪተውልን ነበር :: የሻእቢያ ቅጥረኞች የሆኑት ወያኔዎች ግን የዘመናት ህልማቸውን ኢትዮጵያን የመበታተን አላማ ለማስፈጸም በመሃል አገር ደጋፊዎቹን ብቻ አሰልፎ በውሸት ድምጽ አሰጣጥ ሂደት እርትራን አስገነጠለ::
ዛሬም ቀሪውን ክፍል ለመበታተን እየተጉ ነው::ታዲያ የዚህ የአጥፊ ሃዪል አባላት በዘር ተመራርጠው የጦር ሃዪሉን አመራር ሙሉ በሙሉ ተቆጣጥረው አገር ኢየዘርፉ ናቸው:: በአንድ ጀምበር ሚሊየነር የሆኑም አሉ::” ኢትዮጵያ አገረ ሞኝ ነሽ ተላላ የሞተሊስህ ቅርቶ የገደለሽ ብላ” ብለዋል አባቶቻችን::ማገር ላለማስገንጠል ተዋግተው ባለወደብ አገር አቆዩልን:: የአገርን ደህን
ነት የማይወደው ወያኔ ግን ወደብ አልባ አረገን::
ለአገራችን አንድነት የቆስሉ የደሙና ሲቃይ ያሳለፉ የጦር ሃዪል አባላት ግን እንደ እቃ የትም ተጣሉ. እነ ታማኝ የጀመሩት የአገር ጅግኖችን ተገቢውን ክብር የመስጠት ጂማሮ የሚደነቅ ነው:: ቢያንስ የጀግኖች ገድል ተዳፍኖ እንዳዪቀር መታገል ከሁላችንም የሚጠበቅ ነው:: ታሪካችሀው ለመጪው ትውልድ መተላለፍ አለበት.::
በተረፈ ሻእብያ በ እርትራ ማዳበሪያ አረጋችዋለሁ ብሎዋል የምትለው ሰው ከገባህ ሻብያም ሆነ ዎያነ ያው ናቸውድሮ የተማከሩትን ነው አዲስ አርገህ ልትነግረን የምትሞክረው:: ዛሬ ኢሳያስን ለማጨማለቅ የምትጠቀሙበት ዘዴ ሁሉ የተበላ እቁብ ነው:: ሻብያና ወያኔ ስልቻ ቀልቀሎ ቀልቀሎ ስልቻ አይነት ነው:: ሁለቱም ኢትዮጵያን የሚጠሉ ነቀርሳዎች ናቸው::
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 am
Berhan tamiru
You forget some heroes of yours ( dedebit) like that of seye mellese haylom you have to grow up thousand times before telling tamagne to grow up once heroes are not only warriors therefore tamagne is one of brave ethiopians fighting woyannes even when they reach addis if ethiopians had followed his instinct woyanne by now would have been forgotten history
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:36 am
Gardew
you are a lowlife street boy why are you worried of tamagns navy uniform or are you one of woyanne jungle militia who has been running to your rat hole when you saw the charismatic ethiopian officers and calls you back memory? why is bush wearing military uniform when ever he goes to visit his soldiers ?why is obama wearing a navy jacket when he supply medals for his brave soldiers ? and after all this who is the jackass?
September 24th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Kibur Ato Tamagn Beyene had wear the Ethiopian Airborn uniform, during YEJEGNOCH MISHET. That was not Navy uniform.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am
To Micheal, Anbesse and Mulugeta
His excellency prime minister Melesse Zenawi said about your EPRP
“EPRP IS BLIND”
September 25th, 2009 at 6:03 am
I could not say CHALA, because you are one of the parasite belongs to the Crime MInster of Fascist Weyane.
Your name is defnietly “Gebre mnts, DEDEB, DEDEBIT…..
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
We have used oromo as tool , your devicive propoganda is known , used in the name of oromo who are not oromo by nature and blood such as kuma damamakssa and aba dula Gemeda. We will come after you with full force when the time come.