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Jendayi Frazer :Unofficial TPLF Spokeswoman or a Top US
Official? |
Sept 09m 2007
At a time when multiple sources including
human rights and Non-Governmental
Organizations, NGOs, working in Ogaden have
detailed not only the type of atrocities but
also the extent of the war crimes committed
against the Ogaden citizenry by the TPLF
army and its’ associated militias;
At a moment when no international journalist
is allowed to set foot in Ogaden, it is
quiet disappointing, to say the least, to
hear the recent outburst from Jendayi Frazer
who is a host to the same Ethiopian junta
that has not only ordered but carried out
the current war crimes reported in Ogaden.
When Frazer terms the genocide that has and
is taking place in Ogaden as merely
allegations that are 'unsubstantiated',
which happens to be the same terms used by
Zenawi in the recent Time’s interview, we
are left to wonder whether Frazer is a top
US diplomat for African affairs or an
unofficial spokeswoman for the Tigrian
People’s Liberation Front, TPLF.
What evidence, other than the propaganda fed
to her by the TPLF misinformation minions,
does Frazer have that can make all the
horror stories provided the internationally
renowned human rights organizations, Ogaden
survivors of the current Ogaden war crimes,
and the NGOs who have an innate knowledge of
the Ogaden landscape and people, as mere
‘unsubstantiated’ allegations?
We, the Ogaden Editorial Board, EOB, believe
that Frazer has accepted in face value, the
misinformation provided by the TPLF junta
headed by Zenawi. EOB also believes that
merely accepting TPLF propaganda in face
value harms not only the image of the United
States of America as a champion of democracy
but also US security interests in the horn.
Instead of acting as an unofficial TPLF
spokeswoman, EOB hopes that Frazer will
closely scrutinize the actions of the TPLF
junta in Addis Ababa. The US State
department should use its clout in order to
put the brakes on the war crimes that are
taking place in Ogaden.
editorial@ogaden.com
Ogaden Online Editorial
Sept 09, 2007 |
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