H.R. 2003 & the $210,000 Question
Dr. G. Dagnew
12/05/07
According to the December, 4 article of the New York Times, Lobbying disclosure records indicate that some $210,00 was paid to arrange a power sharing agreement between the Ethiopian opposition groups and the government of Ethiopia. Kinijit North America boss Mr. Solomon Bekele admitted he only paid $90,000 of the total. The question is who paid the balance of $120,000? The disclosure does not say Shabia and its affiliates for now.
The same New York Times article went on to say “The legislation sought by the dissidents proposes restrictions in American aid if Ethiopia does not agree to share power with opposition parties and take other steps promoting democracy” According to a written account of the meeting provided by coalition party officials, the consortium of opposition parties that included both the coalition and more militant members like the Ogaden National Liberation Front, a separatist group. The group together demanded that the United States pressure Ethiopia to negotiate with the Opposition with this arrangement.
However, the coalition mouth piece, lawyer, king of plagiarism Al Mariam in his Ethiomidia article said Surprise! Surprise! “Stupid it is a Human Right Issue”. It is now evident from what I am reading that it was not, and I want to say, “Stupid it is a Power Sharing Arrangement”
The most astonishing revelation of the New York Times article was the divorce between the lobbing firm and the coalition. Which, according Mr. Solomon “that the coalition’s affiliate had terminated the deal because the firm had not lined up more news coverage and never delivered on a promised meeting”. A meeting that was supposedly to take place at the White House. What Solomon is saying is, and what it meant to me is that the affiliate with Kinijit who terminated the deal was the pay master who paid the $120,000 and did not get media coverage. The question is who is this affiliate and pay master. My hunch, and the answer is the one who desperately needed media attention. And that is no other than the Asmara based ONLF, who massacred 70 Oil field workers and destroyed a school building in Ogden.
Finally, the ONLF terrorist outfit got its media coverage by the New York Times writer Jeffrey Gettleman, who also happens to be the contributing writer for this current article. Off course, there was also the little sheered and cover staged at African Sub Committee hearing, with ONLF and the unarmed slick wily of Kinjit, Berhanu Nega.
Well, I guess we also misread the warning by Al Mariam too, in his legendary 2006 article on Ethiopian Review entitled “Jihadist are Coming Jihadists are Coming” he told us that Shabia and OLF where coming to get us. Berhanu Nega in his recent Q&A by his fund raisers was asked about his holy alliance. Although, a rehash from the 70’s, He said, “Americans only listen when you are powerful therefore, we have to form such an alliance to be heard”. Who knew! Collecting a little terrorist from here and there would get you to Minlik Palace.
Finally, while I have answered who paid the $ 120,000 of the $210,000 for myself, I am still puzzled by who is still paying to re-write the Ethiopian constitution via H.R. 2003. I furthermore, feel duped for thinking that H.R 2003 was all about alleged human rights and not a cute power sharing arrangement for ONLF and Kinjit. Any way, it is good to know that it only takes few Dollars and a Donald Payne to violate the sovereignty of a country with 70 million people.