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Who were they then? Who are they now?

Gub re Medhin, Areya, Perth, Australia.

Translated by Yin Nea gal Bella chew, Ethioia.

This article tries to dig out and show who the TP!" leaders were and still are along with their

insincere lan to destroy #hristendo$ and %sla$ religions and esecially the A$ hara ethnic grou as

o& the co$$ence$ent by the grou 'TP!"( o& the ar$ed struggle in Tig )ay.

"ro$ the *ery beginning, TP!" has utterly been unde$ocratic by its nature. % $ysel& ha*e

been e+ressing in di&&erent $edia outlets that this $ercenary grou was and still is antiEthioia and

inhu$an in general. Though the eole o& Ethioia well -now the nature o& TP!" with regard to its

nihilistic and destructi*e beha*ior, on $y behal&, % would li-e to gi*e so$e &actual accounts as to how

it has been trying to destroy the illars o& both religions based on its antireligion olicy.

"ro$ the start o& /00, in its 1Woy yin2'which $eans 3re*olt42( bulletin, TP!" or the then T!"

had a colu$n -nown as 5#hristian )eligion and the A$hara5 under which the &ollowing was

reeatedly ublished in bold &or years, 6#otic 7rthodo+ #hristian religion is the $a8or instru$ent through which the

A$hara regi$e sustains its ruling. There&ore, the target o& our struggle, the A$ hara regi$e, and its

ruling tool, the #hristian religion, should both be destroyed.9 This bulletin was distributed a$ong

&ighters and the co$$on eole to distract their attention &ro$ staunch Ethioian to the then

&ledgling antiEthioian. %n its August /00 edition, this bulletin added that not only theA$ haras, but also the A$haric language should also be eradicated &ro$ the sur&ace o& the Earth

along with the sea-ers.

The high o&&icials o& TP!" who used to roagate oisonous antiEthioianand antireligion stu&&s

&ro$ the Proaganda Bureau o& this de*ilish grou were :ib hat nega, Abbay say hi, and Meles

;ena we. These three indi*iduals in the higher hierarchy o& TP!" ha*e been -nown a$ong the &ighters,

e*en a$ong the eole by and large, &or the hatredcharged $adness they e+hibited towards the

A$hara and &or both the #hristian and %sla$ic religions.

The Public )elations 7&&ice o& TP!" was also led by these sa$e $ad eole. %n :ete$ber

/0wor-sho to sensiti=e their

cadres who will ha*e to carry out that destructi*e sche$e. %n that se$inar, which too- lace in an

underground secreti*e concla*e &ound in Egela district, the &ollowing rebels had articiated.

. Mer sa )edda.

. @ale-a :ay Guy Berhay.

. Tewodros @agos.

. Abbay Woldu.

C. @adass Ale$u.

D. @aile :elassie Gub )ay ey dan.

0. @a )iya :ebagadis.


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)egion .

. Mer sa )edda.

. Goo ish Goo adan.

. @aile :elassie Gub )ay ey dan.

. @a )iya :ebagadis

)egion .

. @ale-a :ay Guy Berr hey.

. idu san Nega.

. @adass Ale$u.

. Betaw Belay.

C. @a dish G=ahen.

D. )o$an Gub )ay :elassie.

)egion .

. Addis ale$ Bale$a.

. Theodros @agos.. Welda Gabriel Modern.

. A&erra Techlay @i $anot.

Groued and organi=ed in this $anner, they -ic-ed o&& their destructi*e ca$aign in

Tig )ay and went to the resecti*e regions they were assigned to. A&ter that they continued to

wage hea*yhanded e+tensi*e antiA$hara, anti#hristian, and anti%sla$ roaganda

acco$anied with &orce&ul actions such as -illings and -idnaings. "ollowing their $aster lan

o& eradicating #hristianity which they strongly belie*e is i$osed by the A$ hara uon the

eole o& Tig )ay to $a-e the$ sub$issi*e, TP!"3s cadres launched tough restrictions uon the

ordinary eole and the churches not to adhere to the doctrines o& this religion they re*ented

churches &ro$ doing their routinely er&or$ed rituals such as $a-ing @oly Mass and celebrating

:undays as usual. These croo-ed eole o& the TP!" e+erted their &ull energy to dis$antle the

church and se*er the bond between the clergy and the lay. The eole were not allowed to go tochurches on :undays or other days on which :aints were co$$e$orated due to the &act that

holy days were declared to be wor-ing days. TP!" cadres warned the riests and the entire clergy

not to go to churches and gi*e any liturgical ser*ice anyti$e, i& they were caught doing so, they

would be unished se*erely. 7ccasionally, there were resistances &ro$ the eole and the clergy

as well. %n such instances, the cadres in the lower echelons used to consult the uer ones and

they were ad*ised by :eb hat Nega, to $ercilessly -ill those recalcitrant riests, $on-s,

nuns, or deacons in &ront o& the congregation so that that action could be ta-en as uniti*e to the

rest o& the oulation. That circular or directi*e &ro$ the abo*e was blindly i$le$ented by the

lower cadres. %n light o& this, in Enda sah$a district o& Adwa ro*ince, at a historical church

-nown as Enda :elassie, the leader o& the church, Abba @aile :elassie, was -illed by tsay guy Berr hey,

in &ront o& the eole. The cause o& the -illing was nothing else but these words H 6Please do not

desecrate our religion it is a blessed religion49 At that ti$e, the eole got e+tre$ely shoc-ed

and rushed halters-elter in a bid to sa*e their li*es &ro$ additional $assacre that would ensue.A&ter the $assacre, the -iller,@ale-a :eGuy Berr hay , along with his &riends, looted the church and

too- away all the roerty the church had. %n a si$ilar *ein, the leader o& a church in ;ana

district, na$ely Abba Areya, along with a nonagenarian $on- were instantly shot dead by

Ar-ebe 7uIubai hi$sel&, who was sent with Betaw Belay then as rein&orce$ent to the grou, &or

the si$le reason that the riest said, 6Please, do not desecrate our #hristian religion.9 The

anti#hristian grou>co$$ittee o& TP!" led by :eb hat Nega, Abbay :ay @iYeah, and Meles ;ena we,

along with all its C $e$bers had lundered, destroyed and burnt $any churches. Moreo*er,

countless riests and deacons, $on-s and other church goers had been -idnaed. :urrisingly,

the whereabouts o& all those -idnaed eole ha*e not yet been -nown to date and it is belie*ed


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that they all are -illed.

#oncerning %sla$, though they tried their le*el best to desecrate this religion and its

leader, Prohet Moha$$ed, they couldnJt succeed as they wished. The &ollowers o& %sla$ were

not as easily sub$issi*e as the #hristians. 7& course, the TP!" cadres atte$ted to de&a$e the

holy oran and downlayed the role o& the rohet in &ront o& the congregation when the eole

gathered &or raying. But the cadres encountered serious rotest in all the three regions.

Esecially in region three, the A&ars decided to &ight those antireligion bandits nec- and nec-

and $anaged to chec- the reinless whi$s o& TP!" &ro$ &lourishing in their localities. To this

e&&ect, those Musli$s in region three hunted and -illed the TP!" cadres who were assigned there

to destroy their religion. A$ong those -illed cadres, Tea geast As say&a, Yehualashet Gub re Medhin,

'Ala$in(, and :ay @iYeah Abra ha, are 8ust &ew. Many $ore unluc-y TP!" cadres &aced such ill&ate

in this region. But surrisingly, when TP!" leaders were>are as-ed about the death o& those

cadres, they unasha$edly -ee on saying that the cadres died due to &ighting with the Kerg

regi$e or with this or that rebel grou with which they encountered s-ir$ishes. They are

naturally big liars. 7ther cadres such as Addis ale$ Beeli$a, Theodros @agos, and A&erra Techlay @i $anot,

escaed at night &earing the &ate descended uon their colleagues. Ne*ertheless, &or

&ear o& rerisal by the A&ar eole, TP!" couldn3t dare to enter the A&ar region until the year

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and instead, they were ordered to ut on TP!"3s ca which reads, woy yenti 'rebellions4(. This

instruction was ractically seen and $any riests and the clergy were turned out to be rebellions

carrying ri&les on their shoulders, instead o& ser*ing God carrying esus2 cross and the Bible.

. All newlywed deacons and riests were &orced to di*orce their wi*es and 8oin the ar$ed

struggle. To this e&&ect, countless $arriages were dis$antled and e+wi*es and e+husbands

*oluntarily or in*oluntarily 8oined the ar$ed struggle, lea*ing aside the church and the

7rthodo+ dog$a they had been strictly &ollowing be&ore.

As a result o& TP!"3s atheistic actions with resect to the Ethioian 7rthodo+ #hurch in

Tig )ay, arents were le&t without their children to loo- a&ter the$ at their old age. churches were le&t

closed &or not ha*ing deacons and riests to gi*e ecclesiastical ser*ices, lots o& recious ite$s, such as

arch$ents o& antiIuity and crosses, were looted and sold by TP!" ites and a great nu$ber o& churches

along with their historical docu$ents were set on &ire in a bid to erase the old history and write a new

one which is de*oid o& any cultural and traditional tie with the Ethioian 7rthodo+ #hurch and by the

e+tension the A$ hara eole.

The general co$$and and detailed instructions gi*en to carry out an all out destruction uon the

church was gi*en by those three de*ilish eole o& the TP!" :eb hat Nega, Abbay :ay @iYeah, and Meles

;ena we. %n addition, Ar-ebe 7uIubai, the Eritrean Tsad-an Gub re Tinsay, Awu2alo$ Woldu, ;eriAs-ghedo$, :eeye Abraha, and :eyuo$ Mes&in should be $entioned here as chie& collaborators with

this regard. These gullible ser*ants o& TP!" and :eb hat, Abbay, Meles syndicate ha*e layed a great

role in the untold su&&ering o& #hristians and Musli$s. They had burnt so $any churches in the

northern art o& our country Ethioia.

. As the destruction o& churches by TP!" was on unabated continuation, the &ollowing grou o& high

le*el cadres was assigned to gi*e a se$inar to those church eole who *oluntarily or in*oluntarily

le&t the church in a bid to ser*e 5their organi=ation5, TP!".

. Mulegeta, #hal to.

. ;eriy As-ghedo$.

. Mer resa )edda.

. A- lilu KenbarIay.

C. Gub ray ey dan Kesta.D. Gobe =ay Welde Aregay.

0. Abbay Woldu.


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. Traditional $e$orial &easts $ade in the na$e o& this or that :aint.

C. Annual cere$onial holidays o& churches in the na$e o& ar-, :aint, etc.

Anyone who tries to disobey the a&ore$entioned instructions would be labeled as antiTP!"

and would as a result be harshly unished a&ter ta-en to a secreti*e underground -nown as

5FD5bado shidshte, a code gi*en to their hellish risons. The Public )elations 7&&ice orders its

&erocious sta&& to ta-e strict uniti*e actions and they ro$tly con&iscate all the roerty o& *icti$s

who were said to ha*e transgressed those un&airly and un8ustly i$osed 8ungle rules and regulations

o& TP!". %n line with i$le$enting this rule, so $any eole were accused o& breaching this

directi*e, at ti$es e*en &alsely to ta-e re*enge those who were not on good ter$s with the$, and as

a conseIuence thousands o& eole were sent to 5FD5'@alewa Wey yane , :ecurity o& TP!"( and all

o& the$ were e+ecuted there. This olicy o& TP!" which was begun in early /D0 went on

unabatedly &or the ensuing decades u until today. As a result $any eole lost their li*es churches

and $onasteries were changed to nothingness in both $aterial and hu$an resources.

%n /D0, TP!" incororated its core belie& that 5A$ haras are arch ene$ies o& Tigrian

eole5 into its rogra$ and that stand was enshrined in its docu$ents as one o& the *anguard

olicies the organi=ation should &ight against. !et us see the &ollowing antiA$hara, $antra stated in

the olitical rogra$ o& TP!".

The A$ hara regi$e has i$o*erished Tig )ay and its eole to the e+tent o& e+osing

Tigrians to econo$ic e+loitation, absolute o*erty, star*ation, $igration and dislace$ent, and

&inally as a result o& these and other oressi*e $easures by the A$ haras the entire eole o&Tig )ay were sub8ected to ha*e a conte$tible social status to which eole were asha$ed o& their

being Tigrian. This suression and segregation uon Tigrians was urosely enhanced by the

A$hara regi$e. As a result, Tigrians were &orced to lead an atrocious li&e e*erywhere they were

obligated to su&&er low standard o& li*ing, une$loy$ent, beggary, i$$igration, and rostitution. %n

addition, Tigrians were in&luenced by the A$ haras to go o&& their own history, &orget their own

language, and detach &ro$ their culture. The A$ haras snatched the FFF years rich history o&

Tigrians and used it to glitter theirs in &ront o& the rest o& the world. Today3s history o& Ethioia

which $ay not include Tig )ay is a -ind o& hodgeodge created within the last FF years since the

co$ing into ower o& the so called Meneli- nd. There&ore, the general li&esan o& Ethioia is not

that $uch longer than the A$hara3s e+ansion during the reign o& their ing, Meneli- the nd, in the

ast FF years. Be&ore that historical coincidence, there has ne*er been a country -nown as

Ethioia.

The A$ hara nationality sub8ected Tigrians to ay high ta+es and tributes to the centralgo*ern$ent led by the A$ haras and thereby i$o*erished the region to the e+tent o& changing the

social and econo$ic li&e o& its eole into a nonentity. The eole o& Tig )ay ha*e been considered by

the A$ hara regi$e as sea-ing ani$als and ha*e been i$$ersed in an untold oression

characteri=ed by inhu$an handling and boundless cruelty. %n addition, the eole o& Tig )ay ha*e been

discri$inated against and none o& its hu$an and olitical rights ha*e been resected by the regi$e.

The oressi*e A$ hara ruling class TP!" uses the 5she5 ronoun to address the 5A$hara ruling

class5 has e$loyed suression and sub8ugation to elongate her syste$ o& e+loitation uon

Tigrians.

The antiA$hara state$ents o& TP!" which % ha*e rando$ly e+ressed here abo*e are

e+licitly indicated in the olitical rogra$ o& the organi=ation &ro$ ages < H , C H D, and


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urising.

The seat o& E$eror @aile :elassie % was Addis Ababa. A&ter Meneli-3s reign, the $obility o&

the Ethioian -ingdo$, which had been sub8ect to a relay syste$ &or centuries, along with its alace

&ro$ one region o& the country to another was outdated &or once and &or all. Be&ore Addis Ababa was

selected by Meneli-3s wi&e, E$ress Tyitu, to ser*e as caital city, historical towns and cities li-e

A+u$, !asta!alibela, and Gonder ha*e ser*ed the sa$e urose in the ast. %n those ast relays o&

ower, the eole o& Ethioia had ne*er seen such antiunity and anti eole grou as, TP!".

!i-e the re*ious ones, the go*ern$ent o& E$eror @aile :elassie % as well was co$osed o& all

able Ethioians irresecti*e o& their religion and ethnic bac-ground. %n light o& this, that go*ern$ent

had #abinet Ministers &ro$ the, 7 ro$o, Tig )ay, Eritrea, A$ hara, A&ar, Guragay, etc.

The go*ern$ents o& @aile :elassie and Kerg had no roo$ &or discri$ination one against the other in

ter$s o& e$ower$ent in the &irst lace, the heads o& state in those eras were the$sel*es $ultiethnic

by birth the E$eror and the chair$an o& the Kerg, Mengistu, were $i+ed ethnics.. There&ore, the

go*ern$ents used to &acilitate the resence o& an eIual oortunity to all the children o& the country

based on their $erit, not on their ethnic bac-ground. To this end, there were $any Tigrian higher state

o&&icials in both regi$es who, along with their colleagues, used to e+ercise their real olitical ower in

deciding the &ate o& their country. Now? %t is absolutely unthin-able to see a nonTigrian e+ercising

such a lu+urious right o& deciding e*en the dogs2 budget o& the alace a little bit $ore than being a

guard at the gate o& so$e idle o&&ices lea*e aside the theatrics47n the other hand, we can say that Tig )ay ro*ince has been one a$ong the bene&iciaries o&

the national ie the reality was not li-e the TP!" tal-s to &ool citi=ens and get oorly calculated blind

suort. The health and education sectors were budgeted in not less a degree than the others in the

nation. There was no budget discreancy &ro$ region to region. Nothing secial has been seen in

Tig )ay other than the light or the delight that has been obser*ed in others. There was no national or

ethnic based discri$ination then li-e what we see now *i*idly. To sea- the truth, esecially the

go*ern$ent o& @aile :elassie st, had a $otto -nown as 6The best o& things to Tig )ay49 Kue to this, the

eole o& Tig )ay used to lo*e @aile :elassie st as he was also &ond o& Tig )ay and its eole.

When the eole o& Tig )ay -new that Kerg had -illed hi$ during the hi8ac-ed and &ailed

re*olution, the new $ilitary 8unta was se*erely conde$ned in Tig )ay a$ong the youth and the elders.

A&ter the &all o& @aile :elassie st, it was e$inent that Tigrians beca$e e+osed to harsh econo$ic li&e

and social roble$s. But that was the &ate o& not only Tig )ay but also that o& other regions as well.

Tig )ay didn3t &ace any articular roble$ di&&erent &ro$ other regions truth be told, Tig )ay had ne*erbeen treated di&&erently in both ast regi$es. 7n the contrary, the Kerg regi$e was not that $uch

cruel and harsh to Tig )ay when co$ared to others. "or e+a$le, it did not i$le$ent the declaration

roclai$ed on arable land, considering that the arable land Tig )ay had was and still is co$arati*ely

*ery little. Kerg ne*er $istreated Tig )ay or Tigrians. E*en in the ti$e o& the red terror, it was not

Tig )ay which was $uch su&&ered relati*ely, it was rather the A$ haras who lost $any li*es and

encountered $uch su&&ering. %t doesn3t $ean Tig )ay was sa&e with this seci&ic oint o& discussion it

is to $ean that, co$arati*ely sea-ing, the A$ haras were *icti$i=ed in a degree $ore atrociously

than Tig )ay or $aybe so$e other ro*inces. There&ore, it is not the A$ haras who ha*e brought the

su&&ering $entioned in the olitical rogra$ o& TP!" uon Tig )ay and her eole it is rather TP!"

that has roduced untold su&&ering and historical wound uon the eole and the soil o& Tig )ay.

!et us see so$e oints as to how TP!" has i$le$ented its rogra$.

But be&ore that, it is better to see so$e other oints as an introduction to this articular section

o& this article. !et3s re$e$ber the &act that the go*ern$ent o& E$eror @aile :elassie % was all

inclusi*e it ne*er belonged to this or that ethnic grou. "ran-ly sea-ing, no ethnic grou had a

secial ri*ilege. By the sa$e to-en, the A$ hara eole had nothing as secial ri*ilege &ro$ both the

re*ious go*ern$ents. They su&&ered or delighted the sa$e cruelty and eIual oortunity. %& we deny

this &act, history will ne*er &orget the ob8ecti*e reality that had haened in the ast and what is

haening now. @istory ne*er -nows bias and re8udice. We all will be 8udged uon based on our

$erits and de$erits. The &act being this, TP!" always conde$ns the A$ haras as its archene$y and

wants the$ to be eradicated &or good. While the &act on the ground is dia$etrically di&&erent &ro$


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what the TP!"ites say, erhas bad luc- has $ade it ine*itably clear that the $antra o& TP!"

haened to be 6Kown with the A$ haras49 % tell you the truth that the < ages o& the TP!"3s olitical

rogra$, which is intended to incri$inate and attac- $ainly the A$ haras, is an absolute insanity and

e*en a genocidal cri$e. No one else designed such a < ages o& docu$ent to attac- one seci&ic

ethnic grou e+cet TP!". Now, e*en a&ter it has assu$ed the leadershi o& the entire nation, its cra*e

&or eli$inating this ethnic grou is not Iuenched rather, it has continued the ethnic cleansing and

genocide uon the A$ haras and other oosing citi=ens including Tigrians the$sel*es using all the

state $achineries it controlled by &orce. No world history has seen such grou o& $a&ias in a &or$ o&

go*ern$ent.

The &ollowing are $e$bers o& TP!" who dra&ted and i$le$ented the oisonous antiA$hara

olitical rogra$.

. Ara ga we, Ber hey.

. :eb hat, Nega.

. Meles, ;ena we.

. Abbay :ay @iyea.

C. :eyou$ Mes &in.

D. Aw2alo$ Woldu.

0. Tay wolde Welde Maria$.


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sunlight again.

. EP)P should go out o& Tig )ay, lest, they shall be wied out by &orce.

The stronghold o& EP)P, Asi$ba, is -nown to be located in Tig )ay. They went to that lace to start

the ar$ed resistance with the Kurg a&ter they &ailed the battle in the townshis. But when TP!" got

strength and began controlling so$e art o& Tig )ay, it sent a $essage to the$ and warned the$ to

lea*e Tig )ay i$$ediately. But they re&used to heed the autocratic instruction &ro$ the TP!" saying

that Tig )ay is also Ethioia and they ha*e no reason to go out o& Ethioia to 5Ethioia5 or so$ewhere

else. Ne*ertheless, EP)P was &allen rey o& TP!" &ollowing their re&usal to lea*e Tig )ay. They &aced

that o& the &ate o& the A$ hara due to their stand in the Ethioian unity.

TP!"3s 6Woy yin9 bulletin, as o& its &irst edition tries to re&lect the central ob8ecti*e o& the rebel

grou TP!". %t stresses that both the A$ haras and their language A$haric will gradually but

de&initely &ace their ine*itable death and the resultant historical burial.

As clearly stated in the olitical rogra$ o& TP!" and incessantly roagated by 6Woy yin9,

TP!" belie*es that the sole ene$y o& the eole o& Tig )ay is the A$ hara ruling class and hence the

$a8or ob8ecti*e o& this organi=ation re$ains to be eli$inating A$ haras along with their obsolete

social syste$ that oresses Tigrians and &a*ors A$ haras to get richer and roserous. 5Woy yin5

elaborates that destroying the A$ hara is the &irst *ital ste &or the reali=ation o& eli$inating Ethioia

&ro$ the $a o& the world. Based on its rogra$, on the re&ace section, Nu$ber C., TP!" has

i$le$ented its lan o& anne+ing &ertile arable lands &ro$ Gonder and Wolo ro*inces and therebyincreasing the si=e o& Tig )ay. TP!" has a lan to establish 6The Ke$ocratic )eublic o& Tig )ay9 a&ter

it destroys the A$ hara and its in&luence in Ethioia. This lan o& TP!" will be i$le$ented when

Tig )ay is relenished with all the necessary ro*isions and &ertile lands a&ter the &ul&ill$ent o& which

no body will challenge it to undo things and bring &orth the old Ethioia with all her ancient grace.

%n the &irst lace, TP!" has ne*er had an a$bition or drea$ to rule Ethioia. This interest o&

TP!" was une+ected heno$enon, a bonan=a created by the wea-ening o& the Kerg regi$e at the

ti$e o& its down&all in late


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Ethioia. There&ore, it is the con*iction o& TP!" that brea-ing the bac-bone o& the A$hara

is crucially i$ortant to destroy Ethioia.

. TP!"3s nature is charged with di*ide and rule $ethod. There&ore, the leadershi belie*es that

the di*isi*e wedges it e$loys, i.e., ethnicity and language, are *itally i$ortant to create

ha*oc and distrust a$ong co$$unities in the country that would hel TP!" to stay in ower at

least until the ti$e they belie*e is conduci*e to go to Tig )ay and establish their own drea$y

state on the &airy land they ha*e in $ind, as er the night$are o& the 5&ounding &athers5.

. Thousands o& languages are so-en in this world. :o$e countries $ay not ha*e one de&inite

o&&icial language. But in Ethioia, a$ongst nearly


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eli$inate the role o& A$haric and destroy Ethioianness. When eole are di*ided into *arious

oc-ets o& linguistic and cultural entities, it is li-ely that they get into discord and con&licts. TP!" is

a renowned architect in creating co$$otions and chaos a$ong co$$unities. But % would

ersonally li-e to say that the eole o& Ethioia ha*e &ought TP!" by not being blind obedient o&

its destructi*e rules and directi*es.

!et $e list down those resonsible indi*iduals who e+erted their $a+i$u$ e&&ort to destroy Ethioia along with their

edigree. traitor is $eant to $ean, banda, -hehadi, also -nown as 5as-ari,5one who ser*es the

ene$y, historically the %talian colonialis$.

Note, These indi*iduals who are listed here are traitors, second generation descendents. Their &athers, $others and grand

arents were sellout traitors. %n

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