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Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh: US Indirectly Funding Al-Qaeda Linked Sunni Groups in Move to Counter Iran Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh joins us to talk about his explosive new article in the New Yorker Magazine. Hersh reports that John Negroponte’s decision to resign as National Intelligence Director was made in part because of the Bush administration’s covert actions including the indirect funding of radical Sunni groups - some with ties to al-Qaeda - to counter Shiite groups backed by Iran. Hersh also reports the Pentagon has established a special planning group to plan a bombing attack on Iran and U.S. military and special-operations teams have already crossed the border into Iran in pursuit of Iranian operatives. [includes rush transcript]
____________________________________________________________________ Regime supporter challenges an Eritrean associated with the Eritrean opposition to a public debate. meskerem 2/23/07: (source selfi-democracy.com) Dr. Tekie Fessehatzion, supporter of the Eritrean government, challenges Berhane Hagos, a strong and constant critic of the Eritrean regime, to a debate on condition that Berhane Hagos tells who he is. In an a article emailed to and posted at the official website of the Eritrean Democratic party, www.selfi-democracy.com, Dr. Fessahatzion said, "I approached the managers of this site that I like to debate him, the only requirement being that he tells us who he is. He refused to come forward." Apparently Dr. Fessehatzion wanted to engage to a debate Berhane Hagos concerning Mr Hagos's criticism of the article written by Dr. Fessehatzion titled "The Perils of a Proxy Invasion”. Should the parties agree to debate, Meskerem would be honored to host such a ground-breaking debate in a virtual forum. see previous virtual forums ______________________________________________________________________ Ethiopia urged to assist Eritrean opposition to replace Afewerki Sunday 25 February 2007 00:10. Feb 24, 2007 (ADDIS ABABA) — A member of the Eritrean opposition alliance which held a meeting in Addis Ababa last week, was openly calling for Ethiopia’s intervention to help oust President Isayas Afewerki from power. Related interview: Reporter's interview with Eritrean opposition member Somalia Reverts to Political Fragmentation Drafted By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein http://www.pinr.com During the first three weeks of February, Somalia continued its slide into political fragmentation as violent attacks against occupying Ethiopian forces and militias loyal to the Transitional Federal Government (T.F.G.) persisted on a nearly daily basis, inter-clan fighting continued to break out and the level of crime increased
	US accused of using Ethiopia to launch air strikes on Somalia The Guardian Xan Rice, East Africa correspondent Saturday February 24, 2007 ...According to the NYT, which said military officials considered the Somalia operations a much-needed counter terrorism success, two AC-130 gunships landed at a small airstrip in eastern Ethiopia on January 6. One of the planes launched a strike on a suspected Islamist convoy the following day. A second strike followed two weeks later. No "high-value targets" - the term US officials use to describe al-Qaida members - were killed in either attack...
	.Ethiopan undemocratic govt, a dilemma of western donors Feb 22nd 2007 \| ADDIS ABABA From The Economist print edition .....In any event, Meles Zenawi's government is finding it hard to run the show. Some 80% of the people in Addis Ababa probably back opposition parties. In response, the government has become harsher, muzzling free speech and forcing independent newspapers to close. Many journalists are in jail on trumped-up charges. Dissidents have been disappearing, along with critical websites. Telephones are often tapped. For more than a year, text messaging on the country's small number of mobile phones has been hampered by “technical difficulties”.

Regime supporter challenges to a public debate an Eritrean associated with the Eritrean opposition. meskerem 2/23/07: Dr. Tekie Fessehatzion, supporter of the Eritrean government, challenges Berhane Hagos, a strong and constant critic of the Eritrean regime, to a debate on condition that Berhane Hagos tells who he is. In an a article emailed to and posted at the official website of the Eritrean Democratic party, www.selfi-democracy.com, Dr. Fessahatzion said, "I approached the managers of this site that I like to debate him, the only requirement being that he tells us who he is. He refused to come forward." Apparently Dr. Fessehatzion wanted to engage to a debate Berhane Hagos concerning Mr Hagos's criticism of the article written by Dr. Fessehatzion titled "The Perils of a Proxy Invasion”. Should the parties agree to debate, Meskerem would be honored to host such a ground-breaking debate in a virtual forum. see previous virtual forums
A strategy that takes off from deceit and deficient information ends up in utter failure By Shabait.com Feb 28, 2007, 15:26 Partnership and not Mediation: A productive core point of dialogue that gives a deceive role to concerned parties Editorial: shabait.com: Feb 24, 2007, The Perils of Debating about Fake Issues with a Real name: A response to, Tekie Fesehatzion. 24.02.2007 Semere Kesete, GIORNATA DI INCONTRI, PROIEZIONE DOCUMENTARI, DIBATTITI E CULTURA SULL'ERITREA ሓዳስ ኤርትራ 24 ለካቲት 2007 ►ርእስ-ዓንቀጽ፡ ሽምግልና ዘይኰነ ሽርክነት ዝሕመረቱ ንሰብ ጉዳይ ወሳኒ ተራ ዝህብ ቅጥዐ - ዘተ’ዩ። እቲ ውጽኢታዊ!! ► ቃለ-መጠይቕ ምስ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ; ንጉዳይ ዳርፎር Final Statement 2nd General Congress of the EDA, The 2nd EDA Congress 20 February 2007. ደምዳሚ ኣዋጅ ካልኣይ ጠቕላላ ጕባኤ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን: 20 ለካቲት 2007 ሓሙሻይ መዓልቲ፡- ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ፡ ውሳኔታት ጕባኤ፡ ምቛም ማእከላይ መሪሕነት፡ ደምዳሚ ኣዋጅን መዕጸዊ ኣኼባን፡ዕለት 22.02.2007 ጸብጻብ ቀዳማይ ጉባኤ ግንባር ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ኤርትራ-ጨንፈር ሽወደን፡ 17/02/2007 Bush's Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot , the Nation posted February 14, 2007 (web only)Paul Wachter Photos from the Congress (source islaher.org ) ራብዓይ መዓልቲ፡- ቻርተርን ቅዋምን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን ምጽዳቕ: ዕለት 18.02.2007 (ተወሰኺ ሓበረታ ብዓረብኛ) ሳልሳይ መዓልቲ፡- ቻርተር ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን: ዕለት 17.02.2007 ካልኣይ መዓልቲ ጕባኤ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን፡- ጸብጻብ ማእከላይ መሪሕነት ምስማዕን ምክታዕን ምጽዳቕን፡ ውሃቢ ቃል ሰክረታርያ ጕባኤ ኪዳን ዕለት 16.02.2007 A Country of High Barley Genetic Diversity: No Single Breeder! Tsefatsion, teritrea@yahoo.com, California, USA . related news ክካየድ ተመዲቡ ዘሎ ጉባኤ ኪዳን ዉጽኢት ናይ ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ድዩ፡፡ወይስ ውጽኢት እቲ ጉባኤ ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ክኸውን እዩ? ህዝባዊ ሰውራዊ ግንባር ኤርትራ የካቲት 15፣ 2007 An appeal to H.E Muammar al-Qadhdhafi Mussie Ephrem Sweden. Full text Sign the Online Petition (EDP) Sign the online petition to stop Forcible return, Torture and ill-treatment of more than 400 Eritrean nationals in Libya.
	President Isaias holds talks with delegation from European Commission By Shabait.com Feb 23, 2007, 17:47 Asmara, 23 February 2007 – President Isaias Afwerki today received and held talks with a delegation from European Commission headed by Mr. Stefano Manservici, Director General for Development Cooperation with the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
	Eritrea discusses the border issue with Pierre Chevalier, Special Envoy for the Belgian Foreign Ministry in charge of UN Security Council Affairs. Meles calls ruling illegal.
	Eritrea: PFDJ Official Holds Talks With Belgian Delegation Shabait.com (Asmara) February 16, 2007 Posted to the web February 17, 2007 The Head of Political Affairs at the PFDJ, Mr. Yemane Gebreab, today held talks with Mr. Pierre Chevalier, Special Envoy for the Belgian Foreign Ministry in charge of UN Security Council Affairs. ..The Head of Political Affairs at the PFDJ, Mr. Yemane Gebreab, today held talks with Mr. Pierre Chevalier, Special Envoy for the Belgian Foreign Ministry in charge of UN Security Council Affairs.
Ethiopia: PM Meles Criticizes UN Security Council The Reporter (Addis Ababa) February 17, 2007 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi criticized this week the UN Security Council for failure to take action on Eritrea's deployment last year of troops and tanks into a frontier buffer zone. In talks with Pierre Chevalier, Belgium's envoy to the UN Security Council, here, Meles said it was inappropriate for the world body to fail to take measures when Eritrean troops crossed a temporary security zone. "The Security Council needs to discharge its responsibilities appropriately," Meles said.

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Eritrean Auditor General: First African Recipient of ACCA Award
Meron Abraha, Feb 23, 2007

President Isaias’s Speech On the 17th Fenkel Celebration
Feb 14, 2007, 17:55
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I would like to start my remarks by thanking all those who have worked hard together with the Massawa Municipality to organize this occasion. Unlike this time last year when we were concerned about the rains, it is pleasing to celebrate Fenkil today amidst plenty of rain, greenery, and bountiful agricultural production.

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Projects worth 19 million Nakfa implemented in Mai-Aini sub-zone shabait.com
Different development projects worth 19 million Nakfa have been implemented in Mai-Aini sub-zone, Southern region, according to Mr. Russom Kifle, Administrator of the sub-zone.

Potential confirmed at Eritrean zinc-gold-copper prospect
Mining Weekly - Gardenview,Eastern Cape,South Africa
... Resources announced on Monday that its joint -venture partner, Sunridge Gold had confirmed the potential of the Emba Derho prospect, in Eritrea, which forms ...

General Sibhat Efrem inaugurates New Referral Hospital in the Southern Red Sea
By Shabait.com
Dec 10, 2006, 17:28
Assab, 10 December 2006 - The Minister of Defense General Sebhat Efrem officially inaugurated and opened the new Dehtom Referral Hospital of the Southern Red Sea region that was built at an expense of 175 million Nakfa.

World Media Coverage of Interest

Ethiopia accomplished little in Somalia,
By: Immanuel Wallerstein
Arab American News 21-Jan-07 06:13

Dozens die in rebel attack in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region
Garowe Online 21-Jan-07 03:01

U.S. policy in the Horn of Africa may aid al-Qaida, experts warn
Posted on Fri, Dec. 22, 2006
By Jonathan S. Landay and Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers
As fighting intensified Friday between Somali Islamists and an Ethiopian intervention force, Western diplomats and experts warned that U.S. policy in the Horn of Africa - intended to curb Islamic radicalism - may not only be fueling this newest conflict, but also may be making it easier for al-Qaida to gain a foothold in the strategic region.