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Ethiopia Will Intensity Its Struggle Against Terrorism |
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Ethiopia has been the victim of terrorism long before terrorism became a threat to the whole world. At the time, terrorists incurred heavy causalities of civilian lives and loss of property in various towns of the country. The coordinated anti-terrorism struggle launched by the international community after terrorism became a threat to the whole world has been a significant step in favor of Ethiopia. In this regard, Ethiopia’s decision to be at the forefront in the global war on terror was out of question. While confronting this threat, members of terrorist groups have been and are being captured and made to appear before the court of law through activities carried out by police and security forces in collaboration with the public. Despite these appropriate efforts being done on the part of Ethiopia, neither the terrorists themselves nor their master, the Eritrean government, have been restrained from their criminal acts. The terrorist attacks against Ethiopia, whose first and foremost agenda is fighting poverty and backwardness, have continued even after terrorism became an international challenge. In addition to this, years have been counted since the Shaebia government, which took the responsibility of ruling Eritrean brothers and sisters, began implementing its principal mission of inflicting terrorist attacks on Ethiopia. Accordingly, the Eritrean government is infiltrating numerous terrorists trained in Eritrea or other places. It is widely known that the recent terrorist operation launched by the government of Eritrea has a network extending from Eritrea to Mogadishu. Through organizing anti-peace elements and using them as instruments for its terrorist mission, the Eritrean government has made desperate efforts to oust the internationally-recognized Transitional Government of Somalia and to disrupt Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, at large. Moreover, even after failing to succeed in its mission, the Eritrean government is yet attempting to achieve its evil objectives through various other vile means. As a result of the war waged by the joint forces of the Transitional Government of Somalia and Ethiopia, an important task has been accomplished in terminating the Eritrean government’s network of terrorism and in demonstrating the fact that Eritrea can never succeed in its intention to disrupt Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. During the operation, many suspected terrorists from numerous counties have been captured and are facing criminal charges, among whom the majority were freed. Moreover, the detention and the legal procedures being applied to the suspected terrorists are compatible to the country’s Constitution and international law. Be that as it may, there have been unfounded allegations forwarded from media outlets surrounding rumors about secret prisons where the detainees are tortured and inhumanely treated. However, these criticisms have been disproved by the detainees themselves. The government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has facilitated the condition and made all the necessary preparations for the proper trial of the suspected terrorists in accordance with Ethiopia’s Constitution and international conventions, and shall adhere to these standards until the final verdict is reached. Given all this, the struggle launched to defend the country’s national security from any form of terrorist attack, shall be further strengthened, in a similar manner of the successful efforts underway to overcome backwardness and poverty. To this end, the government of the FDRE would like to take this opportunity to call up on all the peoples to be vigilant and defensive, in collaboration with the police and security forces, against any attempt of terrorist attacks against our country.
(Ministry of Information, April 13, 2007) |
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