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 Network
of Eritreans for Constitutional
Governance
(NECG)
Gaddafi
in Eritrea: The Tale Of Two Loving Tyrants
9
February 2009
Berhane
M Tekeste
Gadaffi
Afawarki
Just how close is the
friendship between Eritrea tyrant Isias Afawarki and Libya tyrant
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi? Well, it is as close as it could physically
be (no pun intended). I mean there was a lot of holding hands and
bear hugs (no pun intended again). They took a leisurely walk along
the beautiful shores of the Eritrean red sea port of Massawa holding
hands and gave each other a bear hug upon arrival and departure!
Nothing known about firm hand shakes, though? It looked like as if
this were a case of two people that had so much in common for so long
who had met again for the first time after missing each other for a
very very long time ! They appeared to be inseparable!
Reportedly,
'Brother Leader Muammar Al-Khadafi' was in Eritrea over the weekend,
6-8 Feb., on a working visit following the conclusion of AU summit
meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he was elected the year's
chairman of the organization. Nothing wrong with that.
What
got me hitting the keyboard of my pc again is the timing, February,
of his visit and the place of his sojourn, city of Massawa : A week
before the date when we Eritreans celebrate Operation Fenkl, 13 Feb.
90, the day the port city of Massawa was liberated after Gaddafi
sided with yet another tyrant, Mengistu of Ethiopia, to help
carpet-bomb Massawa in 1977. At the time Gaddafi's bigoted and insane
tyrannical rationale was that “since there are more Muslims in
Ethiopia than in Eritrea, it is natural for him to side with
tyrannical Ethiopia”.
Afawarki
picked Massawa not to remind Gaddafi about that, ask for reparations,
apology, or to lay a bouquet of flowers on the graves of the victims
of Gaddafi's acts, or to address the people of Massawa. To the contrary, Afawarki has damned the city and people of Massawa to cheer and gleefully welcome the person who contributed to the carpet bombing of their city. What does Afawarki care? Afawarki is
not at all about that. He barred himself from the AU. Consequently he
was suffering from a self-inflicted pain of being isolated after
being shut out from the AU summit. He was looking for a pain reliever
for that, which he found in Gaddafi's visit. And where else to enjoy
this wonderful pain reliever at best than the beautiful beaches of the port city of
Massawa!
Beyond
that, it is a plane case of one tyrant returning the favor of another
tyrant at a time of isolation. Gaddafi is returning Afewarkis favor
for defying UN air embargo against Libya and flying into Tripoli in
September 1998.
Just a
humble pointer: Gaddafi came to power via coup d'état in
1969 now 40 years tyrant, Afawarki now reaching 18 years! End of the
tale of two tyrants.
Gaddafi
and Afewarki, two loving tyrants with perfectly matching style and outfit taking a leisurely walk along the beaches of Massawa
holding hands. How romantic!
Gaddafi,
Afawarki in a bear hug. Couldn't get any tighter? Inseparable! Some one has got to let go, though!
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