Ethiopia says foiled rebel plan to attack through Sudan
January 7, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) — Ethiopia on Thursday said that it has foiled a rebel attack orchestrated by exiled opponents along with the support of arch-foe Eritrea. The attacker crossed through the Sudanese border, it also said.
The Ethiopian government said that its security forces have held “terrorists” who were preparing to assassinate top government officials, destroy public facilities and major infrastructures of the country.
The state run TV (ETV) earlier today aired three men apprehended by security forces in Amhara region bordering Sudan. ETV has also aired a number of seized weapons it said were meant to be used for the plot.
“The terrorist head-off from Eritrea’s Tesene town and were detained while trying to sneak into Ethiopia via Sudan,” said government statement.
In an interview with Ethiopian Television, the plotters admit receiving military training in Eritrea and also receiving various weapons from Eritrea.
They also said that they were ordered to disrupt Ethiopia’s upcoming election.
Last week Ethiopia told Sudan that Eritrea was being prepared to use Sudanese territories for “terrorism” missions.
Speaking at the 12th Ethiopia-Sudan border development commission meeting in the northern Mekelle town, director for National Security and Intelligence Service, Getachew Assefa urged the joint commission to seriously look into Eritrea’s intention.
“According to our latest intelligence sources, the Eritrean government is making all the necessary preparations to use the long Ethiopia-Sudan common border to smuggle ‘terrorists’ and anti-Ethiopian forces into to our soil” said the director then.
Sudan to its part responded to Ethiopia’s alarm promising to fully cooperate.
“Sudan won’t allow any of its territories to be a save heaven for anti-Ethiopia forces considered as threats to the Ethiopian people and to country’s peace and development.” Sudanese presidential advisor, General Salah Abdalla Gosh said.
Ethiopia has repeatedly accused Eritrea being behind a number of terrorist acts in its soil; something Asmara denies.
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Time1
Ethiopia says foiled rebel plan to attack through Sudan
This is what someone mentioned here last week, there is coodination going on between Sudan government of NCP and the Islamic rebels in Ethiopia, i also mentioned that same issues a few month ago, Ethiopia has to tell the NCP not to support Ethiopian Islamic rebels from Sudan, just come to khartoum and see for yourself, the Ethiopian Islamic rebels are everywhere getting training and financing, Ethiopia should take this words seriously or leave it and face the consequences, there is a secret plan to overthrow the governemnt there using support from Sudan NCP, they want to do in Ethiopia what they did in chad.
M.Cool.J
Ethiopia says foiled rebel plan to attack through Sudan
Bashir is a friend to every notorious human being, he knows about the plot,but he will never admit.
But a bad friend you know.Anything like that can’t happen on our border because Ethiopia is our great friend.
jalthawl
Ethiopia says foiled rebel plan to attack through Sudan
Insecurity is our more problem in the horn of Africa,i would really thanks the Ethiopian government for their tight intelligence and immigration procedures i hope my country and the interior minister(gier)in particular could learn from this country so that he could at least solve the issue of insecurity in the south
Awane
Ethiopia says foiled rebel plan to attack through Sudan
Dear all
The cuurent heads of these two countries are all killer and they soulld go to ICC. They are disturbing us