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| "Security Council
members on Thursday deplored continued fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea, even though
both have accepted a peace plan, and regretted
that Ethiopia was pressing ahead with military action." UNITED NATIONS, March 4 (Reuters) Friday, Mar 04, 1999 |
| The first major step in
the peace plan is a cease-fire, but in Paris on Wednesday visiting Ethiopian parliamentary
speaker Dawit Yohannes declared: "We are
not interested by a cease-fire at this stage." Thu 04 Mar 99 - 13:46 GMT ASMARA, March 4 (AFP) |
| "[Ethiopians] have been prepared to
accept casualty figures that are usually regarded as unacceptable in modern warfare."
The Economist, March 13-19 , 1999 |
| "The [Eritrean evidence] claim,
however, is a drama staged for the benefit of journalists who, knowingly or unknowingly,
fall prey to propaganda being dished out by Eritrean authorities." Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Wednesday, March 17, 1999 |
| "Ethiopia acknowledged on Monday that
the conflict had resumed, just a day after denying that it had launched a major offensive.
" BBC World: Africa Monday, March 15, 1999 Published at 10:20 GMT |
| ``Eritrea's claim that they destroyed 44
Ethiopian tanks since Sunday is a figment of their imagination,'' Ethiopian government
spokeswoman Selome Taddesse told Reuters. Tuesday March 16 12:18 PM ET By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA,
Ethiopia (Reuters) - |
| "How do those reporting know that the
destroyed tanks that are presented to them belong to Ethiopia, or that the smell of
rotting corpses indeed comes from dead Ethiopian soldiers?" Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Wednesday, March 17, 1999 |
| "Ethiopia has a very skilled and experienced air force that
has been in existence for over fifty years. It has no need for foreign mercenaries, unlike
a young state such as Eritrea." Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Monday, March 22, 1999 |
| "Radio transmissions intercepted by the United States
confirm that many of the pilots in the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict speak Russian to their
ground controllers." U.S. News and World Report Magazine 3/15/99 |
| "If Eritrean government statements were to be believed,
Ethiopia has employed dozens of mercenaries in its air force and regularly bombs civilian
population centers." Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Tuesday, March 09, 1999 |
| "If Eritrea is genuinely willing to
accept the OAU Framework Agreement and settle the conflict peacefully, it must
withdraw immediately and unconditionally from all the Ethiopian territories it has been
occupying since 6 May 1998" Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Friday, March 12, 1999 |
| "Eritrea has deliberately targeted civilian neighborhoods and hit an elementary school in Mekelle, killing 51 civilians and wounding 132 in June air raids." Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Monday, March 22, 1999 |
| "Ethiopia Says Eritrea Bombed Border
Town" Reuters; Feb 5, 1999 "Ethiopian alleges Eritrean planes have bombed the northern town of Adigrat." BBC, Friday, February 5, 1999 |
| "The full-scale offensive launched early this morning by the Eritrean regime at the Badme front was effectively repulsed by the resolute counter offensive measures taken by the heroic Ethiopian defence forces." Addis, Ababa, Walta Information Center; February 6, 1999 |
| "Ethiopia said on Friday it was gaining ground in its border war with Eritrea and would not stop fighting until it regained contested territory occupied by its northern neighbour last year. " ADDIS ABABA, Feb 12 (Reuters) |
| "In Ethiopia, the journalists are forbidden to travel to the combat zones." Juliette Hollier-Larousse ADDIS ABABA, Feb 13 (AFP) |
| `"Ethiopian forces took swift action and
smashed the invasion and captured Geza Gerlase, a strategic Eritrean military post that
commands control of Badme plane,'' she [Ethiopian government spokeswoman Selome Taddesse]
said. Reuters; Feb 7, 1999 By Alexander
Last, ASMARA, Eritrea |
| "ETHIOPIA CLAIMS ERITREAN TROOPS TOOK HEAVY CASUALTIES SATURDAY" DIANNA CAHN Source: Voice of America 11-Feb-99 7:56 AM EST (1256 UTC) |
| "Ethiopian defense forces are currently engaged in extensive counter-offensives." Ethiopian Government Spokesperson Addis Abeba Monday, February 8, 1999; 12:20 PM Local Time |
| "In a statement released by government
spokeswoman Selome Taddesse, Ethiopia said it had destroyed six Eritrean tanks and several
artillery pieces in six days of fighting on two fronts. ``During the engagement (on the Badme front) more than 4,000 Eritrean soldiers were killed or wounded; two tanks, three BM-21 rocket launchers and a lot of heavy artillery were destroyed,'' the statement said. On the Tsorona front Eritrean forces sustained 3,000 casualties and lost four tanks, the statement added." Reuters; Feb 13, 1999 By Rosalind Russell ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) |
| "At 8:00 p.m. on the evening of February 14, the Ethiopian defense forces successfully repelled an attempt by an Eritrean battalion to recapture the military stronghold of Geza-Gerlase." Ethiopian Government Press Release February16,1999/9:00a.m. |
| "While continuing fighting in Badme-Sheraro, a new offensive was launched by the Eritrean Army on February 8, 1999 on the Tsorona Front and continued until February 11, 1999." Ethiopian Government Press Release February 12, 1999, (8.10 p.m local time |