The Afar people are no secessionists. Their legitimate claim is "we have been Ethiopians since creation and no force would rob us of our inalienable rights to remain Ethiopians forever."

The only person who is opposed to this fundamental right of the Afar people is, ironically, the prime minister.

Meles has been fighting against the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) rebels since he seized power in May 1991.

ARDUF rebels claim their Red Sea-straddling home region has been annexed by Eritrea. When they carried this message to the United Nations in New York City during the so-called Eritrean Referendum in 1993, they met with other diplomats from around the world.

The diplomats confided in the Afar leaders that an Ethiopian leader leading a campaign for the weakening and destruction of an allegedly his own country, a leader who solicits the support of the UN system to turn his country into a landlocked, besieged nation is unheard of, and could be a perfect example to do a lasting damage to the national interests of the Ethiopian people, and

The baffled foreign diplomats further warned the Afars: "If you believe Meles is an Ethiopian, advise him. If you don’t, get rid of him."

With the growing understanding in the army against who is in power in Ethiopia, the days of Eritrean agents that have held the country hostage for several years may be nearer than what we might have anticipated.

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