Asmara Rose Responds to Saleh Gadi and the Awate Team
Written by Sophia Tesfamariam
Saturday, 05 January 2008
As I have said many times before, when the minority regime in Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi finds himself in one of is self made political quagmires, he summons his
mercenaries to divert attention away from his lawlessness and belligerence. One of his loyal lackeys, Saleh Gadi and his “Awate team” are out there once again parroting Meles Zenawi’s warped sense of justice and logic. As unbelievable as it seems, these clowns masquerading as Eritreans are now blackmailing Eritrea to relinquish sovereign Eritrean territories to Meles Zenawi in exchange for peace. Those of us who have followed Saleh Gadi and his team understand why he is desperate to keep Meles Zenawi at the helm in Ethiopia, he stands to loose not only his job as the minority regime’s primary information launderer, but also stands to loose his properties in Ethiopia which were released by Meles Zenawi in exchange for Gadi’s help in bringing down the Government of Eritrea and destroying Eritrea’ budding economic, political and social institutions.
Eritreans in the Diaspora have been victims of Saleh Gadi’s taunts and abuses for the last 10 years. He has been spewing insults and disseminating erroneous information about prominent Eritreans in the Diaspora who have rejected his hate filled campaigns against the Government of Eritrea and its people. I too have been the focus of Saleh Gadi and his team and he has authored several articles to provoke, insult and intimidate me and prevent me from expressing my views. I had long decided that he was not worth my time or energy but I believe my silence has emboldened him to breach all norms of acceptable behavior and language and have decided that there are enough people out there that have been hoodwinked by this evil amongst us and it is only fair that the readers know who Saleh Gadi is…
Since my intention is to respond to Saleh Gadi and his Awate team in a language only they can understand, and using terms only they can decipher, I will refer to the mercenary disgruntled runaway diplomats, national service defectors, members of terrorist groups, and all other treasonous face less, nameless individuals who have been parading as “human rights” and “democracy” advocates and as “journalists” as the Awate Flying Goats (AFG). The criminal and dishonest Saleh Gadi and his equally criminal AWG may have fooled some gullible Americans and served as easy tools for groups such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Sans Frontiers, but the Eritrean Diaspora rejected him outright from the moment he stepped foot in the United States carrying his hate filled baggage and ill willed agendas. Nobody was spared the wrath of Saleh Gadi and the AWG who set out to abuse their “freedom of expression” to fabricate reports about the State of Eritrea and present it as a pariah.
Over the years, Gadi and his AFG have given me various labels. From “The Virgin from Virginia” to “Asmara Rose” (as in “Tokyo Rose”), to “General Sophia”, to Sophia “Aideed” Tesfamariam (for supporting the people of Somalia in their struggle to liberate their country), to the “empty lady who says she is the great-great-grand-daughter of Zerai Deres’ brother”etc. etc. Had Gadi checked his facts, he would have know that Zerai Deress was my grandfather’s brother, but I suspect it was deliberate. In Saleh’s warped mind, like that of his boss Meles Zenawi, he believes he can twist, bend and even re-invent the truth. I have remained the obsession, focus and subject of his writings and that of the AWG for quite sometime. By writing under various pennames, producing personal information about my family and me and ridiculing me in public seemed to be their chosen method of intimidation and harrassment.
For the last couple of months, his site has focused on belittling, insulting, and denigrating my reputation and that of my family. I suppose that comes with the territory. It’s the price one pays for being in the public domain, for being outspoken and for being a woman in politics, in a world dominated by men. Saleh Gadi must know that I am not easily intimidated and have absolutely nothing to apologize for. I have not committed a single crime in my entire life, and have always stood for the rights, dreams and aspirations of the Eritrean people. I have no skeletons in my closet. I wonder if Saleh Gadi and his AWG can say the same about themselves. Well, we will soon find out.
I have been reading the many articles written about me by the AWG and this time I got the feeling that he was really seeking to get my attention, he ahs… so I am here, in the spirit of “Hizbawi Mekete”, to oblige and make him the subject of my piece for today. He probably felt slighted because I had written several times about the “big wigs” in the Eritrean Quislings League (Eritrea’s Chalabis) and he probably believed that he deserved a mention or two. I’ll see what I can do. It is time to confront Gadi in all his ugliness. But before I begin, for the readers that do not know Saleh Gadi, allow me to present a brief background and warn the reader that there is information here that is shocking as well as disgusting.
Eritreans in the Diaspora were introduced to Saleh Gadi while he was still living in Kuwait. His anti-Eritrea campaigns came to a head in 1999 during the Eritrea Ethiopia border conflict when the minority regime in Ethiopia decided to revoke his Ethiopian passport. Here is an excerpt from a frantic email he sent to an Eritrean forum on 16 August 1999:
“…At this moment, I have a termination letter from my employer in my hand, effective August 28,1999…and my job is almost lost. Daily penalties are accumulating on me and my daughter because of an expired residence permit. My family’s residence status is endangered because I sponsor my family as per the Kuwaiti law. Schools will start in a few weeks time and I could not register my kids. Why? Last year, the Ethiopian embassy cancelled my passport and the Eritrean embassy refused to give me…The Ethiopian Embassy revoked my Passport because I “participated on the referendum” (I was a member of the referendum committee in Kuwait); The Eritrean Embassy refused to issue me a passport because-- I think—because I am not a docile yes-man...”
I never understood why he was not angry at the minority regime in Ethiopia that had caused his misery in the first place. I also never understood why he was still carrying an Ethiopian passport in 1999, 8 years after Eritrea’s independence. As for being a docile yes man, it all depends on your interpretation, doesn’t it?
Somehow, Saleh Gadi managed to make it to the United States and was determined to make his presence known. 2000 began his 8 yearlong aggressive campaigns against the Government of Eritrea. Knowing full well that he would never set foot in Eritrea again, he set out to destroy the State of Eritrea, its government and its institutions. Establishing the Eritrean Independent Democratic Movement (EIDM) in cyberspace, on October 2000, and its offshoot the Eritrean Human Rights Advocacy Group (EHRAG) a short while later, he set out to blemish Eritrea’s international image. His stated motto was to bring down the Government of Eritrea and PFDJ, a goal he shared with the minority regime in Ethiopia and its handlers. Gadi had an ax to grind, but nobody ever imagined that he would go this far…at least I didn’t.
Saleh Gadi’s groups appeared in cyberspace in 2000, just months after the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia. He set out to give Meles Zenawi a “win” he could not achieve on the battlefield or the courts. It was at that time that the Eritrean Diaspora was introduced to groups mushrooming in cyberspace, calling themselves “human rights” and “democracy” advocates, and vying for the attention of the Eritrean Diaspora. It was evident from the beginning that their primary agenda was to disrupt its unity and prevent it from taking an active role in the development and security of Eritrea. Here is how a researcher described the proliferation of Eritrean “civic society” groups in cyberspace:
“…A cursory search on-line for all things Eritrean returns an overwhelming array of acronyms, each representing a group somewhere along the continuum of inception to disintegration. After the establishment of mission statements, by-laws, and listserves, many of these organizations seem to wither away rapidly. The Eritrean cyberworld is littered with the empty shells of well-intentioned ‘civic societies’ whose names are the only remaining reflection of the passion with which they were conceived…The ephemeral nature of Eritrean exile organizations demands that analyses of their activity and any assessment of their potential impacts be undertaken with caution. Most of these proliferating groups (or individuals masquerading as groups) exist only in the internet public sphere (see Bernal 2005; Conrad 2006) and rarely hold meetings or events in real time and space…”
Saleh Gadi had found his niche and using pretexts such as “reconciliation” and “dialogue”, he set out to provide disgruntled diplomats, defectors and traitors an open forum from which they launched an unprecedented vilification and defamation campaign against the Government of Eritrea.
Soon Saleh Gadi was everywhere churning out “breaking news” reports and articles about Eritrea and its leadership. Through EHRAG, he approached and disseminated his reports to groups such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and even the US State Department. His “reports” and “Gedab news” items were filled with “letters”, “eye witness accounts” etc. etc. all designed to ridicule, insult, and undermine Eritrea and its budding institutions. His primary focus was on the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), now the People’s Front for Justice and Democracy (PFDJ) and the Government of Eritrea. Saleh remained true to his primary agenda, which he spelled out in a 17 July 2003 article in which he recalled the events that transpired in Kuwait. Saleh Gadi wrote:
“…I beat the Eritrean and the Ethiopian governments thanks to the UN and the USA who understand what human dignity is. And I swore in public, ‘Someone is going to pay for the tears of my children’….”
For Saleh Gadi, the people of Eritrea turned out to be his primary target.
Over the last 6 years, thanks to the attention and focus he put on me in his writings, Eritreans from all walks of life have been sending me “information” about Saleh Gadi, his past and his short tenure with the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF). There was one particular email that got my attention. It was an email from an ELF fighter who knew Gadi well. The writer was angry with Gadi for his vile presentations of Sawa, the Eritrean Military Training Center, now the Warsai Yikaalo School and Vocational Training Center, and his unsubstantiated accusations against Eritrea’s Defense Forces. He was especially incensed over Gadi’s pretenses, his shameless attempts to present himself as being an advocate for women and children. After several meetings and discussions with my source, I have decided to share my findings with my readers and the Eritrean Diaspora who may not know who Saleh Gadi really is and how mentally tormented he is.
There is a saying in Tigrinya that goes something like this-seraqi mobae, baelu yilefalef-which literally translates to “the one who steals from the offertory tells on himself”. Saleh Gadi’s articles are self-centered and tortured representations, of very vivid descriptions of instances and times gone by. You even get the feeling that he is trying to re-write his history, as if we knew the real version. There are topics that have remained the stable on his site. They include “rape”, “detention and imprisonment” and “torture”. He introduced us to torture techniques and very graphic descriptions of rapes and violence against women and children. From doing my research on the man and his past, turns out they are subjects that he has first hand knowledge about. Allow me to share some of my findings.
In 1977, my source, a respected and high ranking ELF official went to Hagaz on assignment and stayed with Saleh Gadi during his brief stay there. At that time, Gadi was working at the ELF office which granted passes to people who wanted to go to Barentu and towns further south which required them passing through ELF controlled areas. It was not uncommon for peasants and others to stay over night at ELF camps as they waited for their passes to be processed. It was during this time that Gadi confessed to my source about raping a 13-year-old child in front of her mother. He said Saleh boasted about how he “struggled” all night to penetrate the young body. He told me that Gadi showed no remorse for what he had done…he appeared to be a repeat offender. Who is going to pay for the tears of that mother and child?
Eritrean culture, as in most African cultures, is very reserved and sexual issues are rarely discussed in open forums, so it was very unsettling to read Saleh Gadi’s very vivid and graphic reports with explicit and implicit sexual nuances. It was also not in the culture of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), where men and women worked and lived together as equals throughout the struggle. I never understood why he wanted to paint such an ugly picture of Eritrea’s freedom fighters and now Eritrea’s Defense Forces by accusing them of rape without ever producing any evidence. For some reason, Gadi never accused the ELF of perpetrating similar crimes. I have no reason to believe that abuse and rape was the prevailing culture within the ELF either, but as the next story will show, there were some individuals who abused their powers and enabled deviant behaviors amongst its cadres, such as Saleh Gadi.
Saleh Gadi’s site is where those who have abandoned their responsibilities to Eritrea, betrayed the trust of their comrades in arms, stolen from the people’s coffers and those who have committed crimes against the people of Eritrea seem to congregate. Whilst there are many stories of betrayals and crimes committed by Saleh Gadi, there is one that portrays him for the coward that he really is. Saleh Gadi’s betrayals go back to the days when he was in the ELF and stationed in Keren.
In 1975, there was an ELF operation targeting a prison in Keren. Saleh Gadi was chosen to guide the ELF combatants because he knew the area well as he was born and raised in Keren. He was not leading the operation but to guide the men when they entered the city at nightfall and help them as they conducted their assignments. On the night of the operation, as the combatants entered the city and made their way to the operation site, Gadi was no where to be found. The spineless coward that he was and still is, he had abandoned them and hid at home with his parents, leaving his comrades stranded. The sounds of gunfire engulfed Keren that night and many lost their lives, unable to make it out of the area. (The Tigrinya version of this story will be published soon so that Eritreans around the world can help us as we put together our own list of Saleh Gadi’s victims, so that he and his AFG groups can be brought to justice).
Gadi should have been court marshaled for abandoning his compatriots, but no punitive actions were taken against him because of his “relationship” with a high official in the ELF echelons. Gadi seems to gravitate towards powerful individuals and believes others are like him. That explains his constant accusations against those of us who refuse to be swayed by his tantrums. Several former ELF fighters have told me that they referred to Gadi as “Khewal” and had always suspected that he was a homosexual, their suspicions were confirmed when it was learnt that his “partner” had prevented him from being punished for abandoning his unit and causing the deaths of so many of his comrades. Who is going to pay for the tears of all those children who lost their fathers that day? Who is going to pay for the tears of those who lost their loved ones that day?
The relationship between Gadi and the high official of the ELF was further exposed in 1977 when that higher official lost his bid to become a leading Commander in an important operation. Higher echelons of the ELF believed his deviant sexual behavior, coupled by the prevailing lack of trust amongst his surrogates was a source of embarrassment for the ELF, a fact that can be corroborated by Abdella Idris, if he is still alive. I am not interested in Saleh Gadi’s sexuality, nor do I have any issues with homosexuals, and I present this information only to illustrate Gadi’s inner torments, his self-hatred and his obvious heterosocial incompetence and that may explain his crude and arrogant behavior towards women.
There have been several inquiries about Saleh Gadi and his relationship with the Eritrean Islamic Jihad (EIJ). He has on more than one occasion provided them his forum, conducting interviews with their leadership and translating and posting their communiqués in which they boasted of killing Eritrean soldiers and destroying infrastructures. While Saleh Gadi and his team lashed out at the Government of Eritrea, exaggerated and fabricated claims of abuse and human rights violations, when it came to the Eritrean Islamic Jihad, they were conspicuously silent. It is now evident that Gadi knew his limitations and that if he attacked them as ferociously as he did the others, his secret would be exposed. Turns out, Saleh Gadi’s relationship with the EIJ was personal.
Anyway, let us move on, there is more to Gadi’s tormented and sordid history.
One of Gadi’s favorite topics is “detention and torture”. He has written volumes on this subject and has produced some very graphic reports on various torture techniques that he accuses the Government of Eritrea of using on detainees. For some odd reason, while presenting himself as an advocate for the abused, he remained silent on the tortures and abuses committed at Abu Garaib and Guantanamo Bay by US forces. He also was silent when the marauding Ethiopian army invaded Eritrea, raped and tortured young women, destroyed infrastructures and displaced thousands. What is interesting about the issue of torture and Gadi is that, it was the main reason why he fled from Eritrea and the ELF. Allow me to explain.
1977 was a difficult and volatile time within Jebha (ELF) and the emergence of the group known as Falul. It was at that time that the ELF decided to do an internal investigation into various allegations of the torture of inmates in ELF jails and detention centers, as it was the primary reason for the groups’ emergence. There had been reports of female inmates being tortured and raped by officials in the leadership, their Deputies and assistants. Saleh Gadi was one of the persons brought in to help with the investigations and interrogations. The same high-ranking official (now with the EIJ) that prevented him from being court marshaled in 1975 brought him in to be part of the investigation and interrogation team. Instead of alleviating the problems, the situation got worse and another investigation was ordered Melake Tekhle, when a battalion leader (wedi Asawurta) died of head wounds during an interrogation conducted by Saleh Gadi and an ELF fighter named Haile Woldeselassie.
Saleh Gadi and Haile Woldeselassie knew that they would be implicated in the murder of that battalion leader and more so they escaped from justice and fled. Not only did they flee from justice, they also stole properties and monies of the prisoners assigned to their unit. Haile defected to Ethiopia and Saleh went to Sudan. Upon his arrival in Ethiopia, Haile conducted interviews on Ethiopian television berating the Eritrean struggle. My source told me that on the third day of the interview, the interviewer asked Haile if there were any true and real tegadelti (Eritrean fighters) in Eritrea and Haile responded by saying that the only true tegadalay was Saleh Gadi. Talk about a warped mind.
While Saleh Gadi has written a lot about members of the EPLF and ELF and many others, he has never mentioned Haile Woldeselassie in his writings, why is that? He also only mentions the EIJ official alleged to be his lover only once in all these years…why is that? Seems Saleh Gadi has more skeletons in his closet then we could ever have imagined…More on Saleh Gadi, his relationship with the EIJ official, the identity of the EIJ official and his affiliation with Meles Zenawi’s minority regime coming soon.
Allow me to end with this with a comment from Saleh Gadi posted on Dehai, on 30 September 1999:
“…I will say to whoever is trying to destroy the Eritrean people, to give up because the task is a losing exercise. And to those who are working against peace and holding the whole region hostage I say, the war you are manufacturing will eat you before it eats your enemies. To those who entertain the idea of appointing a surrogate government in Eritrea, I say the job is the sole responsibility of the Eritrean people. I would also tell them to get their hands off Eritrean issues and mind their own business…”
That goes for Saleh Gadi and the Awate Flying Goats and their sponsors.
The rule of law must prevail over the law of the jungle!
Read Saleh Gadis Nonsense Masterpiece from our Archive: From South Africa to Sawa in Eritrea ? how could that be?
Saleh Gadi & Co as Saba & Giday from Asmara, Eritrea
Interesting Pics:
The Barking Dogs of Woyane (from United Eritreans for Ethiopians for Ethiopians Demonstration in Washington, DC) Source: http://www.ethiopiansforethiopia.org/
Dear great Eritrean sister Sofia you have been contributing and exposing this sinst person who had been covering under cypher and blackmailing our nation and our leaders and ordinary nationals .You know when you are serving your nation with your determined stand you may have creating enemies, but stay and stand to reveal this criminals. You have our(peoples) utmost support.
Gere
As you always mentioning "The rule of low will prevail over the rule of jungle"
wintana
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2008-01-05 22:00:53
Dear Sophia, you are one of the great daughters of Eritrea who made us proud. Your work is informative , edcuational, and backbone to our knowledge. Thank you for your hard work and it is bearing fruit. You are really the mother, the educator and the advocate for the real Eritrean cause. Millions are your supports. few enemyies not only of you but of the Eritrean people. They hate you because you stand tall than them and they do not like it. Gadi is the enemy of Eritrean people. any one who loves and hwho helps Eritrea is his enemy. Gadi is a criminal. Lets record all his past and present ciminal actions against Eritrean people. It is a good start we have now to get every one who is enemy of Eritrea have a personal file for their crimes they have committed against Eritrean people. We nead to do more research on them one after the other and there is horondous stories to hear.
Agenae for this artcile. Keep it up we are all on your side. You have thousands of admire...
Sweety
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Thanks
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192.71.85.xxx
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2008-01-05 22:26:20
Thank you for defending our country, Sophia. You´re simply the best. Love you girl.
TSNAAT
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WE ARE ALL ON YOUR SIDE
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88.67.98.xxx
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2008-01-05 23:54:17
SISTER SOFIA
YOU ARE WELL INFORMED AND EDUCATED TO EXPOSE THESE MONEY [b][/b][size=x-large][/size][img][/img]MINDED PERSONES LIKE GADI, HURY(DUHUR) etc
SOFIA SHKOR AJOKI (AYZOSH)
WE ARE ALL ON YOUR SIDE
AWEt N`hafash[/b][/b][/b]
hillal
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sofie's choice
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75.152.198.xxx
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2008-01-06 05:42:27
you are a pride to yourself, a pride to your family and above all a pride to all eritreans and the eritrean nation.your articles are truley masterpieces. thanks a million.
Ibrahim
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68.45.230.xxx
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2008-01-06 06:33:31
Thank you sophia for the great job. For, Most people this might be new, but for us who knows him is not new. Gadi, is big time khewal, Luti . As a mater of fact, i was waiting for this moment. I personally know, his secret life. I and my friends could provide more information about this evil-eye creature if it is necessary.
Ibrahim
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68.45.230.xxx
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2008-01-06 06:34:10
k
yacob mahmud
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nab w/ro sophian d
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69.209.103.xxx
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2008-01-13 17:13:08
KAB TARIK NAY KALEOT MIDIRDAR NATKI TARIK ZAY TE STEH FELNA GIDDA? SER AT ISSIAS ABZA AMET KAB MIWDAK ZEDHENO HAYLI INTELO BIHANSAB ALENA,
Helen
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64.229.29.xxx
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2008-01-06 14:34:30
If you can't beat them spread false rumors-that is PDJF & its supporters policy. I hope Gadi Will take a legal action.
Nakfa
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to my beloved sis
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85.176.82.xxx
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2008-01-06 16:24:04
thanx sis
You are a blessing for eritrea
AWEt N`hafash
long live wedi afom
wintana
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79.74.19.xxx
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2008-01-06 17:37:37
respons to Helen
Where on earth did you see PFDJ spread false remors. It is an outright lie you are talkking. PFDJ's come face to face to challenge liers, traitors, woyane sponsored elements. They expose those who lie and cheat, and sell outs who try to harm the Eritrean people. PFDJs together with marjority of the Eritrean people work hand and gloves to solve problems of the people. PFDJ means people s front for democracy and justice. Justice of equlity, justice of independence, justice to be empowered so that people can lead their country. For people who are doing real things do not need to lie and talk. They are people of action not people of spreading rumers. Rumers cam from cowardic people who work from behind computers who are faceless, nameless as Sophie tesfamariam has put It . I can come face to face to tell you the truth no need for me to hid my face spread rumers. Cowardic people are those who spread rumers. PFDJ will give you facts and speak with evidences. If G...
Warsai
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Betri Haki's tiketn ember ait
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2008-01-06 22:16:22
Sophia Ambessa - Ambessit I should say as is used to say my lovely 6 years old boy. As for the rest of traitors, just wait your time, you will be discovered one by one. Eritrean people are suffering by the no peace no war situation, but we have no doubt that the sun will shine very soon. At least in the war you know who is your enemy, but in our case the most disgusting thing is the existence of these kind of persons, shame on you Gadi, or Gado should I call you or "sale vermine humaine" as we say in french.
Sophia, you will remain in our heart for ever. We are with you and we love so much! Happy new year.
BSophia Higus
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24.99.118.xxx
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2008-01-07 01:34:03
Gedi is a semi-literate fool with evil intentions. He wants to spread venom and divide the Eritrean people. All sane people that have been following him blindly should stay away from him. He is radio active.
BTW, who finances his sinister activities?
What about his connection with the Weyanie?
Sohhelloagain - Brava! You told him up to his ,,, Him and the idiots like him want the Eritrean people to bow to the Weyanie as they are accustomed to doing.
STh
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Throw the pedophile in prison
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192.71.85.xxx
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2008-01-07 04:28:57
This crminal pedophile Gadi saleh should be put in thrown in prison instaed of allucinating about taking power in Eritrea. it is more likely that it will be reign on the surface of the sun than weyane stooges taking power in eritrea.
Fallul
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Thanks Sophia!
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63.252.61.xxx
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2008-01-07 13:00:15
Dear Sophia!
I have been inquiring for quite some time to find it out who Salih Gadi is/was. I had concluded long a go that Gadi must had a greater agenda and grudge with people of Eritrea. Now i know thanks to you.
Eritrea is a blessed country for having you and people like you. I am just proud and happy you are Eritrean.
As far as the Awate and the gadi's; don't you even worry!
Warsai
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2008-01-07 18:31:09
Thx Sophia -
Wedi Gadi - tezareb iba !!! Kan Askit?
We want more info Biddho brothers and sisters - Do you know, by any chance, who really is a guy called 'Wedi Amar' I guess? He likes to parade in Weyane television.
Thanks - warsai.
mrara
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Thanks Sophia, you expose the
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2008-01-07 22:06:06
Ambessit.
I am one of the readers of your every article you write in the internet and I am proude to have strong and birilant sister.
To add some about rengade Gadi. The person k**led by Gadi and Haile was the adminstrator of Akeleguzai (adminstration #10) Ali Shum not a commander of batelion. Assistant of Melake Tecle was Ibrahim Ali Nur demoted tobe assistant commander of brgade #97 in Sahl.Then after only one month got busted about his homo sexuality and run away to Sudan. I belive his backers from higher leaders inform hin he got busted.3 homos were aressted after hr run away. I know this because I was member of that brgade 97.
Keep up the good job Ambessit all the way.
Thanks
trully
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the truth have to be revilled
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2008-01-08 03:19:15
Thanks Sophia, that is one of the all brilliant articles u wrote
I was shocked by the intention of the web (awate). And I was waiting for this moment, U or some one brave like you to expose those anti Eritrean people (Gadi and his popies) I call them day dreamers painted by an Eritrean nationality driven by our enemies (because they can't see, and are faceless nameless with dirty history).
Again thank for this article and the many you have wrote. Keep up the good work
Also thanx to wintana a very good repond to helen
dahlakislands
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eritrean tigress
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2008-01-08 05:21:50
Sophia Tesfamariam,
i am one of your fans. i love reading your articles . they are very energizing, informative, and educational.
continue the excellent work, you are doing Eritrea and the true eritreans a great service. we love you. we appreciate your dedication and strength big sister.
Allah/God be with you at all times.
Eritrea will prevail against all odds.
m'a's haly koine
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what do you really want
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193.194.129.xxx
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2008-01-08 10:41:49
What is the point of this article? Talking about a single person? You insult him he insults you. You both appear to make part as supporter or opposition in this few years, but my question to you Sophia is "WHERE DO YOU REALLY WANT TO ARRIVE?
m'a's haly koine
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Looking for Power or Popularit
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193.194.129.xxx
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2008-01-08 10:42:36
What is the point of this article? Talking about a single person? You insult him he insults you. You both appear to make part as supporter or opposition in this few years, but my question to you Sophia is "WHERE DO YOU REALLY WANT TO ARRIVE?
Warsai - Wedebat
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Reply TO HALAY
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192.165.213.xxx
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2008-01-09 10:01:33
I will tell you just TWO thing.
THE POINT OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO SHUT THE STINKING MOUTH OF THOSE WHO PRETEND TO DEFEND OUR PEOPLE AND COUNTRY, HIDING THEIR DISGUSTING REAL PERSONALITY, BEHIND OUR ENEMIES, THOSE WHO ARE READY TO SELL THEIR MOTHERS TO HAVE MONEY OR POWER BY ANY MEANS.
AND, AND, STICK WITH ME HALAY OK? TO OPEN THE EYES AND MINDS OF HALAYAT THAT FUNCTIONS WITH ONE NEURON!!! GOT IT HALAY?
WARSAY WEDEBAT
Not_Rose_Ishok_Iya
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2008-01-08 21:18:10
The new Eritreans and the PFDJ traitors doing what they do best, destroy everything good and decent. Putting down Gadi is not going to make the PFDJ and its goons look good. That is impossible. A vomit is a vomit. There is no way this new Eritreans can change that.
This retard piece of garbage shouldn't even mention the name of true Eritreans let alone put them down. But it is their time now. The country is ruled by garbage so the trash are having the time of their lives.
So goons and retards, enjoy your time. Tomorrow dekebat will clean house and will throw the PFDJs, theives, pimps and whores out to the garbage.
In a truly free Eritrea, trash like these have no place.
Warsai - Wedebat
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Reply to Ishok
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192.165.213.xxx
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2008-01-09 09:53:25
First of all, go to back to school and get some english lessons.The word "new Eritreans" means nothing, unless you are a woyane or a wayane dorho, who has a digestion issue with the Eritrean Independence. LOL. Second PFDJ, WAS, IS, WILL defend anyone who try to hurt Eritrea and/or Eritreans (old and new ones!LOL, you got it dump). Last, what you have written is a piece of vomit in a garbage, and Ishok, what you did not realized is this piece of garbage of yours tell us long on your poor knowledge about Eritrea and Eritreans. You have no idea about what you are talking so, again, go back to school and have some history lessons, start with your own history and try to remove the spider sitting in your face. And then, only then we will talk, may be, about the new, true, old Eritreans. Just keep in mind that ERITREANS ARE JUST ERITREANS. Hassas Ishok.
goblel
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79.74.68.xxx
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2008-01-09 01:05:56
When Sohpia Tesfamriam the Asmara Rose - the beloved dauther of the real eritrean people. the Ishok ones are barking from behind the screen. When Sofia the Beautiful lady is tall and proud, Ishok ones are gomad 9 short ( DINK) in their thinking, their views and aspirations. They cannot think far from their noses. So they do not have any thing valuable to offer to any one including to themselves, but to make horny comments that does not even benefit them. They are prickly ashaquat and merzamat( poisonous). What to expect from them. Only negaive Eshok. The Eshok from their skins and their DNAs' is hurting them. They do not feel comfrotable with themselves so they resort to taunting and abusing decent people. what can we expect from Gadi the devil and his followers and cohorts like you Mr Eshok. think once , twice and three times and see what you get from what you did.
almaz
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Yes indeed you are a bright R
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67.162.3.xxx
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2008-01-09 09:47:44
It was k**ling me not knowing how many Eritreans knew about this scame of the earth ,but no w SIS thank-you SOvery much. threr is much more scame about scame!!!!!.
ZXAmiche
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Beter to come late than never
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75.62.125.xxx
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2008-01-09 11:25:29
Thanks Sofie shikor!
It's time to expose the real truth of the motives of this wanna-be Eritreans. Although some might blindly take the article personal. we need these kind of c\"Classified" infos so all Eritreans know who our # 1 enemies of Eritrea are, at this critical time of defending Eritrea. Again, thank you Sofie for your excellent job, exposing the hub of Eritreans' hub of terrorism. Next in line will be the ones who advocate for Regionalism, in the name of Eritrea!
responder
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asmara rose
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87.74.11.xxx
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2008-01-09 13:14:32
if pfdj cadres writting style is like this, that should tell you how low they have become.
asmara rose - if gadi is fabricator and a lier then he is 1000 times better at it than you are !! shameful
thank you though, becuse you will provoke him ( hopfuly) and he will throw his master piece on you that should shut you up for the rest of your life as it did for some in the past
Anonymous
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151.200.234.xxx
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2008-01-09 17:36:43
Sophia, Keep up the good job.
haqi
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79.73.84.xxx
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2008-01-09 17:47:52
response to responder
You mr.miss responder supporter of Gadi. You must have something in common with him. So you are trieying to get a cover up. Sophia is not alone most eritrean people who know him have already jugjed him as a thief. He is a thief and criminal. Why you try to defend him . Do you have something in common with him. sophia is the respected daughter of the Eritrean masses. She is always tal and bold, because she is doing a noble job exposing criminals, cheats and thievs who are hell bend to hurt eritrean people. Few like you bark and bark and make noise to cover up your crimes. Some times sophia has to keep quiet because she does not have to respond to criminals like Gad because she will be busy writing other more about important things and ignore attention seekers. She said that she is going to give them one or two and they will cry nieen nieeen nieeen o yoyoyoyoyoy .... They do not have anything to offer but to make noise. Sophia will stride forward w...
Anonymous
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79.73.84.xxx
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2008-01-09 18:04:33
Dear Sophia
Thanks for your hard work . More and more people have come to know who the Gadi ?Awate team camp are. They are thankful to your work. Please keep it up.
Please give us more information about the criminals. We know them and we will respond to them. You just do your noble job. When they make noise for cover up we are here to give them what they deserve until they cannot take. KISAB ZiaKhlom KENGUSOMOM ENA. It is overdue to tell them off .
Haqi
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79.73.84.xxx
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2008-01-09 18:10:01
Message to Sophia Tesfamariam.
Thank you for your bravery, knowledge and determination to expose the enemies of Eritrea one by one. We want you to give us more information about Gadi, Awate team, then to the rest of them. ONE AT A TIME. iT IS GOOD THE TRUTH COMES OUT SO MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HELL BEND TO HURTthe Eritrean people and the country.
There are some comments that come from them we will respond to the,m. Leave it to us we are ready to respond to them. If they need we will advise them to know respect, and learn the truth. The criminals better confess about their crimes so that Eritrean people can forgive them. If not we can give them until they will not be able to swallow it.
You continue with your noble job, educate, inform and empower the Eritrean masses who probably do not have the real nature of the Gadi /awate tea. With are with you. We will k
TT
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70.48.204.xxx
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2008-01-10 00:37:24
Looks like Awate.com team will take a legal action against the writer. Good work awate.com, I am sure she will learn a big lesson. US..is not Eritrea where you can accuse anyone & get away with it.
Warsay - Wedebat
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reply to TT (terati)
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192.165.213.xxx
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2008-01-10 09:50:08
You did not read our comment right?
Wait and see! Just let them go to justice and may be that will help to see what kind of persons they are exactly. What do you think Terati, that we did not thought about it before? Halay. US is not Eritrea balbalbal.... Of course US is not Eritrea, to put correctly Eritrea is not US, we never go to invade others countries, we never try to thwart the international low, we never invade others countries, we do not use democracy or counter-terrorism as a pretext to seat our imperialism or to exploit other people property for our own interest. Of course Eritrea is more than that IMBECILE.
We are waiting Awate.com to go to justice, and to sign their death sentence finaly!!!
Warsay - Wedebat
Daniel
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75.14.47.xxx
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2008-01-10 11:20:51
Sofia the Eritrean Waero had it enough and went for a k**l and what a mercyless k**l indeed! It was obviouse to Eritreans this criminal guy who called himself "Gadi or awate team" had a hatred of Eritrea and its people, but it took Sofia/ Waero Eritrea, to uncover and bare naked that Gadis the awate team was a hapitual ciminal, child raper, torturer and cold blood murderer. It will be a matter of time before the victims come forwards where the world is becaming a small town!
Sam
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70.48.204.xxx
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2008-01-11 00:53:52
Wedeabat
you wrote "We are waiting Awate.com to go to justice, and to sign their death sentence finaly!!! " What are you going to do ? Call another "HiZbawi Mekete"" to collect money for her defence?
goblel
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79.73.56.xxx
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2008-01-11 01:17:16
response to sam
Sam- the moment you defend Gadi, you are the looser. when supporting thieves then you are a thiev. when handling a stolen goods by law you have commited crime. Gadi is the thief, you are handler - what do we expect from you. There aremany criminals who had commited in their countries and live in the west comfortably. It was the nazis, now it is the Gadi's and team.
Those who commited crimes in their countries and fled to the west are going one by one brought to justice. It was the nazis, last year was some ethiopians of the Derg regime not the criminals from Eritrea, who abused klilled Eritreans. who stall private properties from eritrean people. One of them is Gadi but there many more with sheer evidences of fraud. Now fraud, money laundering, rape, are punishable there many who stoll money from the poor and fled to the west,. We will chase them
hillal
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the jebbha gulag
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75.152.198.xxx
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2008-01-11 04:47:47
for those of us who spent our formative young age at the jebbha gulag,the memmory and horror is still fresh and painful.jebbha was a playground of warlords,jihadists,r
apists,child molesters,pseudo intelectuals,murdere
rs,reginalists,triba
lists and homos lutis. most of us has left it for history. but if gadi wants to rewrite histoy,he will the first one to be burned and consumed by it.
Hillal
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The Jebbha Gulag
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75.152.198.xxx
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2008-01-11 05:14:39
For those of us who spent our formative years at the Jebbha Gulag, the memmory and the horror is still fresh and painful. Jebbja was a playground of warlords,jihadists,r
apists,child molesters,pseudo intellectuals,murder
ers,regionalists, tribalists and homos..lutiis. Most of us has left it for History. But if THE KEWAL GHADI wants to rewrite history, he will be the first one to be burned and consumed by it.The blood, pain and suffering of our comrades is still burning in our hearts.
Anonymous
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91.126.56.xxx
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2008-01-11 18:41:47
WE WHERE NOT BEEN FOOL WITH THOSE CRIMINALS WHEN THEY START CAMPAINE AGAINST BELOVED COUNTRY. YET NO ONE HAS NOT TRY TO EXPOSE THOSE TREATORS,CRIMINALS HOW DAMAGE THEY DO. NOW THE WOMAN HAS TIERED TO SEE THIS CRIMINALS MISLEAD THE AUDIANCE BY COVERING THROUGH CYPER, AND WORKING AGAINST NATIONAL INTERST.IT IS TIME TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
No where to hide, tell it like
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75.14.47.xxx
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2008-01-12 08:39:16
I bet you the habitual criminals who had been writing under fake pen names will disappear from the radar of the public for they know Sofia has let the snowball lose and it's a matter of time before each and everyone of the criminal stooges with bloody hands brougt to justice. The west ain't more a wild- wild hiding west where rapers, murdereres, k**lers, like Gadi evade justice under the illusion of being 10.000 miles away from their victims! God bless you Sofia for being the voice of the "forgotten victims" of people like the Awate.com of Gadi.....
Bahabla
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129.173.208.xxx
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2008-01-12 20:01:18
Sofia, you are in the wrong direction
Anonymous
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217.228.93.xxx
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2008-01-12 20:20:08
sdgfd
Tecleab
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BaAleges tuf ente-bele ab Kida
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142.233.200.xxx
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2008-01-13 06:26:14
Sofia,
Do you think the Eritrean people will believe your filty smear campaign against Gadi. I don't think Saleh will spare a minute to take a legal action against you, but if he does, you will wish you didn't write this article.
dawod salih
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HADISH ZEENA
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69.209.103.xxx
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2008-01-13 17:43:03
AB 2007 AMET THIRAY NISER AT ISSIAS BI MIKUWAM NAB SODAN ZEHADEMU MENISEYAT BIZHI 27,458 BESTIHU, NAB ETHIOPIA DIMMA 32,867 BESTIHU, NAB JABUTIN SAUDI ARABIAN ZEKHEDU MENISEYA T AZIYU BUZUH MUKANU TEFELITU ALOO, SESS SENAYU YESMANNA,
mohammed
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75.92.216.xxx
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2008-01-14 16:23:24
Respond to Dawod
I don't get your point here. I tried to make sense of your comment, but what has to do with this topic Sophia T.'s article. Please be informative citizen and always be relevant to the topic the people are to comment at.
haqi
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79.74.91.xxx
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2008-01-13 09:08:00
to Tekleab
It is not because sofia wrote about Gadi what makes Eritreans beleieve about the crimes of Gadi. Thaousand of Eritreans have been reading what he writes todefame the Eritrean people. He defames any one in Eritrea who is either in the government or any of the warsay Yiakalo,and veteran freedom fighters including any one who loves his country. Gadi has written tens of articles of defame, lie and taunting msgs to all of Eritrean people. What was wrong to love my country but Gadi does not like and taunts me. If he went to court there thousand eritings of lie, deciet, abuse and taunt not only to sophia but to many many others who he never met. What makes him taunt Sophia when she writes artilces to support her country and her people tell me?
Opinion 
As I have said many times before, when the minority regime in Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi finds himself in one of is self made political quagmires, he summons his
mercenaries to divert attention away from his lawlessness and belligerence. One of his loyal lackeys, Saleh Gadi and his “Awate team” are out there once again parroting Meles Zenawi’s warped sense of justice and logic. As unbelievable as it seems, these clowns masquerading as Eritreans are now blackmailing Eritrea to relinquish sovereign Eritrean territories to Meles Zenawi in exchange for peace. Those of us who have followed Saleh Gadi and his team understand why he is desperate to keep Meles Zenawi at the helm in Ethiopia, he stands to loose not only his job as the minority regime’s primary information launderer, but also stands to loose his properties in Ethiopia which were released by Meles Zenawi in exchange for Gadi’s help in bringing down the Government of Eritrea and destroying Eritrea’ budding economic, political and social institutions.
Eritreans in the Diaspora have been victims of Saleh Gadi’s taunts and abuses for the last 10 years. He has been spewing insults and disseminating erroneous information about prominent Eritreans in the Diaspora who have rejected his hate filled campaigns against the Government of Eritrea and its people. I too have been the focus of Saleh Gadi and his team and he has authored several articles to provoke, insult and intimidate me and prevent me from expressing my views. I had long decided that he was not worth my time or energy but I believe my silence has emboldened him to breach all norms of acceptable behavior and language and have decided that there are enough people out there that have been hoodwinked by this evil amongst us and it is only fair that the readers know who Saleh Gadi is…
Over the years, Gadi and his AFG have given me various labels. From “The Virgin from Virginia” to “Asmara Rose” (as in “Tokyo Rose”), to “General Sophia”, to Sophia “Aideed” Tesfamariam (for supporting the people of Somalia in their struggle to liberate their country), to the “empty lady who says she is the great-great-grand-daughter of Zerai Deres’ brother”etc. etc. Had Gadi checked his facts, he would have know that Zerai Deress was my grandfather’s brother, but I suspect it was deliberate. In Saleh’s warped mind, like that of his boss Meles Zenawi, he believes he can twist, bend and even re-invent the truth. I have remained the obsession, focus and subject of his writings and that of the AWG for quite sometime. By writing under various pennames, producing personal information about my family and me and ridiculing me in public seemed to be their chosen method of intimidation and harrassment. 
Somehow, Saleh Gadi managed to make it to the United States and was determined to make his presence known. 2000 began his 8 yearlong aggressive campaigns against the Government of Eritrea. Knowing full well that he would never set foot in Eritrea again, he set out to destroy the State of Eritrea, its government and its institutions. Establishing the Eritrean Independent Democratic Movement (EIDM) in cyberspace, on October 2000, and its offshoot the Eritrean Human Rights Advocacy Group (EHRAG) a short while later, he set out to blemish Eritrea’s international image. His stated motto was to bring down the Government of Eritrea and PFDJ, a goal he shared with the minority regime in Ethiopia and its handlers. Gadi had an ax to grind, but nobody ever imagined that he would go this far…at least I didn’t. 
Saleh Gadi’s groups appeared in cyberspace in 2000, just months after the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia. He set out to give Meles Zenawi a “win” he could not achieve on the battlefield or the courts. It was at that time that the Eritrean Diaspora was introduced to groups mushrooming in cyberspace, calling themselves “human rights” and “democracy” advocates, and vying for the attention of the Eritrean Diaspora. It was evident from the beginning that their primary agenda was to disrupt its unity and prevent it from taking an active role in the development and security of Eritrea. Here is how a researcher described the proliferation of Eritrean “civic society” groups in cyberspace:
Soon Saleh Gadi was everywhere churning out “breaking news” reports and articles about Eritrea and its leadership. Through EHRAG, he approached and disseminated his reports to groups such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and even the US State Department. His “reports” and “Gedab news” items were filled with “letters”, “eye witness accounts” etc. etc. all designed to ridicule, insult, and undermine Eritrea and its budding institutions. His primary focus was on the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), now the People’s Front for Justice and Democracy (PFDJ) and the Government of Eritrea. Saleh remained true to his primary agenda, which he spelled out in a 17 July 2003 article in which he recalled the events that transpired in Kuwait. Saleh Gadi wrote:
Saleh Gadi’s site is where those who have abandoned their responsibilities to Eritrea, betrayed the trust of their comrades in arms, stolen from the people’s coffers and those who have committed crimes against the people of Eritrea seem to congregate. Whilst there are many stories of betrayals and crimes committed by Saleh Gadi, there is one that portrays him for the coward that he really is. Saleh Gadi’s betrayals go back to the days when he was in the ELF and stationed in Keren. 
