Yemane
You are blessed to survive from their assassination attempt
and to share your experience with us . It is very disturbing
and difficult to comprehend when you find out that one of
intended killer happen to be one of your close compatriots .
You have a good reason to hate these criminals because even
though they didn’t succed to kill you but their condemnation
to take your life speaks by itself like the unjust killings of
many Eritreans .
Thanks God at least you are alive to tell your story to those
wicked devils , gohalu kihidatat , sinister reputation on the
name of national interest excuses .
Yemane,
When HGDF is gone, you will have a chance to bring these criminals to justice. I will only hope to stand next to you in that fair court.
I can’t wait to hear to your next interview.
Yes assena, we do learn from history, but we can’t live in past. We need to go forward and look today for tomorrow. Some may say we need to go back to yesterday inorder to understand today, but the my argument is, we are wasting to much time in the past. The Assenna university of history will have more time after the change. Now please entertain us with some motivation for Chang and you are good at that.because of what your program is bringing, people are talking about what the régime did in the past. Today what the regime is doing is enough for the mass to stand up and fight. Our slogan very clear, what we want is regime change. Overall you are doing a fantastic job. Keep going I am with you all the way, until the freedom of justice shade the light we will never stop and we shall overcome by any means necessary and victory is ours.
Brother Yemane – you’re a living testimony of the complexity of the struggle for Eritrea’s independence.
Your own very close comrades in arms almost killed you. The loyalty of their cause was much stronger than loyalty to you as a friend. Dayan could have taken time to learn why you quit EPLF before being blinded in planning to execute orders from meda.
It’s the same blind and irrational attitude of many diaspora PFDJ losers that is at the core of our problems today.
Your story reminds me of some of the memorable secret service botched operations of the 1970s – from Lille Hamer to Paris. It’s great that you’re alive to tell the story.
And the idiots that wanted to buy stingers -at least they tried :)…a taxi driver in Asmara’s Kagnew Station would have fared better 🙂
I’m totally convinced that you’ve a book series at hand….enough for at least three editions. Get a writer to work with you.
Brother Yemane…you’re our window to the secret alleys of Eritrea’s unheard of history. Thanks.
Assenna…thanks for leading us to the Window!
Brother Yemane, with all due respect where have you been since independence of Eritrea to suddenly come up with all these stories now? “Z’wedeqe B’Eray, kara y’bezhho”. A fallen bull attracts more knives; stubbing and slicing anything becomes a favourite pastime. And that is why we observe a lot of knife wielding. But Eritreans have been there; that stubburn bull never dies. It is a phoenix. It will rise again.
Brother Yemane, with all due respect where have you been since Eritrea’s independence to suddenly come up with all these brilliant stories? “Z’wedeqe B’Eray, kara y’bezhho”. A fallen bull attracts more knives; stubbing and slicing anything becomes a favourite pastime. Let’s hope this is not the case of why we observe a lot of knife wielding! thax.
Brother Wadi Habtai: you are asking Yemani why now? It is better now than never, this is how we learn from our past not to repeat deadly mistakes. If we knew our past this collective death would have never happened . There is no short cut in history…. pick and chose. We need to come out of the closet. I salute Yemani for his bravery and my thanks goes to Assena…… Great job.
Wedi Habtat,
I am not sure if you listen to the latest interview but Yemane said..if he had told his story years ago no body would have believe him. He even gave example about a father who lost his daughter under shaebia. When the father was told that shaebia killed his daughter, the father answer was ” so what shaebia liberated Eritrea..”. The father chose Shaebia than beloved daughter and ignored the story. If yemane had told us years ago..we would probably ignore him just like the father did.
You are intellectual, brave and one determined individual. You truly are a survivor. Thank you for your service.
I am one of those people if you have told your story before the conflict with Ethiopian, I would have brushed you aside and labeled you all kind of names. Now that I have woken up and came to the realizations of the crimes done by the regime I welcome your story with both arms.
Dhab Tesfasion was killed by the mad dog in the movement in 1973. When her father Aboy Tesfasion was told that the mad dog Isayas killed his daughter he was sad but he said let’s liberate Eritrea first and we will deal with the devil after independence. Unfortunately our veteran fighter Aboy Tesfasion died before independence. And the mad dog Isayas is still killing our people, destroying our land, our culture and our religion. We must stop this mad dog before its too late.
Wedi Habtai,
I wonder why you are trying to relate Yemane’s silence in the past with a lame proverb of the fallen bull and the knives when the answer is clearly described on this very interview no 16. Those who have lived to see the days when almost everything and everyone was entirely supporting the EPLF, know it much better that no one would accept, believe or even wish to hear anything negative about the EPLF let alone its subtle mafia operations as recounted by Yemane. Unlike this time, opposing the EPLF in public was as grave an offence as betraying the country. It’s with this in mind that even his own friend and comrade Yosef Dyan had intended to kill him even before Yemane started to utter a word.
Unlike this time, I remember a time in Europe and the US, when supporters of the elf and Sabe were leading isolated lives only because they couldn’t overchallenge the dominance of the members of the EPLF in diaspora. We all used to give attention to none other issue than the victory over Ethiopia.
Yemane has chosen a proper time that fit to his circumstances. He has at least a story to tell. I only wonder what you would have done had you heard this story previously ? You somehow sound as if you would have brought a great change.
You can go ahead with your lame proverbial conclusions but this doesn’t change anything to the fact that you and I haven’t contributed a small bit of what this guy has done for the country.
Wedi Habtai
if he told us this story 15,20years ago no body could have believe him in fact it could have been dangerous for his life,because we where all worshippers of this Devil wedi berad.so please give credit for this hero for telling us all the evil work of the system.
Have you ever wonder why the blind supporters of PFDJ blindly support the regime no matter what the pfdj do. Listen to this interview, Ato yemane said.. shaebia brain washing was too powerful many commuted suicide than leaving SHaebia. Many thought there is no life after Shaebia and decided to take their own lives Ato Yemane even thought of killing himself by ..the only reason he didn’t do it that he was lucky enough to have passport to travel and few money to spend and he decided to try life after Shebia in exile.
Well it’s good to know what happened before independence but doesn’t mean the whole gedli was wrong. EPLF did what ever need to be done to librate the country so there is nothing wrong with that. If I was mr. Yemane,s friend at that time I would have done the same thing that his old friend did but it doesn’t mean they were criminal but they have to keep the front’s secret. I am glad he is alive but just because they try to kill him doesn’t mean eplf was a criminal wdb.
ahmed saleh November 6, 2014
Yemane
You are blessed to survive from their assassination attempt
and to share your experience with us . It is very disturbing
and difficult to comprehend when you find out that one of
intended killer happen to be one of your close compatriots .
You have a good reason to hate these criminals because even
though they didn’t succed to kill you but their condemnation
to take your life speaks by itself like the unjust killings of
many Eritreans .
Thanks God at least you are alive to tell your story to those
wicked devils , gohalu kihidatat , sinister reputation on the
name of national interest excuses .
Simon G. November 6, 2014
Yemane,
When HGDF is gone, you will have a chance to bring these criminals to justice. I will only hope to stand next to you in that fair court.
I can’t wait to hear to your next interview.
Roak November 7, 2014
Yes assena, we do learn from history, but we can’t live in past. We need to go forward and look today for tomorrow. Some may say we need to go back to yesterday inorder to understand today, but the my argument is, we are wasting to much time in the past. The Assenna university of history will have more time after the change. Now please entertain us with some motivation for Chang and you are good at that.because of what your program is bringing, people are talking about what the régime did in the past. Today what the regime is doing is enough for the mass to stand up and fight. Our slogan very clear, what we want is regime change. Overall you are doing a fantastic job. Keep going I am with you all the way, until the freedom of justice shade the light we will never stop and we shall overcome by any means necessary and victory is ours.
SHM12 November 7, 2014
I really Like you and assena good job.
Berhe Domenico November 7, 2014
Brother Yemane – you’re a living testimony of the complexity of the struggle for Eritrea’s independence.
Your own very close comrades in arms almost killed you. The loyalty of their cause was much stronger than loyalty to you as a friend. Dayan could have taken time to learn why you quit EPLF before being blinded in planning to execute orders from meda.
It’s the same blind and irrational attitude of many diaspora PFDJ losers that is at the core of our problems today.
Your story reminds me of some of the memorable secret service botched operations of the 1970s – from Lille Hamer to Paris. It’s great that you’re alive to tell the story.
And the idiots that wanted to buy stingers -at least they tried :)…a taxi driver in Asmara’s Kagnew Station would have fared better 🙂
I’m totally convinced that you’ve a book series at hand….enough for at least three editions. Get a writer to work with you.
Brother Yemane…you’re our window to the secret alleys of Eritrea’s unheard of history. Thanks.
Assenna…thanks for leading us to the Window!
Gabriel M. November 7, 2014
Brother Yemane, with all due respect where have you been since independence of Eritrea to suddenly come up with all these stories now? “Z’wedeqe B’Eray, kara y’bezhho”. A fallen bull attracts more knives; stubbing and slicing anything becomes a favourite pastime. And that is why we observe a lot of knife wielding. But Eritreans have been there; that stubburn bull never dies. It is a phoenix. It will rise again.
Wedi Habtai November 7, 2014
Brother Yemane, with all due respect where have you been since Eritrea’s independence to suddenly come up with all these brilliant stories? “Z’wedeqe B’Eray, kara y’bezhho”. A fallen bull attracts more knives; stubbing and slicing anything becomes a favourite pastime. Let’s hope this is not the case of why we observe a lot of knife wielding! thax.
Dammer November 7, 2014
Brother Wadi Habtai: you are asking Yemani why now? It is better now than never, this is how we learn from our past not to repeat deadly mistakes. If we knew our past this collective death would have never happened . There is no short cut in history…. pick and chose. We need to come out of the closet. I salute Yemani for his bravery and my thanks goes to Assena…… Great job.
helen November 7, 2014
Wedi Habtat,
I am not sure if you listen to the latest interview but Yemane said..if he had told his story years ago no body would have believe him. He even gave example about a father who lost his daughter under shaebia. When the father was told that shaebia killed his daughter, the father answer was ” so what shaebia liberated Eritrea..”. The father chose Shaebia than beloved daughter and ignored the story. If yemane had told us years ago..we would probably ignore him just like the father did.
Hagos November 7, 2014
Yemane:
You are intellectual, brave and one determined individual. You truly are a survivor. Thank you for your service.
I am one of those people if you have told your story before the conflict with Ethiopian, I would have brushed you aside and labeled you all kind of names. Now that I have woken up and came to the realizations of the crimes done by the regime I welcome your story with both arms.
Thank you Yemane…Thank you Assenna.
Helen November 9, 2014
Somebody who pretended to be Helen wrote this comment and I don’t agree with this.
Helen November 9, 2014
Dhab Tesfasion was killed by the mad dog in the movement in 1973. When her father Aboy Tesfasion was told that the mad dog Isayas killed his daughter he was sad but he said let’s liberate Eritrea first and we will deal with the devil after independence. Unfortunately our veteran fighter Aboy Tesfasion died before independence. And the mad dog Isayas is still killing our people, destroying our land, our culture and our religion. We must stop this mad dog before its too late.
Kissanet November 7, 2014
Wedi Habtai,
I wonder why you are trying to relate Yemane’s silence in the past with a lame proverb of the fallen bull and the knives when the answer is clearly described on this very interview no 16. Those who have lived to see the days when almost everything and everyone was entirely supporting the EPLF, know it much better that no one would accept, believe or even wish to hear anything negative about the EPLF let alone its subtle mafia operations as recounted by Yemane. Unlike this time, opposing the EPLF in public was as grave an offence as betraying the country. It’s with this in mind that even his own friend and comrade Yosef Dyan had intended to kill him even before Yemane started to utter a word.
Unlike this time, I remember a time in Europe and the US, when supporters of the elf and Sabe were leading isolated lives only because they couldn’t overchallenge the dominance of the members of the EPLF in diaspora. We all used to give attention to none other issue than the victory over Ethiopia.
Yemane has chosen a proper time that fit to his circumstances. He has at least a story to tell. I only wonder what you would have done had you heard this story previously ? You somehow sound as if you would have brought a great change.
You can go ahead with your lame proverbial conclusions but this doesn’t change anything to the fact that you and I haven’t contributed a small bit of what this guy has done for the country.
Dala Ksha November 7, 2014
Wedi Habtai
if he told us this story 15,20years ago no body could have believe him in fact it could have been dangerous for his life,because we where all worshippers of this Devil wedi berad.so please give credit for this hero for telling us all the evil work of the system.
helen November 7, 2014
Have you ever wonder why the blind supporters of PFDJ blindly support the regime no matter what the pfdj do. Listen to this interview, Ato yemane said.. shaebia brain washing was too powerful many commuted suicide than leaving SHaebia. Many thought there is no life after Shaebia and decided to take their own lives Ato Yemane even thought of killing himself by ..the only reason he didn’t do it that he was lucky enough to have passport to travel and few money to spend and he decided to try life after Shebia in exile.
Ahmed salih November 7, 2014
Well it’s good to know what happened before independence but doesn’t mean the whole gedli was wrong. EPLF did what ever need to be done to librate the country so there is nothing wrong with that. If I was mr. Yemane,s friend at that time I would have done the same thing that his old friend did but it doesn’t mean they were criminal but they have to keep the front’s secret. I am glad he is alive but just because they try to kill him doesn’t mean eplf was a criminal wdb.