--- "Zerzghi, Amanuel (Amanuel)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: "Zerzghi, Amanuel (Amanuel)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Send copies of similar letters to your representatives!
> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:42:59 -0400
>
> The Honorable Congressman Donald M. Payne
> 50 Walnut Street Rm. 1016
> Newark, NJ 07102
>
> Dear Congressman Payne,
>
> I am writing to thank you for your continued effort to bring the
> madness in
> the horn of Africa to an end.
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> As you know,  Ethiopia has invaded Eritrea in the pretext of a border
>
> conflict that has simmered for the last two years.  This time
> Ethiopia did
> not even bother to hide its aggression as they did in the past.  Its
> Prime
> Minister told the UN delegation led by Ambassador Holbrooke last week
> that
> Ethiopia would launch an offensive.  Now they openly have done so,
> and they
> are deep inside Eritrean territory and have even taken a major town
> in
> Eritrea 30 miles from the internationally recognized border.
>
> The UNSC has imposed an arms embargo, which unfairly punishes Eritrea
> as
> well.  Eritrea has accepted all Organization of African Unity (OAU)
> sponsored peace package and was ready to sign them all last week.
> Ethiopia
> refused to sign the documents they said they had accepted a year ago.
>
> Eritrea has no choice but to defend itself.
>
> Sir, I want you to take a clear stand on this matter and I appeal to
> your
> sense of fairness to continue to help us to prevent more bloodshed
> and stop
> Ethiopian aggression.  The United States has an ability to act
> decisively
> and prevent a small country from being violated by its larger
> neighbor.  The
>
> world has a moral responsibility to speak and prevent such naked
> aggression.
>
>   I appeal to your sense of justice, sir, in the name of half a
> million
> Eritrean civilians displaced and currently fleeing this onslaught of
> an
> aggressive neighbor to continue to speak against Ethiopian duplicity
> and
> naked aggression.
>
> Thank you very much indeed!
>
> Sincerely Yours,
>
> Amanuel Zerzghi (Ph.D.)
> For the Eritrean American Community in New Jersey
>
>


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