what is the implication of this bombings,
-instability
-insecurity
-ethiopians would be forced into blaming one another (EPRDF/CUD/OLF)
-ethiopia's image would be damaged,
who benefits from all this: ERITREA, sooner or later the perpetrators will be caught. May this innocent souls rest in peace.

In the name of terrorism, the simultaneous attack on Ethiopians is at large since Meles took power in 1991. Over the last fifteen years, Ethiopians have suffered a planned attack which the Meles regime set in the name of "terrorist" through out the country. The Meles Cadres are jailing and killing many Ethiopians who have repeatedly given up hope to patiently look at being targeted by various leaders and members of TPLF. It is a very well known fact that Ethiopia is forcely governed by the terrorist group called "TPLF" and it is for sure to know that this terrorist group will not stop terrorizing the people of Ethiopia and the country.
Meles is always sniffing blood none stop and Ethiopians are being sacrificed for his thirsty. the unconventional use of violence against civilians makes Meles himself a terrorist as long as he is targeting civilians as enemy of TPLF. The political violence used by Meles is random, immoral and unjustifiable. The term "Democracy" is being used to Meles's ethnic politics so he won't be identified as one of the terrorist which the Western, right now, supports fully. Meles carried out terrorist activities to paralyze and demoralize Ethiopians with fear in different part of Ethiopia, and also to pressure western into conceding to the terrorist's agenda. He resisted efforts to suppress his organized crime and developed technical murder into a political activism taught through TPLF cadres.
The Terror originated at the central committee of the TPLF that aims to destroy internal political opponents and civic leaders and to chase the external forces which oversees the human right abuses in Ethiopia. Ethiopians understand that Meles is threatened both by internal oppositions and civic leaders, and by the diaspora fearing that the era of TPLF would end quickly. It is a matter of survival that lead Meles to terrorize, kill and murder on the street of cities and regions of Ethiopia. With the backing of the Agazi army, Meles managed to stay in power, to jail innocents and murder Ethiopians. This is a policy which the TPLF used violently to repress and crush Ethiopians who oppose to Meles regime.
TPLF is causing the central quarters of Addis Ababa and the rest of major urban and commercial areas to be shut down. Meles is sending his Agazi Army who used Grenades and Bombs against the people of Ethiopia who worships the freedom of movement and peaceful life. On top of torturing and murdering innocent Ethiopians, it becomes clear that TPLF is engaging itself in terrorizing the people of Ethiopia by installing grenades and bombs in public areas of the capital city Addis Ababa.
TPLF have unquestionably been caught ruining the country to keep Meles as absolute monarch, under the guise of democracy. TPLF consistently, and as a matter of course, violate the human rights of people of Ethiopia to such a degree that for all practical purposes human rights do not exist. Ethiopia becomes now that there is no state , where there are few or no public authorities who care about Ethiopians. TPLF does not guarantee human rights but terrorism, violence, and dictatorship.
Since Meles took power, his authoritarian rule, which is supported by Agazi army, ingrained violence as the norm of his regime. There is no other reason to destroy the capital city or disrupt the lives of Ethiopians. These destructions clearly show the world what power simply does for power's sake. Meles himself considers the people of Ethiopia no more than fleas - when Ethiopians get in the way of TPLF, Ethiopians are swatted and squished.The western should stop funneling their fund to flare violence in the lives of Ethiopians. Even though foreign interest plays a major role in sustaining the rebellion by Meles group, the UN and the rest of developed countries should recommend peace to stabilize the country instead of creating chaos to worsen the situation in Ethiopia. Understanding with UN and US attention directed elsewhere, US, in fact, will lose its vital interests at stake as the world know that it played a major role in supporting the dictator Meles. Open your eyes!!!

I am also schocked again by the targets. It is just meaningless as usual targeting an innocent civilian. Who will benefit out of this terror act? No body. I am "Lost in Translation" with the message behind the bombing with no one claiming the murder.

MAY THE INNOCENT REST IN PEACE.

As for those terrorists, whoever they may be, will achieve absolutely nothing by this heinous crime.

Why I am not hearing unambiguous condemnation of these acts of terrorism from our usually talkative Diaspora???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Thanks for everything you contribute through this blog - I use to live/teach in Addis and rely on you to keep me up to date. With that in mind, I'll be arriving in Addis for a two-week stay in late-June. Can you give any sense of how dangerous things are? Should I completely avoid all mini-buses? Just trying to gauge the current climate.

Govt supporters are the only faction that will benefit from this chaos. A fearful and uncertain population is more compliant and easier to rule-or so they think.

Who is organized and armed enough to pull off 9 bombings at the same time on the same day?

It is very confusing and anoying to see innocents dying for reasons they have no responsibility what soever. Any Ethiopian could be sure that there is no foreign habds involved. It is the usual political game played at the expense of poor civilians.

Be careful out there Andrew, it seems that the blue donkeys are not safe any more.

Why the prediction for something to happen on Monday, May 15?

"Addis Ababa was bracing itself for more violence today after a series of bomb blasts on Friday and Saturday left at least four people dead and 42 injured. " (TimesOnline)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2180961,00.html.

I think foreign journalists would want something to happen: to click and roll their cameras!(Chir sile Alwedem!) Or is there something they know that we don’t know, like the link between the election and the bombings?
Please!We already have big troubles to deal with without adding these kinds of gloomy predictions!

Like somebody said (can't remember who), we will only believe that it is the opposition when we see a bomb at a TPLF central committee meeting. Do they actually realise what a ridiculous thing it is to say that the opposition is bombing the people who had voted for it 100%? It's difficult to work out whether they think people are totally stupid, or if they are totally stupid themselves.

Isn't it interesting that there are 15 comments against the previous post about the Milk House closing down...but only 2 (3 now) about bombs that have killed 4 people in Addis? Does this show where the concerns of internet-accessing Ethiopians (and other interested parties) lie?

Your photos of this are sobering...particularly the one with the red shoes...every picture tells a story.

How much say have you got over the ads that appear in the sidebar of your blog? Was intrigued to find "Chemical Detectors" who will supply you with everything for bomb detection... Odd

Yes, Eritrea is funding entity. However, this is ONLF creating instability to prevent development of Ogaden oil and Gas. I say give 7.5% royality to the oganden state, give shares to each of the tribal heads. developing resources in these areas need careful balancing politics. learn from the chinese successful handling of the souther Sudan. Yes there were fire fights, but noone touched the oil pipeline for 10 years.

Maybe you should post something to let people know that the Chinese don't only help Ethiopia build roads, but politically based firewalls, too.

Links like seminawork, weichgud and Ethiopian Review are no longer accessible from ET IP addresses.

Terri - one reason for the fewer comments on this post is that I am not publishing any that make accusations about who planted the bombs. (I just deleted one that slipped through). As I said earlier, none of the posts so far have come with forensic evidence attached. The last time I checked, 12 people had actually responded.

Dina - I think I can block specific ads if I want to. So far I haven't felt the need. I think the ads are just generated automatically by words in the blog posts. Do tell me if anything nasty appears.

fantastic blog. good insight and gives me a thing or two to think about....looking forward to reading more.

you really have a fantastic blog. good insight about daily life in ethiopia and gives me a thing or two to think about....looking forward to reading more.