Talk:1998 Eritrean offensive into Ethiopia

There was no Eritrean invasion on Ethiopia.

Ethiopia invaded Eritrea.

The TPLF led Ethiopian army invaded Eritrean As Murug in 1997.

The tplf led Ethiopian army occupied Eritrean Badme until 2020.

The TPLF led Ethiopian army started the 1998 border when they killed several Eritrean soldiers near Eritrean-Badme on May 6 1998.

So how has Eritrea invaded Ethiopia when Badme is Eritrean land, Ethiopia/TPLF have opened the fire at first killing erirean soldiers on Eritrean soil. Even having entered Admurug eritea in 1997.

And during the 1998-2000 border the Ethiopian army invaded Eritrea occupied 1/4th of Eritrea including gash Barka and Akele Guzay the southern highlands. They invaded erirea through the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and Eritrean Sudanese border.

The General of the Ethiopia army Berhanu Jula, UN official Joseph Legwaila, Leaked conversation of meles Zenawi, Globalsecurity.org, Herman J Cohen and the Ethiopian American development council all stated that Ethiopia/TPLF started the war.

I can provide you all links to it in case you want to edit this misleading claim about David attacking Goliath at first

The international community awarded Badme to Eritrea, so Ethiopia was the aggressor ==

And international commission did not investigate the advance of the Ethiopian army in Admurug Eritrea in 1997, besides that 1/4 of Eritrea Gash Barka to Akele Guzay were under Ethiopian occupation, so who has invaded who? 2A02:3035:614:968A:20C8:534D:84B2:2DCE (talk) 16:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)


 * An American security think thank Globalsecurity.org stated that Tplf led Ethiopian army started the first strike which led to the 1998 border war.
 * According to several historical sources, on 6 May 1998 Ethiopian troops shot Eritrean soldiers near Badme. This incident provoked a heavy military response from Eritrea, soon matched by Ethiopia, which quickly escalated into war. Source: Globalsecurity.org https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/eritrea.htm 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Leaked conversation of UN official Joseph Legweila stated that Ethiopia was the aggressor of the 1998 border war.
 * According to leaked conversation of UN official Joseph Legwaila (by Julian Assange’s Wikileaks), Ethiopia/TPLF hesitated to withdraw from Badme because it would have made Ethiopia appear as the instigator& aggressor of the 1998-2000 Ethiopia-Eritrean border war.
 * Qoute: ‘Ethiopia cannot accept Badme as Eritrean territory, Legwaila explained, as doing so would compel Ethiopia to recognize that it was the aggressor when entering Badme during 1998 hostilities.‘ 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:42, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * 3. former Ethiopian general/TPLF official General Tsadkan who led the invasion on Eritrea in 1998 advised Meles Zenawi to invade Eritrea and seize the Assab port 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Former US Secretary for African affairs Herman J Cohen: ‘Meles started the war‘ 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:47, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Letter of the Ethiopian American development council to President Joe Biden (2021) : ‚cross border conflict with Eritrea in the late 1990s instigated by the TPLF.‘
 * https://aepact.org/an-open-letter-to-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-from-the-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-of-ethiopia-september-17-2021-addis-ababa/?amp 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ethiopian Field Marshall Berhanu Jula of the Ethiopian army about the 1998-2000 border war: In 1998 TPLF leaders ordered us to attack Eritrea & then told the world Eritrea attacked Ethiopia https://x.com/Sanpaulo888/status/1717919069326778385?s=20 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:49, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Correct sir, because the disputed territory was Eritrean land, Ethiopia started the fightings on May 6th 1998 and they entered other Eritrean territories one year before Admurug
. 2A02:3035:614:968A:20C8:534D:84B2:2DCE (talk) 16:31, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

There are no evidence that Eritrea started the air strikes
There are no evidence that Eritrea started the air strikes.

The US state Département has mentioned Ethiopia‘s air strikes of the Asmara air port at first and then they mentioned Eritrea‘s air strikes in Tigray.

besides that Russian mecenaries came were in Volvos in the Air Force strikes from 1998-2000.

Real time News claimed that Ethiopian Air Force entered Eritrea Air space at first and then came Eritrea’s strikes in Ethiopia 2003:CB:4F24:5000:7D38:2503:6E00:6617 (talk) 07:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)