Re: [DEHAI] Osman Salih Denden's Book

A ANDEGO (asa909@dircon.co.uk)
Tue, 23 Sep 1997 18:45:45 +0100

Salaam Solomon
Mr. Osman Saleh Sabbe wasn't one of the ELF Qiada Al Ama, check and
recheck your source of information, among the ELF Qiada Al Ama:
Ramadan Mohamed Nur (secretary of the ELF Qiada Al Ama), Issayas
Afeworki , Mohamed Said Barry, Abdullah Idriss and Tesfy Tekle. Look
Al-amian Mohamed Said's Book for whole list.

ASFADA@SKLIB.USASK.CA wrote:

> Selam Kamal, and Dehai:
>
> Kamal: thank you for the excerpts from Denden's book. The
> loyalty of
> authors of history, particularly of Eritrean revolution, is tested
> when they
> attempt to write about the latter years - 1970 to 1991.
>
> Osman Salih Denden is/was Osman Salih Sabe's
> representative/wakil bet
> tsiHfet in Saudi Arabia. I would highly be interested to know as what
> he's going
> to write in part II of his book, about Sabe's removal of the position
> he
> occupied until 1969/70, while he was one of the ELF Qiada Al Ama. The
> then head
> of Qiada Al Ama, Idris Mohamed Adem said that Sabe was trying to
> submit
> important secret ELF documents to the government of Ethiopia. I am not
> sure if
> that was true or not, but the then ELF leaders made the biggest
> mistake of
> their life by removing Sabe from the leadership. Did they learn from
> their
> mistake? No. Ten years latter they made another mistake by demoting
> Abdela
> Idris. The expression `live and learn' was not said for nothing.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Solomon Paulos