ግብጽ | ‘፻ ሚሊዮን የኢትዮጵያ ከብቶች ከእኛ የበለጠ ውሃ ይጠጣሉ ፥ አባይ የኛ ነው!’

የግብፅ የውሃ ሀብት እና መስኖ ሚኒስትር ሙሀመድ አብደል–አቲ፦ ‘የኢትዮጵያ የከብት እርባታ ከግብፅ እና ከሱዳን ድርሻ የበለጠ የውሃ ሀብት ይፈጃል‘ ስለዚህ ኢትዮጵያ አባይን መንካት የለባትም።

የአረብ ተንኮል መቼስ፣ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ምሳሌያዊ በሆነ መልክ በተዘዋዋሪ “ከብቶች” ማለቱ ሊሆን ይችላል። ከሆነም እውነቱን ነው፤ “ወላሂ!” ብሎ የሚምል መሪ የሥልጣን ወንበር ላይ መቀመጡ “ከብቶች” ሊያሰኘን ይገባል።

ያም ሆነ ይህ፡ ከግብጾች የዱር አህያነትና እብደት የከፋው ደግሞ የሕዳሴውን ግድብ አስመልክቶ በትናንትናው ዕለት በእንግሊዙ “ደይሊ ሜይል” ጋዜጣ ላይ የወጣው ሰፊ ዘገባ ነው። ርዕሱ፦

“በግብፅ እና በኢትዮጵያ መካከል ጦርነት ሊፈጥር የሚችለው ግድብ፤ በቻይና ኩባንያዎች የተገነባው የ 3 ቢሊዮን ፓውንድ አንጋፋ ፕሮጀክት መሙላት ስለጀመረና የአባይ ወንዝን ለመቀነስ ስለሚያሰጋው ውጥረት ተፈጥሯል፡፡“

“The dam that could start a war between Egypt and Ethiopia: Tensions rise as £3billion mega-project built by Chinese firms begins filling up – the Nile to a trickle”

ይህ ዘገባ እስካሁን ከሺህ በላይ አስተያየቶችን አግኝቷል። ለኢትዮጵያ–ነክ ዘገባዎች ይህ ያልተለመደ ክስተት ነው። ከዚህ በይበልጥ የሚያስገርመውና የሚያስቆጣው ደግሞ ዘጋቢው የተጠቀመባቸው ቃላት እና የአስተያየት ሰጭዎቹ አላዋቂነት፣ መረጃ–አልባነትና ለኢትዮጵያ ያላቸው ንቀት እና ጥላቻ ነው።

ለምሳሌ የዘገባው ፀሐፊ (ጠፍቶት አይመስለኝም) ሆን ብሎ እንዲህ ብሏል፦

“ኢትዮጵያ ከመኖሯ በፊት በ 1929 ዓ.ም ላይ የተፈረመ የቅኝ ግዛት ዘመን ስምምነት ግብፅ በአባይ ወንዝ ላይ ብቸኛ መብት አላት የሚል ዋስትና ሰጥቷታል“

“The sticking point is a colonial-era treaty signed in 1929, before Ethiopia existed, which guarantees Egypt almost exclusive rights over the waters of the Nile.”

በተረፈ ግድቡን ከቻይና ጋር ለማያያዝ የታቀደው ነገር በአንባብያኑ ዘንድ ውጤታማ ሆኗል፤ አብዛኛዎቹ አስተያየቶች ቻይናን የሚኮንኑ ናቸውና። በተረፈ “ግብጽ ግድቡን በቦምብ መደብደብ አለባት ፥ “ግብጽ የእንግሊዝን ‘Lancaster‘ ቦምብ ጣይ አውሮፕላን መግዛት አለባት“

የሚሉትን ፀረ–ኢትዮጵያ የሆኑ የጥላቻ ቃላትን ለማንበብ ይቻላል!

አዎ! ኤዶማውያኑ የዔሳው አሳሞች እና እስማኤላውያኑ የእስማኤል ፍየሎች ህብረት ፈጥረዋል በዲያብሎስ አንድ ናቸውና።

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No Denial on the Nile: Egypt Threatens Ethiopian Dams

In a humiliating example of self-inflicted electronic bugging, last week a live broadcast television microphone in Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi’s Cairo office caught the president and Egypt’s most senior political leaders plotting sneak attacks on the upstream Nile’s biggest dam builder, Ethiopia.

No denial on the Nile. When an audience of millions overhears pious Egyptian Islamists and well-heeled Egyptian liberals mull classic covert warfare options — such as having Ethiopian rebels sabotage Ethiopia’s new Blue Nile dams or deploying shady political agents to agitate in Addis Ababa — the usual diplomatic salve, plausible denial, isn’t an option.

In point of fact, the Egyptian government’s initial embarrassment has given way to hard-edged declaration. Egyptians will fight Ethiopia for every drop of Nile River water!

For politically fractured and factionalized Egypt, war talk is a unifying tonic and a distraction from Egypt’s endless miseries. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood government has simply failed to address the enormous economic and social problems afflicting Egypt.

Solving embedded societal ills requires a national unity of purpose. Morsi has been a national divider. His sharia-based constitution delighted Muslim Brothers but dismayed Egypt’s liberals. His attempt to invoke emergency rule (reminiscent of Hosni Mubarak) splintered Egypt’s Arab Spring revolutionary front. Muslim moderates joined with secular liberals and demanded he resign.

But Nile water sustains all Egyptians. The trite adage, “Egypt is the Nile,” is true. From Aswan north to Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea, the green band bordering the great river is home to 90 percent of Egypt’s population.

Morsi needs a route to national reconciliation. The Nile Water War (temporarily) solves Egypt’s broken puzzle: Us Downstream Egyptians versus Them Upstream Ethiopians.

But Ethiopia’s dams did not suddenly appear. For two decades every nation in east Africa has known Ethiopia intended to build several large hydro-electric dams and become Africa’s biggest power exporter.

Ethiopia has been waging a steady diplomatic campaign asserting its rights to Nile water. Ethiopia’s case is as passionately essential as Egypt’s. One word defines the basic case: famine. Water in reservoirs is a hedge against famines induced by drought. Electrical power sums Ethiopia’s expanded case.

Ethiopia contends the traditional division of Nile water distribution rights are based on an antiquated colonial artifact that unfairly favors Egypt. The 1929 Nile Waters agreement (engineered by Great Britain) gave Anglo-Egyptian Egypt 90 percent of the Nile’s annual flow. Egypt could also veto upstream water projects. In 1957 Ethiopia announced it would utilize Nile water resources within its territory. The Blue Nile and its Ethiopian tributaries generate 75 to 85 percent of the Nile’s annual flow. The White Nile, from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, generates the rest.

A war between east Africa’s two most powerful nations would be a disaster for both. That’s so obvious I’ll wager even Mohammed Morsi knows it. The war options Egyptian leaders vetted included buying new long-range strike aircraft. Egypt’s air force can handle border conflicts, but hitting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a long-range operation. Sudan separates Egypt from Ethiopia. One parliamentarian thought credible strike aircraft might give Ethiopia political pause. Ethiopia’s already credible air and ground forces should give Egyptian sword rattlers pause.

In April 2011 StrategyPage.com reported that Ethiopian diplomats had proposed an interesting win-win solution. Ethiopia would sell Egypt a partnership interest in its dams. Egypt would have ownership input in the operations. Ownership guaranteed Egypt reliable hydro-electric power. Egypt would also split the profits from selling electricity throughout Africa. Hey, Cairo. For the dams to generate electricity, water must flown downstream.

Ethiopia’s proposal at least creates the possibility of a win-win political deal. In time cool heads in Cairo should accept it.

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[Isaiah 19:3-7]

The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them,” says the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies.

The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay, along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

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