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"The honorable Amhara people and all our comrades-in-arms:

Our heroic Ansha Seyid Command has made history by securing a brilliant victory in a high-stakes battle against the enemy in the Mender Sost kebele of the Gida Ayana district.

This coordinated operation targeted the combined forces of the OPDO Gadaa Commando and the National Defense Force, who have been burning the homes of innocent Amharas and looting their property. Through our swift offensive action, we severely crushed the enemy and inflicted heavy casualties.

The military achievements and captured weaponry from this successful battle are as follows:

• Vehicle losses: We completely destroyed 13 convoy vehicles used by the enemy and successfully seized 2 patrol cars.
• Captured weaponry: We captured 70 Kalashnikov (AK-47) rifles, 3 Bren machine guns, and 2 sniper rifles, along with their full ammunition.
• Miscellaneous spoils: Our heroes managed to seize 2 quintals (approximately 200 kg) of currency notes (Birr) that the enemy had looted from civilians and was transporting.

The Ansha Seyid Command will strengthen and continue its struggle to safeguard the Amhara people, defend them from attacks, and secure their peace.

Victory to the Amhara people!
Commander of the Wellega (Bizamo) Ansha Seyid Command"

There are other videos of this kind by multiple Gadaa Commandos and Qeerroo who participated in looting whatever they could and selectively killing Amharas who remained in the towns. The majority of the Amharas were displaced, many of them are in the jungles and other places to save their lives from these genocidal forces.

She added that after he begged them to let him live because he was an only child, they went ahead and slaughtered him like an animal. After doing so, they played with his blood and called each other heroes for doing it.

Related video:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amhara/comments/1vrz5c0/arsi_oromos_living_in_saudi_arabia_kidnapped_a/

Anti Amharas deliberately spread disinformation to weaken the truth and make the general public doubt the reality of what the Amhara people go through. Their ultimate goal is to make the tragedy seem less important, less severe, or completely invalid so that people don't give it attention or sympathy. They even use it as a card to play the victim, foster hatred, and encourage people to commit more crimes against Amharas by disinforming their own people that they are the ones who have been displaced, looted, raped, or massacred, by using the stories, pictures, and videos of Amhara people.

The genocide of Amharas in Mai Kadra is one example. Immediately after the massacre of over a thousand Amharas, human rights organizations went there and asked the survivors, the victims families, and people in the areas about the identity of the victims, and they said they were Amharas and targeted for being Amharas. However, after months of coordinated misinformation by various international news agencies promoting TPLF propaganda stating that the victims were not Amhara, they quietly denied the first reports released by the humanitarian organizations that reported from the ground right after it happened. By doing that, they weakened the truth, appropriated Amhara atrocities, and gave ammunition to anti Amharas to incite hatred and commit additional crimes.

Taye Bogale was interviewed by Sofoniyas Molalegn. They are both Amhara. Taye claimed he is 75% Oromo, but then paradoxically stated that his mother is 100% Shewa Amhara (whom he closely resembles) and that his father is a Gondar Amhara with a lighter complexion than Sofoniyas.

He then admitted he only claimed to be Oromo to obtain asylum in America because immigration authorities wouldn't accept applicants who didn't claim Oromo identity during that time. He added that Meles Zenawi once stated people have the right to identify however they want, so he chooses to identify as Oromo now. Notably, Taye is an OPDO regime cadre.

Taye agreed that he was Amhara. However, he also mentioned that another Amhara elite, Secretary Getachew (who was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Bole subcity), is actually Amhara but chose to identify as Tigrayan. Additionally he noted that Yohannes Bekele Gezahgn, a Gojjam Amhara and the son of Grazmach Bekele Gezahgn, claimed to be with the TPLF and to be Tigrayan, and stated that three of his brothers had sacrificed their lives for the organization. Taye added that at that time when people choose, he asked himself how he could identify as Amhara if he knows nothing about Amhara land or the character of Amharas, unless it is about Amhara living in Borana, whereas he can deeply explain the Oromo Gada system and feels Oromo because he lived near them.

"Widespread conflict-related sexual violence by TPLF forces leaves displaced women from the Raya territory (North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia) facing severe humanitarian challenges.

As of August 7th, numerous displaced women from TPLF-occupied areas were subjected to gang rape and other forms of conflict-related sexual violence before fleeing their communities.

Survivors have also endured physical violence, limited access to adequate medical care, and the combined effects of conflict, displacement, and the destruction of their livelihoods, leaving many in extremely vulnerable conditions.

Sources state that approximately 100,000 civilians were forcibly displaced from Raya-Alamata, Raya-Bala, Ofla, Zata, Korem City, and Alamata City, with many seeking refuge in Kobo City and surrounding areas.

According to local sources, many of the displaced women experienced conflict-related sexual violence prior to their displacement, underscoring the humanitarian needs of survivors and displaced communities from the Raya territory."

https://x.com/AmharaWarUpdate/status/2087600002504032517

The soldier starts by saying, "Do you know what the government did?" He continues by saying that the "government" brought them to Choke Mountains and abandoned them there, where some of his friends died from the harsh weather. Believing they were all going to die, he compared the "government" to the coronavirus. When asked if he had been captured, he explained that he was lost, and that Fano fighters took him in, bringing him food, and buying him shoes and blankets to protect him from the cold. When asked what he had brought with him, he stated he arrived with a black Kalashnikov. He added that he would receive money for transport back home and identification card. The Fano fighter then asked how much he would receive, and the soldier replied that Fano would give him 50,000 Birr.

By promoting Tigrayan nationalism and assassinating older generations who knew their roots and fighting those who rebelled like the Kefagn self defense militia, a regional force formed to protect local Amhara identity in Welkait, the TPLF worked to eliminate non ethnic Tigrayans or push them toward accepting the Tigrayan identity. This strategy worked on a large number of people living in the Tigray region, but some still refuse to accept this forced identity.

I remember during the war with the TPLF several years ago, his sister or brother stated in an interview that they were Amhara from Alamata, Wollo (Raya).

"The regime's 51st division, which is nicknamed 'the ground drone', was completely annihilated at Hamus Gebeya while carrying over 360 soldiers."

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"The office of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, announced the emergency on Friday, saying attacks by “armed extremist groups” posed an increasing threat to public security and were causing significant economic damage"

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/04/ethiopia-declares-a-state-of-emergency-in-amhara-amid-increasing-violence

An article about the Amhara Fano National Movement in The Globe And Mail:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-behind-the-lines-with-the-fano-insurgency-battling-ethiopias/