Did Abdalla single out Christian villages?
If somehow Abdalla is implicated in the alleged “massacre” of the armed pro Ethiopian militias and his detractors think he was motivated by religion, I have another bad news for them. Around 1973, a group of villages around Ad-Arde including his own village in Upper Barka switched sides and aligned themselves with Ethiopia and became its militias. His reaction? He ordered burning of crops and commandeered livestock to feed the ELF fighters. Many of the militias were killed in gun battles with his men. Some of their leaders were captured and executed until the villagers finally abandoned Ethiopia. Is Abdalla Regionalist? Some people in the past alleged that Abdalla declared war on PLF because he hated Tigres from the east and Christian Highlanders. This is another misconception as we will see her. After Adobha Congress, some Beni-Amir fighters known as Obelites led by Adam Salih and Osman Ajib resisted integration of the army because like Isayas and Sabbe they had their separate agenda.
