The Pentagon used this thug to help destroy Somalia in a D.C. sponsored invasion of that country. Here is the New York Times talking about him some: ‘Ethiopia is widely considered one of Africa’s most repressive governments, though it continues to get around a billion dollars of American aid each year. It is also a close American military ally, and American officials have privately said that one of the Central Intelligence Agency’s favorite partners to fight Muslim extremism in Africa is the Ethiopian military and security services.’ (from Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Leader, Dies at 57.) Ethiopia has been made into the Pentagon’s Horn of Africa torture center. With this guy gone, hopefully the Ethiopian military will soon find itself removed from power, too.