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Chris Smith: After a seriously flawed election in 2005 I met with President Meles in Addis Ababa and, as predicted, he just rolled…

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
After a seriously flawed election in 2005 I met with President Meles in Addis Ababa and, as predicted, he just rolled out the terrorism card as cover.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith recounts his experience with Ethiopia's government using terrorism as a pretext for human rights abuses.

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