Abandoning Racist Pseudo-State ‘Ethiopia’ to Sink, Oromos Wisely Opt for Bahrain, Qatar

Athletes and champions can be heroes either due to their efforts and achievements in sports or because of their national and political engagements of outstanding dimensions.

At times, champions and athletes face persecution of the worst form, if they stick to the ideals, values and principles of their oppressed and tyrannized nation. When they reject oppression and leave the tyrannical country where their nation is being oppressed and persecuted, champions and athletes become heroes like all the other refugees who flee far from their fatherlands in order to find peace of mind, freedom, real life and progress, self-improvement and prosperity.

One of these refugees became a Bahraini citizen, and has great chances to offer the small isle – country a gold medal in the forthcoming Beijing 2008 Olympics. It’s the Oromo Maryam Yusuf Jamal, who represents some of the greatest hopes of the Oromo Nation in the years ahead.

The tyrannical government of the racist, barbaric dictator Zenawi (in the form of the notorious Ethiopian Athletic Federation – a disreputable organization that promotes Amhara and Tigray racism) refused to offer her permission to represent the country in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Maryam reacted as a brave Oromo, denied to accept the merciless fate decided for her by the Amhara – Tigray tyranny, and left Abyssinia in pursuit of her Championship Dream that made her worldwide famous, honoring the Oromo Nation.

For an entire state of ca. 80 million people, which is at the bottom of all socio-economic and financial indicators, for a state with no private bank and no Stock Exchange, for a state denounced for Crimes against the Mankind, a gold medal is all that the local tyrants can expect as hope for some prestige.

Greatly, masterly and most honorably, Maryam Yusuf Jamal denied this gold medal to the Procrustean criminal state of the racist Abyssinian elites, who still insist on their pseudo-theory of an ‘Ethiopian’ nation and get shamelessly engaged in the effort to prolong the lethal existence of Africa’s last colonial state Fake ‘Ethiopia’.

The gold medal should go truly to Free, Independent Oromia, the unstoppable rise of which is the Amhara and Tigray Monophysitic Abyssinians’ daily nightmare.

Until the moment Free Oromia eradicates from the map the State –Crime against the Mankind, Maryam Yusuf Jamal will be offering gold medals to Bahrain, attracting the devotion and the love of all the Oromos, and all the other tyrannized nations of the Abyssinian tyranny, namely the Ogadenis, the Sidamas, the Afars, the Shekachos, the Kaffas, the Kambatas, the Hadiyas, the Gedeos, the Anuak, the Wolayitas, the Berta, the Gumuz, and the Shinasha.

In fact, Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a symbol of National Resistance and a prototype for all the struggling, tyrannized nations of the world. That’s why the leading financial portal Bloomberg featured an article about her, focusing of course more on the financial part and the Gulf Countries’ efforts to host athletes and champions from impoverished, anachronistic, dysfunctional and tyrannical countries.

Compared to this reality, the recent decision of the trivial, barbaric beggar Meles Zenawi to cut his country’s diplomatic ties with Qatar is viewed as awfully comical, unmistakably clownish, and absolutely inane.

- Can you imagine a beggar who refuses to stand in a place where rich people pass by? If you do, you rather call the beggar ‘Meles Zenawi’.

I republish integrally the article, adding at the end two excerpts from Maryam Yusuf Jamal’s stylish website. I would invite you to express your admiration and love by visiting her website and sending her your best wishes and all your sympathies.

Winning a gold medal is a great opportunity for all champions of the Oromo Nation to scream in the diapason to the entire world their Oromo National Identity, in Afaan Oromo.

I also invite you to react, visit, read and correct the perfidiously and erroneously written article about Maryam Yusuf Jamal in the online encyclopedia wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Yusuf_Jamal), where Maryam’s name is uselessly written in unnecessary Amharic characters, and the Oromos are called (not a Nation but) a "Christian tribe of Oromo".

Erase all the racist Amhara and Tigray Monophysitic Abyssinian trash from the wikipedia, helping the world’s largest online encyclopedia improve its standards by re-writing all the Oromo related entries!

Bahrain, Qatar Sprint to Olympics on Oil Ethiopian Can't Refuse
By Dan Baynes and Wing-Gar Cheng

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aQmlNj6rdOGs&refer=home

July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Middle Eastern oil and gas may yield gold at the Beijing Olympics.

Qatar and Bahrain have their best chance to win their first gold medals next month after recruiting foreign runners. The transplants won three medals at the 2007 world championships, including gold in the women's 1,500 meters for Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal, the former Zenebech Tola of Ethiopia.

Such nation-hopping vexes international sports officials, who've tightened eligibility rules to combat perceptions that athletes from poorer countries are resources for the highest bidder.

``We do not favor a situation whereby some countries literally buy a team by offering a lot of money to athletes of developing countries,'' International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge told Bloomberg Television. ``We are putting brakes on that. It is a worrying situation emerging in sport.''

Qatar, the world's largest liquefied natural gas exporter, said it's importing talent to nurture a sports culture among its 744,000 people. The kingdom opened the Aspire sports academy in 2004, hosted the 2006 Asian Games and bid unsuccessfully for the 2016 Olympics.

Its two Olympic medals -- both bronze -- were won by imports: Somalia-born Mohamed Sulaiman in the 1,500 meters at Barcelona, Spain, in 1992, and Bulgarian Said Saif Asaad in weightlifting at Sydney in 2000.

Buying Time

``Sometimes you need to have good examples for the new generation,'' said Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani, a member of the ruling family and president of the Qatar Football Association. ``If there is no good example that you can find -- a star or champion -- from your country you need sometimes to buy the time to have good stars.''

Jamal, 24, is an ethnic Oromo, and tribal members oppose Ethiopian rule. She sought political asylum in Switzerland in 2002, so Ethiopia labeled her a traitor, according to her Web site. Switzerland refused citizenship because she didn't meet requirements including 12 years of residency.

She approached the U.S., Canada, France and Turkey before finding a home in Bahrain, where 70 percent of government revenue is tied to oil. She'll seek the kingdom's first Olympic medal.

``Had it not been for the circumstances, I would have competed for Ethiopia,'' Jamal, the first woman from a Gulf nation to win a world track medal, said in an e-mail. ``I feel that I made the best decision because the Bahrain federation gives me a lot of support.''

She didn't answer a question about her negotiations, and Bahrain Olympic officials didn't respond to e-mails or phone calls seeking comment.

Showing the Money

Foreign-born athletes have long competed for adopted nations. South African Zola Budd ran for Great Britain, her grandfather's homeland, in the 1984 games because of an apartheid-era ban against her country. Middle-distance runner Bernard Lagat, 33, runs for the U.S. after winning silver and bronze for Kenya.

The International Association of Athletics Federations approved at least 258 nationality transfers from 1998 through 2007, according to its Web site. Seven athletes switched to Qatar and four to Bahrain.

``They are getting the best athletes to change,'' said Lamine Diack, president of the Monaco-based IAAF. ``In Qatar, they can say if you are world champion, you can have half a million dollars.''

Rule Changes

Roland Schoeman, a South African swimmer who won gold, silver and bronze in Athens, said he rejected a $750,000-a-year offer from Qatar in 2005.

``I literally spent sleepless nights wondering, `Is it worth it to be a prized possession?''' said Schoeman, who makes $60,000 annually. ``It was more of a moral decision than anything else.''

At this year's cross-country world championships, Qatar finished third in the men's team event behind traditional powers Kenya and Ethiopia. Qatar's success triggered complaints from one neighboring state.

``It's Kuwaitis only for Kuwait,'' said Ali Y. Husain, treasurer of the nation's Olympic Committee. ``A Kuwaiti may win a bronze medal, but it's better than giving money to people from outside for a gold medal.''

To stem the tide, the IOC in 2002 ruled that athletes must wait three years between appearing for their native and adopted countries -- unless the home country waives that deadline.

The IAAF changed its rules in 2005 so the three-year hiatus starts when new citizenship is granted. Track's ruling body previously mirrored IOC requirements.

Qataris from Kenya

Qatar, with net oil export revenue of $26.3 billion last year, may send steeplechase world-record holder Saif Saaeed Shaheen, 25, to Beijing. He won the 2002 Commonwealth Games as Stephen Cherono of Kenya, where he earned $2,500 a year.

Shaheen defected for a lifetime salary of $1,000 a month, according to media reports. Rogge said he objected ``from a moral point of view.''

Shaheen clinched Qatar's first world title in 2003 and set a world record in 2004, earning what media reports said was a $100,000 bonus. He couldn't be reached for comment.

His Olympic teammates may include two former Kenyans: marathoner Mubarak Hassan Shami, 27, and 10,000-meter specialist Ahmad Hassan Abdullah, 26. Shami, the former Richard Yatich, said he switched because of easier competition for Olympic berths.

Abdullah, the former Albert Chepkurui, said: ``I can't say if there's any special reasons to switch to Qatar. Payment, I guess.''

To contact the reporter on this story: Dan Baynes in Sydney at dbaynes@bloomberg.net; Wing-Gar Cheng in Beijing at wgcheng@bloomberg.net

Maryam Jamal - Address (from her website)
http://maryamjamal.com/Content/ContentManager.php?home

Hello, I am Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain and welcome to my website. You have probably heard about me before visiting this website, but this portal is for everyone who knows about me or is just happy to find out who I am.

You probably heard about me this year when I became the first Bahraini woman to win a world championship title when I won gold at the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. This is the biggest achievement of my career, but last year, I also won two gold medals in the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar in December. I have represented and continued to represent Bahrain with distinction in top class international competitions. In 2005, I finished fifth in the world championships 1500m final and last year, I won the IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece running for Asia in 2006.

My website contains a good combination of information about me and loads other stuff that, I am sure, will keep you coming back for more. You can find out a lot of information about how I started running in the biography section. Once there, you will read about my career highlights, my personal bests, and how I ended up running for Bahrain.

Please take time to enjoy a selection of wallpapers in the fan zone section. You can also send me your comments on the guest book section of the website and feel free also to check out the sponsors’ page where you will find out various commercial initiatives I am involved in.

Of course, all suggestions regarding the website and my athletic career would be welcome!

Maryam Jamal - How I left Ethiopia?

My first major result came in the 2001 Ethiopian championships where I placed ninth in the junior race missing world cross country championship selection by three places.

Over the track, I finished third over the 1500m at the Ethiopian Championships and got the chance to compete in various road races in Switzerland.

Before that I did not have ample opportunities to compete even in Ethiopia. When offered the chance to compete, I gladly accepted the offer and flew for my first competition in Switzerland. Before leaving, the process was so bureaucratic. I promised myself that after leaving, I would not return back.

Instead, I joined many other Ethiopian asylum seekers in 2002 in Switzerland. But because I was a political asylum seeker, I was refused to chance to travel outside Switzerland to compete.