(13 Jun 1998) T/I: 11:17:03 GS: 10:11:20 (19/06/98)


The Ethiopian military buildup continued unabated on Friday (12/06) in frontline villages along the contested border with Eritrea. Militia and tanks were seen digging in along a 20 kilometre stretch between Adigrat and the bordertown of Zala Ambessa. The monthlong conflict between the two countries, which escalated alarmingly this week and has killed scores of people, has frozen trade between the Horn of Africa neighbours. Fighting opened up along three fronts on the 1,000kilometre (600mile) border this week, with the Ethiopians ominously massing forces inland from Assab on the border's far eastern edge near Djibouti.

SHOWS:

ETHIOPIA 13/06
00.00 WS panorama from mountain of border villages;
00.04 MS tank dug in on border;
00.08 MS group of soldiers;
00.10 MS tank;
00.14 WS man driving cattle down road;
00.17 MS soldiers watching cattle;
00.22 WS artillery on back of truck;
00.31 WS artillery on truck;
00.35 MS road with people from inside moving car;
00.39 MS armed militia walking down road;
00.45 MS artillery truck;
00.48 CU soldier waiting;
00.52 SOT Colonel Efren Bange (not English) saying that Ethiopia
will follow its own miliary goals and will not be dictated
to by Eritrean actions;
01.02 WS street scene;
01.09 MS two men sitting on wall;
01.11 MS militiamen walking across road, one on crutches with one leg;

01.18 Vision ends

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...