The two-year war between Eritrea and Ethiopia becomes a conflict of destruction. It continued to afflict many people causing untold human suffering, displacement of population and destruction of property in Eritrea. It started as a border dispute conflict but soon becomes a war for political, economic and social destruction. The TPLF of Ethiopia war of aggression against Eritrea is not only to destabilize the government of Eritrea by "breaking the military machine" of Eritrea, but also to create a war of terror and unthinkable destruction against civilian population, homes, farms, public property and looting. Their agenda is also to create future humanitarian and food security crisis in Eritrea. The TPLF have been successful in their destruction of essential private and public property, but not the EDF mighty, or the spirit and determination of the people of Eritrea. This conflict of destruction and jealousy against Eritrea is nothing but a pain of insignificant behavior of ! the TPLF.

From the beginning of the conflict, the TPLF did not show shared basis of interest with the Eritreans to resolve the conflict diplomatically. The TPLF's basic lack of an imaginative way of delivering the OAU peace plan becomes far-reaching to implement it. This peace plan has been a strategy for the TPLF to substitute for preparing their jealousy war of destruction against Eritrea. In May 2000, the TPLF officially announced that it has recruited and deployed an army of 400,000 to invade Eritrea. It also declared to the world on May 30, 2000, that the war with Eritrea was over. The full impact of the war is soon to emerge against the TPLF.

The OAU Chairman, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, invited both Eritrea and Ethiopia to discuss the crisis caused by Ethiopia's invasion of Eritrea. From May 30 to June 10, 2000, the Algerian Government arranged and hosted the peace proximity talks. It laid the foundation for the new peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The new peace plan is designed and sufficiently balanced to win the support of both sides. This could become the most notable and successful peace agreement in Algiers.

Eritrea has a vital stake in striving for peace with Ethiopia. After the OAU Chairman appealed for a cease-fire, Eritrea accepted and also redeployed its forces from the contested and uncontested areas to obtain a peace settlement with Ethiopia.

The first Algiers' peace proximity talks have encountered obstacles by Ethiopia. The representatives of the US and EU and UN traveled between Asmara and Addis Ababa in what proved to be a futile attempt to convince the TPLF not to strive for war. By disregarding the appeals from the OAU EU UN and US, Ethiopia invaded Eritrea. It was far less successful on May 12, 2000. Eighteen days later, the TPLF declared to the world that the war with Eritrea was over because the mission was achieved. This is how the TPLF deceives or misleads the Ethiopian people and the world at large.

Fighting is persisting in all fronts despite TPLF's declaration that the war is over with Eritrea. War is still the major preoccupation of the TPLF. The TPLF is still disregarding the magnitude, severity and intensity of despair and chronic famine crisis in Ethiopia. Ethiopia still depends on money brought in from the outside world for famine relief and development. However, this money is still finding its way into buying war machinery to wage war of destruction against Eritrea. The world already knows that Ethiopia has serious problems of food supply, health, education and other essential public services.

Eritrea understands the issues and common interests that brought her to the proximity talks in Algiers. The OAU, UN EU and US also know about Eritrea's commitment for establishing permanent peace with Ethiopia. Her demand for peace is clear, authoritative, specific and practical in concepts and applications. For the sake of peace, Eritrea immediately redeployed its forces from the contested and uncontested areas as well as accepted the new OAU peace plan. The new peace plan calls for the redeployment of Ethiopia army to pre-war positions. It also demands an immediate cease-fire and international peacekeeping force along the disputed border. Eritrea's aim of acceptance of the new peace plan is to influence Ethiopia that war will never solve the conflict between the two countries.

The TPLF is not explicit in its acceptance of the principles of the new peace plan. It only accepted the new OAU peace plan " in principle." One would wonder why the TPLF would request more time to study the new peace plan? The TPLF was part and parcel of designing and shaping of the new OAU peace plan. In fact, the TPLF has what it asked: the presence of peacekeeping mission to be deployed by the United Nations under the sponsorship of the OAU within Eritrean territory, pending a final demarcation of the disputed border. The disputed border shall be "on the basis of pertinent colonial treaties and applicable international law." What more do the TPLF wanted! The new peace plan is simple, logical and more favorable to Ethiopia. The TPLF is just a pain of insignificance and dishonest regime in Ethiopia who could not even seize the opportunity for peace they demanded.

The OAU, the US and EU have put forth so much effort for a peace plan between Eritrea and Ethiopia. A failure would have grave consequences for the will to work with the TPLF. While Eritrea is demonstrating its commitment and assurance for the OAU peace plan, the TPLF is still making the peace matters worse. It has been playing a less significant role in the peace process. The TPLF always create resistance or threats to make the OAU peace process difficult to implement unless the AOU and its partners comply with the TPLF wishes. Now, under the new peace plan, the TPLF has what it asked: an international peacekeeping force security.

What is positive about the revised peace plan is that the OAU, EU, and US finally have come to the conclusion that the answer to the Eritrea-Ethiopia conflict lies with the TPLF who is still striving for war. Eritrea understands the costs of no peace with Ethiopia. However, the peace process still has been an encountered obstacle in the past by the TPLF. Therefore, the world community must apply a concerted effort of embargo against Ethiopia until it complies with the OAU peace plan. The US and the EU must also be firm in their influence with Ethiopia to sign the OAU peace plan. They must also discourage Ethiopia from its war of destruction in Eritrea. The concerted peace plan efforts would become meaningless if Ethiopia continues to disregard the OAU peace plan and the UN resolutions (1297 and 1298). The international community must put stiff pressure on Ethiopia to perceive and practice the new OAU peace plan.