Wednesday, July 25, 2007

ONLF Statement On Expulsion of ICRC & Media Ban In Ogaden

25, July 2007

The expulsion of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) giving them only a weeks notice to leave Ogaden coupled with the ban on international journalists is designed to prevent any international organization or foreign correspondent from witnessing the war crimes taking place against the civilian population of Ogaden at the hands of the Ethiopian regime. The Ethiopian regime has clearly recognized the failure of its military strategy in Ogaden and has set its sights on our civilian population.

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) strongly condemns the expulsion of the ICRC and the ban on international journalists from entering Ogaden. We call on the world community to recognize that war crimes are taking place in Ogaden against our people requiring immediate international intervention. The Ethiopian regimes war crimes have targeted civilians in Ogaden and have done little to impact our armed forces which are largely intact, operational and and continue to be effective.

The ONLF wishes to reaffirm that humanitarian assistance continues to face direct interference from the Ethiopian regime and that there continues to be a virtual blockade against aid and commercial goods in Ogaden. Humanitarian organizations like the WFP are unable to be fully effective because of restrictions imposed by this regime. This blockade coupled with the information blockade now in effect and strengthened by the expulsion of the ICRC should serve as a warning sign to the international community that the Ethiopian regime has no intention of ending its war crimes in Ogaden and will make every effort to conceal these atrocities from the world community.

The United Nations must not sit by idly and allow yet another preventable human tragedy to take place in Africa.

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Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
onlfpress@onlf.org
 

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

U.S. rethinking its Somali Policy

By Shashank Bengali - McClatchy Newspapers

July 17, 2007 Markacadeey


NAIROBI, Kenya — For the workmen racing to spruce up a bullet-studded police garage in time for a critical peace summit beginning Sunday in Somalia, the work got a little tougher this week when insurgents launched mortars at the site.

The message was as clear as ever: Somalia ’s transitional government is in trouble.

Diplomats say the conference on political reconciliation may be the government’s last chance to hold onto power against a growing Islamist insurgency and with one of its most powerful backers, the Bush administration, perhaps rethinking the military operation that brought the regime to power six months ago.

Since Ethiopian [Woyanne] troops, supported by U.S. training and intelligence, ousted an Islamist regime from the capital, Mogadishu , the government has been unable to control the city. Somali and Ethiopian forces face near-daily mortar attacks and assassination attempts by insurgents linked to the Islamists, who vowed Friday to disrupt the summit.

Public confidence in the government has plummeted further as security forces mount an offensive in insurgent neighborhoods, lobbing grenades into populated areas such as the busy Bakara marketplace. More than 50 people have been killed in the last two weeks, according to local hospitals, most of them civilians. Some eyewitnesses described the government strikes as indiscriminate.

The Bush administration linked the Islamist regime, known as the Council of Islamic Courts, to al-Qaida and said that its removal was necessary to keep the Horn of Africa from becoming a terrorist haven. Now administration officials appear to be reconsidering the wisdom of regime change.

A U.S. intelligence report sent to Congress on Wednesday painted a bleak picture of the future of the transitional government.

The government “is widely perceived by Somalis to be little more than a pawn of Ethiopia , yet its continued survival, certainly in Mogadishu , remains dependent on the support for the Ethiopian military,” said the report. “Continued turmoil could enable extremists to regain their footing and heighten inter-state tensions throughout the region.”

Last month, Jendayi Frazer, the State Department’s top Africa envoy, was quoted as saying about Somalia : “It’s hard to say whether it is better or worse off” since the Ethiopian invasion.

Referring to those comments, a Western diplomat in the region who helps formulate Somalia policy said, “They’re saying they got it wrong. But you can’t really recover from these mistakes.”

The official did not want to be named because of his criticism of U.S. policies. But he said Somalia was becoming the sort of magnet for foreign jihadists that the Bush administration sought to avoid.

“They’re getting guidance from outside Somalia , like Afghanistan or Pakistan . We’re in danger of seeing a re-emergence of an active African Somalia A.Q. (al-Qaida) cell,” the diplomat said, without elaborating.

Diplomats have been pressing the government to hold a reconciliation conference to begin building a stable, inclusive political system and ending the clan-based fighting that has plagued Somalia since 1991.

“This is the only scenario to avoid Somalia slipping back into civil war,” the official said. “We don’t have a Plan B.”

McClatchy special correspondent Mahad Elmi contributed from Mogadishu .

 

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Barnaamijkii Radio Xoriyo 14 July 2007.

  • Dagaallo lagu jabiyay ciidammada gumaysiga Itoobiya

  • Dilal iyo xidhay ay ciidammada gumaysigu u gaysteen dadwaynaha

  • Bannaanbaxyada Jaaliyadaha Ogaadeenya.

  • Shir balaadhan oo ka dhacay Ontario -Canada

Dagaallo lagu jabiyay ciidammada gumaysiga Itoobiya

Wariyaha RX uga soo warrama furinta dagaalka ayaa noo soo sheegay dagaallo dhawr ah oo dhex maray CWXO iyo kuwa gumaysiga Itoobiya, kuwaasoo si wayn loogu waxyeelleeyay ciidammada saama-la-luudka ah ee gumaysiga Itoobiya. Dagaalladaasi waxay u dhaceen sidatan;

06/07/07 hawlgal si wayn loo qorsheeyay oo CWXO ka fuliyeen ciidammada gumaysiga ee ku sugan magaalada Fiiq, waxaa ciidammada gumaysiga lagaga dilay 14 askari, 9 kalana waa lagaga dhaawacay. Askarta hawlgalkaas lagu dilay waxaa ku jiro saraakiil, kuwaasoo maydkooda lagu qaaday diyaarad halokobtar ah.

8/07/07 koox Dabaqoodhi ah oo ciidammada gumaysigu iska soo hormariyeen ayaa soo weeraray cutub ka tirsan CWXO oo ku sugnaa degmada Haarcad, hase yeeshee CWXO ayaa is-difaacay markii weerarkaas xaqdarrada ah lagu soo qaaday, waxayna weerarka wadday ka dileen 13 ka mid ah, waxay sidoo kale ka dhaawaceen 9 kale.

03/07/07 dagaal CWXO iyo kuwa gumaysiga Itoobiya ku dhex maray Waafdhuug, waxaa ciidammada gumaysiga lagaga dilay 4 askari, 5 kalana waa lagaga dhaawacay.

10/07/07 koox Dabaqoodhi ah oo cadowgu soo diray ayaa lagu halay meesha lagu magacaabo Dogobley, oo Maraacaato u dhaw, waxaana laga dilay 4, 8 kalana waa laga dhaawacay.

08/07/07 CWXO ayaa weerar mir ah ku qaaday ciidammada gumaysiga ee fadhigoodu yahay magaalada Awaare, waxaana loo gaystay khasaare aan faahfaahintiisa la haynin.

10/07/07 waxaa la miray ciidan cadowga ka tirsan oo ku sugnaa Higlaley, waaxana weerarkaas loogu gaystay khasaare aan faahfaahintiisa la haynin.

Dilal iyo xidhay ay ciidammada gumaysigu u gaysteen dadwaynaha

Ciidammada gumaysiga Itoobiya ayaa meelo kala duwan oo Ogaadeenya ka mid ah dilal iyo xadhig ugu gaystay dadwayne rayad ah oo aan waxba galabsanin.

Nawaaxiga Labiga waxaa laga halay maydka dadwayne ka mid ah dadkii ay ciidammada Itoobiya ku xasuuqeen dhawr tuulo oo Dhagaxbuur ka tirsan oo Labiga ay ka mid tahay. Dadka maydkooda hadda la halay waxaa ka mid ah;
1- Sh Maxamed Xasan Waxar
2- Fatxi Cali Shide
3- C/llaahi Tima-jaad
4- Maxamud Maxamed Adhi-fuul iyo 2 carruur ah oo uu dhalay iyo
5- C/llaahi Muxumed Gaaxnuug

05/07/07 waxay ciidammada gumaysigu ku dileen meesha lagu magacaabo Qaw-dheer, oo Dhagaxbuur u dhaw, ninka lagu magacaabo Maxamed Aaden Bulxan.

12/07/07 waxay ciidammada gumaysigu nawaaxiga Dhagaxbuur jidhdil xun ugu gaysteen oo ka dibna ay la tageen 3 nin oo shacab ah oo agacyadoodu ayna wali na soo gaadhin.

28/06/07 waxay ciidammada guaysigu ku xidhxidheen magaalada Dhagaxbuur dadwayne aad u badan. Dadkan ayaa markii denbe loo qaaday meelo aan la garanaynin, ka dib markii ay ciidammadu ka warhaleen in deegaanka ay imanayaan ergo ka socota Laanqayrta Cas, ilaa iyo haddana lama garanayo meesha ay dadkani ay ku xidhan yihiin. Dadkaas waxaa ka mid ah;
1- Bashiir Xaashi
2- Cabdi Madoobe Baddal
3- Maxamuud Cabdi Siraad
4- Faadumo oo magaceeda buux aanaan haynin
5- Qawad oo magaceeda buuxa aan la haynin
6- Ayaad Siyaad
7- Ifraax Xaaji Cali
8- Xuseen Macalin
9- Muxubo C/llaahi iyo
10- Khadra Cabdi Jaamac

15/06/07 waxay ciidammada gumaysigu ku kufsadeen Garigo’anka Dhiyaad gabadh lagu magacaabo Ceeg Aw Muuse.

Bannaanbaxyada Jaaliyadaha Ogaadeenya.

Jaaliyadaha Ogaadeenya ee ka jira dalalka kala duwan ee adduunka ayaa bannaanbaxyo isla xdhiidhsan ku qabtay meelo kala duwan oo caalamka ka mid ah, iyagoo cabashooyin qoraal ah u gudbiyay dalalkii iyo gobolladii ay bannaanbaxyada ku qabteen. Bannaanbaxyada intooda badan waxaa la qabtay maalintii arbacada ahayd ee taariikhdu ku beegnayd 11 July 2007.

11 July, Washngton, USA

Jaaliyadda Ogaadeenya ee Magaaladda Washington, DC iyo Nawaaxigeeda ayaa qabatey bannaanbax aad u ballaadhan oo qayb ka ah bannaanbaxyada ay Jaaliyadaha Ogaadeenya kaga cabanayaan xasuuqa iyo gumaadka ay ciidammada Itoobiya ka wadaan dalka Ogaadeenya.

Banaanbaxan, oo ahaa mid aan loo kala hadhin oo ay dadweynuhu si aad ah uga soo qayb galeen, waxaa lagu qabtay ka soo horjeedka xarunta wasaarada arrimaha dibada ee dalka Maraykanka. Qabanqaabiyayaasha bannaanbaxan ayaa la kulmay Xafiiska Arrimaha Afrika u qaabilsan wasaarada arrimaha dibada, waxayna u gudbiyeen qoraal ay kaga cabanayaan gumaadka ay ciidammada Itoobiya u gaysanayaan dadwaynaha rayadka ah ee Ogaadeenya.

Qabanqaabiyayaashu waxay dowlada Maraykanka ku adkeeyeen inay si dhab ah wax uga qabato xaalada murugsan ee Ogaadeenya ka jirta iyo denbiyada bani’aadamnimada ka baxsan ee Itoobiya ka galayso dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya.

11 July, Oslo, Norway

Jaaliyada Ogaadeenya ee dalkaka Norway ayaa iyaduna dhinaceeda qabatay bannaanbax wayn oo lagu qabtay magaala madaxda Norway ee Oslo. Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay socod ku mareen Jid wayn oo magaalada badhtankeeda mar, iyagoo hormaray xarunta Baarlamaanka iyo Qasriga boqorka Norway, ka dibna socodkooda ku dhammeeyay xarunta wasaarada arrimaha dibada, halkaasoo ay kula kulmeen masuuliyiin ka tirsan Waaxda Arrimaha Afrika oo kala ah; La-taliyaha guud ee arrimaha Afrika iyo ku xigeenka Arrimaha Bariga iyo badhtamaha Afrika, waxayna masuuliyiintaas u gudbiyeen warbixino iyo cabashooyin ku saabsan xaalada uu hadda dalka Ogadenya ku sugan yahay.

Haweenayda ku xigeenka ka ah arrimaha ariga iyo badhtamaha Afrika ee wasaarada arrimaha dibada ee Norway ayaa, iyadoo ku hadlaysa magaca wasaarada, waxay tacsi u soo gudbisay dhammaan shacabka Ogaadeenya oo ay uga tacsiyaysay gumaadka ay u ku hayaan ciidammada Itoobiya, waxayna sheegtay inay ka xun tahay cunaqabataynta hadda saaran shacabka iyo guud ahaan xaalada uu wadanku ku sugan yahay, isla markaana ay xaalada Ogaadeenya si gaar ah u eegayaan, dadaalna ay ka gaysan doonaan sidii loo caawin lahaa shacabka Ogaadeenya.
11 July, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sidoo kale waxaa magaalada Copenhagen ee caasimada Denmark lagu qabtay bannaanbax wayn oo isna lagaga soo horjeedo gumaad wadareedka lagu hayo shacabka Ogaadeenya. Banaanbaxan oo in muddo ahba la soo abaabulayay ayaa u dhacay si heer sare ah, ayna ka soo qayb galeen dadweyne aad u badan oo u dhashay Ogadenya.

Bannaanbaxan waxaa lagu qabtay ka soo horjeedka Aqalka Duqa Magaalada Copenhagen iyo fagaaraha Aqalka Baarlamaanka, waxaana goobahaas lagu qaybiyay waraaqo ka tarjumaya dhibka lagu hayo dadka shacabka ah ee aan waxba galabsanin iyo warbixinadii Humar Rights Watch, Ogaden Human Right iyo warbixintii wargayska Newyork Times.
11 July, London, UK

Dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya ee ku dhaqan dalka UK ayaa iyaguna ka mid ahaa dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya ee qurba joogta ah ee ka dhiidhiyay xasuuqa ay xukuumadda Wayaanuhu ku hayso dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya, wxayna reer UK bannaanbax wayn ku qabteen ka soo horjeedka xarunta Barlamaanka waddankaas. Bannaanbaxan ayaa lagaga cabanayay xasuuqa ba’an ee ciidammada Itoobiya ka wadaan dalka Ogaadeenya, cunaqabataynta dhaqaale iyo xadgudubyada kale ee ciidammada gumaysatada Itoobiya ku hayaan dadwyanaha Ogaadeenya.

Bannaanbaxan waxaa ka soo qayb galay in ka badan 200 oo qof oo ka kala yimid magaalooyinka kala duwan ee dalka UK, kuwaasoo wajiyadooda laga akhrisan karayay sida ay uga cadhaysan yihiin dhibaatooyinka ay ciidammada gumaysigu ku hayaan dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya. Ka qayb galayaasha bannaanbaxan ayaa sitay boodhadh waawayn oo ay ku qoran yihiin hal-ku-dhagyo muujinaya faalka naxariis darrada ah ee ciidammada Itoobiya Ogaadeenya ka wadaan.

Ergo ka socota bannaanbaxayaasha ayaa la kulantay xoghaynta Baarlamaanka UK , waxayna u gudbiyeen Dowlada iyo Baarlamaanka UK qoraal dheer oo ka hadlaya xasuuqa iyo xadgudubyada ay ciidammada Itoobiya ka wadaan dalka Ogaadeenya iyo siyaasadda naxariis darrada iyo xilkasnimo la’aanta ku salaysan ee xukuumadda Itoobiya kula dhaqanto arrimaha Ogaadeenya. Qoraalkan ayaa si faahfaahsan uga hadlay dhibaatooyinka ay ciidammada Itoobiya u gaysanayaan dadwaynaha rayadka ah, sida dilka, xidhayga, faraxumaynta, cunaqabataynta, gubista tuulooyinka iyo aqallo soomaaliga iyo xayiraada gaadiidka iyo isu socodka dadwaynaha.

Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay qoraalkoodan kaga codsadeen Dowlada UK , Qaramada Midoobey iyo Midowga Yurub inay si toos ah u faragaliyaan arrimaha Ogaadeenya, isla markaana ay beesha caalamku guddi xaqiiqo raadis ah u dirto Ogaadeenya, si ay laf ahaantoodu u arkaan oo u qiimeeyaan masiibada ka taagan Ogaadeenya.

11 July, Bern, Switzerland

Jaaliyada Ogaadeenya ee dalka Switzerland ayaan iyaduna ka maqnayn dibad-baxyada lagu muujinayo dhibaatooyinka ka taagan Ogaadeenya iyo masiibada ka dhalatay gumaadka iyo cunaqabataynta ee Itoobiya ka wado Ogaadeenya. Jaaliyada Switzerland waxay magaala madaxda dalkaas ee Bern ku qabteen bannaanbax wayn oo ay bulshada caalamka kaga dalbeen inay joojiso isir baabi’inta ay Itoobiya ka wado dalka Ogaadeenya, iyagoo soo bandhigay boodhadh ay ku canbaaraynayaan taliska Addis Ababa iyo aamusnaanta ay dowladaha caalamka iyo ururrada caalamiga ahi ka aamuseen denbiyada waawayn ee ka dhacaya Ogaadeenya.

Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay sidoo kale dhalliileen aamusnaanta ay dalalka Carabta iyo kuwa Islaamku ka aamusan yihiin isir goynta Ogaadeenya ka socta, waxay Jaamacada Carabta iyo Ururka Wadammada Islaamka ka codsadeen inay tallaabo ka qaadaan qadiyada Ogaadeenya.

Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay qoraal oo ka hadlaya dhibaatada Ogaadeenya u gudbiyeen wasaarada arrimaha dibada ee dalka Switzerland iyo wakiillada ururrada daneeya arrimaha xuquuqul insaanka ee xaruntoodu tahay magaalada Jeneve ee dalka Switzerland. Bannanbaxani wuxuu bannaanbaxyada kale dheeraa isagoo uu si waafi ah uga hadlay tilifishinka caanka ah ee Al Jazeera.

12 July, Melbourne, Australia

Jaaliyadda Ogaadeenya ee waddanka Australia ayaa iyaduna bannaanbax kuwan la mid ah ku qabatay magaalada Melbourne maalintii khamiista ahayd ee taariikhdu ku beegnayd 12/07/07. Bannaanbaxani wuxuu ka dhacay ka soo horjeedka xarunta wasaarada arrimaha dibada iyo Baarlamaanka ee magaalada Melbourne.

Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay qoraal cabsho ah u gudbiyeen wasaarada arrimaha dibada ee dalka Australia, iyagoo ka codsaday in dowlada Australia ay wax ka qabato xasuuqa lagu hayo dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya. Waxay sioo kale codsadeen in xukuumadda Itoobiya laga joojiyo dhaqaalaha ay reer galbeedku ku taageeraan, maadaama ay tahay xukuumad aan ixtiraamin xuquuqda aadanaha iyo xorriyada saxaafada, isla markaana dadwayne rayad ah gumaadaysa.

Bannaanbaxan waxaa xiiso gaar ah u muujisay saxaafada waddankaas Australia, iyadoo dhacdooyinka bannaanbaxa uu tabiyay tilishinka caanka ah ee SBS.

9 July, San Deigo, USA

Jaaliyadda Ogaadeenya ee Magaalada San Deigo ee Gobalka California ayaa iyadu maalmo kaga horraysay Jaaliyadaha kale qabashada bannaanbaxyadan lagaga cabanayo gumaadka ay Itoobiya ka wado dalka Ogaadeenya, waxayna iyadu bannaannbaxday maalintii isniinta ahayd ee taariikhdu ku beegnayd 09/07/07.

Bannaanbaxan, oo ka dhacay magaalada San Deigo, waxaa ka qayb galay dadwayne aad u badan oo ka kooban bulshada qaybaheeda oo dhan. Waxaa iyaguna bannaanbaxa ka qayb galay dadwayne u dhashay Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliya.

Bannaanbaxayaasha ayaa ku muusanaabayay in bulshada Ogaadeenya ay tahay bulsho ay dunidu dayacday, waxayna muujiyeen in dhaqaalaha uu Maraykanku siiyo xukuumadda Itoobiya uu yahay midka ay u adeegsanayso gumaadka ay ku hayso dadwaynaha Ogaadeenya.

Bannaanbaxayaashu waxay qoraal cabsho iyo xogbixin ah u gudbiyeen madaxda Gobolka California, oo iyaguna dhinacooda ballanqaaday inayna indhaha ka daboolan doonin cabashada bulshada Ogaadeenya.

9 July, Shir balaadhan oo ka dhacay Ontario -Canada

Jaaliyada Ogaadeenya ee Gobolka Ontario ee wadanka Canada ayaa shir ballaadhan isagu timid maalintii Sabtida ee bisha July 7, 2007.

Shirkan oo ahaa mid si heer sare ah loo soo agaasimay ayaa waxa uu ahaa mid looga arrinsanayey dhibaatada ka aloosan Ogaadeenya ee ah Xasuuqa bani’aadamnimada ka baxsan ee ay Xukumada Itoobiya ka wado geyiga Ogaadeenya.

Ka soo qaybglayaasha shirkan ayaa halkaas ku dhegaystay warbixinadii ugu dambeeyey ee Ogaadeenya iyo gumaadka ay Ciidamada Itoobiya ka wadaan halkaas.

Dadkii halkaasi ka hadley waxaa ka mid ahaa Dr. Cabdiraxmaan Yusuf oo aad uga hadlay xaalada Ogaadeenya ku sugan yahay iyo dhibaatada shacabka ka soo gaadhay cunaqabateynta ay Itoobiya ku soo rogtay dhamaan Gobollada Ogadeniya, isaga oo sheegay in Itoobiya ay ku fashilantay cunaqaatayntii ay Ogaadeenya saartay, iyadoo ugu wacan tahay in shacabka Ogaadeenya adkaysin dheeraad ah u muujiyay dhibaatada uu gumaysigu ku hayo.
 

14 July 2007
Axmed Gaal-Eri
Info@radioxoriyo.com
raadioxoriyo@yahoo.com

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Friday, July 6, 2007

Ciidamada Itoobiya oo shalay gubay Tuulada Warandhaab

July 05, 2007 Wararka naga soo gaadhaya Gobolka Qorraxay ayaa waxa ay sheegayaan in shalay ay Ciidamada Itoobiya  gubeen Tuulada Warandhaab oo 60 km Waqooyi Galbeed uga jirta magaalada Qabridaharre.

Gubitaankan oo kamid ah ololaha ay Ciidamada Itoobiya ka wadeen dhulka Ogaadeenya ayaa sida wararku sheegayaan, waxay halkaas ku dileen nin naloogu shegay magaciisa Mahamed Nuur Barre (Laba-qadaad). Sidoo kale waxay maxaabis ahaan u kaxaysteen dad badan oo shacab ah oo aanan tiradooda iyo magacyadooda weli helin.

Dhinaca kale, Tuulada Galadiid oo dhanka bari 10 km kaga aaddan Tuulada Warandhaab oo ay Ciidamada Itoobiya keeneen dadkii laga soo qabqabtay Warandhaab ayaa iyadana waxaa dadkii daganaa ay Ciidamada Itoobiya ugu hanjabeen in ay gubayaan Tuulada, isla markaana ay dadkii u sheegeen in ay talaabo ka qaadi doonaan.

Cadaadiskan iyo ciqaabtan naxariis darada ah ee ay Ciidamada Itoobiya la beegsadeen dadka rayadka ah ayaa keenay barakac aad u badan uu ku yimid dada miyiga iyo Tulooyinka degen.

Magaalooyinka waaweyn ayaa ilaa hada ku jira cunaqqabetyntii ay ku soo rogtey Xukumada Itoobiya, iyada oo ay yar tahay isu socodka gaadiidka.

–Ogaden Online News

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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

ONLF Military Communique’

3 July 2007

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) forces executed an well coordinated military operation targeting a TPLF regime armed convoy in an area called Aleen outside of the town of Shilaabo in eastern Ogaden on 2nd July 2007. The bodies of 43 TPLF regime troops were counted on the battlefield after the operation. Five ONLF fighters were lost and eight others wounded.

The surprise attack ambushed a convoy consisting of over twenty armed vehicles and trucks carrying fuel, armaments and troop reinforcements to TPLF regime forces based in Shilaabo and other parts of eastern Ogaden.

The battle lasted for less than an hour resulting in the capture of 35 TPLF regime troops as well as a wide range of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Nine of the captured troops have defected from the army indicating they would take up arms against the TPLF regime back in their native Tigray province. The remaining prisoners have all requested to join the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) or the Sidama Liberation Front (SLF) and are now being transferred to the OLF & SLF military command.

Battlefield engagements between ONLF forces and TPLF regime troops over the last three weeks have resulted in a total of 247 TPLF regime troops killed and a similar number wounded. A total of 58 TPLF troops have been captured with most defecting from the army. ONLF casualties over the same period include 38 fighters lost with 46 wounded. Some of the wounded have returned to active duty after receiving medical
attention.

Nearly all TPLF regime units in Ogaden which took part in the failed offensive announced by Melez Zenawi last month have now retreated to their barracks in major towns such as Jijiga, Godey, Qabri-Dahar and Degah Buur after encountering stiff resistance from our forces. Having failed in their military offensive against the ONLF, TPLF troops continue perpetrate acts of violence against our civilian population including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and town square beatings of community leaders.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)

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