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Ethiopia: ONLF burns An Ethiopian Army Vehicle , Commander Abdullahi Yassin
SaysPublished On: Saturday, July, 12 2014 - 15:41:16
Over the last two weeks , fighters from Ogaden National Liberation Army
wages tremendous offensives against Ethiopian Army and its allied militia
of Liyu Police according to independent sources and Officials of ONLF.
The Ogaden National Liberation Army's commander told Qorahay Media that his
army burned an Ethiopian military truck ,which soldiers were on board in an
ambush between Denod and Qorille on Thursday.
Abdullahi Yassin said that the fighting between the Ethiopian soldiers,and
the Ogaden Army occurs every time, everywhere in the Ogaden region, and
that the number of Liyu Police was reduced in the fight,and now work as
guides and interpreters as they know the terrain and the Somali language as
well as pointing fingers to individuals that suspected of their family
members in the military service of the ONLA.
The Commander accused of Ethiopian soldiers that they have burned civilians
in life ,and others suffocated to death after they were placed plastic bags
with peppers on their heads by the Ethiopian Army.
"We are not armed to kill Ethiopian civilians, but Ethiopian army is armed
to kill our civilians,and that is an evidence of being a state-sponsored
terrorism," added Danab Commander.
Ethiopian soldiers and its allied Liyu Police, have started to cut hundreds
of trees that surrounded the streets in order to reduce the ambushes of the
Ogaden National liberation Army,(ONLA) , according a source.
According well-informed Ogadeni journalist and the Chief-Editor of
Ogadentoday Press ,Mohammed Farah, reported July 10,2014, that ONLA stepped
up attacks on Ethiopian troops stationed in Ogaden.
Ogadentoday Press further reported " that almost 150 pro-Ethiopian
paramilitary militia under the command of the regional administration has
been killed in the attacks", citing a source close to the regional
administration.
Hussein Mohamed Nur, head of ONLF information told reports of Waagacusub
media that ONLF has carried out military operations.
"We have killed more than 100 Ethiopian soldiers ,and its allied militia of
Liyu Police (Hawarin) at Kebri Dahar and Godey," Hussein Nour said.
The Independent media have banned Ogaden region to verify the ONLF's recent
military victory over Ethiopia,but Ethiopia always dismisses any ONLF
military gains and calls ONLA a defeated force.
The Ogaden National Liberation Army has been fighting against Ethiopian
soldiers since 1994, and believes that it will accomplish its oil-and-gas
rich ogaden independence via a military solution.
Peace-talk between ONLF and Ethiopia stalled in Oct 17, 2012, after the
ONLF refused to accept Ethiopian Constitution, which it says the Ethiopian
constitution does not concern the Somalis in Ogaden.The kidnappings of two
members of ONLF negation team,Sulub Abdi Ahmed and Ali Ahmed Hussein have
further complicated diplomatic negotiations between the ONLF and Ethiopia.
Received on Sat Jul 12 2014 - 12:43:38 EDT