ONLF killed another 250 Ethio Soldiers

[Somali2003]

Ethiopian rebels claim killing 250 government troops

9 hours ago

NAIROBI (AFP) — Ethiopian rebels said they had killed 250 government troops in on renewed clashes in the volatile Ogaden region, where the government has been carrying our a crackdown.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) spokesman Abdirahman Mahdi said the movements's fighters on Monday killed "counted at least 250 Ethiopian troops killed" near the Wardheer and Jijiga townships.

"Our commander said they counted at least 250 Ethiopian troops killed in the fighting that lasted the whole day," Mahdi told AFP by phone from London.

"We took a lot of ammunition, guns from them and we burnt about three army trucks in the fighting," he added.

"Several of them were wounded, but it was dark and dangerous to go after them counting," he said, adding that the ONFL said also suffered "casualties."

Journalists and aid workers are blocked from visiting the area, where the army is carrying out a crackdown on the insurgents.

Ethiopian officials were not immediately available for comment.

On Sunday, the ONLF said in a statement that almost 1,000 of its fighters attacked Ethiopian troops near Wardheer early Saturday, killing more than 140 of them.

Ethiopian information ministry spokesman Zemedkun Tekle denied to AFP on Sunday that the any such attack had taken place.

Mahdi said Monday's clashes flared when Ethiopia army deployed about 1,500 troops to counter-attack after its weekend losses.

"We were ready because we knew they would attack. And now we are further preparing because we know they will be stage another counter-attack," Mahdi said.

The Ethiopian army launched a crackdown on the region, about the same size as Britain with a population of about four million, following an attack by the ONLF against a Chinese oil venture in April that left 77 people dead.

Last Thursday, the UN frontline aid agency, OCHA, said Addis Ababa had allowed agencies to conduct relief operations in the region, where humanitarian workers had sounded alarm bells.

But the ONLF said the army was threatening to deny the humanitarian aid to clans that refuse to contribute militia fighters to back the army.

"The army has been going round saying it will deny food to clans that refuse to contribute fighters. That is why the ONLF fighters and the people decided to rise against the military for oppressing them and abusing them," Mahdi told AFP.

In September, a UN fact-finding panel recommended an independent probe into allegations that the army had committed human rights abuses during the army operation.

The ONLF has repeatedly warned that another "African genocide" was unfolding in the region, where it said thousands of displaced civilians had fled to neighbouring Somalia without essential supplies over recent months.

The Ethiopian army has flatly rejected the claims, and instead said its campaign is not targeting civilians, but the rebels whom it accuses of carrying out "terrorist" activities.

Addis Ababa has expelled Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee for the Red Cross from Ogaden for allegedly meddling in politics, a charge they both deny.

Authorities have imposed a trade blockade on the impoverished region since June, with few goods -- including food -- permitted into the area, according to Human Rights Watch.

The barren Ogaden region, neighbouring lawless Somalia, has long been extremely poor, but the discovery of gas and oil has brought new hopes of wealth as well as new causes of conflict.

Ethiopia accuses arch-foe Eritrea of supporting Ogaden separatists. The authorities in Asmara deny this.

Formed in 1984, the ONLF is fighting for the independence of ethnic Somalis in Ogaden, whom they say have been marginalised by Addis Ababa.

[toothless]

Ethoipa and its poor farm conscrpits these people ethiopia is using in its army are oromo and other non tigrian ppls and They basically killing 2 birds with one stone....But ONLF gotta do what they gotta do and kill or be killed if ONLF had more weaponry Ethiopia so called one of the biggest armies in africa will be routed. and suffer major body damge .Also ethiopan morall would plunge in the oppsite direction as the HIV infection rates. they'll lose stomach to fight.....

and let the hateraide jucie pooouur......sour and bitter
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[Kramer]

http://www.rstvonline.com/

Watch shirkii Mohamed Osman uu ku qabtay Minnesota -he is talking about this stuff!

[KeligiiJabhad]

Let them (ONLF) handle the licentious Ethio Xuuxs. They (the dirthy Ethio troops) think they could stand against Somalis once they play that game of 'Divide and Rule'. But it's time for them to learn another unforgetable lesson from the die-hard Somali Mujaahidiin!

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. You guys are always making excuses about why the Ethiopians continue to kick your collective as$es. Meanwhile, you never seem to bther to learn from the past and keep making the same misakes over and over again. You think your enemies are lesser humans, less capable, less everything. So you can't be introspective enough to figure out why they keep handing your a$$es to you. I swear, is there anyone on the planet more stupid than a believing Muslim?

[Gamadid.]

Mad, You leave out the fact that less than 3% somalis are fighting the Ethiopians from Ogadenia to Muqdisho. These are wars of attrition and not a war between two armies, so the number of Ethiopian casualities is significant anywhere. Ethiopians don't stand a chance against a somali army who is trained and even moderately equipped. The ill-equipped somalis who responded to the call of war from around the world and who went to iidaale/Baydhabo area proved history right. Xabashis with their American training and support couldn't advance a single kilometer for days on end before they resorted to severe Aerial bombardment. Many Ethiopian soldiers were slaughtered in the field unwept.

This is not a war being waged by all somalis. Majority of Somalis under the leadership of Ethiopian stooges are staying on the sidelines. Read this forum, you can see the somali psyche and how it is damaged by clan hatred and devisions. With no honourable voice uniting them, and people in the clan fiefdoms of Somaliland and Puntland threatened with arrest and extradtition to Ethiopia if they show any inclination of support for those fighting the Ethiopians, you are left with few somalis fighting the good war when they can and wherever they can. Without these minorities bloodying the Ethiopians whenever and wherever they can, Somalia's annexation as the Sixth region with heads of clan fiefdoms representing the Xabashi Kingdom would be complete. It is already in the process and Ethiopia rules vast land of Somalia by proxy, from Hargeysa to Kismayo. History will remember the brave insurgents as men who stood for somali honour in a time their country was sold and their people weakened by clan hatred and devisions.

Just look at the forum.

[Hyperactive]

Best news i've hear all day.
well done onlf.

[GENERAL_SNM]

How many innocent ogadeen's will pay with their lifes,when the ethoipians seek retribution?
Or will that bridge be crossed when you get to it?

[Hyperactive]

We're paying every day walal what ever we fight back or not. in an farisano o nala layo ba ka hon.
Nafto wa hal in la is defa'o Allah iyo rasoulkesa yiri wa haq.

[Gamadid.]

Hyperactive, you lok cool Abti

And you are right, fight or not Ethiopia

is determined to use somalis to its advantage

general SMN is a defeatist or someone happy

with the little clan fiefdom he thinks is safe


from the Xabashis for Now.

[Hyperactive]

Haa Abti inan i so radi hadaba.lol
Mishkelada Somalida haysata in Somalia or ethiopia hadi an qabil koda la ley neynin they think ethiopian are their friends as long other qabil is the victim. They don't know ethiopia iney dul koda heysato ayna somali kala je'eleyn.
Hadan is ra'no ma ethiopian hom ba somali ko bareri laheyd?
In la is deebo bey donayan on dadka dulkoda aynan o dagalamin.

[Kismaayo21]

well done ONLF

[Gamadid.]

Exactly Abti, Xabashi soomaali ma kala jeclo, The tigre employ some somalis giving them false sense of security and massacre the rest who oppose them, and those they can't reach with the violence, they have their representatives playing their role as executioners. They have the entire somali race by the neck wallahi, how pathetic. These are low times.

PS: Gabar ma weyneysid Abti, any girl would be honoured to marry you considering your family's excellent religious contribution ot our society

Qatarna waa u egtahay Ookiayaalkaa i dilay Abti

[Hyperactive]

lol Gamadid.
Abti wan inda la'ahay ega ma aha khatar noqo.lol

[new-york23]

good news.
onlf wey soo dhigteen walee..i heard there was also a somali mallitia that was fighting along side the ethiopians and was completlly crippeled