4 suspects with "Eritrean accent" arrested in Ogaden [AFP]

[Gara Man]

Addis Ababa - Ethiopian authorities said on Monday they have apprehended four individuals "with Eritrean accents" suspected of killing one person and injuring nine in attacks in the restive Ogaden region.

The blasts occurred on December 15 in Kebri Dehar, 800km south-east of Addis Ababa, when assailants hurled a hand grenade at a packed cafe that instantly killed a waitress and wounded another person, government spokesperson Shimelis Kemal told AFP.

The suspects then threw a second grenade at a pursuing crowd, injuring another eight people, he added.

"The individuals that we subsequently captured all spoke in the Tigrinya language with an Eritrean accent, as well as Oromiffa (language)," Shimelis said.

Eritrea is routinely accused of supporting the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a Somali-ethnic separatist group formed in 1984, as well as the rebel Oromo Liberation Front.

The ONLF announced last month it had launched a wide offensive on several fronts and recaptured seven towns from government forces, a claim swiftly denied by Addis Ababa.

"The ONLF was decimated last month ... it was a massacre. I'm not proud to say it because they were Ethiopians, but it was a massacre," Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in November.

- AFP

What a load of animal fat. This oromo right here gives credit when credit is due and the exact opposite occured.
Does anybody else here believe this garbage?

[Hyperactive]

lol i believe when pigs fly!!

[The Nomad]

There was no 'massacre'.

It's no less believable than over 700 Ethiopian soldiers being killed in a few days, though. They're equally implausible.

[gurey25]

ive been following this closely and yes i believe it is possible that the etiopians lost that many..
this doesnt change the situation though...

they can lose 7000 and the strategic situation will not change.

there too many expendable oromo footsoldiers.

[hanqadh]

This midget has been saying the same thing about ONLF since he started this war in 1994.

If he doesnt make a deal with the ONLF soon, the Amhara machine which is oiling up will break his back, they now have the support of Eritrea across the border.All the rebels will descend on Addis, Meles better leave while he can.

[Gara Man]

Gurey,
I think you are deeply misunderstood in the number of oromos in the Ethiopian army.You make it seem that half the army is oromo w/o actual hard nosed evidence. Nevertheless in the case of who to believe i would trust them than the pseudo aqazi gremlin

Hanqadh amhara is all talk but in reality they offer little. In 91 us oromos were flexing are muscles more than anybody and the result the OLF was pretty much the most feared group. and in the end they got out witted.
Now however we are like crows seemingly blending in the environment posted ever more calm on a ledge with everyone simply ignoring us as if we are not even there. This a position i much rather have.