Ethiopian Forces Second massacre Somali Villagers

[wagardhac]

Clashes between Somali villagers and Ethiopian forces in a border area where the foreign forces carried out an operation left at least 16 people dead, witnesses said Sunday.

Residents of El-Dibir, where the fighting erupted late Saturday, grew angry over a week-long operation conducted by the Ethiopian troops and took up arms, local elders said.

"We have sent a team to collect the dead bodies. We are getting that 16 people were killed and 21 others injured, and tension is still high in the area," Abdurahman Moalim Adan, an elder in a nearby border town, told AFP.All Murder Civilian Victims are from Somali tribe Marehan inhabitants of both sides of the border oil-rich region . What area was considered the most peaceful areas Somali Region of Ethiopia.local Marehan tribe securing the border from ONLF movement is based off Ogaden nationalization, and close ties with groups inside nearby lawless Somalia alshabaab and Hizbul Islam Terrorist Groups. Some of those Killed in El-Dibir inculled , marehan clan elders Tribal leaders including, clan elders hussean dirshe (Xuseen Diirshe), clan elders ahmad adan abdale (Axmed Aadan Bowdalle , clan elders Sufu Warsame Takilo ( Suufi Warsame Taakillo.) and Woman and KidsAn official of the Sufi sect Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa in the region said the Ethiopian soldiers targeted civilians."The people who were targeted by the Ethiopian troops are not rebels or violent elements. Nearly 20 people have died in the violence and one of them was a renowned chief who went to the area for mediation," said Sheikh Bashir Mohamed.Other local residents confirmed the clashes. Ethiopian forces in May also clashed with residents of a border town in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region in an incursion that left at least 12 civilians dead. http://terror freesomalia.blogspot.com/2 ... omali.html

[paidmonk]

Ethiopia must not be allowed to get away with this.

I am sure patriotic Wagardhac civilians will strike back hard. God is on their side.