Woqooyi/Isaaq refugees Accounts of war (80's- early 90's)

[anonymousfaarax]

Detailed accounts of what some of the refugees from the north experienced in the 80's-early 90's. Some very interesting information...

WHY SOMALIS FLEE Synthesis of Accounts of Conflict Experience in Northern Somalia
by Somali Refugees, Displaced Persons and Others

In the eight months between May 1988 and January 1989, an estimated
300,000 – 500,000 Somali refugees had arrived in eastern Ethiopia from northern
Somalia, sometimes at the rate of 4,000 a day. Mobilized through the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the international community provided
food and cash contributions approaching an annualized level of roughly US$50
million to assure the survival of these refugees. Somali refugees were said to be
arriving in Djibouti and Kenya as well. Hundreds of thousands of other Somalis
were thought to be internally displaced inside Somalia.

Another population of concern to the Refugee Bureau were hundreds of
thousands of refugees who had fled from Ethiopia to sanctuary in Somalia as
many as ten years earlier, who were still residing in refugee camps in northern
Somalia and who were also severely affected by the intense fighting which broke
out there in May 1988. These refugee camps had been established under the
auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

FULL REPORT:

http://www.cja.org/downloads/Why%20Somalis%20Flee.pdf

[anonymousfaarax]

Some excerpts

Attacks on villages and watering points

Thirty (23%) of the Issak refugees reported eyewitness and/or credible detailed accounts of twenty-six separate surprise armed attacks on unarmed,
undefended civilian villages in the reported absence of resistance, conflict or SNM forces. These attacks were targeted at civilians in and immediately around
Issak villages, and at Issak civilians and their livestock at watering points and grazing areas near the villages. All of these attacks were attributed to the Somali
Armed Forces.

A total of 254 civilians were reported to have been killed in these attacks, of whom 64% were identified by name. Of the 254 victims, 58% were reported to
be men, 25% women, 16% children. The gender and age of two (1%) of the victims were not noted.

Twenty of the ground attacks were reported to have been directed against villages, three against watering points. Fifteen were separate instances in which
the pattern of attack was the same. In these cases, a column of uniformed Somali Armed Forces soldiers surrounded a small village or watering point.
These troops were sometimes said to have originated from the Somali Armed Forces camps on the outskirts of the villages, and sometimes from military
camps in nearby towns. The residents of these villages were said to have been almost exclusively Issaks. Without warning, the soldiers were said to have
opened fire on the villages/watering points at their fleeing occupants. Some refugees reported that while shooting appeared indiscriminate, the attackers
seemed to give higher priority as targets to Issak men.



Attacks on Asylum Seekers


Nine (7%) of the 130 Issak refugees reported witnessing ground or air attacks on unarmed civilians as they were fleeing by foot from conflict areas in
search of sanctuary and asylum in Ethiopia. These attacks tended to take place as the refugees were walking along a road or track, or as they were resting or
preparing a meal along the journey.

The nine refugees observed a combined total of 54 deaths of Issak asylum seekers in these incidents. Eight of the nine refugees ascribed their
reports to the May 27/August 31, 1988 period; the timing of the ninth report could not be determined. Of the nine reports, four were made by refugees from
Hartesheikh/Harshin; three from Daror and two from Cam Aboker.

Four of the nine cases, accounting for 33% of the deaths, were observed to have been committed by Somali Armed Forces ground soldiers. Sixteen (89%) of the victims were killed by gunshots; two (11%) were knifed to death. About 50% of the victims were identified by name.

Five of the nine cases, accounting for 67% of the deaths, were caused by air attacks against the asylum seekers. Of these, 12 (33%) were said to be caused by strafing; 24 deaths (67%) were caused by aerial bombing. About 40% of the victims of the air attacks were identified by name by the witnesses.

Of the 54 victims of the nine attacks on asylum seekers, 15% were said to be men, 67% women and children. The sex and ages of ten of the victims were
inadvertently not noted.

Summary Executions and Other Killings

Twenty-eight of the Issak refugees, about 22% of those interviewed in Ethiopia and Kenya, reported eyewitness or credible detailed accounts of thirty two incidents of executions conducted in a summary manner, in the absence of judicial process, by the Somali Armed Forces. Twenty-nine of the incidents were reported by refugees in Ethiopia, three by refugees in Kenya.
A total of 233 civilians were reported to have been killed in these executions, of whom about 43% were identified by name. About 77% of the
victims of these executions were said to have been men.

[Faant]

Allah will give them justice.

[The_Emperior5]

can some one delete this topic meeshaan calacaal looga ma baahna

[XimanJaale]

[anonymousfaarax]

Whats funny

[anonymousfaarax]

can some one delete this topic meeshaan calacaal looga ma baahna

Whos calaacaling mofo ?

[The_Emperior5]

whats the point of keep posting something that happened 24 years ago look a the future there is no need for this nonsense

[XimanJaale]

Whats funny

this is funny:

Twenty-eight of the Issak refugees, about 22% of those interviewed in Ethiopia and Kenya, reported eyewitness or credible detailed accounts of thirty two incidents of executions conducted in a summary manner, in the absence of judicial process, by the Somali Armed Forces. Twenty-nine of the incidents were reported by refugees in Ethiopia, three by refugees in Kenya.

I'm also laughing at the statisics, they don't add up. Look at the percentage's and how its ditributed

[anonymousfaarax]

Strange sense of humour you have.

[union]

Lies.

[union]

Whats funny

this is funny:

Twenty-eight of the Issak refugees, about 22% of those interviewed in Ethiopia and Kenya, reported eyewitness or credible detailed accounts of thirty two incidents of executions conducted in a summary manner, in the absence of judicial process, by the Somali Armed Forces. Twenty-nine of the incidents were reported by refugees in Ethiopia, three by refugees in Kenya.

I'm also laughing at the statisics, they don't add up. Look at the percentage's and how its ditributed

he said that she said that he said so and so attacked my village
what a load of nonsense

[fighter]

Union and ximan are obviously marehans due to legitimizing and accepting the murders of other Somalis and laugh about it.

They can only do this over the internet or publicly in the gaacho state of ohio or the city of seattle where almost all of them reside. People like them r cowards. Obviously protecting their awowo.

[union]

They can only do this over the internet or publicly in the gaacho state of ohio or the city of seattle where almost all of them reside. People like them r cowards. Obviously protecting their awowo.

Says the little cockroach who lives in the unheard of hick town called "Mississauga" in Canada. Can you tell us why you haven't returned to Somalia since we've been overthrown? Hmmm, after all we were the source of all the problems right?

[fighter]

They can only do this over the internet or publicly in the gaacho state of ohio or the city of seattle where almost all of them reside. People like them r cowards. Obviously protecting their awowo.

Says the little cockroach who lives in the unheard of hick town called "Mississauga" in Canada. Can you tell us why you haven't returned to Somalia since we've been overthrown? Hmmm, after all we were the source of all the problems right?

Mississauga is a Toronto suburb.... You moron..

Seattle population: 560,000
Mississauga population: 730,000

Not only r marehans cowards but they make stupid statements too.

I've returned to somalia, over 5 times. So be quiet, know ur role and don't make dumb comments again.