O.N.L.F Military Communique'
7 March 2009
Heavy fighting between Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) forces and those of the Ethiopian regime is currently taking place in the vicinity of Degah Bur in northern Ogaden. ONLF fighters from the 'Dufaan Unit' are engaging with Ethiopian troops, who at one point, occupied parts of Southern Somalia but have now been redeployed to Ogaden.
24 Ethiopian troops have been killed in this latest round of fighting since the 4th of March with dozens wounded. Ethiopian forces killed six ethnic Somali pastoralists in the area. Two of the six civilians died by hanging at the hands of the Ethiopian regimes troops.
ONLF forces have now captured the staging ground and an arms depot belonging to the Ethiopian unit operating near Degah Bur. Thousands of rounds of amunition and several dozen rifles have been captured.
ONLF military operations in the Degah Bur area will continue until the Ethiopian unit redeployed from Somalia is completely eliminated.
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
Military Command Centre (MCC)
