The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an Ethiopian rebel group that is operating in eastern Ethiopia, is reporting more Woyanne regime casualties in a renewed offensive that took place since November 10. The following is a military communique:
Military operations related to the 10 November 2009 offensive have concluded in Ogaden. In total, 6 military vehicles belonging to the regime have been destroyed thus far by ONLF forces. The death toll from all fronts now stands at 985 of Woyanne regime troops killed, including 12 officers, with a large number wounded.
Military hardware was captured on all fronts of the offensive, including small arms, ammunition, communications equipment and other materials of intelligence value.
By all measures, the 10 November offensive has resulted in a resounding defeat for Meles Zenawi’s regime where our ONLF deployed.
Reliable sources confirm that the regime is now planning a counter-offensive and intends to target civilians in particular. The regime plans to resettle civilians by force and particularly target
communities near the active fronts of the 10 November offensive.
Orders have also been issued by the regime to deny international food aid to large areas of Ogaden. This denial of international food aid to the civilian population for political reasons and the forceful planned resettlement of the people into what could lead to modern day concentration camps is unacceptable and clearly a war crime.
Donor nations bear a responsibility to hold the regime accountable for their humanitarian assistance which is being used to subjugate rather than support the civilian population of Ogaden.
The regime continues to deny these actions but is clearly fearful of independent media coming to Ogaden to see for themselves the resounding victory of ONLF forces during the 10 November offensive.
The ONLF welcomes all independent individual journalists and international media organizations who wish to come to Ogaden and report on events here.
ONLF challenge the regime to allow independent media into Ogaden if it has nothing to hide from the international community.
8 thoughts on “ONLF killed 985 Woyannes, burned 6 vehicles”
good job our heroes
I hope others in Ethiopia will come to the point that this regime can not be democratized and will not allow the necessary political space to effect peaceful change. Eighteen years is long enough to come to this conclusion.
Let others take arms as ONLF and attack the TPLF army from all diractions to speed up the demise of the gangster regime in Addis Abeba.
this is a time for EPPF and others to start from the north. what are they waiting ??
TPLF closed and cut off all independent communications in Ogaden in the hope that they will be able to hide their crimes.But they forget the beholding eyes of the millions of Ogadenis led by the ONLF.Meles,Bereket Simon and the rest of the Woyanes should know by now that shear cruelty is not going to work and the Ogadenis are very proud people who are not interested to play second fiddle to these savage regime in Addis-Ababa.Ogadenis want the full flower of their humanity.
ONLF took up arms in 1992 and was waging war against TPLF at a price. TPLF cut off the Somali Regional State from the rest of the country and barred all international organisation from setting foot and so is killing the innocent civilians in their thousands, burning their villages and raping their women and etc.
The Somali regional state paid a heavy price simply the other nationalities are just talking in a language I call Hypocracy.
As history shows all the problems of Ethiopia starts from the east and this one has no end. The more the TPLF kills the civillians the more the OLF will find a stream of recruits that can keep the flame of the of struggle burning.
Onlf needs the assistance of the other nationalities( only if they are willing to die) of Ethiopia in ousting this fascist regime once and for all.
The international community will only postively interfere when realities on the ground are firmly established.
The forth coming election is just another for gone conclusion and merrits no time to wast as it will change not an iota of the ethiopian politics.
kick more woyane ass my boys!
in the future i am that one day
somali killil,and tigray killil will declare there independenceas two nation
because that is the objectif of tplf
creation of somali republic with dire dawa as capitale and jijiga and godey the two major cities
creation of tigray republic with makelle as capitale,and adigrat and shire as major cities
at this time the power will in the hand of the oromos
good like and freedom for all
why should I put a comment!