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The Deputy Chairman of the National Front for the Liberation of Western Somalia (Ogaden) that LURD forces began a counter-attack against Ethiopian troops stationed in the eastern province and destroyed a full brigade were killed more than 15 military commander, including commander of the region.
He said Hassan Abdel Qader: This region is launched attacks against the people of Ogaden where Ethiopian troops burned entire villages in the province and destroyed wells pastoralists and collective massacres committed against the population.
The continuing combat operations conducted under the name of “revenge” in response to the massacres of Ethiopian troops. It was destroyed Corps stationed in the eastern Ogaden It was then directing attacks focused Corps stationed northwest of the province, were killed between 1500 – 2000 is the result of an Ethiopian soldier dead Ethiopian troops within three months of operations, and seized more than 1500 weapons and the number of light wireless communication devices, including mobile phones military satellite was destroyed more than 20 vehicles and the transportation of troops and armour supplies military logistics equipment Soviet and American, as the families of a large number of soldiers and some of them were released, while retaining some of the important elements from the ranks of Ethiopian troops hostage hands of the RUF.
It is the province of “Ogaden” occupied by Ethiopia in 1954 eastern Ethiopia and western Somalia and bordered to the north-eastern Republic of Djibouti, the ratio between the Muslim population to 100% where predominantly Muslim Somali tribes of the same those inhabiting the Republic of Somalia.
The region has witnessed the most violent wars in 1977, when bear population who are now 8 million people, under the leadership of disarmament “Front of the Liberation of Western Somalia” in the face of the Ethiopian army after the fall of Emperor “Haile Selassie” with the support of the regime of President Mohamed Siad Barre, and succeeded Armed Front and the army Somali in controlling most of the territory.
But Ethiopia has managed in 1987 under President “Mengistu Maryam mechanism” with the support of Cuba and the former Soviet Union to re-occupy large areas of the province.
He also said that he had since established in 1984 Front is waging attacks against the Ethiopian army to grant territorial claim the right of self-determination is rejected demands that the Government of Ethiopia and launched attacks on the territory and arrested members of Parliament and leaders of the resistance killed and the local administration, which rejected the occupation, and spread in the battles intensified in the past After the two entered Ethiopia to Somalia pretext extinguish revolution Alaojadinet belief that this is the way in which the resistance is silenced by the mistaken belief that the people of Ogaden rely on itself to resist occupation does not rely on any of the neighbors, especially that of No central state in Somalia now can support Ogaden and failed attacks against Ethiopian forces in the intensification of resistance attacks against military camps and against foreign companies that help European colonialism and economic battles are now making strong Ethiopian army focused its attacks on unarmed people nor strength to confront the rebels.
The Front leadership is elected every four years through a conference of the year in which the election of a central committee and another executive, and Vice President and assistants through a popular women’s organizations, youth and religious scholars, headed by the Front currently Admiral Mohammad Omar Othman Somali former Naval Commander, where he returned to his homeland after the collapse of Somalia and participated Revolution in the People’s Liberation Ogaden elected president since the Second Congress of the Front.
The Deputy National Front that the operations carried out by the front destroyed the Ethiopian presence in the east, south and north-west of Ogaden are focusing operations on the north and south west of the province.
He said: The Front exploited the disintegration of holding Ethiopian army stationed on three areas in Somalia and the Eritrean border in the Ogaden where hosts the Ethiopian army is the second largest in number and were preparing However overload even fallen in the last year between 3 thousand to 4 thousand soldiers in the three months Recent between 1500 – 2000 troops.
He said: The Ethiopian army suffering from fragility and vulnerability in its military, despite showing Ethiopia, and there are exaggerations in the population of Ethiopia is not only exposes the major battles which comes from Ogaden and Somalia.
The defeats of Ethiopian troops in the Ogaden, Somalia caused restless populations consisting of 83 different nationalities, races and religions languages no longer national trusts another, because of the wars that implicated the regime by the army.
The great Ethiopian groups are suffering from differences among themselves, especially Amhara and Altejrai signed rivalry and conflict between the two sides, making the Ethiopian army does not happen only on the mosaic constituent units fighting in the Ogaden and Somalia.
He said: that the army depends on its remaining equipment was old Soviet force modernization equipment from the United States of America where the acquisition of weapons and equipment from the American Ethiopian troops.
The presence of American support for the Ethiopian army under the so-called fight against terrorism and there are special units trained American forces entered battles in the Ogaden show which was seized by the presence of American logistical support large Ethiopian army, which is a support dating back to the early nineties, especially special forces in the recent period was the presence of special forces trained by the United States, but the human elements No American fighting in the ranks of Ethiopian troops.
Regarding the strategic importance of the Ogaden for Ethiopia said: It is the fear of the disintegration of Ethiopia, which was originally the name of a bogus word in Ethiopia face a black name loosely wants the ruling regime in Addis Ababa used a pretext for the expansion included neighbouring provinces under its banner, in particular regions where there is a Muslim majority, such as Somalia, the Ogaden, Ethiopia used to request tide States Christian pretext dissemination and protection of preaching Christianity in the black continent is the argument that ratified unfortunately the United States and the West and exploited by Ethiopia to expand at the expense of their neighbors.
He said: that after the separation of Eritrea Ethiopia became a house has no outlet to the sea, causing suffering great economic and Ahssha isolation.
He Mataatmta the Ogaden oil wealth of strategic defect discovered since the sixties were attracted to the inhabitants of the Abyssinian plateau in terms of mineral wealth and natural resources.
The cultural dimension in the war against the Ethiopian Ogaden where fear from the expansion of the cultural tide in the Arab-Islamic Ogaden platform for the dissemination of Islamic culture in the Horn of Africa since scientists contributed Ogaden in spreading Islam in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, Central African continent, thus creating a conflict between old culturally Ogaden Abyssinia, which Madjal Abyssinia SEEKS Balaorobien a century and a half ago and helped European support Ethiopia to impose its control over about 40% of the territory of Ogaden.
However, Deputy National Front confirmed that the regional circumstances have changed in favour of resistance and to lead the people of Ogaden today a popular revolution in which all categories of People’s 8 million people numbers all year Coafh Muslims, living on an area of around 500 thousand square kilometers.
He stressed that the companies were prospecting for oil in the province was bombed positions and forced to leave the sites of the barracks and oil, and the Chinese company in addition to the Malaysian company Petronas, which provided support to Ethiopia for more than ten years has been warning officials of the Malaysian deal with Ethiopia and oblivious to the danger readied against the Ogaden and the Muslim people, which can not be extracted oil wealth benefit the Ethiopian colonization.
Regarding the functioning civil administration in Ogaden Abdul Qadir Hassan explained that before the front there were small movements, and Front faction is now the president as it controlled 70% of the territory with support from the people and communities located abroad and that there is unified and circumventing the popular revolution there Service certified on the economy of the country and its potential and the unity of faith.
He confirmed the existence of good relations between the Front and the Somali factions that are fighting Ethiopia, stressing that the Somali people and one despite the current subdivisions in the northern and central Somalia, Djibouti and the Ogaden.
He said: that the invasion of Ethiopia to Somalia is illegal avenge the support of the Somali people for the revolution Ogaden since the sixties, where an old battle between Somalia and Ethiopia in 1964 1977 between Somalia and Ethiopia due to its support for the revolution and since that date, the Ethiopian regime wants revenge Somalia, and they have already destroyed the city of Mogadishu and the displacement of hundreds of people and the entire Somali imprisoned massive numbers and destroyed farms in silence everyone.
The demands on the front now explained Abdul Qadir Hassan front fighting for the right of self-determination for the people of Ogaden is a universal right endorsed by the international covenants, the African Union and League of Arab States and all regional organizations, pointing out that there are contacts with the League of Arab States and the United Nations, the African Union, we get promises of consideration Case in those forums, said: “The Arab League has a positive attitude, but he did not evolve to the extent and the level sought by the RUF.
“We call upon the Secretary-General of the Arab League and give us that our cause will be sending a delegation to the university to renew this request and to end this conflict, which affects the whole Horn of Africa and the Arab national security in the Red Sea and south of the Arab world. He added that the issue of Palestine is the Ogaden other in the Horn of Africa and ask the Muslim peoples and governments, organizations and Islamic movements to stand with us politically, economically and media.
He called on Western countries to review their policies in support of the ruling regime in Ethiopia that colonize nationalities Although few in number and underdevelopment in all fields, stressing that the Ogaden region rich in natural gas, saying that we are ready to negotiate with others, and we want to live freely and life are essential.
The Abdul Qadir Hassan, an urgent appeal to the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the humanitarian organizations to get to know the cause of Muslims in Western Somalia and lend a helping hand to the population and help their cause because no less significant issues on which it holds interest throughout the world, such as the issue of Palestine, Iraq, Kosovo and Chechnya Afghanistan and Kashmir, asserting that the territory is suffering from an economic blockade and the pressure of political and security Ogaden making a big prison open from the ceiling and that it was now the victim of Arabism and Islam and demanded the annexation front to the organization and to the Arab League as an observer in order to achieve full membership after liberation.
He said: that the province is suffering from a lack of basic services and facilities there is no hospital in centres for education, and potable water, and electricity when power is lacking, as well as the ways in which non-paved and all of this by the Ethiopian colonialism that prevents citizens from owning development capabilities in any of the viable.
He stressed that what prevents a unified Somali State is the Ethiopian regime, which does not want to accept a Somali Muslim neighbour large Arab and expressed his hope in the presence of currents unitary Arab inside Somalia will be led to a unified Somalia, the Ethiopian defeat of the project.
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