|
Military Communique' 22
October 2007
Battles
continued for a second day yesterday near
Wardheer in Ogaden with TPLF regime
casualties rising to over 250 killed and an
unconfirmed number wounded.
12 Military vehicles which had been part of
a TPLF regime counter offensive and
dispatched from Qabri-Dahar were destroyed.
Thus far, 13 TPLF regime officers including
a Colonel and a Captain have been killed in
battles around Wardheer during the last two
days. The ONLF has in its possession the
military ID's of many of those officers.
ONLF casualties have been light given the
scope of the engagements.
The TPLF regime counter-offensive against
ONLF forces began at mid-day yesterday 21st
October with TPLF regime troops attacking
ONLF forces at 5 different locations near
Wardheer. The counter-offensive involved
nearly 1,500 TPLF regime troops in the
theater.
ONLF forces have repulsed the counter
offensive and have now surrounded a large
number of TPLF regime troops in the area
near Wardheer. These surrounded troops are
being urged to surrender with guarantees
that they will not be harmed if they do so.
Any surrendering troops who wish to join the
armed forces of organizations allied to the
ONLF such as the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),
Sidama Liberation Front (SLF) or Ethiopian
Peoples Patriotic Front (EPPF) will be
transferred to those organizations.
Battles near Wardheer are expected to
continue in the coming days and the ONLF
will provide further information as
appropriate.
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
Military Operations Command Centre (MOCC)
OGADEN
onlfpress@onlf.org |
