March 09, 2008 Reports reaching our service desk from the town of Cambule confirm mass murder carried out by the Ethiopian military and the local Somali police. Cambule is on the paved road between Djibouti and Addis Ababa.

Credible sources within the Ethiopian government confirmed that Meles Zenawi, the head of the Ethiopian ruling clique, personally ordered the mass murder carried out by the Ethiopians. A venerable resident of the town confirmed that Mohamoud Dirir, a minister in the Ethiopian federal government, and the local administration spearheaded the despicable operation carried against the Ogaden civilians in the town of Cambule.

It is reported that the whole town was firebombed. Most of the basic Somali dwellings in the town are said to have been destroyed by the deliberate fire. It has been difficult to receive accurate information from the town since the Ethiopians and their allied local administration have refused anyone to leave or enter the town. So far the death of six civilians whose bodies are on the town streets have been confirmed.

The civilians who were able to escape the death and destruction caused by the marauding Ethiopian military and its associated local administration police are reported to be camping outside the town. It also reported that these civilians are now in need of food and drinking water, which have not been supplied by neither the Ethiopians nor the non-governmental organizations present in neighboring towns and cities.

--Ogaden Online News