June 10, 2008 Reports reaching our service desk confirm that the Gorgor battalion of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) successfully overruns the Ethiopian defenses in the towns of Dhagax-madoow and Dundumo-cadka. Dhagax-madow is in the Jarar province which the Ethiopian military and its associated militias have had a major military garrison. Dundumo-cadka is only kilometers away room the strategic town of Baabili.
Eyewitnesses reported the Gorgor battalion captured both towns and the military garrisons in and around them. Most of the Ethiopian soldiers in these garrisons are reported to either have been killed, captured alive, or are unaccounted for at the time of going to press. It is reported that Ethiopian re-enforcements could not reach both towns since these re-enforcements are said to have been waylaid by ONLF forces, which were strategically placed in all the roads leading to these towns.
Camel herders who were in the area at the time reported that Ethiopian re-enforcements from Dhagax Bur were surprised by a large ONLF force stationed near outskirts of the city. The surprise attack is said to have forced these re-enforcements to return back to Dhagax Bur.
On the Baabili side, ONLF army personnel stationed in the roads leading to Dundumo-cadka ambushed Ethiopian re-enforcements. It is said that these re-enforcements could not successfully reach the town to help out the garrison that was overrun in the town.
There has been no accurate casualty counts in the battles in Dhagax Madoow, and Dundomo-cadka. Locals interviewed by our reporters in these towns indicated that the armies in the garrison overrun by ONLF numbered around 1800 military personnel.
Our reporters in the area reported that the Gorgor battalion is the said battalion that overran the Cobolo oil exploration sites in April 2007. Locals told our reporters in these towns how ecstatic they were in finally seeing the backs of the Ethiopian militias who have been harassing the town folks and looting property for months now.
One of our senior reporters in the area said that the latest successful destruction of main military garrisons belies the recent claims by the Ethiopian prime minister that his army destroyed over 95% of the ONLF army. This senior reporter added that reliable ONLF forces intimated with him that the Gorgor commando operation is only the first of planned ONLF military incursions targeting major Ethiopian military garrisons throughout Ogaden in the coming months.
--Ogaden Online News
Eyewitnesses reported the Gorgor battalion captured both towns and the military garrisons in and around them. Most of the Ethiopian soldiers in these garrisons are reported to either have been killed, captured alive, or are unaccounted for at the time of going to press. It is reported that Ethiopian re-enforcements could not reach both towns since these re-enforcements are said to have been waylaid by ONLF forces, which were strategically placed in all the roads leading to these towns.
Camel herders who were in the area at the time reported that Ethiopian re-enforcements from Dhagax Bur were surprised by a large ONLF force stationed near outskirts of the city. The surprise attack is said to have forced these re-enforcements to return back to Dhagax Bur.
On the Baabili side, ONLF army personnel stationed in the roads leading to Dundumo-cadka ambushed Ethiopian re-enforcements. It is said that these re-enforcements could not successfully reach the town to help out the garrison that was overrun in the town.
There has been no accurate casualty counts in the battles in Dhagax Madoow, and Dundomo-cadka. Locals interviewed by our reporters in these towns indicated that the armies in the garrison overrun by ONLF numbered around 1800 military personnel.
Our reporters in the area reported that the Gorgor battalion is the said battalion that overran the Cobolo oil exploration sites in April 2007. Locals told our reporters in these towns how ecstatic they were in finally seeing the backs of the Ethiopian militias who have been harassing the town folks and looting property for months now.
One of our senior reporters in the area said that the latest successful destruction of main military garrisons belies the recent claims by the Ethiopian prime minister that his army destroyed over 95% of the ONLF army. This senior reporter added that reliable ONLF forces intimated with him that the Gorgor commando operation is only the first of planned ONLF military incursions targeting major Ethiopian military garrisons throughout Ogaden in the coming months.
--Ogaden Online News
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