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ONLF shoots down Ethiopian military helicopter
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
Military Communique’
July 23, 2006 — The armed forces of the Ogaden National Liberation
Front (ONLF) on July 18th shot down an Ethiopian
military transport helicopter with over twenty
Ethiopian troops on board. There were no survivors.
The Helicopter was shot down near the town of Gabo
Gabo in the Qorahay Zone and was transporting troops
to an unknown desitination in Somalia.
Ethiopian military jets were seen by townspeople following
the downing of the helicopter. Ethiopian troop movements in
Ogaden in recent days point to an imminent large scale military operation
directed at Southern Somalia.
The ONLF will continue to engage federal troops anywhere in Ogaden
including those stationed on the Ogaden side of the border with Somalia.