
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Undated images of Labigah, Ethiopia before (top) and after (bottom) show what appear to be signs of burning and other destruction. REUTERS/American Association for the Advancement of Science/DigitalGlobe/Handout
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite images confirm reports that the Ethiopian military has burned towns and villages in the remote Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia, the American Association for the Advancement of Science reported on Thursday.
Eight sites in the rocky, arid region, which borders Somalia, have clear signs of burning and other destruction, the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program said.
The commercially available images corroborate a report by Human Rights Watch, also issued on Thursday, that uses eyewitness accounts of attacks on tens of thousands of ethnic-Somali Muslims living in the area, the AAAS said.
"The Ethiopian authorities frequently dismiss human rights reports, saying that the witnesses we interviewed are liars and rebel supporters," Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director at the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
"But it will be much more difficult for them to dismiss the evidence presented in the satellite images, as images like that don't lie," he said.
Ethiopia, a key regional ally of the United States, launched its latest offensive after the Ogaden National Liberation Front attacked a Chinese-run oil field in the region in April 2007, killing more than 70 people.
Ethiopian government officials in Addis Ababa routinely reject allegations against their counter-insurgency operations and accuse the rebels of abusing locals.
Lars Bromley, project director for the Science and Human Rights Program at AAAS, said his team analyzed several before and after satellite images of villages identified by Human Right Watch as possible locations of human rights violations.
They found eight, mostly in villages and small towns in the Wardheer, Dhagabur and Qorrahey Zones, that appeared to have been burned or destroyed recently.
For example, in the town of Labigah, 40 structures identified in a September 2005 image were gone in images taken in February 2008. In the Human Rights Watch report an eyewitness said the Ethiopian army "went into every village and set it on fire."
Such reports are nearly impossible to corroborate because the region "may well be the most isolated place on earth, save perhaps the densest parts of the Congolese or Amazon rain forests," Bromley said.
It is also difficult to tell what is going on in some villages, AAAS said.
"While some towns are considered permanent, they can grow and shrink over the course of a year due to fluctuations in nomadic populations, and many smaller villages will relocate altogether," the report reads.
"To ensure the most accurate results, AAAS for the most part sought to review only permanent towns in the Ogaden, as indicated by their location along a well-defined road and by the presence of square structures with metal-sheet or brick roofing, and most often including a mosque."
AAAS has used satellite images to support reports of widespread abuses in Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Burma, Chad and the Darfur region of Sudan.
The report is available on the Internet at http://shr.aaas.org/.
(Reporting by Maggie Fox; editing by David Wiessler)
Source: Reuters, July 12, 2008
stay strong my somali people in ogaden and in somalia we will get there inshaa allah
DABADHILIF ADN KUFAARS LOST HOPE BY NOW AND WE WILL FINISH THEM SOON WE ARE RIGHT BEHAND YOU MY OGADEN BROTHERS AND SISTER IN ISLAM AND SOMALI NEVER GIVE UP WE WILL GET THERE TOGETHER
PEACE WILL COME AND WE WILL ENJOY IT TOGETHER GODS WILL
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Reer galbeedku dhibka dadkaa lagu hayo waligoodba waay ogaayeen, tan hadda aay la qaylinayaanna waa chines ayaa meesha laga uriyay oo dahabkii madoobaa ayaa laysku hayaa,marka sabankii waxaa la joogaa lagu duceysan jirey ilaahoow danteenna(annaga iyo r/galbeedka) isu keen ee ma jiro reer galbeed inoo danaynaya.
HALGANKA:qoraaga Gerald Hanley,qoraaga (life and death among the somalis ) waa Irish novelist,dhalashadayda labaadna waanwadaagnaa ee maxaad ingiriis iiga siiyay.
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Arkaysaa maqlaysaa''' Waxaan leeyahay Soomaaliyeey midooba oo Qabyaalada, dagaal beeleedka, idinka uun isumuuqashada iska daaya oo Cadowga Soomaaliyeed ee soo jireenka ah waad aragtaad..
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xinfiniin, Ethiopia has been a history for donkey's years, it just that when it is on the prink of colapsing , out of the blue comes some crusaders and resuscitate the devil to reek havoc in the Horn
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Wilwal and Gadh, Rest be assured Ethiopia will soon be history. Congressman Payne a vivid and a strong supporter of Ogadeniya held 1 hour discussion with Obama last month.Ethiopia's downfall is imminent.
LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE OF OGADENIYA
GOD BLESS NEW YORK TIMES
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I love you ONLF may alah bless each and everyone of you who stood up to defand their people and country. if we don't defand our lives no one else will.May alah be with you all.We must all joine our armed forces the the wonderfull Ogaden National Liberation Front.We Must free our selfs from colnization of Black starving Ethiopia and all its freinds,We know we can do it our men and women in ONLF have proven that.by the way we have allah subxaana watacala on ourside.xasbunaha wanicmal wakiil.ilaahey wuu maqlaa dhibanaha laga gar daran yahay.
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the international community has already ignored what is going on the ogadenian region, and the reason is the top richest countries around the world are funding alot of money to kill and commit genocide on the ethnic somalis of ogadenia region. but i hope when to change the policy of america and to come Obama, the money funded by united state will slow in contrast what Bush giving that dictator malez sanawi.
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Isn't it high time the UN and the other concerned oganisations take a firm stand against Ethiopian Human rights abuse in ogaden ? and isn't it fair to say that the rest of the world including moslem countries have lost their back bone to press America to stop funding Ethiopia to avoid more death , displacementand the destruction in Somalia and in ogaden?
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No more amour,amour; yaah!
So now you know,xubuushta sida afrikada kale ma aha. So what did you guys think,they give you deals of 80% to your greedy companies.Never,never gonna happen.
China is the new darling.
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itoobiya awr cid ay u kicisay taariikhda laguma hayo mana dhici doonto, haddii ay awr itoobiya kicin karto iyada ayaa iska saari lahayd GAAJADA, CUDURKA iyo WALIBA FAKHRIGA. qof saddexdaas aafo astaan u tahay miyaa barwaaqo iyo nabad iyo waliba dowlad iyo kala dambeyn soomaaliya ka dhisi kara ?????
xalka waa xabad + xabad + xabad illaa soomaaliya ay iska nacaan oo ay dhibsadaan. sayidka ayaa dagaalkii uu reer-yurub kula jiray 21ka sano ku sheegay "aniga wax aad iga heleysaan oo dagaal ahayn ma jirto. dahab iyo luul aad iga qaadaneysaanna ma jiro, haddii nabaddu dan idiin tahay dalkeyga ka baxa, haddii kale meesheeda nooga sii wada".
haddaba taariikhda soomaaliya ka akhri buugan uu qoray nin ingiriisa oo ku tilmaamay soomaalida geesiyiin aan shisheeyaha marnaba u dhambacaadsan.
“Of all the races of Africa, there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest: the Somalis.”
http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0907871836.htm
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No pain no gain. The sacrifices of these brave men and women of Somali Galbeed will be remembed forever.
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waa waxaan is waydiiyo, talow maxay ugu dan leeyhiin jawaabtu waa dowlada soomaliyeed ha lagu koco oo dadkoo dhani ha yidhaahdaan Amxaarkey wadataa. Iyagana amxaarka u keeney dowlad ku sheegta. Sheekadii si fiican bay soomalidu u soo fahmisaa Dowlada hadii la taageero oo soomali midowdo,dadka inagu dhex jiraa badey raacayaaan. Anigu waligey Amxarna ma support garneyn ma suport gareyn doono lakiin dowlada soomaliyeed ( dowlad ku sheega) awrkeygaan ku kacsada oo waxaan u garab istaagaa waa cadowga inaan niyada kaga jabshaa. It does not make sense unless you know what I know.
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Ninka guriga walaalkaa gubaya inaad ka sugto inuu adiga guri kuu dhiso soow dadnimo xumo maaha! Bal eega kuwa meel kasta la taagan amxaarada annagaa u yeeranay!
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Ninka guriga walaalkaa gubaya inaad ka sugto inuu adiga guri kuu dhiso soow dadnimo xumo maaha! Bal eega kuwa meel kasta la taagan amxaarada annagaa u yeeranay!
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Waxay ulajeedaan 'shir beenaadka Djibouti', si ay kaaga gataan bay iska dhigayaan qaar Soomali u nasteexaynayaa.
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aaway caraweelo iyo daba dhilifyadii ethiopia u naageen jiray meey comment ka sameeyaan facshirkaan.
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This is the hypocrasy of the West at its peak: They fund the ones who're tormenting you both financialy and miliraly, and then, the condemn them when its too late.
Toloow maxay uga danleeyihiin arintan ay buunbuuninayaan ayagaa koleey kadenbeey e.
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The atroc*ties of Ethiopian genoc*dal army both in Somalia and Western Somalia(Ogaden) is brutal and vicious. Ethiopian troops committed the same cr*mes that they perpetrate against our brothers like k*llings, r*pe, destruction of residential areas and villages. The Ethiopian army committed war cri*mes and cr*mes against humanity agaisnt Somali people but this time they can not deny because technology coroborates human rights organisations' reports.It is time for the international community especially USA and EU to stop supporting these horrible crimes and bring the Ethiopian leaders to justice.
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Ethiopia can not even feed it self folks please lets think for a minute and findout who behind this Genocide
who is financing it,who is providing the weopons,
who is working so hard to cover it up ?
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Our brothers and Sisters in that region had it the worst of this Genocide against the Somali People in Hornafrika for long time but still stand strong. May Allaah bless their hearts.
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