2007, Ogaden, Ethiopia:
''Ethiopian Army officers were escorting Abay Tsehaye, a senior official in the Ethiopian ruling party, when they came under attack. Tsehaye and some senior officers escaped by a helicopter after the rebels had blocked all land routes. Government spokesperson, denying this claim, said: ''This is just a story created by the ONLF. I do not believe they have even killed one soldier.''
The rebels' claim could not be indepenednetly verified. Rebel statement said: ''This operation was a direct response to the burning of Caada village recently and the continuing abuses against the people of the Ogaden by govt forces in the Wardher area.''
[Encyclopaedia of terrorism in the world Vol.3
By Ved Prakash (Col.), pg 1580-1581
''Ethiopian Army officers were escorting Abay Tsehaye, a senior official in the Ethiopian ruling party, when they came under attack. Tsehaye and some senior officers escaped by a helicopter after the rebels had blocked all land routes. Government spokesperson, denying this claim, said: ''This is just a story created by the ONLF. I do not believe they have even killed one soldier.''
The rebels' claim could not be indepenednetly verified. Rebel statement said: ''This operation was a direct response to the burning of Caada village recently and the continuing abuses against the people of the Ogaden by govt forces in the Wardher area.''
[Encyclopaedia of terrorism in the world Vol.3
By Ved Prakash (Col.), pg 1580-1581