MILITARY ACTIVITY OGADEN REGION, ETHIOPIA

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CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0
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3
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December 28, 2016
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February 7, 2011
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3
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Publication Date: 
November 20, 1982
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REPORT
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rnci Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0 eceoc ANr1 IECRET ! MILITARY ACTIVITY OGADEN REGION, ETHIOPIA UARDERE. OLDOGOB VIP ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT 4 Scillave GODE ' ? abele Ilafo iABDIWAQ S 0 111 L 70bbia ODusa Mareb BALENBALE AREAS OF ETHIOPIAN/SOMALI CONFRONTATION R A K JO J-111674 NPIC/PEG (11/82) GRAPHIC 1 OF 2 o -7- h Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0 TERRITO rnif uaaur r'' lijiga Erigavo Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0 SFC.RFT (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of I Copy2 'P MILITARY ACTIVITY OGADEN REGION, ETHIOPIA Attachment to Z-11674/82 NPIC/PEG (11/82) TWO PART GRAPIC 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ETHIOPIAN AIR ACID GROUND FORCES REMAIN ACTIVE IN THE OGADEN REGION. 2. !SWN) REMARKS: A RESUPPLY CONVOY WITH A LEAST 50 TRUCKS AND 26 TRAILERS IS PARKED ALONG THE ROAD ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF UARDERE IN THE CENTRAL OGADEN. THIS CONVOY MAY BE DEPARTING THE UARDERE AREA FOLLOWING THE RESUPPLY OF THE ARMORED UNIT WHICH ARRIVED AT UARDERE BARRACKS AREA 25X1 25X1 (SWN) ONE VIP-ASSOCIATED CODLING AND ONE HIP ARE AT GODE AIRFIELD THE PRESENCE OF THESE AIRCRAFT, 25X1 WHICH ARE SELDOM SEEN AT THIS STAGING BASE III THE SOUTHERN OGADEN REGION, INDICATES THAT CIVIL OR MILITARY OFFICIALS MAY BE VISITING THE FORWARD AREA. IN ADDITION, FIVE FLOGGER AND FIVE FISHBED HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED HERE SINCE EARLY JULY 1982. (SWN) THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED TO CURRENT BORDER TENSIONS BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND SOMALIA. CLASHES BETWEEN ETHIOPIAN AND SOMALI FORCES RAVE OCCURRED NEAR THE BORDER TOWNS OF BALENBALE AND GOLDOGOB, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT CLASHES MAY OCCUR AT ABDIWAQ. (SWN) UARDERE AND GODE ARE APPROXIMATELY 120 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER. 3. BE ?I/A, COORDINATES N/A These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020003-0