BORDER DEFENSIVE ZONE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER AREA, ETHIOPIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100003-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 23, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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BORDER DEFENSIVE ZONE
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER AREA, ETHIOPIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ETHIOPIA IS EXTENDING THE BORDER SECURITY
ZONE NEAR SOMALIA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AN ETHIOPIAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT AREA IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED ALONG THE EASTERNMOST FRONTIER OF THE OGADEN
REGION. AT LEAST 16 OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
ALONG THE BORDER IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT SOMALI INSURGENCY
ACTIVITY AND TO CONSOLIDATE ETHIOPIAN-HELD TERRITORY. THE
SHADED AREA ON THE GRAPHIC DEPICTS THE AREA WHERE THESE SITES
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
(SWN) THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED DEPLOYMENT AREA AT DOGOB MILITARY
DEPLOYMENT AREA NORTH COi\SISTS OF ONE FIELD 25X1
ARTILLERY BATTERY (FOUR AND ONE PROBABLE ARMORED
PLATOON (AT LEAST ONE TANK), AND IS SECURED WITH AN EARTHEN
BERM. THE EQUIPMENT AND DEFENSES HERE ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE
OBSERVED AT OTHER MILITARY DEPLOYMENT AREAS. THIS FACILITY IS
APPROXIMATELY 6 NM WEST OF THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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