MILITARY ACTIVITY ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER

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• Publication Date: July 27, 1982
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DEPLOYMENT
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MILITARY ACTIVITY
ORDER
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A MILITARY FORCE FROM ETHIOPIA HAS
RECENTLY M0 T_I~ROUGH A TOWN ON THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA
BORDER AND ADVANCED AT LEAST 5 NM INTO SOMALIA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIS TOWN, AT 05-46-04N 045-46-31E, IS
APPROXYMA~TELY 45 NM WEST OF THE SOMALI TOWN OF DUSA MAREB
AND MAY BE THE TOWN OF BALENBALE (GRAPHIC 1). RECENT
COMBAT OPERATIONS BETWEEN SOMALI MILITARY FORCES AND
MILITARY FORCES OF ETHIOPIA AND THE ETHIOPIAN-BACKED SOMALI
DEMOCRATIC SALVATION FRONT (SDSF) HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE
VICINITY OF BALENBALE. THE LACK OF ACCURATE MAPS OF THIS
PORTION OF THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER PRECLUDES THE
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS BORDER TOWN AS BALENBALE.
(S/D) APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE
BORDER TOWN HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
(GRAPHIC 2). TRACK ACTIVITY AND LINES OF RECENTLY
CONSTRUCTED DEFENSIVE TRENCHES AND WEAPONS POSITIONS
INDICATE; THAT AFTER MOVING THROUGH THE BORDER TOWN,
M[LITARY FORCES ADVANCED AT LEAST 5 NM INTO SOMALIA. THE
CURRENT STATUS OF MILITARY FORCES IN THIS AREA COULD NOT BE
DETERMINED FROM AVAILABLE IMAGERY. NO GROUND FORCE WEAPONS
OR EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE
DAMAGED TOWN OR WITHIN THE LINES OF DEFENSIVE TRENCHES
SOUTH OF TOWN; HOWEVER, HEAVY TRACKAGE EXISTS AROUND AND
UNDER A. NUMBER OF TREES WHICH COULD OBSCURE SOME
EQUIPMENT. IF A MILITARY FORCE STILL OCCUPIES THIS AREA,
IT IS PRIMARILY AN INFANTRY FORCE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF COMBAT EQUIPMENT SUCH AS TANKS, ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS, OR ARTILLERY PIECES.
(S/D) WITHIN SOMALIA, A SOMALI MII.,ITARY FORCE WAS
IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 7 NM SOUTH OF THE DAMAGED BORDER
TOWN. TWO FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERIES (ONE FOUR-GUN AND ONE
SIX-GUN) WERE DEPLOYED ASTRIDE A ROAD AT 05-39-29N
045-47-44E FACING NORTH (GRAPHIC 3). THIS ROAD CONNECTS
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TIIE BORDER TOWN WITH THE SOMALI TOWN OF JARALI (05-20-53N
045-56-13E) ON THE DUSA MAREB/BELET DEN HIGHWAY. TRUCKS
WERE MOVING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN THE
SOMALI ARTILLERY DEPLOYMENT AND JARALI; HOWEVER, NO UNUSUAL
ACTIVITY OR BUILDUP OF FORCES WAS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY
(S) BE NONE, COORDINATES 05-46-04N 045-46-31E
05-39-29N 045-47-44E
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