ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE AFABET-NACFA, ETHIOPIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: April 21, 1982
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ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE
AFABET-NACFA, ETHIOPIA
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NP.IC/IEG (4/82)
21 APRIL 1982
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ETHIOPIAN FORCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
ON IMAGERY WITHIN.7 NM OF NACFA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE ETHIOPIANS APPEAR TO BE PREPARING TO
ATTACK THE ERITREAN STRONGHOLD AT NACFA FROM THE EAST. PRIOR
ETHIOPIAN OFFENSES, AGAINST NACFA HAVE BEEN STAGED FROM THE
SOUTH ALONG THE AFABET-NACFA ROAD. THAT ROAD PROGRESSES
NORTH THROUGH FAIRLY RUGGED TERRAIN. THE 1978-79 ETHIOPIAN
OFFENSIVE STALLED ON THIS ROAD..
(S/D) APPROXIMATELY 10 NM NORTH OF AFABET AT 16-20-20N 038-
37-40E THE ETHIOPIANS HAVE ESTABLISHED A POSSIBLE
CHECKPOINT. NINE TRUCKS/VEHICLES AND A PROBABLE TENT WERE AT
THE POSSIBLE CHECKPOINT ON EHICLES AND RECENT
TRACKAGE INDICATE THAT THE ETHIOPIAN'S HAD MOVED EAST FROM
THIS POINT AND THEN NORTH ONTO FLATTER TERRAIN EAST AND
SOUTHEAST OF NACFA. A TOTAL OF 45 TRUCKS/VEHICLES IN TWO
CONVOYS (18 TRUCKS/VEHICLES IN ONE CONVOY AND 27 IN THE
OTHER) AND 11 ADDITIONAL TRUCKS/VEHICLES WERE TRANSITING THIS
ROUTE BETWEEN AFABET AND TWO VEHICLE CONCENTRATIONS. ONE
VEHICLE CONCENTRATION CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 20
TRUCKS/VEHICLES AND A LARGE, RECTANGULAR, CLEARED AREA HAD
BEEN ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 13 NM SOUTHEAST OF NACFA. THE
SECOND CONCENTRATION CONSISTING OF ONE MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER BATTALION, ONE HIP C, AT LEAST 115 TRUCKS/VEHICLES,
AND A GRADED-EARTH RUNWAY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED 7 NM EAST OF
NACFA. VEHICLE TRACKAGE INDICATES THAT THE ETHIOPIAN'S MAY
HAVE PENETRATED CLOSER TO NACFA.
(S/D) NO EVIDENCE OF ETHIOPIAN EQUIPMENT CONCENTRATIONS COULD
BE IDENTIFIED ALONG THE AFABET-NACFA ROAD NORTH OF THE
POSSIBLE CHECKPOINT. IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ACTIVITY, A
SIX-GUN 122MM HOWITZER D-30 BATTERY, WHICH HAD BEEN FIELD
DEPLOYED 23 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NACFA AT 16-14-10N 038-35-
WEST OF THE POSSIBLE CHECKPOINT.
OOE IN MID-FEBRUARY, WAS IN TRAVEL MODE APPROXIMATELY 5 NM
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