BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER (SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 6, 1982
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Attachment to NPIC/IEG (8/82)
6 AUGUST 1982
BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE:
A BUILDUP OF ETHIOPIAN/SOMAL1 DEMOCRATIC SALVATION FRONT
(SDSF) FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF TWO TOWNS ALONG THE
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER (GRAPHIC 1).
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ADDITIONAL ETHIOPIAN/SDSF FORCES HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO A BORDER TOWN AT 05-46-04N 045-46-31E. UNITS
NI:WI,Y I I)ENTIFTED NEAR TUTS TOWN (PROBABLY BALENBALE) L 25X1
(MAGERY INCLUDED ONE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MILL) 25X1
BATTERY AND TWO BATTERIES OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30. THE MR],
RATTFPY CONSISTED OF FOUR PROBABLE BM-21 MRL DEPLOYED JUST
NOPTHI'II:ST OF TOWN AT 05-47-29N 045-45-44E WITH TUBES.
ORTENTli0 SOUTHEAST TOWARD SOMALIA (GRAPHIC 2). THIS MRL
UNIT 4/AS NOT PRESENT A SIX-GUN 122MM HOWITZER 25X1
I`-30 BATTERY WAS SOUTH OF THE MRL POSITION AND WAS ALSO
ORIEN'f'I'.I) TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THIS HOWITZER BATTERY WAS
PRESENT ?A PROBABLE FOUR-GUN 122MM HOWITZER 25X1
1)-30 BATTERY WAS IDENTIFIED JUST WEST OF THE MRL BATTERY.
{TITS 1UA'I'TERY WAS PREPARING TO OCCUPY A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
SITE CONSISTING OF FOUR CIRCULAR REVETTED
POSITIONS. THIS HOWITZER BATTERY AND-THE REVETTED
POSITTONS WERE NOT PRESENT OTHER GROUND ORDER 25X1
OF ]3A'1 1'LE IN THE AREA INCLUDED ONE ARMORED VEHICLE, ONE
TRACKED VEHICLE, AND SEVERAL TRUCKS. ETHIOPIAN/SDSF FORCE!;
OCCUPYING THIS BORDER TOWN HAVE ALSO CONSTRUCTED ADDITIONAL
WEAPONS POSITIONS AND LINES OF PERSONNEL TRENCHING 25X1
THESE POSITIONS AND TRENCHES FORM A DEFENSIVE 25X1
PERIMETER SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BORDER-TOWN. A
PORTION OF-THESE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED POSITIONS ARE AT
05-45-12N 045-44-04E (GRAPHIC 3).
(S/I)) A PORTION OF THE SOMALI MILITARY FORCE THAT HAD BEEN
INITIALLY IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 7 NM SOUTH OF THE BORDER
TOWN HAD DEPARTED WHILE A SIX-GUN 25X1
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FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY REMAINED DEPLOYED ADJACENT TO A
ROAD AT 05-39-29N 045-47-44E A FOUR-GUN BATTERY THAT WAS
ALSO IN THIS AREA WAS NO LONGER PRESENT F 25X'25X1
TILE PRESENT LOCATION OF THIS FOUR-GUN BATTERY TS 25X1
(S/D) ETI-IIOPIAN/SDSF FORCES IN THE GALDOGOB AREA WERE
REINFORCED BETWEEN A BATTERY 25X1
OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30 WAS DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 1 NM
NORTHEAST OF TOWN. THIS UNIT, WHICH HAD ARRIVED IN THE
GALDOGOB AREA BETWEE , WAS STILL PRESENT ON 25X1
IN ADDITION, TWO FOUR-GUN ARTILLERY BATTERIES 01: 25X1
130MIl I`I I LI) GUNS M-46 WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN TILE AREA AT
07-02-3LN 047 01-40E (GRAPHIC 4). THESE GUNS 25X1
WERE NOT PRESENT BOTH THE HOWITZER AND FIELD 25X1
GUN BATTERIES WERE ORIENTED EASTWARD TOWARD THE SOMALI
TIr1TLRIOl;. EXTENSIVE VEHICLE TRACK ACTIVITY WAS PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
(S/D) A SOMALI MILITARY FORCE WAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY
NM FAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALDOGOB A PROBABLE 25X1
ARTIL1,1:RY BATTALION EQUIPPED WITH 11 PROBABLE FIELD
ARTTL1,lLPY PIECES WAS DEPLOYED AT 07-00-00N 047-15-OOF JUST
'.OUTII OF TIME GALDOGOB-BEIRA ROAD. THESE GUNS, WHICH 1VELE
ORIENTED TOWARD MILITARY FORCES IN THE GALDOGOB AREA, WERE
NO LONI;I:R PRESENT THE PRESENT LOCATION OF 25X1
THIS 1JNIT IS UNKNOWN. 25X1
25X1
3. (S) BT NONE, COORDINATES 05-47-29N 045-45-44E
COORDINATES 05-45-12N 045-44-04E
COORDINATES 07-02-31N 047-01-40E
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