Undeclared war heating up
NZPA Nairobi An undeclared desert war, in East Africa has been; heated up with a raid by; 1500 Somali troops into; south-eastern Ethiopia’s! thinly defended Ogaden! region, according to diplo-; matic sources in Nairobi. A light plane from the United States Agency for International Development, was hit recently over the scene of a fierce skirmish between the Somali raiders and'
an Ethiopian Army convoy, according to the sources. The pilot was unhurt. The Somalis, whose reported mission was to harass desert outposts and intercept Ethiopian convoys, blew up several ammunition trucks during the fight in a remote area of the Ogaden near Emi. The flying column of desert fighters moved into Ethiopia, the sources said, at a time when the Ethiopian Army is stretched to the limit.
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Press, 23 February 1977, Page 8
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