A group of youngsters at Jijiga, Ethiopia, train with an as sortment of weapons under the eye of a guerrilla instructor. According to guerrilla sources, the town — a large military base about 400 km from Addis Ababa — was captured by W estern Somali Liberation Front forces in late August after two weeks of heavy fighting. A rebel spokesman claimed that 12,000 Ethiopian soldiers had been killed, captured, or wounded.
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Press, 5 October 1977, Page 8
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69A group of youngsters at Jijiga, Ethiopia, train with an as sortment of weapons under the eye of a guerrilla instructor. According to guerrilla sources, the town — a large military base about 400 km from Addis Ababa — was captured by Western Somali Liberation Front forces in late August after two weeks of heavy fighting. A rebel spokesman claimed that 12,000 Ethiopian soldiers had been killed, captured, or wounded. Press, 5 October 1977, Page 8
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