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  1. Khadaffi:

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    Meles was in 1991 more worried by WSLF or resurgent Somali state that would intervene

    You are totally wrong, wrong. WSLF was inactive in 1991.

    Check out this link.

    The Ogaden at the Heart of Transnational Conflict in the Horn Dr Sarah Vaughan Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh

    https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a44f918f9a61e04cdd5d717/t/5e9622ca6a75600b5ccedd1c/1586897611157/Vaughan.pdf

     

    WSLF leaders, led by Sheikh Abdinasser Aden, were discovered “hiding from Mogadishu Clan revenge” in a Mogadishu basement, and brought with Sudanese assistance to Addis Ababa, where they accepted the new Charter, renamed the Front the Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP) and were given two seats in parliament

    WSLF was hiding,hiding in a cellar like cowards.


  2. Insurgency in Ethnically Divided Authoritarian-led Societies: A Comparative Study of Rebel Movements in Ethiopia, 1974-2014

    https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/92088/3/Teshale_Semir_Y_201811_PhD_thesis.pdf

    PAG 236

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    Shut out of any possibility of extricating themselves from the Somali government’s iron fist, the SALF and the WSLF—once the most visible forces in eastern Ethiopia—were rendered obscure by the mid-1980s. Their demise—partly caused by excessive dependence on a power that radically changed its anti-Mengistu rhetoric and behavior after its defeat in a war with the military regime—illustrates the important lesson that autonomy is a crucial factor for the survival of a rebel group and the durability of its insurgency.

     


  3. The 41st anniversary of karamara victory is commemorated. March 5, 1978 marked the victory of Ethiopian army over the invading Somalian army during the administration of Siad Barre.

    A group of young Ethiopians celebrated it in the capital Addis Ababa at Dilachin Statue near Tikur Anbessa Hospital, according to borkena sources from Addis Ababa.

    Siad Barre decided to invade Ethiopia with the calculation that Ethiopia was weakened during the time due to internal problems.

    During the war United States supported Siad Barre’s government while the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republic withdrew help to Somalia.

    As it turned out, Somalia’s invasion of Ethiopia, up to 700 kilometers inside Ethiopia was under the occupation of the then Somalian troops, united Ethiopians during the early years of the Ethiopian revolution which toppled the imperial government of Haileselassie I.

    More than three hundred thousand militia forces were raised in a short time which was very crucial for Ethiopian victory.

    As well, tens of thousands of Cuban troops fought along side Ethiopian soldiers and many have lost their lives.