Most Recent Massacres Committed by ONLF
 
 
In this writing, I will highlight some, not all, of the shocking and
inhumane acts by ONLF (the terrorist group who cowardly operate in the
Somali region in Ethiopia) against the very people whose independence
they claim are fighting for. The ONLF's aims have varied over time,
fighting against uniformed troops, to killing members of their own
community as well as other inhabitants of the region.
 
Recently, ONLF raided a small town of Gole in Wardheer region. In
testimony of their lack of morality, they (ONLF; a terrorist group)
not only terrorized residents of Gole, but indiscriminately murdered
seven people and wounded two, while kidnapping two others.
 
On May 28, 2007, a grenade attack by ONLF, claimed the lives of eleven
Somalis during a national holiday ceremony held in Jijiga, the capital
of the Somali region.
 
In a separate attack, the regional president Abdullahi Hassan was
injured with fifty innocent civilians. Among those who lost their
lives as result of ONLF attack were three local artists and other
civilians as well.
 
It's worth mentioning, the horrific attack by ONLF on the town of
Dobawayn in Korahey region which also left ten civilians dead,
including two schoolteachers and a pregnant woman. Unfortunately,
that's not all; on another attack on the town of Shilabo left five
people dead. Meanwhile, a landmine planted by ONLF near Aware in
Dagahbour region exploded, killing three civilians traveling in
automobile.
 
Yet, on another act against humanity, ONLF massacred twelve people in
the district of Lahelow near by the Ethiopia-Somali border.
 
ONLF has carried out horrendous human rights violations, including the
execution style killings of innocent civilians. Through such acts, it
has also gravely violated the principal of Islam which vehemently
rejects the killing, robbing, raping and any thing inflicts harm
against innocent human being. Little was known about ONLF in the past,
but they are being exposed to the international community's eyes, by
not other than their own ugly and merciless actions against the men,
women and children in the region who simply want to live in a peaceful
environment.
 
ONLF is enemy to the region and therefore, the international community
should give the local people the capability to defend themselves from
the enemy amongst them. Their mind is filled with hatred and
ignorance. Killing, rapping and robbing of innocent people is not an
act of bravery, rather, is an act of inhumane, reckless and most of
all, is one of the greatest sins that is committed by any individual.
No cause justifies the massacres of Gole, Lahelow, Shilabo,
 
Dhobawayn, Jijiga and many other areas in the region as well.
Therefore, the world should condemn ONLF and its actions to the
fullest term. Particularly the West, must prohibit the ONLF leaders
and agents to operate and plan attacks against the people of the

Somalia in region, from their respective countries

Abdirahman Warsame

Oct 29.207