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War in Ogaden Ethiopia Threatens Horn of Africa Spread
Mogadishu reports the Ogaden desert, home to Somali nomads, now a flashpoint as 3,000 Western Somalia Liberation Front guerrillas seize about 60 percent of the region. Ethiopian forces, with Israeli trained troops and Cuban trained peasant army, strike back amid reports of villages destroyed and civilians fleeing to Somalia.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Red Sea
Africa
Horn of Africa
United States
Soviet Union
Somalia Liberation Front
Ogaden
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Harar
Dire Dawa