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The ORA (Meaning:Ogaden Republican Army is a separatist[1]  Somali/Ogaden Organization which advocates formation of a separate homeland for Ethnic Somali’s/Ogaden in The Occupied Ogaden Region [2]. The group is lead by AhmedSomali,Aamino Shiino And AdamJT.[1] Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zanawi said that the group Banga Sena was carrying out  and secessionist activities against Ethiopia from its bases in the Southern part of Somalia.[3]  in an article in the Global Politician accused Somalia’s Transitional Government, Iran And Eritrea of helping to organize the ORA[4] In early 2009, a senior official of the Parliament of Ethiopia expressed concern over the Ogaden Republican Army earlier this Month,. Regarding this he added that ORA is supported by Iran. Another Ethiopian official stated that the organization is supported by Eritrea and is  "threat to the Ethiopian sovereignty ".[6] More than a dozen members of ORA were arrested in Djbouti on earlier this month for trying to cross over into Ogaden. According to police sources, Fighters belonging to the organization began gathering at the Ethiopian-Djibouti In september 2009, the Djiboutian Government gave a list of the of the remaining ORA elements in the Southern Somalia. The list documented that the ORA, along with It’s Founders, carried out communal tension and separatist activities against Ethiopia from Southern Somalia and Nothern Kenya.. Early This Month Kenyan Foreign Minister said that Kenya will cooperate in tackling the ORA and It’s Leaders.[7]

On Early September ORA pledged to work with the ONLF against the Ethiopian Military to achieve the Ogaden right to self determination It is disputed whether or not the Ogaden Republican Army have a direct relationship with the Iranian And Eritrean Government In November 2009 a journalist uncovered a payment by Kenyan Businessman of $50,000 to the ORA The Kenyan Government arrested AhmedSomali, a leader of the group in October,

First attacks

In April 2009 the ORA undertook a series of attacks against targets that included police stations Ethiopian government offices in Ogaden.[7] The Ethiopian Government denounced it as a terrorist organization and increased the number of it’s security forces in the region. This had the counter-productive effect of boosting the credibility of the embryonic ORA among Somali/Ogadenis population.

[edit]Foreign volunteers 30-40 Volunteers from the Ethiopian Army participated in training ORA troops [10].

Foreign support

In mid 2009 a Kenyan weekly newspaper, carried an article by a n Ethiopian expert stating that "Iranian And Eritrean military intelligence services have been involved in training and equipping the rebels Former senior adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister tried to prove later on that Iranian And Eritrean secret diplomacy had been instrumental in helping the ORA since its creation.[18] The Ethiopian authorities regarded the ORA a terrorist group[23], though many African governments Is not. The Ethiopian government also reported that the ORA had killed and kidnapped no fewer than 80 Ethiopian Forces including some High Ranking Officers