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| Africa: East |
| Sudan rebels: Militia leader decapitated |
| 2003-12-25 |
| At least it’s possible to infer which African country this one is EFL KHARTOUM -- Rebels battling government forces in western Sudan said Wednesday they had decapitated the leader of a government-armed militia and showed civilians his head as proof of his death. His career may be in jeopardy Rebels in the arid Darfur region say Arab tribesmen in the west of Africa’s largest country are armed by the government to fight them, but also turn against civilian farming communities Took the car, too. They must’ve been very angry. Government armed forces spokesman Mohammed Bashir Suleiman denied Shukrsalah had been killed Not killed, just -- a really bad haircut and added his forces were not connected to what he called "revenge killings." We deny everything! A merchant living in rebel-held Tina on the Chadian border said SLA forces drove into town last week in the distinctive black jeep known to belong to Shukrsalah. We also demand our jeep back! "Rebel forces were driving through town in Shukrsalah’s car and were shouting he was dead ... then they hung his head from a tree," he said. No guys, you’re supposed to leave the head attached when you do that "We need people to know we are protecting them and that this man who cursed their lives was actually dead," the SLA fighter said. Not dead, just -- shortened a little bit The SLA signed a truce with Khartoum in September, but talks in Chad failed last week with both sides blaming each other. The other main rebel group in Darfur, the Justice and Equality Movement, has not entered talks with Khartoum. We don’t know which side we want to be on yet. A Sudanese legislator [said] ... President Omar Hassan al-Bashir had sent a letter to parliament requesting an extension to Sudan’s four-year-old state of emergency for another year. Hitler’s was called an "Enabling Act" Bashir cited unspecified threats to "national security" to extend the law which gives the president sweeping powers, such as an ability to order indefinite detentions and appoint officials who should otherwise be elected. I’m not really up on this private war, but looks almost self-explanatory. I did once read the turbans in North Sudan were using the black population further south as a source of slaves, etc. They might have let the country divide, but southern Sudan has OIL and the turbans want the oil to flow north and the money for it to stay north. |
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