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2004-01-17 Africa: East

Eastern and Western Sudanese rebels alliance

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-17 12:20:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Beja/Hadendowa movement is the harvest that the Khartoum government reaps from its policy of neglect. It is the classic "core" vs. "periphery" with the kleptomaniacal riverain Arabs pitted against the Muslim/Christian/Anamist elements of Sudan's periphery. It was after all the Khartoum Islamists who provided Osama Bin Ladin a million acres of land claimed by Beja/Hadendowa land in the Gash River delta.

Posted by Tancred 2004-1-17 11:31:04 AM|| 2004-1-17 11:31:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "We think that the international community doesnât intercede unless there are extensive losses of life, such as the two million in southern Sudan. This might be the price that other groups have to pay to get their attention," added al-Safi.
I don't think we ought to support al-Safi, he sounds more like a homicidal kook than a moderate sufi.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-17 5:29:56 PM|| 2004-1-17 5:29:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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