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Sudan's Bashir sacks veteran ally as vice president
2019-02-24
[PULSE.NG] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday sacked his long-time ally Bakri Hassan Saleh as first vice president, a day after dissolving the government in the face of nationwide protests.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Not exactly an innocent, then.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-02-24 16:56  

#1  BAKRI HASSAN SALIH (Saleh); Paratroop Lt. Colonel and friend of Al-Bashir prior to coup; later Colonel; RCC member; Replaced Ibrahim Niyal Adam as RCC Security Chief. Called director of the so-called Islamic Security, AKA Security of the Revolution operation (IS-SOR). Personally interrogated prisoners. In 1989 purged the remnant of formr President Numayri's Sudan Security Bureau (SSB), and in 1990 in charge of all security operations in Sudan, including detentions, trails and sentences. Involved in rooting out corruption in 1989. Fanatical Islamist. Torturer.
Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889   2019-02-24 11:02  

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