Breaking from the BBC: Khartoum Arming Militias in the South?

by Michelle . · 2009-08-04 04:48:00 UTC
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A rather troubling piece was just posted by the BBC:

"A general in South Sudan's army has told the BBC the government in the north is arming militias accused of being behind recent ethnic violence.

Maj-Gen Kuol Deim Kuol said his SPLA army was trying to disarm the local population but was being hampered by the continuing supply of weapons."

Old habits die hard, I guess --- Khartoum used the same tactic in Darfur.

And particularly interesting, following on the heels of the topic of my Daily Darfur post this morning.

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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