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To: Razorbak who wrote (263)	5/6/1999 10:38:00 AM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 1713

Pro-govt militias clash over oil with Sudan army By Alfred Taban KHARTOUM, May 6 (Reuters) - Sudanese pro-government militias were quoted on Thursday as saying they had clashed with the army in a battle for control of oil fields in the south of the African country. The pro-government newspaper Alwan quoted the leader of the Southern Sudan Defence Force (SSDF) group of militias, Riek Machar, as saying there had been skirmishes this week between the two sides in the Kabah area of Unity State. State governor Taban Gai said the clashes were the first violation of a ceasefire between the Islamist government forces and SSDF troops since they reached an accord in April 1997. Prior to this week's incidents, the SSDF had been fighting with the Islamist troops against the anti-Islamist rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Machar, who was made head of a council which rules the government-held parts of the south, said that elements of the April 1997 accord had not been implemented. A key point of contention is control of the Unity State oilfields which Machar said should be run and protected by the SSDF. The Khartoum government however considers oil as a strategic national asset under its protection. Machar did not say how the fighting broke out but blamed it partly on the government's failure to form military committees with the SSDF to defuse tension. Machar said the clashes in Unity State required a political solution, adding that he had met President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to discuss the issue. He gave no details of the outcome.

To: Razorbak who wrote (263)	5/6/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1713

Razorbak, Anybody can sabotage a pipeline. Just look at Colombia. The problem is for the crew who goes out there to fix it. Will they be alone or will there be an ambush set up waiting for you? Some of the most stinging defeats inflicted by the Rebels in Colombia upon the Colombian Govenrment forces have been in this scenario....'nuf said?

To: Razorbak who wrote (263)	5/6/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 1713

Razorbak, The train refernced in this press release is the slave train where Arab muslim irregular militias take African women and children as slaves (they kill all males over the age of 13)... News Article by SPLM on May 06, 1999 at 11:57:38: SPLM Press Release - 06 May 1999 Khartoum Violates Humanitarian Cease-fire in Bahr el Ghazal: The National Islamic Front (NIF) government in pursuance of its policy to deliberately obstruct the delivery of relief supplies to civil population in distress has again violated the humanitarian cease-fire currently in force in Bahr el Ghazal. Government of Sudan (GOS) forces have mounted a massive military offensive on several fronts in the famine - stricken region. 1. On Monday April 26, 1999 a military convoy of regular GOS army left the government held town of Wau towards Tonj with possible intent of moving to Rumbek and Yirol. The convoy came into contact with units of SPLA before reaching Kuajana the following day April 27, 1999. Since then heavy fighting has raged between the enemy and our forces who have to respond in self-defence. Our forces will not go on the offensive because the humanitarian cease-fire extended on April 15, 1999 is still in force. 2. On same date April 26, 1999 the NIF government mobilised a combined force of regular army, Peoples Defence Forces (PDF), the Murahaleen Arab militia and Southern Sudan tribal militias of renegade commanders Kerubino Kwanyin Bol and Paulino Matib to come out of Abyei town and mujlad in three columns to devastate Northern Bahr el Ghazal. These forces had strict orders to clear the area between Kiir and Lol rivers of any living creature within seven days so that the area can be occupied by Arab tribesmen with their cattle at the onset of the rainy season. The rainy season in Bahr el Ghazal is due anytime now. The lush vegetation of the area has been the envy of the Arab tribesmen since time immemorial. The actual grand design of the NIF is therefore to conquer the territory and drive the Dinka further southwards across River Jur and create a new border between North and South Sudan. However, the enemy forces were intercepted on April 27, instant, attacked and dispersed by gallant SPLA regular units in the area and members of the local cattle protection force known as the Galweng before they could reach Mayen Jur. 3. SPLM/SPLA sources in Khartoum and Babanusa have revealed that the GOS is organising army train convoys from Babanusa to Wau. As usual the PDF have been instructed to leave the trains from time to time and launch attacks on local villages along the railway track. This is in addition to expected raids for women, children and cattle by Murahaleen on horses who usually accompany the trains. The SPLM/SPLA condemns Khartoum's persistent violation of the humanitarian cease-fire and ask the international community to put pressure on the rogue regime to abandon its misguided policy of using humanitarian food as a weapon. 4. In another development, the GOS bombed Yei town in Equatoria on May 3, 1999 for the sixth time this year. The Russian made high altitude antinov bomber dropped 14 bombs inside the town killing 3 civilians and injuring 7 others; 3 seriously wounded. The bombing also flattened and destroyed the compound of a local NGO known as "Operation Save Innocent Lives" (OSIL) which operates a landmine action programme (mines awareness, mine-marking and de-mining) in the New Sudan. OSIL lost property worth 10,000 US dollars in this wanton destruction. The bombing has been so intensive that the civil population has fled the town. They are now deep in forests with neither food nor medicines. The SPLM/SPLA deplores this senseless bombing of innocent civilians who are protected by the Geneva Conventions. This clear act of terrorism by a regime that claims to govern and protect its citizens regardless of race and religion must be condemned in the strongest terms by the international community. Signed, Dr Samson L. Kwaje, SPLM Secretary for Information and Official Spokesman. Nairobi, May 6, 1999.