66 Killed in Army Mutiny in South Sudan
Rebellion in Upper Nile State Over Transfer, Ownership of Weapons
Members of the Sudanese military have mutinied in the Upper Nile state over the past few days, sparking clashes which have left at least 66 people dead and an unknown number of other people wounded.
The troops were said to be former local militia members who had been brought into the Sudanese military, and the clash was sparked by the forthcoming secession of South Sudan and orders to relocate.
The troops apparently were not keen on relocating to the north, and had likewise refused to turn in their heavy weaponry, insisting it belonged to the unit and not the military. It appears they intended to remain in South Sudan.
The clash ended with artillery fire exchanged between Northern soldiers and Southerners who were nominally still members of the Northern Army. The region is currently being jointly patrolled by both Northern and Southern Army forces.
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eric siverson
February 7th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Good story , Southerners in the northern army .local military wanted to stay in the south and if they went north they wished to take thier heavy weapons back north . Very policialy correct artical . no one could tell if the muslims were killing the Christian again or not . We don't want to say anything about the aproxamately 2 million christians that have already been killed by peace loving muslims do we . All we know that 66 people were killed in south Sudan . Incrediable the US airforce bombed orthadox christians over a small genocide on muslims that really never happend in Yugoslavia . All the While a large genocide on black african christians is totally ignored evenwhen the numbers reach millions