Sudan joint defence body urges police to apologize after raid on barracks

September 15, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The Joint Defence Board (JDB) called on the police and National Security and Intelligence Service to apologize officially to the Joint Integrated Units (JIU) after the raid on its barracks in the Sudanese capital.

The Sudanese authorities on 11 September implemented campaigns to find and confiscate illegal weapons in Khartoum. They affirmed that the campaign had targeted all of Khartoum State’s localities where information indicated the presence of illegal weapons.

The JDB Spokesperson, Major General Bior Ajang, told the Arabic language al-Sudan that they are not against the collect of unlicensed weapons. However as regular force they reject to be designated as objective in such operation.

He further said such behavior may destabilize confidence building among the members of this force which is supposed to be the nucleus of future unified Sudanese army after the 2011 referendum.

The JDB spokesperson said that JIUs soldiers didn’t expect the move. He added that they were disarmed for a while before the restitution of their weapons.

(ST)