Sudan rejects US allegations of masterminding weapons flow to South
January 27, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government today dismissed accusations leveled by the US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice in which she suggested that weapons flow from North to South of the country have fueled the recent surge in violence in the semi-autonomous region.
Last year in South Sudan about 2,500 people were killed in fighting involving militias, ethnic rivalries, and cattle raiding, and 350,000 fled their homes, according to aid agencies.
“We heard today from the U.N. that it is not just small arms but some heavier munitions that seem to be flowing in,” Rice said. “We weren’t given specifics on that. But we have seen, in the violence that is taking place in the South, a higher degree of sophistication and lethality of the weapons employed, and that’s a source of concern”.
The American official said that Washington believed some of the weapons were coming from northern Sudan.
The spokesman of the Sudanese ministry of foreign Affairs, Muawiya Osman Khalid, said in a statement Tuesday that the weapons being made by the United States and flowing all over the globe are responsible for expanding destruction and devastation in the world.
Khalid added that Rice “did not act to promote herself, but remained circulating false accusations which are lacking evidence, a matter that rendered her a real devastation element which is threatening to the stability and peace in Sudan, instead of being an original supporter to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and a positive factor to prop up the major changes taking place in Sudan, top of them is the democratic transformation and the coming elections”.
The Sudanese official said that the United States could be a serious partner for creating peace in Sudan as long as Susan Rice stops sticking “to her old and obsolete convictions”.
Khartoum views Rice as a hawk in the US administration who prior to joining the Obama team, called for military action and tough response against the Sudanese government to stop what she describes as “genocide” in Darfur.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Sudan rejects US allegations of masterminding weapons flow to South
Osman khalid has a mental sickness about US, the problem of the world cannot be blame on US, for instance if you want to dump your own problems on US. What has been done in Iraq and Afghan so far. Would you like your terrorist group of teliban to destory the entire nation in those countries? ladies and gentlemtn, arab spirit and attitude toward US has been known for decade no matter what they want to say. The only thing is work hard and defeat American in order to solve your problems. Finally I happy that DC or Lam has not been mention in the article or US Vs Sudan.
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Time for tribalism has gone, its new year 2010 which is not a time to generalise tribe or community instead of one person. It is time to focus on the real issue far from tribal criticism, political party criticism, leaders criticism, and very far from abuses or insults. We should also debate far from abuses of any single commenter on ST forum, to myself I want to be a man of tolerance, peace, responsbility, respect, forgiveness, love, unity and courage . It is time to get serious and work for the betterment of my nation South Sudan Democratic Republic of Victoria, South Sudan should be call Victoria, because the long struggle is victory, CPA is victory, South Sudan liberation is victory, our insecurity will be a victory, election and referrendom are potential victories. South Sudan future source of hydro electricity power is White nile which has its source at Lake Victoria, unqestionable the name fits.
I didn’t change myself because of pressure or whatsoever, it could be my 2010 resolution. Sometimes you don’t expect the public to pay their attention on you.Brave man conquers the fear like I did previously. However I come to realised that, I am not truly free if I am taking away and abusing someone else’s freedom of expression and speech, just as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me and been abused. This is why I finally come to reason that, me and the rest of concern Southerns will transformed South Sudan into a country that is not comfortable place for those who opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, parliamentary debate, independent and fair courts. For now lets start new year with fresh mind and positive ideas that will improvement the managment of South Sudan, childish comments must be ignored. Some individual comment aggressively when they are defeated in debate, this spirit must be abandon. We are here to play a game ie you get defeated or you defeat others defends on the article and the extend of your debate, but don’t insult people. This is my new year inspiring message to ST viewers, contributors, pseuds, readers and editor. Finally if you come across a mistake or opposing view, please address it with dignity.
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Time1
Sudan rejects US allegations of masterminding weapons flow to South
Susan Rice is right, she is speaking out based on evidence, we have many evidence of weapons that have entered south sudan from north sudan, in jongolie and uppernile cache boxes of weapons were found with Arabic inscriptions ont hem, boxes were lebel in Arabic, also indicating factories in north sudan, so there is documented evidence of NCP sending weapons through its traders and sometime through its integrated forces, also weapons last year showed evidence of weapons from Arbiac distination to LRA, also Arabs were detained within some LRA group that was caught. Arabs can run but cannot hide from the truth.
Samson
Sudan rejects US allegations of masterminding weapons flow to South
I so afraid to say what she say, the truth can not be deny by the public leader. But the only things was they do not care whether we finished ourselves. When it civil war start in 80th then they are also disagreed on the same thing. I hope it going to start soon and let see who telling the truth.
Danisco
Sudan rejects US allegations of masterminding weapons flow to South
Please people let’s first be careful for the way we do things but not to make a mess and then regret later so as sudanese let’s try to control all our issues by knowledge thank you for reading