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JEM/SLM Appeal for Burial of Sudan’s Army Soldiers
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Sep 11, 2007 - 9:12:32 AM

The Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)

www.sudanjem.com

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JEM/SLM Appeal for Burial of Sudan’s Army Soldiers

Sept 11^th 07: JEM/SLM-Unity Command appeals to International NGOs for help with burial of corpses of Khartoum army soldiers around Haskanita town, North Darfur .

The defeat of Albashir’s army, September 10^th, 07, has left anything between 500 to 600 dead soldiers in the area.   There is now a real danger of an outbreak of disease, not to mention the sheer dignity of those men who were sent to their eminent death.

Since yesterday afternoon, local drums have been echoing, a traditional way of summoning local volunteers for communal work.

Regretfully, almost all of those who perished at the Haskanita battle came from marginalized areas including Darfur itself, Kordofan, Blue Nile and Central Sudan .   Their army officers, mostly drawn from the northern elite region were too quick to flee and abandon them to their unfortunate fate.   The incident recalls the old disgusting dictum, too painful for many Darfurians to utter; namely “beating the slave with a slave”.   This strategy has gone totally wrong for Khartoum this time.

Long live our struggle for justice

Joint Command

JEM/SLM-Unity Command

Haskanita, North Darfur

Tel: 0088216637 153318