North Sudan strikes again in Unity State, southern official Article Comments (1) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 13, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – North Sudan Army on Monday carried out an airstrike on South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity State for the second time this week, according to multiple sources, in what appears to be a spillover from fighting in neighboring South Kordofan State. As fighting between north Sudan army and South Sudan-allied troops in the country’s central state of South Kordofan intensified, the south accused the northern army last Thursday of heavily bombarding Jaw payam town in the unity state, alleging that the strike had killed five civilians and left 15 others seriously injured. Last week’s raid was reported by the commissioner of Parieng town in the Unity State who told Sudan Tribune that his town had experience a three-hour aid raid by north Sudan army on Thursday, adding that 200 people had fled the bombardment. The commissioner of Pariang County, Mabek Lang, on Sunday reported a fresh air attack by North Sudan Amy. “The bombing that hit Jaw village occurred between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. local time” Lang told Sudan Tribune over the phone from the region’s capital, Juba. The village, which holds a Southern Sudanese army base, lies on the ill-defined borders between north and south Sudan, which is due to declare independence. Friday’s airstrike was confirmed by the official spokesman of South Sudan Army Philip Aguer. "There has been another bombing of the south. It was this morning, at the same location (as Friday), at Jau in Unity state. It was more Antonovs from Khartoum," he told Reuters on Monday. The Unity state government condemned the air raid as an "unlawful act" committed by the Khartoum government. Fears of a return to an all-out war between north and south Sudan have risen dramatically after north Sudan army last month occupied the hotly contested region of Abyei and fighting erupted in the sensitive north-south border state of South Kordofan. South Sudan is wary of being embroiled in a war that could derail the region’s official independence day of July 9 and as such insisted that it has no intention of going to war with the North despite the recent military escalation. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
