---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM Subject: [sudan-john-ashworth] Fwd: More details from the Nuba Mountains To: Group <[email protected]>
>From various Nuba sources: 1. June 22, 2011 – Wednesday - Bombing by Antonov in Kauda at 5:00pm - Antonov came directly from the North and returned North after bombing - First time to see Antonov bomb on first approach. Most of the time the Antonovs identify the target on the first approach without bombing, then on the second approach the Antonovs bomb the target. But this time it bombed on the first approach. - Bombs hit within 100 meters of an NGO compound - The Antonov made two approaches and bombed on each approach. - Bombings in Kauda killed 1 woman, 8-9 months pregnant. And wounded 9 People. All civilians. Confirmed. 2. June 23, 2011 - Thursday - Shelling heard North of Heiban approximately 20 to 40 Km. At 2:40pm. - Shelling continued for 30 minutes. 3. June 24, 2011 - Friday - At 7:30 am heard Antonov fly from North to South, over Kauda valley. - At 2:30 pm a single Mig flew from the North over Kauda Valley and shot three missiles just south of the Kauda Airstrip and then circled over Kauda and then shot 9 missiles in to the river bed, south east of Kauda Airstrip approximately 200 meters from the Mosque at the end of the Kauda Airstrip. After Bombing the single Mig left Kauda by flying directly North. 4. June 25, 2011 - Saturday - At 10:30am, Antonov flew over Kauda valley, travelling South to North. 5. June 26, 2011 - Sunday - At 12:30pm, Antonov flew over Kauda Valley, travelling North to South. - Bombings confirmed in Kuchi, Um Serdeba, and Tangel. From 4:00pm to 5:00pm by a single Antonov. The Bombings killed total of 13 people. 3 SPLA soldiers were killed, 10 civilians. Of the 10 civilians killed, 3 were children under the age of 10 years old, 2 over the age of 70 and 2 elementary school students the rest were adults. - The bombs hit inside the markets and near a hand pump. 6. June 27, 2011 – Monday - At 7:50 am, Antonov flew over Kauda valley from North to South. 7. June 28, 2011 – Tuesday - Nothing heard or seen in the Heiban / Kauda region 8. June 29, 2011 – Wednesday - At 9:33 am, Mig flew in from the North and bombed approximately 3 to 4 Km south of Al Azarak. - At 2:30 pm, Antonov was flying west of Kauda. Direction unknown. The sound of the Antonov was clear but due to low cloud cover the Antonov could not be seen. 9. June 30, 2011 – Thursday - At 1:30pm, Antonov flew over Kauda Valley from North to South. 10. July 1, 2011 – Friday - At 7:00 am, Antonov flew over Kauda Valley from North to South. - At 11:00 am, Antonov flew from South to North over Kauda Valley. - At 12:15pm bombing could be heard. Not sure of direction as there was a lot of wind. - At 4:05pm, Plane travelled South to North over Kauda Valley. The plane was flying low. The plane looked like an Antonov but did not sound like one. It sounded as if it had jet engines but not sure. 11. July 2, 2011 - At 12:10pm, Antonov flew over Kauda Valley. North to South. - At 1:03pm, Antonov flew west of Kauda Valley. South to North. 12. The initial fighting in Heiban was not too fierce. The SAF component within the JIU was flushed out by their SPLA colleagues. Nuba in the SAF JIU chose to be with their kin. It was one of the quickest operations in Nuba. It took SPLA less than two hours to control Heiban. There were atrocities by government forces but currently no details. Heiban is calm now and defended by SPLA. SAF tried to attack through Um Burumbita but were badly defeated and retreated to Abu Gibeha. Most people are in the mountains and only come down for food and water. 13. From an interview with a SAF soldier who defected to SPLA in Heiban (the interviewer has his name). He "joined SPLA because of injustice and marginalisation of the government". He said there must be equality and justice. He worked for SAF more than 20 years, but was waiting for a chance to get out. There was no torture by SPLA and he was not forced to join them. Two others defected with him but did not want to speak for fear of reprisals. END ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan Advisor [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +249 919 695 362 (Sudan mobile) +27 82 853 3556 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. 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