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13 January 2005 Sudan's intelligence revolution Rebels from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), which has fought the Khartoum government for 21 years in Africa's longest war, will be given 26 per cent of the posts in Sudan's intelligence services following a peace agreement signed in Nairobi on 9 January after two years of negotiations. The latest move could help bolster the US administration's war against terrorism and accelerate Sudan's efforts to end more than a decade of international isolation following its support during the 1990s for Islamic extremists. These included Osama bin Laden, who lived in Khartoum from 1992 to 1996. Salah Ghosh, the head of Sudan's national intelligence service, disclosed in Khartoum on 7 January that absorbing the former rebels into government service would take two-and-a-half years. "Our duty will be to deal with anyone who tries to violate the constitution," he said, adding that the new intelligence apparatus will be responsible for internal and external security. The Khartoum government's decision to include its former foes, mainly southern Christians, into the security apparatus - a key pillar of the Muslim Arab regime - will be accompanied by the integration of southern militias into the armed forces, a process expected to take at least a year. These efforts are expected to be accompanied by tension given the hatreds spawned by the civil war in the south that erupted in 1983. The absorption of non-Muslim southerners into such an important core element of the regime as the intelligence establishment can be expected to provide a boost to Sudan's relations with Washington. These were severely strained following Omar Al-Bashir's coup and the subsequent establishment of an Islamic regime. This was largely driven by Sudan's chief ideologue, hard-line Islamic scholar Hassan al-Turabi. The regime supported Islamic extremist organisations, including the one led by Bin Laden that later became Al-Qaeda. Note : The above is not the full item. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
