---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jean-Francois Darcq" <[email protected]> Date: 2 Jun 2015 15:47 Subject: Fwd: Dispatch from the Field: Weapons and ammunition airdropped to SPLA-iO forces in South Sudan To: "elisabethjanaina" <[email protected]> Cc:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Claudio Gramizzi" <[email protected]> Date: 2 Jun 2015 14:15 Subject: Dispatch from the Field: Weapons and ammunition airdropped to SPLA-iO forces in South Sudan To: "Claudio Gramizzi" <[email protected]> Cc: With my apologies for the duplication, should it be the case. Best regards, Claudio ++ WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION AIRDROPPED TO SPLA-iO FORCES IN SOUTH SUDAN A new Dispatch published today by Conflict Armament Research analyses weapons and ammunition captured by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Jonglei State, in November 2014. The Dispatch provides evidence collected by Conflict Armament Research during field investigations in Malakal, Upper Nile State, in December 2014. Full Dispatch <http://conflictarm.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e72d0f5dfeb29b602385e6e8&id=2d7d9fda63&e=8c7d4daa40> Key findings: Airdropped materiel Most of the ammunition documented had suffered heavy impact damage, which is consistent with eyewitness reports that aircraft dropped materiel to SPLA-iO forces in September–October 2014. Direct supply from Sudan to SPLA-iO forces The composition of the documented materiel, and a precedent for airdropping identical materiel to rebel forces in South Sudan in 2012, prior to the current conflict, suggests direct supply from Sudan to SPLA-iO forces. Drops of military equipment throughout December 2014 Observers on the ground also report that, throughout the month of December 2014, aircraft dropped additional military equipment to SPLA-iO units in Upper Nile and Jonglei States. Majority of Sudanese 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition, manufactured in 2014 70 per cent of the 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition documented is Sudanese-manufactured, with the majority produced in 2014. The recent date of manufacture is further evidence of direct supply from Khartoum to SPLA-iO forces. More than one case of supply from Sudan to the SPLA-iO in 2014 The SPLA-iO used 2014-manufactured Sudanese ammunition prior to the September-December 2014 airdrops in Jonglei—including in its April 2014 attack on a mosque in Bentiu. This suggests more than one case of supply from Khartoum to the SPLA-iO. Sudanese 7.62 x 54R mm ammunition manufactured between 2011 and 2014 All of the 7.62 x 54R mm ammunition documented is Sudanese-manufactured between 2011 and 2014. The 2011 rounds are identical to ammunition supplied by Sudan to rebel forces in South Sudan in 2012, prior to the current conflict—including in airdrops of materiel. Supply of weapons from Sudan The serial number of a Chinese-manufactured Type 56-1 falls within the same sequence as rifles supplied by Sudan to South Sudanese rebel forces in 2011, prior to the current conflict. Regional distribution of Sudanese-supplied military materiel The types of materiel airdropped to support SPLA-iO operations in Jonglei State mirror weapon types that Sudan has supplied to support armed or insurgent forces elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, including in Darfur and the Central African Republic. 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