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Old 06-10-2011, 11:14   #5
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Sudan: SPLA accuses Khartoum of bombing Unity State

Sudan: SPLA accuses Khartoum of bombing Unity State

I see the Blood for Oil land grab continues. Too bad nobody cares.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13728718

"Sudan's military has bombed a village in an oil-rich southern region, southern officials say, as tensions increase ahead of the south's independence next month.

Three people were killed in the raid on Unity State, in a move to take control of the region's oil fields, the south's military spokesman said..............."

The story does offer the north's side....

".....If the south's fears are proved right, our correspondent says it is a worrying development as it could trigger wider north-south clashes.

But he says it is also possible that it could be an extension of the fighting in South Kordofan, with the north bombing pro-southern fighters who had crossed into South Sudan............"
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