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Al Fashir, What Really Happened:
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> Al Fashir, What Really Happened: > > During the time of war, every party tends to lie in order to boost its > morale, and to wage psychological warfare against its rival. But you > could be caught read-handed lying, not merely by simple logic, but also > by un-refutable evidences of your shear lies. The recent events in Al > Fashir of April 25th, is one example in which NIF regime used lies and > mis-information about what had happened there, and what's really > happening in other places in Darfur. Today in Darfur, with the > exponential rise in the cases of ethnic violence, burning of villages, > killing of innocent people, increase in the cases of capital > punishments, mass displacement, increase of military presence in the > whole region (6 military airplanes in Al Fashir alone), besides the > mass mobilization of armed personnel and equipment, all this raise more > legitimate questions about the government policies towards the region. If > this war is waged against foreign invaders, why the government is > silent from exposing that to the public, and states clearly that Darfur > is being invaded or at the brink of invasion. The government depiction > of its current opponents whom it fights as bunch of outlaws, armed > robbers, or banditry is counter productive. This was the same > nomenclature used by the NIF against the SPLM/A which it now > negotiates, and branding its leader as "real unionist". Any sane > person, whether inside Darfur, or outside, knows the difference between > banditry targeting innocent people, and "banditry" targeting solely, > the military. If the huge military presence in the region is to calm > ethic tension, which it instigates, the volume of the current > destruction of innocent lives and loss of meager material wealth, > during this period alone, is unprecedented, which questions the primary > role of the armed forces in the region. > > Below is brief summary of what had happened in Al Fashir on Friday > April 25th, 2003, by the "Opposition Forces" as were labeled by Al > Fashir residents, against the government military installations in the > city: > > - Following early morning prayers, sporadic and heavy explosions were > heard from the western parts of the town, where the airport, the > artillery regiment are located, and from the military barracks adjacent > to the city's main electric and water plants. > > - Shelling and sound of explosions were loudly heard all over the city, > and rounds of shells were sporadically fired/reached all the adjacent > residential areas west of the city. > > - The state of bombing continued all morning until 1PM > > The result of the shelling is the following: > > - Destruction of 3 helicopters and 2 antinovs > > - Destruction of the artillery regiment, adjacent to the airport > > - Killing of over 77 soldiers, mostly were ambushed in their barracks, > and at least 7 civilians died on cross fire; more people were wounded, > some seriously. > > - Fighting moved to the main head quarter of the army, but "Opposition > Forces" could not over run it, where more killing took place. > > - "Opposition Forces" came in around 17 cars, two were disabled; but > they took with them at least 3 cars, two were governmental, in addition > to undisclosed number of looted arms. > > - 5 bodies of "Opposition Forces" fighters were left on-site (some > headless) without burial on different places, for the whole day of Friday. > > - All dead soldiers and civilians (not the opposition) were buried in > one communal grave north of the city, without any presence from the > government or the army. > > - During a public talk called to by the Governor, a rumor spread that > some people in the crowd are having weapons, and immediately people > were dispersed in complete panic. > > - Only now it's revealed that the opposition forces had kidnapped the > top air force Officer stationed in Al Fashir, refuting all lies about > his whereabouts after being interviewed by Aljazeera TV. > > - The government is now accusing SPLM, Israel, and Eritrea as the > source behind the latest events in Al Fashir > > - More military personnel and armaments are on the way to the region. > > > Ali Dinar > > > ** More to come, but in Arabic.....
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