http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2008/05/23/examining-the-rebels-at-last/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2008/05/23/examining-the-rebels-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Nathan Strong Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:28:30 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/?p=496#comment-1963 These rebels have already been examined and found wanting: by Sudanese society. Why else have they failed to topple AlBashir? if they really presented an accepted alternative he would be gone by now ! The Sudanese know that these are mostly illiterate fighters lured with promises of money and loot with no actual political agenda or outlook. Their leaders have illusions of grandeur and power and corruption. A couple of them were actually Ministers in AlBashirs government so their credibility is deeply stained. Their connections to AlTurabi cannot be denied and as he is now disliked bu Sudanese society they can never claim to speak for any masses !! The oft-repeated claim of marginalisation has been eclipsed by the CPA and DPA and the related corruption of the signatories which has fueled the imagination of rebel leaders who now look on negotiations as blackmail sessions where they can ask for money and posts in return for signing and immunity from prosecution as they have committed most war crimes. These rebels have already been examined and found wanting: by Sudanese society. Why else have they failed to topple AlBashir? if they really presented an accepted alternative he would be gone by now ! The Sudanese know that these are mostly illiterate fighters lured with promises of money and loot with no actual political agenda or outlook. Their leaders have illusions of grandeur and power and corruption. A couple of them were actually Ministers in AlBashirs government so their credibility is deeply stained. Their connections to AlTurabi cannot be denied and as he is now disliked bu Sudanese society they can never claim to speak for any masses !!
The oft-repeated claim of marginalisation has been eclipsed by the CPA and DPA and the related corruption of the signatories which has fueled the imagination of rebel leaders who now look on negotiations as blackmail sessions where they can ask for money and posts in return for signing and immunity from prosecution as they have committed most war crimes.

]]> http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2008/05/23/examining-the-rebels-at-last/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Khalid AlMubarak Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:46:34 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/?p=496#comment-1779 Examining the rebels (which Julie Flint does) is important .He who does so should expect a lot of flack ! First ; the Black Book needs to be revisited and scrutinised(not treated as a holy book the way some journalists do.) It is full of inaccuracies about the ethnic origins of those in public life.The word marginalisation should also be better defined and applied.It began during colonial times; not as a colonial conspiracy ;but as a question of gegraphy and convenience . The Gezira plain was developed because of easy access and easy government control . Contiued unbalanced development after independence should not eclipse the fact that the "induced rebellion"we see happened at a time in which three universities and hundreds of secondary schools were esablished in Darfur. All three governors are from Darfur . So is the speaker of the second chamber and the vice-chancellor of the University of Khartoum and many Federal ministers. To claim that this is nothing is unfair.When Mini Arkawi signed the DPA he was not denied a place in the highest echelons of power. Even in the South some politicians continue to repeat the mantra of marginalisation; notwithstanding the tangible gains of the CPA . Examining the rebels (which Julie Flint does) is important .He who does so should expect a lot of flack !
First ; the Black Book needs to be revisited and scrutinised(not treated as a holy book the way some journalists do.) It is full of inaccuracies about the ethnic origins of those in public life.The word marginalisation should also be better defined and applied.It began during colonial times; not as a colonial conspiracy ;but as a question of gegraphy and convenience . The Gezira plain was developed because of easy access and easy government control . Contiued unbalanced development after independence should not eclipse the fact that the “induced rebellion”we see happened at a time in which three universities and hundreds of secondary schools were esablished in Darfur. All three governors are from Darfur . So is the speaker of the second chamber and the vice-chancellor of the University of Khartoum and many Federal ministers. To claim that this is nothing is unfair.When Mini Arkawi signed the DPA he was not denied a place in the highest echelons of power.
Even in the South some politicians continue to repeat the mantra of marginalisation; notwithstanding the tangible gains of the CPA .

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