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Sudan bombing a "declaration of war": South
Source: Reuters
Sudan bombing a "declaration of war": South
By Hereward Holland
OUTSIDE BENTIU, South Sudan | Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:24pm EDT
(Reuters) - Sudanese war planes bombed a market in the capital of South Sudan's oil-producing Unity State on Monday, residents and officials said, in an attack the southern army called a declaration of war.
Sudan denied carrying out any air raids but its President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ramped up the political tension by ruling out a return to negotiations with the South, saying its government only understood "the language of the gun".
A Reuters journalist saw aircraft dropping two bombs near a bridge linking two areas of Unity's capital Bentiu, although it was impossible to verify the planes' affiliation. He saw market stalls ablaze and the body of one child.
Weeks of border fighting have brought the neighbors closer to a full-blown war than at any time since the South split away from Sudan as an independent country in July.
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By Hereward Holland
OUTSIDE BENTIU, South Sudan | Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:24pm EDT
(Reuters) - Sudanese war planes bombed a market in the capital of South Sudan's oil-producing Unity State on Monday, residents and officials said, in an attack the southern army called a declaration of war.
Sudan denied carrying out any air raids but its President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ramped up the political tension by ruling out a return to negotiations with the South, saying its government only understood "the language of the gun".
A Reuters journalist saw aircraft dropping two bombs near a bridge linking two areas of Unity's capital Bentiu, although it was impossible to verify the planes' affiliation. He saw market stalls ablaze and the body of one child.
Weeks of border fighting have brought the neighbors closer to a full-blown war than at any time since the South split away from Sudan as an independent country in July.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/us-sudan-south-bombing-idUSBRE83M13T20120423
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