Wars in the World

Sudanese army and fighters from the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) released conflicting statements about a second battle took place in North Darfur area of Shangili Tobayi today.

On Thursday, the rebel group attacked the government troops in Dar El Salam, 35k away from Shangili Tobayi. The two locations were controlled by a Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction led by the signatory of 2006 peace deal Minni Minnawi who is now “legitimate target” for the Sudanese army.

The Mediators in Doha, Qatar struggle to stop hostilities in the restive region by brokering a ceasefire agreement between the two warring parties. The mediation said a ceasefire should be signed before the 31 December.

“The (Sudan) Armed Forces today evening attacked the so-called (alliance of Justice and Equality Movement and Sudan Liberation Movement Minni Minnawi faction) in Shangili Tobayi area, (North) Darfur,” said a statement released by the Sudanese army spokesperson Al-Sawarmi Khaled.

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North Korea threatened Thursday to launch a “sacred” nuclear war against South Korea if it attacks, as Seoul staged military exercises that have raised already high tensions on the peninsula.

The remarks seemed aimed at revving patriotic spirit on the eve of the 19th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il’s appointment as the supreme military commander.

Defense chief Kim Yong Chun said North Korea is “fully prepared to launch a sacred war” - and would use its nuclear capabilities - if attacked and warned the South against intruding even the smallest amount on its territory, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea’s anger has been piqued this week by South Korea’s staging of live-fire drills on Yeonpyeong Island, which was shelled by the North’s artillery on Nov. 23. Four South Koreans were killed.

North Korea has said it shelled the island because South Korea fired artillery into its territorial waters first. South Korea has countered that it fired artillery away from North Korea as part of routine drills.

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Guillaume Soro, premier of Alassane Ouattara Government, launched an appeal to international community because adopt use of force against Laurent Gbagbo outgoing president, that doesn’t want leave power in Ivory Coast notwithstanding the defeat at presidential elections on November 28.

‘After all international pressure and sanctions that have not produced any effect on Gbagbo - affirmed Soro - is evident that remains only one solution, using force’.

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Another round of shooting between a Burma Army unit under the control of Shan State South’s Mongnawng-based Military Operations Command (MOC) #2 and fighters from First Brigade of Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ that refused Naypyitaw’s order to disarm broke out on Saturday, 18 December, according to local sources.

The incident took place at the same site where the first clash of the two sides had taken place on 11 November, Kunkieng- Wan Lwe, 3 miles west of Wan Hsaw, a village between Wanhai, the main base of the SSA North’s First Brigade, and Monghsu, at 22:30 local time and lasted for 30 minutes, a local villager said.

“A day before the fighting, we saw them [Burma soldiers] turning up at Harng Zarng-Pangwoe villages, on the way from Mongnawng to Monghsu, in the morning,” he said. “They then disappeared into the jungle again.”

According to SSA sources, it was attacked by a 51- strong patrol from Namzang-based Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) # 516.

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Ibn-e-Amin, one of hardest commanders of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) moviment and right arm of its leader in Swat Valley, Maulana Fazlullah, has been killed on Friday in an attack by american drone of Khyber Agency in Tirah Valley, at Afghanistan border.

GEO Tv referred it. Broadcaster has specified that Ibn-e-Amin has been killed together with his six body guards by a missile that has hit the vehicle where he was at Spindrand.

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