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    November 10, 2011

US 'Strongly' Condemns Sudan Airstrike on South

   VOA News

   The United States has strongly condemned an airstrike by Sudan on its
   southern neighbor that allegedly killed seven people.
   South Sudan says Sudanese jet fighters bombed an area of Upper Nile
   state Guffa on Monday, near the two countries' border.
   In a statement late Wednesday, the U.S. State Department described the
   attack as indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets and said it
   condemns the airstrike "in the strongest possible terms."
   It also called the attack provocative, and said such bombardments
   increase the chance of war between Sudan and South Sudan.
   The two countries have been at sharp odds since the south split from
   Sudan in July, six years after the end of Sudan's long north-south
   civil war.
   Sudan has accused the south of supporting rebels in two states along
   the border, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. The south has accused
   Khartoum of planning war on the south and whipping up unrest among
   southern militia groups.
   Sudan has recognized the south's independence, but the sides have yet
   to resolve issues over borders - especially in the oil-rich Abyei
   region - and the sharing of oil revenue. The south took over most of
   Sudan's oil in the split, but pipelines to the sea run through the
   north.

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