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| Identifier: | 03KHARTOUM374 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03KHARTOUM374 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Khartoum |
| Created: | 2003-04-30 16:34:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL PTER IZ SU |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 00374 E.O. 12958; DECL: 4/29/2013; TAGS: PREL, PTER, IZ, SU SUBJECT: RETURN OF SUDANESE BA'ATHISTS REF: KHARTOUM 317 CLASSIFIED BY LAUREL STEELE, POLITICAL OFFICER, REASONS 1.5 B, D 1. (C) OVER 80 MEMBERS OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATH PARTY HAVE RETURNED FROM IRAQ TO SUDAN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE MOST PROMINENT SUDANESE BA'ATHIST AND FOUNDER OF THE PARTY IN SUDAN, BADR-ADDIN MUDATHIR, RETURNED, POST WAS TOLD, ON PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR'S PLANE FROM SYRIA, LANDING AT KHARTOUM'S MILITARY AIRPORT TEN DAYS AGO. HIS RETURN WAS REPORTED IN THE PRESS, ALTHOUGH NO DETAILS WERE GIVEN. 2. (C) ANOTHER RETURNING SUDANESE REPORTED TO POST THAT SOME SUDANESE IN IRAQ HAD BEEN SHOT BY ANTI-SADDAM IRAQIS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE US. INVASION. OTHERS HAD FLED TO REFUGEE CAMPS ON THE IRAQ/SYRIA BORDER. PRESIDENT BASHIR HAD VISITED SYRIA TO HELP FACILITATE THEIR DEPARTURE. 3. (C) THE GOVERNMENT HAS REPORTEDLY ALLOWED THE RETURN OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATHISTS ON THE CONDITION THAT THEY NOT TAKE PART IN ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITY HERE. THE GOS IS LEERY OF PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF ANTI-US OR ANTI-BRITISH FEELINGS. IN THE BUILDUP TO THE IRAQ WAR, BA'ATHISTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT GRAFFITI. NINE LOCAL BA'ATHISTS WERE ARRESTED AND ARE STILL IN JAIL. MUDATHIR HIMSELF IS IN HIS SEVENTIES AND ILL, AND PRESUMABLY PRESENTS LITTLE PROBLEM TO THE GOS. 4. (U) BACKGROUND: THE BA'ATH PARTY IN SUDAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN SMALL, WITH PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 1,000 MEMBERS. BUT BECAUSE IRAQ BACKED IT FINANCIALLY, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SUDANESE BA'ATH PARTY HAVING AN IMPACT THAT BELIED ITS MEAGER NUMBERS. THE PARTY RECRUITED HEAVILY AMONG STUDENTS (OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO IRAQ) AND IN PERIPHERAL AREAS, LIKE NUBA, AND AMONG THE AFRICAN TRIBES. IN 1990, 26 BA'ATHIST MILITARY OFFICERS WERE EXECUTED IN KHARTOUM AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL COUP ATTEMPT. RAGSDALE
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