{"id":185097,"date":"2014-06-04T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudanese-army-reformists-scorn-rsf-militias\/"},"modified":"2014-06-04T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:05:00","slug":"sudanese-army-reformists-scorn-rsf-militias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudanese-army-reformists-scorn-rsf-militias","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese army reformists scorn RSF militias"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reformist movement within the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has emphasised that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias led by Hemeti act under the authority of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and have no relationship with the SAF.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe RSF are paid, and given great incentives. The leaders indiscriminately distribute ranks without any discipline.\u201d In a statement, the reformists questioned \u201chow the militia commander Hemeti could hold the rank of a Brigadier while he is an illiterate, who received his only education at a local Koran school\u201d.<\/p>\n

The reformists responded to a statement by SAF spokesman Colonel El Sawarmi Khaled Saad, who said that \u201cthe RSF militias are being subjected to a campaign as malicious as the one against the Popular Defence Forces (PDF),\u201d and that \u201cthe RSF have achieved great victories without receiving incentives for performing their tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reformists contend that the militias are indeed \u201cpaid great incentives while the political leadership has neglected hundreds of SAF officers and soldiers, leaving them with nothing to eat\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statement recalled that \u201cwhen the PDF were formed in 1992, El Sawarmi Khaled Saad was still a student at the University of Ghuran. The PDF were commanded by the SAF, unlike the paid RSF, who depend on banditry, rape, and killing civilians in cold blood. The RSF failed when rebel forces managed to kill Hemeti\u2019s second-in-command in the battle of Daldako. The militias retreated, and left their leader behind in flagrant violation of the simplest military rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo: Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir inspects SAF troops                 <\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Militia commander killed in South Kordofan battle<\/a> (26 May 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudan army reformists demand dissolution of militias<\/a> (18 May 2014)<\/p>\n

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