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Offline Chris_

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Southern Sudan votes on independence
« on: January 09, 2011, 02:31:33 PM »


Huge numbers of Southern Sudanese have been voting in a landmark referendum on independence from the north.

The week-long vote is widely expected to result in Africa's largest country being split in two.

Amid scenes of jubilation, south Sudanese leader Salva Kiir said: "This is an historic moment the people of Southern Sudan have been waiting for."

The poll was agreed as part of the 2005 peace deal which ended the two-decade north-south civil war.

The leaders of the mainly Muslim north have promised to allow the potential new country, where most people are Christian or follow traditional religions, to secede peacefully.

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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2011, 06:18:23 PM »
Although the Arab Muslim north has more infrastructure, the The Christian south has most of the oil. This should prove intresting. When's the last time you heard of an Arab willingly give up oil?
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2011, 06:56:27 PM »
It goes from an intranational Muslim conquest to an international Muslim conquest.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 07:24:09 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on January 09, 2011, 06:56:27 PM
It goes from an intranational Muslim conquest to an international Muslim conquest.

I think you may be right.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 10:27:05 AM »
Dang Southerners, always wanting to secede an' shit.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 02:02:55 PM »
What does independence of Southern Sudan has for Northern Sudan could be very interesting.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2011, 06:58:05 PM »
What's going to be really interesting is when the Northern Sudanese slave dealers come raiding in the south again -- that is a major source of northern income -- yes, literally, slaves, chains, markets for human animals on display -- and lots of raping of young kids, including boys, held as the property of Muslim princelings.

It has never stopped since the 14th century when a Sudanese imam decreed that the south was NOT to be converted to islam because then they couldn't take slaves "down there."
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 07:02:09 PM »
The Arab league won't accept a sepratist vote.

They always feel once they step foot somewhere it's their's forever.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2011, 03:09:48 PM »
As I recall, another bone of contention is that what mineral wealth there is falls in the northern part of the pre-conflict Christian lands.  The only way the north will abide by this is if they get that in the split.

Nor even with such a concession is even that going to mean a damned thing, unless there is an armed force, heavily backed by an outside power, to defend the new border.
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Re: Southern Sudan votes on independence
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2011, 10:48:29 AM »
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Over 99 pct in Southern Sudan vote for secession

Associated Press

No surprise here... now to see if they can pull it off.
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