Bashir: South oil not to pass through Sudan

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir said on Friday that the South’s government was not faithful to the support it had received from the Sudan during the last years, declaring, in front of a popular celebration on the occasion of restoring Heglig, that his country will not allow South’s petrol to pass through its land as long as the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) is in power.
During his speech, Bashir, once again, dubbed the SPLM insect. He added that the SPLM had informed the South citizens that Khartoum was behind all their country’s problems, accusing them of turning the south into “hell.” He said that Juba’s decision to stop the oil production was a try to stifle the Sudanese economy.
Bashir’s speech sent a message to the Minister of Defence to crush the rebellion in Blue Nile and South Kordufan before the autumn (starts in Sudan in May).
Bashir said that Salva Kiir did not give orders to his forces to withdraw from Heglig as he had claimed. He promised the South’s people to help them get rid of the SPLM’s rule, saying: “We made a mistake when we signed a peace agreement with the SPLM and we will work, starting today, on correcting this mistake.”
He hinted that the South’s aggression on Heglig was supported by the USA and western countries. He also claimed that the South State supports the insurgency in Darfur (eastern Sudan), the Blue Nile and South Kordofan (south of the country).
For its part, according to some sources, the South’s government said that the language of Khartoum will lead to more confrontations in the year future.
A source in the South government said to Arabstoday: “How could a man who was our president one day describe us as insects? This word will remain in our memories.”
Head of Sudan's National Security and Intelligence Mohamed Atta Al-Moula directed a stern warning to the South state of trying to torpedo oil fields and wells in Heglig, revealing that a phone conversation between the governor of al-Wahda and one of the leadership in Heglig have been spotted, where the governor demanded burn the oil wells in Heglig if the Sudanese army could take control of Heglig.
In Juba, gunmen from Blue Nile said that they had killed 79 elements of the Sudanese governmental forces and the militias that follow it in two ambushes.
Experts see that restoring the Heglig does not mean the confrontations have ended as there are fighting fronts in Blue Nile and South Kordofan.
The Sudanese writer Abdul Rahman al-Ghazali said that if war broke up, the South State would have nothing to lose in it. It does not have infrastructure projects. He noted the necessity of the interference of wise men from both sides to discuss and resolve the differences in order to protect the two peoples from fighting and destruction.