US Plan to Fragment Sudan (2013)

مقدمة / Introduction

Beginning of the Book On July 9, 2011, the secession of South Sudan was officially announced, establishing a small state based on regional and racial grounds. This marked the success of the initial phase of the American plan to fragment Sudan. Susan Rice, head of the US delegation at the South Sudan independence celebrations in Juba, stated, "The independence of the South did not come as a gift, but was taken by force," (Al-Sahafa Newspaper, issue 6456). The government's weakness and its implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), as well as the opposition forces' eagerness to reach power at any cost, emboldened America to accelerate its plan to fragment Sudan. The SPLA's northern sector held a military parade with heavy equipment in the city of Kurmuk in the Blue Nile State on the day of South Sudan's secession. Major General Ahmed Badi, commander of the SPLA forces in the north, stated, "We are advocates of peace, but if we are terrorized by war, we will lead it and tear apart the remaining Sudan" (Al-Sahafa Newspaper, July 10, 2011).