UNCLASSIFIED RELEASED IN EARN ACTION AF-OO B1 1 403 INFO LOG-00 NP-OO AID-00 AMAD-OO CIAE-OO USNW-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO SRPP-OO DS-OO EAP-OO EBHOO EUR-00 FBIE-OO VC-OO H-OO TEDE-OO INR-OO IO-OO L-OO VCE-OO M-OO NEA-OO NSAE-OO OIC-OO PA-OO PRS-OO P-OO SP-OO SSO-OO SS-OO STR-OO TRSEHOO USIE-OO EPAE-OO DSCC-OO PRM-00 DRL-OO G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO F7D7B4 071053Z 38 070558Z MAR 04 FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0286 INFO AMEMBASSY ASMARA USEU BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY NSC WASHDC AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY USMISSION USCENTCOM CAIRO KAMPALA KHARTOUM LONDON NAIROBI NDJAMENA OSLO PARIS ROME THE HAGUE US UN NEW YORK NY MACDILL AFB FL I I A KHARTOUM 000231 DEPT FOR E O 12958 DECL 3 6 2014 TAGS PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SU SUBJECT REPORTS OF CIVILIAN ABUSES HEAVY FIGHTING IN DARFUR CLASSIFIED BY GALLUCCIG COM US EMBASSY DOS REASON 1 5 B D -1 C ON EEBRUARE 28 CALLED POLOFF TO PLEAD FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN TAWILAH WEST OF EL FASHER WHERE HE CLAIMED CIVILIANS WERE BEING MASSACRED AND YOUNG GIRLS RAPED BY THE JINJAWEED MILITIA THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW CIVILIANS ACCESS To MEDICAL CARE IN EL FASHER AND THAT SEVERAL INCLUDING A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS RAPED HAD DIED- PEOPLE HE SAID HAVE NO SHELTER THOSE WHO CAN MAKE IT To IDP CAMPS AS FAR AWAY A5 B1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY HARRY MELONE ID 10 JAN 2007 200502144 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED KHARTOUM - ARE LEAVING AIMS ARE SUPPORTED BY REPORTS FROM THE UN AND CALLED AGAIN ON MARCH 6 TO REPORT Bl THAT THE SLA HAD SCORED VICTORIES OVER GOVERNMENT AND JINJAWEED TROOPS ON MARCH 5 EAST OF NYALA AND IN THE EASTERN JEBBEL MARRA HE REPEATED THAT HE AND OTHERS ARE WILLING TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE BUT KHARTOUM TO ENGAGE IN CEASEFIRE AND PEACE TALKS 2 C CALLED POLOFF FROM THE FIELD ON FEBRUARY 28 To REPORT MASSIVE GOVERNMENT AND JINJAWEED ABUSES OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION OF TAWILAH SAID THAT APPROXIMATELY 100 CIVILIANS HAD BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 5000 HAD FLED HE CLAIMED THAT SEVEN WOMEN INCLUDING ONE 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAD BEEN RAPED BY THE JINJAWEED TWO HAD DIED HE ADDED AND THE OTHER WOMEN HAD BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO EL FASHER MEDICAL FACILITIES BY-THE GOVERNMENT WHO ARRIVED IN AN EL FASHER CAMP TOLD THE UN THAT 16 GIRLS HAD BEEN ABDUCTED AND OTHERS WERE RAPED IN FRONT OF FAMILY MEMBERS BY ARMED MEN SOME WERE KILLED THE UN REPORTED SEVERAL UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AMONG THE A UN ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITED TAWILAH AND FOUND ONLY 100 PEOPLE LEFT IN THE TOWN REPORTEDLY TO TRY TO HALT LOOTING THE UN RECEIVED REPORTS OF 67 CIVILIANS KILLED BUT CLAIMED THAT THE NUMBER WAS HIGHER MORE THAN 5000 NEW ARE NOW HOUSED IN THE CAMP OUTSIDE OF EL FASHER SLM SPOKESMANI ALSO CALLED POLOFF ON MARCH 6 To REPORT THE TAWILAH INCIDENT WHICH HE LABELED AS 3 C MILITARY ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN WEST DARFUR AND IS INCREASING IN SOUTH DARFUR A JINJAWEED ATTACK OUTSIDE OF NYALA REPORTEDLY LEFT 15 DEAD AND 30 INJURED THE ICRC CLAIMS IT WAS NOT GRANTED PERMISSION To ENTER THE HOSPITAL To INTERVIEW THE VICTIMS FOUR VILLAGES NEAR DELEIJ IN THE ZALENGI AREA WEST DARFUR WERE BURNED ON MARCH 3 SENDING VILLAGERS INTO RIDING THE JINJAWEED REPORTEDLY LOOTED STOLE CATTLE AND KILLED TWO VILLAGERS AN HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT MISSION DEPARTED FROM ZALINGI ON MARCH 2 AND NOTED MOST VILLAGES HAD BEEN DEPOPULATED AND DWELLINGS BURNED THEY ALSO NOTED AN IN ALL OF WHOM WERE ABOUT THEIR SECURITY ON MARCH REPORT B1 VICTORIES ON MARCH 5 IN EASTERN JEBEL MARRA AND IN THE AREA EAST OF NYALA HE CLAIMED THAT THE REBELS HAD KILLED 200 GOVERNMENT TROOPS - INCLUDING 5 OFFICERS AND JINJAWEED EAST OF NYALA AND HAD CAPTURED 15 GOVERNMENT VEHICLES IN JEBEL MARRA HE SAID THE REBELS HAD KILLED 120 JINJAWEED HE CLAIMED THAT ONLY 11 SEA FIGHTERS HAD BEEN KILLED 4 C COMMENT THE SITUATION IN DARFUR HAS WORSENED IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING PRESIDENT DECLARATION THAT THE WAR HAD BEEN WON THE SLA AND JEM HOWEVER ACTING IN UNISON ON THE GROUND LEVEL CLAIM THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO AMBUSH UNCLASSIFIED UNCLAS SIFIED GOVERNMENT AND JINJAWEED TROOPS I I WE HEAR MUMBLING ABOUT THE HOSTILITIES POURING ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO KORDOFAN AND EVEN FURTHER EAST THE SLA IS WILLING TO BUT NOT WILLING TO DISARM UNTIL THERE IS AN INTERNATIONALLY MONITORED CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT AND POLITICAL DIALOGUE END COMMENT GALLUCCI UNCLASSIFIED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu