August 1998 Vol.10, No.4(A)
GLOBAL TRADE, LOCAL IMPACT
Arms Transfers to all Sides in the Civil War in Sudan
MAP OF SUDAN iii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv
I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1
Global Trade 2
Local Impact 3
Violations of Human Rights and the Call for an International Arms Embargo 4
Recommendations 5
A Note on Methodology 8
II. THE CIVIL WAR 10
III. ARMED FORCES AND ARMAMENTS 17
Weapons Stocks 17
The Use of Landmines 20
New Arms Acquisitions 23
Allegations of Chemical Weapons Production and Storage 26
IV. ARMS TRANSFERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN 28
China 28
Iran 29
Iraq 31
The Russian Federation 32
Former Soviet Republics and Warsaw Pact States 33
France 34
South Africa 34
Asian States 36
Arab States Other Than Iraq 36
Chile 38
Ethiopia 38
V. SUDANESE GOVERNMENT MILITARY SUPPORTFOR ARMED OPPOSITION FORCES 39
VI. MILITARY SUPPORT FORSUDANESE OPPOSITION FORCES 44
The Opposition Forces 44
The Frontline States 44
The Rebels Arms Acquisitions 47
The U.S. Role 48
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 50
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