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The cellphone video shows soldiers from a unit nicknamed the MatchBattalion, an apparent reference to the burnings the force carriedout, the news agency reported. According to the news service, the five-minute video shows asoldier with a torch and then flames burning through the village ofUmbartumbo in South Kordofan last summer, about two months afterfighting erupted in the region in June 2011. According to Nuba Reports, the fighting began weeks before SouthSudan's independence last July. Sudan accuses South Sudan of armingand funding Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army-North rebels in theNuba Mountains. The militia is allied with the rebels who fought a22-year war that led to South Sudan's independence from Sudan. According to AP, the video shows gray smoke hanging over thevillage and a commander ordering soldiers to burn the homes. "Matches, where are the matches? Burn this house," thecommander says, according to translation provided by Boyette, APreported. Amnesty International released a report last week saying South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan arebearing the brunt of fighting between Sudanese forces and theSPLA-N rebels. Many residents in those states supported the SPLAduring the civil war for southern independence, but foundthemselves in Sudan after South Sudan's secession. The report, based on interviews with refugees, said 144,000 peoplehad fled to South Sudan and Ethiopia since last June because ofindiscriminate bombings by the Sudanese air force and by a hungercrisis in the region. According to Amnesty International, the bombings killed civiliansand destroyed schools, churches and clinics. Hundreds of perceivedsupporters of the SPLA-N has been arrested, according to thereport. Since South Sudan gained independence, relations between the newnation and Sudan have been strained by disputes over oil revenues,oil transit fees and the border. Peace talks between the two countries broke off last week withlittle progress. The United Nations has threatened sanctions if thetwo sides do not come to an agreement. ALSO: Russian police raid homes of opposition leaders Four seconds in Afghanistan: Was it combat, or a crime? Syria opposition denies Vatican report of Christians ordered out. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Serial Repeater , China Canbus Converter for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Fiber Optic Transceivers.
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