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returning from their prayers as well. Their choice of distribution was strategic: (1) dispersing the document abroad alerted the rest of the world the situation Sudan was in, (2) spreading the greatest amount to locals informed them all at once that they were the majority and therefore a formidable force against a minority government, and (3) providing a copy for government officials alerted
Khartoum that there was a new level of transparency into their inner-workings that just went public. Rebellion finally broke out in Darfur less than two years from when the Black Book was released.
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to enforce a peace agreement from years earlier, requiring Arab nomads to “pay blood money for the
Zaghawa they had killed.” Possible original members of the group based on their seniority positions in JEM include Zakaria Abbas, Omar Karma, Hamid Yusef El Mahil, Salih El Tom Abbas, and Hamid Musabil.
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One of the largest alternative rebel assemblies in Darfur is the
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of the region” was their explicit reason for resistance. Their overarching goal had a national agenda attached to it. Not only did
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advocated that political Islam would bring honest and equal commitment to all
Muslims. The group's core support consisted of Zaghawa tribe members, specifically of the Kobe branch to which Ibrahim belonged. It is also speculated that many Zaghawa decided to join militias after the government failed
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The group made and disseminated over 1,600 copies of the Black Book. The majority of the copies were circulated outside
Mosques after Friday's evening prayer to local people. A few hundred were spread abroad, and the rest were left on the desks of Khartoum government officials for them to see upon
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They attempted to gather information regarding power-holders in
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armed struggle. Under Turabi, the
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After mounting their massive and successful “Black Book” operation, the Seekers of Truth and Justice evolved into the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM): a larger and more militant Darfuri rebel group. In conjunction with the
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more government documents than an average citizen. By informing the population of their underrepresentation backed by concrete evidence, the group hoped to empower the people and consequently, spark a rebellion.
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