South Sudan: At Quiet Rebel Base, Plotting an Assault on South Sudan’s Oil Fields

Apr 3, 2014 | Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
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NASIR, South Sudan — There are only four bullets in the rifle that Liep Wiyual plans to use against government troops on the front lines in South Sudan.“When I go to fight, I will get more bullets,” he said. For rebel fighters like him, rushing onto battlefields to seize weapons and ammunition from the enemy is a common practice.