sudan, people, defense, forces, democratic, front, spdf, anti, government, militia, active, upper, nile, from, 2000, 2002, sudan, people, defence, forcesleadersriek, macharpeter, jiekdates, operation2000, 2002active, regionsupper, nilebattles, warssecond, suda. The Sudan People s Defense Forces Democratic Front SPDF was an anti government militia active in Upper Nile from 2000 to 2002 1 Sudan People s Defence ForcesLeadersRiek MacharPeter Par JiekDates of operation2000 2002Active regionsUpper NileBattles and warsSecond Sudanese Civil War War of the PetersPreceded byDeserters from the SSDFSucceeded bySPLM AThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sudan People s Defense Forces Democratic Front news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Riek Machar formed the SPDF mostly from deserters of the pro Khartoum South Sudan Defence Forces SSDF 2 and later merged it with the SPLM A 1 Notes EditCitations Edit a b Rone 2003 p 12 Rone 2003 p 4 References EditRone Jemera 2003 Sudan Oil and Human Rights Human Rights Watch ISBN 9781564322913 This article related to a paramilitary organization or suspected paramilitary organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This African military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sudan People 27s Defense Forces Democratic Front amp oldid 1097407479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,