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India offers military tech to Sudan
Iâm still not certain why India would do this, given Sudanâs links to the terror network in all of that cash that was sent there from Iran in September 2002 or the US intel assessment in May 2003 after the Riyadh bombings saying that al-Qaeda was being allowed to reopen its training camps in the country. That doesnât even begin to get into the NIFâs ties to Eritrean, Ugandan, and Somali al-Qaeda affiliates, but far be it from me to understand why nations like Russia or India would sell this crap to nations that may at some point in the future give it to people who would just as soon use it against them ...India has offered military training and defence equipment technology to Sudan for the ambitious 20 year plan to revive and develop its Army, Sudanese Defence Minister Maj Gen Bakri Hassan Salih said on Sunday. "We have an ambitious 20 year plan for the revival of the development of Sudanese Army. India has demonstrated its political will and determination in this process," Salih told reporters after his visit to the Bharat Earth Movers Ltd factory, a defence undertaking, here. He said the training would encompass the Navy, Army and the Air Force, besides technical institutions in Sudan. Salih, who called on President A P J Abdul Kalam and Defence Minister George Fernandes at New Delhi on Saturday, said India had committed to transfer of defence technology to the African nation, which is close to signing a peace agreement with rebels in the country. And is getting ready to start a new civil war in Darfur ... "We want all equipment that is produced in India," he said, adding that the Sudanese delegation had visited several defence establishments in the country including BEML. "There are several areas of cooperation which we discussed with George Fernandes... what is important is at the political level, the level of commitment and preparedness of the Indian side. We will evaluate our needs before we come back for agreement or signing contracts," Salih said. He said a delegation led by Sudanese oil minister visited New Delhi last week, the first after Kalamâs Sudan visit. Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-15 |
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