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Sudan to react with 'all means' to latest South Sudan attack
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Sudan vowed late Tuesday to react with "all means" against a three-pronged attack it said South Sudanese forces launched against South Kordofan state."The government of Sudan announces after this attack that it will react by all means," a statement on the official SUNA news agency said, warning of "destruction" in the South. The statement came after Sudan carried out new An AFP correspondent in the South Sudanese frontline village of Tashwin heard heavy artillery shelling and multiple The statement on SUNA claimed that South Sudanese forces backed by rebel groups launched their main attack in Sudan's key oil-producing region of Heglig. It did not specify which rebels but the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has been battling government troops in South Kordofan since June. Sudan has also previously alleged that Darfuri rebels were operating in the Heglig area. South Sudan has denied backing opposition groups in the north. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-11 |
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