Rebels from eastern Sudan said yesterday they had destroyed two government military camps in attacks they launched this week with allies from the troubled western region of Darfur. The Eastern Front said the bases in Kassala province had been destroyed in strikes Tuesday carried out by its forces and members of Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement and Sudan Liberation Army. In separate statements released from its office in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, the Eastern Front said the joint attacks had taken out camps held by government troops in the towns of Waqar and Tenniyay in Kassala. In the first statement, the front said it and the JEM had “launched a surprise attack” on the camp in Waqar. It said the camp housed soldiers who had “regularly terrorized local communities.” “Our joint forces destroyed the military camp, its ammunition depots (and) military hardware and seized several vehicles along with large quantities of arms,” it said. “This action serves notice to the ruling party that the New Sudan forces remain steadfast in their opposition and condemnation of exclusionist and marginalizing policies,” the Eastern Front said.