| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa Horn |
| JEM rejects Binny's call for jihad |
| 2006-04-24 |
| One of Darfur’s two main rebel groups rejected Al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin Laden’s call on Muslims to fight the "crusaders" in the western Sudanese region, warning it could encourage Khartoum to step up its repression. "We categorically reject these declarations," Justice and Equality Movement official Ahmed Hussein said, reacting to remarks made in an audiotape attributed to bin Laden and aired by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel. Bin Laden purportely called "upon the mujahedeen (holy warriors) and their supporters in Sudan and its surroundings — including the Arabian Peninsula — to prepare to lead a prolonged war against the crusader robbers in western Sudan." "His words are completely disconnected from the reality in Darfur. Bin Laden is still preaching the theory of an American-Zionist conspiracy when the real problem comes from Khartoum, which is a Muslim government killing other Muslims," Hussein said. He warned that such comments risked "encouraging the Khartoum regime to perpetuate injustice and its strategy against Darfur." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 lol - when I saw the title of this article on page1, I first thought of Jaish-e-mohammed... That would be like Chiraq rejecting cheesypeasment. |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2006-04-24 09:04 |