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| Sudan: Army chief gives rare public speech in Port Sudan |
| 2023-08-29 |
| [AFRICANEWS] The head of Sudan's army announced Monday that he fled the capital during a large military operation as the bloody conflict in the Northeast African country enters its fifth month. General al-Burhan confirmed that no agreement had been reached with rival Daglo to facilitate his departure from the capital. "I confirm that my exit from the General Command took place without any help, and I did not leave with a deal or by arranging any agreement. This was a military action carried out by the armed forces, and anyone who says that there is an agreement or that there is a party that helped or that there is a deal is delusional. We do not agree with the traitors or those outside the Sudanese people (traitors referring to Rapid Support Forces and those outside Sudan meaning Americans)," declared General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane. During this rare public speech in the coastal city of Port Sudan, Burhane said the military operation which enabled him to flee Khartoum's army headquarters included naval and air forces. The military command has been one of the epicentres of the conflict. The operation led to armed festivities in which two people were killed, according to the Sudanese army general. "We are proud that our brothers in the Navy were part of this operation (his exit from Khartoum) and there are two deaders in the operation of the general's commander (referring to himself) exit from the General Command, and the Air Force, the Land Forces and the Navy participated in this operation, and it was an operation in which there was fighting, and we offered deaders in it," Added the army chief. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 When you need a combined military operation to get you out of Khartoum, something is wrong. Port Sudan is indeed far from the action, but it is just a few hour trip by ferry to Saudi Arabia where Burhan hopes to find his savior. However, Saudi Arabia's feckless operation in Yemen ought to prove to him that the Saudi military is a paper tiger. |
| Posted by: Jerens Black9355 2023-08-29 08:27 |