Sudanese authorities have arrested 14 members of an opposition Islamist party for plotting sabotage after soliciting help from abroad, party officials and security sources said on Wednesday.
| I like it when they eat their own... |
In midnight raids security forces arrested 14 members of the Popular Congress (PC) party of detained Islamist politician Hassan al-Turabi for conspiracy to carry out sabotage, a party official told Reuters.
| Hmmm... Sounds like they must be killed. Need any ammunition? |
Earlier on Tuesday night police had set up checkpoints throughout the capital Khartoum and searched vehicles. It was not clear what they were looking for. One security source said the 14 were arrested for attempting a coup. "It is obvious some factions believed the government was in a weakened state and so felt confident enough to plot another coup attempt," he said.
| Actually, a favorite Sudanese passtime. They don't have much water, so water polo's out, so they do coups... |
When a group of military officers was charged in March with plotting to assassinate high-level government figures, the government loosely linked Turabi's party to that plot. A high-level military official said at the time it was an attempted coup, but the government later said the operation was too limited in its scope to be a real coup.
| "That wussy little thing? A coup? Pfeh! My little sister could stage a better coup than that!" |
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