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Africa Horn
Sudan threatens to pull out of AU
2006-03-04
A Sudanese minister has said his country might pull out of the African Union if the AU's Peace and Security Council approves replacement of the AU force in Darfur with a UN force, Aljazeera reports. Alsammani al-Wasilla, Sudan's minister of state for foreign affairs, has reiterated Khartoum's rejection of the proposal for deployment of international troops in Darfur, Aljazeera's correspondent in Khartoum said on Friday AU foreign ministers are to meet on 10 March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to decide on the transition, agreed upon earlier in principle.

Earlier, Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, warned Darfur would become a "graveyard" for any foreign military contingent entering the region against Khartoum's will. AP has quoted the top UN envoy in Sudan as saying that the Sudanese government has launched a campaign to stop a UN force from taking over peace-keeping duties from AU troops. On Tuesday, Jan Pronk said an anti-UN climate is heating up strongly in the Sudanese capital, with threats and warnings, and fear that handing over to a UN force would put Sudan "in the same situation as Iraq a couple of years ago".
Posted by:Fred

#4  with Chinese advisors?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-03-04 16:58  

#3  I'd guess a lot closer to what Afghanistan used to be.
Posted by: Fred   2006-03-04 16:28  

#2  Something bigger than we know about may be going on in Darfur. Which may be why all the panic about "infidel UN and NATO forces" getting a look-see.

Foreign media kicked out too. Something more is up in Darfur. Similar to Iraq may be right.

Could be a large training ground, unnoticed as yet. Or worse, a staging ground There may be whole lot of islamic psychos moving off soon to appointed positions elsewhere. Very soon. But need just a bit more time. hence all the Sudanese crap about "infidel armies" and panic about anyone getting a look at Darfur.
Off to help ring Israel in a couple of weeks?
Posted by: Hupomoger Clans9827   2006-03-04 11:46  

#1  Hello? General Kofi?
Posted by: Captain America   2006-03-04 00:52  

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