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| Darfur Rebels Launch New Attack on Central Sudan |
| 2013-07-25 |
| Rebels from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region launched a new assault on the country's once placid heartland on Wednesday, sending civilians running for cover, rebels and witnesses said. Residents in al-Rachad, in the central North Kordofan state, an agricultural area that produces much of Sudan's gum arabic, exported for use in soft drinks, said they could hear explosions and intense gunfire outside the nearby town of Jebel al-Dayer. “People have arrived here today fleeing fighting in the area of Jebel al-Dayer,” said a resident of Rachad, asking not to be named. Gibril Adam, spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the biggest rebel groups in Darfur, said its fighters had attacked an army position. “We handed the army a defeat,” he said. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 ahhhh the "placid heartland of Sudan". Home to corn, soy, artesian ZamZam springs, and unicorns |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-07-25 09:20 |