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| Sudan rebels claim strike on Kordofan town |
| 2013-11-18 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Sudanese rebels on Sunday struck a town near the border of troubled South Kordofan state, where witnesses confirmed fighting was under way. "We were awakened at 6:00 am by continuous loud kabooms and the sound of shooting," said a resident of Abu Zabad, in North Kordofan state. He asked not to be named for security reasons. "Armed men in Land Cruisers drove into the town and targeted a SAF compound and the cop shoppe," he said, referring to the Sudan Armed Forces. The town, in an agricultural region, is home to a small military facility. Gunfire could still be heard at about midday when another resident spoke by telephone from under his bed. He said he had seen the rebels arrive earlier at the local market, firing their weapons in the air. They appeared exhausted, thirsty and in need of fuel, he said. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said it "took control" of the small community which is a few kilometres (miles) from South Kordofan state, where rebels have been fighting for two years. "We control all government buildings there," JEM front man Gibril Adam Bilal told AFP. |
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