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International
SPLA attacks oil-producing region in Sudan
2002-03-31
  • The Sudanese government army said it had repulsed an attack by the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), denying the SPLA's claims to have ousted Sudan's army from a key oil-producing region. "The outlaws on Friday made an attempt to recapture Nial Dhiu and the armed forces stood up to the attackers and inflicted heavy losses on them," General Mohamed Beshir Suleiman told reporters.

    The spokesman said the rebels' victory claims were "false. "It has become a habit of the outlaws that every time they are defeated, they make a media row as part of a psychological warfare," Suleiman said. Sudan's main rebel movement had claimed to have killed more than 300 government soldiers and recaptured a strategic outpost in the important oil producing Nial Dhiu region Friday. Suleiman said Sudan's army had "all oil-producing areas ... fully secured."

    "The remaining outlaws took to their heels and the armed forces are still pursuing them," he added.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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