 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir ruled out on Wednesday any further talks with Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) which launched a sneak raid on Khartoum on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering named "March of Victory and Support" organized by the National Congress Party and participated by hundreds of thousands of the ruling party's supporters at central Khartoum, the Sudanese president termed Ibrahim as "a traitor who has sold himself to the Zionism and the Crusade."
"We are seeking peace, but there is no place (on the negotiation table) for an agent and a traitor who has sold his nation, his people, his tribe and all his values and principles," al-Bashir said.
"Who bought them these cars (used in the Saturday attack), who bought them the weapons, who helped them and who financed them to terrorize the citizens and dream to rule the country?" he asked.
Al-Bashir hailed the victory over the rebels, saying the Armed Forces, the police and the security forces has the ability and readiness to "confront any aggressor, any agent, any defector, any traitor or a fifth column."
The Sudanese president also hailed all the political forces for their standing beside the government in defending the homeland and the national principles, and praised the friendly countries and their leaders who made contacts to congratulate the Sudanese people on repulsing the aggression, assuring them Sudan was secure and united.
On Saturday, a group of the JEM rebels infiltrated into Omdurman area in northwestern Khartoum, as the movement claimed publicly that the assault was aimed at oust the president.
After some five hours of fierce fighting, the Sudanese government announced that the army and the police had crushed the attack, killing and capturing a number of the rebels.
This was the first time for rebels in Darfur to enter Khartoum and launch attacks there since bloody conflicts erupted in the western Sudanese region neighboring Chad in February 2003.
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