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| Sudan kills 11 in bombing raid |
| 2002-05-24 |
| A leading aid group said yesterday that Sudan had bombed a village in the nation's war-torn south, killing 11 persons and injuring 40. If confirmed, the attack would mark a setback for Bush administration efforts to broker an end to Sudan's civil war between the Islamic government in Khartoum and rebels fighting for autonomy in the mainly Christian and animist south. I thought the setback came when the rebels broke the agreement they'd made with the gummint? There was no independent comment from Sudan's National Islamic Front (NIF) government in Khartoum. The Organization of International Christian Concern said the Sudanese government has repeatedly violated confidence-building measures that were presented by former Sen. John Danforth, the U.S. special envoy to the region. Mr. Danforth had recently negotiated a cease-fire and other measures to permit humanitarian aid, immunization programs for children and an end to slave trading. Well, it's hard to build confidence in the other side if they keep violating their agreements, isn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |