Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mustafa Osman Ismail, told reporters in Cairo that his government had "information that confirms media reports of Israeli support."
Ismail, who is taking part in an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss the Darfur crisis, said he was "sure the next few days will reveal a lot of Israeli contacts with the rebels."
Aljazeera/WashingtonTimes 08.Aug.04
Washington is using the Darfur crisis as a pretext to topple the Sudanese government, Khartoum�s envoy to the African Union said yesterday. Ousman Alsaid also told reporters Western military intervention in its remote western region would risk splitting Africa�s largest country and unsettling its neighbors. �The US government is using the crisis in Darfur to bring down the government of Sudan,� he said on the sidelines of a meeting on Darfur of the53 -state AU�s peace and security council.
His remarks were the latest attempt by Sudan to compare outside criticism over Darfur with US-led pressure on Iraq before the war which ousted Saddam Hussein and was opposed by Arab states.
�The policy of the government of Sudan is not liked by the US administration so the Americans are targeting the government of Sudan because of it political stance,� he said, indicating Sudan�s anti-American policies on prominent Arab issues such as Iraq and the Israel-Palestinian dispute.
Ismail claimed Israel had "recently become active in entering the Darfur issue from different sides, whether through its active presence in [neighboring] Eritrea, or through its active diplomatic missions."
Aaron Klein/WorldNetDaily 09.Aug.04
