To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (33184 ) 12/19/1998 10:24:00 PM From: Douglas V. Fant Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 95453
George, Here's a good article backing up my suggestion. Hassan Al-Turabi, the fanatic of fanatics in the Sudan, says that Middle Eastern response to the attacks is disinterest... The NIF by the way is the Government formed by the military coup who took power in 1989 and plunged Sudan into a vicious civil war where over 1.5 million mainly Africans have died at the hands of the NIF Junta... News Article by AFP on December 19, 1998 at 12:14:17: Sudan's resources at Iraq's disposal: top politician KHARTOUM, Dec 19 (AFP) - Sudan's resources are at Iraq's disposal in the face of US and British air strikes, parliamentary speaker Hassan al-Turabi told worshippers after weekly prayers here, the Khartoum press reported Saturday. The "indifference" of Arabs and Moslems towards the US-led strikes could "persuade the Americans and Zionists into entering the (Islamic) holy lands in Mecca and Medina" in Saudi Arabia, warned Turabi, the leader of the influential National Islamic Front (NIF). He criticized the attitude of Arab governments towards "the ordeal of the Iraqi people" and cautioned against "the consequences of Arab-Islamic silence towards the American arrogance." ú Turabi led Friday prayers at Khartoum University Mosque before addressing a demonstration of 5,000 worshippers from mosques around the capital. The NIF was banned like other parties after General Omar el-Beshir came to power in a June 1989 coup but Turabi has gone on playing a key role in Sudanese politics. Sudan, which sided with Baghdad in the 1991 Gulf War, condemned the US-led strikes Thursday as "flagrant aggression."