Darfur rebels deter Sudanese army attempts to control Jebel Marra Article Comments (3) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 18, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur rebels Saturday said they repelled attacks by the Sudanese army three times this week to control Western Jebel Marra in North Darfur state. The Sudanese troops target the positions held by the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) of Abdel Wahid Al-Nur who is not part of the Doha peace process and the other SLM faction of Minni Minnawi who rebelled again last year after signing Abuja peace deal in May 2006. "The fighters of Darfur resistance groups, clashed on the road of Rokero – Golo in Jebel Marra on 15, 16 and 18 June with a mobile Sudanese force transported by 69 four- wheel drive vehicles," said Younis Dayossek, a SLA-AW commander who was speaking by Satellite telephone. Younis further told Sudan Tribune that combatants from the SLA Abdel-Wahid, Minni Miinnawi and Ali Karbino took part in the fight against the government troops. The rebel commander said they seized military documents with the assailants "instructing them to take the control of Rokero," one of the highest positions held by the SLA-AW in the mountainous Jebel Marra. But "we forced them flee the area after today’s fighting in Altura, one of the villages on the read from Golo to Rokero. Also we destroyed ten vehicles and captured other six with ammunitions and arms," the rebel further said. Last April Abdel-Wahid Al-Nur and Minni Minnawi signed an alliance pact and pledged to work together against the government of President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir. Ali Karbino, former commander in chief of the Liberation and Justice (LJM) splinted from the group led by El-Tijani El-Sissi and coordinates on the ground with the two groups. Sudan and LJM are expected to sign a peace agreement during the upcoming weeks, however talks with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) are stalled in Doha. The two parties diverge on the agendas of the direct discussions as Khartoum said only willing to discuss political participation in the central and states governments besides the integration of the rebel combatants. In Khartoum, the government said today that the joint Sudan-Chad patrols arrested JEM rebels who tried to cross the border with supplies in the areas of Kulbus and Tina near the joint border and handed them over to the West Darfur authorities. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
