When the pressure mounts, there is one tried and tested way to win support against Western intervention... Sudan says Darfur rebels have ties to Israel.
CAIRO - Sudan said on Sunday that leaders of a rebel group in its western Darfur region were making regular visits to Israel and ties with the Jewish state had caused a split in rebel ranks.A rebel spokesman denied any link with Israel and said the charge was an attempt to stir up Muslim public opinion.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters in Cairo some leaders of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) had split from the group two days ago over ties between its leadership and Israel.
One of the two Darfur rebel groups responds.
"There is no relationship between the movement and Israel and I have no knowledge of any intention that there should be a relationship. It is lies on the part of the government," JEM Secretary-General Bahar Idriss Abu Garda told Reuters."The government is striving to mislead Arab and Islamic public opinion," he said.
Israel has rejected these crazy accusations. But would it be THAT BAD if Israel were offering aid to people facing ethnic cleansing and mass murder? (See the Head Heeb on this.)
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