US Forces Hunt Down Al-Qa'eda In Sudan

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-1-2004 | Damien McElroy

[TADSLOS]

What a s#*@hole of a country, Makes Afghanistan and Iraq look positively first world. Good hunting, gents.

[blam]

Ping.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[POA2]

Sudan has resisted western and Saudi Arabian pressure for it to deploy an army battalion in the Jebel Kurush, to flush out the al-Qa'eda presence. It has, however, allowed small teams of American soldiers to pass into the country as part of official visits, such as last month's trip by Colin Powell. A team of five special forces soldiers broke off from the Powell entourage for a week-long mission in the Kurush mountains, where aerial surveillance had established a list of villages where suspicious activity had been detected.

Interesting read - I just wonder about the source - The 5 man team breaking off from Powell is exactly how many of these type surveillance missions are done on foreign lands....under the guise of an "official State" visit -

However, I just wonder why this would be leaked ...if true? I also wonder about operations in the Horn of Africa - We haven't heard of any "shooting" per say in that region involving American forces - So either it isn't happening....or we aren't leaving anyone around to "talk"?

[livius]

The Sudan keeps popping up - again and again.

[MN_Mike]

I am afraid that I also posted this piece.

A salient point pertains to another al Qaeda member, Awfi, being in prewar Iraq.

[MN_Mike]

As you may recall, Sudan is alleged to have killed 30,000 and displacing millions in Darfur. They coincidentally head the UN Human Rights Committee.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping.

Some time back we were posting that they were out in the middle of the Sahara Desert, guess not!

[Logical me]

Problem easy to solve. Serve notice to Sudan, goodby. Sh--hole of a country anyway. Human rights so blatent why wait.

[aculeus]

Go get 'em.

[Andika]

Thirty thousand? During the current outbreak of mass slaughter, maybe. I had heard about some strange goings-on in a montainous area of Sudan (a prime target for regime change)during the run-up to the Iraq War. A member of what was referred to as "the opposition" questioned what was happening in a remote mountainous part of the country which had been a guerilla training camp - after which he mysteriously disappeared. This caused me to wonder whether Saddam might not have taken advantage of the over-lengthy warnings he was given to shift any "smoking guns" to stash away there. Sudan was a natural ally, sharing as it does, Saddam's profound hatred of the US. But then, of course, a regime which orders its militia to chain human beings together then set light to them like a bonfire is capable of absolutely any base deed.

[geopyg]

I heard that an older gal at our church had been the wife of some diplomat and had travelled all over the world. I mentioned to her later how exciting it must have been to travel all over the world as a diplomat's wife. She replied "Oh, he wasn't really a dplomat, he was CIA."

[Andika]

>They coincidentally head the UN Human Rights Committee

Yet further proof, if it were needed, of what a ludicrous organisaion the UN has become.
It has given Sudan "thirty days notice" before "imposing sanctions." How ridiculous can you get? (a) Sanctions take forever to "bite", by which time the foul deeds are all over. The UN somehow has to learn to get to the genocide zones immediately they come to light - and FAST. No more debating and droning on between expensve lunches as thousands perish.

[philetus]

Are our Special Forces safe in the Sudan now?

[blam]

"Are our Special Forces safe in the Sudan now?"

Yes, but, I wonder about everyone else.

[cyborg]

Me too!

[blam]

French Army Moves To Sudan Border

[cyborg]

I noticed that piece of news. I'm very jaded by fellow human beings' penchant for hindsight not foresight, esp. since we've had NEVER AGAIN holocaust cliches for years. One wonders what took the French so damned long.

[gorebegone]