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Oct. 23, 2003 Sudan snubs Powell, says Hamas, Jihad 'freedom fighters' By ASSOCIATED PRESS KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan's ruling party said Hamas and Islamic Jihad are not terror groups, but forces committed to ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, according to reports published Thursday. The comments made by Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, the secretary general of the ruling National Congress Party, followed U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's call on Khartoum a day earlier to expel members of the groups. "Sudan's position toward Hamas and Jihad is clear: these are two Islamic forces struggling for the sake of (liberation of) their homeland,"...