April 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the Sudanese parliament, Ahmad
Ibrahim al-Tahir, accused the United States (US) on Sunday of engaging
in a “stealth war” against his country.
- Sudanese parliamentary speaker Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir speaks during a meeting in Khartoum on March 28, 2012 (GETTY)
Al-Tahir, who was speaking in a press conference at the parliament
headquarters in the capital Khartoum, cited the postponement last week
of the inauguration of a $1 billion sugar plant in the country’s White
Nile State, saying it was caused by US economic sanctions.
Sudan has been under comprehensive economic US sanctions since 1997,
and remains on the US list of state sponsors of terror. At the time, the
country provided safe haven to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and other
figures designated by Washington as terrorists.
Al-Tahir said that the US is walling Sudan off from progress, and
accused Washington of being engaged in a multi-front war against his
country.
“America is waging a stealth war against us, not only in Blue Nile
and South Kordofan but even on individual level it is being touch on us”
he complained.
The two areas are the scene of fighting between government forces and
African indigenous rebels who fought alongside South Sudan before it
won independence from Sudan in July last year.
Washington is spearheading a campaign to force Khartoum to allow
international aid groups to access the country’s border regions of South
Kordofan and Blue Nile, which are the scene of fighting between
government forces and indigenous African rebels who fought alongside
neighboring South Sudan before it won independence from Sudan.
But Khartoum is highly skeptical of US motives and accuses Washington of wanting to support the rebels.
Sudan’s top MP pointed out that his country’s issue with the US
remains “political” and vowed that Washington will break the will of his
country.
He added that Sudanese people could live even without food or drink if they’re coming at the expense of their dignity.
“We are weathering the harm that was inflicted on us due to the
postponement of the inauguration of the White Nile sugar plant but we
will solve the problem via another technology,” he concluded.
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