Sudan Maybe Poised to Attack Chad
by Liam Bailey
2008-03-26 22:10:30 **news**
The land-mark accord reached between Chad and Sudan just two weeks ago is disintegrating, as both governments accuse each other of launching new raids into their respective territories, via their various proxies.
Ambassador Abd-al-Mahmud Abd-al-Halimthe, Sudan's Permanent Envoy to the UN, told his government's news agency:
"[Chad has] carried out major operations and logistic arrangements and facilitated the entry of rebels from inside Chadian territory to carry out sabotage acts and destabilise security in [Sudan's] Darfur region,"
According to the article, the Ambassador has informed the UN of Chad's violations. A pro-Sudanese website speculated that Chad is poised to launch a major offensive into Sudan, which would see thousands more civilians die in the now notorious Darfur region.
Ahmad Allam-Mi, Chad's foreign Minister staunchly denied the Sudanese claims to Diplomats at a meeting in Chad's capital N'djamena, a government source told IRIN on condition of anonymity. The source also said that Allam-Mi presented the diplomats with "irrefutable proof of the intentions of Sudan to attack".
It is quite possible that Allam-Mi did present diplomats with proof that Sudan intends to attack. According to a western Diplomat who attended the N'djamena meeting and also spoke to IRIN on condition of anonymity, "It [Chad] has been weakened [by recent rebel attacks] and to invade Sudan now would not just be stupid, it would be suicidal."
The Diplomat also said he was not so sure of Sudan's intentions regarding attacking Chad. But if Sudan's government has been behind the recent rebel attacks on Chad, which it almost definitely has, then the weakening effect the attacks have had will quite possibly be seen by Sudan's militant government as a chance to good to miss.
