U.S. ISSUES ALERT OF INSURGENCY STRIKE IN SUDAN

U.S. ISSUES ALERT OF INSURGENCY STRIKE IN SUDAN

3 feb 2007
WASHINGTON [MENL] — The United States has issued an alert of an imminent insurgency strike against Westerners in Sudan.

The U.S. embassy in Khartoum has warned Americans in Sudan of an imminent insurgency strike by an Islamist group. In a warden message on Thursday, the embassy said it was informed by the United Nations Mission in Sudan that an “extremist group based in the country is likely to target Western interests.”

“Given the focus of extremists on the UN presence in Sudan, it is possible that the primary target of this threat is the UN,” the warden message said.

Neither the Sudanese government nor the UN confirmed the threat cited in the warden message. But UN diplomats have warned of increasing threats by Al Qaida and other Islamic fighters against the Western presence in the country.