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Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack  

Posted May 11, 08 6:12 AM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – Sudan today severed ties with Chad, charging that the nation aided hundreds of Darfur rebels who launched a surprise assault on the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman late yesterday. Khartoum and Omdurman were heavily guarded and under curfew after the assault hundreds of miles from rebel bases in the west. Sudanese leaders assured residents that the threat was over. Chad has denied involvement.

"I would like to assure people that everything is now under control, the rebel forces have been totally destroyed," said Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in a televised address. "These forces come from Chad who trained them. "We have no choice but to sever relations."

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Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
Sudanese women and a child walk past an armored personnel carrier in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, the scene of a rebel assault Saturday night, in Sudan Sunday, May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
Map shows location of suprise assault by Dafur rebles last night   (AP Photo)
Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
A member of the security forces in a passing vehicle raises his gun in the air in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, the scene of a rebel assault Saturday night, in Sudan Sunday, May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
Members of the security forces walk past burned-out vehicles and damaged buildings in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, the scene of a rebel assault Saturday night, in Sudan Sunday, May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
A Sudanese security force officer is surrounded by his men after clashes with rebels in Khartoum in this image taken from Sudan TV on Sunday May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Sudan TV)
Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack
Two injured men who were detained by government forces in Khartoum are seen in this image taken from Sudan TV on Sunday May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Sudan TV)
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