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Report: New U.S. ally Sudan might welcome Al Qaida to Darfour Sudan could resume its support for Al Qaida, a report warned. The Washington-based Jamestown Foundation said that despite cooperation with the United States, the Sudanese regime remains aligned with terrorist groups. The foundation, regarded as close to the Defense Department and U.S. intelligence community, said Khartoum's cooperation with Washington could prove temporary and the regime might eventually return to Al Qaida. Author Andrew McGregor asserted that Al Qaida could be invited to operate in Sudan's Darfour province, racked by nearly three years of civil war led by a non-Islamic minority. The report said parts of Sudan continue to serve as a base for Al Qaida-related recruitment. "For now, the insularity of Sudanese Islamism and a distrust of ambitious foreigners preclude active Al Qaida involvement in the Darfour conflict, but a sudden break in the security partnership with the U.S. could see a return of foreign militants," the report said. The foundation said the U.S. effort to end the expulsion and killing of non-Muslims in Darfour has been compromised by the Bush administration's security alliance with Khartoum's Islamic regime. Khartoum was said to have provided files on Al Qaida operatives based in Sudan during the 1990s. "The price of security cooperation with Sudan's rulers is the risk of complicity in the brutal destruction of an ancient culture that once rivaled the kingdoms of the Nile," the report said. "The growing relationship between the CIA and the Sudanese security chiefs some of whom were named in Congress as suspects in Darfour war-crimes has effectively sidelined U.S. influence in Darfour." The report said Darfour has been the battleground in the rivalry between President Omar Bashir and Islamic opposition leader Hassan Turabi. The regime has used the 15,000-member Janjaweed militia to carry out atrocities and "ethnic cleansing" in Darfour. "Janjaweed units are expected to pay themselves through the proceeds of looting," the report said. "Motorized units of the regular army often assist Janjaweed raids. Khartoum's ancient fleet of Antonov bombers has been put to use in Darfour, dropping crude barrel-bombs full of explosives and scrap metal to soften up villages before Janjaweed attacks." On the other side, expatriate communities in the Gulf have financed the rebel Sudan Liberation Army/Sudan Liberation Movement, the report said. The SLA, based on fleets of armed four-wheel-drive vehicles, has been composed mostly of residents from Zaghawa and Fur, with representation from Daju, Masalit and other tribes. Turabi was said to have helped finance the Justice and Equality Movement, another rebel organization in Darfour. The party was said to reflect a small but fervent Islamic constituency there. "The strategy of the Sudanese security forces in Darfour follows a pattern established in the war in the south: divide the opposition through bribery and the inflammation of ethnic or tribal differences while arming pro-government militias," the report said. "The resulting death or displacement of the population eventually isolates rebel units from sources of support." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hdfog6j/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122912174/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. 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