HIGHLIGHTS OF NIF ROLE IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA

Western diplomats in Saudi Arabia have said that the new Sudanese camps were established in late 2003 and have become a vital staging ground for Al Qaeda. As reported in one publication:
There is significant traffic from these camps to the peninsula across the Red Sea . There is no real Sudanese government or army control over the mountains. The terrorists slip through the cracks, up into the hills where they can train, rest and build up the spirit of jihad. With things getting hot over here [in Saudi Arabia ], they can get organized over there.
The Khartoum regime also continues to be peopled by many high-ranking officials who have been supportive of international terrorism and its aggressive stance in the region. In a February 2004 letter to President George Bush, U.S. Representatives Donald Payne and Thomas Tancredi asked the American administration to investigate the responsibility of Sudanese government officials in terrorist acts committed against U.S. interests and Egyptian President Mubarak. The Congressmen listed twelve individuals by name, including;
First Vice Preident Ali Osman Mohammed Taha
Dr. Nafee Ali Nafee, Minister of Federal Government and former Minister of Interior (External Intelligence)
Dr. Ghazi Salahadin, President Advisor and senior member of the NIF
Dr. Awad Ahmed El Jaz, Minister of Energy and Mining.

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