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(عدل بواسطة عمار عوض on 11-11-2011, 10:46 PM)

Quote: South Sudan's army spokesman Philip Aguer said "southern mercenaries supported and heavily armed by Khartoum" launched an attack on a military base in Kuek in South Sudan's Upper Nile state Thursday around 9.00 a.m. (0600 GMT). Five soldiers from South Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) died and 26 were wounded during the assault, Aguer said. He said 13 of the attackers were killed and 47 wounded. "Their (Khartoum's) plan, as we know, is to occupy some oil fields," Aguer said.

Quote: Also Friday, a satellite monitoring group said Sudan's military was improving air bases in Blue Nile, potentially helping it step up air strikes in the border region. The Satellite Sentinel Project said it captured images that appeared to show "active enhancement" of two air bases seized from rebels in Kurmuk on November 2, including what appeared to be four new helicopter landing pads built in the past week. (Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau in New York and Tom Miles in Geneva; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Andrew Heavens)