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08/01/2004:

"US forces hunt down al-Qa'eda in Sudan"

American special forces teams have been sent to Sudan to hunt down Saudi Arabian terrorists who have re-established secret al-Qa'eda training camps in remote mountain ranges in the north-eastern quarter of the country.

The terrorists, who are thought to take orders from Saudi Arabia's most wanted man, Saleh Awfi, have taken refuge in at least three locations in the Jebel Kurush mountains, which run parallel to the Red Sea coast of Africa's biggest country.

Full Article : telegraph.co.uk

Hunting al Qaeda, the euphemism for any opposition to U.S. tactics, gives the pretext for planting troops in Sudan ahead of the African Union’s efforts to place African troops there.