Monday, December 26, 2011

Darfur Rebel Leader Killed By Sudanese Forces

The leader of the Sudanese rebel group JEM, Khalil Ibrahim, is pictured in Doha in 2010. CNN

Sudan’s Government Says Powerful Rebel Leader Is Dead -- New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Khalil Ibrahim, a powerful Sudanese rebel leader who once mounted a daring and near-successful raid that took his fighters from the sun-blasted deserts of Darfur to the doorstep of the capital, Khartoum, died on Saturdhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifay from wounds he received in battle, the Sudanese government said.

Sudanese military officials said they had killed Mr. Ibrahim and several of his comrades during a shootout in the southern reaches of the country. Arab news networks reported that Mr. Ibrahim’s family had confirmed his death. A statement posted by the Justice and Equality Movement on its Web site confirmed its leader’s death and called him a “martyr.” But it said that he was killed when his camp came under “an airstrike from an unknown airplane that aimed its rockets with precision unusual to the regime’s jet fighters.” The statement blamed a “conspiracy by regional and international players with the genocidal government in Khartoum.”

Earlier reports said Mr. Ibrahim had died in fighting on Sunday.

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More News On The Death Of Darfur Rebel Leader Khalil Ibrahim

Sudan armed forces kill powerful Darfur rebel leader Ibrahim -- National Post/Reuters
Powerful Darfur rebel chief killed, Sudan says -- Reuters
Sudan says it has killed leader of Darfur's main rebel group -- L.A. Times
Sudanese army: Rebel leader Ibrahim killed -- CNN
Khalil Ibrahim, powerful Darfur rebel leader, reported killed in Sudan -- Washington Post
Sudanese army says it has killed leader of main Darfur rebel group JEM that threatened capital -- Washington Post/AP
Sudanese Army Kills Leader of Darfur Rebel Group -- Wall Street Journal
Sudanese army claims death of key Darfur rebel leader -- The Telegraph
Profile: Rebel group leader Khalil Ibrahim in Darfur region -- Xinhuanet

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