Al-Bashir vows to defeat the rebels

The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has stressed that the government's forces will foil the plan of the "people army for the liberation of Sudan" aiming at declaring a state in Baher al-Gazelle district, after it will control Wao, its main cities, while the Sudanese parliament on Wednesday extended work in the emergency law for more 6 months.

During his meeting with his part, the ruling national congress on late Tuesday night, al-Bashir said that "the rebellion movement, after its failure in controlling Juba district to declare its state from there, tries now to control Wao to declare its state."

The Sudanese dailies issued on Thursday quoted al-Bashir as saying that the people's army is currently planning" by the American support" to control the oil fields and to " expel foreign oil companies working there and to replace these companies by American ones. Al-Bashir also continued that the people's army led by Colonel John Garang is also planning to move its military operations from Southern Sudan to the neighboring Darfour area.

Al-Bashir vowed to give the " rebellions an unforgettable lesson." He called on the fighters of the people's defense forces and the volunteers to head for the training camps and the fighting areas.

However, the people's defense militias and the defense forces for Southern Sudan which are pro the government on Tuesday declared the state of alert and preparedness to " deter the aggression" launched by the by the rebellions in Baher al-Gazelle district.

Sudan, since 1983, is in a state of civil war between the Sudanese successive governments and the people's army for the liberation of Sudan which is composed of various tribes in Southern Sudan.