Garang movement threatens to attack petroleum working companies in Sudan

Bajan Amum, a member of the executive member of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement led by John Garang warned the petroleum companies working in Sudan that they will be legal military targets for his movement, saying that Garang's movement will never allow exploitation of and exports of petroleum until after reaching a comprehensive peace agreement between the government and the opposition.

In statements published today in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, Amum said, "The step taken by the Sudanese government declaring a unilateral ceasefire is a tactical step from a regime whose credibility we doubt."

He described the accusation directed by a Sudanese officials recently that the SPLM movement is attempting establishing a separatist state in the south as being an intelligence work to shake the Democratic National Alliance, which includes the northern Sudanese opposition factions, and attempting to cast doubt on the intentions of the SPLM.