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Minister warns food aid could be arms

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    These fears appeared to be justified on Wednesday when a junior Sudanese foreign minister, Gebriel Rorec, was quoted as saying he feared the US food aid could turn out to be arms supplies to the SPLA. Rorec, quoted by the official 'Al-Anbaa' daily newspaper, said the US should offer humanitarian aid through OLS unless "it is planning to supply arms, ammunition and funds for arming the rebels to fight the government army". Sudan's Parliament Deputy Speaker said the decision was a reaction to a recent reconciliation accord in Djibouti between Khartoum and the opposition Umma party.

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