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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Sudan accused a United Nations panel on Thursday of fabricating claims that the government was conducting bombing raids in Darfur and disguising planes to look like U.N. aircraft.
The report by a panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against Sudan accused the government of violating a U.N. arms embargo by flying military aircraft, weapons and ammunition into the western region. It included photos of military aircraft in South Darfur on Jan. 10 and Jan. 30, and of an attack helicopter in El Fasher, a government-controlled town in North Darfur, on Feb. 26.
Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem insisted the photos in the report of a white plane with "UN" marked on its wings were taken in neighboring Chad or other African countries — not in Darfur. And he said attack helicopters and military aircraft capable of dropping bombs that were photographed in Darfur were there legally.
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