Sudan UAV shot down
(I added the * in the quote.)
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2384520,00.html
“Rebels ‘shoot down spy plane'”
29/08/2008 11:30 – (SA)
Khartoum – Darfur rebels said they shot down an unmanned spy plane over the war-torn region on Thursday, saying the Sudanese government was using it to track their positions.
A spokesperson for the Sudanese army said an unmanned plane had made an emergency landing in the area. “It could have been shot down,” he said.
The rebel Sudan Liberation Army’s Unity faction said a patrol spotted a drone at about 17:40 (02:40 GMT) in the central mountainous Jabel Marra area and shot it down with an anti-aircraft gun.
Harir said the fighters saw *Chinese* writing on the body of the aircraft. “It is *Chinese* made. The government want to spy out our positions”.
All “belligerent parties” in the five-year Darfur conflict, including Khartoum and rebel groups, are under a United Nations arms embargo. But rights groups have regularly accused *China* of arming Sudanese troops.
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