Sudan accuses Eritrea of troop build up along common border
Khartoum, 30 Oct
04 - Sudan has obtained important reports about the deployment of some 400
troops by Eritrean authorities from Assab sea port of Eritrea into Sudanese
territory.
The reports
further said that 250 troops had at the same time been moved from Massawa sea
port to the Sudanese border. The reports said the two military groups had
joined others already stationed along the Sudanese border, raising their number
to 5,900.
The reports said
that alongside the deployed troops, seven helicopters have been made available.
Source: Al-Anba,
in Arabic via BBC Monitoring 30 Oct 04