Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein has issued a statement blaming Jews for the conflict in Darfur, where Arab Muslims affiliated with the Sudanese military have killed hundreds of thousands of non-Arab civilians.  According to Hussein, “the Darfur issue is being fuelled by 24 Jewish organizations.”

Hussein accused Jewish groups of fuelling conflicts in Sudan by providing financial and political support to rebel groups in Darfur.  He denied that hundreds of thousands of civilians had been killed, saying that the conflict had killed only 9,000.