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U.S. Policy Toward Sudan Page 1 of 5

George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary forAfrican AffairsStatement before the Subcommittee on AfricaSenate Foreign Relations CommitteeWashington, D.C., May 15, 1997 r\ ,,U.S. Department of State C " \. Countert

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:I welcome the opportunity to participate in this hearing on U.S. Counterterrorism policy towardSudan. My colleague, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ken McKune, will address theparticulars of our Counterterrorism policy. I would like to complement his presentation by describingthe broader concerns we have with Sudan and the numerous actions we have taken in response,including our fight against terrorism.BackgroundSudan is the largest country in Africa, as large as the eastern portion of the United States. Its 27million people belong to numerous ethnic and religious groups, many of which fit together uneasily.The most distinct division in the country is between a predominantly Arab/Muslim north and apredominantly non-Arab/non-Muslim south. The desire of many southerners for greater autonomy,control of resources, and liberation from the imposition of Islamic law lies at the heart of Sudan'scontinuous civil strife. Since independence in 1956, only the period between 1972 and 1983 saw acountry at peace with itself. We estimate that the conflict has taken about one-and-a-half million lives.Today, there are approximatelytwo million internally displaced persons in Sudan, as well as severalhundred thousand Sudanese refugees living in neighboring states.The tragedy of Sudan is compounded by the fact that a potentially prosperous nation has failed itsown people andcontributed negatively to the region's welfare. Decades of economic mismanagementhave resulted in an inflation rate of more than 100%, and the largest arrears to the InternationalMonetary Fund Of any country in the world. Endowed with the potential to generate food surpluses,poor policies and civil war make Sudan a net food importer. The threat Sudan poses to its neighborshas forced those countries to divert scarce resources from productive to military ends.Sudan Under the NIF: Fundamental ProblemsSince 1989, when military officers aligned with the National Islamic Front (NIF) overthrew Sudan'slast democratically elected government, Sudan has implemented a wide range of policies which havefurther alienated it from its citizens and earned it the opprobrium of the international community. Ourconcerns, and our responses, fall into four broad categories:First, the NIF regime supports international terrorism, primarily by providing safe-haven to terroristelements. We have taken unilateral actions and worked through the UN Security Council to mobilizeinternational action on this issue.Second, Khartoum actively seeks to destabilize its neighbors by providing material support and havenfor violent insurgent groups. President Clinton's response is to provide the neighboring states of

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