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Sudanese Group Issues Death Fatwa Against Ocampo

An unknowngroup called "The Martyrdom Jihadi Movements' Coalition in Sudan " threatened to carry out hundreds of suicide attacks against countries backing the International Criminal Court's decision to arrest Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, both in Sudan and on inside those countries.
The group specifically mentions the United States, France and Britain and threatens what the groups described as a "new 9/11."

The group also issued a religious edict making it permissible to "shed the blood" of the ICC Prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo. Similar edicts were also issued against the leader of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement.

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