In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.

Sudan expelled bin Laden on May 18, 1996, to Afghanistan.

We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.

I cut things off because I no longer want to be like a wall, or a rubbish bin where you dump anything you want.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Information obtained from detainees at Guantanamo has been described by the CIA as 'the lead information' that enabled the agency to recognize the importance of a courier for Usama bin Laden, a crucial understanding that led to Bin Laden's secret hideout in Pakistan and the U.S. raid that killed him.