Sudan arrests opposition sewing machine smugglers .  KHARTOUM 1996-08-24  Sudanese police have arrested three people trying to smuggle sewing machines and army clothing to Sudanese opposition groups in Eritrea , an official newspaper reported on Saturday .  The government-owned al-Ingaz al-Watani said the smugglers were caught in Banat in the eastern state of Kassala , on the border with [START_ENT] Eritrea [END_ENT] , and had confessed they were on their way to " the so-called alliance forces which have been undertaking subversive operations on the eastern border " .  Authorities in Kassala said opposition forces based in Eritrea have been laying landmines and stealing vehicles and other goods to smuggle them across the border into Eritrea .  Sudan accuses the Eritrean authorities of providing support to Sudanese opposition elements based in Eritrea .  Eritrea cut diplomatic ties with Sudan in 1994 , accusing it of training rebels to make raids into Eritrea .  The exiled National Democratic Alliance , a Sudanese umbrella opposition group , has its headquarters in the Eritrean capital Asmara .  It uses the former Sudanese embassy .
Sudan arrests opposition sewing machine smugglers .  KHARTOUM 1996-08-24  Sudanese police have arrested three people trying to smuggle sewing machines and army clothing to Sudanese opposition groups in Eritrea , an official newspaper reported on Saturday .  The government-owned al-Ingaz al-Watani said the smugglers were caught in Banat in the eastern state of Kassala , on the border with
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, and had confessed they were on their way to " the so-called alliance forces which have been undertaking subversive operations on the eastern border " .  Authorities in Kassala said opposition forces based in Eritrea have been laying landmines and stealing vehicles and other goods to smuggle them across the border into Eritrea .  Sudan accuses the Eritrean authorities of providing support to Sudanese opposition elements based in Eritrea .  Eritrea cut diplomatic ties with Sudan in 1994 , accusing it of training rebels to make raids into Eritrea .  The exiled National Democratic Alliance , a Sudanese umbrella opposition group , has its headquarters in the Eritrean capital Asmara .  It uses the former Sudanese embassy .
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