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Quote: May 11, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — The Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) may have received help from Sudanese army officers in their failed attempt to take over the capital, a US official was quoted as saying. Sudanese women and a child walk past an armored personnel carrier in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman on May 11, 2008 (AP) An unidentified US official in the region speaking to the New York Times (NYT) said that Sudanese authorities arrested mid-level army officers for helping the rebels. "The facts on the ground suggest there is something internal," another U.S. official told Washington Post, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of security concerns. "We don’t know the extent of what it is or how far it has gone." The U.S. source cited reports that fighters wearing Sudanese army uniforms were among the rebels and that the rebels used heavy weapons to shoot down a Sudanese helicopter. In addition, several Sudanese military officials had been arrested Friday night. Darfurian rebels staged a bold attack and fought fierce battles with the Sudanese army on the outskirts of the capital. However the Sudanese government said it repulsed the attack and accused Chad of backing the assault. The surprise attack generated a great deal of speculation on the motives behind it considering the balance of power in favor of the Sudanese army in the capital. “What was JEM trying to do?” asked David Mozersky, a Sudan analyst for International Crisis Group. “It’s hard to imagine they thought they could capture the capital with 50 to 100 cars.” John Prendergast, a founder of the Enough Project, which campaigns against genocide, said he thinks the attack was a ploy to gain leverage. The rebels wanted “to slap” the governing National Congress Party, he said, “then cut a power sharing deal with the ruling party, without the other Darfur factions.” “We’re seeing in part a continuation of the internal battle between Islamist factions,” he said, referring to the fact that both the Darfurian rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement and Sudanese government officials, though sworn enemies, share an Islamist agenda. Al-Bashir said in a televised statement that he holds Chad responsible of the foiled attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) troops against the Sudanese capital. He also announced that diplomatic relations with Chad have been broken.