In news from Africa, new details have emerged about how the CIA is closely working with Sudan in the so-called war on terror despite the Sudanese government’s role in the mass killings in Darfur. According to the Los Angeles Times, Sudan has been sending spies into Iraq to gather intelligence on insurgents for the CIA. In Somalia, Sudan has helped the United States cultivate contacts with the Islamic Courts Union and other militias in an effort to locate al-Qaeda suspects hiding there. Sudan has also provided extensive cooperation in counterterrorism operations, acting on U.S. requests to detain suspects as they pass through Khartoum. Many human rights advocates have criticized the Bush administration’s decision to work with Sudan at a time when it is accused of killing tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur. Two years ago, the Los Angeles Times revealed that the CIA sent an executive jet to Sudan to fly the country’s intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Salah Abdallah Gosh, to Washington for meetings with officials at agency headquarters.