CAIRO Ñ The Sudanese regime said it foiled a rebel attempt to blow up the nation's key oil pipeline.

The Khartoum-based Al Anba daily said Sudan's military foiled an attempt to blow up the 1,500-kilometer pipeline at a point near the city of Sankat, 500 kilometers northeast of Khartoum. The newspaper said a military patrol on Wednesday night found mines and bombs around the pipe.

The bombing was foiled, the newspaper said. The attempt was attributed to the opposition National Democratic Alliance. The group did not issue any statement.

A Sudanese Interior Ministry statement, which also reported the bombing attempt, said government troops found leaflets by the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army near the pipeline.

Earlier this month, the SPLA announced attacks on oil facilities in the south and east of Sudan in the area of Heglig. The oil pipeline targeted runs from Heglig to the Red Sea for export.

On Friday, the SPLA announced that its forces captured two Sudanese military positions on Mount Nuba earlier this month. The government had previously announced that the military foiled such an attack.

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