Between a natural catastrophe of unimaginable proportions in Burma, Hizballah’s politics by other means, and Obama’s victory in the U.S. Democratic primaries, I almost didn’t notice that the JEM attacked a suburb of Khartoum today. This is huge news on its own right. But I was also interested to see this detail at the bottom of the Reuters story:

There were signs that Egypt was showing ready to offer support for Khartoum on Saturday. One witness said he saw three Egyptian fighter planes and one Egyptian army cargo plane landing at the airport. The witness said he could see the Egyptian flag on the side of the planes. [Full Story...]