两名美国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，美国将向吉布提的一个基地增派军事力量和设备，以备美国人可能从苏丹撤离时需要。
自上周末以来，苏丹军队和准军事部队之间的激烈战斗在苏丹首都喀土穆肆虐，引起了被困在战斗中的美国人和其他国家公民的安全担忧。
330多人在战斗中丧生。两名美国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，估计有16，000名美国公民在苏丹。
“国防部通过美国非洲司令部(U.S. Africa Command)正在监控苏丹的局势，并对各种突发事件进行审慎的规划，”国防部发言人菲尔·文图拉(Phil Ventura)中校说。
文图拉说:“作为这项工作的一部分，我们正在该地区附近部署额外的能力，以备不时之需，确保并可能便利美国大使馆人员离开苏丹。”。出于政策和安全考虑，我们不推测未来可能的行动。
两名美国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，增加的人员和能力将被派往吉布提，那里有5，000名美国军事人员驻扎在莱蒙尼尔营地，这是美国在非洲之角军事行动的中心。
白宫一名高级发言人星期四对记者说，拜登总统最近几天已经授权美国人员的行动。
“他授权军方继续部署部队，并制定备选方案，以防万一，我现在想强调的是，万一有必要疏散，”国家安全委员会战略沟通协调员约翰·柯比(John Kirby)在白宫新闻发布会上对记者说。
“我们希望确保我们已经做好准备，以备不时之需，”柯比说，他强调说，尚未做出撤离美国外交官或公民的决定。他敦促双方停止暴力，允许停火，以便分发人道主义援助，解决食品和药品短缺问题。
在苏丹的任何撤离都可能意味着进入喀土穆的机场，那里的战斗已经损坏了一些民用飞机。
“我可以告诉你的是，我们对我们所有的政府人员都有良好的问责制，”在大使馆工作的柯比说，他承认并非所有的美国外交人员都在一起。
“为了他们自己的安全，他们仍在试图让他们都呆在一起，他们仍在原地躲避，”科比说。
虽然本周早些时候一个美国外交车队遭到枪击，但柯比说，“没有迹象表明任何一方故意追赶或试图伤害目标。美国人。”
US forces sent to Djibouti to prep for possible Sudan evacuation
The United States is sending additional military forces and equipment to a base in Djibouti to pre-position in case they are needed for the possible evacuation of Americans from Sudan, two U.S. officials told ABC News.
Fierce fighting between the Sudanese Army and a paramilitary force has raged in Sudan's capital city of Khartoum since this past weekend, raising security concerns for Americans and citizens from other countries who have been trapped by the fighting.
More than 330 people have been killed in the fighting. There are an estimated 16,000 American citizens in Sudan, two U.S. officials told ABC News.
"The Department of Defense, through U.S. Africa Command, is monitoring the situation in Sudan and conducting prudent planning for various contingencies," said Lt. Col. Phil Ventura, a Defense Department spokesman.
"As part of this, we are deploying additional capabilities nearby in the region for contingency purposes related to securing and potentially facilitating the departure of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, if circumstances require it," said Ventura. As a matter of policy and security, we do not speculate on potential future operations.
Two U.S. officials told ABC News that the additional personnel and capabilities are being sent to Djibouti where 5,000 U.S. military personnel are stationed at Camp Lemonnier, the large U.S. military base that is the hub for U.S. military operations in the Horn of Africa.
A top White House spokesman told reporters Thursday that President Joe Biden had authorized the movement of U.S. personnel in recent days.
"He authorized the military to move forward with prepositioning forces and to develop options in case, and I want to stress right now, in case there's a need for an evacuation," John Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications told reporters at a White House briefing.
"We want to make sure that we've got the capability ready in case it's needed," said Kirby who stressed that no decision had been made yet to evacuate American diplomats or citizens. He urged both sides to stop the violence and allow for a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to be distributed to address shortages of food and medicine.
Any evacuation in Sudan would likely mean access to the airport in Khartoum where fighting has already damaged some civilian aircraft.
"What I can tell you is that we have good accountability of all our government personnel," operating at the embassy said Kirby who acknowledged that not all of the U.S. diplomatic personnel are together.
"They're still trying to get them all co-located together for their own safety, they are still sheltering in place where they are," said Kirby.
While a U.S. diplomatic convoy was struck by gunfire earlier in the week, Kirby said "there's no indication that either side is deliberately going after or trying to hurt target. Americans."
