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Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, Sudan's ambassador to the UN, told the BBC that captured rebels had identified Chadian officers killed during the assault.
Sudan has severed diplomatic ties with Chad, which denies any involvement.
Opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi has been arrested for an alleged role in the attack, but denies rebel links.
Mr Turabi says he has no links to the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) rebels, some of whom backed him in the past.
Sudan says the Jem have now retreated from Omdurman.
The attack was the closest the rebels have come to Khartoum during five years of fighting.
A senior official said searches were under way in Khartoum for individuals thought to be insiders who may have helped the insurgents.
State television said earlier that at least 100 people had been arrested.
Both Chad and the Jem have denied working together to launch the assault on Omdurman, which is located across the Nile from Khartoum.
'Practice' attack
On Sunday, official media said government forces were hunting down rebel forces and seizing arms and explosives. A senior Jem commander and a 45-strong force had been killed, they added.
Sudan has offered a reward of $125,000 (Ј64,000) for Jem leader Khalid Ibrahim's capture and information that leads to his arrest.
A curfew in Khartoum has been lifted but remained in force in Omdurman.
Announcing the break with Chad, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said his country reserved the right to retaliate.
But a Jem spokesman, Dr Eltahir Adam Elfaki, told the BBC the group had acted without Chad's help, arming itself with captured Sudanese equipment.
Chad said it regretted Sudan's "hasty decision" to break off diplomatic ties.
Suleiman Sandal, a Jem commander, told Western news agencies on Sunday that his forces were prepared to attack the capital again.
"This was just practice," he told the Associated Press by telephone.
"We promise to hit Khartoum one more time unless the [Darfur] issue is resolved."
Speaking to AFP, Mr Sandal said his forces had engaged in urban warfare for the first time, and had suffered casualties. He gave no details.
"Now we are gathering our troops and thinking about what we're doing," he added.
'No security'
On Saturday, Jem rebels said they had taken Omdurman and the Wadi Saidna air force base about 16km (10 miles) north of Khartoum, and entered the capital itself.
Omdurman residents said there had been more fighting on Sunday morning.
Experts say Chad and Sudan are fighting a proxy war using each other's rebels to achieve their military objectives.
The Jem is one of several rebel groups fighting the government and pro-government Janjaweed militia in the western Darfur region since 2003 over alleged discrimination by the authorities in favour of Arabs.
The rebels have been involved in raids on government forces in the area before.
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(BBC)
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