The Sudanese government has accused the US of launching an air strike on the country in January. It is claimed that the strike was on a weapons convoy on its way to Egypt en route to resistance fighters in Gaza.
However, the US has denied involvement and implicated the Israelis instead.
According to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin an official at the Pentagon told him, “Israeli aircraft carried out the attack”.
“Israeli intelligence is said to have discovered that weapons were being trucked through Sudan, heading north toward Egypt, whereupon they would cross the Sinai Desert and be smuggled into Hamas-held territory in Gaza”.
The first admission that Sudanese sovereignty had been violated came on Monday when state minister for highways, Mabrouk Mubarak Saleem, said: "A major power bombed small trucks carrying arms – burning all of them. It killed Sudanese, Eritreans, and Ethiopians and injured others."
The Sudan Tribune reports today that the Sudanese military has made its first statement about the incident, that led to the death of 38 Sudanese, Ethiopian and Eritrean citizens, in which it admits to being aware of the attack by a foreign power.
It is thought the Sudanese has been reticent to acknowledge the attack as it is embarrassed by the violation of sovereignty.
The news was first broken by a rebel leader in the east of the country and someone from the same group said today they had spoken to the only survivor from the raid:
“There was an Ethiopian fellow, a mechanic. He was the only one who survived. He said they came in two planes. They passed over them then came back and they shot the cars. He couldn’t tell the nationality of the aircraft ... The aircraft destroyed the vehicles. There were four or five vehicles” he said.
Israel has not confirmed the attack but Olmert said it takes its war against 'terrorist infrastructure near and far'.
Hamas denies the convoy was carrying weapons destined for Gaza.
Whatever the exact truth of what took place, western powers are 'co-operating' with Israel to stop arms getting to the resistance. Hopefully they will fail.
However, the US has denied involvement and implicated the Israelis instead.
According to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin an official at the Pentagon told him, “Israeli aircraft carried out the attack”.
“Israeli intelligence is said to have discovered that weapons were being trucked through Sudan, heading north toward Egypt, whereupon they would cross the Sinai Desert and be smuggled into Hamas-held territory in Gaza”.
The first admission that Sudanese sovereignty had been violated came on Monday when state minister for highways, Mabrouk Mubarak Saleem, said: "A major power bombed small trucks carrying arms – burning all of them. It killed Sudanese, Eritreans, and Ethiopians and injured others."
The Sudan Tribune reports today that the Sudanese military has made its first statement about the incident, that led to the death of 38 Sudanese, Ethiopian and Eritrean citizens, in which it admits to being aware of the attack by a foreign power.
It is thought the Sudanese has been reticent to acknowledge the attack as it is embarrassed by the violation of sovereignty.
The news was first broken by a rebel leader in the east of the country and someone from the same group said today they had spoken to the only survivor from the raid:
“There was an Ethiopian fellow, a mechanic. He was the only one who survived. He said they came in two planes. They passed over them then came back and they shot the cars. He couldn’t tell the nationality of the aircraft ... The aircraft destroyed the vehicles. There were four or five vehicles” he said.
Israel has not confirmed the attack but Olmert said it takes its war against 'terrorist infrastructure near and far'.
Hamas denies the convoy was carrying weapons destined for Gaza.
Whatever the exact truth of what took place, western powers are 'co-operating' with Israel to stop arms getting to the resistance. Hopefully they will fail.
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