Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sudan Airstrike Mystery Update

A screenshot of the front page of the Egyptian newspaper El-Shorouk, which first reported the mysterious airstrike in Sudan this week. New York Times

Exclusive: Three Israeli Airstrikes Against Sudan -- ABC News

ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: Israel has conducted three military strikes against targets in Sudan since January in an effort to prevent what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments from reaching Hamas in the Gaza Strip, ABC News has learned.

Earlier this week, CBSNews.com was the first to report that Israel had conducted an airstrike in January against a convoy carrying weapons north into Egypt to be smuggled into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

But actually, since January, Israel has conducted a total of three military strikes against smugglers transporting what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments destined for Gaza, a U.S. official told ABC News.

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More News On The Bombing Of Convoys In Sudan

Sudan Airstrike Mystery Update -- New York Times
Report: Israel struck in Sudan 3 times -- Ynet News
Report: Israel carried out 3 attacks on Sudan arms smugglers -- Haaretz
Hamas denies link to Sudan arms convoy -- China View
U.S., Egypt Push Sudan About Arms -- Wall Street Journal
Sudan alleges Israeli attack -- Scotsman

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