Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Was Airstrike Against A Sudanese Military Factory A Message To Iran?


Israel's 'Dry Run' For A Strike Against Iran: Two Killed As Jets Bomb Sudanese Rockets Factory -- Daily Mail

* Sudan vowed to take 'decisive steps' in retaliation against Israeli interests
* Two people died in a series of explosions at the arms factory

Israel has destroyed a Sudanese weapons factory in a bombing raid, it was claimed yesterday.

Sudan vowed to take ‘decisive steps’ in retaliation against Israeli interests, which it said are now ‘legitimate targets’.

The Yarmouk arms factory, in the south of the capital Khartoum, was destroyed in a series of explosions on Wednesday last week, in which two people died.

Sudan immediately pointed the finger of blame at Israel, while an American monitoring group said satellite images of the aftermath of the explosion suggest the site was hit in an airstrike.

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More News On Israel's 'Dry Run' For A Strike Against Iran

Israel used Sudan bombing as ‘dry run’ for attack on Iran, British newspaper claims -- Times of Israel
Israel's Sudan attack Iran rehearsal? -- Voice of Russia
Israel accuses Sudan of aiding Iranian arms flow, but keeps silent on mysterious airstrike -- FOX News/AP
Monitors: Satellite Images Show Air Strike Damage in Sudan -- ABC News
Sudan-Iran Links Under Scrutiny After Arms Factory Blast
-- Defense News/AFP
Sudan denies Iran role in arms factory -- AFP
Sudan denies Iran link to Khartoum plant allegedly attacked by Israel
-- Haaretz
Target in Sudan: Arms shipment
-- Ron Ben-Yishai, YNet News

My Comment: Steve Ganyard at ABC News explains why this is not a 'dry run' against Iran.

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