Sudan Blames Israel for Air Strike on Arms Supplier

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - Sudan accused Israel Wednesday of launching a missile strike on Tuesday near Khartoum airport that demolished a car and killed its two passengers. Al-Arabiya reported that an Islamist responsible for supplying weapons to Hamas was one of those killed. The conduct of the Sudanese authorities and their decision to keep the media away from the attack site may indicate that Khartoum has much to hide in the affair. Israeli defense officials have accused Sudan of enabling Iran to smuggle arms through its territory and then via Egypt to Gaza.


2011-04-07 00:00:00

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