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| October 29, 2012
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Report: Petraeus says US not involved in Khartoum attack

Sudanese newspaper reported CIA chief called Sudan officials shortly after attack on arms factory, denied reports indicating his country had early knowledge of ‘Israeli strike’

By Roi Kais

 

The closure of the US embassy in Khartoum, shortly after Sudan accused Israel of launching an attack on an arms factory, has raised speculation that the US knew the Jewish state was behind the strike and feared it would be targeted by angry protesters.

CIA Director David Petraeus – Photo: Reuters

Despite this notion, a local Sudanese newspaper “al-Intiba” reported Monday that CIA Director David Petraeus called Sudanese deputy intelligence head Saleh A-Tayeb, shortly after the alleged Israeli attack in Khartoum. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2012
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U.K. Report: Intel found on slain Hamas official led to Sudan strike

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports military intel reports that Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, assassinated in Dubai, was in possession of an agreement between Sudan & Iran from ’08 that allowed Iran to manufacture weapons in Sudan.

By Yoav Limor and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Sunday Times reported that eight Israeli warplanes participated in the attack on the Yarmouk military complex near the Sudanese capital Khartoum. According to the report, planning for the operation began as a result of documents found on the body of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, whose assassination in Dubai in 2010 prompted worldwide speculation that it was a Mossad operation.

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| October 27, 2012
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Satellite images suggest Sudan site destroyed by airstrike

Sudan blames Israel for bombing Khartoum military complex & killing 2 people

Sudan’s Minister of Information: Israeli interests are now ‘legitimate targets’ after alleged strike.

 

A U.S. monitoring group says satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory suggest that the site was hit by an airstrike.

The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on Oct. 25 2012.

The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on Oct. 25 2012, following the alleged attack. – Photo: AP

The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum last week, killing two people and leaving the factory in ruins. Continue Reading »

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| October 26, 2012
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Report: IDF Drone Destroyed Weapons Convoy in Sudan Last Month

Foreign intelligence sources report that Israel carried out a drone raid on a munitions convoy south of the Sudanese capital in September.

By Elad Benari

 

Israel carried out an unmanned drone raid on a convoy south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month, foreign intelligence sources told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum – Reuters

The sources claimed the strike destroyed 200 tons of munitions, including rockets, that were intended for Gaza.

The report comes one day after a huge fire broke out at an arms factory in Khartoum. Sudan said the fire was a result of an attack by four military planes. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2012
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Khartoum calls on the UNSC to condemn ‘Israeli attack’

Sudan claims Israel Air Force warplanes attacked arms factory in country: “Israel is a country of injustice that needs to be deterred.”

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Sudan on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to condemn Israel after it accused the Jewish State of carrying out an airstrike in the country, causing a huge explosion and fire at an arms factory in Khartoum that killed two people.

Fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory - Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory – Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Sudan, which analysts say is used as an arms-smuggling route to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip via neighboring Egypt, has blamed Israel for such strikes in the past, but Israel has either refused to comment or said it neither admitted or denied involvement.

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| October 25, 2012
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Sudan accuses Israel for Iranian arms factory blast in Khartoum

Sudanese minister says 4 military planes appearing to approach from the east attacked Khartoum munitions plant

Officials in Jerusalem refuse to comment on Israel’s possible involvement.

 

Four military planes attacked an arms factory in Khartoum where there was a huge fire overnight, a Sudanese minister said on Wednesday, blaming Israel for the air strike.

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Fire engulfs Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum October 24, 2012. – Photo: Reuters

Sudan, which analysts say is used as an arms smuggling route to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip via neighboring Egypt, has blamed Israel for such strikes in the past but Israel has always either refused to comment or said it neither admitted nor denied involvement. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2012
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Khartoum points to Israel after car blast in E. Sudan

Foreign Ministry declines to comment on “generic allegations” that Israel behind explosion in Sudan’s east, in area used as an arms smuggling route to Gaza Strip via neighboring Egypt.

KHARTOUM – One person was killed when a car exploded in the eastern Sudanese city of Port Sudan on Tuesday in what the government said resembled a blast last year that it blamed on an Israeli missile strike.

An Israeli government spokesman declined to comment on the explosion in Sudan’s east, which analysts say is used as an arms smuggling route to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip via neighboring Egypt.

Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, told Reuters: “I’m not going to respond to generic allegations.”

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