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SUDAN – ISRAEL: Bombing of Weapons Facility

SUDAN – ISRAEL: Bombing of Weapons Facility An Israeli attack on a Khartoum arms factory highlights its tougher line in Africa and growing Sudanese ties with Iran. Taken by surprise, Khartoum officials at first offered contradictory explanations for a devastating attack on the El Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum at around midnight on October 23rd‐24th. After emergency discussions, the regime blamed Israel and complained to the United Nations ( UN ) Security Council. Although Iran and Arab governments condemned the attack, there was little real Arab support and virtually none from elsewhere. The trigger for the bombing of the El Yarmouk Industrial Complex was an attack on Israel from Gaza using Sudanese‐made rockets, a senior Sudanese opposition source claimed. As always, Israel declined to confirm or deny the attack but one serving official told Africa Confidential that the reason was developments in the Sinai Desert, where al Qaeda and other jihadists had built up bases as Egypt's former regime under President Hosni Mubarak was losing control. “We need time to understand exactly what happened here, but the role of Sudan is clear: it is a dangerous terrorist state,” the Israeli Defence Ministry's Director of Policy and Political Military Affairs, Major General (Retired) Amos Gilad , http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825x.2012.04824.x
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An Israeli attack on a Khartoum arms factory highlights its tougher line in Africa and growing Sudanese ties with Iran. Taken by surprise, Khartoum officials at first offered contradictory explanations for a devastating attack on the El Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum at around midnight on October 23rd‐24th. After emergency discussions, the regime blamed Israel and complained to the United Nations ( UN ) Security Council. Although Iran and Arab governments condemned the attack, there was little real Arab support and virtually none from elsewhere. The trigger for the bombing of the El Yarmouk Industrial Complex was an attack on Israel from Gaza using Sudanese‐made rockets, a senior Sudanese opposition source claimed. As always, Israel declined to confirm or deny the attack but one serving official told Africa Confidential that the reason was developments in the Sinai Desert, where al Qaeda and other jihadists had built up bases as Egypt's former regime under President Hosni Mubarak was losing control. “We need time to understand exactly what happened here, but the role of Sudan is clear: it is a dangerous terrorist state,” the Israeli Defence Ministry's Director of Policy and Political Military Affairs, Major General (Retired) Amos Gilad ,

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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