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Africa North
Israel May Have Launched Attack In Sudan
2011-12-25
More from a different source than the report posted earlier today.
Israeli fighter jets, helicopters and possibly a submarine were involved in multiple attacks on targets in Sudan last week, according to local news outlets.

The reports say that Israeli jets hit targets in the eastern part of the African country, near its border with Egypt, last Thursday. They allegedly hit six Land Cruiser jeeps and killed four people. An earlier strike took place last Sunday and reportedly involved Israeli helicopters. A truck was targeted. Some reports say an Israeli submarine was also spotted at the same time.
They spotted an Israeli sub? If that's really true then there's one sub captain who's gonna take up turkey farming get replaced real soon now...
However, the Sudanese army spokesman, Col. Al-Sawarmi Haled Sa'ad, said that the military's air defense array gave no indication that the country's airspace had been breached.
And if the Sudanese air defense says it wasn't breached, it wasn't breached...
Arabic news outlet Dar al-Hayyat on Sunday reported "conflicting information" coming out of Sudan regarding alleged Israeli air strikes. It said that the governor of Sudan's Red Sea District recently received notification from several citizens in the region that the IAF had raided smuggler convoys, in Abu Thabaq in the disputed Hala'ib triangle.
Also according to al-Rakoba, on December 15, Israeli Apache helicopters landed on an island east of the Red Sea port of Mohammed Qol.

In early 2009, an Israeli raid on a 23-truck convoy carrying weapons to Hamas terrorists in Gaza was reported.

Israel does not comment on whether reports of overseas actions such as these are accurate.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#4  Arms convoy.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-25 22:44  

#3  Kinda makes ya wonder, what would the Israelis be attacking in Sudan?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-12-25 21:27  

#2  Yeah, but to be fair, the Israelis also used a helicopter in Syria.
Posted by: gorb   2011-12-25 20:22  

#1  However, the Sudanese army spokesman, Col. Al-Sawarmi Haled Sa'ad, said that the military's air defense array gave no indication that the country's airspace had been breached.

Heh, heh. That's what the Syrians said.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2011-12-25 17:58  

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