Israel

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Nach dem Angriff auf die syrische Atomanlage sind heute Informationen über einen ähnlich erstaunlichen Angriff ans Licht geraten. Das Ziel diesesmal: Sudan.

'IAF planes bombed Gaza-bound weapons convoy'

As Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen during Operation Cast Lead in an attempt to end the rocket threat to southern Israel, IAF warplanes conducted a mission with similar objectives far from the front in the Gaza Strip, a CBS report revealed on Wednesday.

"Israeli intelligence is said to have discovered that weapons were being trucked through Sudan, heading north toward Egypt, whereupon they would cross the Sinai Desert and be smuggled into Hamas-held territory in Gaza," the sources told CBS. "Israeli aircraft carried out the attack".

The attack reportedly killed 39 people and destroyed 17 trucks. Although Sudan has yet to officially blame - or even acknowledge - the strike, Sudanese State Minister for Highways Mabrouk Mubarak Saleem was quoted in the Sudanese Tribune this week as saying that a "major power bombed small trucks carrying arms, burning all of them." He added that the strike killed "Sudanese, Eritreans and Ethiopians, and injured others."

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Ehud Olmert hat den Angriff mittlerweile indirekt bestätigt:

In what could be interpreted as a veiled threat to Iran and a hint at an alleged far-reaching IAF air strike on a convoy of weapons bound for the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday asserted that "Israel has never had stronger deterrence than it has gained in the last few years. Those who need to know are aware that there is no place that Israel can't reach."

The greatest threat, Olmert continued, is the Iranian threat. "Israel is not the main player but it's contributing to the international effort to prevent Iran's nuclear armament," he said

The prime minister went on to say, "The main player who should lead on Iran is the United States," an apparent call on the Obama administration to become more aggressive in its approach to the Iranian program.

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Angeblich gab es sogar einen zweiten Angriff, ein iranisches Schiff soll versenkt worden sein:

"There were indeed two strikes in Sudan, in January and February," Sudan's deputy transportation minister told Channel 10 on Thursday evening. "I cannot confirm that Israel or the US were behind the attack, but I know that the US controls the airspace there," he said.

"The second strike was against a ship at sea and it was completely destroyed," another Sudanese official said.

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Stellt sich die Frage wie sie den Konvoi überhaupt über mehrere Stunden tracken konnten um die Jagdbomber hanzuführen.
In jedem Fall, herausragender Job.

BTW, die Flugstrecke zum Zielgebiet war gute 1500km entfernt, die iranischen Atomanlagen sind nicht viel weiter weg.


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