Three Israeli Airstrikes Against Sudan

[Digbert]

ABC news

ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: Israel has conducted three military strikes against targets in Sudan since January in an effort to prevent what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments from reaching Hamas in the Gaza Strip, ABC News has learned.

Pre text for war against Iran confirmed looks like the start of something horrible is around the corner

[removeduser_487563287433]

Sudan is on my list of countries that I don't mind being bombed.

[Treize]

Sudan is on my list of countries that I don't mind being bombed.

On mines too, just after Israel and Albania...

Appearently they used UAV's to carry out the strike:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074654.html

[removeduser_487563287433]

On mines too, just after Israel and Albania...

Why the hell Albania?

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Sudan is on my list of countries that I don't mind being bombed.

It's pretty dumb thing to make up a list of countries (instead of specific targets) to bomb, don't you think? Why hate whole countries? Why not just the government or criminal organizations?

[removeduser_487563287433]

It's pretty dumb thing to make up list of countries (instead of specific targets) to bomb, don't you think? Why hate whole countries? Why not just the government or criminal organizations?

Don't take things so literally.

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Don't take things so literally.

I am not.

[Aziel]

Good job!

[Viking Prince]

If indeed Israel did the strikes -- bravo.

Hitting weapons convoys in a failed state does not indicate any pressing escalation against Hamas or Iran in the near future. The pretext for conflict with Iran would be if the weapons are getting through. This is evidence that they are not getting through. It is not even clear evidence that they are from and sanctioned by the Iranian government or that they were destined for Hamas.

[b_133]

This was in January and there was no Iranian response, since that would be an official admission confirming what already everyone knows - Iran supports and supplies Terror groups.
So no, it's unlikely that this will lead to any more Israeli - Iranian tension than there already is.

The bombing was at first believed to be a U.S Bombing by the way, but it was confirmed that Israel is behind it.

[Treize]

Not going offtopic now...

[removeduser_487563287433]

Not going offtopic now...

How convenient!

The world was far more safer place before decolonization begun

Two world wars?

[Dolgorukiy]

The only way it could have been done with UAVs is if it was launched from an Israeli frigate standing right on the Sudanese shore, because they are powered by friggin alkaline batteries and their combat radius is barely 300 kms.
Since we don't have such a vessel in the red sea flotilla it's safe to assume that the strike was made the good old fasioned way with F-16's.

Awesome job by our airforce again.

[Salvatorel]

Good job!

Yep,USA and her "spoiled child" Israel are always right

Sudan is on my list of countries that I don't mind being bombed.

maybe staging coup or limited intelligence operation against Al Bashir is far better idea than killing thousands of women and children just for ousting some guy from power

Iran supports and supplies Terror groups.

seriously,why is impossible that this is just another CIA/Mossad propaganda like weapons of mass destruction(or maybe mass distraction) in Iraq? i am not a big supporter of Hamas or Hezbolah but i think that they have right to fight if Israel does not allow them to separate(i.e declare independence) form Israel Peacefully

It is not even clear evidence that they are from and sanctioned by the Iranian government or that they were destined for Hamas.

[Dolgorukiy]

seriously,why is impossible that this is just another CIA/Mossad propaganda like weapons of mass destruction(or maybe mass distraction) in Iraq? i am not a big supporter of Hamas or Hezbolah but i think that they have right to fight if Israel does not allow them to separate(i.e declare independence) form Israel Peacefully

Are you joking? How in hell can Hezbollah receive independence from anyone other than Lebanon (and plunge that country into another civil war in the process)?

The Hamas state in Gaza is completely independent of Israel as well.

[KaerMorhen]

The world was far more safer place before decolonization begun

[ginge51]

ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: Israel has conducted three military strikes against targets in Sudan since January in an effort to prevent what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments from reaching Hamas in the Gaza Strip, ABC News has learned.

Earlier this week, CBSNews.com was the first to report that Israel had conducted an airstrike in January against a convoy carrying weapons north into Egypt to be smuggled into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

But actually, since January, Israel has conducted a total of three military strikes against smugglers transporting what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments destined for Gaza, a U.S. official told ABC News.

The information matches recent reports from Sudanese officials of two airstrikes in the desert of eastern Sudan and the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea carrying weapons.

Jonathan Peled, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, would only say, "No comment," when contacted by ABC News on the matter.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...ive-three.html

[removeduser_487563287433]

This isn't even an exclusive on this forum.

[Exarch]

what. the.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Gaza is not independent of Israel and in no way does it consider it such.