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Friday, March 27, 2009

Israel Accused of Air Strike on Sudan Convoy

CBS News reports claims by US officials that Israeli aircraft attacked a 17-truck convoy, believing it to be carrying Iranian weapons supplies bound for Hamas in Gaza.
Some 39 people are said to have died during the raid, which allegedly happened in January during the war in Gaza.
It sounds far-fetched - an Israeli air strike on a hostile country 900 miles from home and one that remains a secret for two months.
The story seems to have first surfaced on a Sudanese website this week.
A Sudanese government minister then accused the US of carrying out the strike.
However, CBS claims that version of events has been contradicted in briefings by American government officials who have fingered the Israelis as being responsible.

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