Sudan suffers in wake of U.S. missile `mistake

On Aug. 20, 1998, America launched simultaneous air assaults against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan. The Clinton Administration claimed the strikes were retaliation for embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed dozens of United States personnel and hundreds of A...

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Published inNew York Amsterdam news (1962)
Main Author Muhammad, Eric Ture
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Amsterdam News 13.05.1999
Subjects
Bombings
Clark, Ramsey
Crime
International law
Terrorism
United States
Sudan
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Summary:On Aug. 20, 1998, America launched simultaneous air assaults against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan. The Clinton Administration claimed the strikes were retaliation for embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed dozens of United States personnel and hundreds of Africans. The United States charged Gen. Osama bin Laden, a former Saudi who it suspects of backing several assaults on United States targets in recent years, with coordinating the embassy attacks. The fact-finding delegation that included [Ramsey Clark] and IAC's Richard Becker, concluded there was no evidence of a secret chemical weapons plant in Khartoum and demanded that the United States government pay reparations and restitution to the African nation for the destruction of the Al-Shifa plant, inclusive of a provision of interim medical supplies until it was rebuilt. In addition, they called for an end to the United States war and military destabilization of the Sudan, the lifting of the sanctions against the country and an independent international investigation of the United States attack. "I am grateful that the United States has taken the honorable course and has corrected, in part, the serious harm that has been done to my family and our good name," said [Salah Idris] in an interview from Sudan. "While I understand that the United States must wage a vigorous fight against terrorism, in this case a grave error has been made."
ISSN:1059-1818